G'Day and welcome to Weekend Update & such here at kirstydownunder.blogspot.com. Pleased to report-- all's going well down under. I had a fun weekend. Allow me to elaborate.

As I mentioned before, Saturday was Rachel's and my trip into Geelong. We explored the better part of downtown during the day... such events included riding the Geelong Waterfront Carousel, walking the better part of the Geelong coastline, eating cake, mildly abusing the local weirdo wooden statues (pictures aplenty, mind you), talking about bridges, talking to randoms, befriending bus drivers who go out of their way to drop off confused internationals, and gathering a taste of home after a quest to find the local irish pub in Geelong. It was quite a day. Lots of walking, lots of fun, and the Magners at the end of the trek was just what we needed to cap off yet another adventure. Needless to say, we're going to have to visit Irish Murphy's more often. Maybe next time we'll bring our new friend Simon the bus driver.

Saturday night wasn't too intense... we amassed the conference call group again, this time plus Kingsley, and watched Finding Nemo. Hey, we're in Australia, give us a break. Quality, relaxing evening to cap off our day's events. Sunday was a whole 'nother story. I'd intended to spend the day doing homework, but was pleasantly surprised to find that I only had about an hour and a half's worth of work to do. So, I went to the gym, watched part of Gremlins 2, did my work, took a nap, and decided to make the best of the evening and join the crew going out to Lamby's. Now, in the States, Sunday night isn't necessarily renowned for its night scene. Quite the contrary down under. These kids were still going strong at two a.m. Live music, lots of dancing, and that whole Dane Cook "I'm in the woofer!" bit becoming quite a reality. It was an excellent evening for all (all including Janis, Justin, Diane and myself). They gave me the award for having the best night, though. Probably had something to do with the new Australian friend I made... I'll take it. More to come with that whole deal, hopefully. And Liz, Priya and Alicia? Number four is most definitely taken. We capped off the evening with a most delicious meal of AussieRamen at about three a.m. back in Evatt. A successful evening if there ever was one.

Today brought the beginning of my third week of classes. Everything is pretty well underway at this point. I'm really liking my classes here, too. Especially PR Writing. Today my professor mentioned two of my favorite things in lecture-- adult-themed language, and adult-themed cinema. It's like I was made for this continent. We had our Evatt 2&4 Christmas dinner this evening, too. Lasagna, tacos, cake... it was a feast. After dinner, I rejoined with Janis and Rach in an attempt to book our break trip, but my ADD kicked into overdrive, and I left at 10:20 to have a cup of tea and watch Boston Legal. Even though I'd already seen the episode, it was the season finale, and well, Alan makes me melt. I do enjoy my Monday nights here-- 10:30 Boston Legal, followed by Scrubs. Cox still wounds me. Oh, television. Even halfway across the globe, you are too good to me.

So, here I am now, basking in the glory that is the fact that I have no class tomorrow, wondering what the future awaits. I'm thinking some season two X-Files. Feeling quite content right now, hopefully this will continue. I see no reason why not.

You're pretty as a penny, rollerskate skinny.

Until next time...

+K+