Yesum. Today is my 16th birthday

I'll condense my gifts for you. You see, most of them I got recently, so they're unofficial birthday presents:

1. The new computer that i mentioned before

2. A new fancy pants perpetual motion Tissot watch

3. A handmade book cover thing from my sister.

AND THE BEST EVER:

4. Last Sunday i went to Dappled Cities Fly's concert. It was absolutely awesome. The Red Riders were there too, and so were Fire! Santa Rosa! Fire!. They're all Australian bands, so you probably don't know them, but believe me, they're really good. Not very mainstream, so the venue was quite intimate and we could get really close up. DCF were headlining, so they did their set last, and they kicked off at about 10pm (after the other two bands had finished)

So, we're in the front row, right next to the stage in this intimate gig (my sister and i), and we get the idea to flog a set list after the show. They're on the stage packing up their gear...

And the bass player, Alex, handed out his setlist to some random near him, and i was getting all upset because i wanted one goddammit! lol. i wasn't actually that vexed. but i was intending to scab that one off him .
Anyway, people are beginning to clear off. So, i ask Alex nicely "do you happen to have any other setlists floating around?" And he goes in search of one. He finds one, under some things, and i think it was the drummer's. And he says to me "do you want it signed?" And i was stunned! HELL YEAH!

So, he goes on a quest to 1: find a pen and 2: track down all 4 other band members. Meanwhile, Tim, the lead singer is hanging around, packing up his stuff and we got to have a chat with him. And we got our photos taken with him (he's quite a good looking one). That's the great thing about unknown bands... they're happy to indulge their fans.

Alex returns, and he has all the signatures, with some writing on it too. We would have been the only people that night to come away with every member's signature.


So, in a word, i was stoked. Absolutely speechlessly happy.

I've since framed it and put some photos around it in my room


Best birthday present eh?