The Master of Masters

So seriously, everyone should go to Australia to "earn" their Master's.

i arrived friday afternoon. undergrad classes started monday.
i e-mailed the secretary of graduate programs on monday morning.
her reply: 'oh wow! you arrived the same day undergrad classes started! how convenient!" as if she expected me later. when the hell does this thesis business start?
but anyway, i dropped by her office and i got some paperwork and a key to my own office!
and by own office i mean: a sizeable room that i share with 2 other master's students. but i'm supplied my own computer in there. and we have a window. that's huge.
then i e-mailed my professor/advisor about um... you know... my thesis topic and you know... how to write a thesis and we met today: for 9 minutes.
he told me:
oh yes, good topic, here, these are some journals to read, and perhaps some books you might want to read. so, perhaps check in with me in about 2 weeks.
meaning... my homework: read a lot and tell me how it's going in about a month.

getting a master's in australia is awesome.

i have an office, a computer, no direct responsibilites. which some think is very dangerous for me. but at least i like my topic so i'm actually interested in reading about it. not as much as intersted as i am in finishing stephen colbert's "i am america (and so can you!)" which is hilarious.

but it's all pretty awesome.

but i'm back! and things are great. i'm seeing all my old friends. i think last year i just left on a bad note which made me hesitant to return but now that i'm here, i've remembered how great some of these kids are.

but uh.. there are a lot of americans this year! i've already met 3 new americans! i'm not so unique anymore. but i'm obviously the raddest american they've seen.

on a different note:
in america (to my knowledge) our bed sizes go: twin, full, queen, king
in australia they go: single, double, queen, king
which caused my friend and i a lot of grief arguing earlier :) she couldn't understand why a 'twin' would be called a 'twin' if it was made for one person to sleep in. i kinda agree with her.

but now i'm back to the land of chips (not french fries), mate (not buddy), tomato sauce (not ketchup), long black (not coffee), and etc.

i didn't think i would miss it, but i secretly think i have.

by the way, listen to:
"bleeding love" by leona lewis
"love song" by sara bareilles

today my schedule was as thus:
9am woke up and showered
9:30 watched "Psych"
10:30 met up with the lady that gave me my office key
11:00 watched the red carpet at the oscars
12:00 some lunchies
12:30 outside reading colbert
1:30 cards with friends in the common room
2:00 nap
3:00 met up with friend at a campus bar
3:45 meeting with advisor
4:00 met up at bar with friends again
4:30-9:00 hung out in the courtyard/common room playing cards and talking
9:30 dinner
11:00 played pool in common room
12:30 wrote blog

it was an awesome day. i like not having classes :) and the weather is AMAZING!

don't worry parents, i'll do work! tomorrow! i'll be reading :)

love and miss you!!!

Coming to America, in sandals

So one of my Australian friends is holidaying in New York City for a few weeks. and now she's experiencing a culture shock all of her own!

one of my favorite stories of her trip so far is...

it's snowing in new york city. and she starting chatting up a federal police officer outside a bank. i suppose they were talking about winter attire, and my friend starts going off with:
"back at home, all i wear are thongs. i wear thongs everywhere. day and nite, no matter the weather, all i wear are thongs"

and then it hit her:

in america: thong means underwear
in australia: it means flip-flops

looooove it!

Elections for Giants

most of my friends in australia are very very interested in following the presidential elections. it's weird. i've never really cared about another country's leader. but that's because i live in an american bubble. i'm a very sad person, i know. but here are all my australian friends rooting for their respective favorites!
one is even rooting for romney to win. he is/was an avid bush supporter.
some like obama.
most are for hillary. just because of bill. they don't know hillary, or her politics, they just remember bill.

i've said it before, and i'll say it again, i really don't think america will elect hillary.

buuuuuuuuuuut, this is a pretty awesome video done by will.i.am and his friends in support of obama:
http://www.dipdive.com/

i've had it on repeat in the background for the past 30 minutes now.

ANYWAY
i head out to LA tomorrow! for a few days worth of fun with some old friends :)
i haven't done any packing or cleaning, or any preparation at all
shh... don't tell my parents


i was just in austin to see some old friends (which was awesome!) and for the superbowl.... and this has got to be the first time any NFL fans have rooted for another team in its division.
practically the entire NFC east fan-base, from eagles to cowboys to redskins, were rooting for the giants.
it was amazing.

patriots and your fans... if you weren't such jerks, i would have stayed loyal. but you turned into a giant group of asshats early on in this season and i refuse to support asshats. 18-1.
18 wins, but one GIANT loss.
huzzah!

btw, David Tyree is going to be on the Ellen show this friday. (feb 8th)

and, "Grandma's Boy" was not funny.