You: i just saw Alice in wonderland
Stranger: omg! Was it good??
You: Not really. I suppose if you're between 6-14 and female it would be pretty great
You: Since you seem apprehensive about my response, I'll just tell you that you'll probably like it anyway
Stranger: No i don't, I haven't seen it but I've heard a lot of mixed responses from people who have. =)
You: Oh ok; what demographic would you fit into then?
You: (Ha, I just picked a fancy way of asking asl)
Stranger: Yeah, I thought so
Stranger: 17/F/NZ
Stranger: you?
You: In my defense, I did so unknowingly
You: yay, another colonist!
Stranger: Hahaha!
You: 20/m/Canada
Stranger: Oh cool
I'm guessing you know where NZ is then, which is strange cause not many people do
You: by 'another', i meant 'fellow', not as in "Oh god, another one of THESE. . ."
You: How can you NOT know that New Zimbabwe is just west of England?
You: But it's shocking to think some people might not know where New Zealand is. . .
Stranger: Yeah, that's usually pretty much the response! Haha. Stupid people. Mistaking our accents for australian too.
Stranger: Grrr.
You: People mistake Canadian accents for American all the time
You: The thing is, it's a regional thing: "Canada" has only a few accents, but the vast majority sound just like north eastern United States; America, on the other hand, has Chicago, Bronx, Manhattan, Georgian, Texas, numerous California dialects etc
Stranger: True, I'd love to go to Canada, I've been to America, but we never quite got to Canada. I love listening to American accents though, especially the ones that are way over the top =)
You: NZ shares a dialectical commonality with Australia due the similarity in roots and timeperiod of cultural establishment - much like Canada and the British owned colonies of America between the 17-1800s
Stranger: That from wikipedia? =p
You: maybe
You: I'm just remembering 1- yankees piss on about British independance, and 2- Canadian textbooks from highschool
You: ...or were you referring to the Australia/NZ bit? I'm not really sure how I know that.
You: I have a lot of friends in Aus
You: and my cousin just spent 3 months in NZ
Stranger: Oh really? That's cool, I have relations in Aus too. Did your cousin like NZ?
You: she loved it
You: she says it's like Canada, but the summers aren't as hot and the winters aren't really winters
Stranger: Yeah, that's true. We're having a bit of a drought where I live now though. Running out of water, our towns starting to panic haha
You: o_O
You: that's rather ****e
Stranger: 'tis
You: We've had droughts here before, but it was like "no watering your lawn on Sundays, tuesdays, and thursdays1"
You: Australia has crap droughts too...and then they get hailed on, lol
Stranger: Haha, we don't get that side of it, thank god! Hail storms, gahh
You: so this weekend
You: is the North By Northeast music festival
You: in Toronto
Stranger: Is that an invitation for me to come? =)
You: Hell, sure
You: if you're down for a $2000 plane ticket
Stranger: Hah, great!
You: but...if you have the cash, it's actually probably worth it
You: it's like 3 days straight of awesome music
Stranger: Well. Yeah. What's a little bit out of the budget....
Stranger: Are you going?
You: i *rrrreally* hope so, but I'm down to my last $25 this weekend
You: ssssooo...
You: I'll A) be sneaking in
You: or B) ......yeah, probably sneaking in.
You: 650 bands playing
Stranger: Hahaha, good luck with that! I wonder if I can 'sneak' on to a plane over there....... What do you reckon??
You: Hmmm.
You: *thinks of contacts*
You: Wasn't there a koala in a simpsons episode that hitches a ride to North America via the landing gear of an airplane? Well, I hear immigration in Australia isn't too picky about who hops their borders. . .
Stranger: Well now that you mention it I do have a koala costume in my closet........ and I'm thinking that might work. Great idea, thanks buddy!!
You: Yes - though they might wonder why Koalas are offloading from NZ, so i'd keep it in the suitcase until you reach land
You: BUT, I think you could masquerade successfully as an Chinese woman seeking political asylum?
Stranger: Oh, good point....................
You: like, float on over in a little row boat
You: get picked up by the coastguard: "Herro! Me so grad you found me!"
You: then, when their backs are turned, *poof* koala, and on your way to Toronto. Simple.
Stranger: HAHAH! You betcha! Wouldn't be too difficult... a little bit of makeup.... a little chinese costume... a rowboat.... a fake chinese accent... couple of paddles.... and a suitcase with my koala suit. Perfect.
You: the suitcase /makes/ it.
Stranger: I agree
Stranger: And then I'm gonna have to sneak into the festival though... will they let me in if I pull an innocent koala face? And I'm still in my koala suit? With my chinese makeup and accent?
You: Oh, totally
You: they'll think you're one of the indie band members
You: probably wouldn't think twice about letting in a chinese suitcase toting koala bear from New Zealand
Stranger: Exactly! Hey, i gotta go, great talking to someone whose not completely crazy/extremely horny on here for a change though =) Thanks!
You: Hey, no prob
You: any time you're in Canada, ask for "greg"
You: SOMEBODY will point you in a right direction
Stranger: Greg... got it. And if you're in NZ anytime soon ask for 'Kacee'. I'm not that hard to find, there's sign's everywhere...
You: Well, have a good evening Kacee!
Stranger: You too greg! I might see you around sometime!
