15 July

I type this blog entry from my room in my flat. My laptop is quietly (sort of) playing weird folk punk music that reminds me camp. My desk is cluttered, my room is a mess. I think I'm getting a little cold coming on so that sucks.

Nevertheless, I'm still having a lot of fun. Last night at this bar called "The Church" (because it's in an old church), me and this Canadian belligerently - yet somewhat respectfully - tried to get a guy from Boston to see the obvious benefits of universal health care. Just minutes earlier I was arguing with that same guy about whether or not the Mavericks were a good team. He holds that they were just lucky, but he's also a republican.

I'm currently on the hunt for a cheap guitar. I've been talking with this guy that owns a second hand music shop. He's a really cool old guy who spits a little when he talks. When I walked into his shop he was jamming with some asian guy right in the middle of his tiny little shop. Seems like a nice work environment. It sounds like I'll be able to buy a guitar off of him for $100 or less and then sell it back to him without losing much money. He's real reasonable and said that he just likes to see people playing music. One of the cooler kiwis I've met here for sure.

In classes here I still find myself about to fall asleep just about every day. Honestly though, I think it's justified. The math prof was telling us what a matrix Ax=B equation was for thirty minutes. The phys prof spent the first fifteen minutes of class telling us repeatedly that "MATLAB is just a big calculator". Even the philosophy prof spent an entire hour explaining the argument that skeptic would take. Dumb. Although, I guess I didn't come here because I really wanted to take these classes.

I'll close by attempting to show you pictures of my room.

Oh and one more thing. It's friday. Friday. We so excited.