The wrap… the hardest haircut ever to explain

Firstly, let me state that I am horrible at this self portrait thing and feel like a total geek putting my hair in different ways and taking pictures… but anything for my fans…bahaha. I mean Mom asked me to post some pictures, my biggest fan :)

So obviously I got a haircut, these are the options I now have with my hair, I have to say it is the trendiest haircut that I have ever had, but much needed after almost a year of not getting my hair cut. There was more hair on the floor than on my head by then end of it, but I couldn’t be happier. It really does make a statement, not totally sure what statement, but I love it. I can wear it kinda punk and fun, curly like I am 7, or classic corporate. It was a bit scary when he started to cut some of my hair to a little over an inch long but it’s only hair! And just to clarify, yes I do have an undercut.
If I went with the punk do I think I would weary fairly girl makeup, like I have on in the pic… clearly enjoying my first night not going out in weeks a little too much.

The adventure continues… read the last post first!

Interesting that the numbers increased when we got to the beverages portion of the day…

Activity #4: Pints!! This continued on again later as well…

Flinders street station… nothing that interesting just a must have picture.


Activity #5: It can’t be an all day event without a Frisbee getting involved… tossing around Federation Square… maybe not the most appropriate thing, but it had to be done. Marcy wearing her oven mitt, her chosen item for the day.


The MCG a little bit before sunset.




South side of the city… we didn’t make it too far because we were running out of daylight but it was a beautiful walk to the Shrine of Remembrance.

To end the night we went to the rooftop bar in the city, a very memorable day all around!

I like to make things complicated…

Due to my inability to do things in a simple way a “Touristy photo adventure” was undertaken last weekend. Basically, I didn’t want to take Melbourne for granted and not take pictures of all of the things that I see everyday so I organized a touristy day with a couple of the other travelers I know and invited the Honey’s along (my Frisbee team). In the end we had 10 ladies running around the city doing random events and was one of my favorite days in a long while. I am amazed that we almost made it through the entire list of tourist activities. The activity list is as follows:


The adventure started with brunch at my favorite spot the green refectory on Sydney Rd in Brunswick…mmmm the breakfast stack!!


Activity #1: Secondhand stores are huge in Melbourne so we decided to stop at a Savers and take ten minutes to purchase something for $5 or less. After the purchase was made everyone had to select a random ticket and wear whatever item they selected for the rest of the day… I won the beautiful pink backpack (later to be traded for the yellow karate belt).


Activity #2: Next we took the tram to Victoria Market where we did a $5 gift exchange, the idea way 15 minutes to find someone else a present (like secret Santa). I got a lovely bottle of $5 white wine… that I used later that week to make risotto.


A visit to the Old Melbourne Gaol was in order (that’s how they spell jail). Artistic picture stolen from Cath Matthews (more to follow).


Next we went for a walk to the Royal Exhibition Building, the only world heritage building in Australia. The first picture of Carolyn was taken by Cath.


As per Carolyn’s request we visited church where she picked up several very informative brochures regarding religion. Quote of the day was “Celibacy, second chance for non-romance.”

A visit to parliament… clearly exciting times.

A trip on the free city loop tram.


Activity #3: How long can Tuna stay silent in the State Library. Everyone selected a time for $1, winner won the money. Guesses ranged from 10 seconds to 5 minutes, with Tuna clocking in at 3 minutes 30 seconds. This picture is when she can talk again, she wasn’t so happy during the challenge.


A couple of my favorite statues in Melbourne, the three skinny men. The ladies and their boyfriends… and another stolen from Cath… trying to look like the skinny man.

Brisbane and a black eye

Recently I have received several email inquiries questioning my whereabouts in the world, so it appears that I am probably long overdue a blog update. Possibly because I feel so settled here I forget that some of the things I do might still be remotely interesting. A couple of weeks back I actually did fly to Brisbane for a weekend ultimate Frisbee training camp, it was quite a busy weekend. The training was really great, worked on all kinds of throws, how to break a force, different cutting techniques, learned a lot of new drills and just got to run around in the sunshine for two days straight, can’t really complain about that one. The highlight of the trip was definitely staying with Foxy and Annie (from St. John’s). They were pretty awesome, they let me crash in their spear bedroom, eat some of their food and Annie even lent me her bike to ride to the field and back each day (however, might I add that Brisbane is a ridiculously hilly city). Hanging out with people from home makes me look forward to my trip home even more, only a couple of months now. In two months I will actually be home! I can’t believe how quickly my year has gone.

Post returning from the Brisbane, the Monday I went to league and got hit in the face with a Frisbee… from a huck (basically full body weight behind the throw) and got a very glamorous black eye. Fortunately it didn’t hit me in the eye and I heal ridiculously well and it wasn’t too noticeable by Friday with the help of a little makeup. The only big down side was the pain and going to work on Tuesday unable to see.

Back to reality…

Well maybe not yet… but I am starting to think about “when I grow up.” The more I think about it the more I realize that it is probably something I will never truly do. While I am ridiculously excited about the concept of looking for a job in my field and having some kind of stability I think I will hold on to some of my free spirited nature. It could just be that I don’t associate the right things with “growing up.”

I had to look at my blog to determine when I blogged last, needless to say it hasn’t been the most exciting times… It’s interesting that no matter how interesting the place you live, life does get very routine. I work, play Frisbee, go for drinks on Friday after work, go for brunch, attempt to shop (I generally don’t purchase because I have no love for the fashion here) and go for coffee. My social life is always pretty packed and there are always things to do, as it would be at home.

Lately the most notable things would be a King and Queen Frisbee tournament that was really fun, I love a full day of Frisbee. Few things can compare in my mind. I am certain that all of my future vacations will involve Frisbee on some level, I would like to claim that I am kidding but I’m not. With all of the frisbee people I have met I have teams to play with all over the world. I am heading to Brisbane this weekend for a training camp… pretty exciting (or I think so anyway). It’s also a great chance to catch up with Foxy and a couple of friends that still live there and maybe even experience some warmer weather.

I will be moving my return ticket home…again. The goal is to arrive home in the vicinity of Rob K’s wedding, so Sept 12th. There will be some adventure prior to my return, possibly involving seeing Pete Yorn live in L.A. and maybe Frisbee in Vancouver.

From the new camera...

Firstly, thanks Mom for the new camera. Secondly, electronics are ridiculously priced here… could be because I live on a giant island…who really knows. Thirdly, these are just random pictures of the footy, curling, me at an engagement party, animals and the best brunch ever in life!

Swine Flu Capital?

According to several recent articles Melbourne is now the Swine Flu capital of the world… I would like to say I am concerned about this, but because it is basically just a different version of the flu… I am sure I will survive. As well, a three-day quarantine would probably be a nice break.

Things have been pretty great down this way, today I experienced my first Footy game. Hawthorn vs Sydney, Hawthorn came out on top but it was a pretty close game. Considering it is a sport only played in Australia I am always amazed at the attendance. The MCG holds 90,000 and today there were over 45,000 people at the game. It is a pretty brutal, full on tackling game that involves kicking the footy (it is not called a ball, just a footy) or punching the footy in order to pass it to a teammate. I have to say I am fairly sold on this sport and will definitely be attending more games. I would love to see 90,000 in a stadium!

Lately there have been loads of social activities, I went to see kangaroos and other Australian animals last weekend and obviously playing Frisbee at least a couple times a week. However, reducing down to only two nights a week is kinda sad. At the end of the month I head to Brisbane to an ultimate Frisbee training camp where coaches from all over Australia give you advice to get better in groups and there is also individual coaching. It is done on a cost-share basis, so it is pretty economical and a great way to get better. I also get to catch up with Foxy before he heads back to Canada so that is another great bonus. Oh, and it gives me a break from the Melbourne winter, which is probably still nicer than a Newfoundland fall.

Pictures to come, since Mom bought me a new camera... :)