I have not written in a long time perhaps I have been side tracked.....

I'm being a bad girl at work right now by typing this entry...It's a good thing my bosses are pretty cruisy and probably do not care-they are not that "un-lazy" anyhow...

So I suppose my little plans and ideas have changed quite a lot in the past -1-2--3---4---5--6 six months??

I was going to go home for Canadian summer but instead started up my own little business here in Nelson, got side tracked looking at clovers, working, and other randomness.

Upon looking at my hours at work, I figured it is probably time to speed up my savings with another job one day. So I started my own little business 'funzoprise' or something like that. I've been selling hula hoops, and jewellery at the markets here in Nelson. It's great, and after riding my bike from one end Nelson to the other then back again. I've been enjoying it.....I like to keep busy and I figure it's good to invest my time into something that will pay off in the future. I made fliers and have been biking around putting them in peoples mail boxes...bla bla...So it's real good stuff. I don't have a camera still, but I'll take a picture of my stand with a borrowed camera hopefully by next week..I'm pretty proud of it it looks pretty sweet....

Anyways after my visa runs out on Nov, 9th I'm going to head to oz again....Gonna stay in Melbourne for summer and then uhmmm maybe Asia for a few months before I head home to visit Canada summer....no plans set in stone....just really playing it by ear..

Anyways my shift is done now....So I'm going just thought I would say hello

hug hug muah
Chrissy Funzo

I have been lazy with my blog.......As beautiful as life is sometimes I get distracted


by handsome boys walking down the street
with duck feeding ladies
to bump in to and meet

four leaf clovers you find on your way
to leave nelson for more then a day?


Actually I'm not really in the market for a poetry today,. please don't judge me))- haha..I was more keen on the idea of just having a quicky blog seshie....

So bla bla bla, in Nelson it's been the same stuff only better and better every day. One thing that was different and memorable was going to this expressive dance class on the weekend. It's so up my alley it's great. It's basically a free dancing play group. The organizers put some music on and you just move around as you feel. You get to roll on the floor, and do all these partner activities too. It was actually really amazing, when I go back to Nelson I want to go back and play with all the flower children...

...I decided yesterday to run away and play for a week or two....I had some time off work anyways and figured I haven't really left the top part of the south island since the end of December....

So I jumped in my friends car, and then hitched the second half to CHCH...It's cool being back here but I'm looking forward to Queenstown tomorrow....I booked a bus...and off I go at 7:10 in the morning tomorrow....


Anyways I have a mix between 43208402384028 pages to write and what is already written above....So I think I will go until I have something more specific to talk about....

*mwah*

Love
Chrissy Funzo

Time conception is way off...as I thought I wrote in here either

a) a year ago
b) Yesterday

hmm Maybe I shouldn't have ate all that powdered gravy I found in the parking lot... Especially after I was sent on the mail run after stamp licking duty...

But alas, I'm completely slacking at work right now...I actually did work hard(ish) up until now though. You can only work so hard in retail I suppose. It was quite cute because my awesome co-worker Sarah and I looked at each other pondering to ourselves

What should we do now?

We both knew the answer as we gazed into eachothers eyes....We were clearly over work....pftt So we took our sweet selves to "OOT Da back to veg and dream of genies and tap dancing potatoes.

So here we sit pretty as I type in my neglected blog, and she sits on her special chair reading some article about erotic blogs (or something-I didn't look that carefully)....Sara is my favourite person to work with here in bottle-o land. We have that comfort thing happening that sometimes we just communicate with really stupid noises. She also has been currupting my fragile little mind...You know what I'm talking about Miss. Trotter!!!

So lets see...Life is cruisy as always, I don't really have any new news I suppose. I'm back at Paradiso my sweet sweet nectar of a home. I ditched the house keeping bizz and am now a night porter. I like it because of the following reasons.

1) I get to make the soup -for anyone who knows me they know I"m kinda passionate about soup...At the moment we dont' have any stock though, which is catastrophic. I prey that people will leave things behind that I can use...usually it works...I try to apply the law of attraction

2)I get paid to hang out only do a little extra cleaning and make the soup (see reason #1)

3) I get to play and work at the same time

4) Now I get two nights accommodation + 30.00$ a night ...Much sweeter then making the beds every morning uhh

Anyways you don't really need to know any more reasons do you???

The main thing is that I'm happy and all is good

So I'm still working @ Liquor King, and doing the promo stuff on the side...bla bla work is not that exciting.....

I'm stoked because this weekend is J day in Mot, and I have the weekend off. So I'm going with a few earthy people to play in the dirt and eat lots of salad, with other sprout loving peeps...Ohh It's going to be sweet....!!!!

okay so now I don't think I have anything else to say but am pleased with myself that this little article passed 8 minutes of my slack time

*mwah to the world wherever you are*

Love
Chrissy Funzo

I"ll make this quick because I only have 15 minutes online as I have a face book addiction...

Face book really is like digging a hole...the more friends you add, the more you write. Making the hole deeper and deeper. Right now I can still see the sunlight and the developed world, but it's only a matter of time. I could quit now, but it's too late I feel...I do enjoy myself though and that's what counts.......ahh those who use it will understand....

I'm getting kidnapped by my friend Lu tomorrow and will eventually head back to Nelson...

Riverside was great and I'll write more about it later, however I think I secretly miss Nelson and my home Paradiso...

Life has been real slack here...Ive mainly been playing with weeds in the mud, and hanging out...I think I have used this time as some cleansing self reflection time. This is a really good thing, as I really haven't done this since I have left home (nov/06).....I haven't really been that enticed by social situations, and have mainly done reading, writing, and arithmetic (j/k I hate maths). Anyways life is good the maxi pad life is real boring-as, however I've gotten good at putting myself in a trance like state between talking to women on their monthly friends.

I write poems, draw portraits of the products (I'll post a picture of it eventually), crosswords, sudoku, reading magazines/books, do my reporting, and just daydream about random silly/sexy situations. I kinda make it real cheesy and take the piss about it too, because some people with a good sense of humour will find it funny....I have my whole "shpeal" so down pack now that I could sell a value pack of pads to an 80 year old woman.....

Anyways that's my story in a nut shell....I'm not sure what I'm going to do with the rest of my day now...I hitched to town, and ditched woofing for the day...I'm a bad girl (yes...yes I am)....I'll make it up tomorrow maybe?? I'm just over it.....and wanted to play...like I said I've never been this slack in my life....Canada would be dissapointed....

But I"m proud

So meh meh meh...

Love:

ChrissyFunzo

Productive runaways with ducks and sparkles landing everywhere


I have kidnapped myself from Nelson and ran away to Motueka.

It was kinda weird leaving Nelson, as I don't really feel like I'm leaving. I know I have to go back to pick up some of my stuff I left, but I am more interested in settling in MOt for a while. We had a big C party, on Saturday.

Like the P party it was when you have to dress up as something that starts with a C. I was really impressed by the turnout. I dressed up as chess and checkers, I'll post pictures eventually when they get sent to me. I got sand in my camera so it is now 'ca-put'.

Tomorrow I think I"ll call Liquor king and tell them I'm not coming back. I think they will understand ,they know about me and my kiwi princesses dribble drabble. Maybe one day I'll come back and I can work casually again. I'll see how I go, I think now that I"m out I should just keep going. When your travelling you always want to do something different, it becomes like a healthy addiction.

Mot is just as lovely as I left it after New years. Full of nice murals on the walls and one of my favourite playgrounds behind the New World. I scored a push bike a week from a friend that I can borrow for the month. It kinda feels like when you first get to borrow your parents car at the age of 16/17ish. I got a new seat cover for it, along with a basket today.I put a green butterfly and some flowers on it as well. I feel like that show pimp my ride, except it's pimp my bike, and my bike is pimped semi cool. I should ice the wheels and get gold teeth, I'll smile at everyone and it will be so bright people will be like oooo eclipse

..haha wtf I could ride to Nelson if I felt so inclined...It would probably just take 4-5 hours or something. Anyways I push biked to Riverside Community in the morning. It was a good 35 minutes, but I coasted and enjoyed the ride. There was no need for gunning it, especially as I didn't know where it was.There are a million apple/pear orchards on the way. I love how on the road there are big bags of apples, with a money box. I don't really think I have ever seen that except in the Nelson/Tasman district. People are so un trusting almost everywhere else, which is unfortunate. That's probably why I like it here so much, it's open and free flowing.

Back to Riverside!!

I didn't get to see too much of it, but the vibes and people seem real good. I spoke to an older lady with long grey hair namedVarana (sp?). I was directed through a secret path, past a house with heaps of neatly stacked jug bottles. Past the house and sorta by a caravan there was abeautiful mural where she stood talking sweetly to another lady. I was told that if I come tomorrow they can sort something out for me. I'm real happy about that as they told me there would be no space last week when I called them. It just goes to show you in life that when you keep trying nothing can stop you. All the Germans in the hostel were like nooo they are full they are full...I showed them didn't I....???

So all I need to do tomorrow is score a ride and then I'm in. I know I'm going to love it there.....Farm work can be fun, and the people all seem real artzy and museli....
I had my first day of my random job today. It's through the promo company, and like the ham job it's @ the New World. It's a promo for Stayfree maxi pads.I hang out by the maxis and if a woman is buying one then I can offer her a coupon so she gets free pads. It's pretty funny I think. One man came up to me and was all excited thinking I was giving away something cool. I told him it was for Stayfree and he looked at me like a deer in the headlights. After pointing to the pads and tampons his face lost it's expression an d he got all red in the face. The end dragged so I kept playing these dumb games in my head, and guessing what people would have in their cart before they passed me. It's interesting seeing what people consume, maybe by the end of the promo I'll be real good at guessing what people are about to put in their bodies...haha...
Anyway I think my work is done here I'm super excited about my new home and friends.....It's going to be great
LoveloveloveloveChrissy Funzo

The Beach

Today was a very interesting day.
If life were a book I think a page must have been turned, and I am about to jump to the next chapter in this exciting planet we call earth.

The honest truth is that lately I have been taking a long look life in general around me. Some days I wake up and feel the sparkles & joy so intensely that I feel like I could throw up (in a good way). I think I’ve always been this way, which I am so thankful for. I love Nelson so much that it makes me almost cringe to leave. I could easily live here forever. I could stay here and never feel that burning urge to move and do something different. I am blessed with the mountains, people, and all the opportunities I am given. Nelson is the type of place that has an amazing balance between all the things I cherish in life. The whole south island is wholesome like a hearty piece of pumpernickel bread, however the top of the south has some extra seeds sprinkled on top.

Last week I decided I’m moving to Motueka and do some random mystery job, and live @ riverside community. I haven’t decided what I will do after the two weeks of the mystery job is over. I think I will figure that out as I get there. I feel as though I am cruising down a nice steam in a kayak with my dainty paddle. I think it’s important in life to paddle in the direction you want to go, but to always be open if the current decides to take you somewhere different. That’s what my cruising has been like since I left home, and I will continue doing forever.
Despite my happiness, I sometimes feel that most of what is currently around me is a little plastic. I have made amazing friends, and keep myself real busy with a balance of activities and arts. Paradiso has been one of the best experiences in my life, but I feel that it is time to run-away and kidnap myself in a productive manner. I know that riverside will be full of people that have the same common interests, and I can focus on things that are more wholesome. I will miss all the luxuries I have here, but I think that this job offer has been a sparkle that fell on my lap, and can only lead to a magical storm of more to come.
(I’ll get to the point of the story now)

Myself and all my lovely Paradiso buddies went to the beach after woofing today. We had a game of twister, I snuck off and hula hooped in a secret spot, and then had a giggle inducing seshie on the hoops with Ashley and Lu. A gleeful skip to the ocean was in order afterwards. After a few cartwheels and laps in the bay I was walking back to my friends to do whatever activities our creative minds could come up with. As I was walking back I saw this man about the age of 60(ish) and said hello. I think I’ll have a really hard time explaining in words what our conversation was like, and I will try my best .

His name is John and he is a Pastor, who has a wife and two daughters. He was oringonally from the states, and moved here with his family. He has been blessed with ‘the gift’ and is very wise in the secrets of life. Within 10 minutes of our conversation he said a million things that were so bang on as to how I am feeling about life, and everything inbetween. I think he felt my passion about certain things and amplified it by a million. It was as if he sensed most of what I had in my head and brought it out in a beautifully packaged way.

We talked about everything and anything, and a little inbetween. Our joy for life, the secret to happiness, and the purpose of our lives, along with things I want to improve and work on. It felt like something that would happen in a movie, as someone was walking through a forest with little sparkly fluffs falling from the trees (in pretty beach form). If I were to close my eyes and he would have disappeared I don’t think I would have even been that shocked, as he was almost like a reincarnation of some kind of higher being. Everything that was said was meaningful and full of thoughtfulness. All together we probably walked around for an hour, and I really lost track of time. By the time I got back my friends were kinda freaking out and were about to call the cops, as I had been gone for so long without saying good bye. I felt real bad, as I know I shouldn't’t wander off like such a cat, but it honestly felt as though I had gone through a time portal and I was just walking in utopia with a Jesus figure or something. On account of me worrying my friends so much, I had to give a little bit of an abrupt good-bye which was unfortunate. He gave me a bunch of interesting pages to read, along with his # and addy. I think tomorrow I want to call just to thank him for everything, and would love to go and have dinner with his family sometime.

New Zealand is such a lovely place, and I love how open people are here. It is honesty like I was born to be here, I can’t imagine living in a world where people don’t smile at each other and are just so focused in their newspaper on the subway anymore. John and I talked about that as well. How some people will always see the bad things in people, and others will see the good. It’s unfortunate when people get shut off, and are not willing to share with each other. I think the real small things in my mind that have been inspiring me to make some changes must have drawn that man to me to guide me. I don't know what I believe in when it comes to religion. I think I jus believe in my own religion (Chrissyology) with a mix of buddism. I definetely believe this was an act of magic from the sky. Some people are special and you can see that right away, I feel blessd to have met him. I believe in the law of attraction and am convinced that this was an act of the universe giving me a push in the right direction. I remember my Mom had that poem called footprints in our bathroom, which was real lovely. I was reminded of that, even though I dno’t really remember exactly how it goes. Any insecurities I may have had (as minuscule as they may have been) have vanished into thin air after talking to John. I’m not really an active religious person, but I defentely believe that there is something out there that looks after everyone, and the sparkles will always lead the way. This has been one of those situations.
As I said before it’s real hard to explain the experience, but I just really felt it was blog worthy as it really inspired me to continue on in sparkly ways in the magical world of life. There are so many things that I want to accomplish in life. It's like when people say one day your going to wake up and your going to die. I would like to at least die knowing that I spread as much sunshine as I could, and helped the world. It's time for a change and last night I could hardly sl eep because I"m getting excited.

I’ll keep you updated as to how riverside goes. I think I will love it there, and be able to spread some productive sunshine.
This has been the longest blog entry ever?
At least in mine I think it is...
A special entry for a special day
Love your neighbours and keep playing everyone

Dance like noone is watching
Love:
Chrissy

Today is a good day like any other

as usual in the lovely land of Nelson

Reasons could include :

Today is a beautiful sunny day

Today was the Trolley Derby on Collingwood Street

Heaps of festivities seep from the walls and my pores, as I celebrate nothing and everything

Today is also kinda a nice day because I discovered that I can go online from the tills at work. It's been pretty steady tonight, so somemes people will walk by and see me drawring obscure things on paintbrush, or looking up silly things on answerbag.com - a great website to play around when you are bored.

Today seems to be going a little slower then usual, as my duties seem limited tonight. The lady I'm working with has heaps of paper work in the back. This makes me kinda stuck at the till. However I am not frowning about this situation. Oh no, indeed I smile as I get to stand like a flamingo and type about my thoughts and feelings - sorta. Sometimes at work I think it's important to be creative to enjoy every breath I take. Like wearing goofy glasses, seeing how long you can stand on one leg without having to switch, seeing how many pens you can fit in your hair- OH the opportunities are endless when you work at a Cruise bottle shop .

So I'm not really too sure what else is new.....Life is good in general...I keep myself busy with a variety of activities and shenanigans. I got offered a 13 day gig in Motueka from March 17-30th. It's pretty sweet and I couldn't turn it down. I actually don't even know what it is, other then it's some promotion. I think I'm just handing out some random stuff. I get my accommodation payed for and get twice as much as the liquor king though so dayam...how could I turn it down ?

At the same time I think I will miss Nelson in ways....How gay is that??? I have never lived somewhere that I love so much it's weird. At the same time though I'm super stoked to do something different, make new friends, and kidnap myself to a land of mystery. I also daydream about going to riverside community for a while as well.

My friend told me about riverside/tui community which is just outside of Golden Bay. I could probably write a book about my friend-and most of my friends at Paradiso. But I will just take it one at a time. His name is Deirmid -An Irish lad who has a lovely way of looking at stuff, along with amazing travels, and life experience. He has lived a heap of places, and has practiced yoga for the last ten+ years. He moved to India and tells me the most lovely stories. You know when the sky is particularly beautiful and you look up at it with this happy childish grin on you face? Well that is how I feel when I think about all the stuff he has done. He will just be hanging out at the pool sometimes and break out into these crazy head stands. Such a random guy, but we think similar in many aspects and is very good company. The point I was trying to get at is that he tells me about all these communities that I want to go to. Basically you work for three hours and get all your meals, and accommodation for free. It's real good food too, organic and all. You also learn a lot of things how to live off the land. Generally the people that go there are quite earthy and granola as well. Artsy types that love to play, run around and be childish. I find myself gazing up at the sky often and fantasising about things like that. Passionately kidnapping myself and running to a land of Museli. I love Nelson a lot, but it's fun to toy around with the imagination. I also think about Asia and India a lot. I know I would love the randomness, of them, It would be fun to have more of a culture shock.

Anyways I think my rambling is done now....

Happy Saturday

Love

Chrissy Funzo

Finding Starfish @ the beach

@ the mussel Inn I reckon the best pub in NZ (the stewwy island pub is a close call though)

@ the beach with Lu

Patrice and I somewhat on the way to Farewell Spit

The ladies @ the lookout point on the way up the mountain

PuPu springs....The picture doesn't look too impressive but it is the cleanest water in the world

The cool mirror thingy @ pupu springs

Lu hooking the sisters up with water, dancing is hard work

Visiting Lu @ work @ the Vic rose

Bratworst and Beer

On the party bus with bugsy the cupid

P the bee and Janice the Genie

Being silly and festive

Goofy check out @ the FC (fresh choice)

Group shot of most of the woofers

Bea dresses up as grapes the head band owned the party deck I reckon

In the cheese isle with P

Beer Isle with Bratworst

Giving cranberry white chocolate shortbread out to strangers = fun

Baking cookies in the kitch with Patrice my wicked Irishadian Roomie

A stop by at work to pick up supplies

Sausage ISLE!!!!!

T'was a sunny day in Nelson

Hello I have not been all too motivated to write lately. Partial reasons include the owner of Paradiso only allowing himself on the wireless now. I used to wake up at 7:00 am every morning just so I could be neurotic and do all my Internet errands. I now finding myself being a snooze button whore again, as I wake up make my oats and then skip to work in a flowered apron.
So what else is new???
The week at Paradiso has been non-stop celebration. As I sit here right now I am reminded of a Seinfeld epposodewhere Elaine felt pressured to eat cake because someone always had something to celebrate. (I'm pretty sure it's Seinfeld). The past week almost every day there is some need to celebrate. When there is no reason perhaps we celebrate just because the day ends in a Y or because we got out of bed and the sun rose. Today I find myself enjoying a lazy Sunday detoxing with soup, and water. Life is sweet.
As always I get over enthused with the potential for a dress up party. Valentines day was all of our day to shine. I figure thatValentines day really is the lamest day of the year, and the only way to make it cool is to make it so lame that it's cool. I made posters,baked cookies with my Irish Princess, and we all dressed up in goofy outfits. As much as the evening festivities were amazing, I think the highlight of the day was going to my work and supermarket all dressed up. It was myself, and my friends Patrice (Irish Princess), and a funny Canadian dude named Gerrett. Being the estrogen silly ladies that we are, we pranced around the shop giving strangers cookies from my little basket. It was impressive how much effort the Paradiso woofers put into their costumes.
Since then I have been working a tinge @ the liqour king and concluded my ham job yesterday. Tomorrow is a special day because I'm going to meet with a lady to score a job. It's for the company I applied for a few weeks ago. I called them back and hooked up a meeting @ a group home. It's right around the corner, and seems real promising. I meet with her @ 1:30 and she says if I like it then I can go and have an interview with her.New Zealand is so darling when you have a job interview. I think with bigger jobs they do it just so it looks good on the paper work. Usually you kinda go,and they will shoot the shit with you, and talk about a whole lot of jibber jabber. If they think you are not an axed murderer then all is cruise as. I really do appreciate the laidback attitude of NZ, it's really comforting. Out of all the places I was in Oz, I never really felt as at home as I do in Nelson.It'll be sweet once I get a place too, I've just been real picky with where I will live.
Paradiso
Paradiso is amazing....I must say, the people who stay here are sweet, and I am constantly meeting new awesome people. There is everything that you need here, so much in fact that sometimes you don't even want to leave the parking lot. It's so good in fact that it is probably the most distracting place I have ever lived (next to the arts factory in Byron). It's like a sparkle globe with thousands of little particles floating around all the time. Days do not exist, and everyday is a celebration. Because of this I find myself procrastinating at finding a place. I have checked out three places, and turned them down. I figure that if I could just morph the sparkles of paradiso into a shared flat then that would = euphoric bliss. I have this idea in my head that I want to live somewhere similar to where I lived in Toronto on Tecumseth St. In the meantime I will bide my time until the perfect situation comes along.
Anyways that's pretty much all I have to say...I'll talk to you lates!!!!!

Ode to the Ham Job

The conclusion

I think I have had one of the goofiest jobs in the past..... 12 months???? That could be subjective as to which angle you perfer to look at things.

I think I have had many jobs that have been funny in their own way, however ham sampling in Richmond (Nelsons Neighbouring town) was definetely a giggle inducing gig. I found myself saying real dumb things like "Ham-er-ific", "ham-tastic" and ham-il-isous ...ahh how terrible??? I had to sample by the deli, with my little black tray. The ham was cut into little squares that were then peirced with toothpicks. I even got some ham scissors fed-exed to me, along with little rubber gloves. After 'prep work' was complete ,I skipped to the deli isle where I offered cubes of ham to innocent shoppers. Often there was a nice lady who would sample random items in my isle as well. It ended up that she hooked me up with rides back to my home land (Nelson). She would have stands with sausages, salmon on crackers, and posh roast chicken. My product felt inferior to hers, but I tried to jazz it up the best I could.. Sometimes it's difficult not to break out in giggles due to the sweet silliness of the situation. It's funny how people react to sampling as well. This is nothing new to me as I have done it a million times before, however something about people eating ham made me feel giggly in the head. People always feel the need to make a comment about the ham. Usually they are quite awkward comments, as there can be only so many creative things you can say about ham. some people would say things like HuH the ham tastes kinda Salty!!!!!I tried not to cackle when this was said!! What the shit eh?? It's ham of course it's salty!!One lady asked me what Champagne ham was, at the time I did not know, but I inquired at the deli and found the answer. It's the top part of the ham that is boneless (wow you learn something new every day huh?)

People would also say really lame things like HUH champagne ham???? Well I better be carefull!!! I don't want to get too drunk on the walk home RDRR....I suppose I can't really point fingers when I tell people to have a hamerifc day. Anyways I'm real glad that it's over now and I can move on to better gigs. If I'm ever in a band though I think Ham Job would be an awesome name for it....RDRR....Okay I'm done now!!!!!

In the Deli Lane sampling in action

A serious face for a mean ham on a tray