You know you're roomie is homesick when she downloads and blasts her Alma Mater (Penn State)

Aussie word of the day: Akubra - wide-brimmed hat made popular by Crocodile Dundee

So my sociology paper finished up with a resounding 2,390 words. (assigned range was 2,200-2,500 words, to those who care). And I finished tweaking my stats project. Good things both, as they are both due tomorrow. I also finished my Gender/Postmodern book on Sat., and gave a fabulous seminar for which my paper is due next Tuesday. All that's left to conquer this week is an itty-bitty group oral presentation on O.C.D. on Thursday, and then it's smooooooooth sailing, with a reduced load of generally only one thing due a week (as opposed to this week, which killed).

My weekend, aside from the heavy pressures of school work, was fairly decent. I went out for Yum Cha (Dim Sum) with Corissa, Sam and Jess, and of course since we were in the city, we had to do a little shop-browsing. Queen St. typically has live performances by no-name cover bands on weekends, so we weren't surprised by the music blasting as we walked...we were, however, surprised by the huge throngs of people and added security. We took refuge in Lush (a natural bath/body products store that I LOVE), and glanced out from the doorway to see what all the hubbub was about. The band was none other than that of Russell Crowe. No wonder there was extra security...

Sunday Corissa and I made an appearance and what was supposed to be one of Brisbane's biggest events, the Seafood and Wine festival. What we found was a strip of overpriced kiosks hocking Beer and Fish & Chips. We booked fairly fast, though not before eating some of the very hard to find non-fried food. She had prawn skewers, and I had a lovely seafood pillow. The prices were fairly obscene, but at least the food was good. I guess we were both just spoiled, as we were expecting something akin to a New York or Monrovia street fair, and were left very disappointed.

Anyway, I'm off to enjoy some leisure reading, something I haven't gotten to do in ages. Cheers!