Shitscared and headfirst into Chaos

America Land of the Free™

incarna — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 23:44:00 GMT

Okay first off, the title should be 'America the Land of the Shit'. I have only been here for a few days in truth, but i can already see that New York pure and simple is a shithole. How people can sit down and wax lyrical about the wonders of this city can only be through social programming and brainwashing via idiot box, because any organism above a single cellular construction, should be able to deduce that things here are shit.

Ostereich land

incarna — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 23:33:00 GMT

Alright i'll admit it, i have been crap updating. Hahaha i have been such a blob it is amazing. Anyway, as of last month we have been renting in Vienna, the apartment is nice and all is good.

Okay so what have i been doing? not muchin the way of travel, though wwe have scrambled across to Bratislavia, small city, grey, blah blah blah. Not a lot to say, the wind was bitingly chill, and i felt like a meat posicle within 20 minutes of arriving. Castle was okaay, nothing amzing and so windy and cold up there i felt like my face was going to harden into crystalline caricure of myself grimacing in discomfort. I think it's a safe bet to say that Bratislava isn't really a must see spot, but... If you are in Vienna and have a spare day, it's worth it. It only cost 11 euros return by bus and takes an hour to get there, just probably don't go at this time of year if you would like to keep your testicles.

So more than likely by now everyone knows that the snow has come down in europe, and it really has. I keep feeling like i am on an American film set, or living in a giant snow globe... weird. The dropping temperatures haven't been much of a problem other than the fact that you don't want to be stuck in it for more than 4 hours straight, it starts to chill you hardcore, but the funniest thing is that it feels like it's freezing your clothes rather than you. A strange sensation that is actually not that easy to describe.

Ups and downs in Osterich land

incarna — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 00:39:00 GMT

Finally we have settled on an appartment. It's small but it's quite nice, in a quiet building and neighbourhood. Situated not to far from the city centre and Shloss Schonbrun, it's easy to get around and more importantly ideal for escaping each other if needed. And i must say at this point in time i am in some desperate need of escape. Things have been getting steadily more unbearable as the months tick by and it's gotten to the point that if things don't calm down this month i am going to have to make plans to come home early.

Art and Cake

incarna — Tue, 9 Nov 2010 00:21:00 GMT

We arrived in Paris a few days ago. It's not an easy thing to keep a hold of money here. I have already blasted through a months worth of money for Poland here in 3 days. Of course i bought a new watch so that doesn't help matters, even so the Euro is surely going to bring this trip to a halt soon. But fuck that i'm still going to buy a guitar in Austria as a consolation prize. I might have difficulty getting it home on the Plane, but frankly i am beyond caring.

Gdank in Gdansk

incarna — Fri, 5 Nov 2010 06:36:00 GMT

So tommorow we are off to Paris. This is a decision thathas taken to much brainstorming and time. Time that could have been better spent actually cruising around Gdansk. It's a pity, because while we have had our share of problems here, it is really a nice city (at least the old part is). Anyway, all hurdles for the next month or so will be having money thrown at them so we don't have to think to much. My brain needs a holiday, it has felt like i have been doing so much number crunching that this trip has started to feel like World of Warcraft. I'm glad to say fuck it, let's just start having fun again.

So Paris...The Louvre...snails, all those french things, including people spitting in my food, here i come. Don't dissapoint me.

One more video

incarna — Fri, 5 Nov 2010 00:02:00 GMT

Okay here's the last video i'll be posting for awhile.

http://www.vimeo.com/16494932

Things are looking up

incarna — Wed, 3 Nov 2010 19:46:00 GMT

Alrigt i have now come to terms with the fact that i have inherited some of my dads whingeing pom genes (lol sorry dad). I feel much more positive now, things are coming together after days of trying to work out just what the hell is going on here. So after a hell of a lot of milling about, we are finally pissing Poland off and going to France for about a week.

Excitement is kicking in again (it's about time). I've been looking forward to seeing a lot of stuff there, not to mention 65daysofstatic and Caspian are both playing in Paris on the 16th and 17th, hopefully i can wrangle a way to still be there at that time.

New Video, no enthusiasm (Swearing inside...don't say i didn't warn you)

incarna — Wed, 3 Nov 2010 04:32:00 GMT

Europe is a a money leeching shithole, full of derelict money hungry fuckers that have no Values!!!

Yes i am angry. This arse end of the world is starting to bore me shitless and irritate me at the same time. Thank god that england settled Australia, because only a dumb arse tick would choose to stay in the decadent rotten filth that is this scum riddled part of the world.

Evey move, and i do mean everymove, involves some evil shit trying to bore into your wallet like some super termite in search of the cash within. We have been looking for apartments for to long now, just to damn long. Dodgy Poland and dodgy contracts seem to have not woken us up, but made us want to prolong the pain in other regions of the EU. And oh what pain it is, the internet is riddled with people trying to rent you a 1 bedroom filing cabinet for the price of you soul.

I mean some of the prices we are coming up against are just damn insane, the worst thing about it is that this is because you speak english. If you speak the local language the price drops down to 10% of what they are asking, WTF!!!?

Anyway needed to rant and continuing is going to devolve into a long string of expletives.

So enjoy a Video

This is from our trip in Italy

http://www.vimeo.com/16433694

And Yet another video packed full of awesome!!!

incarna — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 21:04:00 GMT

WEll here we have it, Video no.4 featuring an awesome soundtrack by 65daysofstatic.

Clicks it you know you want to.

http://www.vimeo.com/16337898

New video... Finally!

incarna — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 06:04:00 GMT

I have been trying to upload this video for over a month now, so most of these photo's are pretty old now. Over the next 2 weeks i should have another to upload. Sorry that this one is so long.

You can see the video here http://www.vimeo.com/16098924

Pole Land

incarna — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 02:48:00 GMT

Upon arrival in Poland (if you have arrived from Italy), you will notice that the ladies in this country are tall and leggy indeed. A welcome relief from the relentless torrent of mutated dwarf people that seem to occupy the boot at the bottom of Europe. Embarking upon a culinary excursion into a resteraunt in Warsaw is not only a relief to the wallet but also a relief for the tastebuds. I am proud to say i have not eaten tomato since leaving Italy, and the thought hasn't crossed my mind. It is not a taste that i miss at this point in time.

So for the last 2 weeks we have been staying on the outskirts of a small town called Bartoszyce ( yes a mouthfull, actually pronounced BART-OH-SHITS-EH), the land is relatively flat, and you wouldn't necessarily come to this region to relieve the monotony of the landscape. What makes it worth coming to this region is not the landscape but the trees. At this time of year the forests look as if they are on fire, without the residual heat and crisping problems of actually being in a forest that is on fire. The landscape looks as if it has been brushed with a mad painters skill, daubing the land with patches of brilliant trees, yellow, orange and the occaisional splash of red. There is a lot of farmland but there are a lot of forests as well.

The last 2 weeks have been a chance to relax and adjust to the climate change that is Poland. Already on some nights the temperature is dropping to -7 degrees, grass is frozen in the mornings and cars are covered a thick dusting of frost. Puddles in some forest areas are already turning into slabs of ice with frogs lying at the bottom. Interestin for me, but i'm sure its a little uncomfortable for the frogs.

Internet at last

incarna — Wed, 6 Oct 2010 06:56:00 GMT

Okay so i have a semi decent connection in Italy at last. Things have been pretty interesting here, interesting in the way only outrageous prices and funky architecture can be. There has been a lot to see in this country and it is worth visiting if you have ever thought about it. Just be warned that a lot of Australian teenagers come here, so every night is like schoolies on the Gold Coast. There is nothing quite as irritating as hearing a bunch of Australian teenagers screaming profanities in their course whining accent outside your window at 3 in the morning. Feels like home, watching their response as you step outside the door and in quite tones and a serious expression plastered on your face and politely say that if they keep it up you are going to break their kneecaps and mail their teeth back to their parents in Australia seems to shut them up though. I am tired of Australians, that is why i am here. Why do the bastards follow me, they are the most degenerate filth in the world. The reputation we as Australians have in Europe is shocking to say the least, in many places you have to try and avoid mentioning where you come from, otherwise the conversation becomes stilted, puntuated with flinches and nervous laughter.

Don't get me wrong, i like Australia, just unfortunately, most of us are fuckwits.

Just Roming... (sorry i couldn't help it)

incarna — Mon, 4 Oct 2010 03:58:00 GMT

Can you say TOMATO? If you can then the thought of it probably doesn't make you feel like projectile vomiting like it does me. I think it is a safe bet to say that by this point i am tomatoed out. In fact it's a safe bet to say that i am italian fooded out. If there is a land of the bland then Italy is surely it. Italians seem to only work in 4 flavours: Tomato, Cheese, Bread (which is shit) AND oIL (YES THEY VIEW OIL AS A FLAVOUR HERE). The only place i can think of that the food is so consistantly boring is Norway, but i digress.

So you are thinking of coming to Italy and are wondering what it is like, what can you expect? Well upon arrival you can expect a few things, probably in this order:-

a) Expect to be treated like a dickhead

b) Expect no help unless you are spending money

c) Expect to be ripped off

d) Expect to be ripped off some more

e) Also expect to be ripped off and treated rudely at the same time

f) And if all else fails, expect to be ripped off, while being treated like a dickhead and eating tomatoes

Is Italy good? Unfortunately yes, i would like to say it sucks shit, but the truth is that honour goes to it's people... oh and their food. It's like food purgatory for someone that likes to think of themselves as a bit of a gourmand, and if you think i am making this up, speak to someone that has been to italy for more than a week. It goes something a little like this:

You go to a resteraunt, check the menu and descover that any pasta dish is going to make you feel like you are bleeding money, or possibly shitting golden turds, so you opt for the pizza. If you were smartyou would have already seen some of the sparse meals being served up and being eaten by other intrepid tourists. They are small. So in terms of value for money pizza seems like a safe bet. You eat it and discover that it's quite good, if only it had a bit more kick to it. you think. Maybe i'll try another resteraunt, maybe this one just specialises in bland food. So you do, and you keep doing it every following day, only to discover THAT THERE IS NO FUCKING RELIEF!!!! It doesn't get any better, it's like cooky cutter food, it's the bloody same everywhere. What the hell?

Shit Italian internet

incarna — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 02:47:00 GMT

Fuck Italy sucks shit. Well not really , it's just that the internet sucks shit like almost every other country in this backward part of the world. It just decided to gobble up my previous post. Am still alive everything is going well and will update properly hopefully soon.

Went from Budapest to Poland for a few weeks now enjoying the sun, or i should say was. Leaving for Sorrento tommorow, then onto Amalfi coast and then Venice. Hitting Poland again in 2 weeks.

Budapest

incarna — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 03:31:00 GMT

So i arrived in Budapest today. A marked and expected difference from Austria. What can i say... it has vague similarities to Athens in the way that everything is falling apart and there are giant holes in the ground from defunct construction sites. If i really had to sum it up quickly though (i haven't seen much), It looks like alot of european vampires live here. Sort of like the Darkside of Europe. Interesting. Or maybe the ending of the first Blade movie... yeah thats about right.

New Video..no.2... hopefully not poo

incarna — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 03:43:00 GMT

Okay just uploaded a new vid, this one in theory is better quality than the last.

If it's not working check back later as the website is currently re-encoding.

You can see it here http://www.vimeo.com/14397244

Bread, Bread, Bread, Cheese, Cheese, Cheese, Pork, Pork, Pork.

incarna — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 05:47:00 GMT

The three repetitious things of these country are finally getting to me. As well as some of the fluctuating price, price, prices. I have eaten so much pork and bread in this country i feel like a flatulant cow, all i can see is grass, and just keeps making me fart. Hahahahaha, i'm sure not everyone wants to know this, but be warned if you plan to come to Austria you will eat pork, you may try to get around it, but at some point dreaded Schwiene will pass your lips.

Weather has been great these last couple of days, and damn i am buggered. Of course staying in staying in a packed camping ground full of holidaying krauts isn't condusive (i can't spell) to sleep. Last few days i have trekked up mountains, rode bikes, and walked round lakes. Considering i have been a fat bastard most of my life, i imagine this is somewhat akin to the self flagellation practised by a lot of Catholic priests. My mind is willing, but the flesh is not so able lol. Nah thats just me whining. It has been great, the walk up the mountain took about 6 hrs and was damn steep in some parts, the only problem was we just came short of the 2000+ metre summit due to the fact that we started the walk to late in the day. Most people seem to go the Schmittenhohebahn route (cable car), but us being the psychotic people we are, tackled it head on, from the base of the town walking straight up. Beautiful and easy walk if you are fit, if you are not be warned, the switchbacks up the mountain are relentless and will have you beggin for mercy. In fact, the lady that runs the pension we were staying at at the time suggested we go up the mountain. When we told her that we had already walked up... and down, she blanched and gave a nervous chuckle. "Ohhhh... that sounds... strenuous." or some words to that effect.

So not content with that we took it easy the next day and trekked round the lake about 12+ k's. Flat ground so pretty easy, for some reason we must have considered that a day of rest, because the next day we faced off a bike ride to Kaprun and Kesselfalls (i think thats right). Yeah, good ride, very scenic (LONGEST BLOODY DISTANCE I HAVE RIDDEN FOR AGES!!!!!). I reckon it clocked in pretty high probably about 50+ k's (for some people this isn't much, fair enough, but i rarely ride).... not really sure, but thank god the seat of my bike wasn't a chinese torture device and my arse is still intact. I watched people doing half the ride on racers and it made me wince.

Apologies for the uploaded video. It is shit. Well not shit, but the quality sucks arse, Vimeo reconverted to retard view and made everything look like it was photographed through a fog of Vaseline with Robert Smith singing under water. Yeah shit!!!!

Anyway we're off to Klagenfurt in a couple of days then Ljubljana (Slovenia), then back to Vienna and Budapest. Should be interesting. Will update more tommorow.

Video of my Journey

incarna — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 00:49:00 GMT

Hie everyone, i just uploaded a vid of my trip. Goes for about 16 mins, 2400+ photo's, China and Austria. You can check it out here http://www.vimeo.com/14267574

The land of cheese...Now with extra Dick!!!

incarna — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 04:19:00 GMT

Now the title of this post may sound strange, but upon perusing the shelves of the local supermarket here in Zell Am See (Austria), that is exactly what we found. Needless to say this started off bouts of chortling and dare i say it a tiny bit of guffawing.

Hello everyone, it's been awhile, i didn't mention to everyone that i was goin to be hitting the hinterlands and pretty much dropping off the internet. Sorry bout that, i actually thought i would be able to find an internet cafe or something somewhere, but between some sportsmanlike bus transfers and heavy luggage it has been hard to get to a Maccas (free Wifi), plus i can't stand McDonalds so that certainly doesn't help.

So a little update. Where have you been Shean?

Well i'm glad you asked, let's see. Last time i wrote i think i was in Vienna. Since then i have been to a beautiful place outside Vienna called Baden, 2 days there then a cross country charge to Salzburg. From there we went to a surprising town called Imst, then on to Fersteinsee, back to Imst for one night, thenon to where we are now. Zell Am See.

Okay brief rundown. Baden is beautiful, especially if you love gentle walks.

Salzburg is a bit of a dissapointment, the old city is nice and getting aroun on the hills is nice, but the city is under construction. Half of my ill feelings about Salzburg could be directly attributed to where we weere staying as we were camping in what looked and sounded like a fucking international parking lot. No shit, people driving in all hours of the night, one particularly lively night happened starring a loud farting Polish couple in a small tent. The mans snoring was like a flaming buzz saw that reverberated of the buildings. Not much sleep happened there.

Imst... Now this was the most surprising. Eve described it as a bit of nothing amidst the mountains, it turned out to be awesome. Yes rain and general shitty weather kicked in but that couldn't deter me from the fact that i had the most enjoyable uphill walk i have ever had. Add to that arriving at the summit, there awaiting before me a special treat. A chair lift even further up almost to 2000 metres, depositing me at the roof of the world with the impending joy of a tabogan run that clocks in at about 4 or more k's down a mountainside, and a real mountain, not like the shitty sledge runs in Australia. Add to this the fact that it was only 10.20 euro. Awesome!!!

So after Imst we went to Fernsteinsee, a little in the middle of nowhere slightly close to the German border. It was a little dissapointing, but nice at the same time.

60 degrees fairyheight

incarna — Thu, 5 Aug 2010 06:53:00 GMT

I've been in Austria now for a few days, and it's very peaceful here. There have been a couple of technical issues but nothing big enough to send this house of cards tumbling down. This morning we left from Vienna, stuffed from a giant hotel breakfast (I've got to say the Tren Aprtmenthotel knows how to make a good breakfast), we scrambled to the bus stop down the road, after a 20 minute wait, climbed the stairs if the bus, promptly got shafted for 4.20 euro rather than the expected 3.60 and squeezed our luggage down the tight fitting bus isle.

WE are now in Baden. If you have never heard of it, don't worry i hadn't until recently either. It is nice, contains Beethovens house and piano, and is quite. Sleepy even. definately pretty. We are only here for one more day then we head to Salzburg