28 June 2020
Rest in Peace Uncle Ken

Last Thursday on the 18th June my uncle passed away, this was not unexpected news but that never makes the loss easier. Uncle Ken was one of the strongest people I have ever known, he had such a strong fighting spirit and without that I may not have ever got to know him at all. […]

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22 May 2020
Alphabet Themes

With the current state of the world my colleagues and I have been working from home, same as a lot of people throughout the country and world, this is a crazy time and something that noone was prepared for. To makes things a little easier and to have a little bit of fun my work […]

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14 February 2019
Remembering Carmen Argenziano

It is with a heavy heart that I write this post, I learnt on Monday morning that Carmen Argenziano had passed away. It has been an emotional few days, as I remember some of the special moments I had with this amazing man, a wonderful gentleman who made you feel comfortable and important no matter […]

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6 July 2018
Volunteering at a Different Event

Having not volunteered to work an event in over a year I decided it was time to get back into the volunteer game and why not start off with something different, so I put my hand up to work this year’s Queer Expo which was held at St. Kilda Town Hall over last weekend. Queer […]

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14 June 2018
Balloons and Besties

On Saturday I attended the Oz Comic Con event in Melbourne, I was interested in seeing how the show would go with there being some behind the scenes changes from previous years. I had already noticed several differences such as guest announcements had been slower coming and there weren’t any that really stood out, there […]

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24 April 2018
A Reminder of Friendships and Family

This past weekend I attended Melbourne Supanova and for the first time in a very long time I didn’t have any of the usual pre-show excitement and no real desire to go even though I knew I’d enjoy seeing friends. This feeling and having no motivation to do things has been a feeling I have […]

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19 November 2017
My Origin Story into the Fandom World

This is my origin story, the tale of how I got into this amazing world of fandom and convention attending, people who know me well have probably heard this story before but I don’t think I have ever actually written it up for the world to read at least not in as much detail – […]

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6 November 2017
20 Years of Stargate

Yesterday I attended a Stargate event held here in Melbourne, this event named Return to the Gate was to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of when Stargate SG-1 first started. For this event we had three members of the original SG-1 team cast Richard Dean Anderson (RDA), Amanda Tapping and Michael Shanks with the addition of […]

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19 September 2017
Wellness Walk for Charity

Straying from my usual blog posts this one is for something a little different, although it still involves a celebrity!!! On Sunday I had the opportunity to spend the day with over a thousand other people at the Wellness Walk and Research Run an event that raised money for the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Wellness and […]

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21 August 2017
Marvel Mega Fan

Over the last weekend I attended the Oz Comic Con event at Melbourne Exhibition and Convention Centre – I don’t generally buy specialty tickets to these types of events but this time I decided to buy a Marvel Mega Fan Ticket which included weekend entry as well as some other Marvel goodies such as Pins, […]

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28 June 2020
Rest in Peace Uncle Ken

Last Thursday on the 18th June my uncle passed away, this was not unexpected news but that never makes the loss easier. Uncle Ken was one of the strongest people I have ever known, he had such a strong fighting spirit and without that I may not have ever got to know him at all. […]

Read More
22 May 2020
Alphabet Themes

With the current state of the world my colleagues and I have been working from home, same as a lot of people throughout the country and world, this is a crazy time and something that noone was prepared for. To makes things a little easier and to have a little bit of fun my work […]

Read More
14 February 2019
Remembering Carmen Argenziano

It is with a heavy heart that I write this post, I learnt on Monday morning that Carmen Argenziano had passed away. It has been an emotional few days, as I remember some of the special moments I had with this amazing man, a wonderful gentleman who made you feel comfortable and important no matter […]

Read More
6 July 2018
Volunteering at a Different Event

Having not volunteered to work an event in over a year I decided it was time to get back into the volunteer game and why not start off with something different, so I put my hand up to work this year’s Queer Expo which was held at St. Kilda Town Hall over last weekend. Queer […]

Read More
14 June 2018
Balloons and Besties

On Saturday I attended the Oz Comic Con event in Melbourne, I was interested in seeing how the show would go with there being some behind the scenes changes from previous years. I had already noticed several differences such as guest announcements had been slower coming and there weren’t any that really stood out, there […]

Read More
24 April 2018
A Reminder of Friendships and Family

This past weekend I attended Melbourne Supanova and for the first time in a very long time I didn’t have any of the usual pre-show excitement and no real desire to go even though I knew I’d enjoy seeing friends. This feeling and having no motivation to do things has been a feeling I have […]

Read More
19 November 2017
My Origin Story into the Fandom World

This is my origin story, the tale of how I got into this amazing world of fandom and convention attending, people who know me well have probably heard this story before but I don’t think I have ever actually written it up for the world to read at least not in as much detail – […]

Read More
6 November 2017
20 Years of Stargate

Yesterday I attended a Stargate event held here in Melbourne, this event named Return to the Gate was to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of when Stargate SG-1 first started. For this event we had three members of the original SG-1 team cast Richard Dean Anderson (RDA), Amanda Tapping and Michael Shanks with the addition of […]

Read More
19 September 2017
Wellness Walk for Charity

Straying from my usual blog posts this one is for something a little different, although it still involves a celebrity!!! On Sunday I had the opportunity to spend the day with over a thousand other people at the Wellness Walk and Research Run an event that raised money for the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Wellness and […]

Read More
21 August 2017
Marvel Mega Fan

Over the last weekend I attended the Oz Comic Con event at Melbourne Exhibition and Convention Centre – I don’t generally buy specialty tickets to these types of events but this time I decided to buy a Marvel Mega Fan Ticket which included weekend entry as well as some other Marvel goodies such as Pins, […]

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