Week 10

  Week 10

And.... it's once again Sunday night. The night that everyone is scrambling to complete their assignments on. Everyone, that is, but me. Instead, I think I'll write down a quick update to further procrastinate :)

Basically, I just flew through Week 10. Don't ask me, I have no idea how it happened. One day it was Monday and the next moment it's Sunday night. I guess if I were to ever have a rough week, then this past one would be included. It's not that anything wrong happened, or that I was overloaded with assignments, however, I did come across a barrier I never thought I would run into; homesickness.

I lasted 4 months, so there.

I think it's the frustration of looming deadlines, or one deadline I should say because all of my major assignments are due on the same day. That coupled with the terrible weather we've been having have had my spirits a bit low. But never fear, today was beautiful and I was actually able to make a Planet Shaker's service. Thank God. No literally. My spirits are now soaring and I'm ready to take on anything!

Except homework.

Haha, I wish I could tell you all that happened this week, but honestly, I wasn't even up to keeping a journal, which is strange for me. So everything will come from memory. Lucky you.

Monday, we went out to see Taken 2. It's Liam Neeson; of course I'm going to go watch it. Overall, it was a decent movie. BUT, you have to realize I went in thinking it was going to be terrible and that there was no way it could even come close to touching the first one. Turns out, it wasn't half bad. I think they played off the whole protective father bit well. However, there was an extreme lack of a serious bad guy and I felt like they copped too much from the first movie. But hey, matter of opinion, ya?

As usual, I caused the whole group problems by losing my movie ticket on the way there. (How I can lose a slip of paper that was IN my pocket during a 10 minute walk I will never know.) Luckily, Alvina spoke to the front desk and was able to get it sorted out. I was so embarrassed. And I've been doing so good lately...

Tuesday, I didn't have class and therefore can't remember what I actually did... meh, we'll skip it. I do remember catching dinner with Shayna at a fish and chips place on Lygon that also serves sushi and student discounts. We were all for it and also decided to be fatties by ordering platters and sushi. Oops.

I also got some cooking done since I didn't have any classes. I made homemade potato salad and it was delicious. However, there was a little kitchen mishap... I didn't boil my eggs long enough so in lue of a friend's suggestion (Aurelien) I stuck them in the microwave for a few seconds. Don't worry, I watched them to make sure they didn't explode in the microwave.

Of course, that doesn't mean they didn't explode when I took them out of the microwave. Not one, but two eggs exploded in my face leaving me standing in a kitchen full of Unilodgers laughing at my egg covered face. Ha.

 Jordan strikes again.

Wednesday, I met up with Nanna and we spent a fair amount of time trying to find a decent place on campus to study. (Gah, I miss Davis!) You have to have an outlet, a comfy place to sit for hours and somewhere that doesn't close early. Usually, you can't find a place that meets all of the conditions, so we compromised; no comfy seating for us. However, I did complete the third draft of my short story and I'm becoming more and more pleased with it. Not because it's where I originally imagined the story going, but because it fits the criteria the teacher deemed prevalent and I'm pretty sure it's the shortest story I've ever written. Three pages. What now.

That was also the day I ended up running off of two large coffees and then managed to make it to Urban Life where I devoured more sugar than can possibly be healthy for anyone my size. But Urban Life was amazing, so I wasn't concerned. And once again, I found so much relief by just stepping into that apartment with those people. It's like... my safe place. Sadly, I couldn't sleep at all that night because of all the caffeine and sugar. But hey, there had to be some repercussions to having so many goodies that day, ha.

Thursday I had class and class and more class until 8 PM. At least it's a class I enjoy and because we're actually work shopping people's stories it holds my interest. I don't think I would've been able to handle it if it had been a math class. Thank God for the arts...

I came back and ended up playing pool for a few hours. I won 5 times in a row. Not joking. But I'm pretty sure it was because the majority of the people I played were completely pissed, ha. And one of the games I won because someone knocked in the eight ball. It still counts!

Friday I took off with Nanna and Vera to a place in Brunswick called Savers. I swear, it's the exact thing as Goodwill. So amazing. Definitely the cheapest clothes I found since getting here.  Of course, I ended up picking up a new jacket... I've got a problem. But at least it wasn't a hat, ya? Ha, then Vera, Nanna and I battled our way through the cold and made it into a cozy little cafe where we had coffee. It was such a hipster place with graffiti and skateboards on the wall. Everyone that came in was covered in piercings and there was a ninja turtle propped up against the window. Ha, we stayed for over an hour sipping on our coffee. (Vera actually got a fruit smoothie. It was good, too!)

Then, that night, I went out with Shayna, Vera, Rhi, Tom and Flo to a dumpling place because we were all starving. All in all, it wasn't too shabby. We then split ways and decided we actually needed to get some work done.

So what did I do?

Invited Aurelien and David over to watch Pulp Fiction, of course. Haha. It was a good night and I was shocked that I'd never seen the movie until now. I have to look up the script simply because the dialogue was absolutely masterful. If you can get past the language, gore and general "rawness" of the film, it's an awesome piece of fiction.

Sunday, I finally made it to Planet Shaker's, which immediately started my day off right. That and the fact that the weather was super nice today. In fact, it was so nice that I went back, made lunch and then went to St. Kilda beach with Aurelien, Shayna, Rhi and Flo. Such a good time. We saw a man in a leather outfit on a horse, an MJ impersonator, a random music video being performed on the beach for a unknown singer who's supposedly famous and a female supermodel posing on the beach with a set of abs like I've never seen before. I'm sorry, but not even I would want to look that manly. She had a hulky guy walking around behind her doing a photo shoot on the beach. SO weird.

We then went to the Lintel place again and we were greeted by our favorite waiter. He's really nice and made room for us in the already crowded restaurant. I got Japanese pancakes this time. They were delish. Then we got TimTams at Woolies and watched the sunset over Melbourne bridge. Nice night overall. Now I'm typing away telling you guys all of my adventures! Ha. And avoiding work! I know, I know, I'm such a good multitasker. It's a talent.

But, I really do have to go now and get at least something accomplished. I hope everyone's weeks are going well! Oh, and we've hit daylight savings, so we are now 15 hours ahead. Yay.

Jordan out.