Author: Kristian Golding

The partying has taken its toll. I’ve been out every night since Wednesday now and I pretty much finished up on Saturday night by going to Voodoo lounge in downtown Ft Lauderdale. They were actually playing some pretty decent dance music, what I mean is, they played some Mylo which makes them about 7 or 8 months late. Well, whatever. Good vibes that night and good people.

I decided to finish the weekend by visiting a friend’s place last night for an excellent BBQ. I was pretty stuffed and they decided to watch “Revenge of the Sith”. They’re real hardcore Star Wars fans, that’s the only reason I could think of why they’d do that. Normally I’m complaining about the acting every 5 minutes and the only way to shut me up is to either gag me or promise to show me scene 14 from the movie “From dusk till dawn” afterwards. I was so tired and exhausted though that I only complained about the acting once; that part where the Stormtrooper hands back Obi Wan’s lightsaber just before order 66 is executed. “Oh, here, I found this” or whatever the hell he says. That acting is primary school play quality but without the parental attachment that makes it watchable.

While the power was out during Wilma there were fantastic opportunities to do some stargazing as most of the street lights were out in the ‘burbs. Although there is some overlap between the constellations I could see in Australia there are of course many new ones to look at. Below is a shot I took out the back of my apartment with my camera mounted on a tripod. This pic has notes so move your mouse over a box to read a description of the constellation. You can see the original without lines or notes here.

Most of them are online here.

I’m going to take Annie Mac’s “can’t stopper” tag and run with it here for a bit. I’ve been going freaking crazy lately. After the whole hurricane business and getting cabin fever and so forth I’ve decided to make up for that. Wednesday night I went to see Youssou N’Dour with an Egyptian orchestra backing him. That was just simply amazing. Thursday night I went to see Depeche Mode. Might I add that they weren’t playing in Fort Lauderdale – that concert got cancelled – but they were playing in Tampa which is over a 3 hour drive away. Not bad for a Thursday night. Big props to the driver for keeping us all awake with the cool music. Tonight is Ozomatli in South Beach. Tomorrow night I’ve been given a tip that “La Covacha” would be a good place to check out. It’s a full-on Latin club and I’m wondering if they understand Australian there.

Could I do any of this stuff “when I’m sixty four”? Probably not, so I gotta do it now.

*And I just can’t get enough, I just can’t get enough*

Anyway, gotta go, can’t stop.