Hapy New Year, Wellington

After spending a week in Palmerston North, I drove down to Wellington with my parents on the second to last day of 2009. We had lunch on the waterfront, and then went in to town to find Beth. We met up on Cuba St, and had an amazing hug. I don't think I could ever get sick of seeing her after an absence, though I'd probably prefer not to be absent from her at all. Here are some things that happened:

-Beth and I found a large sheet of bubble wrap. The kind with the big bubbles. We popped them as I walked her to work.

-On New Year's Eve, I spent the day with my bros - Simon, Adam, Luke, and Derek. We played Trivial Pursuit (I won $4 from Simon), and Mario Kart 64. I got very drunk, and had a terrible hangover on the first day of the year.

-Beth moved in to a new flat, which has a cool deck, a nice window box, and little bedrooms.

-We watched Me and You and Everyone We Know, District 9, and The Devil and Daniel Johnston. I enjoyed each one more than the previous one.

-I had some beers with Simon. He is an outstanding guy, and a great friend. He may be moving to Chch, which is exciting.

-Unicon XV, the world unicycling champs, were on while I was in town. I saw the team artistic final, and the downhill - both were pretty amazing.

-Simon and I bumped in to Darian and had a cup of tea. Darian is one of my favourite people I know in Christchurch, and he and his girlfriend Lucy were planning their year's on napkins.

-Beth and I typewrote messages on to white address label stickers, and placed them around the CBD. Artistic/inspirational/surreal quotes, and messages that you can imagine I would write. It was awesome.

-I played Wii Sport Resort with Beth and her friends. I was quite good at frisbee, and canoeing.

-I saw Ponytail and Telepathe play. Ponytail were an amazing live band - everything I'd hoped they'd be.

It was a great holiday.