Well I have been harassed for the last couple of days to give an update. Mostly, I think, because my phone apparently has a different area code up here, even though it's the same number in Australia. Oh well, try me again when I'm in Sydney, which is any time after... 1pm Edmonton time on the 11th, and, if that fails, try when I get back in Melbourne, which will be at... 2am Edmonton time on the 15th.
I am currently crashing on the couch (well, technically, in the hammock) of a friend of Jenn's here in Brisbane. Named Tim. Has a big new tattoo. He's awesome. The hammock is great, the atmosphere is relaxed. I have accomplished very little, and I am in a very zen-like state. Stress and pressure, I am avoiding. I have been reading a lot. My first night here, we went to the pool and I played keep-away with a rugby ball, a couple of Swiss guys who are also in this house, and a bunch of Aussie kids who apparently saw me as more of a ladder/tower. I was popular, let me tell you. I had like... three eight-year-old girls climbing on me at once, and I realized, at that moment, that this sort of thing never happens with girls over the age of 18. So sad...
Anyway, we then proceeded to drink a case of beer between three of us (well, four, but you can't count Joanne. She had like...two) while playing such games as 'Sociables' and 'Trapped', and then proceeded to catch the 9 30 showing of Babel, which was quite good, but I didn't really care for Brad Pitt or Cate Blanchett. The storyline with the deaf Asian girl was powerful.
The next day, I slept late, and then spent four or five hours throwing a frisbee in the botanical gardens with Jenn and catching up on life etc. and then went home and played Settlers of Cattan until bedtime. Then, yesterday, I killed another four hours of my book, and then played some poker and more Settlers with the swiss guys, and then watched the Oiler/King game on replay. Good finish, I gotta say, and how the hell did we get Nedved? Also, what is the Oiler's problem right now? They look like a good team offensively, and Roloson seems fine. What gives?
Anyway, today I slept late and got my train back to Sydney organized, and tonight, all of us are going to a curry place to celebrate my last night in town.
So that is my life in Brisbane. It's slow-paced, relaxing, and I'm eating a lot.
I know the phone is out. Email me! Cheers.
-P
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Hey, boy ... very distinguished new look. (I win again!) Thanks for sharing and for accomplishing very little on this vacation/adventure of yours. Oh, and if you figure out that "why do girls stop climbing on me" thing, let me know. lymy
This sounds more like the vacation I was anticipating you'd have...
ps> i started going with my buddy to work out. this was a mistake.
fuck off. Sorry for swearing, Jim.
no no, it was justified ...
Hey dude. SOrry its been a while. Im in hinton now and my internet is only at work if I use my bosses computer... shhh. anyways. Hi. Look forward to seeing you sometime sooner. ASnd im still stoked about thai. I am actually thinking now I will quit co-op for school, and then taking the summer off will be super easy. Cheers. PS, Im living in the ghetto and Ive seen the polic everynight at my building... Just know, where ever you are living, its not as bad as me. lol
PS ( Me is rob)
I do know Hinton, and he's right. It's rough.
pat email Re: apartment, i have good news.
-shannon
renovating?
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