Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Featuring
Kiwi #1: GnomeGrrl (also known as Aroha or Tracey) is the 37 year old site owner. Some might claim her to be a geek, but she’s still cruising that old Egyptian river, Denial. (More info ...)
Also Starring
Kiwi #2: J2 (#1, Jesse) is 18 years of age, and definitely not in denial about his geekdom. He enjoys art, computer gaming and anything technical and nerdy.
Kiwi #3: TJ (#2, Tyler) is 17 years old. He’s our resident ladies man and social butterfly.
Token American: Tracey’s husband J (Jeremy) is 33 and is definitely the token American. Born in Minnesota and raised in San Diego, he’s currently working IT in Las Vegas.
Special Appearances
Ellie: Ellie is our baby. She's an affenpinscher pup who looks like a monkey, has a pet tiger, uses her front legs like arms, destroys Jeremy's things, and is never far from her human mum's side.
The Fish: Tracey has 3 tanks (5 gallon, 10 gallon and 35 gallon) with a total of 18 fish between them. All the fish have names. And she can tell them apart. She wants another, much larger tank. Jeremy doesn't. But she'll win.
Family History
Tracey and Jeremy have been married since November 30, 1998, after meeting in a Yahoo! chat room (ironically called Love Stinks).
Jeremy moved to New Zealand in July of 1999, where they lived happily until circumstances forced a rethink, and he moved back to the US in December of 2006. Tracey and the kids finally joined him as legal permanent residents on August 10th, 2008. Their visa journey is chronicled here.
Once An Alien ...
Alien: It’s what we are. The US Government said so. Oh, we know the dictionary definition of the world isn’t just about little green men from outer space, but seriously ... ALIENS? It makes you feel like a freak before you’ve even arrived.
Errata
A kiwi isn’t really a kiwi: for details, please see this entry.
A note on dates and times: the logic behind the non-US spelling and date/time format is explained in one short paragraph (well, one and a bit ...).
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