Hello everyone! Me again. . . . . .

Now originally I thought I would like to possibly live in New York for a bit, but decided that it would probably kill me, due to the mad life style. So, Melbourne seemed a very good option. . . . However, I am now thinking that this place may kill me. . . . . !

From when I was last in touch, yes, I did chill out for a day or so before the Stag Do, but then it all kicked off. . . . . . Saturday morning I mozied on down to the local marina as we were off fishing as part of the stag do. The first guy I saw was Benny, with a great big cheesy grin on his face, shouting ?Bobby-Joe?! Was great to see him and catch up later!

But let?s get back to the carnage, so we went fishing, to be fair that was really immaterial, as was also took copious amounts of booze with us, not to mention a blow up doll and a really dolly named Jess, who spent most of her time on the boat cold (if you get my drift?). I did do a bit of fishing and did actually catch more than anyone, over 20 fish! We drank plenty on the boat, had a BBQ and generally a top laugh. . . . I met loads more of the lads and really felt at home here again!

When we got back to land a persuaded Jess to drop me off back in St Kilda, which really upset a lot of the boys and made them jealous. . . . Nothing happened, but that?s not what I told the lads later on when we met up again for the evenings events. . . . ! hahahaha, got ya!

So, for the evening. . . . . We all left Pete?s and headed to one of his local pubs, where we kicked the evening in with a bit pool, etc, plus drinking, obviously! We then headed to a sort of gentlemen?s club. I got a little confused as all these beautiful women kept asking me if I wanted to have a dance. . . . . ? As it was a stag do, we hired the board room for an hour or so and lots of these beautiful women came in and sat Pete on a chair in the middle of the table and well. . . . . This is a family friendly journal, so I shall leave the details to special request via email. . . . hahahaha!

Anyway, we all had a top night, especially Pete, which was clearly the main objective! Me and Rob decided to leg it and find a normal bar / club and ended up in the small bar, but it turned out to be a private birthday party. . . . No problems though, a few free drinks later and we?re chatting to all sorts of people. . . . For some reason I lost Rob, but ended up chatting with these 2 couples. . . .We had a really good laugh, I am not sure if they were laughing with me or at me, but hey, they were laughing. . . ?! The 5 of us ended up going to this club and having a few more beers and then it all gets a bit hazy. . . . . I did however managed to get home safe, all be it with a slightly sore nose (I think I may have fallen over at some stage?). So that was the stag do. . . . Good fun was had by all. . . .

Now most people after doing a session like that would take a few days off, however Pete, my friend that I had met at rainbow beach was in town. . . . hmmmm. . . . The next 2 days were very messy. . . Let me try and explain. . . .

So, we went for some breaky and then a bit of a wonder around the city, before finally having a beer or 2, well, I wasn?t really feelin it after the long stag do day. . . .But after a few pints of Guinness and a good chin wag with Pete, we were off again. . . . We got back to St Kilda, had some food and then I thought I would show Pete some of my favorite bars. . . . . We ended up in the Espy. . . . What a night we had a head of us. . . . We got there as a band was setting up. . . a 6 piece outfit with A trombone and a Saxophone, amongst others things. . . It was looking like it was gonna be good. . . . . Wow, is all I can say! They were awesome. . . . ! We then got chattin to some guys and girls and had a dance and it all got messy. . . . We ended up back at this guys apartment (Dennis ? Cool guy and his girlfriend Jen and her friend Kate. . . ). It was a bit ironic, as we ended up crashing there for the night and it was actually opposite my hostel. . . . . I woke up in the morning and decided the only way to attack my hangover was to have another beer, so (sorry mum) at 9 am, me, Dennis and Pete started again. . . . . The girls decided it was too early for them! Another guy turned up and joined in as we watched Lock Stock on DVD, before heading back to the Espy for some food, etc. . . . .

Slight problem when we got to the Espy. . . No no, it wasn?t shut, but they were only serving liquid lunch. . . . We would have to wait til 5pm for really food. . . . . hmmmm, being really lazy, we didn?t actually move from there and we did make it to 5pm for the food. Needless to say we were slightly inebriated by then. . . . The dy was funny though, as we had a educated theme to the day. . . . We asked everyone who passed by what the longest word they could think of. . . . Some ignored us, some played the game, some were clever and some where thick. . . . . So, to summerise, the winner had to be ANTIDISESTABLISHMENTARIANISM, 28 letters. . . . And the loser was A. . . . . ? Yes A. . . . This girl walked passed and we said, ?what?s the longest word you can think of?? and yes, she said A? I think, to be honest, she was saying hey? Not understanding the question, but I thought A was extremely funny. . . . . Now, I know you are probably wondering what the hell I am going on about, but I suppose you just had to be there. . . . ?!

So the day carried on like that, then we ended up crashing back at Dennis?s again. . . . So, I didn?t actually stay at my hostel for 2 nights. . . . !

Tuesday, I met up with Benny again and we did some stuff in town, had some lunch and chilled out at a friend of his place (Mick). I hadn?t met Mick before, but he was a coolio guy, he had his 6 month old son with him, so it was like 3 men and a baby!

We met with a few other for evening meal, including Josh, who filled me in on what I missed from the end of the stag do. . . . josh then dropped me back at the hostel and I chilled for the rest of the evening with Pete and some guys he had met. . . . . We played pool and cards, and contributed slightly to the quiz that was going on!

It is now Wednesday and I feel that I have lost the last 3 days in a blurr, but am feeling a lot better now! Xanthe is due in Melbourne on Friday for a long weekend with, so I am looking forward to that. Think we are gonna get a car and head up the Great Ocean Road. I like it up there, as I am sure you have read in previous journals. . . . ? Gonna meet Benny again later and I think we are out with some more friends tonight, a steady one I hope. . . . !

I said my goodbyes to Pete earlier, he is off to Thailand. . . . Basically has run out of money, so needs to go somewhere cheap. . . . Will meet up with him again in a few months over there hopefully, so ciao for now dude! It has been emotional. . . Again! Hahahahaha. . . . . .

Well that?s it from me. . . . . Hope everyone is well and enjoying life. . . Speak soon people. . . .