Two Worlds, Two Cats

Who can make the most fug face?







Aussie cat
















Chinese cat that resides in America

Semi-hiatus

Taking a little blog pause for my "spring break" trip back home to the mothership for my friend Ashley's wedding in Mexico. Currently sitting in my childhood room with my beast of a cat and it is good. Here is a little photo montage to celebrate some of the nice things about America.






Beer in the grocery store.























Tacky American Patriotism.
















The crazies that live here.

















The ability to make junk food even more junkier.


















Parties with my dad. (Ok that is not my dad, I found it online, but it looks JUST like him)















(Real dad, see the resemblance?)















Latin American fast food.












Not so great: coming home to find out even the Rays have sold out

Lack of Patty's

No one here gives a shit about St. Patrick's day.

WOMADelaide

For my birthday, my boyfriend (there, Allie!!!!) got us tickets to the World of Music and Dance Festival. The fest took place a full month after my bday but it was well worth the wait.

We saw a French jazz artist, a one-man-band from Aus, a soul group from Egypt, Ana Moura who is a famous Portuguese Fado singer, Fefe who is a French hip-hop/soul act, a large Cuban ensemble, and many more. It was cool to be take in music that I know I otherwise would not expose myself to. And the crowd watching was lots of fun as hippies tend to put on a good side show!

Drive through the HIlls

On Sunday morning we thought we would get breakfast in the hills. One hour and one huge ass rocking horse later we were starving and car sick but the view sure was beautiful.







I choose to believe that that alpaca is sleeping.

Adelaide Cup Day

Well Monday was a public holiday in only a few of Australia's states, including mine. Ours was because of the Adelaide Cup Horse Races which proves that horses are good for something.

Just when I was starting to come around and give them another chance, I stumbled upon this a$hole over the long weekend on a drive through the hills:

A much-larger-than-necessary-fug-novelty-tourist-trap which is also called the "Big Rocking Horse."

Part of a wooden toy factory and a wildlife park, the Big Rocking Horse in the Adelaide Hills stands at over 18 metres tall and weighs more that 25 tonnes. Designed by David McIntosh, it took eight months to build at a cost of over $100,000.

What a waste.

Now this is a part of a much larger Australia-wide phenomenon known as the "Big Things." According to the old Wikir snapper:

"The Big Things of Australia are a loosely related set of large structures or sculptures. There are estimated to be over 150 such objects around the country, the first being the Big Scotsman in Medindie, Adelaide, which was built in 1963.

Most Big Things began as tourist traps found along major roads between destinations.

The big things have become something of a cult phenomenon, and are sometimes used as an excuse for a road trip, where many or all Big Things are visited and used as a backdrop to a group photograph. Many of the big things are considered works of folk art and are being heritage-listed."


Aside from seeing the horse monstrosity, you can also travel around in search of the "Big Ant," the "Big Beer Can," the "Big Potato" (which is particularly ugly), "The Big Boxing Crocodile," "The Sausage King," the "Big Captain Cook" and much much more. See the full list of silliness here.

And I thought Texas had a penchant for all things big.

Number 1 Animal Killer of Humans

If you had to guess, which Aussie Animal would you suspect kills the most humans every year?












Spiders?


















SNAKES?!





















Sharks?!!?!?















Crocs!!??



























Sting Rays???









If you guessed any of the above, you are wrong. It is the horse. Horses are bastards. They smell, eat tons of food and then take huge craps, throw people around like rag dolls, make annoying noises, paralyze people, screw you over at the track and stomp on skulls like I do bubble wrap. When will people stop messing with these beasts and treating them any differently than cows or yaks?







Psycho Killer