New Zealand/November Updates

I seem to have the uncanny ability of attracting assholes, without even doing anything.

Maybe because I'm a bit of an asshole myself...Not proud of it, but there's not much I can do about it except to try not to be an asshole, but most of the time I don't even realize I'm being an asshole. I blame my asshole-villain constantly living in my head. Because I really can't think of any other reason as to why I'm the same way at times. But in every case, I have a good reason for it. Usually because someone has annoyed me and I feel the need to spite them by being a bit of an ass to them.
_{Especially when I'm accused of shit I didn't even do, such as somehow causing problems for people...when I haven't even said a word to them in over a month.}

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Speaking of assholes...
I've been working on another revision of Book 1 (until I finally got Pokemon Sun in the mail and have been playing my ass off for the past 3 days), and I think this might be the last draft because Ludey is finally turning out to be a very cunning, cruel asshole in it, which is exactly what I wanted.

My plan for this book is to make the readers really hate him...And then I make him adorable and likable in Book 2!
_{He's still adorable to me either way, though...Especially because he's been dishing out some really funny lines~}

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I HAS A LOCAL JOB AT A GROCERY STORE NAO!  

I'ma be a checkout person.   I'm to start this week, but they're supposed to call me to confirm what day...And they haven't done that yet. I've had my New Zealand SIM card in for the past 2 days and still no calls...Not even a voicemail. If I don't hear from them by Wednesday, I'm going to go over there again and see if we can schedule a day in person. My UK friend in town is planning to book a "Glass-bottom Boat" ride next week, but I don't know my work schedule yet...We'll get to see all kinds of pretty sea creatures under the boat! Maybe dolphins or orcas! AND MAYBE EVEN CUTE PENGUINS!

I've updated my New Zealand bucket-list, with notes as to where I could go to do them:

• Hobbiton and other Hobbit/LoTR locations
• Lake Tekapo/Lake Pukaki (South Island)
  
• ATV riding (Queenstown/Taupo)
• Horse riding DONE
  
• Waterfall rappelling (Auckland: AWOL Canyoning Adventures)
• Hike an active volcano (Tongariro)
• Hot air-balloon ride (Hamilton)
• Snorkeling (Hahei/Great Barrier Island)
• Zip-lining (Rotorua)
• Geysers/hot springs (Taupo/Rotorua)
• Drive a car
• Drive/ride a car into the car ferry (Cook Strait; I've never been in one, so I wanna try that!)
  
• Helicopter ride
  
• Milford Sound
• White Island (Active volcano guided walk; I could hit 2 birds with 1 stone on this one, if I take a helicopter ride to the island!)

And to save up enough monies as much as I can, I'm going to see if I can ask my NZ friend if I could borrow their son's car for a few weeks or so, if it's available. If not, I'm going to look into getting cheap bus rides to these places, stay there for a day or two, and then travel on. And maybe, if possible, I can be a wwoofer at some of the accommodation places while I stay there. That way, the only things I would need to pay for are gasoline (if I have a car), food, and touristy stuff!