day fifty two

drove up to bendigo; met droo; his mate; had lunch at the pub; went to cafe; drank coffee for four hours; jabbered on like a mothers club; was fun meeting them and hanging out; will catch up again in march

went for a trip down memory lane; amazing the memories that come flooding back as i drive down various streets; use to live in bendigo from 1992-1993; studied part of my ba there; that's where i met panayiota; well actually met her on a train in november 1991, we were sitting next to each other; heading to bendigo for interview for art school;

below; lister house; student dorm; this is the first place i lived in when i moved from home at 17 to study; only thing cool about it was that it was next to the cathedral; think i lasted 5 weeks there; horrid thing about it was you had to share a room; my room mate was marco; what a drip he was; business student; need i say anymore?













below; cousins deli; carpenter st; this used to be a deli (shop-part); i lived in the house with a dyke; sally; the owners teena and leone ran the deli; they used our kitchen during the day; they became my second mums; they were great; tried looking them up whilst i was up; but to no avail; oh the shenanigans of carpenter st; sally was my first encounter with natural lezzo; sea sponges used to dangle from the shower curtain rod dripping with bloody water; oh so natural; i remember her when i moved in allocating fridge space; she said not to eat the natural yogurt; her thrush treatment; i was only 17;













below; mitchell st; lived here with a bloke named daniel; he's in melbourne again; married; haven't caught up with him since i moved down here; will do soon; this was such a lads pad; bong water stains on the carpet; pizza boxes; beer bottles; cask wine bladders milked of every drop; mattresses on the floor; spilt ashtrays; oh the days! landlord was a fuck stick; ended up in court; stoned; oath on the bible; declaring him a liar; had to break lease as was moving to sydney with sue; she is no longer with us; died of ms a few years ago; oh shelby; just remember my cat; she's dead too; we weren't to have pets; daniel looked after his folks dog whilst they were abroad for a few weeks; massive great dane; landlord had a habit of popping over every fucking sunday; he left us a note one day; i still have it in an old visual diary; goes like this:

19/9/93
ashlee + daniel
re attached copy of our tenancy agreement regarding pets; no pets i.e. dog + cats etc are to be at the property; this includes the cat which was looking at me through the window when i was working there last weekend; if this presents aproblem give me a call

i will be at the property this weekend to carry out some maintenance at the back of the house - outside; as access to the back of the house is via the lawn; removal of the dog turds would be appreciated; if this presents a problem give me a call

thanks
jason

reading that again makes me laugh; we ended up breaking the lease and loosing our bond; loosing bonds seemed my norm until 2004; slow learner? seems our bond came in handy for part of his reno; it was a total dump when we used to rent it