Derelict

I started playing Futsal with some kids from school. It's like indoor soccer except no walls and the ball is smaller and harder. We're in a social co-ed league, but our team is definitely more social than the other teams. We only have three guys on our team, and non of the girls have soccer experience. Our team name is DERELICT...you know from Zoolander. Our uniforms are garbage bags with masking tape for numbers. Guess who's idea that was. We've only score one goal in the past three games. We are not so hot right now. Like I said, we're one of the more social teams. My indoor frisbee team on the other hand is undefeated. We have a pretty stacked team, though. Between Ultimate and Futsal each week, I'm quickly losing the tread on my shoes.

I got tickets to see the All Blacks play South Africa here on July 14th. The AB's are the best rugby team in the world and SA is their biggest competition, so it's going to be a really good game. What I'm really looking forward to see, though, it the Haka performed live. It's the warrior dance they do in front of their opponent before each game. Here's a picture of it from their website...

What's going on in The South.

My digital camera broke and had to be sent back to the States to be fixed. That, and the fact that school has been really is busy, is why I haven't updated the blog in a while. It's been full on with school all day M-F and then work at a furniture store all day Sat-Sun. So, unfortunatley, I haven't been able to hit the road in ol' Esmerelda, yet. The first cold weather of the season just hit this week. The mountains haven't gotten much snow yet, so there's not any skiing going on yet. From what people have said, ChCh sounds like it gets as much snow as Little Rock; just a little bit over the winter with one big dump.

Sports is pretty big for New Zealanders. Cricket was going on when I first arrived, but that looked even more boring than baseball, so I tried not to learn too much about that. Yachting on the other hand is going on with the America's Cup, and the Kiwis are the major front runners this year. So far they have smoked everyone they've been up against in the other races. And in Rugby, the world famous All Blacks just started playing a few weeks ago, so far they've beaten France twice by a record score. The Rugby World Cup is being held this year in France, so everyone is pumped up for that. The All Blacks play one game here in ChCh, so I'm hoping to see them live then.

I have a three week school break coming up soon, so if assignments don't get in the way, I'm planning to go on a road trip then. I'll do my best to update more often with more photos. Camera should be fixed soon.

Here are some pictures I took before my camera broke, that show the Real South.