Ok, so I went swimming today!

It was initially going to cost just $20usd to use the pool all day at the local gym, but then they explained that, really, I should get a $95/month membership to use the pool all the time, and THEN after chatting to them, they gave me a 3 day pass for free.
I'm going to try this one at all the local gyms and maybe not pay for gym use for a month?

PS If you are Emma and reading this, I *know* I wrote this to you, but I thought I'd write it again. I mean, c'mon, it's not like I have a plethora of jokes here.

Oh! My first week at work was fine, actually, nice team, place is nearby, happy memories.

Tomorrow is the San Fran equivalent of the "city to surf" which I'm going to go to - I'll just make it a giant pub crawl, I suppose, seeing as I'm not about to do the whole marathon thing. I figure, that's ONE way to meet people here!

Ohmigod! Have I written about the spaniard-ish people here? It's so cool! It's similar to those american movies with the spanish/latino guy:
"Aye see you wan a sweem, eh homes? You wanna paey fo' wan day, or you wanna membersheep?"
Totally like that. Actually, I have a phone here that doesn't work, because, well, it's a long story but I'll tell you because, HEY, if you're reading this, you probably aren't finding a cure for cancer or anything important, right?
Pretty much, my battery is dieing, and I don't have an adaptor. So I need one. But, in the meantime, I have a yankee sim card, which I need to "activate" to use the phone. So, using the dregs of my battery, I call the number to activate it... and it's not a "press this number for this service thing", it's an automated "speak into the phone telling me the service you want, and we send you there."

Great idea, except I DON'T speak "american". So I'm all "activate my sim card" and the voice says
"You want to run for president. If this is correct, say yes. If not, say no"
and I say "no"
Then I say a number, just for fun - "123456789"
And she says:
"You said 5874256874" - no kidding! Aside from the president thing, I was joking there. But the numbers? It was whack! So I put on a latino/yankee accent and positively DRAWL into the phone, in the way I would when I'm mocking the "american" language and trying to be cletus, the slack jawed local?
The automated system TOTALLY work out what I said. I think my american is comign along pretty good!