I've moved on to other parts of the blogosphere, but I'll still be using this account to comment on other LiveJournals. See you around. :)

Cheers,
Chris

I'm a bad blogger. Bad bad bad ( Read more... )

As much as I love Wellington's windy grey weather (no, seriously, I do) there's a whole lot to be said for hot sunny days, and I wish we could get more of them. It makes it easy to cycle to work, first of all. When it's nice enough, I can go around the bays, an hour-long ride each way. Gorgeous when it's calm and sunny, impossible when a gale is ( Read more... )

Thanks to the time difference out here in Kiwiland, President Obama's inauguration took place on Wednesday, 21 January, at six in the morning. I went to bed late the night before and I had two solid days of staff meeting to look forward to, but all the same I dragged myself out of bed and went to curl up on the couch in front of the television ( Read more... )

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You know, John & Yoko lover that I am, I never expected to enjoy this song. Much less when it's sung by that chirpy Australian guy who sings "Catch My Disease". Surprisingly fantastic.

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Dear Sarah Palin, Vice-Presidential nominee,

Regarding this exchange here:

Katie Couric: "... A lot of our viewers and Internet users wanted to know why you did not get a passport until last year. And they wondered if that indicated a lack of interest and curiosity in the world."

Palin: "I'm not one of those who maybe came from a background of ( Read more... )

Spring has definitely come to Wellington - I can feel it as I take walks by the harbour during my lunch hour. It's a kind of warmth and softness that wasn't there a month ago. A certain smell, too, a mix of the sea and rain and flowers. One of the pohutukawa trees on the waterfront is already blooming (they usually don't bloom until Christmas), ( Read more... )

So I've been living in Wellington for just about a year and a half, and for the time being, at least, my waitress/barista days are over. I work in an office now, joining the throngs of professionals marching down Lambton Quay every morning. The job itself is pretty cool - I write promotional and educational material for students about why it's ( Read more... )

Gosh. It's been over a year since I last posted. Crazy!

Very briefly, I am:

- still alive and well
- 28 years old today (wooo)
- waiting for summer
- currently living near Wellington's South Coast, next to the Tapu Te Ranga Marae, and ( Read more... )