In the past 48 hours, I've had five cups of coffee, one energy drink, four cups of tea, written about six thousand words in the form of three essays, and gotten about six hours of sleep, none of which occurred in the last 3o hours. Don't you love the end of semesters?

Yes, I know, I have absolutely no right to complain. But I wear my procrastination like a badge... I pride myself in being able to produce quality work under pressure. I'm completely serious when I say that I do my best work hours before an assignment is due. Any earlier than the night before, I can't collect my thoughts and motivate myself to actually get anything worthwhile done. I've tried it, and my writing suffers immensely. Granted, I can hardly see straight now from lack of sleep, but such is life.

Plenty of reasons to smile in Geelong since the last update, though! First thing's first... how cute are the Flyers this year? My boys are 1-1 right now after kicking off the season in Western Canada. Right now, they're team building. Check out the pictures on the website... downright adorable. I can't wait to return to the Wachovia Center and see them in all their not-last-place glory. Bummer about the Phils getting swept, but such is life as a Philadelphia sports fan. Does anyone else find it a bit lame that our baseball team is called the Philadelphia Phillies? Like, couldn't we come up with anything better than the shortened version of our city's name? All of our pro teams have names that seep with history... except the Flyers. Way to go, boys... way to bring some originality to the town. Yeah, these are the thoughts that run through my head after being awake for 3o hours.

Back to Australia. As I promised myself before writing the three aforementioned godforsaken yawn banquets (I made time to do lots of important stuff amidst such dedication to procrastination... in this gangsta nation... yeah, pretty much everything except for productive work in and of itself), I spent most of today seeking out potential travel destinations for both study break and post-semester adventures. I figure it's about time I start looking, so I drew myself up a little map of the South Pacific, figured out what, exactly, I want to do, and had a blast. I've found a pretty sweet deal in going to New Zealand over study break, then heading to the Whitsundays, Brisbane and Fiji after I finish my finals. Ya know, keep the adventure and the relaxation segregated. Separate but equal, mind you.

Other mentionables come in the form of assorted acquisitions. I'm talking DC++, which equates to mucho new jammers and even Boston Legal season three for this kid!! Ah, I watched the "Shirley Schmidt-ho" episode before caf... soo good. Quite sorry I'm missing the start of season four at home, but you know how these things go. I've also acquired a unexplainable new-found passion for the lyrical stylings of Hilary Duff. She's currently rotating on repeat with Mika, my "blood WHAT." collection, and any sort of mash-ups I can find. I offer no explanation for my actions, but I do sincerely apologize to the global community of people with functioning eardrums.

I talked to Sam today, too. Guitar Hero III for the Wii? SIGN ME UP.

I'm sure there are other things worth discussing, but I can't bring them to mind right now. Right now my allegiance lies in staying awake for the next ten minutes, so I can join up with the regulars and get an overdue fix of [H]OUSE. He was being a jerk in the last two episodes, I hope that changes. Also, I found a few candid shots of Hugh Laurie's post-Emmy piano performance, and fell in love. Pssh, like I wasn't in love before. I turned them (and a series of other pictures) into some new desktop backgrounds, and put 'em on facebook in our "The best part of my day is having a cup of tea and watching House" group, if you're interested. All in the name of procrastination, this I promise.

The remainder of the week looks promising. New [H]OUSE tomorrow, quite possibly adventuring "out" for the first time in a long time on Thursday night, Girls Night on Friday, and beach adventures with Jake on Saturday. Gnar gnar!

Alright, awesome, time for House and then maybe, just maybe some sleep. So until I've successfully achieved REM...

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