I WENT TO NEW HAMPSHIRE! over the break
and it was amazing:
gingerbread men
holiday party
veronica mars
walked in 3 feet of snow
annnnnnnnnnnd
hung out with a Kitty in a Sweater!!
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Monday, January 28, 2008
My, how times have changed
After talking with a friend about our 'blogs' i went back and read the first 4 or 5 posts i ever wrote. and wow, it's so weird looking back almost a year later. i was so new, and ignorant of australia, and fresh, and untainted, and so optimistic! i definitely think i lead you guys on in my blogs. i wasn't ever unhappy or scared, just.. well, not comfortable for a while in australia. even after i made some good friends, i still realized i'm a texas girl, through and through. and even now, everyone asks me if i'm excited about going back. and frankly, i'm not.
here's why:
all my friends are 18-19. which means they all have the maturity level of an 18 year old, some are still at 13 years old. so this means drama, drama, drama. which i inevitably got roped into at the end of the year, and it was horrible. being ostracized, horrible gossip, rumors, back-stabbing, horrible. and it was all over NOTHING. and i eventually looked up in a conversation and said 'i'm 24, i'm not doing this anymore' and walked away. and although several of my friendships ended on weird terms, and we've "made up" via facebook... i think going back to that environment will just start all that drama again.
a few of my acquaintances have moved out of the dorm to other housing. which is fine. but... i think i'm just a curmudgeon. i don't want to make small talk, i don't want to make new friends, i don't want to keep trying. i'm perfectly content with my circle of friends, mainly in the states, and i'm tired of not being myself in front of others because i've only just met them. and now i have to do it all over again because there's gonna be a lot of new people in my dorm. but perhaps, starting with a lot of new people will be the best thing that can happen considering the way things ended in november
i do have some solid friendships over there, certainly with J, but i like my american friends! i am a curmudgeon. no doubt about it.
i have to start my thesis. 30,000 words on a topic i don't know much about or really know how to go about it. very very daunting.
i'm lazy. i'm a lazy person and this holiday hasn't helped that at all. i sleep in, i go to bed late, i watch tv all the time, i don't do school things, i don't wake up early to greet the day. and i have to change all that for my thesis year
buuuuuuuuuuuut! there are amazing things about going back
the land. the traveling. i get my own office in the school of archaeology to research and write in! the friends there i do miss and care for. and of course, learning and growing... blar blar blar :)
but it is weird thinking a whole year went by in australia. i don't regret anything, and i think traveling is the best thing anyone can do for themselves.
buuuuuuuuuuut! i still have a month left and i'm excited about what's to come!
i'm going to LA in a week and i still have time to soak up the laziness.
and btw, the superbowl... eli vs. brady? ugh. what a bitchfest.
and i do believe my time here was well spent
lots of family time
rhode island and christmas
various trips to austin
cowboys-packers game. (i saw favre play!)
stars game
my cat peaches
hitchcock movies marathon
finally saw Gone With the Wind.
saw juno twice.
golfed in Wimberley (thanks H & J!)
my sister's wedding planning and shopping
got my maid of honor dress
scrabulous
saw Lucy, an australopithecus afarensis, the evolutionary "missing link"
went to a live auction
MET MARION BARBER!
got a ritalin prescription
much much more
and of course saw looooooooooooooots of friends
and i just love home and i just love texas.
man, what an unfunny and sappy blog. do i still have any readers?? i don't blame ya if you're gone!
it was weird returning to the states. once i landed in LAX, it was strange how the feel you got from the people around you was just one of annoyance and hatred for life. where in sydney the people are joyous and friendly. you can undoubtedly feel the difference.
it was weird driving. and sometimes i'd freak out thinking i was on the wrong side of the road.
i've used words like 'bloody' and 'bloke' and 'i wanted to see what he was on about' and didn't think twice about it, til i got funny looks
i do like cultural changes, but man, i like being home.
and i truly believe i'll have a lot to write about this year. because i'll be finding anything in the world to distract me from thesis research and i'm sure i'll get bored of facebook eventually
and gosh darnit IASA!! where are you?!?! i've called your cell, i've myspaced you, and you've commented on here before, so CALL ME!!!!
so times have changed, and life is gonna get crazy all over again, but i'm gonna enjoy every last one of these days i have left before i go back.
and please! COME VISIT ME IN AUSTRALIA!! i won't be on a strict schedule!
my sister is visiting in march? may? and it's gonna be amazing. i don't have all the details yet but i want to squeeze in as much as possible:
sydney, capitol building, great barrier reef, uluru, bushwalking, and of course the PATH TO MORDOR!! :)
just think... that could be your itinerary!!
here's why:
all my friends are 18-19. which means they all have the maturity level of an 18 year old, some are still at 13 years old. so this means drama, drama, drama. which i inevitably got roped into at the end of the year, and it was horrible. being ostracized, horrible gossip, rumors, back-stabbing, horrible. and it was all over NOTHING. and i eventually looked up in a conversation and said 'i'm 24, i'm not doing this anymore' and walked away. and although several of my friendships ended on weird terms, and we've "made up" via facebook... i think going back to that environment will just start all that drama again.
a few of my acquaintances have moved out of the dorm to other housing. which is fine. but... i think i'm just a curmudgeon. i don't want to make small talk, i don't want to make new friends, i don't want to keep trying. i'm perfectly content with my circle of friends, mainly in the states, and i'm tired of not being myself in front of others because i've only just met them. and now i have to do it all over again because there's gonna be a lot of new people in my dorm. but perhaps, starting with a lot of new people will be the best thing that can happen considering the way things ended in november
i do have some solid friendships over there, certainly with J, but i like my american friends! i am a curmudgeon. no doubt about it.
i have to start my thesis. 30,000 words on a topic i don't know much about or really know how to go about it. very very daunting.
i'm lazy. i'm a lazy person and this holiday hasn't helped that at all. i sleep in, i go to bed late, i watch tv all the time, i don't do school things, i don't wake up early to greet the day. and i have to change all that for my thesis year
buuuuuuuuuuuut! there are amazing things about going back
the land. the traveling. i get my own office in the school of archaeology to research and write in! the friends there i do miss and care for. and of course, learning and growing... blar blar blar :)
but it is weird thinking a whole year went by in australia. i don't regret anything, and i think traveling is the best thing anyone can do for themselves.
buuuuuuuuuuut! i still have a month left and i'm excited about what's to come!
i'm going to LA in a week and i still have time to soak up the laziness.
and btw, the superbowl... eli vs. brady? ugh. what a bitchfest.
and i do believe my time here was well spent
lots of family time
rhode island and christmas
various trips to austin
cowboys-packers game. (i saw favre play!)
stars game
my cat peaches
hitchcock movies marathon
finally saw Gone With the Wind.
saw juno twice.
golfed in Wimberley (thanks H & J!)
my sister's wedding planning and shopping
got my maid of honor dress
scrabulous
saw Lucy, an australopithecus afarensis, the evolutionary "missing link"
went to a live auction
MET MARION BARBER!
got a ritalin prescription
much much more
and of course saw looooooooooooooots of friends
and i just love home and i just love texas.
man, what an unfunny and sappy blog. do i still have any readers?? i don't blame ya if you're gone!
it was weird returning to the states. once i landed in LAX, it was strange how the feel you got from the people around you was just one of annoyance and hatred for life. where in sydney the people are joyous and friendly. you can undoubtedly feel the difference.
it was weird driving. and sometimes i'd freak out thinking i was on the wrong side of the road.
i've used words like 'bloody' and 'bloke' and 'i wanted to see what he was on about' and didn't think twice about it, til i got funny looks
i do like cultural changes, but man, i like being home.
and i truly believe i'll have a lot to write about this year. because i'll be finding anything in the world to distract me from thesis research and i'm sure i'll get bored of facebook eventually
and gosh darnit IASA!! where are you?!?! i've called your cell, i've myspaced you, and you've commented on here before, so CALL ME!!!!
so times have changed, and life is gonna get crazy all over again, but i'm gonna enjoy every last one of these days i have left before i go back.
and please! COME VISIT ME IN AUSTRALIA!! i won't be on a strict schedule!
my sister is visiting in march? may? and it's gonna be amazing. i don't have all the details yet but i want to squeeze in as much as possible:
sydney, capitol building, great barrier reef, uluru, bushwalking, and of course the PATH TO MORDOR!! :)
just think... that could be your itinerary!!
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