Comments on: Companion trades

By: Jack

Jack — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 23:40:01 +0000

hey.

haha its jack from AJAHG.
you have our picture on your fridge? fucking ‘a man. haha.

i love you.

By: Benedict

Benedict — Wed, 24 May 2006 11:40:22 +0000

Hello Lucas!

I am struck with bittersweetness. On the one hand I am delighted to have discovered this lovely project of yours; on the other I am disappointed to learn that it will draw to a close so soon.

I have a confession to make. I ticked the ‘I live right here in the ’sham’ box on your little survey, but I lied. I actually live on Frazer St, also known as the de-militarised zone between the ’sham and m’ville. Actually, from some angles it also looks a lot like Dulwich Hill. Consequently my flatmates and I often refer to our little patch as ‘Dulvillsham’. We’re pushing for our own postcode.

I enjoyed wandering through your blog almost as much as you seemed to enjoy wandering through the ’sham itself. I love this neck of the woods and I enjoyed seeing it through the eyes of another happy inhabitant. I chuckled with recognition at the encounter between Wolfie and the cats (my own dog, Hugo, also gives them short shrift); I was delighted to hear about Elio’s cornbread, also being a little wearied by the crusty white stuff; I particularly liked the reference somewhere to the habitable parts of the neighbourhood multiplying. Great stuff.

Benedict

By: Tully

Tully — Tue, 23 May 2006 13:04:47 +0000

Vanessa has a crush on the lead singer, oooOOOooooh

By: Vanessa

Vanessa — Tue, 23 May 2006 12:28:11 +0000

The picture of AJAHG is on the fridge at the moment, rather than the bedroom wall, because every time I look at it I keep thinking how the singer looked so broken when he realised that there was no point singing because he’d been turned down, and the band kept going, and he was just standing there. It was pretty awful thing to do to a fifteen year old. Their first song was a hardcore angst opera, it had all these changes and during the quiet bits the guitar player would do this kind of goth dance where he made his hands into snakes. They will make it - they had the cutest fans. I like the fact that when we fled the hall afterwards, the core group of girl fans were just in front of us, and one of them was throwing up in the bin in the corner. I like to think it was from overexcitement. No musical performance has ever made me vomit. I was impressed.
I hope they won the people’s choice award.
My other favourite moment from the day was when I was loitering around the cakes and tea stall, eating the cupcake I’d just bought. The lady in charge of the stall tried to make Tully pay for my cake and said, aggressively, “HAS THAT CUPCAKE BEEN PAID FOR?” I’ve never heard anyone speak this sentence before.