How Jewish Christmas is ruined in Australia

So the usual Chinese food and a movie doesn't work here in Australia.  I'm not saying that it's impossible, only that it's much more convienent in the States.

Back home, all the new movies come out on Christmas Day, so it's exciting to go to the movies, and be non-Christian.  However, in Australia, all the new movies come out on Boxing day (the day after Christmas), because Aussies celebrate Christmas on the 25th.  Therefore, there's no point in going to see movies the day before all the big Christmastime releases come out.

Oy.

I had fun anyways, going to Bondi Beach with all of the Couchsufers in Sydney and around the world.  I met some Americans (from Boston!), a girl from Luxembourg that speaks 6 languages (wow.), and a bunch of awesome people that I drank with. What else are you going to do on the beach when it's raining?

Go in the ocean, of course.  Bloody cold, surrounded by jellyfish, a state of soberness was achieved instantly.  Pretty fun though.  And then 40 of us go to some random house and party until 3AM.  Good times.

And that's the beautiful thing about Couchsurfing.  In the span of 5 hours, you go from being with a bunch of strangers to an instant group, where nobody is excluded, and everyone has a good time.  I've met over 50 couchsurfers so far, and every single one is interesting and ridiculously kind and giving.  Something I have to get more into back in the states (Mom... volunteering the house...) =)

Anyways, time to get beaten in chess.  Housesitting tomorrow for a German couple going to Canberra for a few days.  I have to take care of the cat, a lazy creature that spends more time on his back than any cat I've ever seen.  Should be fun to torture...