Seeing as though I’m not an influencer, I don't get many influencer opportunities, but when I do ...

Life hack: sugar.

You know you’ve built a great society when every few years the most civic-minded of the society are forced to publicly beg, cheat, lie, and steal to get a job in management and guidance of the society. A system which eventually eats their souls.

The girl is addicted to sparkling water

There is no perfect twee...

recalcitrant berd

It’s the most, magical time, of the yearrr

She stops to wave and say hi to bush turkeys. We raised her well.

I see 2020 has a side hustle

On the off chance that there are people that can't make it to your wedding, I stream your wedding with epic video and audio quality, so everyone feels like they're right there ... even though they're at home.

Video streaming is included for free for everyone that books me!

Look at the flowers, look how they shine for you, and everything you do. They were all yellow.

Nothing says “you're a weak little nancy boy" like an Instagram ad for some flippin cool gadget that is algorithmically designed to get me to purchase it. Tonight I might have won the battle, but cool-ass gadgets showed to me through social media ads, you may yet win the war.

The sun's version of making a grand exit

It’s really good that one of our local Brisbane wedding venues can host your little footy final this afternoon, Melbourne.

We’re glad to help any time you need.

Lots of love,

Josh, Queensland.

What a novel method of podcast promotion. /cc @podnews

There’s probably a horror movie at the end of this road

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So energetic

The anthem of Melbourne, 2020. Melbourne by Slowly Slowly

It's come to my attention that I need to clear something up and I'm so sorry if you have been following me here for the wrong reasons.

I'm a celebrant, not a celibate.

These are completely different things.

”Hyun, if you are living a life that is content my advice is to learn to live inside it, examine it, relish it, and most of all remember it — this extraordinary thing, a happy life:”

Nick Cave in reply to Hyun’s question on creativity only flourishing in a state of loss and longing.

Anyone else struggling getting their head in a good and peaceful place at the moment?

Luke Fletcher just sent me this pic of Luna from this time last year when we were in New York together for an elopement with The Elopement Collective.

My brain is in a constant state of change, one minute thinking about how nice it is to be at home and to pick Luna up from kindy, next minute I’m thinking about the 44 of our couples who have booked us but don’t have a new date yet and the 180 movements our couples have made to their wedding and elopement plans around the globe, then my mind wanders to the administrative nightmare that is my computer and my inbox and how I should probably accidentally drop the MacBook into a pond to save me cleaning up the files on the desktop, and before long my mind wanders to the reality of our 2020 and where we were supposed to be have been right now, and how a little virus has changed all that. From there it’s not long before I start thinking about the government policies around it all, and what that means for the state of our society and how our futures will all be dramatically different.

I feel such an emotional burden for our couples, for the people contacting me about new wedding plans, and so many of my friends that are battling the same burdens.

Like my own personal antenna in my mind is tuning into everything going on everywhere, so much noise, chaos, and pure humanity. It’s beautiful, and strange, and chaotic, and weird.

It’s a weird 2020, and I feel like it’s going to be a weird 2021, I’m not sure my head will ever be in a peaceful place again.

Shout out to Rob Bell for his podcast about our antennas. It was a weird embrace to acknowledge where my head is at today.

It’s a strange time to be a guy who stands in the middle of your marriage ceremony and breathes your marriage to life.

Got troubles? Solve your troubles. Get the MASSAGE GUN!

Highway robbery

Flag berds

I don’t like to talk politics on here, but what’s with lasagne not being a popular dish anymore?

Rob Bell {through his podcast} encouraged me to talk to my friends about our antennas.

If you’re feeling overwhelmed (like I majorly am) through this year, I think this podcast episode might soothe you.

Look, I’m not saying anyone should do this, but has anyone considered getting some horses to race around a Melbourne wedding to make it legal?

Tree

Mask fashion > mask wearing?

Hey, has anyone pinned the pandemic on the guy who invented QR codes yet? I reckon he might be responsible.

The most friction in my life this year is my longing desire to see the sun finally set on 2020, whilst also acknowledging my deep desire to be present today, to be aware of what I am learning as running a wedding business becomes ever harder, how I am developing as I attend court mediations on the phone or have hard conversations with people, what weaknesses are being exposed when it all becomes too much, and which relationships really matter when you decide who to call or text about what’s going on, through this pandemic.

Not that the actual illness has affected me, I’m healthy apart from bloody hay fever, but in protecting ourselves and our community from the virus, we’ve lost so much else.

It’s a weird situation. Every day I see people commenting about Covid policies, and I can’t help but feel that if we stopped and took a deep breath that we might draw closer together as a community through this instead of forming deeper divisions between us depending on which politician you think is better.

I think I'm the only person on the Canberra Airport free wifi network right now - I haven’t seen anyone else in the airport - because I just uploaded a 12gb 4K video to Dropbox so quickly that I'm not even sure how long it took. Maybe 3-5 minutes?!

Bernt

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With the decrease in tourists flooding the Australian outback, native Australian beers are being spotted again in the wild #lifefindsaway

Well grounded beef

Posting this photo online for the next time there’s an alpaca related scandal and someone searches Alpacagate, or Alpaca Gate, or #alpacagate

The greatest shame in my life today is how the Apple Watch hand-washing detection doesn’t detect my hand-washing. How can I convince this little computer that I am cleansed?

Today our Luna becomes a two year old and you know what the worst part about it is? That all the cliches are true. They do grow up so fast, they will grow out of it, it does get easier, this too will actually pass, and she really is the light of my life.

I’m in awe of Britt’s ability to be a mother whilst also being a friend, businessperson, wife, and human - a skill I’m yet to master.

And Luna, I’m so proud to be your dad. You’re a beautiful person and you’re going to be an awesome big sister in a few months time!

Opinionated ‘gulls

“It’s an article of faith in the United States that more speech is better and that the government should regulate it as little as possible” - The First Amendment in the age of disinformation. By Emily Bazelon, in the New York Times

Today is the first, and I’m guessing probably the last, flight I’ll take from Gold Coast to Canberra on a) a 717, and b) with Qantas. What a time to be alive.

I’m the father of a two year old (well tomorrow I will be)

Let's get some real talk happening.

Is this bit crosswalks, or is it not crosswalks?

Out of all the books I've read that are not about the 45th president of the United States of America, but are about climate change, Volcanic Winter is the most enjoyable one of all!

A helmet might seem a bit extreme for cake, but we’re taking no risks after the dancing incident a fortnight ago.

Politics takes up a lot of our mindshare today.

Lots of people agreeing with a policy, politician, or party, or disagreeing with.

I don’t think that’s how it’s supposed to work. The joke about “there’s only two types of people” is a joke for a reason.

It’s not supposed to be an us and them situation, where you’re either for or against Dan Andrews, or the Liberal Party, or Trump, or lockdowns.

It’s so lazy to outsource our societal creativity, community problem solving, love for others, to a select group of politicians.

I want to be in the room, wrestling over the ideas, lovingly disagreeing, or not even disagreeing, but agreeing through gritted teeth because we can see the greater good despite the pain it might cause elsewhere.

Don’t put yourself, or me, against others over politics. The policy, the community, our society, deserve better than two teams battling it out to be right.

The truth is, if all you want to be is correct, to be cheering for the right team, prepare to be disappointed.

I don’t want to be on the right team. I’d just like to be the annoying guy on your team.