Leaving Collective for Two Nights

We watched "The World's Fastest Indian" the night before last. A feel-good movie set in New Zealand made in 2005 that seems like it was made in 1985. Watching the movie reminded me of a story that my friends, the Wendies, told me about reading a book about Burning Man while at Burning Man. It's laughably absurd.

The situation here is a bit different. It was totally fun to sip wine and watch the film with my friends here at Collective and call out the obvious bits of Kiwiana, like the scene with the plastic tomato that hold ketchup. We also had a Kiwi present who we asked to rate Anthony Hopkin's accent. Verdict: very authentic!

But I'm even more excited about leaving Nelson for a couple of nights and seeing more of New Zealand with my own eyes. I'm headed to the Phat outdoor electronic music festival for New Years, and I'm not taking the laptop :))