my blog-tastic photo posting skills are sub-par to say the least. but i've put a bunch of pictures up on snapfish, and probably invited the 4 people that care and maybe a few more that don't (but will hopefully pretend to, for my sake) to take a look.
[insert witty blog posting here]
Friday, April 20, 2007
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
...adding this to my growing collection of funny signage i've seen around here. a few weeks ago, jeff and i took a trip up to manly beach to go snorkelling. the weather was awful, the visibility in the water was practically nonexistent, and everyone we met at manly seemed to be suffering from chronic depression. even so, we had a fantastic time. here are some shots of the extremely touristy ferry ride out there, and one of yet another spectacular signs... (and per usual, i can't figure out how to make the pictures appear *below* this text...)
Tuesday, March 6, 2007
Sunday, March 4, 2007
beet root & cabbages
funny, those have always worked for me, but then again, i'm not a "doctor." before i start this piece of BlogHistory, i should mention that it has come to my attention that DownUnderNiko sounds suspiciously like the name of a Desi Porn site. if you have any better ideas, please send them to toddsindianfetish@gmail.com. also, as soon as i learn how to hyperlink text to pictures of people's sunburnt butts, this will either become a lot more interesting or a lot more gross.
i'm not sure what "news" i have at the moment, but here goes. at the close of week two, Oz is still pretty great, although i still don't feel like i have a real feel for the city's personality. i suppose it's still early though. from what i have noticed, the city is beautiful, clean, very international, and full of freakishly friendly, outgoing, good-looking people. i was talking to a brasilian i met here, and tried to explain the word "grit" in broken english-portuguese. because at this point, that's what seems to be missing...no one jumping on the public transportation, playing drums, breakdancing, selling candy bars for a "basketball team" or generally asking for money/attention. nothing that seems any more than 50 or so years old (even people, for that matter!), nothing...ugly. matheus (the braslian) responds, "so you're saying you miss homeless people and the smell of urine???" i guess this is what is meant by 'language barriers'. in the meantime, i should add that perhaps not EVERYthing is spotless...there are certainly copious amounts of large, gross bugs found everywhere...in the middle of the street, on the uni campus, inside and outside the house. yum.
other than that, school is moving right along, and the classes at this point seem like they will be challenging. the job search continues, but meanwhile i am doing a lot of playing.... went "surfing" twice this week (or at least, the board and i were both in the ocean at the same time), and i will FINALLY (ahem, rex, kat) see the Princess Bride this week at the beachfront open air film festival.
*Currently*
Reading: "We wish to Inform You that Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families," which is great and nightmare-inducing
Eating: veggimite on toast (really) and tam tam buscuits
Listening to: "Game Theory" - the Roots
Laughing at: www.thesuperficial.com, Tek Jansen - episode 7 (on YouTube, courtesy of Mr. A. Rex)
Thinking about: Keris, and how she made my day this morning without even realizing it; mom/dad/didi, always.
Today's Highlights: six miles in needle-like sideways rain, while listening to Bob Dylan; hopefully going to see the Last King of Scotland
and finally, Matthew: What day was yesterday???!!!!!!
i'm not sure what "news" i have at the moment, but here goes. at the close of week two, Oz is still pretty great, although i still don't feel like i have a real feel for the city's personality. i suppose it's still early though. from what i have noticed, the city is beautiful, clean, very international, and full of freakishly friendly, outgoing, good-looking people. i was talking to a brasilian i met here, and tried to explain the word "grit" in broken english-portuguese. because at this point, that's what seems to be missing...no one jumping on the public transportation, playing drums, breakdancing, selling candy bars for a "basketball team" or generally asking for money/attention. nothing that seems any more than 50 or so years old (even people, for that matter!), nothing...ugly. matheus (the braslian) responds, "so you're saying you miss homeless people and the smell of urine???" i guess this is what is meant by 'language barriers'. in the meantime, i should add that perhaps not EVERYthing is spotless...there are certainly copious amounts of large, gross bugs found everywhere...in the middle of the street, on the uni campus, inside and outside the house. yum.
other than that, school is moving right along, and the classes at this point seem like they will be challenging. the job search continues, but meanwhile i am doing a lot of playing.... went "surfing" twice this week (or at least, the board and i were both in the ocean at the same time), and i will FINALLY (ahem, rex, kat) see the Princess Bride this week at the beachfront open air film festival.
*Currently*
Reading: "We wish to Inform You that Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families," which is great and nightmare-inducing
Eating: veggimite on toast (really) and tam tam buscuits
Listening to: "Game Theory" - the Roots
Laughing at: www.thesuperficial.com, Tek Jansen - episode 7 (on YouTube, courtesy of Mr. A. Rex)
Thinking about: Keris, and how she made my day this morning without even realizing it; mom/dad/didi, always.
Today's Highlights: six miles in needle-like sideways rain, while listening to Bob Dylan; hopefully going to see the Last King of Scotland
and finally, Matthew: What day was yesterday???!!!!!!
Thursday, March 1, 2007
South-South Cooperation
In the spirit of south-south solidarity, this South African Columbian has agreed to contribute to little miss sunshine's Oz blog. I'm sure I'll come up with something more clever as time goes on, but for now all I know is that it's freezing in NYC, and I'm sunburned here. Also, I saw a sign on campus that said "you can't prevent AIDs with beetroot and cabbage" which has subsequently forced me to rethink my entire social life here. (For those readers who are are either (a) over 30, or (b) a future employer, I would like to point out that the previous sentence is what is known as a Joke).
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