Sitting Under A Tree with Aidan Jones

Ep 168 - When Will I Learn?

I turn 30 in three days, and I'm still the same horrid little gnat I was when I was 16. My high school girlfriend's Mum said that I had a chip on my shoulder, and on Saturday someone else said the same thing. Of course they're right, now what to do about it?

Ep 167 - Invasion Day

This week's episode isn't really about Australia Day/Invasion Day at all, I spoke about it for a few minutes at the start before I started talking about myself, that's it. I didn't have a pic for this week though, and thought it'd be cool to acknowledge the indigenous peoples of Australia, whose sovereignty was never ceded, by putting the Indigenous Flag as the image this week.

Ep 166 - Palm Spike

I just spent a long time - maybe too long for what it is - writing a funny description here about how I got a palm spike stuck in my leg. It was in the tone of a legal deposition or whatever, and it ended with "My justice will be done." But then the fucking podcast upload thing fucked up because it's all changed and I lost the description I wrote and I'm too angry now to write another one. I just swore at my laptop and my housemate laughed at me from the other room. God fucking damn it cunt. I was doing so well.

Ep 165 - Making Amends

On Friday night I watched an angry drunk get dragged, screaming out of a gig, then I went on stage and bombed straight afterwards. Later, I stole a kebab - actually it was a chicken snack pack, but whatever. The next day I fixed everything. This is my story.

Ep 164 - An Underwhelming New Year

Everything was going great - New Year's Eve plans were coming together, I was cooking, all of 2020's loose ends were tied up and things were finally going to get better. At 11am my girlfriend called; "Have you heard the news?"

Ep 163 - Cutting Grass

Went to Bunnings this morning and bought a whipper snipper - or as we call 'em in the biz, a BRUSH CUTTER - to cut my lawn. I've been using lawn scissors to do it for almost a year, in what I am now convinced was a fatal misinterpretation of their original purpose. Oopsie!

Ep 162 - Adelaide

Drove down to Adelaide over a few days and made a bunch of stops, saw people I haven't seen in ages, got calamari on the Limestone Coast. Feeling like the year is wrapping up quite nicely.

Ep 161 - St Kilda Sunset

Yesterday I took what is probably the best picture of people taking pictures I've ever taken, there's three people taking pictures in the one picture, and behind them is the majesty of a Sunday evening sunset on St Kilda beach. It was a great day, Calamari Sunday returned, and I got to do a great gig at the legendary Espy, and everything just feels like it's really coming together lately.

Ep 160 - Mate, Ya Thirsty!

I was just talking to a friend about being too thirsty, it can be a tough conversation, I don't know that anyone has ever explicitly had it with me, but over the years I pieced it together slowly from a few pitying looks and knowing smiles. Don't just go out to get laid, boys, there's so much more to life!

Ep 159 - Diego Maradona

Diego Maradona died this week, pretty sad, even though I can't really say he was a huge part of my life on any level apart from the fact that I like football. I have a tendency to get pretty emotional over big events like this though, it's a naughty little indulgence really - feels good to get sad about shit.
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