Grill’d

Good evening everyone… it’s been a little while since the last post, but I’ve been a little busy, unfortunately. Lots tends to happen around the end of the year, and this year it’s begun a little earlier than usual. I’ve had a lot of new clients lately, plus existing clients request work – everything from audio mixing to online ticketing… one could say the usual “busy end of year season” is roaring into overdrive… and it’s only October! :S …not that I can complain, the money is alright.

I’m also trying to boost my ‘retail’ client base (as opposed to corporate). It’s a bit of an experiment really – I have no idea if it will work, but Part 1 of my strategy is a 15,000-home letterbox flyer-drop to residents on the Northside (I choose Northside because apparently there’s more money there, heh). The flyers get delivered to homes next week, so either a) the phone will ring off the hook (which will be a good thing), or b) nothing will happen and I’ve wasted a bit of cash – but like I said, it’s an experiment for me. You’ve got to spend money to make money right? (or so I keep reminding myself, haha). I’ll keep you posted on how it goes and what comes of it.

In other news, my weekend just gone was great! On Saturday, my flatmate and his BF were home for once (as opposed to working), so we went to Bunnings and bought a few pipes and bits and pieces in order to create & test a low-lying smoke delivery system for the upcoming convert products we’re involved with. After many different experiments with and without styrofoam boxes, computer-fans hooked up to a 12V battery, opening & closing holes on the agi-pipe (sp?) and with or without ice, we eventually came to the conclusion that styrofoam boxes (with ice and no fans) work best. The effect was amazing on the floor inside the house – smoke hanging low and creepy out of the holes – awesome. We’re going to go to the theatre in a few weeks to test it there and see if it’s as good there in a warmer environment (with the lights on and all). But the experiments were a great way to prove and disprove methods without wasting too much money and time.

On Saturday night my boy came over and we had dinner / played games with the usual bunch. We had Grill’d for dinner (a burger place) – they have a few stores around Brisbane, but my boy would like me to blog that “they suck”. The Valley “Grill’d” store gets orders wrong (a vegetable patty = tofu… riiiight. Since when?), and the Bulimba store employs doey stuff that act like their stones, and they also get names wrong. Since when is the name Mark equal to Martin? (my boy likes to use pretend names when ordering stuff ). But still, you’d think they’d be able to get the pretend name right! So boycot Grill’d because they’re hopeless and they need to train their staff in order-taking and ear-cleaning. Andy’s top tip of the day: they’re called cotton buds!

Sunday was good – my boy and I slept in after, shall we say, a very intimate late night / morning (haha, okay TMI )… then we had a BBQ with our mate Luke & the boys and then in the afternoon my boy took me for a drive to the Northside to look at the Busway construction near the RBH (I hadn’t seen it in ages and was impressed at all the work they’re doing with the tunnel and raised-Busway!) and then he surprised me and took me to a lovely lookout somewhere on top of a hill in Clayfield. Lovely views of the city and river! I took some photos with my phone and will blog them next time. It was a great surprise, and I’d never been up there before! *kisses to my boy* hehe .

That’s about al really – I’ll leave you with Group Whiteboard Story #2 (see here for Group Whiteboard Story #1 if you don’t know what this is about).
With thanks to Luke for typing it up for us!

Until next time…