Update: Aotearoa Excursion

So, that little trip I went on was to NZ.  I had a lot of good fun with my family and that weekend was easily the best in a LONG time (though, it's not really fair since being in NZ is an automatic advantage).  The time away was bittersweet though because of the uselessness of the airlines.  My brother & I were both unable to get onto the flights we were supposed to because they didn't have seats.  In my case, they did have the seats but because of weight restrictions (too much cargo), they couldn't fill the seats with passengers. On attempt two, my brother actually came to LA so that we could both try the same flight.  I actually got a confirmed ticket so I was sweet, but Deryck wasn't able to get on because it turned out there were about 60 people trying to get onto about 25 seats (and he wasn't high up enough on the list). So, I got to go and he didn't.  That was pretty crappy because we haven't been in NZ together in over 4 years.  I think I was still taller than him back then too...

My apologies for the rant, but that flight down to Auckland was really, really bad in the sense that my bro wasn't on it and I was sandwiched between too large guys and we were jostling for space/legroom for the duration of the flight.  Enough of that, here are some pics.  There aren't many b/c I was only able to get a few w/my camera phone (my digi cam is defunct) and the rest of the pics need to be emailed to me from other family members.

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Caitlin & Brittany drawing on the table in Coffee Queens (my aunty's coffee shop) while waiting dinner.  We threw a birthday for my Aussie cousins at the shop outside of business hours.  It was basically and excuse to get everyone together, have dinner and watch rugby on the 42" Plasma.

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A glorious sunday afternoon for rugby here at North Harbour Stadium. Too bad Harbour (my team) got dealt to by Otago (my 2nd team...since I studied town there for a semester). I did get some autographs from a few of the players afterwards. The team did well this year by winning the Ranfurly Shield (a sweet trophy) but they just couldn't win when I was there in person. What a shame.

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Finally, a pic from Auckland Airport at around 4:30 am. It's never too early for a PC to lock up and display the infamous BSOD (blue screen of death). The former IT guy in me couldn't resist taking the pic...

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Yup. A "sweet as" trip that wasn't as "sweet as" as it could've been (not a typo). Hopefully I'll get a few more pics up when I get them. Until then, I guess it's back to boring school & work. Come add some excitement to my life and visit me in Pasadena or while I'm working at the Pasadena Apple Store. I implore you! On that note, I leave you with 2 bonus images from last night's NZ Music Awards. Bic & Brooke are awesome. That is all.

Project: Facial Hair

So I got a fair amount of feedback in regards to the previous pic. Let me just update you all on the progress of that:


This depicts growth after 5 weeks of non-shaving. How fascinating. Those of you who weren't too keen on the idea will be happy to note that I actually shaved after taking this pic. There endeth the experiment. It was fun while it lasted.

In any case, I'm not in LA right now (as some of you may know). More on that in the next post... Stay tuned!