roll another fattie.

this holiday season i returned to my little home town nimbin to celebrate christmas with the family. as an adverse effect of being in the hippy capital of australia, surrounded by dreadlocks, B.O, and a whole lot of gunja me and my sister have succumbed to rolling a few too many fatties. the side effects? two doped out kids with some face paint and too much time on their hands. enjoy.

p.s mum says we're the 'nimbin elite'. lol.

pop.

so, about a week after my birthday i suffered from some serious spontaneous pneumothorax shit. aka - my lung collapsed in my sleep - weird huh? after i got my hands on some morphine i started to feel a bit chirpier and asked the nurse to take some pics of me on the operating table for my blog. talk about dedication.


... no more breaky bongs for willj.

breath number one million and twenty one.

for my birthday god gave me a stray cat. he came knocking on my window that night amidst a semi-nervous breakdown (the night of my birthday was also the night before my end of year assessment) crying for some love. i chose to ignore him. after about 2 hours we had donned him the name WP, short for weeping pussy, and he had still failed to nuzzle a way into my heart. i fed him for a few days to strengthen him up then i closed the gate and that was the end of it. sorry god, i just don't like cats.

mr. minas also gave me a little holga as a gift, giving me the perfect tool (toy?) to document the occasion with - love a little visual stimulation. though the initial part of it was trumped by end of year assessment, countless all nighters and a whole lot of shit-talking (soul of a visual diary) the celebrations ended up lasting about a week. for one whole week i got to forget my poverty stricken student life and be totally spoiled by family i hardly see anymore since i moved to the big smoke - bliss.

• wizard of oz eat your heart out - i stole your munchkin.

• mr. minas himself! what a dreamboat.

• here we are embracing the glorious spring sun. (i was admiring it from a distance in the shade - my lack of pigmentation isn't very forgiving).

• wine with some family.

• the all nighter - a haze of smoke, caffeine and delirium accompanied by a side of weeping pussy.

• fuck yes birthday dinner. a big pile of mud crab and goodness.

• my mum and dad, also enjoying the fuck yes birthday dinner.

• my best friend cracky being a crack head (it's what he does best).

• a little bit of double exposure to mix things up. (sister #1)

• mums on a tram.

• 21st birthday in melby town - how glamorous. (sister #2)

solitude.

isn't it funny how sometimes we feel the most alone when we're surrounded by the people who love us most?

bush bashing.

just to mix things up a little here are some landscapes i did this semester. basically i was working with the concept of light disappearing in the bush - when the light goes from bright and pretty to all blue and eerie, when all the scary bush monsters out to play.

some more b&w fun.

this time me and ayla got our art on. girls just seem to be throwing their shirts off around me lately..

impromptu art.

me and julia-goolia got our snap on last night. nothing like a bit of impromptu art to soothe the soul. hope you enjoy.

my first fashion shoot.

this is the first fashion shoot in the history of my fashion shoots.. if that makes sense. basically, i had a lot of fun doing it, a great model and some pretty amazing clothes. they're all done by melbourne designer baden minas. keep an eye out for him because if girls have any idea about anything, he's going to be huuuge.

hopefully this is the first shoot of many.

the julia files # 2

so, like i promised, here is some more of our good friend julia-goolia. it seems that this week she is having some weight issues - poor goolia.

some things that happened this week.

i had a pretty event-filled week this week so i thought i might share it with the world in • form.

• i went to ballarat to look at some sweet photos at the international 'foto biennale'. when i was there i was exposed to a plethora of amazing photographers but none touched me or continued to resonate within me like lauren rabbit's work did. this lady was dealing with chronic bipolar for years before they could medicate her properly. at the beginning of her illness she wandered out of the house to run an errand and ended up in baltimore mental asylum. as a precaution, just until they could get her meds right, she locked her self away in solitary confinement inside her house. it took them three years to get her meds right. during this time she took a photo almost every day. apparently she came to my school to give a talk last week. i'm so disappointed i missed it it makes me want to close myself inside for three yeas.


• a man chomped into his tongue instead of his breaky burrito at work and passed out cause it hurt so bad.

• i bought some sick-tang sunglasses - aren't they pretty?


• i bought a ticket to go see sia in december.

• my PARKLIFE ticket arrived!

• i met this munchkin 7 months ago this week. i think that's pretty cool. (what a messy little man).

• i did a few self portraits for school i'm fairly happy with - this one especially (excuse my testicle).
• i went shopping in stores i could never afford to buy things in. my favourite bit is when they tell you how much it is and you have to try and keep a straight face. for example - these two cardigans. i couldn't decide between the black or the gray. i was um-ing and ar-ing when i asked the store assistant the price - $495. i told her that i had to be really sure before i was going to commit because i wasn't sure if i should stretch the budget this week. THAT IS MY BUDGET FOR A MONTH. ... but aren't they dreamy?

• i ate acid in my friend's backyard with a strange irish man.

• i went to a 1971 wimbledon themed party and ate crustless cucumber sandwiches, strawberries and cream and cupcakes. it was delightful.

• i got a $5000 loan.

• i spent $4672 on new toys for school.

i guess you can say i had a pretty eventful week. in between the times i was doing something i uas usually i eating, sleeping, getting high, going to school or wasting time in some other counter-productive kind of way. thanks for sharing. :)