Beach

Went for a walk on the beach/boardwalk yesterday, which I rarely do in the winter, and was surprised/amused by the amount of people out also. Perhaps it's because I don't get out to the beach in the colder months, but there seemed to be an unusually high number of people out walking, surfing, even swimming (aside from the surfers, there was a guy with just a swimsuit on!). The temperature was somewhere around 40, but compared to the past few days, it felt absolutely balmy. I was definitely amused by the fact that when there's even the slightest bit of warmth/sun, people lap it up like dogs, going so far as to pretend it's an actual beach day. But hey, I guess I was one of those people too.

C-C-C-C-Cold!

It's f%$#ing freezing outside! I went to the gas station this morning to fill up and the stupid machine wouldn't take my card after trying twice. So I used a different card...it was accepted, however the gallon reader read "Error." When does that ever happen, except on frigid days like this of course. So then I drove the car to another pump and again the machine was all out of whack...WTF! Everyone else seemed to have no trouble with their pumps.

It's beautifully sunny out, that's what kills me. With this amount of sunshine, it should be warm dammit. It's too deceptive. I almost wish it were snowing...that would totally make all the cold worth it. But no, every time it snows it has to melt right away. Stupid winter!

Funny dream last night and car-related: I was driving and got pulled over by a cop. When he got to my window, he was all mean and asked me for my license and registration in a very gruff manner. When he got back to my window after checking the license, he all of a sudden started acting all chummy, like we were friends, and said I wasn't doing anything illegal and that he wasn't going to give me a ticket, but he had to pull me over to please his boss. Then he started shit-talking his boss. He asked what I was doing that night and I said hanging out with friends and asked if he wanted to join us. Then, we went to a diner or Nathan's or something equally as random and hung out like we were friends. Strange indeed. Maybe all this car stuff has to do with the fact that I got my new driver's license in the mail the other day.

Anniversary

It's our one-month, not a milestone I usually celebrate, but it also happens to be exactly a year (yesterday, but I was too busy to update) since the day I arrived in Oz. It was Friday the 13th (not ominous in the least), January 2006. I still remember every detail about that day. What the weather was like (chilly and rainy, but still warmer than NY), what I did as soon as I checked into the hostel (went next door to buy a chip for my phone and walked up George Street), what I did that night (met some IEP kids including 3 people I would remain friends with, went to Scruffy Murphy's for $5 meals and then to a bar in King's Cross).

It has been quite a year. A lot has happened, more so than any other year I believe. I traveled an entire continent (almost) and beyond, met lots of great people, got my heart broken, met my male counterpart, lived in 5 different houses, moved out of my childhood home, worked 3 different jobs, and saw so many mind-blowing things it's hard to wrap my head around.

I don't want to make this day a New Year thing every year, because it's time to move on. I really am looking forward to the next stage of my life, the following year, and what's to come. I really feel like huge things will happen for me. And I will be the one to make them happen.

Weather

It's 68 degrees right now.

Are we in some alternate universe or is this global warming thing really out of control?

Eh, so what if the world is ending...at least we can work on our tans!

Happy 2007!

I really love when NYE turns out to be just like any other weekend night...there's too much pressure for it to be "special" or "different." Why must this be? The only thing that's different about this night is that the year happens to go up a number at midnight. That's all folks.

That said, this Sunday December 31, 2006-Monday January 1, 2007 was a good time and I'm glad I finally got to kiss someone at midnight! Also, I got my first ride in a hybrid car...yay for energy efficiency!