First off, I want to apologize to all of you readers out there. We have neglected you this month, but we will try make it up to you : )
We have been extremely busy with uni the last few weeks. Our schoolwork has been excessive and stressful, but we’ve still made time for fun and memorable experiences. Here’s a list of things we have learned in the last 20 days:
-Journalism sucks
-Don’t buy DVDs in foreign countries
-Owl City = The Beatles + Michael Jackson (when he was black)
-Bats still suck
-Molly wants a segway REAL BAD --> who doesn't??
-Australia makes Seattle look like a desert
-Journalism sucks
-Don’t mess with cyclones
The biggest highlight from the last few weeks was the Owl City concert we went to in Brisbane (Brizzy). One week before the concert, we found out tickets were sold out. Thank goodness we have a friend who is a rockstar…Molly got in contact with our friend Matt Decker, who is the drummer for Owl City, and he effortlessly put us on the guest list. Out of fear of driving into a heard of kangaroos on the wrong side of the road, we took a 2-hour train up to Brisbane. The concert was at the Tivoli Theatre, a unique and intimate venue built probably 100 years ago.
The line to get into the show must have been a kilometer long… About 85 percent girls… Average age-14 years old. Event coordinators told us they had been standing in line since noon (it was 6:30). We felt like we were about to watch the Beatles in 1964. The show was amazing. Each song sounded better live. The leader of Owl City, Adam, had a mustache that even the Monopoly man would envy. After the show we hung out with Matt and walked around the city.
We explored Brisbane the next day, walking aimlessly around the shopping district and China-town. It was a beautiful day, except when it started raining sideways, blowing grass clippings from every yard from the city in our faces. --> ahem, the grass clippings came from a weed whacker...we were walking right behind him during the wind storm. Brisbane was a beautiful city and we hope to get a proper tour from Liam or Jono soon.
The pic below is of an all-girl school. The girls reminded me of Madeline (anyone remember that cartoon?).
Over the last couple months Molly has found a few good deals on DVDs that she was really excited about. --> Fox & the Hound, Super Troopers, House Bunny...(alex ;) As it turns out, DVD players are ‘regionized’ and you can’t play foreign movies on them. Awesome. What this means is that when we pop in our favorite psychological thriller from the US into my rented Australian DVD player, it plays the whole thing in fuzzy black and white. Like Molly’s dated apartment, I guessed we’ve gone retro with our entertainment. Lovely expression below perfectly describes us being lost in Brisbane and my feelings toward DVD 'regionizing'. When we take over the world, first item on the agenda: Free the DVDs from their region captivity!
The weather has been frustrating to say the least. According to the weather news, we have only had two days without rain in the last month. It hasn’t been raining constantly though… We are often teased with sun and 80+ temps then minutes later it will be windy and pouring rain. The beach hasn’t been too tempting lately, with crazy cyclones tearing up the ocean. Molly wasn’t too psyched about me going surfing after a surf lifesaver got killed in the rough waves the previous weekend. I didn’t go…it was a good call. I'm so very wise :)
Despite busyness, cyclones, weed clippings, and journalism taking form of the anti-Christ, it's been a good month. We're in the process of planning a trip to New Zealand after final exams are over! Love you all and thanks for reading!
