Snow and 4WD

We had our first snow down to sea level this week! So I had snow at my house for the first time...of course it was gone by the afternoon. The city pretty much shut down. I drove into Uni anyway, but I don't live in the hills. I hear there were lots of idiots trying to drive down the hills in their cars and sliding all over the place and into parked cars...no salt trucks here and it rains, then snows, then rains again. I had to come in for the class-portion of my 4WD course. For the practical, they put you in all these situations and you have to drive out of them...it should be lots of fun. I've only used 4WD for snow, so I'm excited for this! This course is a requirement for me to take a Department vehicle off road to my field sites next summer.

Other than that, my life is boring. Data entry, data analysis, the gym, procrastination...over and over again. I did have a dinner party last weekend, where we made a few of the dishes from an Indian cooking class a bunch of us took, and then we watched the Simpsons movie. Tonight I get my hair cut (which is red now...I'm tired of having gray hair) and then dinner and a play - Don Juan in Soho. I'm way excited!

American and Proud

Ha! So I was just called a stereotypical American because I wouldn't be coerced in coffee date after only exchanging a few lines with this guy on an online dating service. To him, I should be totally comfortable with meeting him when I don't really know much about him just because he's a PhD student at the university as well. Like academics aren't just as much freaks as anyone else out there! Then he made some reference about maybe I'd rather date someone who isn't educated or that sort...ok, now who is the stuck up one here? I'm glad I didn't end up wasting a coffee date on this dude. And am proud to be a stereotypical American in this instance!!

Who spread the myth?

I just read this hilarious article on what it's like indoors during a New Zealand winter. Click here for the article. I've been wearing thermals everyday for 2 weeks now and scarves are certainly in fashion here because you NEED them!