Ratso Movember

My attempt at classic Mutton Chops. still needs a bit of a tweak.

Festa da Junina

Maria Odete and her niece Bianca, only 1 more month until Maria comes over for the summer.

Morton Jones Wedding

Francis and the ring to rule his future brood. Locked and Loaded
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The size of that frontal bossing offends me. and Mike Kinealy, Francis's old flatmate and cousin, crazier than a rat up a drainpipe.

Francis Morton-Jones Stag Do, Finished Exams

This shot is evidence of carnage caused on Francis's stag do. Paintballing, and i got shot 14 other times. Video evidence from the ensuing debauchery caused later in town, with luck will never be seen again.

Finished the last of my years exams last Saturday. I'm pretty pleaseed with how they went, should here back in a couple of weeks. Augusto rang me at 1am the night before population health, wishing me luck. All i remember was some pissed ramblings of a Queenslander talking about steaks storms and walking around in underwear.

RATSO

Playmobil Surf

Worth a look,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6u-d_4o7kE

Cleavedale Winter 2009

Organic farming methods include many natural methods such as biodynamics, homeopathy, herbal remedies, poultry manure soil enrichment. Organic farmers do not use chemical pesticides and herbicides, and synthetic fertilisers. Organic terminology is loosely based around phrases such as 'getting the soil biology working, cosmic, working with the meridian lines etc.
Farming using these methods is very labour intensive however I believe ultimately more rewarding than conventional farming working in greater synchronisation with nature.


Another good Waikato frost.


The first bull-calf of the year to 110.

Leisureworld Fire

It's like a dream from your past has just turned into the worst nightmare.

My new Tattoo of Maria Odete

Time To Get Inked, reckon it is mean

Raggamuffin was awesome, Thought about Maria Odete, alot. Full moon, incredible atmosphere

Saturday/Raggamuffin

Raggamuffin, Rotorua 2009, Shaggy, Arrested Development, Kora, Eddy Grant, Ziggy Marley, Ali Campbell

James, Henry, Niko, Chris and Mary

Dad, Mum and my cousin Gary

Te Puia, Waitangi Day

Me, my cousin Gary and Mum

Pohutu Geyser, Te Puia Rotorua

Fotos por Maria Odete

Wharenui



Maori food storage room. Amazing carvings

In this buyers market, well worth taking out a second option. Needs a bit of Work

Eu com meus filhos
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Raglan Mission 2

View from Whale Bay of a small and messy lineup. Still 2 ft sets.

Raglan Mission

Ruapuke, West Coast. Nice 4 ft day with some seriously gnarly 6 ft sets coming through, the rawness of the west coast reminded me of Allens in Dunedin. Good waves were few and far between but caught a few screamers. Made me feel alive

Feeling Introspective,

Home Sweet Wet Home

Whangamata, New Years Eve

Ground Zero

Mataiterangi

The view of the surrounding ranges

Kennedy Bay Mission

View of Coromandel from the top of Toketea Ranges

Same spot and a spectacular view of Kennedy's Bay.

Farming Rant

My Favourite Machine on the Farm.

Bringing one herd of cows

Mid-Morning Fryup on the Barbie

Farm Dogs

Rio

My mate Michaels dog Roxy. Farm truant

A Photo for Dete, this is a third of this seasons calves. The youngest group at 10 weeks old

The Vosper Run-off

The Bush Muster

Cleavedale Farm, Kaimai Ranges, Matamata

Fits Of Nostalgia Selwyn 05

the obligatory photo of socialist writings. Nostalgia pertaining to days of a radical youth

Rio is a pretty heavy city. Random police searches armed with automatic weapons.

The first view of Cristo Redentor, Christ the Redeemer, a life-long dream.

The last photo before Maria Odete gave me a chop. A type of Samson and Delilah dedication.

Eu e Meu Amor, mucking around at home.

For all the whinging kiwis.

Minas Gerais

Local Mass Transport in Minas Gerais. Interior of Brazil.

10 months apart... indescribable

São Paulo by night. I biggest thing I have ever seen in my life 14 million people. Monstrous

As much of Argentina as I got to see.

The last photo of the family together before I left for Brazil.

Home Sweet Home

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Average Tallows afternoon




Sunrise at the lighthouse


Yeah and what?


lizard king

Bbay

the 1964 falcon we used to get around




Lighthouse Byron Bay


Gus, Acting the fool

Just watch the kid at the end.

I find the primal psychological state he puts himself in when he bangs his head remarkable.

Me and my Aunt Sheryl the morning after.

The Family; Simon, Dad, I and mum.

Miro Cabernet, Waiheke island 2003 as picked and vintaged by Mickey and me.

21st

17th of November, Pictured with my best mate since childhood and our fathers. A case of Old bull, Young Bull.

Tou Pensando

Estou pensando. Vivendo aqui na nova zelandia mais ou menos sozinho me deu um perspectivo differenté. Eu estou com muito saudade de minha namorada Detinha, tou estudando alguma coisa que eu nao sei se bom pra mim, e se eu gosto. Talvez e só meu situaçao agora. Talvez e por que sou jovem. Alguem sabe? Mas tenho certeza que eu preciso distancia desse mundo e preciso espaço pra ganha o perspectivo do mundo. Talvez... nao sei. talvez tou pensando demais... provalvementé. Mas a vida sem analisar não é uma vida vale a pena... me fala se você concordo ou não... valeu.

Roots New Zealand

Massive Weekend. Last time out before exams. Walked for 5 hours to reach the Routeburn Hut. Weather was terrible Company was great. mashed it up on Saturday night. Chur

new target

Had an thought, probably going to be property lawyer, spend my life fighting for a cause, Land claims whatever, Wiping out big time mafia gangsters like Augustino Clark. Responses on chosen career path welcome.

Riot Aftermath

Was on Castle Street on the night but left when things started getting to crazy. Was a good idea and wouldn't have wanted to be implicated. Frustrating for the University as well. A lot of hardwork over many years by many hundreds of scholars building a solid reputation for the uni soiled by a bunch of freshers, big man second years who think they rule the place and some out of towners who can't handle a drink, sad.

Riots on Castle Street

Pretty embarrassing really. Not a thing to be proud of.

Evoution of the animal

at max length, just getting to blond, trimming back to the roots

Back on the grind

With work loads backing up, the water still too cold to surf. Just chilling putting away lab reports and studying case law.

Karitane River mouth

Hit karitane today with Gusto. Been there five times previously and was the first time i'd seen it anywhere near good. F@#king freezing to me somehow doesn't do it justice. Dunedin surfers have a loose connection upstairs managing incoming sensory input. Surfed like a cockroach, didn't do my "rest" period justice gifted a couple of bombs to Gus, (Just as well as he was on the inside...) Ready for round 2. Must mention I caught a solid left. Quality

photos from yesterday

On the CYPs/Sips

Finished exams on tuesday with toxicology. Yesterday was spent hungover and in bed. An expected outcome? probably. But the result of 5 or 6 weeks without drinking a beer I believe resulted in a downregulation of the CYP2E1 and Alcohol dehydrogenase enzymes in my liver hepatocytes. The result being a large accumulation of aldehydes and the symptoms of tachycardia, NVD (nausea vomitting and diarhoea) facial flushing and headache. Alcohol is an extensive CYP2E1 inducer, the combination of a big night and a CYP3A inducer like ketoconazole (antifungal) and widely used headache cure like paracetamol is likely to cause a huge increase in flux of paracetamol in the to the harmful metabolite NAPQI, this accumulation is likely to saturate the only safe detoxification pathway (GSH/GST), bind to nucleic acids of hepatocyte DNA and cause cell necrosis. fortunately i didn't take any paracetamol, was left with a headache and now deal with the consequences of fatty liver, a temporary fat accumulation in hepatocytes which rarely results in cell death.

Just mucking round with the exposure on my new comp. Awaiting freedom from Pharmacology, toxicology and Law on tuesday with my last exam

My best impression of Augustino Clark

executive decision, the blog wasn't reaching the target audience, decided to change my target audience..... fim da historia, fica bem mulhekes, sangue bom....

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Thought about the lack of activity and probably therefore relevance of this site. Some might say it's shit and at times they were probably right. But then again creativity is often a difficult emotion to express when your spirit is stuck in a lifestyle of stagnation. Spending the past 8 weeks studying for exams which as it happens are next week tends to put things a little in perspective. Is it actually really worth it. I mean working this hard for something your not totally sure you actually want. Just giving yourself another option..... Well you'd be stupid not to question the validity of the exercise, wouldn't you?