American as Apple Pie

Hey everyone!

Last weekend was full of homework, etc, so unfortunately, I didn't get to travel. However, I made apple pie! I was too (lazy) busy to make my own crust, so I got some premade crust from the store. And it was square. The package had a large, round pie on the front, yet the pastry sheets were square. It was my first square pie.

Anyway, here is the result that effectively washed away any thoughts of homesickness and wishes for an oncoming summer instead of winter. PIE.

Thanks to the squareness, you can see the warm, gooey apple goodness oozing out of the pie. You can also see our toaster.

In other news, I bought a ticket to see the All Blacks play in Dunedin next month!! SO EXCITED. It is their first match against France, who beat them last year. Nothing like a good grudge match of rugby. :) I'm nearly finished sorting my midden for archaeozoology, now I just have to fix a few of the tags, type up my data so it is nice, neat, and pretty, and write a formal report.

This weekend if it is too rainy to travel (it's been raining/sleeting/hailing non-stop for the past 3 days), I'm thinking about going to go see Angels and Demons at the movie theater in the Octagon. That movie theater is amazing! I saw Wolverine there two weekends ago with some people, and the theater is sooo nice. A note on the movie, if you've seen it: you know when he pulls off the one lane bridge and onto the right side of the road? That was filmed in NZ! And I've been across the bridge. They forgot to edit the directional arrow off of the road that indicates you are supposed to be on the left side, hehe. The farm that he ends up in is in Paradise, near Queenstown. Been there too! Anyway, the movie theater seats were huge, more like armchairs than seats, and when you convert the currency, the tickets were cheaper than student tickets at home. And they don't care if you bring in outside snacks and drinks.

I'm still trying to work out what I'll do between when exams end and my flight home. I'll have 10 days, and I was thinking about going to Wellington for a few days and then flying to Sydney or Melbourne. I got all excited looking at ticket prices on a website, and then realized that they were in US dollars, not NZ dollars. Hehe.

A note to fellow Hurricanes fans: there BETTER be some REDEMPTION in Raleigh.