Jun 29 10
In Your Face
Ms Photogenic (Ellie) gets up close and personal.
Apr 7 10
Red Rock Canyon
Jess & I at Red Rock Canyon.
Mar 30 10
New Additions
We adopted this handsome guy from the ASPCA today. His name is Romeo (was Bravo) and he’s a 3-4 month old parvo survivor.
Nov 8 09
The Language Barrier
When people find out that I’m from New Zealand, I generally get asked a few questions about the country and culture, and I love that. I’m immensely proud to be a Kiwi so telling people about where I come from is a favourite pastime.
Most questions are predictable, like the ones about Lord of the Rings (yes, I did know people involved in the trilogy) and Xena: Warrior Princess (yes, it really is as green as in the series), or the ones about the weather (yes, you should pack for all four seasons and expect them all to come at you in the same day regardless of the time of year). Some are a bit dafter, but still easy to handle (no, riding on whales isn’t common but yes, I have been swimming with dolphins).
Today, I got one which absolutely took the cake ...
“Do you speak English?”
Ummm ... no. I don’t.
You have a chip inserted in your brain which automagically translates everything I say in to a language you can understand. The guy next to you thinks I’m speaking in Ket.
Idiot.
