Flatmate for a week

This past week I had a flatmate! Claire's partner in crime while she was here in New Zealand was Jules. Claire wanted us to meet so Jules came and stayed with me.

The first night I took him to Enigma, my favorite cafe! We shared some carrot cake and drank some coffee. That night, we made blueberry American pancakes. I tried to make them really fluffy and thought I was doing well. Then I made him try it out and he made better pancakes then me! The next day, I came home after class and he had made me dutch pancakes! It was a lovely surprise.

Courtney asked Jules if he wanted to play an ultimate frizbee game with her league so he was able to run around that day too! He told me he played poorly but Courtney told me otherwise.

That night we watched Harry Potter. We made a drinking game out of it. He was Ron, I was Harry, my friend Max was Hermione and my friend Sam was Dobby. We each had to drink when our character did something specific. For example, whenever Harry spoke to snakes, I had to drink. We had a bunch of other rules that applied to all of us. Some were when Hagrid cried, when ever someone mentioned the Wesley's were poor, when the full name 'Harry Potter' was spoken, etc. It was a fun night.

Friday we made our way to the Film Archive. We were able to see a really interesting movie about the Springbox and the All Blacks in the 70s. The film was called Try Revolution. There was a game in NZ and people began to protest South Africa due to their racially separated team. I was excited to see that after the movie, when the lights came up, almost the whole theater was filled with white collar business folk on their lunch break! I dont know how many people back in the states would use their lunch break to see a documentary. I loved it!

That afternoon, Jules and I went to a park and began filming an amature Parkour video. It was hilarious and we had a good time. on our way home, we picked up some items so we could create Butterbeer. It was amazing. Jules skyped Claire for a hour or so while I drank a bit on a tree trunk with Andrea and Courtney. We spent some time listening to a cover band in the local Uni pub too. I loved the fact that I knew every song they played. Gotta love a good cover band!

That night we took along our butter beer and went to a party. I drank and ate too many sweet things. Because of that, I didnt have the stomach to go out dancing. Or maybe I was already danced out from the party? We came home and watch the Lion King instead. I forgot how much that movie STILL ROCKS.

The next day, we went to a art fair by the bay. It was neat but I was glad I had no reason to buy anything. I did manage to find the Waldorf Education Table! I was really excited and talked to two teachers about the similarities, and hardships that NZ faced within Waldorf Education. Jules spent a bit of time there, looking over information. We had a nice little discussion about education that night.

The rest of the afternoon, Andrea and Courtney joined us for more Parkour video making. We had a lot of fun running around and thinking of different scenes for the video. That night, the girls came over and we looked at some of our videos and made a magnificent dinner for us all. We ended up watching Almost Famous too.

The next morning we all woke up and went to the farmers market, my favorite place in Wellington. The rest of the day it rained. I started reading a book, and Jules finished his own book. He played some tunes on his guitar and showed me a bunch of bands that I had not heard of before! I have a list going now...I was able to show him some of my own favorite bands too. That night we made a good dinner, had some delicious fruit for dessert and watch the 6th Harry Potter Movie!

The next day, we woke up, had some breakfast and then made our way to the train station. It was so nice having a flat mate for a week! I really liked just hanging out listening to music, chatting about unimportant or important issues, and taking someone along to explore outside or hang with friends! I had a really nice time with him.