Oxford Street on Sunday is Full of Excitement

Josh and I drove to the store today and parked in an enclosed parking lot. We were walking to the elevator when I see a man in his late 40s and a woman in her early 30s trying to carry a man that is wasted / passed out / dead. I look at them baffled and yell out 'are you guys ok? do you need our help?" to which the woman desperately cried 'yes'. We run over and she asks us to help drag this passed out man into the elevator as he has 'taken something'. I grab an arm, Josh grabs a leg, and we drag this 200 lb man into the elevator. I asked if she called the ambulance and she says "no- we have to get him upstairs first." Neither Josh nor I have our phones on us, so we have to keep moving. The elevator door closes, but no one knows what button to press, so Josh presses a random button. Josh and I breathe in an overwhelming stench of booze (these people are on drugs and have been up since the night before) and watch this woman on the verge of losing it trying desperately to wake up this passed out man. The elevator door opens to a painted door blocking the exit (what?!). We try another button and the door opens to street level, facing a cafe. Five men at the cafe having lunch look at the five of us and try to come over for help. I tell them to call an ambulance immediately. Josh and I decide that we've done what we can and need to get the hell away from that scene.

Shopping for vegetables was very difficult after that.

NZ Movie Awards

Some movies from our New Zealand bonanza

N-ZED

If you are considering a trip to NZ, a few of these might push you over the edge. What an amazing place! The weather changes every 10 minutes, as does the scenery - glaciers, mountains, rain forests, fjords, rivers, lakes, and tropical coasts all in a country the size of Illinois (they are both 58k square miles in total). And we only really conquered half!

Here are some teasers, full link below!

New Zealand Pictures

New New New New Zealand

Going to New Zealand tomorrow! I thought I would leave with something I just found in my inbox - my friend Craig's brother & friend are making a cartoon and it's pretty funny:



Happy xmas/hanuka/new years, see you in 08!

Red, Blue, Green

Just in time for Hanuka

Rollin on the river

I decided facebook is better than blogging pretty much.

Movember

It happens once a year... you tend to recognize it gradually... they're obtrustive, they're nasty, they're crude... they're mustaches.

The 11th month of the year in Sydney is Movember. Everywhere you look, men from 18 -40 grow thick, filthy moustaches "to raise awareness of prostate cancer." Men in expensive business suits; men in polos; men with attractive girlfriends - they all do it.

I messed up royally this month by failing to photograph the random "mos". This celebration of mos is city-wide. But thankfully, as of 1 December, it's all over.

Hilarious side note: Last November, when Josh and I visited Sydney (land of hipsters, I should add), Josh swore to me that this moustache trend was going to blow up in the States.

Turkey for you, turkey for me

I just had a Thanksgiving lunch at work, and have 3 thanksgiving dinners in the next 4 days - but nothing beats Thanksgiving at home. Miss you family, friends, WP!

Also two things:

Daft Punk - Alive 2007 Bonus CD

Taser me my friend

Click on Chuck to download his new mix. I listened to it on my way home, and have been sick with a fever ever since. That's how nasty it is. It's like tasering yourself in the ears repeatedly.

Speaking of repeated tasering, check out this awesome tasering story at a girl talk show at my alma mater. I couldn't be more proud.

we-bee-bloggen (with 2 dots above the e)

Busy doing what we do best. We are going to New Zealand for 2 weeks over X-mas break. I may be going to Tokyo next week. Our flat is so awesome. We have a bright red wine rack.


We bought a car. Her name is "Starlet," as in her model name. She's a Toyota "Starlet Life," but don't be scared- she's actually quite friendly. Think of her as Scarlet Johanson in automotive form: sexy, elegant, powerful to the point of being somewhat intimidating, yet feminine. And white. And cheap.

Among Miss Starlet's features: 105,000km, 5 speed manual, manual steering, manual locks, manual windows - did I mention she is manual? Parallel parking is a WORKOUT.

FYI - Rupal does not know how to drive stick shift (yet)

This is the beach we went to on Sunday. Kai and I went swimming in our shorts, and got beat up by waves the size of houses.

There was an art exhibit at the beach called "Sculptures by the sea" and this was one of my favorite ones.

This is the poshest club I've ever seen. You can't really see from my camera but there is a glass dj booth hanging from the ceiling. You also can't see the mouthbreathing tossers who hang out here.

Melbourne Cup is an unofficial national holiday which promotes drinking and gambling. Notice the funny hat in the tv below - many people wear funny hats. I won $40.

So I had a very strange cultural experience last week. The fed-ex lady (who is Asian) came in to our office with a package, and she asked me about my watch: it's a red faced wind up watch with Mao on the front, waving. I think it's cute, and Mao is a pretty harmless figure - or so I thought.

"Oh that's so funny, I can see the same thing with Hitler on it," she said. I was so shocked I nearly dropped the package. Totally knocked the wind out of my lungs. I said nothing, and she smiled and walked out.

Was she just making small talk, or is wearing a Mao watch offensive? I haven't worn the watch since, and I'm a bit worried to. Please leave feedback if you can figure out how to add comments on our blogalishious.

-Cheers, Josh