Alive and wet

Weather: It's been raining for four days straight here. My weather widget says it'll stop tomorrow, so we'll see. I can't think of a time when I've experienced rain of this constancy before in my life. What's worse is it's not even hard--a downpour or what have you--it's mostly just a light drizzle that never ends. I get the impression that not only is this typical, basically any type of weather can be expected at any time. What??
New Zealand is cool because: Basically any food can come in pie form. Currently in my fridge I've got chicken and veg, bacon and egg, and the mysteriously named "potato top."
New Zealand is weird because: Internet is all over the place. Actually, as an econ student, I guess I should marvel at the fact that it's pay as you go for bandwidth i.e. you use more gigs you pay more, but mostly it sucks because I'm the kind of person who would use more, and don't get penalized for that in the States.
Shaq says: "I hate leprekons lol."

Well I am alive, contrary to my amount of blogging. I finally got to Dunedin on Wednesday, and since then it's been a lot of stop and go as far as my activities. I've had to do all your basic moving into a new place things (a couple shopping trips for food staples, plus the Wal-Mart equivalent for towels, toiletries, etc) plus all your moving to a new country things (setting up a bank, getting a phone), plus all your starting a new semester things (campus tour, registering for classes, taking care of all my fees) so things have been pretty hectic, although not the most exciting. I'm living in a flat with five others, four of whom are American and one native Kiwi. The roommates are nice enough to be around, but probably people I won't see much of once school gets into full swing. Campus is about two blocks in one direction, the gym about two blocks in the other, and the main drag (George street) is about a ten minute walk, so can't complain about the location at all. The flat itself doesn't have any heating or cooling system, which will take some getting used to, but my room did come equipped with a pretty industrious space heater. The TV gets about seven channels, all of which mostly just show American or British shows (at night) or Rachel Ray and infomericals (during the day). School doesn't start until next week, but registration for classes ends tomorrow, so I guess all the students should be on or around campus by that time. I'm sure there are other interesting things going on, but they aren't coming to mind. I've been told I'll finally have internet access in the flat tonight (I've been using the library), and hopefully I can keep up to date a lot better as a result.