ninety.

"australian gate guards and other misc events over the last week and a half"

i knew her before the last week and a half
almost four months now
maybe five
and i always thought she was german from the way her hair was gray and the way her face was crusty
but then i heard her say 'barb'

which is in many ways a similar word to the popular 'barbie'
as in 'throw another shrimp on the barbie'
which i never thought was polite
wouldnt ken get mad if his girlfriend (gf) was covered in shrimp all the time?
do they call that a pearl necklace or am i mistaken?

anyway so she said 'barb'
my mother's name
and i realized she was an ian-thorpe-loving-muriels-wedding-attending AUSSIE
and i couldnt have been more excited (or excepted which is what i originally typed)
i mean remember when that aborigine girl won the 400 in sydney

her name was kathy freeman
i looked it up
and how to spell 'aborigine'
fuck edukation