Before arriving in Sydney, I’d seen much news about the longest drought in years, massive bushfires, unbelievable heat for so early in the season. All this made me think that I wouldn’t need my raincoat, so I left it in Vancouver.
Since I’ve arrived, it has rained everywhere I’ve been. Not only that, but while it’s been wet where I am, it’s been nice elsewhere, only to turn rainy once I arrived. Adelaide, for example, was hot and sunny all week, as evidenced by sunny confines of the cricket grounds where the Australia-England test match was recently played (aside: they’re cricket mad here — even in the airport, they seem to switch one TV in any bank to the cricket, the rest showing the arrivals & departures. I don’t get the game at all myself. I mean – it takes 5 or so days to play!!!). Since arriving in Adelaide, it’s been almost non-stop rain. Currently, there is a storm raging outside my window — lightning, thunder, the whole bit. In Sydney, which was damp when I was there, is now hot and sunny. According to the weather, it will remian damp here until Wednesday, when I go back to Sydney, then turn sunny. Sydney will do the reverse.
So I think the Australian government should pay for me to fly around Australia and visit drought-stricken places. I’m sure within a day or two of my arrival, it’ll rain there too…
I’m feeling that cricket shit. When I was in Oz, Australia was playing the West Indies. Each test took something like 5 days, and each test Australia would win with a score of something like 641 to 115. But they just kept playing and playing, and playing… I mean, you'd figure by the time that Australia was up by 3000 points, people would stop watching?
I’m feeling that cricket shit. When I was in Oz, Australia was playing the West Indies. Each test took something like 5 days, and each test Australia would win with a score of something like 641 to 115. But they just kept playing and playing, and playing… I mean, you'd figure by the time that Australia was up by 3000 points, people would stop watching?