Sunburned, sleepy and satisfied

[dendritejungle]

Mmmmmm. Posting from an internet cafe in Cairns on the Great Barrier Reef as I wait for a photo DVD to burn (4,000 pics and counting! The great tradition of photo insanity continues! \o/), and I'm full of pizza and sleepy from the snorkelling and dive today, and impressed that for the first time in almost two decades sun managed to sneak past my well-sunblocked fortifications. (For the record, it's not a bad burn: just one of those ones that will turn a lovely shade of brown in a couple of days.)

I'm kinda at a loss as to how to sum up Melbourne and the fair folk therein, particularly since my time here is short. Let me say that both missyjack and nixwilliams sure know how to show a girl a good time - particularly if that girl's tastes run towards superlative food, music, TV and of course company!

Oh god, people, the FOOD! MJ cooked this fish dish...*gestures helplessly trying to describe its awesomeness*...can I just say it was one of the best fish dishes I have ever had in my life? (And there were POTATOES TOO! I still had the grin on my face the next morning.)

Nix narrowed in on my love of fine chocolate, and was rewarded (whether he liked it or not, heh) with an up-close look at my infamous reactions to chocolate that have led friends to comment that I blur the fine line between sex and food. And this is to say nothing of Nix's own exceptional meal, and the many other fine repasts to which they took me. *whimpers in food-memory ecstasy*

...ack! There's more I wanted to say about Melbourne and its mavens and my time there, but there's a lineup so I have to run... :P

Comments

[audreyovisual.livejournal.com]

*whimpers*

*pulls self together*

OK, it all sounds phenomenal, and I can't wait to see you with any kind of tan. That will be a first.

I'm glad you're having such a great time!

[dendritejungle.livejournal.com]

*g* Really, it's not much of a tan. It amuses me that it took the freakin' TROPICS to get any sort of reaction from my skin - and I doubt you'll even be able to tell when you see me.

[neeuqdrazil.livejournal.com]

*grin*

4K photos? And you've still got a few days left?

You're slacking!

[dendritejungle.livejournal.com]

Hey, I managed to get another thousand or so in! I think I did pretty well. *beams*

[nixwilliams.livejournal.com]

HAVE FUN!

[dendritejungle.livejournal.com]

I DID - AND YOU ROCK!!1!1!

[eboniorchid.livejournal.com]

Oh, honey! I'm so glad you're having such an awesome time! I'm super jealous, but I know you'll have tons and tons of stories to share when you get back, so maybe I'll survive. :D

[dendritejungle.livejournal.com]

You definitely came up, and we both wished you were there. :( But don't forget, you get to meet MJ yourself in just a few short weeks - and at WinCon, no less! And I hear YOU have been quite busy in my absence and have your own set of stories. *grins gleefully* I can't WAIT to hear about them!

[themoderatrix.livejournal.com]

"Den blurs the fine line between sex and food."

To which the OTHER roomie replied, "There's a line?"

We were a good match ;-).

[dendritejungle.livejournal.com]

*g* You know, I was actually trying to figure out how to fit that line in when I wrote it, but the sentence was getting unwieldy and I was running out of time. I'm delighted, if not at all surprised, that our brains both went to that Best Reply Evar. A good match indeed! ;D

[missyjack.livejournal.com]

Have a wonderful time under the sea!

[dendritejungle.livejournal.com]

It was amazing - and, even better, I didn't puke this time! \o/ And may I say again, thank for for your wonderful hospitality. :D

[betgirl.livejournal.com]

It looks like your trip is going great. :D

[dendritejungle.livejournal.com]

It really, really was! I'm hoping to get the picspams up in the next week or so...

(And hee, love your icon! :D)

[betgirl.livejournal.com]

Cool. :)

That icon was made by nyaubaby. It was in her latest batch.

[soprano-yvonne.livejournal.com]

I ate a horrible "chocolate croissant" the other day and was thinking about how you'd be so ashamed of me. But really, it was the only thing left at Starbucks that time of night that looked appetizing. :P

[dendritejungle.livejournal.com]

*pats your hand understandingly* There, there. I've been reduced to the horrific ones now and again in extremis myself. So no worries - and I'm touched you were thinking of me! :)