h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Well, it's a week into October. Spring came and said hello to us a month ago with a couple of weeks of fine weather. I put away the extra duvet, and found all those T-shirts I had buried at the bottom of the cupboard last April. No such luck. It has been absolutely miserable for the past few days. Cold and wet, and even snowing up in the hills. Meanwhile town has been quite busy, with the world netball champs being held here, and all the Antarctic people passing through on their way down to the ice. The ski season is grumbling on, with a metre base still at Mount Hutt. I'll hope to get up there in a few weeks time for one last time for the season. In the rugby, Canterbury are still in with a chance of making the semi finals of the NPC, but we have to beat North Harbour on the weekend. The All Blacks are preparing to beat England, and the rest of the world must be cheering for the Men In Black in that game!

So convince me, why should I move to Christchurch?

because it's not auckland

Although the much heralded south island spring began with a flourish, it has now petered out into a damp squib. Much as the All Blacks world cup campaign will do when they meet England again (in the final). Canterbury also appear to have expired for the season.
What sort of word is grrl

a mighty fine word, thank you besides girl was taken. and its the whole feminism thing too.

anyway the spring showers in auckland just broke in the last few days and now it'll be all squidgy and damp for labour weekend

and the canterbury rugby team has certainly expired, although to be fair it is missing rather a lot of all blacks - i would like to point out that i am not an arrogant aucklander at this stage, but in fact an arrogant shore grrl