Jun 3, 2011
Jun 2, 2011
Psychedelic Shack
Still sick for some reason. Ugh Halls fever is killing everyone! We're all tired and sick and achey, it's gross. But still heading out to the Espy again tonight, what an awesome place. I will totally miss it when I'm back in Ottawa.
So I woke up soooo sore this morning, hit the gym pretty hard yesterday, but now I can't be fucked to go again today. Maybe I'll be lazy and just go hard tomorrow. But really I should be writing my final for Feminism class. It's an essay and it's supposed to be about the male gaze and women's bodies in the media, but I've decided fuck that, I will write about women in the military and social opinions on their roles. Just seems more interesting since everyone writes about women's bodies in the media all the time and I know exactly what I'm supposed to say. It's just boring.
I'm also supposed to start planning out my thesis! God I have NO idea what to write on, and no idea who to ask to be my advisor. Complicated shit.
I'm also worrying about going home and being super broke, I think I'll need to find a second job asap, there's no other options really. Ugh.
And hitting Savers tomorrow! The Value Village of Melbourne. Soo excited to do some thrift searching! God I've missed having a good hunt through piles of old used clothes.
May 30, 2011
I'm Yours
Watching the Aussie show "In their footsteps" the Kokoda episode, just finished the Gallipoli one. It's so touching and sad. One day I'd like to walk the Kokoda track, or at any rate see Papua New Guinea, it's always been on my list, I think it would be amazing. Watching these shows, and writing my final exam today on Australian war history and Aboriginal relations has made me really curious to learn more about my own Canadian history.
Other places on my list of spots to visit in the next couple years:
Road trip across Canada, do some hiking, canoe-ing, camping, see music festivals and visit friends.
Thailand, hopefully volunteer at Elephant Nature Park for a period of time and go to a full moon party.
Laos to ride the tubing river bars and cure my hangover with the world famous street smoothies that my other backpacker friends have ranted and raved about.
Eat and drink my way through the Mediterranean, pizza, pasta, seafood and olives!
The world is just so amazing, I can't wait to explore more of it.
May 29, 2011
I Don't Know
Exam in an hour. Then I'll have 2 classes down and 2 to go.
M got to Samoa yesterday, should be getting a phone call this afternoon :) Very excited for it.
Also sick, halls fever is in full swing, everyone's sick and making everyone else sick and in a cycle of sickness. It's gross.
And Sunday Night Supper in halls, which is usually a big get together with junk-food like crisps, Tim-Tams, and party pies have turned into Twice a Week Toast and Coffee meetings, where we all gather, carb-load, chug down some coffee to further overcaffeinate ourselves, and bitch about how many exams we are/how much they suck.
But hopefully I get my last exam as a take-home and finish it early enough in time to be able to pack without freaking out, divvy up all the crap I'm not taking home, and explore Melbourne a little bit more before I leave.
I still have a list of things to see such as an AFL game, the Royal Botanical Gardens, go shopping on Chapel Street, and do some sort of vineyard tour in the Yarra Valley.
Can you see my new earrings in this pic? They are little green, gold and brown feathers. So cute :)
May 27, 2011
St. Kilda
Well I bleached the shit out of my hair :) Was feeling like a bit of a crazy change, it's pretty neon yellow but it's kind of growing on me, think I'll get a toner today and tone it down a little bit, maybe add a bit of ashiness so I don't stick out so much.
God last night was such a blast! K had been telling me about the Espy for weeks and we finally got a big crew together and went last night. We Maxi Taxi'd there which was $65! Insane, but there were 12 of us so it was relatively cheap. The Espy is just the coolest, there are a bunch of different rooms with different bands, we saw 2 reggae bands, 2 metal bands, and a really great hip hop group with an amazing sax player. Also the lead singer of said hip hop band was drinking tea on stage. How rock n roll is that!!
Then we went down to the basement and got $5 pizza's, which were sooo delicious. After a bit more partying at about 3am we decided to take a walk out on the pier to go see the penguins that come in and hang out on the rocks. They were so adorable but we only saw about 5 and could hear tons of them hiding in the rocks making these awful grumbly noises, still very adorable though.
All in all I am sooo impressed with the Espy and cannot wait to go back, it's totally happening next weekend. The bands were great, the venue was so cool and the people were lovely.
Then too top it off, when we got home at 4am my sailor skyped me!! It was so great since we haven't been able to get skype to work lately, what a surprise :) Made my night, to be able to hear his voice.
Then this morning I got scary news! Need to pick an advisor and a thesis soon! Ahh, so scary! I'm sooo clueless, haven't the faintest idea of what to do. We shall see.
May 25, 2011
Bad Habits
Just had such a good night out with the girls. F, A and I went to Taco Bill's for giant margaritas and Mexican munchies. I bussed there and the bus driver got lost and missed my stop, so he decided to drive me all the way back, and then this lovely guy who was on the bus with me ended up walking me right to the door of Taco Bill's. He just said that it was too dark to walk alone. So nice of him, I really love the Aussie way, everyone here is so friendly and kind.
So I got to TB's a bit late (sorry guys) and the ladies and I had a bit of a laugh before we got down to the dirty. I was going to be good and get a taco salad or something, since I didn't want to ruin all my hard work at the gym, but that sure went to hell and I ended up having a giant fishbowl mango margarita, an enormous plate of nachos (both of which we shared) and a vegetarian burrito! My god it was so filling, but we ended up getting 25% off our bill because A is amazing and cuts coupons :)
Then I caught a cab home because I missed the last bus, so it was a bit of a pricey excursion but so worth it because it was totally fun.
But I swear I will gym it tomorrow morning right away to make up for tonight :)
May 24, 2011
On The Turning Away
As a twenty-year old I find it astonishing that some of the most immature people I know are "adults", sometimes twice my age and you'd assume with twice the life experience. Yet they still take part in gossip, exclusion, cliques and generally just being mean and picking on others. It's really a shame, especially when these are the same people I once viewed as friendly and genuine. Not that I'm perfect or that anyone can be, but I just thought that with age comes maturity and responsibility taken for the feelings of others around you and for friends and valued relationships. Obviously not in everyone's case.
Oh well, this honestly just makes me so thankful that I am surrounded by the most amazing family and friends who have become sisters. I hope I make it clear how highly I think of you all and how much I try to learn from you. I'm pretty sure I bore all my other friends with stories of how funny and sweet and interesting and just totally awesome you all are. Cool motherfuckers :)
Also I miss everyone so much, especially Norton haha, my little puppy dog ookums shnookums mushy mooshoo smooshy poo...
I've had such an incredible time here in Australia and have been blessed to meet some of the most incredible people ever. It's amazing when you get to meet real life people who you look up to and who you want to be like. Certain people I have met during my travels have taught me so much about generosity, kindness, being genuine, and responsibility, all by example. I hope I get a chance to run into some of them again someday, maybe in some other crazy part of the world.
Speaking of other parts of the world, I'm really thinking about doing some sort of teach English overseas program next year. I'd really love to see Southeast Asia that way, or even Europe. I'll need to look into it but I think it would be a totally interesting way to see a new country, and maybe stack some bills in the meantime.
But right now all my thoughts are consumed with home. Oh how excited I am to be able to call or text any of my friends at any time, pop over to their houses whenever, call and meet at a Timmies in 15 minutes flat. I'll be SO excited to see a dishwashing machine again, I completely forget what they look like, and to use a laundry machine that doesn't turn everything grey. Also to drive, oh how I long to drive. I miss it so much, although we'll see how easy it is to go back to being on the "wrong" side of the road again.
I'm even excited to go back to work again, I am so lucky to have such a relaxed and friendly work environment, and everyone I work with is very young and we all get along which is great. I wonder if we have any new staff in the office this year, or if the set-up has changed.
But mostly I am just excited to come home and get school finished as soon as possible. I have always loved uni, and have had some really great classes, but I would really like to do some fieldwork or maybe co-op to get some hands on time in the fields that I'm interested in. Oh we shall see what the future holds!
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