Kiva ad advertisement contest what is kiva video

Tasha and I teamed up to make this ad describing what Kiva does... Believe it or not, instead of hiring a child, I was able to imitate a child's drawing... and that dazzling radio voice is yours truly. As for the banjo, that's tasha.....'s choice...

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Whether you're impressed by my artwork, or think Kiva's a good cause: tell a friend today.

pohutukawa

i love the new zealand "christmas tree"... it's one of my favorite flowers over here...

how many sheets?

how many sheets are on your toilet paper roll?

NZ has 190.

it feels like i'm ALWAYS changing the roll.

earthquake: 4.8

yesterday i felt my second "big-to-me" earthquake in wellington. i was doing dishes (as good fiances do) and the whole room started shaking. the mirror on the wall hanging laundry shook, but nothing tipped over.

on the colorful earthquake depth map: i don't know what it means, but i think deeper earthquakes tend to be more severe?? this earthquake was just deep enough to put on the map.

sadly, the earthquake was not severe enough to get me out of doing the dishes.

the new pad

note the homemade curtain to hide clothes.


note the jack-a-lantern-flour-bag and home-made cushion


note the wine cozy shaped like a kimono

love letters

it's not the most romantic thing i've ever written, but we finished our 100 page fiance visa application today.

here's a breakdown of what love is... legally speaking...

wow. in deed.

wellington hosts the international wearable arts award show every year.

it is an event that always restores my faith in humanity. i love that one person's dream of being creative with fabric has caught on to a huge 10 day festival.

the show is fun, amazing, inspired... and there was a mini completely covered in mirror bits that dangled from the ceiling like a disco ball.

sweet as.


a stunningly beautiful butterfly.


a kid won the children's division by making this. how much help did he get from mom?


sonic is all grown up.


what do you mean i can't use the drive thru?


this is wood. (hope she doesn't smoke).

a day in the dumps

it's not your typical tourist destination, but yesterday i went to the wellington landfill because they have a "tip shop"... a used junk shop at the face of the dump.

landfills and scrap yards are just like the movies:
* huge, ugly, mean guard dogs that growled at me (check) (and check a second time)
* crazy man with 3 teeth missing and a scragly beard that calmed the dogs (check)
* birds ominously circling overhead (check)
* a faint smell of vomit that got stronger with each step (check)

the hillside around the dump was covered in gorse (prickly stickly hedging the english brought over) and pretty much every gorse plant had a plastic bag flying from it like a proud garbage flag.

the tip shop was disappointing (no USB keyboards or VGA cables)... and i certainly wasn't interested in buying barwear from it. but if i ever need a bike....

all in all, a huge success. visit your local tip today.

we made an offer

UPDATE::WE GOT THE PLACE AND MOVE IN ON FRI!







we made an offer on a tiny studio right in the middle of town. it has sucky windows and is small... but its fully furnished, available immediately and convenient to everything.