Am I Ever Going To See Your Face Again?

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..."

Comments

[Rob Irwin]

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 :)

[scientaestubique]

Ditto on Sky News... everywhere I turn there's Cam's face!

[Rob Irwin]

It's like a nightmare :)

[Miriam Parkinson]

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.

[Cameron Reilly]

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.

[Phillip Molly Malone]

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

[Paull Young]

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.

[scientaestubique]

I got an extra copy if you want it Cam.