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I spent twelve hours today working on one sheet of paper.
Twelve hours. Today. Writing my personal statement. I'm up to draft five, and still not at all confident. But, at least now it has all the major ideas in there ( Read more... ) -
YES!
I HAVE TICKETS TO SEE U2 IN AUCKLAND!!!!!!!!! -
You know what agony is?
Agony is when you are U2 fan club member, and U2 is coming to New Zealand for the first time in 4 years, and you find out that the U2 fan club tickets go on sale the day that you are trapped on a bus for TEN HOURS with NO INTERNET and therefore you CANNOT BUY TICKETS ON THE DAY THEY GO ON PRESALE. THAT, my friends, is agony.
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OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG
U2 ARE COMING TO NEW ZEALAND IN NOVEMBER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ieeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Native Tongue
Phrases that I have unselfconsciously uttered in the last 48 hours that were only heard in films 3 years ago:
-bloody hell
-it's a pisser
-kia ora
-she'll be right
-a bit dodgy, that
-whinging
-Yes, quite
-Pardon?
-Oi!
...also, calling movies "films".
Bloody hell. I'm turning into a bloomin' Kiwi. Ah well. She'll be right.
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The saga of the ill-fated yarn-gathering expedition
So, I had a day off today, and I'm out of the particular shade of blue yarn needed to complete my latest crochet project, so I decided to drive down to Napier. Plus, they have good wine, better shops, and a gourmet chocolate factory. Road trip!
Usually I avoid the road down to Napier for two reasons: One, it is really, really scary. Two, it makes ( Read more... ) -
I don't on vacations; I just move there
So, I'm in a bit of an odd spot: I'm trying to plan a winter vacation. One week, roughly $1000 budget, narrowed down to three contenders. Votes welcome:
1. Wellington, NZ: I've been here before, and guess what: I like it. Enough that I want to go back for a week. They have NZ amounts of theater, good running trails, lots of live music, and a ( Read more... ) -
The gods are mocking me.
By which I mean, I just spent over an hour typing a thoughtful, well-edited post for your perusal, and the website couldn't load it and now it's gone.
I'll try again in the next day or two. Bugger.
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Long time, no post
Sorry for the long delay.
Things have been a little rough in what is usually my seaside paradise. Part of this is moving into a new and wonderful flat which does increase my necessary spending by about $200 a month. Ouch. I hate worrying about money, but I'm currently living as close to my means as I ever really care to.
Also, I'm supposed to ( Read more... ) -
I just saw Avatar...
...and it was really, really boring.
Pretty, but boring.