hey estela guess what

hey estela, have you read any mona simpson? i'm reading 'off keck road', it's pretty good.

no i haven't read her but i always like to get a reccommendation from you.

i was trying to figure out why her name was so familiar to me in this backwards province and it's because she's steve job's sister.

omg

estela made a mistake <3

are you referring to backwards because that was deliberate, this place is too sunny and sky blue and beachy for backwoods.

or are you querying how we spell recommendation around here<3

or is mona simpson not really steve job's sister.

???

steve jobs'

or is it steve jobs's

i forgot that she is his sister!

i'm almost finished with it, it's quite bleak, sort of like richard yates but without the actual hardships i suppose? idk i have quite enjoyed it so far. it's a funny sort of novel, though - it's more like a series of short stories that are about the same group of people, but it took me like 3/4 of the book to to get a grip on who is who.

lol job's is a(nother) mistake, i am being a disaster. also i jist spelt lol as lot but i caught it in time.

just

i like linked stories.

I am reading this book about the Dust Bowl, and it is horrifying and amazing and completely engrossing.

Hey Estela guess what

I gave some marmite to my american friend and she LOVES it

i would never have guessed that.

at our grocery store there's a sad little sign next to the vegemite apologising that marmite is presently unavailable due to earthquake damage at the christchurch factory and i always laugh and think of you when i see it, it's the only lol i've had from that whole terrible ongoing nightmare.

there's an alley near me named christ church

did i tell you already that i had 3 stupid jars of marmite and now i (technically) have none??

- i lost the first through airport security
- i checked the BB date of the other 2 for lolz and one expires this month and the other already expired LAST YEAR

i gave the least-fucked one to my friend so now i'm down to one expired jar. still tastes normal.

aw if i see any anywhere i'll grab you some, nz ran out far quicker than australia did because the crisis got a lot more publicity over there.

oh i'm just gonna keep eating my expired jar - it's actually a 'best before' date, not a 'use by' date, so it's fine. and a small jar lasts me years!

next time you're in wellington you can check to see if the jar we left at the top of the cable car is still there

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3478/4013168312_2efed0c112.jpg

lol u <3

i love that photo, i have a clear memory of standing at that exact spot and looking at that exact view while someone told me a long not very good joke with a pun-ish song lyric punchline (but now i can't remember the song because it was a long time ago but it was something old but well-known like for example the night has a thousand eyes) (which always makes me think of possums in trees illuminated by car headlights)

margaret mahy died ;_;

estela

estela!

estela!!

estela!!!

ESTELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLA!!!!

HI my boss brought me two packs of CHOCOADE biscuits from nz, do you remember them? do you like them?

also 2 pixie{lxy} caramels and 2 perky nanas

and a "souvenir" tea towel (??)

hrmph

happy birthday mookie!

really??!!! well then, this is a day to celebrate and be joyful!!

happy birthday dear mookie (if it is)

yay ruby, that is a good haul. i haven't had any revived chocoades yet but my sister sent me some mackintosh toffees this week which are my current favourite thing from there.

nz seems to have gone souvenir tea towel mad in recent times, i have received a few (and given none).

macintosh toffees!!!!!!!!!!!

estela i am reading "summer of hate" by chris kraus. i think i might actually finish this. it's good!

aw thx <3

estela, i made FIVE rice/bean/veg salads from that cookbook tonight, for ytth's lunches this week... hope they taste good!!

aw<3 so do i, it would be woeful if you effed them up.

ruby, so, so glad to hear your sis is doing better <3

i am too, it is a great relief. <3 you.

thank you, my dear<3s

she is hello-kitty diehard so i ordered a bunch of hk junk off amazon for her, to cheer her up

it is truly amazing, the weird selection of objects in the hello kitty theme (including a dehumidifier)

hugs to you, j and glad to know your sis is improving. There's no object that can't be upped a notch by some hello kitty and you are a wonderful sister.

apparently my sister is convinced that ytth and i visited her already?!? and that she also went for a ride in a helicopter.

aw<3 lol, the wee darling.

justin3, i know you don't especially care about rugby but tonight i am going to an all blacks/wallabies game in brisbane and i am so looking forward to it, the haka kills when i see it over here, and at games in brisbane half the fans are kiwis so it's like going home for a couple of hours.

upon reflection i think estela is too good to be real

she talks a good game, vin scully and all, but i demand to meet her in person

we haven't even gotten doggy pictures!

i can vouch that our estela is even better irl.

xp i don't much care about rugby, but i enjoy a big-deal all blacks game if the situation arises.

we are at a restaurant near the stadium surrounded by hordes of black-clad kiwis, all cheerful because we have already won every trophy going for this year: )

we by chance saw a haka on tv in nz. it was utterly thrilling.

mookieprof, our estela is too good AND she is true. another reason to move west: she will surely visit again some day (i hope!!!!).

ps. amazon is hiring.

i met a hologram of estela that insisted on calling me "sug"