11 Feb

i hate to say it, but i've actually been enjoying my classes this week.  granted, i only have three of them, but each class has a lecture and tutorial, so technically i have 6 classes every week.  yesterday (tuesday) i had sex, love, and relationships and we learned about sexual behaviours and sex positions.  when our lecturer got to the "advanced positions" (and yes, there were pictures and diagrams) she said something like "if you're talented to figure out these ones, you don't need to be taking this class!".  it was hilarious.  i haven't had the tutorial yet (that's this afternoon) but my roommate already told me that we discuss the pros/cons of the different sexual positions.  we also watched a video about scientists who tried to play matchmaker by matching people's DNA and face shapes.  it was veryy interesting, even though in the end it ended up not working out so great.

in my australian pop culture class we are learning about the significance of the beach this week.  we watched a documentary called Bra Boys about one of the largest and most powerful surf gangs in australia, the bra boys.  it was very intense and interesting and i highly suggest seeing it, especially if you're interested in ever traveling to australia.  surf gangs are one of those things that most people just straight up don't have any idea exist.  at least, i didn't.  also, my group for this class gives our presentation for this class about australian tourism next week.  i just spent 45 minutes in the library working on the powerpoint by myself.  i know... i'm impressed too. =]

even my sensation & perception class, which is a two-hour long lecture and then an hour-long lab class, is interesting.  possibly because i feel like i'm actually learning something, besides just listening to the prof. (ahem, kovack-lesh) ready off of a powerpoint for an hour.  although, i'm not going to lie, i left after the first hour today...

so... i was having a chat yesterday with some other american study abroad students about how strange we feel like our experience is compared to our other friends who are abroad.  i've been looking at a lot of my other friends pictures of old building and day tours they've been going on, and i don't have any of those kinds of things.  mine are mostly of parties and the beach and an occasional hike in byron bay.  they seemed to think that we weren't getting an "australian" experience while we were here, but i think that's so strange.  we're going to an australian university, meeting all kinds of australians and other people from around the world, and yeah, the differences between australian culture and american culture are subtle, but they are definitely still there.  

that is all... xoxo