Suckas! I celebrated New Year's before ALL Y'ALL. It was really incredible. We camped on the beach in Nelson, went into town, counted down to 2010 on the dance floor, all with my friends from all over New Zealand- German #1 from my second day in NZ, Germans #3 from our first wwoof site, and Ben/Theo from our last wwoof site in Karamea all boogied with us at a club called Little Rock. The wind back at the campsite was ridiculous- new stakes had to be bought and we finally got out tie strings to keep the Blue Lagoon from blowing away. Ben and Theo's tent actually DID blow away earlier, so we figured we had to reinforce them, and attempt to use the cars as a windblock. It wasn't nearly as bad that time we tried to sleep by the river, but it was definitely noisy.
I just saw Avatar in 3D, which I was very impressed with. I didn't love 3D for UP!, didn't think it was necessary, but I thought that it was very cool to see this movie in the theaters with the new technology. It was really well-done, and I recommend it. We invited German #1, and she said with a wrinkle in her nose "Oh, is that a fantasy?" and I retorted "Don't talk to me about wanting to see a fantasy, you just said you wanted to see New Moon!" and that got her quiet ;) (Twilight is ridiculously popular whyyyyyy?)
Today is errand-running in town. Plus maybe getting my ear pierced...?
We worked on my uncle's vineyard for 3 days, and it's definitely tough repetitive work, but we got a couple hundred bucks for it, so we're keen on doing it a little more in the next few weeks before looking to settle somewhere to get a real job. The idea is to hold out until February, when all the University students head back from summer break (isn't that CRAZY!? It's JANUARY!) so we can swoop in and steal all the jobs they're leaving behind. I'm hoping to find something in tourism, ideally tour guiding, so I'm going to try to make my way over to Fox and Franz Joseph Glaciers on the west coast. Wouldn't that be amazing? If no guide jobs are to be had then I can go for waitressing or whatever is available. We'll have to see. If I can't get a job then I'll have to come home! Hoping it won't be that soon, but maybe at the end of February it will be time to pack it in. And four months away isn't so bad...
Getting excited for my concert in Auckland! I'm catching a ferry again from Picton to Wellington on Jan 13th, then on the 14th a bus up to Rotorua, where my friend Freddy (one of my roommates from BASE) will meet me and we'll drive the rest of the way to Auckland for the concert on the 15th. I'll have to find a way to get back to the south island for more vineyard work the following week, so it'll only be a day or so up in Auckland. So much travel, ugh...
One last thing. I had my first burrito in two months. It was absolutely delicious. It was at this place called The Golden Bear, owned by a guy who lived near UCLA. I introduced myself as Brady's niece, and he goes "Hey, what did you order? Do you like avocado?" and I totally got comped an avocado on that burrito. It was amazing, I felt so taken care of and back home in Cali. Seriously, one of the bartenders was from Santa Cruz, and there was a couple sitting at the bar who were from Sonoma. It was like I was really back home, where there's "no accent" :) Best $14 I've spent on food. Except for that steak sandwich that one time at Licorice Cafe. But still. Made me happy.
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