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wednesday was such a lazy day. in the evening i wandered over to steph's flat where we randomly decided we'd cook the crazy odds and ends around our houses (mariko, sarah, steph and i). we walked up to the store to grab some vanilla ice cream and brown sugar and i got the stuff for paella. it was a laugh of a walk and when we got back it was pretty crazy how nicely the spurr of the moment meal came together. we had steak, mashed potatoes, carrots, burnt butter cauliflower, and for dessert, apple brown betty's with carmel sauce and ice cream. as the week had us slightly run down (steph was sick as well, with a sinus something or other) we all had madre's cureall hot tottie drink. it was quite a nice meal.

thursday i studied outside in my hammock with mariko. it was nice reading outside. then i leisurely made paella. it took a while but was well worth it. i put in the rice of course, chicken, sausage, prawns, red capsicum, carrot, scallions, white onion, diced tomatoes, peas, asparagus, minced garlic, paprika, salt, pepper, and a bit of butter. turned out quite nicely. there are tons of left overs too so that is awesome. everyone loved it. bridget wants the recipe.

so thursday night is usually tavern night. i went to the library to work until it closed at 1030 or so then walked over to the campus tavern with steph, mariko, and the other kids. the music was its usual oldie moldy's that my parents would like (think jailhouse rock). but the NW trip kids were there again so that was fun. One of the germans yelled at me for never being on bush court and seeing them. I even saw Mariko's totally shy roommate Adam and his equallu shy friend Luke there. Granted they were sitting at a table outside and didn't come in and dance with the girls, but still a step in the right direction. I figure btw steph, mariko and myself we'll get them mingling in no time.

so while everyone was partying i snuck back and met grace in the village. we had a bit of fun in steph's room which she never locks. she still has no idea it was we who flipped everything (i do mean everything, even her backpack was inside out) upside down. it was good fun. well i was tired and departed back to bed after the fun of her reaction.

friday was packed with tutorials. foreign policy wasn't too bad, we debated whether middle power diplomacy hurts australia's relations with the US. I was on the aff side and we won. The negs tried to weasle out with an ill conceived plan of saying Australia isn't a middle power. then on to philosophy where we had a library tour (i'm not kidding, this is also an upper level course) and learn how to search. the rest of the class wasn't too bad, chatted about oppression and such. i walked back with one of the older men in the class and chatted about the professor's unique style. we both are presenting next week. should be interesting and hopefully not too hard. i'm talking about the moral and political philosophy of human rights.

last night zane's footie team was playing roland's so the boys watched the game in our flat, which of course led to yelling, drinking, and all that accompanies boys watching football. it was pretty fun and quite australian. Oh! I forgot, Steph and I walked to the shops yesterday afternoon and I splurged on two movie magazines (which are totally educational as i am a film student and they aren't smut like cosmo mom) which i am so enjoying. other then that it was a quiet evening with reading and chatting with some friends online.

today has been paper writing prision. i forgot to eat lunch until 4 when i realized i was mighty hungry. a ham and cheese sandwhich down the hatch and a bit of a break for blog updating then i'll be back at work critically explaining whether australia's middle power diplomacy aids, hinders, or is irrelevant to Australia's performance in the following issue areas: the war on terror, relations with East Asia, and the ANZUS alliance (hey all you americans out there that the US - Australia - New Zealand alliance. they really care about it here).

so this weekend i shall be hard at work. thanks for sharing the derby photos! looks like you guys (especially billy) had a good time. i'll be putting my spanish feast triumph photos on flickr after i post this, so watch out! and i realize i need to put more photos up, it just takes forever!

cheers loves!