There's friendly people in cities, too

Has it been over a week? No way! Oh, it hasn't, blogger just updates with your date instead of mine. Which, I guess, is cool. Or whatever. Anyway, I had Monday and Tuesday off this week, too! Yay consistency! I've been less eventful, though. Last night I rented more movies and we watched The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum. Which were fun. And today I went for a swim in the lake after I bought ground coffee because I invested in a French Press! It's a teensy thing and it's entirely stainless steal (rather than stainless steal and glass), so in theory it is portable for when I'm on the move again. And it was on sale for $20. But I no longer need to make Instant Coffee! Unfortunately, this means I'll need to leave myself more time in the mornings to make coffee, but here's hoping it will work out. I should also have purchased an alarm clock because my phone alarm is getting easier to sleep through. Well, here's hoping I don't get fired. Anyway. I bought postcards to send people, but then I forgot my pen when I went to write them, so I haven't written them yet. Oh, and I got a Twitter account! So let me know if you want access to that. You should join! I'm about 10 years behind everyone on the Twitter bandwagon, but that's life. I'm following Stephen Fry's Twitter, and Stephen Fry is ALSO in New Zealand right now, which I found out not from Twitter (although he talks about it) but from my friend in Wellington, who met Stephen Fry in Queenstown. How jealous are you right now? I know I am. I also heard a rumor (read: saw a tiny line on a newspaper) that Brad Pitt was secretly vacationing in New Zealand recently. So what I'm saying is, New Zealand is the latest hotspot and you should get thee to a travel agent post haste.

I borrowed a book from my flatmate, a Terry Pratchett novel that I'm enjoying, but I'm still in the market for book recommendations. Anyone got any? Mother, have you released your year-end best books list? Care to send it New Zealand-way? Gracias!

A few nights ago at 10ish, one of my flatmates and I went down to the lake to swim. It was pretty awesome, I'm not going to lie. This lake is so cool. It's warm, actually (see what I did there?), and totally clear. So Jackie could swim in it! Because she hates swimming somewhere where she can't see her feet! Today was a great day for it, it was clear, but there was still some wave-action going on. Although by the time I left, it was getting a little chilly. So perhaps I should have not stayed in bed until noon and gone earlier. Ah, well, live and learn.