domestic bliss
Amy + no work + new house = domesticity. Errrrr what?! Not working has given me time to sleep in, watch lots of Miami Ink, and enjoy things like ironing, making cole slaw, and mopping the bathroom. What is wrong with this picture? Yes, that’s right – I am enjoying being a domestic lady. I’m guessing this phase will last for two to three weeks so don’t be too concerned. And don’t think that this means I’m an anal neat freak or anything – I’m still way messier than Matt and he hates it, so perhaps I am just trying to make up for my lack of organization while he is at work. I dunno.
I have the house to myself tonight which is awesome. Happy Easter! I didn’t do much today to celebrate the holiday except eat a huge chocolate egg.
I went to my first Australian footy game at the MCG which is the largest stadium in the southern hemisphere. There were 72,000 people there! It was Richmond vs Carlton, two Melbourne suburbs, and I was trying to stay neutral, even though the team was Richmond (seemed fitting to go for them doesn’t it, especially since their team colors were yellow and black (VCU!)). Australian football is much easier to understand than American football – it’s pretty fast paced, the men aren’t weighed down by lots of padding and are in really good shape, and Richmond won! woohoo. Wrong Richmond but who cares!
I met with the Gift of Life Victoria (organ donation) people and had a chat with one of their coordinators about how they do things. Amazingly enough organ donation numbers are pretty darn low here and maybe I should start an organization to change that!
I went to the top of the Eureka Tower yesterday, the tallest residential building in the southern hemisphere (are you catching on to the trend yet?) I got a good view of Melbourne. It really is a pretty city.
Off the topic of anything, let’s talk about Mcdonald’s. You should be able to go anywhere in the world and know that your maccas (as called here) burger should be made anyway you like it and taste pretty much the same as you’re used to, right? Well, I like my cheeseburger with just meat, cheese, lettuce, and mayonnaise. That’s it. No ketchup, no mustard, no pickles, whatever. Just those four things. Easy right? Well unfortunately they screw up my order every time. So, after the game and a few drinks I order this cheeseburger, and of course it’s just a plain cheeseburger. Normally not a huge deal, but I’m hungry so I go back to request the extras. I get my burger handed back to me with a “I’m sorry but we can’t fire up the grill right now”. Wait, what? What does that have to do with anything? I decide this really isn’t something to dwell on, and there are a few people in line, so I just make a weird face and huff and puff off. Matt grabs my burger, goes up to the lady who took my order, and requested a new burger while this woman shot me dirty looks and I laughed and hid in the corner. Of course, he got the correct burger – fuck hamburger helper, he’s my new hamburger hero.
Oh man oh man oh man.
I saw Be Kind, Rewind last night and it was pretty good – I have to say it’s still going to be my least favorite of the Gondry films I’ve seen but that doesn’t mean I didn’t like it. I had a raging headache for most of it so that may have affected my viewing, but I still liked watching Mos Def and Jack Black “swede” the Lion King. haha.
Tomorrow night we’re going to see comedian Stephen K. Amos at Melbourne Town Hall which should be fun – standup comedy is probably one of my favorite forms of entertainment when it’s actually funny. The hard part is a comic who can actually get me to belly laugh instead of fake laugh. Fake laughing is difficult and it makes my face hurt, so yeah!
