Hey everybody. It's been a month and a half or so since I posted anything. Things are fantastic. ( Here are more pictures and commentary. )

pictures tell a thousand words and i don't really want to spend the ridiculous rates at internet cafes to type them. things are still beyond incredible.

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I'm here and loving every moment so far ( Read more... )

The time has come ( Read more... )

newsflash!

aprilcsw happens to be on my flight from los angeles to sydney this sunday.

i am also meeting up with taylor in l.a. for a few hours, which will be rad.

after much debate, i have decided to bring music with me. this is in part due to the prodding of caithness and possibly a couple others. i figure 5 months overseas is a long time and 22 hours on an airplane is a long time. though both are filled with their own sounds, i guess i'll construct my own reality at times.

( after sifting through my boxes of music, this is what i decided to bring )

MY VISA WAS APPROVED!

i am 100% going now; i had my fears due to my own overzealous backpacking plans... but all is well.

i do not want to worry right now about Songs Unsung: A Cultural Studies Analysis of File-Sharing, the final paper i am writing for my theory&process class. instead, i want to post pictures of my possible living situations... ( Read more... )

countdown continues. i leave EXACTLY four weeks from today.

that said, i was thinking last week during thanksgiving about many things. one of those things was this: how can i justify going to sydney and getting excited about seeing australian things when i have yet to see all boston things?don't get me wrong. i'm pretty sure i know boston ( Read more... )

eep.

i just discovered that the plural of dingo is not dingos but dingoes with an e (as in flying dingoes will attack me like jumping sharks and crocs.

some aussie mammals are going to be mighty mad at my representation of their lifestyles.