Monday, September 08, 2003

Wizards of Oz

How can you not love Aussies? Their beautiful accents, the way they pepper statements with "hey" and "eh" and "mate." They're after my heart with their abbreviations for almost everything ("mossie" for mosquito, "cossie" for bathing costume).

The superchill and always laughing Anna and Rebecca teach yoga in Sydney. Mark and Natalie have been traveling around South Asia for almost a year and they seem unruffled by adjustment; they've already found all the good bookstores and restaurants and have picked up several key phrases in Tamil.

Ben is a sometime model, sweet and gentle and a little shy. His polar opposite is Chris, a rugged hunk who makes jewelry and furniture, surfs, rides a motorcycle, and manages a yoga studio in Adelaide. In other words, swoonworthy.