So the past few nights, ive been staying with Berto, Ricky and Roy- the other flat mate. He is from Perth- the west side of Australia, but moved here after traveling around southeast asia and some other places, real nice guy. He’s got a funny move to him, its pretty great. ill have to post some photographs when i get a memory chip and a hold of my laptop. The past few days have been pretty all around. We went down to this environmental place, where there are gardens and this bike shed where they take in and sell used bikes and parts and let people use the tools for free, but the whole place is a sustainable living area. I didn’t get to see much or learn much about it, so ill have to go back sometime to check it out and get the whole rundown. But we went on friday and this older guy with a braid was working there on taking apart a kids bike. he said they were closed, not enough volunteers that day, so we were kind of bummed, seeing how we had traveled a bit of a ways. but Ricky kind of coaxed him into letting me buy this one bike that had just arrived. so i got real lucky. The bike is green, with silver mud butt guards, a bell, has brakes and gears that work, and even a pair of sweet toe clips. so its a pretty great steal, especially for only 25 bucks. i really want to take it home with me… i guess ill just have to see when that time comes around. So we’ve been riding around the city, stopped into a few bars thursday and friday night, but didn’t drink much, due to the $5 a beer. beers can also be called schooners, stubbys, a pot-which is about half a pint, and well there are probably other names. but anyways. We stopped at this one bar, called the Croft, i really hope im not repeating myself, ive lose track of the days sometimes. But the Croft, probably my favorite bar so far, ever, except the prices. but ill have to take some pictures of the place. It is down this ally way- a place where you wouldn’t think to go because there are cars parked, and then you go around the corner where there are back doors to restaurants, trash on the ground, but amazing graffiti on the walls. the whole city actually has beautiful graffiti, some of the walls are even protected by the city, so you can’t tag over things. but the croft was hidden at the end of the ally. its a nicely dim lit place, with soft, light green, kind of sea foam, walls, there are glass beakers in cases and on the shelves, its real cool. and the floors are made of small tile, like a bathroom, and the table we sat at was a high table with stools and there was a sink in it-but it didnt work. the whole place was kind of a chemistry lab- the croft institute. and there was great jazz music playing- the whole thing was just perfectly great. i wish you could all go there to see what im talking about. this was also the first place where i got carded, it was kind of exciting. so we had a beer there, left to go to another bar called Jerome’s, which was also real cool. had a back area that was kind of inbetween buildings, so there wasn’t a roof covering the whole thing. but there were twinkle lights, a dj, some tables, an umbrella, heat lamps, and a bunch of kids/ people/ whatever hanging out, dancing, drinking, it was a cool scene. kind of grungey, but real cool. we didnt stay long, we were all kind of tired and wanted to head home. oh yea, so there is a fine if you don’t wear a helmet while riding, and if you don’t have 2 lights on your bike, which i don’t have either, yet. But its kind of crazy, just expensive and kind of makes not so easy and free as it should be to ride your bike around. I don’t much like it. So saturday night, we have plans to go to a “gold” themed party. i like that theme, colors. its a good one. i suggest it to others who are planning on throwing a party anytime soon. We ended up in this huge mall that wrapped around with grocery stores, clothing stores, and well all types of stores. I found this one jewelry store that was trying to close, so everything in it was a dollar. pretty sweet. i mean, not the nicest things, kind of cheap, but i found some gold hoop earings, kind of ghetto, and a gold bracelet. so i was set with some gold fixings for the party. The party was held in the warehouse house space. real high ceilings and a huge open space, just flooded with all types of kids in random bits or suits of gold. it was great. there were gold balloons floating up into the ceiling, people in full gold spandex suits, gold glitter, wine, booze, and loads of dancing. too bad the DJ sucked though. Really couldn’t transition from song to song. I mean when i tried on Ricky’s mixer, i was better than this kid. but we danced anyways, actually we dance until the cops came at 4 in the morning. time flew by pretty weird that night. but it was fun. the kids here have a pretty different style from home, i cant really explain it, a photo will have to do at sometime. the parties here are BYOB, seeing how booze is so expensive, so we didn’t really drink much, made some strange tequila and orange juice and beer drinks before we left. not so good. The dancing was the highlight. i haven’t danced that much in a while, it felt good, and Roy is a pretty funny dancer, he kind of has this la-de-dah motion. i don’t know. well the night ended and we all woke up at 3 in the afternoon the next day. nice and early right there. but we had enough energy to ride over to this pub called the Retreat in east Brunswick, i think it was. Roy knew of some band from New Zealand that was playing for free, and they were quite good too. nice little pub, except the $14 jugs of beer- which is like a pitcher, but smaller. it sucks- the prices, but ill just have to get used to it. Im planning on getting a job, which will help my financial situation in these parts. well im sure this is a long ass post, sorry about that. i can’t even bring myself to edit it right now, sorry about that too. hope your all doing well
.B
