Friday May 22, 2009 - Getting Caught Up

Ok, so today I finally got caught up with writing about Brisbane and instead of trying to do a day by day recap of the days since then I am going to do one all encompassing post, hitting the highlights.

Sunday May 16 – Dave from next door took Tom and I out sailing on his boat. We sailed around the Bay, sailing right by Hyams Beach, named by Guinness World Records as having the whitest sand in the world. Had hopes of spotting dolphins or whales (whale season is just starting and there have been several sightings the past week), but alas, the marine mammals were hiding today. I don’t know how to work a sailboat, it been probably about 15 years since I’ve been on a sailboat (my aunt and uncle use d to have one), so Dave gave me some tips on how it works, how the sails are supposed to go, etc. We sailed all the way down to the southern end of the bay before heading back. It was a long day out on the water and I ended up curling up in the little area inside the boat and taking a little snooze as we headed back to Huski. It was starting to chilly too, so it was warmer inside then out. Had a great time though. I just love being out on boats and being on the water.

Saturday May 15th??? – Can’t remember which day I did this but since I went with Tom I assuming it was Saturday, but we saw “Angels and Demons.” I am a big fan of the book, I liked it better then “DaVinci Code.” Although…I didn’t dig the movie. The book is so good and intriguing and the movie just failed to live up to how good the book was. I think part of the problem was, and I said this after “DaVinci Code” is that I just think Tom Hanks as Robert Langdon is just totally wrong! IMHO Hanks is too old to play Langdon. Plus I think Langdon should be a bit more dashing. It just throws the whole thing for me. Needless to say, I was disappointed.

Tuesday May 18, 2009 – Poker Night. As you know, on Tuesday I play poker. I only really learned since I’ve gotten here, but every time I’ve played I’ve placed top 15. (That’s important because you get points and everyone gets 100 points just for playing and you have to make top 15 to get more than 100 points). Well this night, I did it, I WON! Everything was working. I got decent cards, played them well and had a bit of luck, which every poker player needs. I did take Tom out though, making him come in 4th place, just outside the money. By winning I got a cool little card protector thing and $100 AUD (~$75 USD). Not too bad for a night’s work!

Misc – I sent out a couple applications for full time jobs because I just need to get out of Huski, I am going crazy. I have been struggling a bit about what I want to do, having a lot of self doubt, but I plan on doing a whole nother post about that. I mean, I’ve been here almost 2 months, I need to get out of this small town and see more. Don’t know if anything will come of them, but it doesn’t hurt to put it out there.

Misc – Got a haircut. My hair was looking pretty bad, full of split ends and breakage. I made an appointment with Tom’s hair stylist, Amanda, to get a trim. I just wanted a couple inches taken off, but keep the long layers. Well, it’s been a few days now and I just don’t think I like it. She gave me too short of layers and I feel like both sides aren’t even. I have the shorter layers which kind of flip out which I like, but then it doesn’t segueway into the longer part, it seems disjointed. I am seriously thinking about going back and getting the longer part just cut off, so then the longest part would come to about chin length. I haven’t had my hair that short in years but from what I am seeing now I think it would be cute and look better than it does now. I’m not sure yet though, maybe I just have to learn how to style it right.

Misc - They aired the finale of American Idol live here, so watched that. Bit surprised Kris won, but it's all good, I really like him. He's mellow, good listening tunes. I like Adam alright, great performer, great singer, but he's almost too over the top, too theatrical. Don't think I could listen too a whole album of that. Also, Kris performed with Keith Urban, whom I LOVE (best concert I've ever been to, I hope he comes to tour here in Australia well I'm here), singing a song I LOVE, I loved the whole performance. Adam's gonna get a record deal anyway, and now he doesn't have to release that shiteous song Kara wrote.

Misc - Shawn Johnson won Dancing With The Stars! Yay! I love her! She's so cute and she had the best technique of anyone. I know people love Gilles, but I always think it's easier for a man,they don't have to do as much when dancing. I truly believe its harder for a female "celebrity" to "get good", so rock on Shawn! You go girl!