sydney

so everything had been insane. honestly. from when we left bondi and came here it has been all about class, school. orientation and going out. not that it hasn't been incredible, its just been a little chaotic.

first day we got here we discovered how ripped off my room mate and i were in our room. honestly, i mean it is better than rich floor three, but it is pretty freakin small. the place we are staying is called unilodge and it is pretty much like a hotel. they give you everything you need...except they forgot to give us a couch so we just stole one from the common room. the first weekend was full of boat cruises, surf lessons, free food and drinks with the professors and advisors and pregamming with our floors mates.

we pretty much have a team of friends that rock. we all pregame everynight by playing kings in joeys room on the deck, drinking a bottle of sparkling wine named "pink" between lizzy and i, and knocking each other about our pasts, presents and futures. we all know each other too well already that we are making fun of each other and calling one another out.



weve gone out to a plethora of places. first night we went to a grungy bar because no one wanted to pay a cover at abercrombie hotel. then we went to abercrombie hotel the next night and rocked our asses off. lizzy and i clicked way too much and integrated the running man into australian culture. we jumped on the dance floor with some guy dancing alone and a lesbian couple and started the dance party that ended with a lost purse and sore feet.

the next day lizzy and i explored the sydney dance company. we signed up for classes and learned an amazing dance to sexy back. it was amazing and fun. on our way home we went to china town where they were having a spanish fiesta with a mix of australian and latin culture. we had sushi for the second time that day and went home to listen to music and chill.

the beginning of the week was insane. we started classes, which for us film students are 5 and a half hours long. we had two guest speakers this week, one of which was peter faiman (director of croc dundee) which was pretty cool considering i grew up on that film and it was one of the reasons i wanted to come to australia in the first place. the video production class is hard to sit through though, at least for alex, alyssa, jake and i. this is about our 5th time learning about composition, exposure, story boards and types of shots.

the other class we are taking is about australian culture and society. this week we learned about aboriginals and how they each kangaroo pizza.

the other night i went out with the boys to the star city casino. it was a riot. i played craps and blackjack and won a good amount of money at the slots. it was good to be out with the boys, even though it doesn't even compare to my boys at home.

we are off at 6 today to travel north for a three day surf camp. it should be amazing. it is kinda chilly here right now but it is a little closer to the equator so we are keeping our heads high. we get surfboards and wetsuits and everything, so it should be fun no matter what.

all in all, it has been amazing and crazy and hectic. it is fun here and i just had a meeting with my advisor who is thinking that he wants to send me out to be a PA for my internship. that is exactly what i wanted to do and it makes me really really excited that he had faith in me that i can do that and that he is willing to send me out as a representative from boston university for a position like that. it is going to start getting academically insane when we get back from the surf camp, so who knows what is going to go on.

ill keep you all posted. sorry i have been a loser with postings. heres some pictures :)