Tuesday, March 03, 2009
CITIZENIFIED
whoa...8+ years later and i've been made a NZ citizen by no small amount of paperwork ... that, and a giant dose of patience.
we arrived right on time - decked out in my only black suit - complete with no belt and no tie thank you very much.
the ceremony went off without a hitch, or so i'd like to think.
my buddy jason accompanied me to what would have otherwise been a really boring ceremony. without jason, i'd not have had anyone cheering my name from the back of the room as he clapped wildly. i'd not have had anyone to flub the photo op with the mayor as i accepted my certificate (his work above) and i'd certainly not have had anyone to ask silly/funny questions to the mayor like he did "so, how is your wrist? suffering any RSI from shaking so many hands"?
thanks jas, you rule bro!!
today i met with the justice of peace to have him verify my identity and tomorrow the application for the passport goes in the mail/post.
right, whats next? oh yeah, space hotels....
whoa...8+ years later and i've been made a NZ citizen by no small amount of paperwork ... that, and a giant dose of patience.
we arrived right on time - decked out in my only black suit - complete with no belt and no tie thank you very much.
the ceremony went off without a hitch, or so i'd like to think.
my buddy jason accompanied me to what would have otherwise been a really boring ceremony. without jason, i'd not have had anyone cheering my name from the back of the room as he clapped wildly. i'd not have had anyone to flub the photo op with the mayor as i accepted my certificate (his work above) and i'd certainly not have had anyone to ask silly/funny questions to the mayor like he did "so, how is your wrist? suffering any RSI from shaking so many hands"?
thanks jas, you rule bro!!
today i met with the justice of peace to have him verify my identity and tomorrow the application for the passport goes in the mail/post.
right, whats next? oh yeah, space hotels....