American Uni's

I miss you. I miss your grading system, and your little assignments I used to see as busy work but will never complain about again, and your clear instruction on assignments worth a God-awfully large amount of my grade, and your final tests that aren't 40 minutes from campus and 40% of my grade, and so much more..

I don't feel like I can do anything right here. I got one good grade on one bloody test. I suck at everything else. I can't even do photography. Photography for Heaven's sake. Who knew I was going to have to Photoshop my way to a passing grade. AND, sweet little tutor lady grades impossibly hard. I hate the statement "could have done this/perhaps this would've been a good idea." I GUARANTEE if I would have done those things she would have found something else that "perhaps, I could have done." This folks, is what one could describe as a lose-lose situation.

Dear Deakin, try to stop being impossible. K, thanks

My heater is on

and I don't like that one bit. What happened to the common misconception [that I may or may not have bought into] that Australia was 90 degrees F year round? Hmph.

Eating a very large carrot in a crowded room is just plain awkward.

I FINALLY did something well in my education here. Tore the roof off this Sociology test. Got one wrong to give me a 96%. If I am not mistaken, that is not only a D, but an HD (high distinction). I AM bragging because, unfortunately, I am afraid these moments may be few and far between.

Soo, they have a Costco here and a trip there made for a very happy time in my life. I kept it below trip didge including my refueling at the food court. LML

But wait, Jacinta, Paula, Cara, and I continued our Sunday onto Hosier Lane, a famously graffitied alleyway near the most central part of Melbourne (by Fed Square). It was soo cool. I plan on going again before I leave as the artwork changes all the time. To say 'art' almost seems like an understatement. I saw some of the coolest/most vibrant drawings/ideas/stencils/colors I have ever seen. Here are a few examples, more on my FB.

I'm certainly uncertain, at least I'm pretty sure I am

I am not a big fan of undecisiveness yet I repeatedly find myself participating in it. Mostly on the big things, but I guess that's how it goes. I can be very into something one minute and with a nights rest, the negative things shift to the front of my mind, overtaking the postitive, and I am not such a supporter the next time a bit of pondering goes into the thought.

I guess that's why it's good to 'sleep on it'. But it seems a little unfair if I slept on it and dreams altered my perspective. Good or bad, I wake up feeling whatever the dream made me feel and it takes me a while to distinguish reality from the surreal. On the bright side, not that this is entirely dark but more overcast, I am getting enough sleep to be dreaming which happened scarcely last semester.