tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648291087000328700Sat, 25 May 2013 13:23:30 +00002007 tripManlyCanberraAustralian CitizenshipNorthern TerritoryhotelAnimalsbooksbeachweird stuff2009 tripPort Stephens QueenslandSydneymuseumqueenslanditicsAmericaJudaismSydney Wildlife WorldTimembarrassmentfarmsairportTasmaniaPort StephensflagfamilyhomeschoolingvideoKevin Ruddbeing a touristfamous AustraliansAustralian foodAustralian musicaboriginalAustralian teAustralian musicAustralian filmSydney AquariumfriendsAustralian television2012 trip2011 tripSouth Australialost camerapoliticsAustralia historyWestern AustraliamigrationVictoriaAustralian geographyconvictspoldneysharksJewish2015 tripfeelingsmarine lifevegetarianhealthfictionDarling HarbourSydney Morning HeraldNew South WalesJackhttp://notreallyaustralian.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Dina)Blogger1584125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648291087000328700.post-7532998380376272618Thu, 18 Apr 2013 20:34:00 +00002013-04-18T15:34:08.332-05:00 http://notreallyaustralian.blogspot.com/2013/04/our-2013-australia-trip-part-11.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dina)3<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/uZAp/~4/j6CcGamYByU" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648291087000328700.post-4605016535823519421Thu, 18 Apr 2013 20:09:00 +00002013-04-18T15:09:00.192-05:00 http://notreallyaustralian.blogspot.com/2013/04/our-2013-australia-trip-part-10.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dina)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/uZAp/~4/AQjV9q-VudM" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648291087000328700.post-6335658380317886868Thu, 18 Apr 2013 20:04:00 +00002013-04-18T15:04:32.595-05:00 http://notreallyaustralian.blogspot.com/2013/04/our-2013-australia-trip-part-9.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dina)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/uZAp/~4/0pDoSnoJz2g" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648291087000328700.post-2065464859004614513Thu, 18 Apr 2013 19:23:00 +00002013-04-18T15:40:12.036-05:00 I'm done making the videos. I shall post the rest soon..... In the meantime, I want to thank everyone who helped make our trip so wonderful. THANK YOU!!!!!! And.... I wanted to blab a bit about the music. I had chosen several of the songs before we even left for Australia.   I even knew what days of the trip would have which songs.   I kept the particular songs in the back of my mind; andhttp://notreallyaustralian.blogspot.com/2013/04/different-states-and-norman.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dina)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/uZAp/~4/hh4w7eGWvL4" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648291087000328700.post-174570579591855567Thu, 18 Apr 2013 16:27:00 +00002013-04-18T11:27:55.641-05:00 http://notreallyaustralian.blogspot.com/2013/04/our-2013-australia-trip-part-8_18.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dina)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/uZAp/~4/F0MHC1lZyPQ" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648291087000328700.post-3601924630740381293Thu, 18 Apr 2013 03:28:00 +00002013-04-17T22:28:12.333-05:00 There's a Kookaburra in our house! No.  Wait.  It's just my phone alerting me that I have a message.   My sister has sent a video of my niece in dance class. A month or so before we went to Australia, Jack helped me download a ringtone for my phone.   I chose a Kookaburra call.   The only problem is I don't get many phone calls.   Which is really not a problem since I don't like chatting on http://notreallyaustralian.blogspot.com/2013/04/wake-up.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dina)6<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/uZAp/~4/aNPgeRoBreU" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648291087000328700.post-1174574049038277609Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:34:00 +00002013-04-17T19:34:56.733-05:00 http://notreallyaustralian.blogspot.com/2013/04/our-2013-australia-trip-part-7.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dina)5<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/uZAp/~4/xetuUzB98Lo" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648291087000328700.post-943132524125140421Wed, 17 Apr 2013 04:17:00 +00002013-04-16T23:17:48.478-05:00 Here's the link in case the embedding thing doesn't work.   Something though is up with YouTube.   If the video cuts off, try reloading it.   That sometimes works. http://notreallyaustralian.blogspot.com/2013/04/our-2013-australia-trip-part-6.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dina)4<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/uZAp/~4/n4lm6OX1Lkc" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648291087000328700.post-3387488811851616665Wed, 17 Apr 2013 02:57:00 +00002013-04-29T21:42:48.823-05:00 I'm about 95% over my desire to move to Australia.   I was previously 99.9% over it; but Halls Gap gave me a tiny bit of a set-back.   I'm fine being American now.  I like living here.  To be honest, I was a bit homesick in Australia.  It might have been mainly about the price difference in ice-cream; but I think there are other things I missed as well.   I thought I had evolved even furtherhttp://notreallyaustralian.blogspot.com/2013/04/obsession.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dina)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/uZAp/~4/bVPHWEqiyIw" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648291087000328700.post-7756766576742941880Tue, 16 Apr 2013 23:43:00 +00002013-04-16T18:43:01.863-05:00 One of the big questions of our trip:  How would we feel about Melbourne?   Would I like it as much as Sydney?   Would I like it less?  More? By the time we got to Melbourne, I was tired of big cities.   I had minimal interest in going to the CBD.    It's not Sydney's fault.    In the past few years, I've felt my love for big cities decreasing.    I saw it happening in London...in New York Cityhttp://notreallyaustralian.blogspot.com/2013/04/my-opinion-of-melbourne.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dina)9<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/uZAp/~4/kL0uPJZikdY" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648291087000328700.post-5258382374014034722Tue, 16 Apr 2013 22:39:00 +00002013-04-16T17:39:03.787-05:00 In Halls Gap, I rudely claimed the master bedroom for Tim and myself. If I was polite, I would have had a prior conversation with my friend. I would have said,  Which bedroom do you want? My friend would have probably said.   I don't know.  Which one do you want? We would have danced the dance of niceness and decency. But no.  I didn't even ask. I don't think I'm usually that rude.   It's http://notreallyaustralian.blogspot.com/2013/04/gay-people-dont-belong-in-closet-but.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dina)5<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/uZAp/~4/I5z-qNkZ7Os" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648291087000328700.post-7890607759648153851Tue, 16 Apr 2013 22:18:00 +00002013-04-16T17:18:39.901-05:00 After we checked into our apartment at 44 Bridge Street, we left to go get our phones Australia-ready.   We stood near the doorway for the building for a moment.   I can't remember why.   I guess we were just trying to pull ourselves together. A woman rushed past and said in a very bitchy voice.  Watch where you're going! It wasn't a nice way to begin our Australia trip. I felt pathetic.   Ihttp://notreallyaustralian.blogspot.com/2013/04/watch-where-youre-going.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dina)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/uZAp/~4/XuIAxjRSwDA" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648291087000328700.post-2886226542720885950Tue, 16 Apr 2013 21:55:00 +00002013-04-16T16:55:03.774-05:00 A day or so ago, I thought about Sayid from Lost.    Why?   I don't know.   But he got into my brain. Then I suddenly felt this horrible feeling of dread. Why? I don't know. It happens to me...not too often.  But fairly often. I'll get these random brief moments of dread and depression, sometimes over things that have no rational reason to bring about dread and depression. A dark cloud http://notreallyaustralian.blogspot.com/2013/04/missing-in-australia.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dina)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/uZAp/~4/43tmIDrCYU0" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648291087000328700.post-4620040586593831388Tue, 16 Apr 2013 21:42:00 +00002013-04-16T16:42:04.196-05:00 When we were in line at the Mexican restaurant at the food court, my friend asked me whether I still loved Australia. An answer popped out of my mouth without me thinking much about it.  I think I said: Yes, but differently. She didn't ask me to elaborate...which was fortunate.   I wouldn't have been able to give an answer that made sense.   The truth is I was confused about the whole thing. http://notreallyaustralian.blogspot.com/2013/04/do-you-still-love-australia.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dina)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/uZAp/~4/zE7LDdcWmLc" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648291087000328700.post-4067155133174394615Tue, 16 Apr 2013 15:50:00 +00002013-04-16T23:27:22.428-05:00 Hopefully this will work.   Something is up with YouTube.   If you can't watch the video on here; maybe try watching it on YouTube?   Here's the link. If it cuts off in the middle of the video, it sometimes helps to reload it.   http://notreallyaustralian.blogspot.com/2013/04/our-2013-australia-trip-part-5.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dina)7<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/uZAp/~4/Oe7sojBYiiE" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648291087000328700.post-2572059804682833941Mon, 15 Apr 2013 17:34:00 +00002013-04-15T12:34:31.945-05:00 http://notreallyaustralian.blogspot.com/2013/04/our-2013-australia-trip-part-4.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dina)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/uZAp/~4/Qn6h1V4OI3g" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648291087000328700.post-1826703307065071184Sun, 14 Apr 2013 17:09:00 +00002013-04-14T12:28:06.308-05:00 http://notreallyaustralian.blogspot.com/2013/04/our-2013-australia-trip-part-3.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dina)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/uZAp/~4/xLyJ6r_RY_Y" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648291087000328700.post-5671931105165696492Sun, 14 Apr 2013 00:31:00 +00002013-04-13T19:31:31.293-05:00 http://notreallyaustralian.blogspot.com/2013/04/our-2013-australia-trip-part-2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dina)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/uZAp/~4/HtVGJI5-QSA" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648291087000328700.post-1260335671664238292Sat, 13 Apr 2013 19:44:00 +00002013-04-14T12:26:57.818-05:00 http://notreallyaustralian.blogspot.com/2013/04/our-2013-australia-trip-part-1.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dina)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/uZAp/~4/kHPtInJ-PWs" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648291087000328700.post-7657727219084308125Thu, 07 Mar 2013 20:12:00 +00002013-03-09T22:54:02.294-06:00 We don't like Modern Family anymore.  For this season, at best it's mediocre.  Usually, it's just crap.    It makes me sad because we used to think it was super fantastic. I decided to label my feelings The Nip/Tuck syndrome.  Why?  It reminds me of when I loved THAT show; and then went on to strongly dislike it. This syndrome doesn't apply to slightly good stuff that dips a tiny bit in http://notreallyaustralian.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-niptuck-syndrome.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dina)3<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/uZAp/~4/t3rUgZDNVK4" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648291087000328700.post-3140945259846241100Wed, 27 Feb 2013 16:12:00 +00002013-02-27T10:12:46.537-06:00 We're planning to go to Australia this year. By planning I mean we bought Qantas tickets; and have already put down money for accomondations.   I'm so overly excited...to the point of being obsessive. I also have a lot of anxiety about the whole thing. I'm always a bit nervous about traveling; but I think maybe this time the nervousness is more intense. And I'm feeling horribly http://notreallyaustralian.blogspot.com/2013/02/travel-anxiety_27.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dina)12<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/uZAp/~4/f3ocrJGGfU4" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648291087000328700.post-2553580439930473285Wed, 20 Feb 2013 17:12:00 +00002013-02-23T12:52:41.120-06:00 I watch a lot of Australian television lately. Here are the shows in my life. Warning:  There might be some spoilers here. 1. Offspring.   I've been a fan of this show for awhile now.    It was my introduction to wonderful actors such as Asher Keddie and John Waters (no, not the wacky American filmmaker).   Offspring is a comedy-drama about a neurotic obstetrician.    It's funny.   It's http://notreallyaustralian.blogspot.com/2013/02/my-australian-television-viewing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dina)9<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/uZAp/~4/q337uxDHgj4" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648291087000328700.post-7769820304442653615Tue, 19 Feb 2013 06:00:00 +00002013-02-19T00:00:08.708-06:00 One day I watched episode 8 of Love My Way.  The episode left me feeling shocked, terrified, and very sad. I felt a crap load of empathy for the fictional characters; but I also had some self-centered thoughts.    I kind of worried the experience would have a lasting effect. Could I have some kind of nervous breakdown? Can you get post-traumatic stress disorder from a television show? http://notreallyaustralian.blogspot.com/2013/02/a-different-planet.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dina)6<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/uZAp/~4/2XIs8gQ1mH8" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648291087000328700.post-8544352521708626999Wed, 10 Oct 2012 01:41:00 +00002012-10-11T22:19:11.797-05:00 I have just one thing to say about the whole mess. And that is.... I'm extremely tired of people being so cruel to each other. I wish we could all be better at kindness.    http://notreallyaustralian.blogspot.com/2012/10/jones-abbott-and-gillard.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dina)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/uZAp/~4/1QptSSX5flo" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648291087000328700.post-1924044156247142527Tue, 09 Oct 2012 18:01:00 +00002012-10-09T13:32:42.447-05:00 I've been doing a lot of singing practice lately. For me, that's a little bit of breathing work and a LOT of lyrics work. I'm horrible at memorizing lyrics, which is really frustrating for me. Singing feels so good  to me.  Maybe cathartic?   Maybe even therapeutic.   But it's really hard when you're singing Tell me before I waltz out of your life.  Before....blah, blah, blah..... http://notreallyaustralian.blogspot.com/2012/10/one-sunday-morning.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dina)17<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/uZAp/~4/cGgQ1ciRcX4" height="1" width="1"/>