29 sleeps till Xmas day, start that shopping, send those greeting cards and jolly well sort out your NYE celebration agenda. There’s only 1 NYE party for me this year and it’s in Matakana. Join me there for one of the best parties you’ve ever seen in NZ.

Nothing more than praise from me this week, I won’t bore you with stories about how I got drunk with a bevy of babes on a moonlit beach, or did backstage agavero shots with the world’s #1 DJ. I’ll keep it as brief as a porccupine’s hiccup and simply say well done to Nathan King for his storming gig last Wednesday, Kiwi rock Weta for blowing the top off Galatos, my man Shaveer for bring over Booka Shade who played a performance worthy of a knighthood last Friday. And lastly to The Grey Lynn Festival Committee who gathered together tens of thousands of people to revel and soak in the surroundings, before freshening up and moving on to dance the night away to the beats of the international techno junkies The Bodyrockers, and Vandalism, at Deep, Hard & Funky.

2 other things made me stop and ponder last week, a quote and a joke.

The quote was spoken by Leonardo DiCaprio, from the movie “The Beach”.

“Keep your mind open and suck in the experience. If it hurts it’s probably worth it!”

Secondly, this clean funny, sent to me from guide-getter Alexander Brown made me chuckle.

Scenario: You are driving in a car at a constant speed. On your left side is a grass verge, and on your right side is a fire engine traveling at the same speed as you. In front of you is a galloping pig, which is the same size as your car, and you cannot overtake it. Behind you is a helicopter flying at ground level. Both the giant pig and the helicopter are also traveling at the same speed as you.
What must you do to safely get out of this highly dangerous situation?

Answer: Get off the children’s Merry Go Round, you’re pissed.