Month: April 2010

So so Austin

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So I’m in Jersey, I’ve been to New York all day. Photos will come. I’m going to go back about 5 weeks in the Fran-O-Matic Time Machine ™ and show you some photos from Austin Tx, and SXSW. This is the most obvious building in Austin. It’s the State Capital Building. This is 6th Street. That’s the main street where… Read more →

Telethon… The Earthquake part II

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So after this whole Earthquake thing, Chile decided to have a telethon to raise money to help itself. The telethon was titled “Chile Ayuda a Chile” (Chile help Chile). Now having grown up on New Zealand telethons, I expect a level of cheesiness and overall celebrities doing stupid things for money. In recent years telethons have been boring and drawn… Read more →

Chi-city

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http://www.formspring.me/francesrosey I’m pretty sure nobody reads this anymore… basically since the rss feed thing changed. I’m in Chicago. I am still working on writing about the last 6 weeks. Its a big effort. There is a school group sitting beside me talking in French. I learned a little French in Winnipeg. I had the national anthem of Canada sung to… Read more →

The Earthquake

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So here isn’t really an entry, its a mish mash of emails sent and altered slightly. I can’t really bring myself to write out a whole rant about it. I was with my two cousins in their apartment on the 10th floor when the earthquake hit. It was 3:45 or so in the morning. We had been at a roof… Read more →

Arts and Crafts in Victoria

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The weather got really crusty in Victoria for the long weekend. In avoidance of going outside we decided to do some stencil t-shirt making. My goal was clear, after a complete fail at finding an “I Heart Canada” t-shirt I had to make one. We had scoured all the tourist shops in Victoria, of which there are a lot; and… Read more →