i don't understand why plugging my iphone into my mac doesn't charge it? (mac is plugged in) that seems dumb.

reddit is good for asking very specific questions that google can't, but the users... 😂 just got negative upvotes for saying i don't have a fancy special rewards credit card... the fuck.

i would love to watch the new dan and phil video, but i'm on hold with my health benefits company making sure i still have them after a snafu changing my employment status to on leave (rage). could i have phoned them earlier in the day? no, because i have been asleep almost the entire day.

just spilled tea all over the arm of my couch. it actually could have been way worse. lesson: your brain isn't ready for hard things like...balancing your mug on the couch arm after flying from Australia to Canada yesterday. noted.

can’t stop sleeping. it’s like my body is like Awake? absolutely not. i guess flying across the international date line will do that

just went through an inter dimensional portal (aka survived a 14.5h flight from Sydney to Vancouver). next: layover, 4h flight, wait, 3h bus ride 😭

god it’s bad enough you have to be at the airport 2-3 hours in advance but then you add in a two hour delay…

oh no that means we lost

last night in a hotel (sydney airport). can’t wait to sleep in my own bed that isn’t tucked in to an inch of its life also the bathroom set-up in this room is awful

brw saw some eels and ducks in a stream yesterday

there are multiple people having speaker phone conversations at this airport gate 😭

i cannot wait to get back to my laptop and be able to type out a simple message without making 8362829 thumb typing mistakes

i am up high

i know i’ve been out of hockey fandom for a long time when i’m just finding out that fleury is back with the penguins?

thought this was a pretty funny sign (auckland, nz)

went to a beautiful place today #BlackSandBeaches #NewZealand

@aliascelli.bsky.social (ps should you not be asleep??)

thought i was done buying souvenirs. i was not.

okay hobbiton is amazing do recommend. i thought it would be like 3 hobbit doors but it’s a whole village.

i’m up for my 6:45am hobbiton tour pick up 😭

i take the best photos (from last week)

i’ve been at this airport for over 6 hours and had two cancelled flights. fingers crossed for the third flight (not going to the same place)

my flight was cancelled and i’m going to miss my tour this evening :(they booked me on a flight 4 hours later so at least i’ll get there tonight because i have another tour at like 8am tomorrow lol

random thing i’ve noticed about australia/new zealand: it’s way more common for people to be wearing strong scents. like department store perfume section strong. not that this never happens in canada, but i’ve never noticed it this much.

good: i’m doing a weta workshop (LOTR/Black Panter etc) tour this morning :D bad: i have to walk to the pick up point in the pouring rain :(

this is the first hotel room on this trip that hasn’t had a safety latch on the door :/ (it does have a deadbolt)

i want this so bad but i am not paying 95 american dollars PLUS shipping jesus christ

okay…..this is a start but also…oh no…

i was feeling like i was doing something wrong with this hotel’s hairdryer and i was reluctant to ask for a replacement BUT i’m so glad i asked bc the new one WORKS. the old one would turn off after five seconds and you had to unplug it and plug it in again lmao. i was like…am i dumb or…?

going on a cable car

it’s always a guessing game as to what kinds of stores are available pre and post security in airports. i guessed wrong this morning.

btw so far i’ve met two groups of americans who have told me they’ve pretended to be canadian to the locals. and they seem surprised when i don’t react positively…

random australia/new zealand thoughts: in 🇦🇺 burger king is known as hungry jack’s. but in 🇳🇿it’s back to burger king. in both, in restaurants, you pay at a till instead of at the table. even in “real” $$ places.

every day i’m nervous that my bus tour or whatever won’t come to pick me up (my travel agent took care of these details) but every day it works out. will i stop feeling nervous? no.

saw some stunning New Zealand fjords and rainforest today

it’s important to take breaks during a vacation. I was up at 6am and out from 10:00-3:30. now having some downtime in my room until my 6:30 dinner reservation. it’s fine!

boat tour and visited a farm

my internal clock should still be on sydney time (currently 7:51pm), but boy do i ever want to just go to sleep immediately and new zealand is giving me the excuse i need (it’s 9:51pm, which is almost 10pm, which is a totally reasonable sleepy bedtime)

btw on the 3 hr flight from sydney to queenstown today there was some sort of university ski group flying and they were up and standing in the aisles and being loud the whole flight. i basically always had someone standing beside me (i was at the back of the plane in an aisle seat). not fun times.

yay @hiwatari.bsky.social 🇨🇦🤝🇲🇽

New Zealand is officially stunning (Queenstown)

It’s bad enough when airport croissants are $9 each. Even worse when they are shit.

tomorrow i go from a mid20s climate to a 2 degree climate. help.

yeee

apparently one is supposed to be able to read these display screens at the ferry terminal…

okay so i made this video and then immediately realised the sparkles were coming from light reflected on the water 😂

Sometimes being on vacation can be exhausting. I’m giving myself permission to relax tonight after a 9 hour tour. I think I’ll just order room service and enjoy the view.

i’m going to the blue mountains tomorrow. which, im not actually sure, but im assuming these are the mountains Temeraire and Lawrence lived in when they were in australia

ok so i may have bought a small wombat stuffed animal but look how cute????????