April 2013
1 post
The Cheesecake
It was the Easter long weekend and in addition to catching up with the girls and spending some time at the beach, weather dependent of course, I was most looking forward to driving up to Blue Mountains for a couple of days and spending some time with my Uncle and Aunty who live in Canada. They were in town, well, in the mountains, to do the family rounds, predominantly to see my Auntie’s father...
February 2013
3 posts
The Red Light District
I know this girl, who back in the day used to love a durrey. You know a smoke. A ciggie. A dart. And she used to love smoking in her car. She was at least responsible about it. She had an almost empty Coca Cola bottle in her car that she would discard her cigarette butts in, and then when it was full, you know, chuck it in the bin. Sort of like the original butt bin, if you will, but with a bit of...
The Resolution
Ok here we go… it’s a new year. Yes sure we are well underway in 2013 but I would like to make a new rule for this year, moving forward, for all of mankind. Let’s talk for a moment, if you will indulge me, about New Years …. Drum roll…. Resolutions.
To be quite honest, the people that I am sitting next to right now in the Qantas Domestic Lounge should have made a new years resolution to not...
My friend Estella Drake
Did I tell you about the radio hosts in my head?
Nope was my response to my friend who goes by the fake name Estella Drake. What is funny about this situation is that I didn’t find her original question weird at all, in fact, I was like, oh you have voices in your head too, sweet, what do yours say? And what does that sound like in your head? And well I can’t be weird if there is another human...
January 2013
4 posts
Sometimes...
Dear friends,
Sometimes I want to grab the universe by the cheeks, and squeeze them and plant a wet sloppy one on the universe’s lips and say, ‘thank you for listening’. Sometimes I want to kick the universe in the balls and say, ‘that’s how I feel right now. Bitch.’
I find it interesting. Just talking and talking to people about what they want. What do you want? What have you seen for your...
Dudes doodling doodles
My friend has this silly natural default. He has this habit, of which I really will never understand. In fact the more I think about it, the more I realize perhaps it’s not just him, maybe it’s a guy thing. He just has to always draw a penis. Whether it be in the sand at the beach, in pen on my arm, make one out of cookie dough when I’m baking with the scraps or playing ‘draw...
Serendipity, the story continues
After a perfect lunch, a perfect moment where time stopped and we existed in a bubble, it was time to hit the surf. The first time we had gone surfing together. And he rips by the way. So we grabbed the boards, let the melted wax harden and hit the beach. The surf in actual fact was not amazing, but considering I am in no way a professional, it was sweet to play around on a board in the surf and...
Serendipity Part 2 anyone ...
Me: Hello
He: Hey babes
Me: What are you doing?
He: I just landed in Sydney…
Me: (jumping up and down like a toddler on a sugar high)
Stop it. You mean I get to see your glorious face tonight?
He: Absolutely.
A thousand bottles of champagne later, I was back at my house throwing what can only be described as an impromptu New Years Eve party, ahead of the actual NYE party that was to take...
December 2012
5 posts
Woah
Just found this …. Gosh i was so young …
Good Charlotte.
This is always a fun story to tell, and I love that it’s an on-going story that is far from over. I had been a Good Charlotte fan for years, since the days when I would get lost in a mosh pit at The Warped Tour with my skanky ol’ Dunlop Volley’s, baggy Volcom shorts and cute but prematurely emo black singlet. I used to...
Did I Ever Tell You About ...
Did I tell ever you about the afternoon I spent in a parked car?
No.
Really?
Oh so I was meant to be catching up with a friend, we were meant to get a coffee this one afternoon and in typical fashion she calls me with this, ‘oh, hey, so I am about to go a buy a car, I think, what are you doing?’
‘Um, talk about impulse purchase, I am totally coming with you.’
As much as I would like to...
The Waiter
What sort of a waiter are you? And no this is not a illusive attempt to BLOG to people in the hospitality industry or most actors who are in between castings. I mean. When you rock up somewhere, by yourself anticipating company, a date, a friend, a plus one, a family gathering and you get there first, what sort of a waiter are you?
Do you look around the room trying to scope out what people are...
What are you starting?
Imagine this. It’s the start of a race. The athletes take their places. Each movement they make is calculated to set them up for the best start to the race. Months of training. Countless hours or dedication, commitment, pushing through pain barriers, fuelling the body correctly, it’s been an incredible journey of truths and a major investment of time just to get to the start line.
So the...
The Guardian
Have you ever met someone and thought to yourself, ‘ok, why?’ I am not talking about a fleeting moment in a bar, a bad first date, an ex of an ex or a random at a house party. I am talking about someone who you met and connected with instantly, someone who blew your tiny, human mind, someone who you only see in the movies, someone you didn’t believe could exist. And that someone, is the same...
October 2012
2 posts
Classic
There are some things that happen in my life that can only be branded as a ‘Classic Compton’… and here is the latest.
I was recently on a holiday in Bali with one of my girlfriends, it was the later afternoon and so naturally we headed to Double Sixx beach for sundowners at La Plancha. It’s the best spot for a sunset cocktail and although it was really busy we managed to find...
The Letter
My friend has two beautiful daughters and a son on the way. He asked me some time ago if I would look out for his daughter as she gets older and starts to have role models, he very much wants me to be a good influence in her life. One day , he asked me if I would write a letter to his eldest daughter Grace. She looks up to me and I have always felt like her older sister, and she is getting to an...
September 2012
1 post
The Love God
I was out to dinner with two of my friends, Yvette and Phil and after a much needed update on their workplace shennangins, they work for the same company, the conversation became about radio. As I was updating my mates on my gig and how in love with my job I am, this is what happened next.
Phil: Ok, so you know Richard Mercer, the Love god…?’
Me: Yes, I grew up listening to the Love God,...
August 2012
1 post
The Idiot Check
The Idiot Check
The idiot check is something that I now do very often. When I leave the house for the day to go to work, when I leave home to go to the airport, when I am checking out of a hotel, when I am getting out of my car. I check I have everything I need. Twice.
Why? I’ll tell you.
I was living in Queenscliff at the time, in a cute one bedder where I could see the ocean if I...
July 2012
4 posts
2 tags
This is my entire @dryjuly Soundtrack
RIP Grandad
Dear Grandad,
I am not ready to say goodbye to you. I am not ready to have to let go. I am not ready to realise that your precious heart is no longer beating. I understand that we were not able to spend a great deal of time together, simply because thousands of kilometres separated us, despite the distance I know that you always carried me in your heart and that you loved me and always wanted...
Brunch Club Anyone?
There’s always brunch
I have to say it, and therefore I am happy to say it on the record, I love a good brunch. I would go so far as saying that brunch is my most favourite meal of all time. The thing with brunch though, is that people can interpret in many different ways and therefore brunch can end up being quite confusing.
So I want to set the record straight and hopefully enforce a...
June 2012
5 posts
What's in the box?
I thought when I finally saw the divorce papers, in the flesh, held them, read them, re-read them and filed them away (no pun intended) that I would feel a sense of joy. I thought I would feel alive again, I thought I would feel something. Something exciting. Like the next chapter of my life could finally begin. I believed that having that closure on my marriage would catapult me into a brand new...
lea123456 asked: What inspired you to be a radio and mtv host? Because your my inspiration.
Holy Cow
I love road trips. You bundle up your essentials in the boot of the car, stock the cup holders with soft drinks and the glove box with lollies, you get your road trip playlist ready to go and drive off into the sunset. It’s the best. This one particular road trip I will never forget.
My friend Kalu and I were heading to Kangaroo Island for the Surf and Music Festival. It was a mission to...
Get flushed...
On a recent trip to Bali I ended up at a house party and had a panic attack in the bathroom, here’s why. I had spent the day with two friends in Caangu, chilling out at the beach, watching the glorious eye candy surfing and smashing a few Bintangs. Not a bad day at all. After dragging our tanned bodies from the beach front to the beach front restaurant for some Nasi Goreng and cocktails,...
El rancho relaxo?
Ok is it just me, or do you find the whole day spa thing a little less than relaxing sometimes? Let me explain.
I was recently on a holiday in Bali, I went on a surf and yoga retreat and it included a certain number of luxurious hours of pampering. Which I am not in the slightest way opposed to. But this particular incident .. well … ok … here goes.
We arrived at the day spa, and it’s...
Get Out!
There are a few things you never want to hear…
For example… in a relationship where you are happy and in love, you really don’t want to hear your partner utter the words, ‘Babe, I don’t love you anymore.’
Or when you are at a shoe sale of your favourite designer and the shop assistant says with a smirk, ‘Sorry, we’ve sold out of Size 8’
And this…....
January 2012
2 posts
maguetteandlarringfort asked: will you marry maguette & larringfort?
Serendipity anyone?
This is the story of my New Years Eve.
Originally I was going to be spending NYE in Byron Bay with some friends, but circumstances changed and at the 11th hour, I cancelled the Byron trip and locked into spending the night in Bondi with some girlfriends. There were a number of options, but the loose plan was to stay at my friend Mel’s place for a few nights while she was holidaying with her...
September 2011
2 posts
Lucky it’s my laptop
So it was a Friday night, I finished the show and walked to my car in the basement. It had been a hot day, so the convertible was looking hot as with the roof off. As I approached my car, my Producer asked me if she could borrow a CD for the ride home, I chucked my stuff on the back of said car, opened the door and rummaged through my glove box to find said CD. I handed her the CD, (for those of...
It's Bath Time!
Bath Time
A friend of mine told me this great story that I want to share. My friend is a wonderful husband, father of three and all around top bloke. He told me that he was at home in the kitchen… cooking… which I highly doubt, regardless, he was in the kitchen and yelled out to his 5 year old son, Maverick, ‘It’s Bath Time!!!’ No response for said child. Maverick was chilling in his room...
December 2010
2 posts
The Deal
You can become a victim or you can deal with the situation with grace a style. Sometimes the victim card is a lot easier to play, you just react to everything that is happening to you, you get to throw a tantrum, be sad, irresponsible, annoying and of course your friends will rally around you and pick you up off the floor.
But entertain the thought of having the worst thing happen to you and...
“She is clothed with strength and dignity, and can laugh at the days to come.”
– Proverbs 31:25
August 2010
1 post
July 2010
2 posts
Cottoning On
Sometimes you discover something about a person’s past and it makes so much sense. My co-host in a regulate conversation mentioned, quite casually, flippantly, and matter-of-factly, that he used to work at Cotton On. On hearing this news, I asked him to please repeat what he had just casually glossed over as an unimportant detail in the story he was telling.
Me: Sorry, you used to work...
You know. Don't you?
There are two things that always happen on a cheeky weekend getaway.
1. One of the guys will either break something or end up in one of our dresses.
2. We will play UNO.
Uno (pronounced /ˈuːnoʊ/; from the Italian and Spanish word for ‘one’) is a card game played with a specially printed deck
This game has become one of my favourites. Just this year I have spent an entire Saturday...
June 2010
4 posts
My Kitchen Rules
I am about to embark on a wild 12-week journey. You can read all about the ins and outs here… www.12wbt.com
As part of this journey, in order to prepare, I had to attack my kitchen. Here are my thoughts.
Tackling my kitchen make-over was actually not that hard, which was a relief. My partner suffers from a rare allergy to dessert. Ok, that is not a doctors official diagnosis, but he has...
This was a bit awkward... →
Wippa from the Drive show on Nova, Ryan Monty and Wippa was on our show the other day and had this to say. Bless! I am still blushing
Call me, Maz
I got a call from a friend of mine who is, as most are, an out of work actor living in LA. He is one of my closest friends despite the kilometres that keep us apart and he called me whilst he was stuck in traffic in LA. There’s a blog in itself. Is it just me? Or wouldn’t it be cool to say, ‘Oh yeah. I am just stuck in traffic in LA.’ Anyway, I digress. Happy to say I...
