Sóc Mateu.

Where are you from? :)

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 11:37:39 +1000

Why hello there! Soy tu compatriota—pero soy de Melbourne. Tienes orígenes latinos o simplemente te disfruta aprender idiomas? :)

Saw this tonight at ACMI—an absolute must see.

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 22:50:08 +1000

Saw this tonight at ACMI—an absolute must see.

Trop fier de mes proches. Mais en même temps un peu blessé par l’idée de ne pas être aux rangs...

Sun, 09 Jun 2013 01:33:14 +1000

Trop fier de mes proches. Mais en même temps un peu blessé par l’idée de ne pas être aux rangs de ceux qui sont l’objet de mon admiration. Le sigh.

Au bord de mes 26 ans

Sun, 02 Jun 2013 15:38:55 +1000

J’aurai bientôt 26 ans. A ce stade dans ma vie je me résigne à accepter que les choses que je m’étais prévues risquent de ne jamais se réaliser. Mais au lieu de m’en soucier je suis plutôt conscient que tout ne sera jamais sous le contrôle.

Et pourtant ce qui remplace mes préoccupations, c’est l’incertitude de l’inconnu. Sur quoi se concentrer quand le chemin se dirige vers n’importe où?

A vrai dire tout ça me laisse un peu vide et je dirais même que je me sens un peu seul à cet égard. Mais il s’agit pas d’une inquiétude constante. Il s’agit d’une attente indéfinie pour le prochain chapitre que je n’ai pas l’impression d’être en charge d’écrire pour l’instant.

Had brunch at Mailing Road in Canterbury this morning. Managed...

Sun, 26 May 2013 23:45:18 +1000

Had brunch at Mailing Road in Canterbury this morning. Managed to take some quick shots in the gardens before my mates Katy and Shaan arrived. Then treated myself to coffee and French toast with bacon and chorizo to fight off the chill.

Audio

Sat, 25 May 2013 14:50:36 +1000

"Only people who are capable of loving strongly can also suffer great sorrow, but this same necessity..."

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:30:54 +1000

“Only people who are capable of loving strongly can also suffer great sorrow, but this same necessity of loving serves to counteract their grief and heals them.”

- Leo Tolstoy

So I’m slightly pissed I can’t scale the size of my Disqus regions, but what can you do....

Wed, 22 May 2013 02:05:41 +1000

So I’m slightly pissed I can’t scale the size of my Disqus regions, but what can you do. Most of the functionality of my former template is back. Time for bed or whatever now!

Hanging out in my room on a lazy Sunday afternoon. Testing out...

Tue, 21 May 2013 22:39:36 +1000

Hanging out in my room on a lazy Sunday afternoon. Testing out some shots with my new lens. ‘Scuse the bed hair.

Time for bed. There’s always time to rip out one’s hair over Tumblr themes tomorrow.

Tue, 21 May 2013 00:53:58 +1000

Time for bed. There’s always time to rip out one’s hair over Tumblr themes tomorrow.

Blog is still a bit broken. Bear with me.

Mon, 20 May 2013 22:44:48 +1000

Blog is still a bit broken. Bear with me.

Happy Birthday Cousin Dearest

Sun, 19 May 2013 15:00:11 +1000

Today is my cousin Jennifer’s 26th birthday. In celebration, yesterday saw six groups of friends and family take on an Amazing-Race-type tour of Melbourne.

How humiliating public dancing, spicy crazy wings, paltry billiard skills and cryptic hints relate to her day of birth, I’ll never know. What I do know is that we all had a pretty awesome time.

I probably had too much of a great time. By most accounts I turned into a competitive, win-at-all-costs monster, quite literally pushing people out of my way. Nearly even knocked over the birthday girl at the finish line. I just need a win sometimes in life, okay.

My team ended up coming third. In reality second—if not for some totally bogus extra points for one overly enthusiastic team dressing in B-Boy costume. Like, when did gold stars for effort actually translate to cold hard points? That’s not how it effing works?

Afterwards we had a Vietnamese banquet on Victoria Street. Dessert was this nifty fried ice-cream with a flaming sugar cube atop. I took photos (as per questionable Asian stereotype), but my phone’s camera is so crap that even it is not worthy of my already sub-par blog.

In any case, Happy Birthday Jen! It was all about YOU, and not about my vicious competitive streak, nearly knocking you over or my obsessions about food—as you could clearly tell from this post.

Love you!

Off the rails

Mon, 13 May 2013 18:53:00 +1000

I decided to reward myself for completing one measly online test with A BRAND NEW PHONE. Good bye hundreds of dollars! Hello shiny new Blackberry Q10!

Yes, I always do this. I spend wildly about once a year—new iMac? Sure, why the hell not. Already got an iPad? Who cares, give it to Mum and GET YOURSELF ANOTHER!

Seriously I am the worst example of someone buying (literally) into the ‘system’.

I like to think that eventually I’ll hit the perfect balance—where everything I own will suit me just fine. But who am I kidding. Damn technology and its constant flux and rapid evolution, bah.

At the very least I tend not to spend on clothes (maybe a bunch of items once a year). I mean some dickheads spend $300 bucks on jeans. Tell me that’s not more ridiculous? Shiny new tech is my vice; just let me have that!

Anyway here’s what my new phone be lookin’ like.

My assessment tomorrow

Sun, 12 May 2013 23:39:25 +1000

Oh hello seven pages of crap. What’s this? You want ME to condense you into a page and a half of succinct prose fit for the modern-day government official short on time?

Umm, ain’t nobody got time for that.

Seven pages of 11 pt font. Blurrrrrgh.

Mother's Day Eve

Sat, 11 May 2013 13:17:00 +1000

Well fuck you everyone for making me feel guilty that it’s Mother’s day tomorrow and I’ve done nothing to action the responsibility of being someone else’s son. Can you all please remember that it’s not like I chose to born?

Anyway, I guess I should get a present or something. Though last year when I did, she pretty much told me straight out I should have just given her cash instead. I.e. “Oh that’s nice Matthew, good try, but no.” I give her ample points for frankness.

Anyone want to give me suggestions on what to get my mummy?

Disqus has updated itself but I’m too lazy to fix the formatting to match my Tumblr theme. OH...

Thu, 09 May 2013 00:29:25 +1000

Disqus has updated itself but I’m too lazy to fix the formatting to match my Tumblr theme. OH WELL.

sonyaong: CANDY. by @mattsfk

Tue, 07 May 2013 00:26:01 +1000

sonyaong:

CANDY. by @mattsfk

Grad job apps. Kill me.

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:21:23 +1000

Grad job apps. Kill me.

My nephew Kieran and me. Sweetest kid I’ve had the...

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 23:16:18 +1000

My nephew Kieran and me. Sweetest kid I’ve had the pleasure to hold and cuddle.

"Oh mare nero, oh mare nero, oh mare ne… Tu eri chiaro e trasparente come me"

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 19:01:16 +1100

“Oh mare nero, oh mare nero, oh mare ne… Tu eri chiaro e trasparente come me”

- La Canzone del Sole, Lucio Battisti