So my quest to hug every indigenous Australian animal is moving slowly but surely. This weekend I finally made it over to the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary and held a koala(you can only hold koalas in Queensland). I ran in, giddy like an American who has never held a koala before, paid my money, and held OPRAH. Every koala has a name, and I had the ( Read more... )

So I’m hangin’ out in Australia this weekend, minding my own business at a rugby game (Queensland Reds vs. NZ Crusaders, Crusaders kicked our arses), and I see Will Todisco. Now, for those of you who do not know Will, this is not amusing, and you should skip this paragraph and proceed to paragraph two. For those of you who have the pleasure, keep ( Read more... )

Big weekend. So Saturday my roommate, Meg, and I were cultured and went to the Queensland Museum, the Modern Art Gallery, and City Botanic Gardens (not to be confused with the Botanic GarDEN, the one closer to my apartment). The museum was a museum - four floors, a lot of Australasian historical artifacts and goodies. We met two kids from UMass ( Read more... )

This weekend I’m going to the Australian Zoo, and possibly the Sunshine Coast. You can’t hold a koala at the zoo (I’ll do that as soon as I can), but I’ll take PLENTY of pictures. Now that I can bring my laptop to the library, I can try and categorize them or something dorky like that so you can better understand the chaos that is my photo album. ( Read more... )

internship is great. i walked in thinking it'd be awful, but then i wrote two articles, and met a retiring member of Senate (who's famous quirks include walking backwards and introducing a bill to have outhouse doors push inward). it's a very small office, 6 employees total. and i love working in the city. makes me feel like a grown-up (but to ( Read more... )

First, my address is different from what I had previously let you know. I don’t think it’ll make a huge difference, but who knows. I want the large packages and fan mail and bags of candy that you send me to get here in a timely manner, so ( Read more... )

check out these crappy pictures i took

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i'm going to the beach for a few days. cross your fingers that i dont get skin cancer, okay?

loves!

hi again. i'm at orientation, orienting and such. you can't even get on AIM express here, which is terrible. however, there is hope - you can bring you own laptop and plug in upstairs. i can just borrow my roommate's ethernet cable and hopefully i can "do chatting" with you all soon ( Read more... )

hi everyone! i'm safely in brisbane! i'm writing from a veggie/internet cafe down the street from my apartment. or should i say resort hotel? its amazing. i have a courtyard with palm trees, a pool and a hottub. and i have a balcony off of my room. my goal is to swim every day and come home with a "tan." but yeah, this place - its like the real ( Read more... )

This will be my last update before I am coming to you from Vacationland, so read it and weep ( Read more... )