Australia Day

Typical Australian slogan and the perfect title to a post purely dedicated to how I spent my Australia Day 2014 – the only day a year where it is perfectly acceptable to wear the Australian flag like a cape, have cheap, tacky tattoos on your face, and above your butt and even to talk like a complete and utter bogan for the entirety of the day.

Particularly low-key this year, I spent my Australia day with a few close friends in their backyard with a few (a few too many) drinks and a BBQ. A few games of guitar hero, accompanied by a particularly out of tune rendition of “bohemian rhapsody” by four particularly awful singers. At this point it seemed like a brilliant idea to play a few (once again, a few too many) games of kings cup…luckily for me, I wasn’t too badly affected…which is more than I can say for the girl who ended up drinking the cup. The rest of the day seemed to blend together, playing various games that tested the limits of friendships and let’s not forget the shameful rounds of “truth or dare” and “Never have I Ever”.

Unlike a friend, who shall remain anonymous, I did not find myself passed out on a beach in Sydney wearing nothing but an Australian flag…I finished the day slightly tipsy, laying down on a lounge made, I’m assuming in china, drinking vodka from Russia, watching a psychological-thriller movie made in America with friends who have come from all different parts of the world…multiculturalism at its finest.

So…what did I do that I have never done before? Well, Never have I ever: rolled with the punches. I guess you could say that for the first time in a long time, I actually let myself have a good time without worrying about what might go wrong or who might ruin my night or trying to control what direction the night is going in, I just went with it and guess what- the world didn’t end. I’m definitely starting to see that rolling with the punches may not always be a bad thing.

It was definitely a day to remember and it just goes to show that with the right group of friends, you can have an absolute blast no matter how extravagant or bland your plans may be. Australia Day 2014, you were great. Where else in the world could you possibly want to live? Straya, m8.