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saw Manu Chao at Sydney Festival
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watched the most spectacular fireworks of my life
Sydney destroys the USA for new year's eve celebrations.
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visited the Sydney Opera House

I liked the Opera House.
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licked a Koala

Koala tastes like eucalyptus. Koala tounging action was so hot that the person taking the photo couldn't keep still.
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Kayaked around an island in Fiji
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hung out with my Grandma

What a trooper!
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met a giant spider in my bathroom

This, after it was already bombed to hell.
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went to a murder mystery party

I was the murderer. Muahahaha.
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started writing a novel
A taste of things to come...
1. Darkness
Everything seems understated when you're lying at the bottom of an elevator shaft with your very own steel behemoth hurdling down at you. The parallel eclipse grows exponentially on its approach, faster and faster, and as it gets closer the light around its edges fades until darkness takes complete hold. I made this death trap months ago after the incident at the military compound where I scored my supply of C4 explosives. It's my coup de grâce. It's all going straight to hell this time, and I'm taking all of these godless freaks with me.
I always figured that, given my experiences, when the darkness began to set in and my eyes turned to black that I would react differently, somehow more in tune than the others. But the truth of it is that in the end there's only one pathetic question streaming through every synapse of my mind. No flashbacks, no recount of my entire life story, nothing to do about past regrets. And as I ponder the ironic nature of this question, I can't help but grin to myself:
Who is Anna Kelpie?
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built a user feedback app
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designed some christmas cards

Merry Christmas!
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paletted the colors for my office's walls
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started jogging
Best time so far: 5km in 24:36 (15-12-11)
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spoke at an event

Keynote speech on user persuasion
@ The Internet Show, Sydney
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walked across the Harbour Bridge, drunk

Blackmore's Harbour 'Bridge Run' turned 'Bridge Crawl'
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redesigned business collateral for my employer
Letterheads, powerpoint templates, monthly newsletters, proposals, etc. all redesigned to present a more tech-savvy aesthetic.
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designed a kids website
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made CRO methodologies

Outline of the Conversion Rate Optimization methodology that I developed for Bruce Clay Australia. It is in use today.
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moved to Australia

Welcome to Sydney!
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developed an SEO company's website
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pretended to be a DJ
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was Les Grossman for a night

Okay, Flaming Dragon; Fuck-face.
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lost that love
But it's better to have and lose than never to have at all.
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fell in love
A condition that I seem to be naturally predisposed to, that causes both unimaginable pleasure and unspeakable suffering.
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got a new job
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visited Alaska
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dropped out of college for SEO
Note to employers: It is amazingly easy to get a broke college student to drop out for full-time work simply by offering them a salary.
Note to students: Hindsight's a bitch.
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was nominated for a literary award
My very first college essay ever. Wish that I could remember what the award was called. Thanks for all your support Mr. McGee, even though I never showed for the final.
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learned how to bartend
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went to college
Well, Moorpark College which is actually a great school. Majored in US History / Anthropology.
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worked as a video game beta tester

This was my life for about 6 months. It was awesome.
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went to Amsterdam
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got a passport

Being stoned when you take your passport photo makes customs officials give you interesting looks.
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dropped out of high school
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played drums in several rock bands
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visited Hawaii
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did lots of high school theatre
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worked at Cali Camp
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went on some cruises to Mexico
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played hockey for 6 years
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visited NYC
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acted on TV and stuff
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took singing lessons with Mr. Bill Edwards
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took dance lessons with Patsy Swayze
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spoke my first words
They were "Oh shit"
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I was born