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So I’m finding it fairly impossible to upload my video blogs. I can’t convey to y’all lucky Americans who have lightning fast internet (and even what you call slow is pretty rockin’) how aggravating the net is here. I’ve got no less than 5 vidblogs that I can’t get live b/c one upload takes around 33 hours!! It’s incredible. But, I’m gonna roll with the punches here and make it a priority to post baby blogs on a regular basis. Nothing profound, just thoughts, insights, or maybe funny things that made me chuckle.
But first, let me take a hot minute and say CONGRATULATIONS to Bridgit for her show last week that the Evening Muse! I’ve seen first hand how hard she’s worked on that project. Such a labor of love there never was! If you don’t know what I’m taking about, it’s a comic book, Vol 1 entitled KINDLE & it freakin’ rocks! I wish I could have been there on your big night!
(For those of you that don’t know, Miss Bridg was my roommate stateside for the past year and half and the better half of this Blog. We started it when we lived together and decided to continue it even after we set out on our separate paths! )
Couple of observations:
1. The butter section at the grocery store is ridiculous! I’ve NEVER seen such a large selection of butter or butter alternatives in one place. It’s like 10 feet of creamy fat paradise.
2. The eggs are NOT refrigerated. They’re found in the baking isle where you’d find sugar, flour, & food coloring?
3. Huge coffee culture & VERY expensive. 3$ on average for just a regular cupa joe (which by the way they don’t actually have filtered coffee like we do, they’re technically americanos… expressos with water and they’re called Long Blacks) Even McDonalds has good coffee. They have a section called McCafe w/ pastries and real expresso. Why hasn’t this taken off stateside yet? Americans need to revolt!
4. Going to the beach ALL THE TIME. It’s no big deal. There are so many beaches to choose from Bondi, Bronte, Coogee, Maroubra…they’re all pretty close and so much a part of the culture here that it’s totally normal to get up to go work then head the beach for a couple hours after before you get into your evening. Surf culture here is HUGE. Everyone is so laid back here. ”No worries, mate”, you hear it all the time but see it in the attitudes as well. I love it.
5. I love all the barefeet. I see barefeet everywhere I go. Outside walking, in stores, on bikes…it’s kinda strange at first but just more evidence to the laid back culture here.
6. Internet sucks. ’nuf said.
7. Aussies love to shorten everything. Brekky? (breakfast), Avo? (Afternoon), Snags (Sausages). If I tried to talk like that at home I’d sound like an idiot.
Pretty fantastic y’all. More later…
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