Procrastination

I should be studying right now, but I feel that I need to take a break. I am going to go run and pick up some dinner, but I wanted to get these up while I was thinking about it.




These three were taken at Scorching Bay, right outside of Wellington. Meredith, Amy, Lauren, Claudia (a German law graduate student), and I had a late lunch at The Chocolate Fish, which is a trendy cafe on the coast outside of the city centre. I was amazed at how nice and helpful the wait staff was. They really took care to make sure my food and hot chocolate had no milk in it, and they didn't seem at all put out for having to do so. Apparently, this cafe was a big favourite with the Lord of the Rings cast, so that was cool for me. More LotR stalking going on there. It was a great lunch. We ate outside, the weather was very fine (as you can see), and it was even warm in the sun when the wind stopped gusting. We sat around for a long time, just talking and enjoying being out of doors.

This whole weekend has been enjoyable. I spent a good part of Friday night catching up with a friend I hadn't seen since Fiji, and that was great. After Chocolate Fish, I did some work before heading over to Stafford House to chill with Meredith, Amy, and Lauren. We hung around and talked over some wine for awhile, and then we headed out on the town. The big goal was to do some karaoke, and we were successful. We went to Club K, a karaoke bar right in Courteney Place, and it was a lot of fun. Yes, I got up there and sang, but I sang with Amy. We did "I Love Rock and Roll." Great song, great energy in the club. Then we went out to meet some friends in another bar, I ran into some friends that I knew (this being Wellington and all), and we all danced the night away. I stayed out ridiculously late, slept til 1:30 this afternoon, and have been trying to do work ever since.

One other factoid. Daylight savings time started here today, which means we sprang forward an hour. I am now 17 hours ahead of the East Coast, not 16. This will change to 18 hours once the USA ends daylight savings on October 30th and you fall back an hour. Crazy confusing time zones! Another interesting way of putting all of this: at the end of the month, once everyone gets their clocks sorted out, I will be 3 hours short of being a full 24 hours ahead of the West Coast. How crazy is that! Almost an entire day!