i went to soundwave music festival. it was fun because it was a lot of emo bands that i was really into from high school. so i got relive the glory days of being in the emo brigade. i saw: saves the day, hellogoodbye, underoath, anberlin, bloodhound gang, nine inch nails, minus the bear, jacks mannequin, and say anything. say anything was by far my favorite. i went and saw them with evan a fellow american, but from the other campus. it was awesome because the guitarist was wearing a portland blazers jersey and it make me homesick, missing my seester. i also got a really bad sunburn at soundwave. its been four days and i am still bright red. slowly browning. i am so embarrassed by it that i have been wearing sweatshirts and sweating everyday. there is no ozone layer above australia so the sun is extra intense. lesson learned
my friend dano is also from hawaii, lanai to be exact, be he goes to uni in montana now. they wouldnt give him a wrist to drink at the festival because they thought his hawaii id was fake. but i got in fine. its because of the movie superbad and mclovin. i had some trouble with my id once i turned 21 in the states but here i guess i look over 18. so we went and finally got him a wrist band after showing them my id. but they wouldnt let him into the drink tent. but luckily i had made friends with one of the guards so we made sure to go to him each time we went to drink. but when he got to register to actually buy his drink they id him again and wouldnt sell to him. the chick said yeah right you can buy those on the internet. so i had to go up and buy all his drinks. i felt like a sugar momma. but its funny what one movie has done to the people who have hawaii drivers licenses.
claire and steve took me out to get mexican food. i was craving a chick quesadilla and they didnt have it. apparently mexican isnt popular in oz. and it was super expensive, $22 for a burrito. not like socal at all. i was grateful for the taste of gac and sour cream though!
i had my trail shift at gloria jeans today. i was only there two hours and i basically learned everything. i was on the register and it was difficult trying to decipher the customers thick accents and confusing coffee orders. they also have different names for the drinks so i had to think in my head when i was making them. it picked it up so easily though that i got the job. so i am excited to start working.
school is going good. its nice having only one class a day. its easy to pay attention and be excited that way.
on sunday i am going to the beach with some american kids from the joondalap campus. i cant believe i have been here for a month and havent seen the ocean yet. but i am fixing that, dont worry.
currently reading: lolita
currently listening to: the shins (sea legs- its a great song, have a listen)
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