Month: June 2007
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OMG kthxbye
Okay, y’all, okay, I am home from the South Island and it was so freezing cold there that I took my candy-stripe thermals off only to shower and I had a seriously good time that involved sea lions, albatrosses, and penguins as well as shaking my booty to the break of dawn with seriously inappropriately-aged…
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Stuff Around My Neighborhood
I’m in the middle of packing (“Phone charger? Check. Gloves? Check. Goldfish underwear? Check check check it out.”) for my South Island trip and I keep getting these texts from my friend Lydia, with whom I’m traveling, going IT’S REALLY COLD THERE and WE CAN BUILD SNOWMEN and CAN YOU BRING ME AN EXTRA HAT?…
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Too Fast And Too Slow
The big annoying thing in my life at the moment is that it turns out I am not going to be performing at the next hafla after all. No, I haven’t finished my coin bra yet and yes, there are plans afoot to do the duet in September maybe, but it’s still annoying me way…
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Better Than Prozac
Ugh, what an awful day. It’s cold and windy and wet now and I am constantly putting on more sweaters and jackets and socks. I got a scarf and hat at Glassons over the weekend that I really hate but I had to buy them there since I had a gift card and couldn’t justify…
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Nod-Head Bouncy-Dancing
Friday night I went to see Fat Freddy’s Drop, and then, sort of by accident, Katchafire, both of which are NZ dub bands. I didn’t even know what dub was until I got here, but over the summer I randomly saw Ladi 6 and liked her a lot. When a bunch of friends invited me…
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The Mirror Bar
I know the words to every single cheesy eighties song they play at the mirror bar, which is not officially named The Mirror Bar but which my friends call the mirror bar because every single wall is covered in mirrors. Everyone checks themselves out when they’re dancing and fixes their hair; a couple making out…