So yesterday was an interesting day. I think perhaps the best reaction to the magazine was from Garth Kidd who called me from a train station in Sydney about 5pm on his way home from work. He obviously hasn't been reading the blog so he knew nothing about it and he walked up to a news stand, saw my picture, and started pissing himself laughing while the people around him gave him strange looks.
I got a few phone calls and emails but it wasn't too crazy.
In middle of all that... I was driving around Melbourne about 12pm and my car started to splutter and cough and then died. I managed to steer it over to the curb before it came to a complete stop. The reason? Ran out of petrol. The warning light had been on for... a few hours? A day? A few days? I don't know. Have been too busy to fill it up. Anyway so fortunately, I was about a block away from the BMW dealership where I bought the car two years ago, so I rang BMW Assist and they sent a guy over about ten minutes later to put some petrol in my tank. I also happened to stop just outside a café so I just calmly put my emergency lights on, went inside, got lunch, and sat there reading the Bulletin until BMW Assist arrived. Ah... the highs and the lows in a day. Who said there is a fine line between the sublime and the ridiculous?
Four days until I leave and I still don't have accommodation for San Fran. There are going to be a few Aussie Web2.0 guys over there though (Chris Saad, Marty Wells, Nik Cubrilovic) so we're talking about getting a place and throwing a good old fashioned Aussie BBQ.
God I have so much to do before I leave....
"Went down to St Tropez where Renoir paints the walls..."
Well I pissed myself laughing last night and this morning because Sky News keep doing reports on packer selling off a chunk of ACP and they have this recently shot footage of ACP magazines in a pile which they use as 'filler' footage, and the Bully is on the top... so I keep seeing you on Sky News. And cacking :)
Posted by: Rob Irwin | Thursday, October 19, 2006 at 09:51 AM
Ditto on Sky News... everywhere I turn there's Cam's face!
Posted by: scientaestubique | Thursday, October 19, 2006 at 10:52 AM
It's like a nightmare :)
Posted by: Rob Irwin | Thursday, October 19, 2006 at 10:57 AM
The really weird thing for me was seeing this (http://www.flickr.com/photos/19516956@N00/273538916)
outside the newsagent next to uni.
They *never* have business magazines out the front. Its always FHM and chick mags.
Posted by: Miriam Parkinson | Thursday, October 19, 2006 at 12:05 PM
Well with my mug on the cover, the Bully is now officially a chick mag! :-)
I want one of these. Just emailed Josh to see if he can get me one.
Good to see my mate Sarah near me as well.
Posted by: Cameron Reilly | Thursday, October 19, 2006 at 12:39 PM
I know that news agent, and apparently they normally have a problem with dogs releaving themselves out the front. Since they put the "Bully" cover out the front, no more problem. Apparently the dogs just yelp and run off!
Molly
Posted by: Phillip Molly Malone | Thursday, October 19, 2006 at 01:06 PM
Cam,
I'm working my butt off at Indy up on the GC so I haven't had time yet to congratulate you.
Well done mate! I'll be picking the mag up for a read next week.
Best of luck on the US trip.
Posted by: Paull Young | Thursday, October 19, 2006 at 06:09 PM
I got an extra copy if you want it Cam.
Posted by: scientaestubique | Friday, October 20, 2006 at 12:52 PM