Sunday, August 24

Something from nothing.

So people were feeling charitable and the 2K marked was cracked!The upshot? Triple mullet action!

That's Sarah to the left, me in the middle, Callum to the right and the Hairdresser Claudia subtly in there too.

Wednesday, August 20

Dirty Ginger Mullet

So here's the latest.

I run the Social Club here at Kiwibank (although we call it the "Social Syndicate" – cos it's more dangerous sounding).

This Friday we have the annual Kiwibank Bogan Friday. You can guess it- we have drinks such as Castle Point Swappa beer and everyone dresses in appropriately horrific dark bogan attire… But this year there's a twist!

We're raising funds for the Child Cancer Foundation (CCF) and we are doing so by having targets…. and hair cuts.

That's right.

If we raise $500 my good friend Callum will have his 56cm long hair cut off

If we raise $1000 Callum will get a mullet

If we raise $1500 I will get a spectacular ginger mullet

If we raise $2000 my friend Sarah will get a (fe)mullet

Thus far we have $600 raised and people are collecting more as we speak!
So there you have – This is Brendan Elks reporting from Wellington and looking down the barrel of a ginger mullet….

Oh and check this image – A Wellington winter – *I love this city*





Thursday, August 14

Grilled up

So one of the pieces of art I've been doing is an old barbecue grill.
Check it out - I'm chuffed at how alike to a real grill it is.
















People seem to think is made of cast iron - but no! Its balsa and modeling paste and mortar.
It measures about 1.01 x 1.05m.
















What's it for I hear you call? I'll tell you some other time - the piece of art is called "The BBQ test", it will be mounted on a board and hung in a meeting room here at KB. Bam!

Monday, August 11

bam_moments_

Bam - every now and then you get those bam moments.

The other day on the way to work I saw this telly sitting in an alleyway - Bam - man it looked perfect - I had my camera on me - Bam - I took this shot - I really like it.

See if you can spot the pigeon... Bam


Thursday, August 7

Yes mam...


Time for another posty le roux my blogged up bonhomous friends.

In which direction shall I rant?

I was thinking the other day about breasts – no not in a saucy way. To be more accurate I was thinking about our culture and the notion of breast implants.

How weird I thought… I figured it would be interesting to put on the metaphorical hat of a nature channel narrator talking to a young protégé…

"They're a very interesting species – with some remarkable traits not featured in any other of the creatures of the animal kingdom. One thing I noticed about their society is the inordinate amount of attention paid to the female mammary glands known as "breasts". The males of the species in particular spend a significant amount of time admiring these glands. It's a huge part of their inter-sexual attraction, there seems to be a particularly heavy focus on breast size. So much so in fact that the female of the species will voluntarily get her breast enlarged with complex operations".

"Why is that then? Does it help them when they're having children or something?"

"Oh no no my boy – from what I can tell it is simply a male preference – the females do show an increase in their confidence after their operation – but effectively there is no productive gain from such procedures. In fact – it is considered to be quite dangerous by some and can lead to all kinds of deformities and cancer and such".

"Huh – that's really interesting".

"Tell me about it – I've been searching for logic in it but there is none – Olé my good boy – Olé"

"Olé indeed professor".


Anyway – enough about that.

Hope everyone out there is safe and sound – keep on keepin on.