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[artemisofluna]

My brother randomly came through town today to drop his dog Loki off here so we can dogsit for a few days. So I was woken up with "COME HUG YOUR BROTHER" and then my mother took me shopping for hours.

We wet to Wal-Mart where they were selling guns in plastic packages. They had pink ones. You know. Fer them gals. Bitches like pink. I couldn't believe it. I want to take my camera and take photos so I can show my NZ friends the glory that is the sporting section. <---Sarcasm. Also there was someone parked in the lot with a vanity plate that said "Ma Cow". So yep. I'm in Montana now. YEE YAW.

We also went to the store my niece works at so we could get a turkey for Racism Day (my mother had to listen to my ranting all day long, wheee) It was nice to see her! She's so grown up. I remember when she was 3. /old lady

And that's it. Being with my parents is awesome though. They're both lovely and hilarious. Even if Loki seems convinced I am some kind of alien and every time I move he growls. It has to be the hair. Don't hate on fake gingers, Loki. Are you some kind of dog-racist?! He doesn't mind me when I'm throwing a tennis ball for him. Just when I am hanging out inside. Le sigh.

Also, in Wal-Mart, my mother said "I have to get some balls for the dog. He needs some balls" And I couldn't stop laughing. She was generous enough to sigh and then ignore it instead of scolding me! Ah, love!

EDIT: Fixed my email inbox finally. Turns out I accidentally blocked the images mail uses to run with AdBlock when I was trying to block an ad on the side of it. LOLwhoops. I am so smrt. At least I figured it out!

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[armageddonriver.livejournal.com]

Highgate Cemetery... Perhaps we'll look into it. The theatre sounds awesome too. We might actually see Scary Dave performing while we're over there! Anyway, it'd be awesome to know what to look out for, so thank you :)

[artemisofluna.livejournal.com]

Oooh, Scary Dave! That'd be awesome! If you do see him, send him my huggylove! I'll send the list to you in January! I get home on the 19th so that's plenty of time to get it to you before you leave!

Also, it'll still be chilly there! Be sure to bring warm clothes so your back doesn't hurt!

[armageddonriver.livejournal.com]

Awesome, sounds good :)

Yes, we've been looking into the weather statistics. Thankfully, at that time of year, it's only a little bit colder than the dead of Melbourne winter, so I should be able to survive, at least.

[artemisofluna.livejournal.com]

Lucky! And if you need me to send you the down coat I totally stole from you, let me know! I could absolutely do that when I get back to CHCH in January.

I hope you had a good birthday! :D

[armageddonriver.livejournal.com]

I'll let you know if I feel I'm going to need it, but I think I should be okay. From what I can gather, London won't be half so bad as the conditions I went through camping at the Southern-most point of Tasmania with Ele. We were at the foot of a snow-swept mountain, and for my part at least, woefully under-prepared...

And thank you, I did have a good birthday! Erin made me pancakes in the morning, then we went to my place to play Guitar Hero, had dinner with my parents at Nardee, and then came home and watched Silent Hill. Then yesterday most of the posse went to the Tutankhamun exhibition at the Melbourne Museum as a joint birthday outing for me and our resident Egyptologist Shane, whose birthday is on the 30th. That was a pretty amazing experience; lots of relics from the tombs of Tutankhamun and his ancestors, including a golden ceremonial dagger, and the most beautiful scarab bracelet. The detail was exquisite. Some pretty cool deity statues, and an almighty sarcophagus, too; no mummies, though. Then after the exhibit we had a Middle Eastern dinner on Lygon Street, and though the food was pretty average, we also smoked some sheesha, and that was a lot of fun :)

[artemisofluna.livejournal.com]

Poor you! Yes, mountain bases can be treacherous!

Yay! Good birthdays are awesome. And Leah went to that exhibit too a while back and she said how awesome it was. I would love to go see that stuff sometime. I'll have to see where it goes next in the world! What's sheesha? I suppose I could google it...

[armageddonriver.livejournal.com]

It's well worth seeing :)

I'm not sure if I spelt it right, but you smoke it from a hookah, and it comes in all sorts of flavours. We were smoking the apple stuff. It kind of tasted like spicy toffee apple. There's no narcotic effect or anything like that, which is why it's perfectly fine to smoke in the middle of a restaurant.

[artemisofluna.livejournal.com]

OOh lovely! I think I remember that place on Lygon Street! Sounds perfect :D