Last Lecture
This morning I had my last lecture at Sydney Uni. It wasn't so much a lecture as a short, vague explanation of the exam format and then fifteen minutes to fill out course evaluations (something the US migrated to the internet a while back...)
After the lecture I headed over to the bank to take care of some business that needed tending to. I ended up in a ten minute discussion with the teller when she found out that I lived in Louisiana. She said that it is the state she wants to most visit because 'True Blood', a show about vampires, is set in (fictitious) Bon Temps, LA. While I admitted that I don't watch the show, she still hit me with a barrage of questions relating to anything and everything remotely about Louisiana, the south, and the US. One big thing was the accent - I put on my deep southern accent for a moment which made her pretty happy. She then asked if I use "y'all" and was delighted to find out that that is my biggest southern-ism; I use y'all all (and even "all y'all" / "y'all all" the time - the Australians seem to love it. Other topics covered included the weather in the American south and interest rates (currently 5.2%) vs. the US (practically 0%)...(I mean, I was at a bank).
While the morning was sunny (for the first time in a while), things quickly gave way to overcast skies. Now it is pouring quite heavily again with VERY strong winds (the house is shaking a bit), and is supposed to through Friday. I think this is London's way of punishing us for not celebrating the Queen's Jubilee (most Australians are for the republic - it will happen soon enough - which I think is a shame). Hopefully us taking off work on Monday for the Queen's Birthday will make it stop raining!
I plotted my boards this afternoon and made it home with them before the rain. Now I just have two models to make and a booklet to put together for my presentation on Thursday.
I'm taking a bit of time to clean my room and desk off (things pile up very quickly when you sit for days on end working). I opened a package of Arnott's Royals - one of my purchases when I was expanding my horizons from Tim Tams - to test them out. I was underwhelmed and will not be purchasing anymore at Woolworths this week when I return to buy more of the mint slices and Tim Tams (on sale 3/$4.something - the cheapest they have been since I got here!). I suppose I should start stocking up to prepare to bring a bag-full home since everyone seems to want them!
Tonight I plan to finish my booklet for review and plan my model - tomorrow I will spend the day in studio building the models...
After the lecture I headed over to the bank to take care of some business that needed tending to. I ended up in a ten minute discussion with the teller when she found out that I lived in Louisiana. She said that it is the state she wants to most visit because 'True Blood', a show about vampires, is set in (fictitious) Bon Temps, LA. While I admitted that I don't watch the show, she still hit me with a barrage of questions relating to anything and everything remotely about Louisiana, the south, and the US. One big thing was the accent - I put on my deep southern accent for a moment which made her pretty happy. She then asked if I use "y'all" and was delighted to find out that that is my biggest southern-ism; I use y'all all (and even "all y'all" / "y'all all" the time - the Australians seem to love it. Other topics covered included the weather in the American south and interest rates (currently 5.2%) vs. the US (practically 0%)...(I mean, I was at a bank).
While the morning was sunny (for the first time in a while), things quickly gave way to overcast skies. Now it is pouring quite heavily again with VERY strong winds (the house is shaking a bit), and is supposed to through Friday. I think this is London's way of punishing us for not celebrating the Queen's Jubilee (most Australians are for the republic - it will happen soon enough - which I think is a shame). Hopefully us taking off work on Monday for the Queen's Birthday will make it stop raining!
I plotted my boards this afternoon and made it home with them before the rain. Now I just have two models to make and a booklet to put together for my presentation on Thursday.
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| My boards, plotted and laid out on our living room floor. |
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| Arnott's Royals - a biscuit with marshmallow flavoured with an unidentifiable red fruit - strawberry? or raspberry... |
Course evaluations at my school are still by hand on paper! But I guess that's because I go to a school smaller than my high school and the class size is generally tiny. :)
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