1992
April 11: Mum & Dad get married
1999
June 1: Born
2005
January: Dad started new role at Baptist Union of Victoria February: First year of school
2006
December 26: Stopped at Canberra on the way from Melbourne to Brisbane
2008
November 9: Mum & Dad bought block of land at 27 Jerome Avenue Augustine Heights November 29: 54 Fourth St was sold December 27: Left Melbourne to move to Brisbane. Stayed in Toowoomba with mum’s parents.
2009
January: Moved into rental property, 30 Grand South Circuit Springfield Lakes January: Dad started role at Queensland Baptists
2011
October 11: Got an internet connection at home December 1: Mitch (the tennis coach) sent me recommendations for a racquet to buy
2012
January 3: Joined Lacuna Expanse (as “Vasari” but later “1vasari”) January 3: Josh posted on my Facebook when I left it logged in - “What’s going on? I just tried to play f1 on easy and I couldn’t even stay on the road… what rubbish!” March 15: Joined GitHub May 2: Started programming (JavaScript tutorials on codeacademy.com) June 13: Came first in the 100m sprint, school athletics day July 3: Climbed Uluru July 28: Started the Lacuna Android Client project September: School trip to Canberra September: Got caught buying Essentia with Dad’s credit card November: Nan & Pop move out from living in our downstairs guest room
2013
February 3: First day of high school March 30: Ended Lacuna Android Client project April 12: Started working on jQuery-based Lacuna web client June 1: Got first guitar June: Purchased Acer laptop computer July 1: Started the “1vasari - A Journey” Minecraft world September 18: Stopped working on Lacuna-Web-Client-jQuery October 12: Westfest
2014
February: Met Mr. Hollier, significant musical influence throughout high school March 29: Finished reading The Lord of the Rings April 5: Started working on Legend of the Black Age (LOBA) April 30: Saw The King & I, school trip May 9: Bought Kobo e-reader May 24-25: First Relay for Life June 1: First solo flight (to Melbourne in this case) June: Bought the 12 string June 27: Played first church service July 3: Stopped working on LOBA July 7: Started learning to play “Ocean” by John Butler September 18: Grade 9 adventure days November 15: Dom and Aaron’s wedding December 25: The “Dress Up” Christmas December 27: Left Melbourne on the Spirit of Tasmania
2015
January 13: Started original Node-based Songdown app February 24: School trip to see “Wicked” at QPAC March 8: Josh gave me his old iPhone 5 March 8: Saw John Butler Trio live with Ethan Pitchford, Empire Theatre, Toowoomba March 22: Signed up for Instagram March 29: Lacuna Resurgence (not sure if this was as Vasasri or an alt) May 11: Posted “One” on SoundCloud April 13: Macca’s job interview at Goodna April 22: Jess’ suicide May 15: Weekend at Triumphant Life May 27-?: My Life as a Teenage Drama Queen June 17: Told Faith that I liked her July 24: Jordan Hey died August 8: Got new microphone from Dan van Werkhoven September 7: Quit Facebook September 7: Borrowed Dean 6 string guitar from Chris Burridge September 8: Patricia Acardo (one of the old Kruger women) hit and killed a construction worker September 9: Reactivated Facebook September 12: Faith’s Music Extension September 23: New Lacuna Expanse UI goes live September 23: Relationship with Faith ended October 19: Finally actually deleted Facebook November 17: “Legacy-EP” published on SoundCloud (Grade 10 music) November 27: Started “Le Serf” project
2016
April 3: Published “Space Oddity - David Bowie” June 1: Started learning Ruby on Rails June 16: Joined Keno Antigen GitHub organisation June 18: Flew Brisbane to Perth June 20: Met Peter Kelly and family July 15: Flew Darwin to Brisbane August 8: Started “Songdown Rails” project August 14: Dad’s parents flew home (it was the last time they visited us in Brisbane) October 1: Lacuna Expanse shut down December 5: Flew to Melbourne to have an early break December: Work experience at Vertical Matters December 13: Created “SWMS Tool” thing December 14-16: Work experience at MyLollies December 24: Ordination at The Church of the Latter-Day Dude December 25: Given Telecaster from Joel
2017
January 11: Stayed over at Tim Fowler’s place January 9: Meeting with Miss Balfour about getting through Year 12 January 17: Published “Skinny Love - Bon Iver” January 24: Came out as an atheist to Mum and Dad February 2: Enrolled to do the Cert II in Information, Digital Media and Technology course April 19: Got glasses April 30: Published “Sunday Evening Blues” May 15: Published “Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen” May 23: Published “Tracker - Short Film Composition” July 22: Saw “Soul Men” Blues Brothers cover band live July 25: Started “Music Theory Games” project August 16: Submitted my uni course preferences to QTAC September 15: Published “Spies - Coldplay” September 26: QUT Music audition October 4: Music extension show @ Studio 188 November 8: The other Gemma incident November 17: Finished highschool, received QUT Music offer December 4-11: Noosa holiday December 14: Saw Star Wars: The Last Jedi
2018
January 12: Published “WCC Music Extension 2017” January 17: Warburton Rail Trail bike ride January 19: Interview with Joel and Steven Morris about working for Kontrol4 January 25: Steph got her P’s February 2: Got QUT ID card February 9: Went and got leaners permit (scored 30/30 on the test) February 13: Got free QUT t-shirt. Met Julian February 15: QUT Music orientation February 28: Pres at Ryan’s, first time at the Doo Bop April 10: Published “A Public Void” April 13: The ‘red wine’ incident May 12: Saw John Thorn playing ‘Looking for Lawson’ live May 22: Filmed video for Understanding Creative Practice May 25: Recording piano with Mitch at QUT, saxophone eureka moment June 6: Desktop computer arrived June 19: First date with Tiarne June 25: Saw The Incredibles 2 June 20: Met with Marcus and David Cox at QUT to talk about joining Kontrol4 June 25: Published “Questions” July 10: Incident with Dad and Ben on the way to Hamilton Island August 5: Dropped iPhone 5 at UQ open day, screen cracked August 9: First day at Kontrol4 September 16: Lunch at Tairne’s October 26: Tiarne dumped me November 2: Ella’s Halloween/18th party December 22: Flew to Melbourne to work full time in the Kontrol4 office.
2019
January 27: Found Big Box Cars dealership through online research February 2: Flew home after working non-stop for K4 February 9: Visited Big Box Cars, put a 2015 Swift on hold, pending getting my license February 11: Passed driving test February 12: Picked up Suzuki Swift from Big Box Cars March 8-11: Family trip to Wooli for Dad’s birthday March 30: Flew to Melbourne to have a week in the Kontrol4 office training Diptya and Nash April 3: Initial discussion about moving to Melbourne with Marcus, Joel, Shane April 8: Poppa died April 15: Flew to Melbourne for Poppa’s funeral April 16: Poppa’s funeral April 27: Saw Avengers: Endgame May 13: Offer of 49k/year was received from Marcus (full time, including moving to Melbourne) June 1: Matt & Natasha got married, Nanna fell and broke her hip June 2: Bought Google Pixel 3 XL June 4: Pick up James from airport, hangout with Megan & Emily June 14: Interview at Romeo Digital June 24: Remade contact with Steven Morris (hadn’t spoken since he left K4 in October 2018) June 25: Registered 1vasari arts & media as a sole trader June 26: Dad diagnosed with WM July 22: Successfully convinced Marcus pay me $30/hour July 26: Met Jessie Ballantyne from The Grants Hub August 27: Purchased first Mac (Mac Mini 2018) August 31: Published “Alive” October 4: Dad got new Hyundai Tucson October 13: The Sunday at Stockies incident October 15: Started “Upvise Backend” project October 18: Resigned from Kontrol / Billow Software / Platformers October 19: Dropped all my stuff off at Kontrol4’s Brisbane office November 30: Met with Alistair the lawyer regarding the Kontrol4 threats November 4: Bought PRS SE Custom November 18: Met Jess at Brooklyn Standard November 25: Started “pluto” project December 5: Finally purchased Ableton Live December 7: Published “New Soul” December 22: Brisbane to Melbourne via Macquarie Pass December 31: Bought Macbook Pro
2020
January 5: Picked up Macbook Pro January 6: Officially started working at The Grants Hub January 10: Created “gh-notes” project January 16: First car accident (low speed rear end, Centenary Hwy, Indooroopilly) January 17: Created “famboard” project January 20: Sold Mac Mini January 26: Nanna’s 80th birthday party January 29: Install job for Chris Burridge February 26: Our Preposterous Universe with Sean Carroll, with Helen and Jeff March 6: Sunsuper Event March 12: Liam Brimble & Friends show March 13: Dad’s birthday weekend in the Bunya Mountains March 16: Dropped car off to replace the front March 19: Last time in the valley due to lockdown April 5: Launched new personal site and blog, http://nathan-mccallum.com May 13: Released “In the Stars” May 24: Started working on Dashwork June 1: 21st birthday Zoom meeting July 10: Dan’s house warming party July 25: First acoustic jam with Julian August 1: Mum & Dad went away and I had friends over August 7: Recording at Airlock with Liam for Immersions Vol. 2 August 25: Took Ben to MacDonald’s interview August 28: Chat at SDL Technology September 4: First jam with Julian and Chris on bass September 13: Sang with Sir & Lydia September 16: Dinner with Matt Llamas and new girlfriend Faith, talked about moving out September 24: Saw Sir & Lydia at the Flaming Galah, felt mostly normal for once September 25: First night back in Fortitude Valley, went to Tomcat October 3: Recording Tiny Desk concert with Liam Brimble October 7: First day at SDL October 9: Named the project with Julian “Priority Zero” November 5: First lesson with Sam Vallen November 18: Zac announced he was leaving SDL December 4: First show in Fortitude Valley, Hanoi Traffic at Tomcat December 10: Immersions Vol. 2 album launch at The Zoo December 19: Christmas brunch with Qld family. Left early to drive to Melbourne December 30: Night out with Josh in Melbourne
2021
January 1: Left Melbourne, drove to Brisbane January 5: Looked at a 2014 Nissan X-Trail, decided to buy it January 8: Picked up X-Trail January 9: Long weekend lockdown after the UK variant was found in Brisbane January 14: Dropped out of QUT January 17: Took Ben and Steph to lunch at Broadbeach Tavern February 4: Ben passed his driver’s test February 13: Moved into 10 Byron Cl February 27: Tracking bass for kids with no style at Jared’s April 9: House warming at 10 Byron Cl May 30: Insane Purple Zain show July 4: Filming ground dog day music video July 13: First started realising I was trans July 19: Started the disastrous Stripe migration July 29: First cigarette August 4: Created google account for a certain Natalie McCallum August 13: Moved into 25 Redfern St August 30: Dad and Josh falling out September 18: Electric scooter stolen, Stripe migration officially cancelled September 26: Sarah’s 21st November 17: Ben’s graduation December 1: Initial call with Tim, Tom and Hayden at NAB, was offered a role on the team December 5: Family photo shoot with Gracie December 9: Told Justin about the NAB position, made arrangements to move to consulting December 10: Last day at SDL Technology
2022
January 17: Started at NAB January 22: Mt Glorious guard rail incident February 18: Banshee Bar show + road rage incident with Isaac February 22: Got X-Trail back from repairs March 10: Crashed X-Trail March 12: Uncle Peter’s 60th, saw Emily and said “we need to talk” March 19: Sydney Harbour Bridge climb March 24: Ran first tech release at NAB codenamed “abominable snowman” March 27: First rehearsal for Jaffa the Big Man April 1: Got very drunk at the cave, scooter accidents, told Steph the playwright about my new names April 11: Mum & Dad’s 30th wedding anniversary April 14: Amber confirmed as written off April 16: Redfern house show April 21: Created alt Facebook account April 26: Smoked after drinking at the cave, hated it, haven’t smoked since May 2: 10 years since first learning to program May 7: Saw Spencer play at the Junk Bar before he left for Canada May 14: Saw The Politics of Vodka Lime Soda written by Steph May 15: Came out trans to Matt Llamas, Plini show, May 21: Hanoi playing with Diploid at Nambour, met Scarlett May 28: From the Floor Up, Hanoi Traffic playing at the Triffid May 29: Hanoi Traffic at Vinnie’s, hearing loss incident May 31: Lost driver’s licence for 6 months June 2: First gay family dinner, met Luke’s boyfriend Ethan June 13: Bought Toyota Corolla from Nan & Pop June 20: Final handover of TGH code to new developers June 21: Fully paid off credit card July 9: First Jaffa gig July 11: Signed lease for Mantra apartment in South Bank, Unit 913/161 Grey St July 31: Moved into South bank apartment September 4: Came out trans to mum and dad September 28: Signed lease at 44 Annette St Tingalpa September 30: Moved into Tingalpa place October 7: Broke lease at South Bank apartment November 22: Started medical transition November 29: First laser hair removal appointment
2023
January 27: Started feminising HRT March 2: Saw Bon Iver at Riverstage March 10: Bunya Mountains weekend, was a bit uncomfortable around parents, boymoding, mum and dad gave us inheritance money from nanna and poppa to buy a house March 20: Started T blocker (cyproterone) March 23: P0 at Ric’s, Julian misgendered me for the last time March 24: Left Priority Zero and cut contact with Julian Sagan March 30: Terrible time seeing black midi at the powerhouse April 2: Went to the Australian Grand Prix May 18: Inspected Camberwell St apartment, made an offer of $510k May 27: Chose new glasses (first time getting a fem style) June 1: First time getting a fem haircut June 2: Affirming and beautiful birthday party with many friends June 7: Discovered crop tops shopping with Samara July 14: Girls sleepover with Lexi, Julia and Samara July 23: Barbenheimer with family August 18: Picked up the keys for Ormadale Rd September 1: First date with Eva September 2: Week at Hamilton Island September 28: Bought iPhone 15 Pro Max December 13: Flew to Melbourne, nab Christmas party
2024
January 6: Bought dud Mercedes from shady Sydney dealership February January 13: Jam with Ellie on songs she wrote January 18: Dad helped me move back to 27 Jerome January 19: Met with Stef at Bardon house to potentially move in February 1: Bought 2005 Mercedes E200 (Claire) February 2-3: Drove to Brisbane, massive anxiety from vape, very happy with car February 8: First time bleaching hair February 9: Inspected 3/22 Lilly St with Alice June 12: Met Elly at Web Directions Code, Melbourne
2025
January 4: Sunrise at Bribie Island January 7: Housemates all tested positive for covid January 16: Received first speeding fine for the first time in almost three years January 17: Rhys hormone checkin, switched to gels January 17: Sent first demo for album to Jared January 18: Bigriggen camping trip January 19: Weed-induced big panic January 24: Ellie/Renae first threesome February 1: First inspection of 6/29 Lilly St February 5: Broker meeting (Stephen Dunn) February 6: Made offer, signed contract for 6/29 Lilly St February 7: Saw Jared playing in the AC/DC tribute band February 12: Building and pest inspection at 6/29 Lilly St February 15: First time gel blasting February 20: Signed home loan documents February 21: Somerset Trail hike + skinny dipping + incredible drive February 26: Start of big fight with Lilly St housemates about rent and everything else March 1: Big cleanup day at Ormadale Rd to appease RE/owners March 2: Trump/Zelenskyy thing that got me back into watching US politics again too much March 5: Parked Claire at the new apartment, special cyclone pre-settlement arrangement March 7: Met Kassius March 8: Cyclone Alfred made landfall after a whole week of anxiety and preparation March 9: Drunk and messy with the girls, playing games, kissed Jordie for the first time March 10: Received keys and first night at the apartment March 12: First movie night at new place with Lexi (watched Monster’s Inc and cried) March 16: Got very wet seeing the GP in Melbourne with Ben and Dad March 18: Realised that I’d driven Claire more than any other car I’ve owned March 22: First piercing (lobes, of course) March 23: Found out about Isaac Downs being a rapist March 26: Dinner with Jared and Sam at new place March 28: Micky 17 with friends + Apollo fundraiser March 29: Games night + feelings chat with Stef April 16: 29 km walk from Casino to Lismore with Dad April 19: Officially dating with Kassius April 22: Last day at Lilly St, big cleanup to get bond back June 30: Broke up with Kassius