Tuesday, January 04, 2005

LAX

I went on a message board for the work program Jeff and I are going through and I discovered that a bunch of different people from all over are arriving in Sydney around the same time as us. Some may even be on our flight. I know they're complete strangers, but for some reason it made me feel better about the whole thing, a little less nervous. It's nice to know that we're not alone in what we're doing, and that I'm not the only one that's half excited/half terrified by the endeavors. Roommate prospects are looking good...The site is awesome and I'm really impressed with the organization of the program, plus setting up a bank account in Sydney was a breeze.

-Mary

Monday, January 03, 2005

I spent all of yesterday getting my music off of my computer, transferring it to data cds, transferring it to Jeff's computer, and then loading it onto my ipod. When I say I, I mean Jeff. He did the most work, although I spent a few solid hours correcting the titles of songs that I had downloaded in college. Sorry, but osframes))??/the{{]revelate.3853]>> isn't going to cut it anymore. So, although I thought downloading from all those sites was a brilliant idea at the time, it definitely came back to bite me in the ass yesterday when I had to correct almost 90% of them.

New Years was a good time. I think I'm much better at the casual night in rather than the all you can drink party. I wouldn't mind a 2:1 ratio from here on out. I can't deny that seeing Jeff that drunk last year was a highlight that led to some wonderful stories.

I really don't have anything else important or entertaining to contribute. Although, some man came in to the office today and told me that a woman was driving downtown around Thanksgiving and she was hit with a frozen turkey that had been chucked through her car window. To top it off the man that had thrown it had purchased the turkey with a stolen credit card. I didn't know quite how to react to the story so I just looked kind of shocked and said it was awful. He said that was the real danger of identity theft and walked out. Strange.

By the way, for those I haven't told, I'm planning on writing a book in Australia. I figure the more people I tell, the more likely I'll stick to it and get it finished. Same tactic I used for my eyebrow piercing my senior year of high school...hopefully this will have a better outcome

-Mary