Les Examens et Le Ballet

The State Public Library - Right Across from the GOMA
How they celebrate the holidays in Australia...it's a wombat, BTW
Our Ballet Group!

I finally have something worthwhile to write about on my blog. It has been a good three weeks without a particularly noteworthy event. Whirlwind update for everything up to yesterday:

• I came to Brisbane, I saw Brisbane, and I have almost conquered Brisbane


• We had a week of Australian Studies lectures


• We had three days of Coastal Resource Management diagram making


• I wrote two papers for Australian Studies; One about Australian identity and the other about Americanization of TV.


• I took finals on Saturday and Sunday!!!


• I finished my Targeted Research Project paper on Tuesday


• I finished my TRP presentation on Wednesday - WOAH! I just finished the quarter!

Then yesterday I had a nice free day. I went to the Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA), which was fun but not terribly interesting. They did have a whole exhibit on the long march in China. I spent two hours on Queen Street unsuccessfully getting people presents :(. Then I met up with my ballet group to catch a quick dinner (mediocre Indian takeaway) and then go see Romeo and Juliet! It was really good; the costumes were beautiful, the sets were amazing, and the dancing was great! It was a lovely evening.

Now, I'm just hanging out. I'll go to the markets tomorrow, but I have to pack everything up today and get ready for New Zealand!

-Au Revoir