Dumpster Diving

I went dumpster diving on valentines day and found this old tatty board and decided to deck it out in true holiday spirit. "Happy Vampires day", Thats what I presume it is. Walking around the streets all I can presume is that its vampires day. All that neck biting going on between happy couples and the sharing of body fluids.
Everyone did valentines cards for everyone. Fun fun. Woop woop.

We leave this camp tomorrow. Thank goodness. I havent wanted to wash any of these clothes by hand. and I'm in short supply... I think thats why I'm not getting as many hugs as before. -_-
I also seem to be catching Jo's cold. DARN YOU. Darn you to HECK!

So yea, Happy Vampires day girls. I know at least one reads this. ha ha, Hanna.

We did a talent show just before. Twas pretty sweet. Everyone was hilarious. Me and a couple of the other guys dressed up as the team from Anchorman, I swept my hair back, wore aviators and turned fanmagically into briane fantana. Oooh riiight!

J-man: Perspectives... Hard. But rewarding.

There you have it folks.

Mud 'n Red

This is drawn by Frank in his study book.

Hey, Wassup. Thought I might tell you about what happened Last night. Ho-kay, so theres the quary down the road from where we are camping out. We went back down to check it out cause it was a good excuse for a walk. This was with Hanna, J man and Mum. We were having a gawk around when we saw the bottom of one of the giant pits. Most were filled with this crystal green water. This one was slightly raised from the rest and was dried out. Most of the mud looked firm but deseptivly soft. Also a layer was all flat and hugely cracked from the sun, like the desert in the land before time. Hanna said it would be a good photo Op and that I should jump down there to pose with it. So I made like little foot and started hoping down, careful to avoid the soft mud. I found a dry LOOKING piece and took the rest of the slope with a jump onto the mud. I hit it and kept going up to my knees. I was just stuck there like a screwed Mammoth in a tar pit. I got one leg out but my right leg was so far down I couldn't pull it out without loosing my shoe or my balance. J man came down and helped pull me out. The girls were lolling their heads off =D. My leg was covered in so much mud I was walking with a heavy limp. I eventually washed it all off. I still smell like grey mud and.... I forgot.. Frank distracted me with a book whos authors last name is trollop. What a stink name. How can you take a family seriously with a name like that? If there are any trollops out there I don't apologise, but could you tell me how you get along with a name like that? Are there lots of horrible people like me out there that ask dumb questions like this? I shall endevour to find out...

We started the first of the perspectives today. Piece of lemon merang pie ai, easy. Unless your everyone with an out dated reader *Stares at Zac Atak*

Me, mum and Hanna decided to walk all the way to the Golf course by the Cascades, I found a golf ball in no time at all, mum had no luck. (Lol) We decided to cut through the bush to get back to the road. We had a huge adventure... And ended up on just the other side of the golf course rough. -_-, Still amazing though.

Happy Valentines. Ill do something a little special for yall girl readers out there hopefully tomorrow.

This is by that red elephant, in boston.

Bethels and the cut collective

Wow, It was sorta weird seeing everyone at church and Keir 'N Matt at the mall on sunday. I feel like its been ages already, but its only been a week. I'm certain now that Ill have changed a lot by the end of this year. Izak The Mature is what I will be known as in all the great epics and tales that the bards will sing. They will speak of my great diction and straight faces. The way in which I could speak seriously on the merits of the colours avocado and contemporary Avocado..

Ok, The team is starting to get a little tired now. We got waken up shortly after breakfast finished, thanks for that -_-. We are now camping out at karanga about 5 or 10 minutes from Bethels Beach. Its not as nice as Mount Eden. The toilets ironically smell like old urine but thankfully mostly everything has dried out since yesterday so at least the camp doesn't feel dispearingly like damp as it did when we first arrived. We start doing homework and stuff this week, so its starting to look like its gonna get a bit more intense. People are starting to get a little on edge, just a little, this is from the lack of sleep, and a cold seems to be stalking around. Also Franks starteling resemblance to House isn't helping. But hey, people with limps have a right to be angry. =P Oh yea, his legs starting to go a little more purple, but the swellings stopped. Hes got nice kankles at the moment though.

We did a photo hound around Auckland city on saturday night. It was an awesome test of my Auckland street Knowledge, considering I was the only one that actually knew my way around. It was hilarious. I was wearing a pair of Jo's Panties on top of my pants. I was walking past the Auckland hospital to go and unlock the van to get some more toilet paper (Don't ask, long story) and There were two samoen girls walking past, I scratched my but to lift my t-shirt a bit so they could see the monkeys on my panties. After I got down the road a bit I could hear them laughing their heads off. On my way back from the van, Proudly holding roll of toilet paper in hand I went past two more girls as I walked past them I heard "..Guy wearing Girls panties in PUBLIC.." and I responded with, "HELL YEA *Insane Face* Im a super hero, What can I say??"

While we got lost down some random side streets in town (Wasn't my fault I swear it....I.. PROMISE.) We found (Oh my gosh) A trailer fully decked out by Kool, trust me, component, peepshow, enforce one, and flox. I was like "STOOOOP" I jumped out and grabbed some awesome flixs. My batteries ran out before I could get a photo of the Trust me side =(. But its all good. Also on the way to Bethels I found a sticker by Kiwi Dance Town. If you guys wanna know more about the auckland art and music scene I suggest You head down to real groovy and pick up the magazine "Sideroom.com" Its awesome. Also while your at real groovy try and find the sticker combo by the Cut Collective team (They are all the people I have mentioned in this paragraph. So yea, eventful street art spoting this weekend.

Break my leg, Break my concentration.

Well here I am at 1am in the morning, Franks teaching Mum, Zak atak, and Wazowski how to play hearts. New in jokes have been spawned. Scratch the side of your head with your whole hand and look away from the respective person you have had an embarrassing conversation with, while making chomping sounds. Thus a make believe pak man creature eats your head.
Moments ago frank was releasing gas and wind from various orroficies at wazowski. Think that hiding under her top would be a good idea she pulled it over her face. As a counter measure she made sure franks finger got a taste of her eye.
Yesterday on the mount We decided to go for another walk up the mount. In a flurry of excitement Frank ran off to take a leak behind a tree. Before he got 5 metres he was already on the ground Howling. I admit I laughed when I saw it, but that was before I knew he had a sprain, or a break, or something. The X rays haven't come back yet. He's got it in a moon boot at the moment. Misleading name though, it is not air tight, and it doesn't give you half the gravity of a regular boot.
We went to the beach for a bit which was groovy. “ILL NEVER LET GO JACK!” Immediatly lets go.

Zak atak standing by some props for a local production of king lear.

Tomorrow is a free day. Its the day where we let all the out of towner's run out and get lost down our many “Friendly” side streets.
I found out the name of that crazy squiggly legs sticker artist. “Border Line.” Hes done a few more around Mount Eden. “Eden Crips” Went mental the other night and put stickers all over the place.
Things in the Bible that make me lol:(Exodus Ch.5 V.13) “Does that big sword make you a friend?” “...Maybe.”
(Nehemiah Ch.2 V.1) product placement in the bible “Hmmm I dunno, We have a better offer from ford.”
The hardest worker (Ch.3 V.20) “Oh my gosh! Nehemiahs writing a book isnt he? Damn, If I get in I better look as though I'm working!”

I have seen this dude around before, if anyone can read the wild styles or tell me who he is Ill probably be greatful or something.

Franks Soooo Cool Its scary

("No, Put me," Says Mum. & we all Know Mums the word.)

Hoky poky. So we had more personality tests today. Didn't learn anything particularly new. Turns out Im a peaceful playful. So I get laxed out and good listeners, and also I love talking and getting in your face. Or so they say, I personally dont believe them, Im OUBviously a powerful leader who likes to line up pencils.

I need to slow down on this spending thing. Im going through it like we go through food a headspace. Or the way I go through coke..... At any point..

Last night we decided to play cheat. It pretty much ended with me *trying* to burp, falling off my chair onto the floor, and pulling a constipated expression while trying to laugh... Good times. Wazowski, Atak, Frank, and flash having a laughing fit.

frank here!@! just a quick what up and to say (i farted) i rock and roll (i built this city on that too) all night long, sweet suzi. oh and its not a very good idea to try and eat half of a watermelon larger than your head, as the oh so lovely mum and i found out this afternoon. i must say though, im slightly embarrassed at all the attention that zac atak is getting from the ladies, im not sure if they are joking or not, and frank (myself) and flash. i myhself have actually been told to get sleeping pictures of him, i might take a eyebrow for them for some DNA... LOL once again, im the man XD peace out xox

(Izak flash Again) Sorry, Im a gimp, MOUNT Eden, not GLEN eden. I noticed I kept saying that in my last post.

D-Day+4 (Waitangiday)

Woohoo. It is awesome as. 5 guys 10 gals. Having trouble remembering the girls names but I got all the guys on the first day.

The awkwardness didnt last as long as I thought. Actually we all pretty much clicked to begin with. Jeeze. I wish I could list all the in jokes which have already been spawned. Violent spoons for one. "That so nimrod" Has also picked up steam this morning because of some comments I made about the bible verse Genesis ch 10 vs 9. Im gonna try and make it popular again.

Russel took us for some hardcore study today. We have been put at the base of Glen Eden. Went for what must be our 5th walk to the top.

Sleep has been something I should be getting more of as well. Meh, Who cares. Only one other guy comes from Auckland (South). Others have come from as far afield as christchurch

Signs seem to be extremely scummy around here. even with all the posh as houses. Ha ha. We spied a waitangi day party from on top of the mount and decided to check it out. they had a brass band and a lot of suits. The police at the gates seemed to be rather serious about their job so we decided mixing and mingling wouldn't work out to well.

Frank and Mum are my favourite.. Ill make them fight to the death to see who is the ultimate favourite.

I have been instantly recognized as the Cartoonist in the team. My Study Notes Look more like spasticated graphic novels. I Never realized that noah got naked and cursed his kids. Interesting stuff.

Woohoo!! An "Ouch" Tag!

Ok, Everyones Lining up to have a go. Catch ya'll later. (Or on sunday, cause were coming to make sure church is doing ok without me there.)

Homeless People & chalk

Homeless people -


I have discovered that if you spend a little more time getting to know your area you also discover its shameful little secrets. Hendersons a nice polished place. All the new structures going up make the place feel all new. Not to mention whoever designed them seem to have a crazed fetish for glass and sharp angles. Walking around I have come across increasing amounts of homeless people. They never bother me and I never bother them.. I sorta wonder how graffiti artists and homeless get on since under bridges are where these two species like to dwell. Its not uncommon to find them by the railway lines (As I found out while walking to work once.)

(I found this pic a while ago)


But it is surprising when You realize theres one camping out in the middle of town under a bridge where you regularly walk to get your spoilt rich butt some sugar laiden beverages.




These two pictures are taken under the bridge in Henderson, betweem falls hotel and pakNsave.

And Chalk-

Chalk is a fun way to participate in street art. For it Does no damage to anyones anything, and if it sucks it doesnt matter cause itl dissappear with the next rain. I got Matt to buy me a box of chalk for christmas and I have been putting it to some good use. Who says chalk is for little kids... Well everyone except me I guess. The "Make art not hate." is sorta aimed at both onlookers and taggers. For the onlookers it would hopefully remind them of that 16-17 year old tagger who got killed about a week ago by a vigilante who caught him in the act. (Edit(2010): Bruce Emmary, the stabber, may or may not have not being doing it out of self defence.)
For the taggers, Do awesome art, that people will love to look at, like stuff Banksy does for instance, or some of the legal graff people do, like the one dedicated to Sir Edmund.



Is it just me or is this becoming a photo Blog. Oh well. =)

D day - Tminus 1 day

Props to Bolweevil for the Code help to get the tiled background working. While making Blogger easier for regular tamperers, its gotten harder for people who like getting right into the nitty gritty of the code.

Ok, Second explanation about this blog. Throughout the year I will also be sharing pictures from around Auckland and NZ showcasing street art and graffiti.

Woohoo for wildstyles

an awesome mural done on the side of the vodanovich dairy here in henderson.

D day - Tminus 2 days

ok so yesterday I thought it might be a good idea to get a bag to put stuff in... Pretty much sums up how ready I'm getting for leaving.... Im pretty sure I'm meant to be "Interviewed" at church on sunday. I should really ask what the questions will be or something. *Flash forward to Church,*
"So Izak, what are you going to be doing this year?"
"..... Dunno ai. LAWL."
Ok, I should give it a practice now... This is for all the people who dont know all or any of the details.
*Is fed up with telling and writing about this to everyone. WHY MUST SO MANY PEOPLE BE NICE AND INQUISITIVE.
... Ok so theres this thing called headspace right its like a christian gap year thing where you get prepared for life and stuff so we'll be going all over NZ and doing lots of cool stuff getting work experience and cross cultural training learning the bible a lot more and finally going over to thailand or philipeans and doing some good deeds and stuff unlike most gap years where you just go over to england and get smashed drunk.. Read it without breathing to get the full effect


Now is the time I have to tell you about someone special. Shes been with me for nigh on many years now. She has the cutest accent and the grooviest curly hair. Shes french and bodeacious.. I dont actually know what that word means but it sounds like something that goes there.. Shes french and french. What more do you need? We give the bestest hugs without ever hugging, the bestest conversations without ever talking. She is of course Cutie Pie! My sister! CAIT... You guys were getting so jealous for a second werent you. I KNEW it!