A proper post this time

Hey so it's been quite some time since I did a proper post on this thing. I really did mean to do this regularly but the mix of going out all the time and then being lazy once I had the chance kinda got in the way. But hey, going out and having a life, these are good things, so at the very least there's that. Though I do want to do this thing regularly, and I also do want to be practicing guitar, and working on the outline of my script. The outline by the way, is almost finished in my head, on paper though I'm still trying to sort out what events go where, and yada yada. Still it's just an outline and I have a month and a half until I actually have to start writing this thing, so I've got a healthy start on that.
So anyways on to the events of my day. Last night was kinda crappy because Zach's fucking snoring kept me up for like an hour last night. So I let myself sleep an extra twenty minutes, got up, rushed out the door, and went to work. Work today was pretty fucking boring, I spent the entirety of it fixing little mistakes in the folk song book, so it wasn't all that stimulating. Also at lunch I had the saltiest french fries ever, it was disgusting. Also I found out at work that there was yet another book launch tonight, and I got peer pressured into going to it. So after work I headed over with people from work to a book store to launch Men Alone, Men Together which is about the lives of various men in different types of homosexual relationships. So the crowd wasn't quite my scene. There was also one really awkward/terrible moment, where my boss introduced me to this one old lady and there was a piece of the conversation that went like this
Lady 1: so you live in new york
Me: Yes
Lady 2: Oh that's nice.
Me: mhm
Lady 2 Everyone loves New York
Lady 1: Not everyone, the people who drove the planes for instance.
Me:......
I mean what the hell, how is that an exceptable thing to say to anyone let alone a New Yorker you have only just met? So I got out of there as fast as possible and made my way home. Got to the apartment, had a small dinner, and went out to pool night. We played four games, and the first three I did pretty terribly. The last though I was beasting, just doing really great. It came down to just me and Oren, one ball left each, and I lost. It was terrible, also there was a strange moment about a strange woman asking me what I wanted to get tattooed on my ass, but any attempt to tell that story would be infinitely less funny than leaving it open. So Zach and I are back in the apartment, Oren is out consoling Sarah, whose father is threatening to take her out of the New Zealand program and ship her back home. I shall work on the outline for a bit now, hopefully finish the plans for issue three, then watch some Torchwood.

GAH I know it's late

So I haven't posted since Thursday, very bad I know really, and since it's all so overwhelming, and I'm getting over a rather drunk spell, I'm going to condense the past five days into one super digestable post:
Thursday: Work, watched an episode of Chuck (discretely at work), then asked for the day off Friday. Then went back to the apartment, made some Grilled Cheese, then went out with Sarah, and Trez, we meant to see Dirty Dancing, but got lost in the Botanical Gardens and ended up playing on the playground. We got lost again and it took a while to get back. Then when we did, we watched some Firefly.
Friday: Woke up earlier than I'd like, tried going back to sleep but failed. Then just bummed around in the morning. Went out to the kosher deli got one or two things, came back, went out again for a while. Came back, chilled for a while, then Sarah and Trez and Alex came over and there was more hanging out.
Saturday: Pretty Chill, did nothing until the afternoon, then met with Laura (the girl from the Library), with Oren, just chilled for a while. Came back, Zach went out to his crazy party in the woods, Trez and Alex came to chill, Oren and I got drunk on wine, and watched Justice League.
Sunday: Just Chilled, until the evening, saw Pirates vs. Ninjas
Monday: Work, then book launch got kinda drunk.

Not too much to report.

So today was pretty par for course. Work, was kinda boring, I was holed up at the computer that is crammed in its own little box near the elevators working in photoshop for most of the day. Also listened to music for a good portion of that, though the boss was meddling a lot, and it was a bit frustrating. Otherwise you know nothing special. One good thing is that I've got my name on a lot of books so that's spifftastic.
After work I did some grocery shopping then went back to the apartment. I discovered I can make grilled cheese and this is good because my menu has now grown exponentially. Then after that Nathan came over, we jammed and talked about lots of Jew things.
Rest of the evening spent watching Justice League, so while it wasn't very "productive" it was certainly an enjoyable day.

Forgot Monday

Yeah, sorry about that folks, I literally just forgot to post.
So Monday, what happened, uhm not too much now that you ask. Went to work, got back, Oren was out, hanging with Trez and Sarah, then brought them over, we chilled.
So today there was work, kinda boring stuff. Angela came over at4:30ish to check up on me, told her shit was good. Went back to the apartment kinda early chilled, then went out to the bar, and had trivia night. I'm really tired so this is a short post, sorry bout that peeps.

Damn Shiny

Today was damn shiny. Mind you it didn't quite start out that way, but in the end I must say it was pretty sweet.
So last night we went out to the crazy party that was Courtney Place, still for the sevens, and we met two guys that we saw at Synagogue and we hit up some bars. They left came a little late, and left pretty early but they're not too bad so it was cool. We also met up with most of the other Americans primarily Zach, Oren, Will, Kawe, Sarah, and Trez (Robin and Eliza made an appearance but little more). Still it was mostly fail since, Sarah was drunk, Will and Kawe were trying to get in her pants, Oren wanted to dance, Trez wanted to go wander then fall asleep, and I don't know exactly what I wanted to do, but wanted to chill with cool people. So we kept goint back and forth and around and about, Oren ended up at a dance club, Sarah, Will, Kawe, and Zach went somewhere, and I just walked around with Trez for a bit. Then went home, and Oren came back a few minutes later, so we watched some Justice League, which was pretty great.
Then this morning the plan was to go to the picnic for the synagogue with Oren. We got a little confused about directions so wandered for a little while, and then got there. Now we thought that they'd you know be having food, maybe even meat food if we were lucky, but we weren't. So Oren really needed to eat, because if he doesn't have food for a while he gets sick, so we just ditched before even saying high to people, which is unfortunate, but health comes first every time, and Oren's a solid dude. I also felt bad cause I was the one who really wanted to go, since the prospect of Kosher food was quite tempting. So we wandered around looking for food, he got a burger, I got fish, we shared some chips so it worked out in the end.
Then we went ot the community center to get information about possibly going to Rotarua for the weekend, since I've heard it's gorgeous and has all manner of awesome sports there. One such thing is Zorbing, if you don't know what it is, it's where they put you in a giant hamster ball, and roll you down a hill! So there are some cheap hostels in the area, the bus is like $40 but it's also seven hours to get there, which sounds like such a bitch, especially since I hate long periods being couped up. But still that was just research we might find better ways of going there, and we'll look into it some more.
Then we got to the library. Oren had to drop off some books, and then we checked out the graphic novel section so I could suggest some more shit for him. So we're looking for Fables and talking about it, and this very attractive girl randomly says, "Oh, you guys like Fables?" To which I of course respond that we do indeed, like Fables, and so we start talking comic books. She's not as obsessed as I am but the girl knows her shit. So she introduced herself (Laura was her name-o), and we introduced ourselves I recommended I Kill Giants and we got talking about, well pretty much everything. Buffy, Serenity, movies, America, jobs, New Zealand. The three of us just talked for over an hour, until the library closed which was early due to it being Sunday. So we got her number and are definitely going to hang out more which is great because she is like the coolest kiwi I have met yet, and she's gonna introduce us to her friends, and it'll be very nice.
So the rest of the day was spent watching Dr. Who, Funny People and the like. Did some laundry, it was all in all good. Also for your viewing pleasure, here is a link to a blog that Oren writes http://www.nero12111.blogspot.com/

Jewing it Up

So I finally got to Synagogue! it was actually pretty cool. Although weird story (and totally true) when I woke up this morning the one thing I remembered about my dreams was that I was being interrogated and for some reason had to name the ten commandments. Okay a little weird, but dreams are like that, the crazy part is that this weeks Torah portion was Yitro which if you didn't know is the one where God gives the ten commandments, it was weird but kinda cool. So Oren went with me, we met lots of nice people, I got an Aliyah, it was cool. We got invited out to lunch, tomorrow we might be going to a picnic, though Oren took out his cellphone in the middle of the kiddush, and it's an orthodox synagogue, so it was kinda awkward. Besides that it was all good times.
So then we went back home, had lunch and set off again. We went out to a playground that had a freakin' zipline, and played on that for a while. Then we climbed mount victoria and read comic books on the top and listened to the One Love concert that was going on. Also we could see the planes taking off from the airport which was cool. It was a little tiring getting up the mountain but it was damn beautiful.
Oh btw last night, I forgot to divulge, it was cool. We met two new interns who are staying over at a hostel, Sarah, and Trez, they're both pretty awesome people, we ended up chilling with them walking around Wellington, went on a super giant slide, just chilling, lots of fun.
The rest of the day was pretty chill, tonight we're going out again, gonna chill with other house, maybe meet up with one of the guys we met at synagogue, all in all should be pretty good.

Crazy Ass Friday

Today was kinda crazy. So I went to work today, that was normal. The first truly odd thing was lunch. See this weekend is the Sevens as I already stated yesterday. So I was eating on the harbor and everyone was dressed up and in bars. So people are drunk, and in costume so they have the good idea to start jumping into the water. There were super-heroes, and whores, diving into the drink, oh yeah and one guy went in butt naked (in front of hundreds of people mind you), it was weird. Work itself was pretty boring, I had to write up the back cover blurb for a poetry book and my boss couldn't decide what the fuck he wanted, so I ended up not finishing. I also heard him utter the words "A photograph of a black man fisting a white man." So that was horrifying. Funny typo though, I was writing a letter for the boss, and it started Hello! dear sir, or something like that instead it read Hell! dead sir, I cracked up.
So after work I met up with Oren at the library, we chilled there for a bit and then bought groceries, and headed home. I'll head out for a little bit tonight, and going to synagogue tomorrow, unless some mighty force stops me.