Me in my wetsuit at Bondi yesterday! Yes, it has pink stripes. Because it's awesome. The surf was like a washing machine--bad for boarding--but since then the wind has smoothed a little--plus it's supposed to be 30 degrees on Sunday! That's warm, folks!
Sandy: I know, it's repulsively cutesy, right? Try this for conversation: How ya going, my name is Louise and yes I'm from the States (Connecticut, it's like halfway between New York City and Boston), but I have a flat in Cloey, am a Master's student at Uni NSW, go for walkies on the beach, wear googlies to protect my eyes while swimming in my cossi, order my coffee flat white for takeaway, eat choc croissants and Tim-Tams and biscuits for tea, hate gridiron footy but cheer for the Swanees at AFL games. And yet I retain some vestiges of my heritage: I refuse to pronounce mocha "mucka," wouldn't touch anchovies or Vegamite with a ten-foot pole, and I have never in my life worn a pair of leggings without a skirt or shorts and I don't plan to start now. But I do love my Uggs. And not having to leave tips in restaurants is nice, too.
Awww you're learning a new language!!!!! When you have kids their first word had better be "mucka".
ReplyDeleteLike the pink stripes!
"How ya going?" Wow, it's like these Aussies are from a different country or something...
ReplyDeleteUggs: ew! But the not leaving tips thing is awesome. :)
So my boss takes Italian lessons, and his homework the other day was to describe someone famous, and his teacher would guess who it was. I suggested Kermit the Frog, but he ended up going with Hugh Jackman, and I thought of you.
Lord Lord the girl is going native!
ReplyDelete