well i come from the land down under...

Happy Australia Day everyone! Last year i was so ashamed to be australian, because of our unconditional support of the US in the "war on terror" and because of the tampa incident and the high court decision that its ok to indefinitately detain people or make that "refugees" cos they`re not really people afterall. By the way it was recently decided in the UK that the law saying that suspected terrorists can be charged for no founded reason was blocked, so hopefully we`re not too screwed.

Anyway back to me, i never thought i would be a loser ex-pat going to celebrate in one of the aussie themed pubs here (thats right. there is more than 1, in fact theres 3. Dont ask. no idea.) It was absolutely hilarious. It was decorated with boomerangs, watch out for kangaroo signs and really bad dot painting all over the toilets. Playing such classics as men at work, Jimmy Barnes, inxs, powderfinger and a whole lot of grinspoon and living end (the aussie behind the bar hadnt been back to Oz for 2 years so he thought they were still huge. I told him quietly that he should go back sometime.) the funniest thing about the place was that we were 5 of only about 15 aussies. The other 100 people were french. And they love it!

I must admit we had fun. French boys are kind of annoying though. They just keep tapping you on the shoulder and up until the 20th time someone tapped (im a bit slow) i just had this glimmer of hope that it was someone i knew, like one of you guys just surprising me in Lyon, just coming over to say hi. But no, it was just one of the very persistant annoying tapping guys. You know how i dont like to just ignore guys who come up to me in syd cos it takes alot of courage, but i can tell that im going to turn into a cold hearted bitch here! Of course if they`re cute, well thats a whole different story...

&nbs p;