I'M ALIVE!

sorry folks! the truth is... i haven't been posting... not because i've been ultra busy... b/c nothing too crazy has happened that i thought would be interesting enough for a posting.

maybe i should have posted about the australian version of the biggest loser.

maybe i should have posted about burning pancakes b/c i didn't have a spatula. i thought a fork would be good enough.

maybe i should have posted about having 21 fire alarms this month. 3 of which took place within one afternoon. and one night we had a fire alarm at 7:30... then one at 7:42.

a few reasons why there were fire alarms:
someone tried to 'bake' cookies in their microwave. it then blew up.
someone tried to cook chicken in their microwave for 40 minutes.
somone boiled water and forgot about it until it went dry... then apparently smokey.
someone wanted to cook on their stove, turned it on, put oil in the pan... realized he didn't have all the ingredients... LEFT TO GO BUY THE INGREDIENTS with the oil burning on the stove, and returned to everyone standing outside due to a fire alarm... that he caused. and he had no idea it was him.

maybe i should have posted about my norwegian friend leaving school and going back to norway :( sad!

or about one of their TV channels had a week devoted to heroes... with news stories, interviews with policemen, and a movie about the tsunami.. and capped it all off with the movie THE PERFECT STORM. i had no idea the epitome of heroes was about marky mark fighting with the ocean.

or about all the dang mullets here. it's boggenlicious.

or how white people call themselves 'skips' here. i told them i'm a cracker. a delicious saltine cracker.

or about spending 250 bucks for groceries.

or about the confusion over the US states. 52? 51? no no, it's 48. does puerto rico count? what's delaware? "hi... i'm in... delaware" are your states small? b/c australia has 6. 50 is way too many. are all the states the same size? have you driven to alaska? if there are 50 states, why do you talk about the "Lower 48"? what's the most southern state... is it near new york? no, i heard new york was the most northern. what!? maine is more north? what's in maine?

or how i bought a univeristy hoodie... but i guess that's something only the american students do. a girl from california did it, a boy from pennsylvania did it... but none of the australians. i sometimes wear it over my undergrad intramural championship shirt with my nebraska shorts. i go all colleged-out.

or perhaps about ALL THE COLLEGE DRAMA. of which i am proud to say i am not in the middle of. blank made out with blank. but blank likes blank while blank likes the other blank. and blank said this to blank about blank because blank kissed blank but those two blanks aren't friends anymore because of blank. and i can't stand blank anymore. did you know blank flirted with blank in front of blank? yeah......

so i'm sorry i didn't post. i didn't think it was interesting enough.

and i'm sorry i'm cutting this one short. i do actually have some stories, but i'm in the midst of living them. i'm in sydney for the weekend. it's a beautiful city. and i'm gonna tell y'all all about it when i return.

i just wanted to write a little something so you guys won't forget about me... unless you already have cause i waited so long.

and congrats to my grand sister and her fiance for picking a place for their wedding!
when i told a friend my sister was engaged his immediate response was 'is she pregnant?' cause apparently in darwin, that's the only reason to get married.

i will be back in less than 50 hours! won't you join me?