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Greetings all i am back home safe and sound and a tad cold. Good to see the Milwaukee and Chicago skylines this weekend and hang out with my "mates". I did ask my bartender ( Zander @ the Twisted Fork) to make me a shandy: beer and lemondade. Well not as tasty as it was in OZ so maybe I'll have to just learn to go back to Miller.

I am going to keep my blog as little birds have been telling me people actually read what I'm doing : ) i may have to change the title to gina's adventures working as a graphic designer (who knew? ) and then for more romantic posts I'll post my thoughts on the new Bruce Springsteen album (which is a cd and dvd) very fancy brucy boy. Well time to sort the white and colors and do all my wash.

Sad to Leave

Well I spent the weekend in Melbourne and just love it. Stayed at a hostel close to the beach and walking distance from the shop and city - well the city was 8k away. Which I dunno what it is in miles prolli around 4. This weekend I went to some markets, went shopping, took the tram and the trolley, visited the War Memorial. Anzac day is tommorrow and that is a public holiday paying tribute to soliders. Budda's birthday was yesterday and went to a really moving celebration in the city. Did some wine tasting and hung out on the beach. The weather is quite colder than in Bellingen. I cried on the plane leaving Bellingen beacause it is hard to leave a place you love so much. I've met some really incredible people and went to some really amazing places. I wish I had more time to go discover the other little places in Australia. Well, I will be back Tuesday. If anyone wants to do drinks I am game. And if anyone has a car or a couch I could put my name on that would be excellent.

gina

Rumor has it.....

rumor has it that I will return to the states in less than 7 days! sorry i haven't been posting I've been too busy going out to dinner and working. I spent the entire afternoon at the beach today. I played in the ocean and even though it wasn't a nude beach it was nude... My new family and I had a lovely picnic and ran in the waves and it was just good fun. I leave Bellingen tommorrow morning. It is very sad to leave this beautiful and sometimes I don't know why I am leaving? Usually you hate a place and then leave it. You never really leave something behind that is this beautiful. Well I have a job, a family, and a place to stay if I ever do return. If you read my previous posts I was given 2 missions. One was achomplished today and they other was not. Which one did Gina complete? POST ANSWERS PEOPLE! thank you!

I leave for Melbourne tommorrow. I have to do lots of shopping how many people want presents? Maybe I'll just buy some vegemite and everyone can share. Good - good.

Playing cards with George W

Yesterday my friends parents came for the night. Their dad, I wasn't going to say this to him because I think it is an insult but he ended up saying, " People say I look like George Bush." Well from the eyes up - yes. It was an Australian George W and we played cards.

My friend Miss Sara would absolutely love the news over here, they depict Bush to be a complete fool. Not only do Australians think this way but every single god damn other country thinks this - it is fantastic! Not for republics (Sorry Johnsons) Here we get most of television programming from England and other news stories from the Eastern countries. It is all very interesting and you really get a sense for how they view America. It's no wonder they hate America. People think America is stupid for re-electing Bush. (cough cough). We I said I was going to leave the country for 4 years if Bush was re-elected. Well I got my chance. I was asked to stay. I just have to get married, which I will have to find someone at the pub I suppose and earn my green card. Well 10% is true. I did get asked to stay and work part time doing design work. Very tempting - really. If there was a maybe a 4 story building, a dance club that makes cosmos (or a dance club), and a movie theater I would have said yes. But I will come home I don't like to admit it. I don't think I told you about the guy who rides his horse to town. He prances in on the main road, docks his horse across the street and strolls into the pub for a few. My favorite drink here is called a shandy - beer and lemonade.

Cutting Hair

My hair really hasn't grown that much. I think guys hair grows much faster because they cut it more. I cut both of my male friends hair and trimmed mine a bit and yet it really isn't that much longer.

Rainforest hike

I went for a day hike in the Rainforest which is about 30 min. away. The first trail had lots of leeches that would jump onto your shoe, crawl over your sock and start feeding away. Luckily I was able to flick them away but some other people had leeches real bad. When they took their socks off and flicked away the now huge leeches their feet may have looked like Jesus' because they bleed for the rest of the day. but here is a beautiful picture of a waterfall and a animal which I already forgot the name. I saw 3 wallabies and am bringing one back for Katie's birthday. You think your cats will get along with it? I named it Jumpy already so no need to think about a name. I can bring back some worm-like lizards if anyone else wants? Any takers?





p.s. The Boss is coming. The Boss is coming. Someone buy all the tickets so it will be just me and the Boss and then Bruce will realize who is his one and only number 1 fan!

cheers.

gina

night of charades

My first time playing charades, i have video footage you can watch when I get back. but for now here is a pic near the end of the night. Shannon and I were laughing and making other people laugh - now that I watch it I have no idea what was so funny.



pic of me, my new best friend and the only gay in the village: shannon, and willy