pictures = fun

so i've uploaded some pretty cool pictures. umm. the catch up: well the farm stuff is going great. i've been playing with sheep, cows, dogs, rocks, weeds, 4-wheelers, landrovers, tussocks, and the throssells and some of their friends.

the latest interesting job (besides the usual mustering animals, dagging sheep, shoveling shit to put around avocado trees, grubbing those narcellus tussock weeds...) has been preparing these two fields for hay. we've literally been walking around them with the 4-wheeler and trailer picking up rocks and moving them to make some sort of bridge over this river. and by rocks i mean smallish stones. and billions of them. also, we've been spraying all the evil prickley weeds so i don't bleed too badly when i pick up the hay and get stabbed by them. i actually like spraying because those weeds are really evil and maybe my biggest enemy in new zealand... hmm.

anyway, here's some photos:

new profile photo = me and lamb blood... no i didn't kill it or anything, but we had to mark their ears and hot iron the tails off... so it can get messy...


um, but backing up a bit, here's some photos of the last two days christchurch...
um. in case you forgot, this photo is to remind you that ducks to new zealand are like squirrels to americans


my favorite part of uc campus is still beautiful:


another random campus shot:


ben and i went driving around port hills at night to take some city shots, but it was a bit rainy/foggy, but we stil got these cool photos:



i bought a south island rock climbing guide:


we had a night of drinking to celebrate the boys finishing finals
drink 1: black velvet = guinness and champagne


this is only after drink two: (ben and james are in love)


we had some nasty pork pie to sober up before heading to bar #2:


and the night continued on and ended with ben and i walking home for 2 hours because the busses were gone. which was nice, until someone threw something at me from a car and it hit me in the leg and left a pretty good welt... poo heads. that's ok. karma will get them back someday. bitches.

the next morning we were like how did the flat become such a mess?

then we realized that we'd all clean it up later... mmm
(in this photo is james, anton, ben (from left to right)

now, what you've all been waiting for!!!!!!! farm photos!!!!!!!!!
so this does not come close to really showing how big and beautiful and mind blowing and yeah you get the point, but here's a few photos to give you an idea.









and if you look close enough, you'll see the skid marks of when ben almost slid/rolled the landrover off the hill. pretty sweet skillz that he didn't.


shooting practice


and me spraying the weeds... those fuckers


all in all, everything is well. i'm having a great time. also, i got to see sean garmire. remember that kid from alaska? well he's still a badass. we're going on a trip to stewart island on wednesday. i'm sure we'll tour around the south of the south for a bit, too. then i have to be back at the farm by december for the insane farming season. where i will be worked. and i will love it.

oh and i'll put up a pic of my room on the farm soon... but i no longer get to wake up in the bright orange happiness...


notes/replies/whatever:

jessi: girl, i miss you. i'm glad you enjoyed the photos... so i hope you'll like these new ones. i'm also glad you love stars. and do you know i love you?

jordan: don't worry. i won't get killed... yet. hehe. you should think of a new theme/name for my thingy... if i like it, i'll use it. anyway, i hope the studies are going well. and um, keep it real.

caitlin: you are nothing but sunshine! i'm glad you love the rapture cd. and i'm so excited for you to go on your trip... it's coming up fast. i can't wait to come home and hang out with you more. :)

steve: you had better sleep in my bed... but watch out, sometimes dan comes in and cuddles with you ;) anyway, you have my permission to enjoy it. miss you still.

nanC: hell yeah you HAVE to come out here. they have a pottery ROOM. you would rock the house and my socks off. but yes, i'll call soon or something.


um, so yeah. i still love you.
-wren