Posted on 04 February 2010.
Well first off, why not?
It’ sunny they have kangaroos, koalas and all sorts of cool shit there. Ok so the real reason then…
I recently went on a trip around the world (booking coming soon) and was fortunate to spend 30 + days in the AU. What I found was that it was an environment that excited me. I was born in Los Angeles, raised in Los Angeles and surrounding desserts. Recently, on a trip through 35 states of the USA I have come to the conclusion that I have been stuck in Los Angeles.
The monotony of life has caught up with me and I feel that a change is needed.
GR 1. My first 90 or so videos I lived in a basement apartment in Portland, Oregon. I was going out everynight doing the stand up mic thing, tring out lots of different jokes on live people. Most of my first videos were jokes that I adapted to vlog form. I had 30 videos and 25 subscribers but it didn’t matter cause I was excited about the work.
GR2. I moved around a bit and landed back in LA with family friends, Because Malibu is far as shit from everything I couldn’t get out and try new shit. I slipped into a internet consumed world with flashes of beach going and tennis and other distractions I call a well rounded life. I visited family in NY and had a great summer bringing you guy’s along with me, then came the “round the world trip” and two months of silence. When I got back I needed to get money and such a Job. Enter several videos about resumes and getting a job. Then having a job I decided I hated work, enter “how to quite your job. Eventually I paid off the credit cards and worked my way out of needing in job.
The Ford thing happened and I took the opportunity to quite I. I thus had to also try to start making money at the hobby. In doing this I lost the reason I love the GR to begin with. The diary failed, lots of things failed. The work became a slow decline of my ranking from 60th most subscribed to 75th. The frustration killed the creative, so I stopped caring. So enter shows about not caring about numbers and non-new year resolutions. I started liking the work again, but I need people. I need a city to feed energy off of. The space I was working in, the people, the bridges I burn with awkward glances, I just feel that I need to get out of the country out of all that I know, and feel comfortable with, the vacuous space in LA.
I need a change, a city, a different voice talking to me.
GR3. Sydney, Australia. I know that whatever demons I have inside me will follow me where every I go. I have also learned that sometimes the battle field we choose can have an advantage on the demons we can overcome. It might take me a minute to get settled but I think Australia will replenish the soul I feel I’ve lost in creative stagnation. It will force me to meet new people, to be uncomfortable, to have new experiences. And best of all to share them with you guys.
So why Australia…? Why not?