Last Tuesday, we settled out of court with the two former employees causing my mum grief in Cairns. With this huge weight lifted off our shoulders, mum is off the valium and her and my sister can now focus on the business of hopefully wrapping up our affairs up north so everyone can move on with their lives.
So in the spirit of moving on with life, the reason I planned to drop in during my fortnight off was to write about the significance of today.
On August 24th 2007 I ended my 3.5 year relationship with Jess... that was two years ago today. It's unlikely she's taken note of today as I was always the one who was more mindful of dates and anniversaries.
We met on September 21st 2003... in Revolver. We became a couple six months to the day, on March 21st 2004. The first two years of our relationship were the best years of my life, the two years after we broke up have been the worst. It's taken me most of those two years to come to the realisation that neither of us are to blame for this state of affairs.
Jess is an academic, she teaches at university level and has a Phd. She is Italian, Sicilian actually, speaks the language but doesn't identify with "wog" culture... she has travelled to Europe a few times. Unlike me, she doesn't make friends quickly or very easily, but the friendships she does make tend to last... she loves books, arthouse films, Dylan Moran, cats, red wine (and alcohol in general), poking fun at my own inability to drink, trashy television and she is especially fond of penguins.
Unlike me, she is quick to anger over certain things (I blame the Italian blood) and not great at accepting criticism, but she is also smart, funny, incredibly genuine and has a heart of pure, 24-carat gold. Born five days before me, she is also a Pisces yet in contrast to myself, she is far more responsible when it comes to money or drugs.
We are still friends, though not very close anymore, we still see movies together quite often. It is often difficult for us to talk about the past, so most of the time we don't and keep things at a somewhat superficial level... while it's obvious there is a genuine respect and affection between us, sometimes it's hard to tell that we were anything more than friends.
There are very few people in the world who I would say really understand me, so I'm glad Jess is still in my life and we can maintain a friendship.
This photo was taken at Big Day Out 2006... as you can imagine, we were a pretty awesome couple. Most people commented as such. It's hard to imagine how happy we used to make each other.... but most of all, the hardest thing about breaking up with someone you love is always worrying if they'll find someone who will treat them as well as you did.
So in the spirit of moving on with life, the reason I planned to drop in during my fortnight off was to write about the significance of today.
On August 24th 2007 I ended my 3.5 year relationship with Jess... that was two years ago today. It's unlikely she's taken note of today as I was always the one who was more mindful of dates and anniversaries.
We met on September 21st 2003... in Revolver. We became a couple six months to the day, on March 21st 2004. The first two years of our relationship were the best years of my life, the two years after we broke up have been the worst. It's taken me most of those two years to come to the realisation that neither of us are to blame for this state of affairs.
Jess is an academic, she teaches at university level and has a Phd. She is Italian, Sicilian actually, speaks the language but doesn't identify with "wog" culture... she has travelled to Europe a few times. Unlike me, she doesn't make friends quickly or very easily, but the friendships she does make tend to last... she loves books, arthouse films, Dylan Moran, cats, red wine (and alcohol in general), poking fun at my own inability to drink, trashy television and she is especially fond of penguins.
Unlike me, she is quick to anger over certain things (I blame the Italian blood) and not great at accepting criticism, but she is also smart, funny, incredibly genuine and has a heart of pure, 24-carat gold. Born five days before me, she is also a Pisces yet in contrast to myself, she is far more responsible when it comes to money or drugs.
We are still friends, though not very close anymore, we still see movies together quite often. It is often difficult for us to talk about the past, so most of the time we don't and keep things at a somewhat superficial level... while it's obvious there is a genuine respect and affection between us, sometimes it's hard to tell that we were anything more than friends.
There are very few people in the world who I would say really understand me, so I'm glad Jess is still in my life and we can maintain a friendship.
This photo was taken at Big Day Out 2006... as you can imagine, we were a pretty awesome couple. Most people commented as such. It's hard to imagine how happy we used to make each other.... but most of all, the hardest thing about breaking up with someone you love is always worrying if they'll find someone who will treat them as well as you did.
