The following are the new (with a couple old) nicknames in this blog. I will continually update this post and link the names I use to it. Next to each name is a refresher about who this person is in my life. :)
- BFA – Best Friend Australia – This boy makes me laugh SO much!! :) I met BFA in Vegas at the same time as Dd. BFA has been FANTASTIC since I’ve arrived and has made sure to check up on me and invite me out to do things. He’s awesome.
- Captain Charisma - super hot, maybe a bit superficial?, ok probably really superficial, intelligent, well read, ex-lawyer turned professional model. Fits the Bondi stereotype to a T. Told me one day, “You’re a lot cuter today than yesterday.” We hung out/went out a couple times but he is now in Europe for 2 months so it was a short lived fling. I kinda doubt I’ll see him when he gets back.
- Dd – Davide or Davishmay as the Most Important Utah Boy likes to say. You’d think MIUB wouldn’t get jealous but he does. I met Davide in Vegas and visited him in May. He is a fantastic friend and I have only the highest regard for him.
- CommitmentPhobe - Aw… the original commitmentphobe – can’t tell you much about him yet – but he’s a peach!
- Dr. Sarcastic – very attractive ex-psychologist turned professional head hunter, hates everything Bondi because of the superficiality. Also well read and intelligent. Oh and he’s SUPER funny.
- Flicker Fingers - teacher at school who is absolutely insane. She’s my favorite teacher because she’s so scatter brained that watching her flick her fingers and listening to her hold conversations with herself in the midst of a lecture captures my entire attention. Never found listening to a lecture easier.
- My Flattie – gorgeous Norwegian. She is actually Dd’s roommate but I lived with her while he is away in Africa.
- Most Important Utah Boy – his self-proclaimed title. If I had given the nickname I wouldn’t have limited it to just Utah … :( so sad for me. I really liked him (key word “liked” which is past tense) – even though he’s a negligent jerk who has decided he’s having a mid-life crisis and needs to get married asap. Which means instead of being single when I get home in November – he hopes to be engaged to SOME OTHER GIRL – most likely one he hasn’t even met yet!!! Dr. Sarcastic said I should have told MIUB that I really liked him – as in like – liked him, liked him. As in – I would have been happy to not date other people … but then MIUB found out that I have a crush on him and that may have ruined the fun … plus I can’t wait around forever and that’s why I have people like Captain Charisma and the new guy who doesn’t have a nickname yet in my life – they’re GREAT distractions. ;)
- Professor BBC – This was the original Anti-American teacher. He’s the one who basically said, “Americans are taught to think God likes them better than everyone else, don’t they Daisy?” He also teaches that former PM Blair should be prosecuted as if he were Hitler. Very extreme guy who used to work as an international correspondent for the BBC. He’s maybe 40ish – pretty good looking. Overall I like him (now that he’s coming to his senses that is.) ;)
- Samantha – the GPS unit in Dd’s car. She and I often have little domestic disputes and because she is SO immature she throws little temper tantrums at me all of the time. Seriously – you’d think when I don’t follow her directions that maybe the world had come to an end. Instead of just saying “Recalculating” in that weird computer voice of hers like a NORMAL GPS unit, she shuts down, ignores me and restarts. What a baby! I pretty much hate you Samantha! yeah that’s right – I hate you! ;)
- Scary Scary Freaky Boy - He really is scary. He won’t leave me alone. He constantly contacts me even though I ignore him. I met him at church – of all places – oh roll my eyes. He goes beyond a minor annoyance and now I honestly find him disturbing.
- The MAN – I’ve finally given the New Guy Who Doesn’t Have A Nickname Yet – and it’s the MAN. Why? Because I have nothing negative to say about this guy. He does everything right. He’s patient, hot, in shape, intelligent, likes to do boy things, adventurous and funny. He also wants to have a family one day and blah blah blah – he’s all man and yeah … he’s a nice guy.
.. hates everything Bondi because of the superficiality.
I like him already.
Have lived there 4 times, worked there 4 times and even went to school in a neighbouring suburb.
Bondi is probably the worst beach side suburb in Sydney for so many more reasons than its superficiality.
Really? Do tell! Everyone I meet from Bondi absolutely loves it here (though of course they are biased.) And except for the complaints that everyone is shallow – I haven’t heard the scoop on Bondi.
Wow, where do I begin?
I think what makes Bondi such a strange place is that anybody who has seen the coast line of New South Wales, particularly in Sydney, will tell you that Bondi feels so out of place. The beach is often dangerous and full of unwelcoming people, overly crowded and very pissy in regards to the atmosphere.
I’ve lived in Sydney for 25 years, and as you can tell from my old photo-blog I have a particular eye for detail when it comes to this city. I’m not saying I’ve seen it all, noone can say that, but when you ask a true Sydney sider where a good place to spend a beautiful, warm day is you don’t often hear the words Bondi.
A thousand apologies if you’re living there at the moment. For an outsider I’m sure it is a great place. I grew up out west, spent years East (Bondi and neighbouring suburbs) and now live North.