Vegemite is awful!!!

I'm sorry if there are any Australians reading this...please do not take offense, but I don't get Vegemite. In fact, I think its pretty nasty. I tried it. I tried it by itself. I tried it on a cracker, I even tried it with butter. I just don't like it. Is it fermented yeast or something like that?? It doesn't even sound good!

Anyway, before I get any comments saying something like "then go home, yankee!" I will move on. At least I tried it, that has to count for something!

As you can perhaps tell, I have been sitting here tonight mulling over even more differences that I learning exist between Australia and the United States. I am afraid that it is getting harder for me to spot them, so I wonder if I have discovered them all or if I am not noticing anymore. If its the latter, then does that mean I am assimilating to the culture?? And if so, is that a good thing??

I am realizing that Australia is closer to Eurpoean culture, IMHO, than it is to US culture. As least as far as fashion and music. There are a lot more European, mostly British, artists on the radio. And it seems that there is a several month delay from music being released in the US and then released here. I think, I could be wrong. I'm not totally up on the music scene these days, I am mostly still clinging to my Lillith Fair days and, egad!, I am listening to more and more country. no, I can't write that...oh well, I did. I'll leave it, why should I be ashamed?

Speaking of country, I learned that Keith Urban, whom I adore, YES I DO, and I'm not afraid to admit it, is not actually from Australia!! I couldn't believe it! That's what CMT told me, they are trustworthy, are they not? Nope, he's actually a Kiwi, he's from New Zealand. And so is Russell Crowe. I know for sure the US media says he's from Oz.

And here is something interesting, a few weeks ago, in Jo's Kinder class, we had a guest who played the Didgeridoo for us. I loved it. I guess its actually quite difficult to play, but this guy was really good. At least to me, but I guess I wouldn't really know the difference, now would I? And even more interestingly, he was light skinned, as in what I would call a caucasian person, but he is of aboriginal descent. I learned that day that there are aboriginals that are actually quite light skinned. In my education in the united states...uh, that's not true, I guess, let me rephrase...since the extent of my education on aboriginals is from Crocodile Dundee, I had a definate image in mind when I thought of aboriginals. Is is aborigines or aboriginals? I think here, they prefer to be referenced by there language group, am I saying that right? If anyone reading this happens to know, please give me a clue. I would like to get it right.

Oh, I hear that one of the kids has woken up, I'll return...