tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648291087000328700Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:27:16 +00002007 tripManlyCanberraAustralian CitizenshipNorthern TerritoryAnimalsbookshotelbeachweird stuff2009 tripSydneymuseumqueenslandAmericaJudaismSydney Wildlife WorldTimembarrassmentfarmsairportTasmaniaPort StephensflagfamilyhomeschoolingvideoKevin Ruddbeing a touristfamous AustraliansAustralian foodAustralian musicaboriginalAustralian filmSydney AquariumfriendsAustralian television2012 trip2011 tripSouth Australialost camerapoliticsAustralia historyWestern AustraliamigrationVictoriaAustralian geographyAnimalsbooksJackNew South WalesWestern AustraliaAustralian filmpoliticsfamilyweird stufffictionTimAustralian televisionconvictssharksJewish2015 tripfeelingsmarine lifevegetarianfictionhealthDarling HarbourSydney Morning HeraldNew South WalesJackhttp://notreallyaustralian.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Dina)Blogger1382125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648291087000328700.post-7987330145292613547Sat, 28 Jan 2012 08:21:00 +00002012-01-28T02:21:00.686-06:00Okay, so now I'm groggy. I have that feeling where I feel like I'm coming down with something.   But usually when I have this feeling I don't come down with anything.   So, that's the good news. I just feel kind of rundown...a bit achy.   I'm somewhat lethargic.   It took effort for me to get out of bed.   It took effort for me to get dressed for breakfast. I made sure to eat lots of fruit forhttp://notreallyaustralian.blogspot.com/2012/01/our-pretend-trip-to-australia-day-19.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dina)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/uZAp/~4/g8YeEFuCh1U" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648291087000328700.post-8195689354466043496Fri, 27 Jan 2012 07:35:00 +00002012-01-27T01:35:00.317-06:00It has been a wonderful morning! First of all, I slept very well last night.   I had no bad dreams, and I slept from about 7:45 pm to 7:30 am....12 hours! I feel well-rested. I worried I might feel groggy, but I don't.   Fortunately. Tim and Jack slept till 9.   I went out alone and looked for the beach I couldn't find yesterday.  This time I was successful.   It's very beautiful.   I enjoyedhttp://notreallyaustralian.blogspot.com/2012/01/our-pretend-australia-trip-day-18-eden.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dina)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/uZAp/~4/Vrz7WNcgnp8" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648291087000328700.post-5279402116537111746Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:31:00 +00002012-01-26T23:16:45.041-06:001.  Started to read Isabelle the Navigator by Luke Davies. He's the one who wrote Candy, which I loved.  I didn't love the prologue of the Isabelle book; but I often don't like prologues. After reading the prologue I read the back of the book, so I could get an idea of what was happening and what would be happening.   It sounds fairly interesting.   2. Read chapter 1 and chapter 2 of http://notreallyaustralian.blogspot.com/2012/01/weather-confusion-self-esteem-protests.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dina)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/uZAp/~4/l5XXn06Upd4" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648291087000328700.post-8059388970478209015Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:02:00 +00002012-01-26T02:02:00.186-06:00Happy Australia Day! It's 12:02 here; so I can officially say that now.   Tim and Jack have been asleep for about 30 minutes. By the way, we ended up having me sleep in the alone room; instead of moving Jack here the next night.  As much as I don't like being alone, I prefer that to Jack being alone...here. * * * I couldn't concentrate on my book. I'm going to play Sims 3. * * * I'm http://notreallyaustralian.blogspot.com/2012/01/our-pretend-australia-trip-day-17-eden.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dina)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/uZAp/~4/e9tXSRrlbgk" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648291087000328700.post-3387317143404219112Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:08:00 +00002012-01-25T19:04:40.754-06:00I can't sleep. I don't know if it's because I took such a long nap; or if it's because I'm scared to fall asleep.   * * * If I fall asleep, Freddy Krueger might get me.   * * * I'm bored. And tired. And scared. I'm watching the clock. And...well, also typing. * * * Jack came into the room. I was so relieved...happy that he was awake. I hate this nighttime loneliness. But he http://notreallyaustralian.blogspot.com/2012/01/our-pretend-australia-trip-day-16.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dina)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/uZAp/~4/Xt7Cf1C73hM" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648291087000328700.post-5994986296191746779Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:42:00 +00002012-01-24T11:42:16.739-06:00Tim2009 tripWestern AustraliaNorthern TerritoryhealthbooksAustralian filmbeing a touristJack1. Learned about an Australian movie from Tim. It's called Sanctum. 2.  Watched the trailer for Sanctum.  Maybe I've seen it before.  It seems kind of familiar.   What's funny is Tim acted like I knew what the movie was.  I was thinking how he seems to assume I must know every Australian thing out there.   The truth is...often I'm quite ignorant about Australian things. Anyway, maybe Tim http://notreallyaustralian.blogspot.com/2012/01/sanctum-reality-tv-shark-net-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dina)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/uZAp/~4/kp8hZWo1dvU" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648291087000328700.post-102158240149405268Tue, 24 Jan 2012 07:38:00 +00002012-01-24T01:38:00.426-06:00I am so freaked out right now.  I'm shivering, and my teeth are all chattering. It happens when I'm really nervous about something. I had a horrible lucid dream. I think it's one of the scariest dreams I've ever had. I was laying on the bed and had that feeling I could fly out of the cabin and have a lucid-dreaming adventure.   I love those.  Usually.  I struggled to get of bed without http://notreallyaustralian.blogspot.com/2012/01/our-pretend-australia-trip-day-15.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dina)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/uZAp/~4/aBJj75CAU0I" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648291087000328700.post-8311383096208181556Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:42:00 +00002012-01-23T19:13:19.651-06:00I woke up too early this morning.  It's quarter to 6. I should go out and watch the sunrise; but I'm feeling too lazy. I had a crazy dream. We were in a cabin.   I was using the toilet.   I flushed and it started overflowing.  I screamed not wanting my poo to go all over the place.   I looked around for a plunger and didn't see one.   I ran out of the bathroom and saw crocodiles everywhere.http://notreallyaustralian.blogspot.com/2012/01/our-pretend-australia-trip-day-14.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dina)5<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/uZAp/~4/RsxAWlLap1c" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648291087000328700.post-1466366970611655990Sun, 22 Jan 2012 20:55:00 +00002012-01-22T14:55:28.587-06:00Western AustraliaNorthern Territorybooksfictionfamous AustraliansJackAustralian music1. Watched Sam Moran's goodbye video to his fans. It's pretty sweet.   I imagine it was hard for him to do.   He looks like someone who's struggling to look happy when he really just wants to cry.   I might be imagining things...reading too much into it. 2. Watched the other video attached to the article.   It's an interview with Greg, Anthony, and Jeff.   Anthony does most of the talking. Ihttp://notreallyaustralian.blogspot.com/2012/01/sam-moran-mean-people-work-and-laziness.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dina)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/uZAp/~4/kdXIcgSrHQ0" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648291087000328700.post-6936743639560264330Sun, 22 Jan 2012 11:10:00 +00002012-01-22T05:10:00.748-06:00I woke up before Jack and Tim this morning....around 8:00.   I decided to take a walk.   There's a nice little walking track near our motel.   It was sparsely inhabited enough to give me a wonderful sense of solitude; but there were enough people around to prevent me from feeling like I was a character in a serial killer movie. The weather was perfect.   I had some nice happy thoughts http://notreallyaustralian.blogspot.com/2012/01/our-pretend-australia-trip-day-13-wagga.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dina)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/uZAp/~4/P8SALrVI6AE" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648291087000328700.post-3100960235277893086Sat, 21 Jan 2012 23:52:00 +00002012-01-21T17:58:32.536-06:00booksAustralian foodfictionfamous AustraliansJackAnimals1. Decided the girl on the cover of Ruth Park's Swords and Crowns and Rings looks like Allie Grant from Suburgatory.   2. Threw away the jacket cover of Robert Drewe's The Shark Net.  There's this scary man on it staring out behind some bushes. It totally gave me the creeps. I've read lots of scary books before, and I'm sure they had scary covers.   This is probably the first time I've beenhttp://notreallyaustralian.blogspot.com/2012/01/book-covers-damper-ethnicity-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dina)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/uZAp/~4/b6b5bxewlIY" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648291087000328700.post-3856634088447305693Sat, 21 Jan 2012 10:03:00 +00002012-01-21T04:03:00.635-06:00We're leaving Canberra soon!   We'll be on our way to Wagga Wagga.    It's the first place on this trip that we've never been been to before.   Sydney, Canberra, and Kiama are all reruns for us. I had a funny dream last night.    I was eating lunch with my friend.   She's American; but I think we were in Australia.   My friend talked about her problems.  It had something to do with her husband http://notreallyaustralian.blogspot.com/2012/01/our-pretend-australia-trip-day-12-wagga.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dina)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/uZAp/~4/UcExBTZI_RM" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648291087000328700.post-5218771303483736029Sat, 21 Jan 2012 00:05:00 +00002012-01-20T18:06:38.387-06:00New South WalesAustralia historyNorthern Territoryhealthconvictsbooksfiction1. Finished reading Escape From Botany Bay: the true story of Mary Bryant. It was adventurous and tragic; but it had a reasonably happy ending. Well, happy might be too strong of a word.   Both of Mary's kids died; and also her husband.  I think it would be hard to find a lot of true happiness after that.  She did gain her freedom though...eventually.   She survived a nightmarish situation. http://notreallyaustralian.blogspot.com/2012/01/rants-lord-howe-island-christmas-island.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dina)3<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/uZAp/~4/gv8qXaWJZno" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648291087000328700.post-1268812954427596499Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:19:00 +00002012-01-20T23:31:13.914-06:00Good morning! I'm very happy and excited because we found a wonderful place to go. It's a parrot thing!!! I love parrots. We're going to go to the  Canberra Walk in Aviary.   We get to feed the parrots!   That's one of my favorite things to do.   We have an aviary in Fort Worth where you can feed parakeets and cockatiels; but this Canberra one has even more kinds of parrots. I think I willhttp://notreallyaustralian.blogspot.com/2012/01/our-pretend-australia-trip-day-11.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dina)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/uZAp/~4/WvU9BJgfPmI" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648291087000328700.post-7808737026613360834Fri, 20 Jan 2012 01:18:00 +00002012-01-21T08:32:24.688-06:00New South WalesTimNorthern TerritoryqueenslandhealthCanberrafamous AustraliansAustralian filmAustralian musicAnimals1.  Had two dreams with Australia in it. In one someone has given us a medical kit for our next Australia trip.   It has three or four bottles of prescription medicine.    We've been told it will prevent diarrhea.   I'm a little suspicious; wondering how this person got a hold of prescription drugs.   I wonder if we'll really need the drugs.  We were fine without them on our previous trips. In http://notreallyaustralian.blogspot.com/2012/01/lizards-wiggles-health-issues-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dina)4<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/uZAp/~4/tz1_wa3Nd8Q" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648291087000328700.post-3018587846590138158Thu, 19 Jan 2012 07:00:00 +00002012-01-19T01:00:05.967-06:00For breakfast this morning we had the Carman breakfast bars, some shapes, and Tim Tams. I'd like to say that's not something we ever do. But that would be a lie. Having junk food breakfasts is kind of typical for us.  It sounds better though when I think of it as us having a snack before breakfast.  Okay, and I have to take Tim out of this.   Jack and I are the guilty ones here.   Tim's a http://notreallyaustralian.blogspot.com/2012/01/our-pretend-australia-trip-day-10.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dina)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/uZAp/~4/XKbMp8xnl9A" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648291087000328700.post-4433237543429512401Thu, 19 Jan 2012 04:00:00 +00002012-01-18T22:00:54.555-06:00New South Wales2009 tripNorthern TerritoryqueenslandfictionfamilySydneypoliticsAnimals1. Dreamed that.... I'm returning to school after the summer holidays.   I talk to a fellow student who spent his holidays in Australia.   He talks about staying at a hostel I've heard about.   It's very inexpensive, but nice.  Their policy is that, prior to coming to Australia, you send small amounts of money in intervals. At first I'm interested in hearing about the guy's trip.   Then I start http://notreallyaustralian.blogspot.com/2012/01/exorcist-sopa-pirates-and-time.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dina)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/uZAp/~4/ODtzIz2He1A" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648291087000328700.post-5410787261752282533Wed, 18 Jan 2012 08:58:00 +00002012-01-18T02:58:00.035-06:00We're going to check out of here soon and make our way to Canberra. I woke up early this morning with laundry on my mind. I meant to do it yesterday; and I forgot.    I'm not sure if our hotel in Canberra has washing machines; so I rushed to do some laundry here. * * * I'm writing in the car even though I get carsick. Sometimes I have these moments where I REALLY need to write something downhttp://notreallyaustralian.blogspot.com/2012/01/our-pretend-australia-trip-day-9.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dina)5<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/uZAp/~4/ytg3EFutVFY" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648291087000328700.post-9179001358175557708Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:10:00 +00002012-01-17T19:10:10.383-06:00fictionfamilySydneypolitics1. Heard that Lord Wiki is going to stand up for what he believes in by giving the world the silent treatment for 24 hours. I strongly support him doing that...well, because I agree with his argument.    Would I be equally supportive if I disagreed with his position? I don't know. 2.  Had dreams about our pretend Australia trip.   That adventure is definitely leaking into my subconscious. In http://notreallyaustralian.blogspot.com/2012/01/lord-wiki-helpfulness-small-ears-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dina)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/uZAp/~4/zYilM2xYInk" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648291087000328700.post-1183461533906031213Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:01:00 +00002012-01-17T06:01:00.188-06:00Good morning! We just finished eating breakfast.   We ate more of the bread with jam. We might actually get more bread at lunch.   Tim suggested it, and Jack and I liked the idea.   They had some good savory snack things at the bakery. It rained a bit this morning; but now it's stopped.  Hopefully the weather will be nice. We're going to walk over and look at the Blowhole.   And then.... http://notreallyaustralian.blogspot.com/2012/01/our-pretend-australia-trip-day-8-kiama.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dina)3<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/uZAp/~4/qT9mtcTbhT0" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648291087000328700.post-7173112140700930960Tue, 17 Jan 2012 01:31:00 +00002012-01-16T19:31:17.004-06:00New South WalesbooksAustralian foodfamous AustraliansSouth AustraliaVictoriaAustralian musicAnimals1. Saw Artemesia Bellerose and Sergei Zhalobov-Bogaevsky together at the Golden Globes.  It's strange watching the show because I haven't seen many of the shows and movies that were nominated.   I think the only thing I've watched that has nominations is Modern Family. I think there's been one Aussie nomination.  Guy Pearce. Nicole Kidman and Elle Macphereson did the presenting thing.  2. http://notreallyaustralian.blogspot.com/2012/01/golden-globes-remarkable-rocks.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dina)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/uZAp/~4/jHn5V7FhQjc" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648291087000328700.post-7809176199044916529Mon, 16 Jan 2012 07:16:00 +00002012-01-16T01:16:00.092-06:00I woke up too early this morning and couldn't get back to sleep.    I decided to take advantage of the moment.  I went out to the beach to experience the sunrise. It was beautiful.   I felt so much peace and happiness. I want to move to Kiama. * * * I went back to the beach; this time with Tim and Jack.   We did some running and racing which I don't usually do.  It was a lot of fun. A dog http://notreallyaustralian.blogspot.com/2012/01/our-pretend-australia-trip-day-7-kiama.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dina)4<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/uZAp/~4/iCELNyzBmUs" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648291087000328700.post-1488928078389505273Mon, 16 Jan 2012 01:06:00 +00002012-01-15T19:06:00.942-06:00New South WalesTim2009 tripTasmaniaqueenslandhealthAustralian foodfictionfamous AustraliansVictoriaJack2007 trip1. Found another helpful website about rain in Australia. I'm trying to be as accurate as possible about the weather on our pretend Australia trip; but it's not really possible.   Well, it's possible.  But I'd probably need to switch myself over to Australia time.  The thing is....I'm usually sleeping from about 5pm-1am New South Wales time. If I stayed up during that time I could watch the http://notreallyaustralian.blogspot.com/2012/01/rain-emergencies-imagination-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dina)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/uZAp/~4/_kVBSrdy2r8" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648291087000328700.post-974156719598981981Sun, 15 Jan 2012 10:25:00 +00002012-01-15T04:25:00.722-06:00I'm finished packing.   I have a few minutes until we bring our luggage downstairs.  I'm using that time to write.   We're going to store our luggage.   Then Jack and I are going to hang out in the room until check out time, while Tim gets the car.   He says he'll be back by 10, but he's usually later than he expects.    I guess we'll hang out in the lobby, or in Hyde Park. Anyway, the good newshttp://notreallyaustralian.blogspot.com/2012/01/our-pretend-australia-trip-day-6-kiama.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dina)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/uZAp/~4/4nK5M52xM20" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648291087000328700.post-8223544646592755922Sun, 15 Jan 2012 01:36:00 +00002012-01-14T19:36:52.508-06:00Timfamous AustraliansJackAnimals1. Saw glimpses of a trailer when we were fast forwarding commercials during The Colbert Report.   I made Tim go back to it because I thought I saw Hugo Weaving. The movie was Man on a Ledge.   It doesn't have Hugo Weaving; but it does star Sam Worthington.   So my Australiadar was working.   I just had the wrong Aussie. Oops. And no, I didn't confuse Weaving with Worthington.   There was a http://notreallyaustralian.blogspot.com/2012/01/aussie-actors-sanjiro-tanaka-ferry.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dina)3<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/uZAp/~4/cby1plZdHgw" height="1" width="1"/>