Author Archive for inlimelight

07
Apr
09

Spoke To Soon

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Categories: Friends, Holiday and Work

Okay, so maybe i was a bit too keen to say the “madness has ended”. When I thought things would return to a normal pace I found that they would keep going with no time to rest. In the last month… or longer (every day seems to blend into eachother) so much has happened.

I have finaly had to accept that there are not enuogh hours in the day to support the amount of work I have & to have some sort of life in there as well. I have had to leave one job and am now focusing on ONE of the others. At the moment it seems to be more hours here then what you would expect from a full time job… Money’s good though.

Recently I took a week off work and went on a six day hike with a mate of mine. We traviled from Mt. Hothem to Mt. Bogong. It was a fantastic trip, but there were times when we were both shattered from how hard it was in areas. There were stages where we would be walking up somthing that was so steep, we could only do it in aprox 10m sections befor needing to take a break. In the end it was all worth it. There was some brilliant views. The photos we took didn’t really do them any justice however.

There has been so much other stuff happening it would take me ages to go into them….

15
Feb
09

The Madness Has Ended

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Categories: Work

The past two weeks of my life have been absolutely insane! I have done approximately 136 hours of work over that time, for two different employers.

One job I was filling in for the grounds keeper at a school. So I was required to open up the school every morning and perform other random duties. In order to open up and get all the morning tasks done I would have to wake up at 5:00am and would be at work by 5:30.

The other job was part of the opening of a brand new venue. And we had two shows a day. One at 7:30 then a completely different one around 10:30. This gave us approximately 40 mins to do a bump out of one show and bump in another show. I would usually finish here around 11:00pm and by the time I would make it home it would be midnight.

So, starting each day at 5:00am and finishing at midnight gives me five hours sleep a day! By the end of this week i was beginning to lose my mind.

Last night was the last shift of madness. This finished at 1:00am this morning and it was such a relief to have it over and done with.

05
Jan
09

Wilsons Promontory

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Categories: Holiday

To finish off my holidays before going back to work I ventured on a trip to Wilsons Prom. The trip was for three days starting at Telegraph Saddle, then hiking to Little Waterloo Bay and camping there for the night. Moving onto the Roaring Meg after stopping off at the Lighthouse on the south east point of ‘The Prom’ and finishing back at Telegraph Saddle on the third day.

The trip required the three of us to to hike approximately 46Km over three days and 16Km of this was done on the second day. We had everything we would need for the three days in our packs: tents, sleeping bags, food etc… and my pack was around 11Kg from memory.

The highlight for me was on the second day, arriving at the Lighthouse. The views form there were fantastic. It was defiantly worth the insanely steep climb, with heavy packs and very sore feet. While there It was nice to fall asleep in the sun for a while before finishing the journey to Roaring Meg.

The hike from Waterloo to Roaring Meg didn’t take as long as we thought it would, so we ended up arriving rather early, leaving with us the need to find a way of killing time. This proved to be difficult so we went to bed early and woke up at 3:00am so we could start the hike back to Telegraph Saddle by 4:00am. It might sound ridiculous but we did get an awesome view of sunrise at Oberon Bay.

A three day hike was pretty painful on the feet but the views that I saw on this trip were absolutely fantastic and made it worth it. I will definitely be doing this again!

31
Dec
08

No, I’m Not Dead

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Categories: Friends, TAFE and Work

So it’s New Years Eve, 2008 and I’ve decided to start the Blog again after noticing other people reviving theirs, some starting their Blog for the first time and others asking: “what happened to your Blog?”

2008 has to have been the busiest year I have ever had. It has been packed with many new opportunities.

The beginning of the year I started my TAFE course in ‘Live Production’ at Box Hill Institute and towards the end of November was when I completed the course. Doing the course was probably the best decision I have ever made. I had an absolute ball throughout the year and could not have asked for a better group of people to do it with.

Through doing the course I have been able to gain some decent experience in the entertainment industry. Working on productions for Boroondara Theatre Company, Whitehorse Music Theatre, Nova and Babirra. These productions include Rent, Aida, Cabaret, and Merry Widow. Through these productions I have had different roles. I’ve been moving around from Follow spot to floor electrics, lighting operator, and stage crew.

Other shows I have done this year I have been a stage manager for a production with a cast of over one-thousand kids, Sound operator for Bugsy Malone, and just the odd Bump-In and Bump-Out.

I have also been building up a list of employers… So far I have four, all who offer me casual work in different styles of events and in different venues. This is apparently going to increase at some point, but I am not holding my breath….

I’m sure at some point, ‘something has gotta’ give’ and will have to reduce this list. But I have managed to do a full time TAFE course, work and have time for a social life, so it mightn’t be so bad.

Things have certainly calmed down over December so it has given me more time to catch up on all the half finished jobs I have lying around the house. I have gotten back into ridding my bike and I am going hiking in early January.

I have no clue as to how 2009 will go. I am hoping for just as exciting a year as 2008 has been!