Crossroads

I had an interesting week. Not in a bad way, just because there is no other way to really describe it. I have been working out a bit more because I feel like a fat lard not dancing every other second of my life and laughing my head off with my friends at Casa de M. And I have finally started my paper outlines/ midterm essays, but it's hard because I can't stress myself into doing it. I also got chilblains in two fingers on my right hand, which is painful and an interesting experience. My pinky and ring finger look like they put on fat suits or decided to become sumo wrestlers... But moving on!

Thursday night The girls and I were going to go out... but then decided that baking cookies and watching movies was a superior plan. We watched It's Complicated and The Rebound. Both very much chick flicks for the Middle Aged woman and hopeless romantics, and both very very good. We turned in around 1 or 2AM. It was a nice

Then Friday night I went out to town with a Mexican, a Pole, and an Englishman around 10.30 because we were bored and decided that being out would be better than sitting at home doing nothing. That was an excellent decision; not only because we had a very relaxed enjoyable night, but because there were some hilarious moments along the way. So we head to South Bar along the way and get an amazing little drink that tastes just like a banana dessert that only one bartender can make, and we hang out and talk to the guy afterwards and get a deal because we are awesome. Then we head to The Bog which is super popular with international students apparently, but there were very few people out so it was mainly us and a bunch of Kiwis. There was a cover band playing that was pretty bad, but lucky for us there was a bar regular who was very drunk and dancing while trying to stare into the few stage lights that they had assembled in this pub. I was pretty bored and watched regional rugby for the most part, but then things started getting interesting. As the night progressed, the covers improved exponentially, both in selection and performance; which, as some of you may have guessed, led to lip synching by our little group.

Then, Arely and I being Latinas with a supernatural sense to locate fights, began to watch an intense scrap between two groups of boys outside and across the street from the pub. Our faces were glued to the window panes, and we did some fight analysis/ narration. It was a cheap fight and was ultimately broken up by a bar security guard, but it was exciting nonetheless. Then another group of boys passed by and were acting pretty unintelligently, causing Arely to laugh so hard that she coughed. As she coughed a projectile flew in (seemingly) slow motion a good 5 to 6 feet away from her. She thought no one noticed but all four of us start cracking up after a good 5 seconds of complete silence. Apparently it was the thing in the back of her throat that had been bugging her for a week. After laughing ourselves near to tears, we decided to play a game. My Break on 2 fam and I have played this game many times at the Chinese restaurant in LA named Last Call (just kidding Tanya!!! hahaha I mean Full House) where you place one hand over and the other hand under your neighbors' hands in a circle around the table and you have to tap once to continue the direction of the game or tap twice to reverse it. If it sounds confusing, try playing it. We mess up at Full House in a large group, so imagine how we did in a small group with two tipsy players in the mix haha. We played for a bit and then the girls were laughing too much and we stopped. While they left the table for a restroom break my English friend and I watched rugby. Our sports viewing was interrupted when another Bog customer who was well inebriated came up behind Steven and asked "Hey sweetie, keen to dance?" To which Steve did not flinch until I started cracking up, and then he realized the question was directed towards him. The drunk man quickly realized his mistake and booked it back to the bar, and the girls returned to the table at that point so we cracked up about the whole thing and decided to leave because the band had finished and there wasn't much else to do at the Bog or anywhere else in town really.

Arely gets a call as we are walking out and takes it. She is on the phone for a good 10 minutes and never realized that she was near run over by cars three times because her eyes were glued to the floor while she walked and talked. Three times!!! She is lucky there was enough room on the streets for them to avoid her. Loquita! But you gotta love her haha. We finally get to our flat, have a snack and pass out.

And then it was Saturday! We went to the lovely Dunedin Farmers' market in the morning and had the most mind blowing freshly made crepes, and I got a lamb kebab as well, which was perfectly seasoned. And we got some groceries as well. And then Dan gave us girls from Castle 569 a lift to the Orokonui Ecosancutary, which was beyond words.

So gorgeous and peaceful. And we hiked all over the place so it was a workout and a timeout from life. I have pictures up on facebook if you wish to get a glimpse of it. So we get back and I plan to go out with Arely, later on at night. I make a snack, upload the photos, and decide to take a nap. Well when I woke up it was past 10pm and it was just me in the flat, so I decided to spend some "me time" and eat chocolate and a nice warm yam with a lot of butter while watching Vicky Christina Barcelona. I don't understand why so many people hate that movie. I think its an interesting take on romanticism, and pretty hilarious, and its about the not-so-tortured artist. Stamp of approval. It was my second time watching the film so maybe I am biased, but so many people have knocked it recently that I had to state my approval of the film.

After such a relaxing night I slept in and woke up to do some homework before... *drumroll* Guests from Christchurch came down!!! And they have been great. We watched the B. Spears movie Crossroads, which is horrendous... honestly. I almost want to claim that time back from the producers/ directors. (But we kind of went into it knowing it would be terrible, corny and overwhelmingly predictable.) Unfortunately all 3 are sick, poor things. But they have done pretty much everything that needs to get done in Dunedin (aka the Cadbury Chocolate Factory and Velvet Burger) and realized the rough lives that we lead with no central heating. Gosh, sometimes I wonder how we live! hahahaha OK Just kidding! Its actually been GORGEOUS weather this week. It's only Tuesday though, I hope I don't jinx it.

Well this is the last entry for a while unless I blog something before our ROADTRIP! Because I have a test tomorrow and a paper due Friday before mid-semester break. Pray for me! Love you all. I'm glad I got to skype with most of you this weekend. Stay smart, safe, and sassy ♥

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