Posts by Danielle
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May I just say that the jingoistic bullshit didn't actually occur immediately after the September 11 attacks and was, in fact, drummed up largely by Fox and the Bush administration some weeks or even months later? I remember those first few weeks while living in the US, and they were not at all as Sacha is characterising them. In a different political climate, with different leadership, it might even have been an ongoing learning opportunity. It's a terrible shame and tragedy that it wasn't.
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Ack. 'Particular little', not 'particularly little'. It's not little at all. Especially when you need turmeric, Netflix, or a bed. Proofreading brain, why hast thou forsaken me?
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a really surprisingly high number of times correctly identified as a Kiwi
Are we thanking Jemaine, Bret and Rhys for that? I feel like we should be.
those same sites refuse to accept that someone could be living in the US and ordering items to be delivered to them in the US and not have a US credit card
Oh yes! I forgot about that particularly little wrinkle of annoyance. (For a while when I got back to NZ I still had a US credit card, which came in handy occasionally. Pity I couldn't maintain it really.)
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you'd think they would have worked out the concept of time zones
They have time zones *in their own country*, FFS! That's what gets me. (Plus - and you'll love this, Gio - they all have iPhones now and could use that multi-clock feature. :) )
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What drives me bonkers is 'will not ship overseas' US companies (and they are LEGION). What, filling out a customs label is too much for you? I'll even pay a bit extra for that! But no. I have a feeling they all think it's Far Too Terribly Complicated, when it obviously isn't.
(Related sub-peeve: the companies who will ship overseas, but charge mind-numbingly high prices for it. No, actually, I know how long it takes to fill out a customs label AND I know how much it costs to send something from there to here using normal post, so, in essence: bite me.)
Could be worse; a friend of mine was repeatedly asked for her TOEFL results.
I just clicked. A *New Zealand* friend. Oh dear.
I have been told that NZ was 'near Norway', and 'in Europe'; asked what language we usually speak at home; and was irritatedly asked why I was 'putting on an accent'. My mother was asked if we wore grass skirts around the house; an English friend was asked if they had *electricity* in England and (by the same people) told that they would love to visit England but 'couldn't live without peanut butter'.
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Jeez Craig! You need to put up a warning before posting Austen. I stopped before the first comma, but now I feel all stabby.
Hmph! That was a really funny paragraph.
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As special a place as you hold in my heart, Russell, that. my dear, was just TMI. Even in jest.
Hard News Indeed: The Bootknockin' Report
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Ironic, or....something.
I'd just warn all residents of Amherst to brace for something big right after your graduation.
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There are things to be said for Auckland.
Yes. 'We will all die in a giant volcanic eruption instead', mainly. ;)
Poor Christchurch. Sorry, y'all.
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Awesome. Do you "burn" CDs too? ;-)
Bite me, Russell. ;)
Me too; 11 years and counting, but I meant for your iPod, which I presume from the phrase:
poof, there goes my 160GB of music
that you have one of. Or am I entirely mistaken?No, you're right, I have an iPod Classic. I load songs onto it via Winamp, create playlists via Winamp, add album art via Winamp. Am I crazy in the coconut?
(Winamp has no iPhone support, though, which is why the music collection on my iPhone is really minimal. I just can't be arsed starting iTunes to bother with it.)