"choose the highest bidder" was my answer when they told me i was up for sale.

Melbourne has been amazing. We got here Thursday at around midnight and came to the Home Traveller's Motel. We were stuck in a 6 person room, but it was cheap and a place to stay. Little did we know how much we would grow to love this hostel. The people have been amazing and the atmosphere is unmatched. We stayed here Thursday through Saturday, then were forced to leave on Sunday because there wasn't any room for us. We went to Cooee, another hostel down the road, and were immediately turned off by it. The staff was unfriendly, as were our roommates, and the atmosphere was just really stiff and strict. We originally booked two nights there, but after ten minutes we all realized we didn't want to stay for both nights. We called Home Traveller's and luckily they had an opening for tonight so we booked it and came back.

The past few days have gone by so fast. I can't believe we're already leaving Melbourne tomorrow. We've been exploring St. Kilda and downtown. It's been filled with a lot of shopping, walking, drinking, eating out, and guitar playing/singing. We've met some great people here - lots of Irish people and some cool Brits. There have also been some awful people (two mainly) one of which being a roommate we had the second night here. He was an older Israeli guy and was creepy from the get go. We came back to our room after a Friday night out around midnight and we were drunk and giggly and he started to get really angry with us, telling us to shut up and such. He just kept going on about it and finally our Irish roommate, Owen, told him to let it go. That angered him even more and he started threatening to punch Owen. Jeanne and I went downstairs to reception at that point, and they ended up kicking him out.

I'm sad that tonight is our last night in town, but it has been a wonderful visit. I'm looking forward to Sydney and surfing, rock climbing, and more adventures.

you can sit on chimneys, get some fire up your ass.

Well guys, I'm off to Melbourne for five days, then Sydney for another five! I'll try to post updates while I'm traveling, but who knows when I'll get internet access. Otherwise, see you in ten days!

you used to be one of the rotten ones and i liked you for that.

Time is flying by, as usual. Another week gone. Friday night we drank tequila, played Pictionary, then went to the city for a bit. I came back earlier, I just wasn't feeling it for some reason.

I was so hungover all day on Saturday, it was god awful. That afternoon, Cece, Jeanne, and I went to AJ Hackett, the bungee jump place down the road. We all did this Minjin Jungle Swing thing. Basically you get strapped in then you get pulled backwards. When you get to the top, you pull the ripcord and go soaring down through the rainforest. For those of you that still don't know what I'm talking about (and are from San Antonio), it's like the Screaming Sky Coaster they used to have at Six Flags, except this one is in the middle of the rainforest. It was so much fun, I screamed my face off. Cece was laughing at me so much because of my screams and I was shaking. It was really scary, but when it was over we had so much fun that we decided to do it one more time.

After that, I think I had my adrenaline rush for the day, but Cece and Jeanne did a tandem bungee jump. It was awesome to watch. I'm going to do it next time, even if I'm horrified and pee my pants. You only live once, right?

Afterwards, we walked back to the lodge and had dinner. Then I took a little nap because I hadn't had a good night's sleep all week. I woke up around 8:30pm, smoked a little bit, then watched Back to the Future 2 and went to sleep. It was a perfect, quiet Saturday night.

I have so much homework to do today and the rest of this week, it's ridiculous. I have a presentation for my Indigenous Cultures class that I have to do for tomorrow. I also have an annotated bibliography due for that class the Monday after break, along with an essay for my Venomous Australian Animals class. Since I'm not going to be back in town until Tuesday, and I don't plan on doing any work while I'm away for break, I have to get it done before I leave, which is Thursday. I'm so excited about going to Melbourne and Sydney with the girls. It's going to be a blast. We're going to try to see some live music in Melbourne and putz around. I wanna do surf lessons, as well. And we're planning on going rock climbing in Sydney. Tonight I think we're going to figure out what hostels we're staying at and try to much some sort of tentative itinerary for the ten days we're going to be gone. Agghh, I'm stoked.

I've been really digging the song "Anthems for a Seventeen Year Old Girl" by Broken Social Scene lately.
Okay, I've really got to do my work now and the adderall is kicking in big time. Ciao!

i miss my bad marijuana and mushrooms, they treat me hella bad when i'm sittin' in customs.

Today was a wonderful day. After staying up until ridiculous hours of the night working on my lab report, I decided to hit the hay and finish it in the morning. So I woke up, missed class, and finished the lab. Jeanne and I went over to campus to print and turn them in, then came back to the lodge to see that today was a hot lunch day, which was exciting. Afterwards, Cece, she, and I went with Gavin to the city. We went to Body Funk and I bought a new lip ring, got my bar shortened, and got my other nipple pierced. Gavin got his ear pierced and Cece got her rook done.

Then we went shopping. And it all goes down hill from here. I spent so much money today. I bought a purse, two new pairs of sunglasses, one ridiculous pair of HUGE sunglasses in the shape of stars, an oven mitt for my mother, and some other nonsense that I don't remember. Either way, the total cost of today was about $140. Australian dollars, that is, so really it was less in U.S. dollars. It was such a good day, though. We laughed a lot.

The races on Saturday were amazing as well. It felt so awesome to get all dressed up and everybody there looked amazing. The horse races were cool to watch and the boys bet some money and actually won. Everyone went clubbing afterwards, but I was exhausted so I just came back to the lodge and we watched The Nightmare Before Christmas and drank beers.

Now, I'm going to bike with Owen, eat dinner, then watch Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion and hit the hay early.

your good intentions count for little anymore. if you're sorry then why wage war?

Today was a good day. I watched an episode of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and then I ate a hearty dinner. Afterwards, we began to watch Forgetting Sarah Marshall, which was very good. In the middle of the movie we were pleasantly interrupted by Karlie to go into the city to go shopping for dresses. The amateur horse races are in Cairns this weekend and I am thoroughly excited. I bought an awesome black and white dress ($70, yikes!) and some red jewelry to go with it. I'm so excited about dressing up, you have no idea. It's going to be a really good weekend. I'm looking forward to sipping champagne and watching horse racing.

Also, today Jared removed the virus from my computer, thank god. It was becoming a serious nuisance. I'm just glad everything is back to normal.

Well, what do you know? Tomorrow is Friday, thus beginning another weekend. Time is flying by. I've already been in classes for seven weeks. I have the feeling that this weekend will be different from the rest, though. Let's just hope the weather improves...

some may say this might be your last farewell ride.

I haven't drank at all since Saturday night and it feels great. We've just been hanging out and watching movies pretty much, smoking a few joints occasionally. Tuesday we watched Knocked Up and yesterday we watched Back to the Future I. Next on our list is Pleasantville, the other two Back to the Futures, and Hocus Pocus. I've even started to work out again. Yesterday I went biking with Owen while he ran. Then I went for a run of my own to campus and back. I repeated this today, except with a longer bike ride with Owen. My legs are a bit sore but it feels good. Let's see if I can keep it up.

The races are this weekend and I'm pretty excited. For those of you that don't know, "the races" is horse racing. It's going on in Cairns this weekend. Everyone gets all dressed up and afterward goes out to the bars and the clubs and parties. Karlie, Jeanne, and I are going to go buy fancy dresses to wear tonight. I'm really excited.

School has been somewhat of a bummer this week. I have a lab due on Monday and a presentation to work on for next week. Plus the weather just makes it a hassle to walk to and from campus. I'm ready for the sunshine again.

but you don't really care for music, do you?

The weekend was interesting. I'm going to stop drinking so much, I believe.

I had my first test yesterday and I think it went well. The weather is crap today and I really don't feel like walking to campus in the rain. Lame.

I wish I had more to update with. I've been in a weird mood lately. Feeling a bit empty.

i can tell you this much, i will marry just once and if it doesn't work out give him half of my stuff. it's fine with me, we said eternity.

The past few days have been really good. I've been feeling a bit ill but besides that, things are well. I had a great day on Monday. I skipped class and slept a little late and then went over to Chris and Devon's apartment with Jeanne and Cece. We made some sangria and Cece did some laundry while we waited for Devon to get back from campus. When he returned, we hopped a bus into town and went out for lunch at The Pier. I had a burger and fries with a pint of beer and it was delicious. After lunch, we headed to Body Funk to get pierced. Cece got her tongue done and I got my nipple pierced. I still can't believe I actually did it. It didn't hurt as bad as I expected. But I'm glad I went through with it. It's still a bit sore but I'm diggin' it.

Last night we went out to Trinity Park and shot off a potato gun. It was pretty fun. And tonight we set off a bottle rocket in the middle of the courtyard. It was pretty awesome. I also caught two toads tonight (after a bottle of wine) for my zoology class. Glad that's out of the way. Now all I have to do is get my photography folio done and study for that indigenous cultures test on Monday...

I've been noticing lately that pretty much all the guys treat me like a guy. That's all well and fine, you know, because I'm kind of used to it at this point. I just get along with guys better. But I just wish that, regardless of my somewhat tomboy-ish personality, I'm still a feminine girl. And I wish they would treat me like it sometimes. I don't know. Some of 'em can be kinda mean at times, too. I guess I ask for it by having the personality that I do, eh?