So it is the final week of school. Had my last Australia Now lecture. Got my Final for Photo tomorrow and one more Tute on Friday. Then I have till the 17th to write an essay and I am done. I’ve been meaning to update this but I don’t really have the patience/time right now. So once this week is over I shall update! As for now, enjoy this photo of me underwater:

So last Sunday I went to this incredible (free) show in the Alexandria Gardens. It is part of The Melbourne Arts Festival which is happening right now. It was the opening weekend so I decided to go see this show after a friend had told me about it. So after taking a nap on Sunday afternoon and almost not waking up on time, I headed down to the city. The tram was surprisinly faster than usual (It took 10 minutes… sunday evening I guess). So I got there 15 minutes early, found a good seat and didn’t know what to expect. In the middle of the Gardens there was a huge crane holding some steel construction. In the middle was a bell. Around this construction were 8 platforms. At 9PM the show started. There were a couple French guys who were drinking walking through the crowd, making fun of people, looking like bums. They climbed up to one of the platforms and joked around. One of them saw the bell in the middle of the steel construction and the three guys thought it was a great idea to ring it. “I’m gonna ring the bell” was shouted by the main french guy. So, the raced to the bell… each one of them wanting to ring it. Then once the one guy got up and rang it there were three women who raced through the crowd. They went from platform to platform and light up torches that were connected. The french guy kept ringing the bell and the three women made funny sounds. Then he rang the bell one more time and all of a sudden all these people in circus clothes showed up. They had really cool costumes and all of them had bells that they kept ringing. Each one took a platform and talked to audience. It was cool (and a time filler ). Everytime the French man rang the bell, they switched platforms. At some point they all went to the steel thing in the middle and took their place in front of one of the instruments. At this point the three women from earlier climbed on top of the steel thing as well (they were acrobats) and the whole construction started to lift into the air, all while they were playing music. It was really cool. They got lifted about 40 meters into the air and played music and the acrobats did stuff on swings. It was REALLY cool!!! The show lasted about an hour but it was amazing. Check out this link to see some photos and watch the video as well. Very cool. Here are two photos I took. It was really dark though…

Then Monday Pemi and I went and saw Matt Nathanson in concert. It was his first time in Australia and he gave a great show. Anke and I have seen him twice before in Portland and he is just a really funny and good musician. I got to meet him afterwards and got Anke a super amazing gift as well.

On Wednesday, yesterday, I had my last dance photoshoot of the term. I met up with Tiffany again and we got a couple really good photos in. Time flew by super fast which sucked but the photos are amazing. I got my assessment time as well. Thursday the 29th at 10AM. There will be probably one video and two photos projected. Along with the music (if it gets done) and possible a sign made from glow sticks. Let’s see….

I also applied to a gallery back in Portland in school. Maybe I will get my first solo show! How amazing would that be. Wish me luck! Also I got a job interview on Monday at the Movie Theater so hopefully that is going to happen. We will see but I really hope I get this job!!! That one or the Ice cream store… but movie theater would be better

On Saturday I am going to go to a Wine Tour that’s hosted through MUSEX! This is the Uni Melbourne Student Exchange club. We went to the pub crawl with them when Pemi and I first got here. It should be pretty awesome. Three wineries and then a brewery… Let’s hope for some good wine =)

Sunday I am going to go to a free showing at Fed Square of this animation called Mary and Max. Die sind aus knete gemacht. Wird sicherlicher toll.

As for today, I am gonna cook some food. Still been eating healthy =) Yesterday I made corn ob the cob, asparagus and baked tofu! Yum. Have a wonderful day everyone
Keep Smiling!

After spending most of my week in bed, I am now making a conscious decision to get healthy and eat right again. I have been slacking. Before coming to Oz I didn’t have McDonalds in ages. We get here, and everyone get’s McFlurry’s. Granted that hasn’t happened in a while, and neither have the Lord-of-the-Fries outings but the 11km walks are non existend. At least I don’t seem to have gained any extra weight. And I am determined to keep it that way. So, time to change my lifestyle a little bit. I have spent most of my day cleaning so maybe due to the super cleanliness of my apartment (bath, kitchend, bedroom are all sparkling) I am in a positive, can-do mood!
I just made myself a carrot, white radish and radish salad. Ok maybe that translation is off. (Möhren, Radischen, Rettich) It’s amazing. I also had a healthy snack earlier (mandarine… yumm). It’s good to get back into cooking and making good food!
Last night Pemi and I went to the German Club here in Melbourne and celebrated Oktoberfest. I don’t know if you can actually call it Oktoberfest because it really wasn’t. I think they just used the word as an excuse to celebrate and drink beer. BUT, it was really fun. I had Pemi try a Zwiebelkuchen and we had Pfannkuchen. Had a couple beers before moving on to O’Bridies. It’s this Irish Pub/Bar/Club on Chapel St. Pemi celebrated her 100th drink in Australia (plus the first vodka shot) and then we went on to Dance. They had a good band covering pretty good songs. Kings of Leon Sarah met up with us there too and danced with some creepy guy that wouldn’t leave her alone. It was funny! (Sorry Sarah, but it was) I ended the night with my 98th drink. So two more and I reach a 100. DAMN.
I have been applying for a bunch of jobs. Hopefully I will here back soon. It’s really frustrating because most people don’t want anyone that leaves in a couple month. It’s gonna work out though. It always does. And I am gonna hope it will at least.
On the 12th I am going to go see Matt Nathanson in Concert and at the end of the month, right before finals, I am gonna go see Paolo Nutini. Can’t wait!
One of the dancers had to cancel for next weekend. I am desperatly trying to find a male dancer and it’s really stressful. I only got a couple more weeks left. We are gonna have a showing of all the short films in 3 weeks as well. It should be really great. There’s a lot of good stuff!
As for tonight. I am gonna work on my website/add music to my video. Gotta go through my itunes library and find something.
Keep smiling everyone
Cheers
PS: I shaved my head. Donated my hair to a good cause! See photo