Day 20

Well. It's been a while, hasn't it? That would be because I haven't been up to terribly exciting things. I discovered that my insanely cheap bike didn't have functional brakes. That was a fun discovery. But then Emil discovered it as well, and an hour and a half later the brakes were as good as new. He then tried to go home, leaving my house around 11, and then at 1 AM I got a call from him asking if he could sleep on the couch since he'd missed the last bus. I found this very interesting, as at least four buses had gone by since he left, and he'd apparently managed to miss all of them. He says he got distracted taking pictures of the stars. Crazy Danish man.

Yesterday I had my first class! It was a three-hour lecture about Aboriginal Cultural Heritage, but it felt like far less than three hours, which I'm taking as a good sign. I had thought it was going to be a huge class, but looking back I'm not sure where I got that idea. There're about 25 kids in the class, 10 of whom are international students, 8 of whom are from North America. Apparently, I go halfway around the world to meet Americans and Canadians. I did mean a couple Australians who seemed really cool, too.

Then, last night, I spent about an hour and a half talking to my German roommate Eike, who I've seen very little of up until this point because she's been gone, but she turns out to be awesome. She's a biomedical major, doing a research project about magnets at UQ. We're going to this thing on Wednesday where people get together at a bar to drink and make new friends. It's organized through a group called QUEST, which I haven't actually joined yet, but I plan to find their booth on Wednesday at Market Day and join then, along with as many other clubs as I possibly can.

Today, I have 7 hours of class: 1 hour of Marine Biology lecture, then 6 hours of Australian Cinema broken up into three separate sections. I'm pretty sure the first 2 hours of that are to be spent simply watching a movie, though, so it shouldn't be too bad. I'm planning to bring candy and share with my neighbors. People are surprisingly easy to bribe into friendship.

As for extra-curricular activities, I guess there's a festival of sorts going on in South Bank next weekend. I have no idea what to expect from it, but I have been promised free concerts, so it should be worth it. This weekend, I have no plans yet, but I know that the crazy Danish man wants to rent a car and go camping on top of Mt. Tibrogargan, so roasting marshmallows at the summit of a "mountain" is a distinct possibility. :P

Hope all is well,
Morgan