Two hundred degrees, that's why they call me Mister Farenheit

Seriously now... Queen. Freddy Mercury rules ++, and don't you forget it.

So yes, I report to you in the full swing of study week. Thus far, the only studying I have done has been my own personal scholarly exploration into Fortean studies, supernatural phenomenon, and the usual conspiracy business. Yesterday I went to the library and checked out a few books on said topics: Paul Davies' Are We Alone?, a philosophical look on how the human population of Earth would react if extraterrestrial contact was actually made, Loren Coleman's Mysterious America, the aforementioned Fortean text focusing mainly on cryptozoology and other assorted paranormal phenomenon, and The Supernatural and You! by R. Brasch. I haven't gotten to this one yet, but it sounds promising. And, of course, I'm still working on Conspiracy Culture for my lit paper, so that makes four. Hah, I'd make Mulder proud. Not so much Scully, though, but you never know. Definitely not season one Scully.

I spent yesterday afternoon/evening reading the first two books, one by the Ponds over lunch, and the other curled up in my bed. Fascinating works, if you're at all interested. House was last night, too. I was into it. Foreman's back! Now, to get Chase and Cameron back into things. I miss the Ducklings being together with House. Nothing else too extreme went down yesterday, just kindof relaxing, reading, and the creation of a few more delicious desktop wallpapers in the night hours.

Tuesday was a fun sort of day. I spent the bulk of the afternoon researching and booking everything for the remainder of the Farewell Tour. I'm pretty hyped for it. Pirate Cruise is confirmed, as is another two day excursion in Fiji. My life is awesome. Also, further bonus material manifested in the return of my lost key. Ten points for not having to pay $1oo to get the lock changed! Siq mosh. Diane, Rach and I went to the movies on Tuesday night, too. They saw Death at a Funeral and I saw Michael Clayton, because I'm a sucker for George Clooney. It didn't disappoint-- he was in a suit in almost every scene, sported the 5 o'clock shadow more than a handful of times, and the plot was laden with conspiracy and lawyers. Pretty much the recipe for my kind of entertainment, right? Granted, I had no idea what was going on in the first half of the movie, but it all came together very nicely. I rate it as E for Enjoyable, especially if you've got a thing for Gorgeous George.

And, we're back to Monday. Lunch at B-Bar was a good time... I bought the kids a round of cookies, haha. Janis told us she's leaving on the second, which is quite sad, but such is life. Rach and I headed to rock climbing after lunch, and only got mildly wet walking in the sporadic rain. It ended up being an awesome time, though. It's an awesome workout, hah. We were both hurting, but all the better because of it. I learned how to properly belay, and I didn't drop Rach once! She was impressed, as was I for her reciprocating belaying tactics. I think we'll definitely have to go back before I leave. We got caf when we came back, and then it was Californication later on.

Such is how my study week has gone thus far. Pretty low key, all things considered, but I've found ways of entertaining myself throughout. Today I actually did some work-- wrote most of my AusToday written supplement to my presentation last week and handed that in. Talked to the fam in the morning, too. They rule, and I can't wait for Thanksgiving in four weeks. Sweet turkey action, dude!

Tomorrow Diane, Rach and I are scheduled to go to Queenscliff and swim with dolphins, or something to that nature. Sounds like a good time to me. I'm just hoping the weather gets better-- it's pretty rainy and gross right now, but such are Victorian weather patterns.

I don't really have much else for you right now... oh, wait, if you're into Anderson Cooper and/or built dudez, czech this out:




Hellooooo Andy! Where'd those guns come from? Armed & fabulous, indeed. Yeah, props to Priya for sharing... I see your 'goo' and raise you a passionate 'EHHH!'

Okay, that being said, I think I'm going to watch an episode of X-Files before caf. So until next time... Trust No One!

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