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I suppose you're
one of those people who likes to go to people's houses and stare at
photos on the walls of old relatives and strange looking children. Don't
feel bad, I'm one of them too. So bring along your voyeurism and take
a peek at my own photo collection.
Snapshots
of myself and random stuff
People close to my heart
My adventures with The Simpsons
Touring America, July 1998
Matt does Melbourne, May-July 1999
Revisiting America, Dec 1999-Jan 2000
Matt does Australia, Dec 2000-May 2001
Snapshots of myself and random stuff
- Well, here's
li'l ol' me (August 2002).
- What album would
be complete without a baby photo? A
fave of me with Mum as a little tacker.
- A part of Melbourne
I took too long to discover -- truly a tribute to modern art, the
Tower of Toilets.
- A shot of the
Canuck god himself, Mr Steven Page, at the Barenaked
Ladies '99 Melbourne show, with fellow band members Jim Creeggan
(left) and Ed Robertson (right) looking on.
- I took this as
the Olympic Torch made its way up Milleara
Road, East Keilor at sunrise on July 30, 2000.
People close to my heart
- Matt
Rose:
The sweetest thing to come out of Nebraska, USA -- the funk king of
all things, my bestest bud, husband and soulmate.
- Deborah
Hocking:
My musical superstar sister who supplies me with endless wisdom and
laughs, particularly with her ample tissue collection.
- Kathryn
Hall:
This would be my bestest chick bud. If it wasn't for this girl I'd
most likely be institutionalised myself. She keeps me out of trouble;
she's "the soothing yin to my raging yang." And possesses the most
contagious laugh on earth.
My adventures with The Simpsons
- A script
of episode 8F10 ("I Married Marge") signed by various Simpsons cast
and crew members.
- I'm proud of
this one -- Yeardley Smith
and I at the Comic Art Gallery in July 1995.
- Harry Shearer
(with me and my friend Jake) in December 1996 when he was in Australia
to promote an exhibition of cels from the "Who Shot Mr. Burns?" episodes
on display at the CAG.
- My brush with
the show's Animation Director Jim
Reardon in October 1997. Jim's appearance at the CAG was to promote
the new book, "A Guide To Our Favourite Family" as well as The Simpsons'
upcoming 200th episode.
- Simpsons Executive
Producer Mike Scully & Jennifer
Thacker (staff writer and wife of Mike) visited the CAG in January
1998 to promote yet another exhibition of Simpsons cels.
- Getting a spiffy
new production cel signed by Nancy Cartwright
for my 21st Birthday at the CAG in October 1999.
- Nancy checks
out the cel I painted for her as a memento of her trip to Australia.
- Here's an animation
cel I won, taken from the episode "Kamp
Krusty".
- And my other
two babies -- the 21st Birthday
Simpsons cel and a piece from the first
episode of Futurama, signed by Matt Groening.
- It's not every
day someone asks you to paint Homer Simpson on their refrigerator,
so I did... here's how the end result
looked.
Touring America, July 1998
- Me
with Matt and the family (and the dog, Husker).
- The rental
car we had in California was fine, it was the L.A. traffic we
couldn't tolerate.
- Following the
Simpsons' conga line at the entrance to Film Roman's Simpsons studio.
- Mr D.
Duck of Disneyland with some friends.
- Matt's trusty
Oldsmobile, complete with Cartman
sticker on the back window.
- Soulmates:
Matt and myself, taken the day I left the U.S.
Matt does Melbourne, May-July 1999
- Matt's attempt
at showing off his newly acquired patriotic
feelings for Australia.
- Both of us at
my 21st birthday party in June.
- Sharing the cake!
- Sitting quietly
at the park on a rather balmy winter
afternoon ("Pfff... you call this winter? Where I come from this
is spring... and fall").
- Jam
Session: featuring Deb on acoustic guitar and vocals, Matt on
drums and Sean on electric guitar.
- Our favourite
Pom Julie and her husband John invite us over for dinner.
"Oh Motthew, you and Tummy make such a good couple."
- Matt acts out
his own "I am the lizard queen"
(er... king... KING) scene.
- He dropped to
his knees when he spotted an autographed Rush
album at Melbourne's Hard Rock Cafe ("BAH! ... nobody here has
even heard of Rush!")
Revisiting America, December 1999-January 2000
- Me,
Matt and Jan (his mom) smilin' on a couch in Duncan, Oklahoma.
- Little miss Emma,
his cute 5-year-old cousin who's too smart for her own good.
- Group
hug... "Smithers there's something
on my leg!! Get it off, GET IT OFF!"
- Trying to get
a picture of Emma's sister Audrey...
trying being the operative word.
- Husker gets an
unwanted bath from Steve.
- Hear no evil,
smell no evil.
- Matt and I standing
in the midst of Dealey Plaza
in Dallas, Texas; site of the JFK assassination.
- Behind the infamous
picket fence.
- A group
shot on the day of the Nebraska Huskers bowl game... GO BIG RED!
- I held my new
found interest in American football
for as long as I could... almost 20 whole minutes.
Matt does Australia, December 2000-May 2001
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