new zealand.

not a fan of it myself. one time i was walking home late at night after work, and it was a big rugby night, some huge dude grabbed me round the waist as i was crossing at courtenay/tory sts and lifted me several feet off the ground. total stranger. i demanded that he put me down, so he dropped me. fucking asshole. just about put my teeth through my lip.

oh jergz you might like a bar called 'hotel' - if you are heading towards tory st from nicolini's, turn left onto tory and then left down a dodgy alleyway behind burgerking and you will see a little door and a little sign. it's really nice and super fancy.

will check it out

lxy i don't think you heard the girl humming because you had your own 'i'm drunk, so drunk' tune in your head

decidedly so. sometimes remaining upright makes a lot of internal racket.

i bet i would like the bar called hotel. something super fancy that you get to by going down a dodgy alley is tops in my book.

okay wellington on a sunny day is aces

it's one of my favourite places in the world when it's sunny. did you know, there are a lot of walking tracks throughout the city, you should be able to get maps from the city council (parks and recreation), it is a really wonderful aspect of wellington, i salute the town planners for their green belt vision. the walk out to the seal colony at owhiro bay is also really worth doing, i'm not sure when the seals are there but i went in about november and they were there, lounging about, earning my approval.

went out towards oriental bay yesterday in the wind and rain, it was very striking

that's the thing about wellingtonians: we know how to appreciate nice weather! as soon as the sun cracks the clouds, there's a shitload of ppl down at the lolbeach at oriental bay (3 ft of sand and they call it a beach).

if you're hiring a car, i also recommend driving out to to lighthouse and seal colony at palliser bay (i think that's where it is, i'm not sure) - it's one of the most beautiful places i've ever been to, and pretty isolated. just a small fishing town out there. the seals are amazing, so playful and willing to perform. if you walk out beyond where the road deadends, there is a low wall of rocks stacked up by some local tribe a couple of hundred years ago. you look out to the water on your right, and on your left is a series of huge, steep, breathtaking cliffs - you climb up through them and find the most pure waterfalls and swimming holes.

i will do some research and see if i can find the exact spot. an ex took me out there - which has unfortunately tainted that place for me forever - and i'm not sure how to get there or the exact location.

here's the lighthouse:

http://www.teara.govt.nz/files/p12041enz.jpg

http://www.newzealandphotography.co.nz/image-galleries/image-gallery-26.php

oooh i want to go to there

for ruby

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2498/4025041670_c131287907_m.jpg

>_<

<3

actually, more like ^_^

lolz i hope they didn't seat you at the super rickety table, it's a serious health hazard and has been that way for years because those italians are too lazy/cheap to get it fixed

i want to go to that lighthouse!!

all of the tables were super rickety

i have a bad photo of me at nicolini's.

blame the table. the chair was probably rickety too!

the courtyard floor is totally fucked up and uneven, and the tables... well... the big big round ones are a big wooden table attached to one of those smaller round tables, except the the thingees holding them together are kind of busted so if you're ever seated at one of those, don't even think about pulling on it, because the whole thing will come crashing off. the little wooden square table for two is completely and utterly fucked up. that's the super dodgy one. don't sneeze if you're seated there or it will tip over.

and yes, the chairs are all fucked up. and uncomfortable as all hell. never understood how people could sit there for more than 45mins.

haha, we did sit at a little wooden table for two. i didn't experience any tipping over that wasn't attributable to my drunk. maybe between the table and me we created a sort of white noise of wobbliness.

i brought a bag of jaffas to work for sharing. they were very popular.

wobbliness=character

a short play from two saturdays ago.

cast: fiancee, sneak.

location:home. the sneak has just arrived home from work.

fiancee: hello, how many licorice bullets are left? you are a sneak who cannot be trusted, i think you have been eating them all! you keep saying they are yours, but they are ours! estela gave them to us!

sneak (airily): no she didn't, they were for me and the jaffas are yours, it's just that i kindly share them with you even though i don't have to, but anyway it doesn't matter how many i've eaten because i received a mysterious new stash today.

fiancee and sneak: ???lol

sneak: they must have been a couple of australians.

we wondered if we should have spoken, whether our accents would have really turned things upside down

they were pleased to learn you were nonsense lovers from seattle.

is there cliffs notes for that play

oh, :) !

it takes a true sneak to get a fresh stash out of thin air on bullets confrontation day.

that is awesome!!!

yes, every single bit of it is.

does that store have a security camera? how i wish there were a shaky, grainy film of the event, taken from the ceiling corner behind the counter.

i'm going to new zealand, on friday!!!!!

aw3some. which city are you flying into?

auckland. only going for the weekend, my friends are getting married up in the bay of islands. i've been there before - it was nice!

48 hours till i go to the airport!!!!!!!!!

i am going to eat:
lots of BLTs
roast lamb with mint sauce
lamb chops with mint sauce
custard squares
raspberry lamingtons
chocolate lamingtons
cream-filled long doughnuts
eclairs
mince and cheese pies
bridge pies
potato top pies
lots of marmite and butter on slices of vogels

and you're going to bring jaffas for me, right? pretty pretty pretty please?

:( i'm not going to be able to be there where you are, j. i was really hoping i would but i've got shingles and my father has never had chickenpox so i can't visit him until it clears up since my shingles could give him chickenpox, and he is due to have cancer surgery in a few weeks so i have to be super cautious. i hope you have a wonderful time, you will love being home, i always do. don't forget about meal mates and rj's licorice logs.

smoove is this your first time back since you left? if so, wow. glad you're getting a chance to get back there. i wonder if you'll feel like a different person! or even a little bit american?

two nights ago i dreamt me and lxy were in picton and i said LET'S GET IN THE CAR, WE'RE GOING TO DUNEDIN NOW what does this dream mean

ohhh estela i wish you could be there too! but another time it'll have to be... maybe seattle in the future?!

lxy, email me sometime over the next two weeks to remind me about the jaffas and i will def bring you some!

jergy-jergz this IS my first time back - it's been almost 2 years!!!!!!!!!!!!! i am super excited, it's gonna be totally weird and totally awesome to be there with jordan, walking down the same streets in welly that i used to walk down thinking about him and wishing he was there. i can't wait to show him around, and introduce him to all my friends! we're having a small party at nic0lini's with all my friends, one of my oldest and dearest friends is making the trip down from auckland for it, and my little sis (who couldn't make it here for our wedding) is coming to it as well. and i've missed my mad surrogate italian family soooooooooo much, i can't wait to squeeze them all!!!

also estela i am so sorry about your shingles and your dad :( i hope his treatment goes really well.

smoove can i has some kind of awesome candy?
i have something i have to mail you that i've had since december oopsie!

i hope you two have the best trip ever!!!!!!

hahahaha i still have the tiny present we were supposed to mail to you! but it is a 'seattle thing' so it might just make you sad now ;_;

my folks brought over 5kg of lollies/biscuits/licorice/cream eggs and we ate it all within 10 days

hopefully we will eat so much shit while we're there that we won't be tempted to eat the presents we bring home for you guys

i am here!!!!!!!!!!!

but fuck nz internet tbh. we're paying 30 a day for LIMITED usage and it is so dang slow and cuts in and out continuously.

i get spam emails from a store in nz called "hallenstein's" every day. please tell them to stop when you get a chance

Star of our current production is new zealish. Got a vm from the embassy inviting him to come be honored and it made me think of j&j <3

hi guys! we are fuckin exhausted and having a relaxing eve in our hotel room. harbz, hallensteins is a gross and cheap menswear store here. i will personallly stop by tomorrow and tell them to leave you alone.

jergz & lx: did you visit the karori wildlife sanctuary while you were here? i never went the whole 10yrs i lived here but we went yesterday and it is really beautiful. we saw a TUATARA!

our kiwi star stopped by will call tonight and he is DREAMY just fyi.