1. fuss/bother
2. idle chat/idle talk
3. a meeting. a brainstorming or counseling session.
now, do any of these possibilities sound like a fun thing to do on a thursday night? absolutely not, which is why i am still incredibly confused about the event i attended. however, if i had to guess (which i often do) i would go with option 3, as it sounds the most business-like.
this palaver even was vegas themed, so don's tavern was decked out with some pretty intense decorations, including an eiffel tower, a little white wedding chapel, and black jack tables. also, everyone had to dress up in their best vegas-y attire. it was kind of like prom/formal except that for the $35 ticket we got free booze for 3 1/2 hours. nice. at 11:00 buses picked us up to take us to the "official after-party" at the drink nightclub in surfer's paradise. i've been there a couple of times now, and it's not my favorite, but i was in a dancing mood so... the free buses don't bring us back to school until 3:30 am and there has only been one night so far that i've made it that late. so, i had to catch a cab home, after picking up some delish pizza to eat on the ride. our cab driver was a very hilarious middle-eastern man who was cranking hannah montana the entire ride home. when i commented about his taste in music he explained that he made his daughter burn him a copy of the music she was listening to so he could check it out, and then somehow he felt he was keeping a close eye on her. i assured him that if his 16 year old daughter was listening to miley cyrus he really had nothing to worry about. looking back, that could have been bad advice...
needless to say, friday morning was a rough one. casey and i had big plans to go to the beach, but the thought of riding the bus anywhere made me want to crawl back into my bed in the fetal position. we optioned to lay by the pool instead, which really, not such a bad plan b. it was a really hot day and i got my first sunburn since i've been here. it's not bad, but still a little embarrassing. you never see any of the aussie's tromping around with a sunburned... anything.
as it turned out, we were not the only ones who were having a rough day yesterday, so it seemed most of the campus was taking friday night easy. this is when we decided that we were going to see a movie. not just any movie. i really wanted to see twilight. i've recently become obsessed with the books after reading the first one on the plane ride here. i'm now about 1/3 of the way through the second. anyway, as usual, this supposedly wholesome activity had to turn into a bit of an adventure, as does anything i seem to do these days...
the movie was at 9:20 at the movie theatre attached to the pacific fair mall. in order to get there in time, we checked the bus schedule which said the bus left here at 8:58. perfect. well, we got to the bus stop and that schedule said the bus didn't leave until 9:05. okay, it only takes about 10 minutes to get to pac fair as long as there aren't too many stops, so we should still be fine. the bus finally arrives and we hop on, hoping that we still make it to the movie on time. we arrive at the mall with about 10 minutes till the movie starts, and we're pretty impressed with ourselves at this point. until we get off of the bus and realize that the mall is closed. locked, in fact. so we decide we need to find this movie theatre by foot, and begin to walk around the side of this mall, which, did i mention is the biggest mall in the southern hemisphere? right. well, we get about halfway around one side and come across another entry. locked. so we head back and by now only have about 3 minutes until the movie is supposed to start. luckily there's a bus sitting at the stop, so i hop on and ask the bus driver where the theatre is. which one? she asks me. um, the one at this mall you idiot (i left the you idiot out of it, i think). luckily there was another man standing there talking to the idiot bus driver so he pointed us in the right direction which, turned out, was right behind us. when we finally made it to the theatre, there may have been cheering and high-fiving. it was that exciting. and, also luckily, nothing around here ever starts on time so we didn't even miss any of the previews. the movie itself was deec (the book was better, obvi) but the wholesome night itself was such a success that i may have to try it again soon...
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