Hello Faithful Readers :)

I would like to draw attention to some recent tweaking of My Photo Journal, the link for which, as you are probably already aware, can also be found on the left-hand navigation. This is not the first time I have restructured the way my photo album presents itself, but this IS the first time I have actually done a good job. ( Read more... )

The rest of my time in Melbourne post Great Ocean Road was very satisfying. On the first day of October I hung out with Jess--and old friend from when I was at high school in Cairns. We walked around Melbourne, but before I met up with Jess I met up with one of Tosh's friends, Chip, for coffee. Chip and I were going to walk around the famous ( Read more... )

Last week was crazy with getting ready to go away. I got back from Sydney and Nicola on Monday and I had very little time in which to get everything in order for leaving for Melbourne on Thursday night. I had an exam on Thursday at 10am and I still do not know my results for that. I studied, and I know I could have done a better job had a read a ( Read more... )

Please do not be alarmed. Yes, I have changed my blog's theme in honor of my recent weekend in Sydney. It seemed appropriate now that I have actually been there and I may or may not change back. This is still my blog and all the old entries are still there. I am interested to hear what you think of the new look. Now there is a long entry after this ( Read more... )

I just got back to Brisbane after an incredible weekend spent with Nicola in Sydney. My profound apologies for neglecting to write yet again. I have no valid excuse except trying to make progress on my assignments and having an ear infection. :( Sickness seems to enjoy my company these days. The feeling is not mutual. Still, modern medicine works ( Read more... )

I didn't write last week at all because I was sick pretty much the entire time. I figured that trying to write a blog entry while coughing and sneezing would yield less-than-desirable results. Frame of mind is important in blog writing and reading a list of the silly complaints of a person with a bad cold makes for bad reading.

As it is there is ( Read more... )

I am amazed at how quickly August has come to a close. I do need to stop being surprised at the passage of time, but it seems to me that August is the month that always passes the quickest. When I'm in the northern hemisphere it's probably because it's the last month of summer and I start scrambling to take advantage of the puny month I have left ( Read more... )

Once again I observe my hierarchy of procrastination. I SHOULD be working on an assignment due Friday for which I have done a mountain of reading (to translate my favorite phrase from Spanish) but have not be able to put on paper...So as usual I have deferred to my back up task of writing in my blog and I justify my horribly confused priorities by ( Read more... )

Time is really flying now! I'm not sure where it's going but I hardly have time to blink before a week has gone by and already a new round of readings and assignments is waiting to be done. I am hopelessly behind on my reading, but that isn't anything unique to the Australian university system--I always have too much reading to do and not enough ( Read more... )

I owe a heartfelt apology to all of my faithful readers. Every night for the past few weeks as I went to bed having let yet another day go by without posting an update on my life in Australia I experienced overwhelming guilt. It has taken a while to get settled and over jet lag and used to classes while meeting people and running off trying to take ( Read more... )