so boyz II men are in new zealand. right this moment they probably just finished performing in bowlands new plymouth. lucky new plymouth.

anyway, guess who was in new plymouth this morning HUNTING THEM OUT*? that's right, me. don't let the fact that i was probably clinically depressed the entire decade fool you... i go nutty for the nineties. and bIIm scream nineties. especially that deep voiced dude (the one in the centre, the one who is not peaking over the shoulders of the others, the angel). motown philly, back again...

by my calculations there are two good hotels in new plymouth and therefore two accommodation options for bIIm: the copthorne and the waterfront. i stayed at the copthorne, and NOTHING. so for breakfast i drove over to the waterfront and fine-dined there. it was a million dollar view...

and a thirty dollar breakfast. there was a creative use of bacon, which is always welcomed by me. just as well too, because i didn't espy a single bIIm member. if it werent' for the bacon i would have thought it thirty dollars wasted.

after a hard morning of star gazing (or gazing at everything but stars, sigh) i headed to pukekura park and lay in one of the dells reading and trying to appreciate the provinces more. things were going well until i noticed i was (a) getting bitten by provincial bugs and (b) going to miss my plane home if i didn't hot foot it to the airport...

my understanding is that bIIm will be in welli tomorrow. when i can begin the great search all over again.

*note, i was actually in new plymouth on business. the bIIm thing was just a happy coincidence