Rebas' Adventure in Ozzieland

I know, I know. It has been far too long between posts. So long, in fact, that I am giving you at 2 for 1 deal. See below for pictures of Hobbit Day. For the uninitiated, Hobbit Day is a made up holiday in which all three Lord of the Rings movies (extended edition!) are watched and the 7 Hobbit meals are eaten. Now to do this in one day is quite the feat (I have don’t it 4 times myself), eleven hours of film not counting breaks. We decided to do the less fanatical (some would say wimpier) version by watching the first movie Friday night and the other two Saturday. Now because I celebrated Thanksgiving in October with my Canadian friends, I wanted to do something fun for thanksgiving weekend and that is how this all came about. We had seven people at the height. We had the event at Tim and Leoni’s house, Leoni was in and out with their son Isaac and Richard left after Two Towers (around 3pm Saturday) saying he had things to do. I told him he was breaking up the fellowship and cursed him in Entish, Elvish, and the tongues of men (not really I just thought of that). It was a fun weekend, we eat good food and I cried through most of the second half. I also got to show everyone the hidden video Easter eggs because no one had seen them before. I was introduced to Honey Joys, an Aussie favourite that usually get eaten at children’s birthday parties, along with Chocolate Crackles and Fairy Bread. Honey Joys are corn flakes tossed in butter and sugar and baked until golden, very yummy. Chocolate crackles are rice crispies (aka rice bubbles) tossed in butter, cocoa, and coconuts and Fairy bread is white bread with butter and Hundreds and thousands on it (colored sprinkles). I have yet to try fairy bread, everyone talks about it with such happy reminiscent looks on their faces, my friends are planning to make me some for my birthday._____________________________the next weekend after hobbit day (last weekend) my friend Sarah had a birthday party and there was a theme. Bad Taste. The idea was to come dressed in horrible clothes, more specifically to dress like a “Bogan”. Bogan is an Aussie word that means Redneck, in the worst possible way. I tried to look Bogan, but I was told I came off looking groovy and funky and that it kind of worked for me. I must buy more scarves. The winner of the evening was my friend Richard, the breaker of the fellowship. As you can see in the Hobbit pictures, he has long hair, he decided to cut it for the summer so for the party he gave himself a mullet! I am pleased to report that he finished cutting his hair the next day.______________________I have one more week of Uni before I take off three weeks for Christmas. I am so excited to have a break. I have plans for High Chocolate, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and Boxing Day (if you don’t know what boxing day is you will have to wait for the post-Christmas blog). I am please I have lots of plans, I think it will be a fun time.