There are moments that time slows down and the universe asks you to think very very carefully about what you say next. When I was younger I just tossed off clever ripostes – I never thought about the landing only the launching
So, I fired up the Spotify, got the Wiggles on and played the Hokey Pokey really loud. Everyone in the intersection, including me, stopped what we were doing and did the hokey pokey. With masks and smiling eyes. I got in my car and drove on to pick up other riders.
This one fellow gets into the car early Sunday morning. Very flirty, very cute. Chatting me up, I imagine just for the sport of it. Just because he can. Practice even. Let’s call him Sonny.
Of the process I went through analysing all the different countries I could possibly move to. About my spreadsheet and the quality of life analysis that I spent quite a lot of time researching like a big weirdo nerd.
“Still going” she said “I need to do a quick change and head out again – and like a movie star starts zhuzzing herself in the back seat. She had long, blonde hair and she was wearing a headband. Her name was Alice.
I went out driving tonight and to say that it’s been surreal is somewhat of an understatement. Lots of people out and about and the area is huge, so some long rides, some short rides and a lot of bogan types high-beamin’ me to go faster.
So I was delighted on one Sunday morning,early afternoon when I picked up a lovely, very chilled out looking woman with the most gorgeous shades of blue in her hair.
It was Crate Day, the New Zealand holiday – every year held on the first Saturday of December. Participants are encouraged to drink a whole crate of beer.
I wrote to them and I said, “Look, I said this guy needs to be informed of what the real rule is and he also needs to be spoken to because actually, you’ve got a vigilante and that was fairly unnerving.
There are moments that time slows down and the universe asks you to think very very carefully about what you say next. When I was younger I just tossed off clever ripostes – I never thought about the landing only the launching
Yeah, I really- I really miss her. There’s nobody. Nobody like her.”
Dear Sophia: I have a private client, a lovely woman who travels a lot …
Dear Sophia: It used to be that no matter who they were or where …
So, I fired up the Spotify, got the Wiggles on and played the Hokey Pokey really loud. Everyone in the intersection, including me, stopped what we were doing and did the hokey pokey. With masks and smiling eyes. I got in my car and drove on to pick up other riders.
“Leave it to me” I said flooring it “I’m basically a traffic superhero”. I was bragging – it was a dark, rainy Monday and no one was around anyway.
This one fellow gets into the car early Sunday morning. Very flirty, very cute. Chatting me up, I imagine just for the sport of it. Just because he can. Practice even. Let’s call him Sonny.
Of the process I went through analysing all the different countries I could possibly move to. About my spreadsheet and the quality of life analysis that I spent quite a lot of time researching like a big weirdo nerd.
He said “Ask me about my wildest night out” I did and then “In Oamaru?” My voice rising slightly at the end.
“Still going” she said “I need to do a quick change and head out again – and like a movie star starts zhuzzing herself in the back seat. She had long, blonde hair and she was wearing a headband. Her name was Alice.
Dear Sophia: I picked up a nice fellow today from the Sylvia Park dining …
Dear Sophia: I thought he wanted the whole woman, but he was only after …
They were a little bit over the line towards elderly and had clearly had a good day out.
She launched into unfaltering Hebrew. In New Plymouth. I was pretty gobsmacked.
All he said was “This was scarier”
I went driving tonight and picked up a really drunk guy in Courtney Place, ground zero for Wellington party culture.
I went out driving tonight and to say that it’s been surreal is somewhat of an understatement. Lots of people out and about and the area is huge, so some long rides, some short rides and a lot of bogan types high-beamin’ me to go faster.
I was shaking, but didn’t know why. He was an ideal rider and paid quite a lot of money for that ride. What was my problem?
So I was delighted on one Sunday morning,early afternoon when I picked up a lovely, very chilled out looking woman with the most gorgeous shades of blue in her hair.
She has the most interesting story. And I said,”Tell me?”
He was blond, blue-eyed, bearded – about thirty maybe – in short, a Pakeha jeebus.
Jacinda tells us to “Be Kind” Tea Towels, T shirts, Bags, Facebook memes, Cinderella – all exhort us to “Be Kind”
My days without underpants are charting really, really well.
Mrs. Betty Tasmania’s Tikihi recipe:
It’s nuts to launch a website during a global pandemic.
“Have fun storming the castle” I yelled, mixing fairy tales.
If you are willing to listen you can learn a lot in 12 minutes.
She is a sexy, blonde, badass West Aucklander and she wanted me to take her husband, who I hadn’t met, to the clinic.
Thank you for calling out to me Aotearoa.
Happy New Year Sophia
Dear Sophia: It was early Saturday morning and when I stopped to pick up …
I laughed as they waved me through
It was Crate Day, the New Zealand holiday – every year held on the first Saturday of December. Participants are encouraged to drink a whole crate of beer.
He laughed and said “I do a lot of things different. Do you know that I was the first person to fly an American flag after 9/11?”
It was that time of night where you make most of your bad decisions and none of your best.
“You must think I’m a nut” she said
“I’m not going to get charged am I?” I replied “for a trip to Spain? From New Zealand? No.
“And what was your most memorable experience in New York?
Dear Sophia: I picked him up from a train station in South Auckland I …
“So my mom never tells me not to do drugs – she tells me all about the drugs that she did in the 1980s.”
She said self-deprecatingly “Oh, I’m just an Administrative Assistant”
I wrote to them and I said, “Look, I said this guy needs to be informed of what the real rule is and he also needs to be spoken to because actually, you’ve got a vigilante and that was fairly unnerving.
She’s someone’s Nana, in New Zealand and I’m hearing American propaganda. It is very fucking disturbing.
It was very hot, and a very busy day in UberLand
We started talking and she asked me about my family – so far away.