« on: January 24, 2008, 05:49:24 PM »
You know you said a while back that the boy was starting to show some entrepreneurial tendencies...
The Australian teenager who threw a party while his parents were away causing thousands of dollars of damage says he is turning professional.
Corey Delaney, 16, told Australian television he was giving up plans to become a carpenter, and would DJ and host parties instead.
Corey shot to international fame last week when 500 teenagers attended a party at his home in Melbourne.
Police who came to investigate noise were driven off by drunken guests.
By the time police reinforcements with dogs arrived, an estimated A$20,000 ($18,000; £9,200) worth of damage was done.
Unrepentant
An unrepentant Mr Delaney said at the time that any other teenager wanting to host a home-alone party should get him to organise it.
"Best party ever, that's what everyone's saying," he said.
Now he is putting his own advice into practice.
"Working on a building site was pretty hard. Now I've got a manager, life's good," he said.
The manager, celebrity agent Max Markson, said: "He did a great party in the wrong place.
"We're going to put on a great party in the right place."
Mr Delaney had originally hoped to keep the party a secret from his parents, but the world-wide publicity it attracted put paid to that. He temporarily left home to avoid his parent's wrath.
Since then, Corey has polarised public opinion.
He has become something of a hero for many young people, with some reports describing him as a Generation Z poster-boy.
But other people have criticised him as an arrogant brat. A website inviting people to "slap Corey down the street" has had more than 700,000 hits.
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