44° Celsius = fuckin ridiculous in Fahrenheit

So I was originally going to mention something about Australia Day being on the 26th of January and its significance. However in the midst of the worst economic crisis in Australia for almost 40 years (according to the news lady), we also get one of the longest heat waves in probably over a century which has got me going insane.

The Australian Open apparently is getting destroyed by the heat as well.. we got Serena Williams hallucinating out there. Ridiculous I tell you.

YESSSSSSSSSSSSS [/napolean]

WHAT IS THAT YOU ASK??!?! It's Bacon.. mmm..mm.. good. Almost every restaurant you order something with bacon.. you only get that round part. Never the crispy goodness I'm looking for.

Finally was advised by a cousin that us yanks eat the shitty part of the bacon that noone wants. So I actually have to look specifically for bacon with the rind on. What a bitch. I don't care. I can live with that. *crunch crunch crunch*

Donde es el Policia?

SWEET. My very first home robbery in Australia!

So today I had the luxury of coming home to a robbed house with a broken window. In comparison, the level of suck is quite similar to a US robbery, despite some differences.

It pretty much went something like this...

6:30pm: Come home and find all my shit out on the bed and floor. I mean christ, I don't mind you taking shit out, as long as you put it back...

6:35pm: Reported incident to 000 - (lucky I remembered this, all I could think of instinctively was 911, I knew it started with zero though *whew*)

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7:49pm: Warmed up a bowl of chicken curry rice.
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10:12pm: SWEET. Police. Just on time.

10:40pm: Dusted for some prints, took some pics and went on their merry way.

It was almost as awesome as when I got robbed in the Bay Area... . .. . . .... ... almost.

So upon further investigation, and to everyone's surprise, we were told that "no prints were found" on any of the things scattered around... not even ours. I have a feeling that it might be due to the fact I wear latex gloves 24/7 in the event of a surprise reacharound, just like the criminal in question apparently.

Guess I can check that off the list as completed.

Salt Pepper? Oil Vinegar?

For some strange reason, I got the sudden craving for a oil vinegar soaked bread sandwich from Subway. It comes once a year or so and was a bit disappointed.

Simple order, cold cut combo with everything.

No cold cut combo. :(

So ordered a regular mish mash of meat on white. They asked what veggies.. I said "Everything" as usual. Went slowly down the line until I realized "everything" included shaved carrots and pineapples.. uhh. So I told them to hold off on the pineapples.

Then get to the end where they normally soak the hell out of everything so it all tastes the same no matter what you ordered... and they only had salt and pepper. :( At SUBWAY! With no oil/vinegar! That's like a staple of Subway sandwiches!

Oh well.. another note to self. Definitely not as devastating as the sausages at Mickey D's.. or Macca's as the ppl call it down here.

6 months Down Under.

2009. Captain's Log 92738

Here we go.

It's been just about 6 months living "down under" and I must admit it's been interesting. Good in some ways, quite WTF in others. But I guess that's to be expected moving to another Country. One thing I've noticed though is that it's definitely simple here. Simple life. Not much to it. Eat shit and drink.

The culture here is very... friendly. Everyone does seem quite willing to help, or at least put on a good act of wanting to. Sure you run into the occasional cockface or manbeast *refer below*, but other than that, it's generally pretty relaxing.



Australians are a pretty proud people from what I've seen so far. Gotta have Australian made this, or Australian made that (of course this doesn't account for the entire population, as I don't make generalizations, unless needed).

BUT.

Aside from the AFL footy games here... what else are really REALLY Australian thing's to do? Everyone here watches US movies.. US TV shows... kinda odd sitting in Australia watching Letterman. But whatever. Guess there really is nothing else on. I was hoping for countless tv shows about chasing Kangaroos or skinning crocodiles alive, but alas, I was to be disappointed to see more CSI episodes than we play in the US. Oh well right?

A funny thing you hear from time to time, either from someone here, or on TV commercials, is that you always hear people say "Australia has the best *insert whatever* in the Southern Hemisphere!".

LOL. Is that a fact?

Come on. LOL.

Let's think about that line again.

WHO THE FUCK IS IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE??? LOL

That's like the Brazilians saying they got the best slums in the Southern Hemisphere, or the Antarcticans saying they got the sickest igloos in the Southern Hemisphere. Who the fuck cares? LOL

I don't mean to BE mean. But seriously, let's be honest here.

Whatever. LOL. Ok time to sign off. I need to eat.