First day of class

So today was officially our first day of class. This class is "Spinning Yarns: Media and the Message in Australia." It seems pretty chill, but also honestly like five other intro to TV classes I've already taken. But that's alright, I'm hoping I'll learn enough about the Australian spin on the media. It's kinda weird too because I'm taking these classes with people from every major where in Park you really only have other Tv-Radio kids in class with you. Makes me feel like a real professional. :P

Class is generally from 10-12 and then 1-3, with the hour for a lunch break. Tomorrow is "Media Frenzy Day" which is listed in the syllabus as "all day" but I hope it's not too bad. Mary-Ann, the teaching assistant, said we'll be splitting up with one group doing newspaper journalism and the other group doing radio. Piece of cake, really. Lol.

The weekend was just pretty laid back. After the sunburn, my body wouldn't let me back on the beach. Saturday we really did nothing. We walked around the City Center a little bit, came back for some lunch, took naps, made dinner, watched the Olympics, and went to bed early. Exciting.

Yesterday started out much the same. Jenessa and I just went window shopping.. the style around here is mostly surfer apparel and fancily dressed girls. Some have commented that all the girls here are way skinny but I think it's just that they're all really well dressed that it doesn't matter. Bc for real, no one walks around here in sweats. It's always big belts cinched at the waist and high heeled shoes tied around the ankle many times. All day too, not just at night. Another popular fashion, besided the cinched waist belts, is dress-looking shorts. I. want. them. but at fifty dollars (which like 37 American dollars) it seems like a purchase that needs to wait til the end of the trip to see how my budget is fairing!

Then we had a BBQ in King's Park! Not too many big stories about that, besides that Steve makes killer kebobs and we saw a Kuckaburra. So, I'll just leave you with some fun pics.