following on from the tv thingo.........

26/07/2016

23:21

boy i am loving the weather here. beautiful crisp sunny days. sorta reminds me of a sunny winter's day in canberra.

i'm gonna try and wear my splint tonight. been pretty tired for a few days - probably from getting over cold/flu but just in case sleep apnea is happening a little bit, i best wear it as often as i can. i wore my retainer last night just to get my teeth back into position to handle the splint tonight...... i have my mug of water on hand for if/and/or when i want to take it out and continue sleeping without getting up to clean it.....

so i was on tv the other day. it was an interesting experience.

i really wasn't that nervous about it given how many videos i have done with sirius pup website already. that, and it was just me, and 2 others working with me to record things, so it was a very small experience at the time....

obviously, there's a heck of a lot of stuff that didn't make the cut. given it was an 8 minute segment, and there's close to 2 hours of stuff they recorded on me alone (along with roughly 2 hours for each of the others too), it was going to be interesting to see what they picked out for it...

no surprise one of the things i mentioned didn't make the cut as it would've contradicted one of the things included from the other guys lol

i still haven't watched it for my bits yet. i had to hide my eyes when i showed up and tried to ignore the things i said cause i just can't stand the sight and sound of myself lol one day i'll get some courage and curiosity to watch it i'm sure......

i got a heap of praise from half a dozen or so people, and that's pretty big for me, so that was a very nice feeling. a couple of people i don't know on facebook even messaged me to send me their appreciation for it too which was a nice surprise..... a few friend requests, but as usual i delete them cause i don't know who people are lol

so what exactly did i get out of doing the interview?

well, there's a bit of pride that i had the courage to be involved with it. i think it reminded me a bit of when i entered the leather competition, it was one of those things that i was approached about, and if i didn't do it, i would've regretted it...... felt the same about this - opportunity came up and i volunteered myself cause i wanted to help make it a successful thing.

i also gained a bit more knowledge about how filming and video things operate and are put together. i learned heaps when i helped with a small film crew earlier this year with something out at parramatta. it was nice to add to my knowledge base on this new thing for me.

and then i also got out of it, the fact that so many people enjoyed the clip of us. i honestly didn't think is was that big of a deal, but the reaction of some people certainly proved otherwise. so for knowing that it had an impact on some people, as big as it did, is something nice for me too. i helped them to learn something new, or understand something different.....

things are good. they continue to get a little better each day. some days are better than others, but that's no different to anyone else in the world. it's the natural cycle of life.

sometimes i see an opportunity to help, and when i can, i'll offer it up.

it's the natural part of my slave self i guess. i'm a born hard worker and always happy to help as much as i can because it's the good thing to do.

so once again, i am sitting in bed and looking around me at things that represent who i am and where i am. and that's a nice feeling too.

my family look after me and love me, and i look after them and love them just as much.

and i love the sun. it feels great being outdoors for work on a regular basis and getting into fresh air and sunlight.

things are great. go, chooky, go!

Whip crackin' fun!

09/07/2016

23:18

So we got to finish our whips today!

My right index finger is still a bit sore/numb from last week's efforts lol but managed to last to the end.

Yes I was a bit too scared to flick and crack the whip in the street with the others but given how long the damn thing is, and how little experience I have with a stockman whip, I wanted to play it safe and just keep it as a memento of my pride and precision of work.

Our instructor asked if I wanted him to teach me to crack it and I declined given the above reasons, so he offered to use it on my behalf to see how it sounded.

*CRRACKKKK!!!!!!!!*

What a beautiful sound it made! He swung it half a dozen times and I revelled in awe of the noise it created :-)

For me, I'm happy with having taken part in the experience of learning more about a product I love - leather. I love to learn and do good things, and then do good things well.

Might get stuck into making the wide band belts in red and black leather with the two row belt holes in the near future now I've got a bit more skills developed with leather crafting and handling.

And it was wonderful to do it with Master and alpha too. Sad to see him off at the airport but we'll see him again soon enough no doubt :-)

Try to have a family get together for dion's birthday I think...

Back to work tomorrow at lakemba land... See how that goes hehehe

But for now it's wind down time with some games, a bit of meditation and a good long rest (fingers crossed!)

Love my family to bits and beyond and love all the rest of my friends too :-)

wednesday long day

good evening

06/07/2016

22:35

you tube background music again

so i did a 12 hour day today. morning punchbowl, arvo belmore... managed to stay busy almost all day but by mid afternoon at belmore i was slowing down a bit lol

found my first syringe thing in one of the toilets... sorta freaked a little bit at first but after dealing with it, i realised it wasn't a big deal to deal with it.... did i say deal enough? what's the deal with deal?

then dinner with the family and alex joining in was wonderful! alex is good fun and i'm glad she got to meet my family and look forward to catching up again in the future too :-)

that south american restaurant is fantastic. great food, excellent service. the waiting time between dishes is ok cause the result of waiting just makes it worthwhile and the service girl is always making sure we are ok. i'm glad Master and alpha enjoyed it too :-)

definitely more trips there in our futures hehehe

conan commented on me looking a bit bigger, which was nice, as you know i am trying to put on some weight.... then i'll have some more stuff to work on at the gym to turn it into some sort of decent bulkage....

cold day, pretty windy... then it rained a bit tonight... currently relaxing warmly in bed slightly dozing... 12 hours tomorrow at olympic park but only an 11:00 start so nothing as crazy as a 06:00 start....

been feeling pretty good so far this week. not feeling much anxiousness about anything in particular... let that continue please! :-)

i'm in a safe place. at the very least i have Master and dion looking out for me. but the list of people looking out for me extends further. and i love them all for it. and i try to look out for them too.

i'm a good person and i try to get better every day that i possibly can.

i don't want to cause troubles for anyone so i just try to keep on keeping on in a goodly nicely fashionistic way....

and the following picture is sorta a reflection on what i am feeling like at the moment but i try to look like the "weekend" side when i get to work so i don't scare the customers lol so maybe it should be "after work" for the left side.......

hillsong conference will be interesting for the sorts of customers i might be dealing with tomorrow, from what people tell me.... might have some stories to tell afterwards... or there might be nothing lol

wait n see.......

love to my wonderful family

monday mutterings

(well technically it's tuesday now, but i haven't been to sleep from monday yet)

05/07/2016

00:51

[listening to the favourites list in my you tube]

so dreams that occurred last night made me both anxious and jealous.... and so i thought "what the hell?! can't i get away from these things even in my sleep?!"

sure, it's not a nice thing to experience. but it's too easy to just hope that it won't come back, but fact of the matter is, it does come back. so continue with meditations and being strong and standing up against it to keep pushing forward.

and smile.

don't throw away what good stuff is going on around the place and acknowledge it a bit more to remember it all...

started working at belmore today - nice station, 2 station buildings, one at street level and another below street on platform itself.... clientele is 'interesting' to say the least lol but it is also school holidays, so there is that little bit of extra craziness lol - that, and i still haven't managed to have a shift where i'm able to successfully process the days takings in the accounting system without an error coming up lol

dion made me a beautiful lunch of a couple pork steaks with steamed veg..... dinner was a chicken veg noodle stir fry... i think bento boxes are happening for tomorrow's lunches :-)

dion came to give me a goodnight hug and i leant my head on his belly and as he started to scratch and pat my head, kahn came in for his share of scratches and pats lol he's a cheeky dog but i love him for it :-)

organised dinner with family on wednesday night, then remembered i was already going to catch up with alex for dinner, so she's coming along to dinner to meet them all and have a fun night with great people and great food :-) bit excited about that... she's a great girl and a fellow animal lover, so it will be a nice time i think

and it gives both dion and alex an opportunity to meet fellow fitbit competitors :-)

got to spend some time with owen starting to watch a movie on his online tv thing, netflix or stan or something like that (i dunno, i don't use em lol)

then got to watch Master play some elder scrolls - still leaves me in awe of how beautiful that game is!

it's been lovely having alpha stay with us too - he was very nice to comment how i was looking a bit buff from my gym work.... haven't been in a few days, just tired from the heap of activities during the last week but will get back into it later in the week - i've got a couple of 12 hour days lined up...

which reminds me i should find out about getting keys and the process for operating a punchbowl on wednesday morning......

i love living here, it is indeed wonderful. Master and dion are amazing people to me. owen is a sweetheart and looks after me too, and i like to try and look after/out for him too... and dan is a good hearted man and a great dad from what i see.

had a lovely call from todd today - called me on the station phone and asked if i had any trains today (without telling me who was calling).... i figured it was him quickly and just said yes but not stopping at his station lol i love todd. he's an awesome guy and banter with todd is great fun :-)

i could go on about all the other people i love in my family, but then i would run out of other things to blogger about on this new bloggy thing....

see if i can make it interesting and colourful too for a bit of fun for the eyes to see :-)

i'm gryphon and i'm a good guy. and i'm strong and sexy and have a great life which i also love too.

zzzzzzz......