Wetas

Oh and sorry I didn't get around to saying goodbye to everyone before I left even though I said I would call/text some of you. I was too busy explaining to my mum that I got searched for bombs again. I dont know why but I think everytime there's an opportunity for a search at the airport, I get chosen 70% of the time. Am I really that suspicious looking? Don't answer that. Funny story. When I was younger, my family and I went traveling around Asia a short while after the SARS/H5N1 conundrum. So at the airport whilst we were waiting in a long ass line for customs, this guy appears out of nowhere, holds up a toothbrush shaped device to my forehead, BEEP, and scurries away. No explanation at all. Think about this as comically as possible and that's probably what happened. And once again, it was only me. I was a small kid and this towering man nearly made me shat my pants. Apparently it was a random check for fevers since SARS just ended. I guess I just have "the look" Suspiciously threatening and suspiciously ill. Suss.Air New Zealand is great. They're serving food even though its only a 2.5 hour flight. The guy next to me said they didn't serve him food on his way to aus. Also their music collection is great (Jetstar had FRANK OCEAN though, I think it automatically receives 5 stars for that) I was listening to Daft Punk. The plane didn't lift off straight away and it spent a few good minutes taxiing (?) a bit on the ground. And the moment it lifted off, Beyond started playing. I laughed in my head because suddenly omg everything was ten times more dramatic. Felt like I was in a music video. I said I would do an hour-by-hour update so here it is:First hour on the NZ104 flight... Writing this? I bought The Rosie Project (I was looking for Eleanor and park but no one had it in stock. Has anyone read it before?) so far I've read a few pages. I dont understand what it is with authors and writing with male protagonists who are socially blunted or blank in character. Maybe it's a technique but I ain't no English major. Also lunch- had chicken casserole and mashed potato... With REAL chicken and REAL potato!!!!1!1!1 Good job air newzealand I like you a lot. The guy next to me ordered the same thing as me. I wanted chicken and he wanted chicken and I wanted a coke and he got a coke. Geezcopycat much?Oh and of course I read the letters and cards some of you gave me. They were really sweet and if I didn't already miss you guys enough before I left, now you can be sure I do. 2nd hour...The guy sitting next to me is such a nice guy. I haven't asked him for his name but if I had to guess, it would be Chris or Josh. He told me he's a business manager for an IT company in NZ and he has to fly often to Australia and Fiji. He looks like he'd be in his early 20s. Clearly reppin that kiwi spirit in all black. ~ I successfully convinced him that dropbears are real (my first victim) but it really doesn't take that much convincing. Even NZers think our country is deadly, and they're our friendly neighbors. He made me feel less Australian than I already feel because be gave me a thorough lecture about different Australian spiders. Funnel webs live in hatches in the ground and jump out to bite? Tarantulas aren't actually poisonous they just look scary? (Any spider experts? Dispute me on this one) he so told me there's a koala/cat/possum hybrid called a Gito (that's how he said it) that they just discovered in Indonesia. I wasn't sure if he was trolling me or not after that drop bear incident. He also told me that NZ has giant grasshopper-like insects called wetas, and that theyre pretty deadly. The size of two extended palms? I think I met a biologist not a business manager. But too bad NZ... Your deadly animals are as weak as your footy team. -insert sheep insults here-Time to get off the plane! I LOVE TALKING TO STRANGERS YOU WILL NEVER SEE AGAIN Ps did I mention I asked him for his name when we were saying goodbye? Guess what it was.