all rigged up and no where to go

my marine housing arrived at my hotel in melbourne last night - for my new casio ex1000.

i ordered it from digitaldiver.com.au and it was delivered basically the next day.

i'm so excited! as soon as i get home to new zealand next wednesday (aside from having a little sleep), i'm off to get a new wet suit and check out a regulator and an alternate air source and then we are going back to the poor knights for a liveaboard trip.

nell and i are going to make a bucket load of cash selling our awesome photos. as she is the divemaster trainee, she is going to be the spotter. i cant wait!

know who you are, know where you're from, know where you're going

'kE-(")wE - : a native or resident of New Zealand -- used as a nickname

my mom is going to kick my ass when she sees what i have done to myself. but i dont care. i'm kinda used to it. she squealed and fake vomited when she saw i had got my nose pierced. she fake fainted when she noticed i had got my tongue pierced. shes going to have to come up with something pretty impressive this time around. oh yes.
i got my first tattoo. and i say first as it is my intention to have another one done. but thats going to happen a little later - when i shrink some more and when i work out where i am going to put it.
this one was actually kind of easy. i found this logo (yes its a logo but i dont care) on the web and just knew it was right for me. and then i found a place on my body where i can hide it if i want to or show it off if i want to.
and its about me, and my country and who i am and who i want to me.
so like my kiwi girl tshirt says - know who you are, know where youre from and know where youre going.

a beer festival with no beer?

slim dusty - 1957 - the pub with no beer
It's lonesome away from your kindred and all
By the campfire at night where the wild dingos call
But there's nothin' so lonesome, so dull or so drear
Than to stand in the bar of a pub with no beer

the new zealand beer festival was on in auckland yesterday and i thought it was really well organised. until about 5:30pm when they started to run out of beer!