It Glimmers Like Gold

So things have been pretty quiet since I last posted, sadly just been slaving away a presentation and two papers. What kind of stuff am I studying over here? Is it harder than William & Mary? Hmm...well let me tell you about my presentation and papers...

Presentation:

For my Anthropology class -- Popular Culture -- presenation on -- Fashion. Yes that's right, fashion. My friend Karri and I did a whole entire presentation about Fashion, Barbies (yah we had an entire class discussion on Barbie for awhile too) and trends around the world. I think it was a solid presentation if I may say so myself =)

Paper One:

Also for my Pop Culture class. It was to be 1500 words (about 5 pages) on a multitude of questions. I decided to tackle "Describe the emergence and life cycle of a subculture and what a globalization perspective might effect this subculture." Toughy right. Well I wrote about Preps, yup good old New England American Preppys. For those who watch Youtube on a semi-regular basis will recognize this video -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTU2He2BIc0 -- which a majority of my research was conducted from. I also had to research for visuals and thanks to Google picture found some good Prepster pictures. Woo USA!

Paper Two:

Okay paper two is not nearly as much as these two...it was for my history class and involves Charles Darwin...borinnnggg...and to be honest I don't think many of you care that much about what papers I'm writing about. I know you want more kangaroo and wallabee stories. Well that's what all of you have to look forward too because at 4:30 AM tomorrow I will be heading off on SPRING BREAK!!!!!!

Here's our itinerary:

April 16 - 21 Gold Coast -- Surfer's Paradise. Staying in the SWEETEST Apartment that is walking distance for the beach! Shopping, surfing, tanning and having a fantastic time.

April 21 - 24 Melbourne -- staying a friend from College who lives in Melbourne. I have a friend from home, Jon Garon, who is studying aboard at Melbourne Uni so I'm hoping to meet up with him while I'm there. Lots of sight seeing and shopping and exploring our first BIG Australian city!!

April 24 - Day One of the Great Ocean Bus Tour -- Great Ocean Road is famouse for its surf beaches, massive rock formations, ancient rainforest and stunning coastal scenery. Day one will involve Helicopter flights are the 12 Apostles (third most visited natural site in OZ), exploring ancient rainforests, fern gullies and gum trees!! We are also seeing koalas and feeding native birds, and staying the night in Warrnambool Victoria.

April 24 -- Day Two -- day filled of bush walking, exploring and playing with Australian animals! We will go to Tower Hill and Grampian Nation Park which is reowned for grand and rugged ranges, wildlife and fauna. Then we will get to get up close with Australian birds, KANGAROOS, emus and koalas!! (Prepare for me to steal a couple...put your orders in now). Then We will head to McKenzie Falls and Reeds Boroaka Lookout. After that we head ot the rambuk Aboriginal Cultural Centre (YES HISTORY!!) and spend the night back in South Australia.

April 26 -- Day Three -- WOOO SUPER EXCITING DAY!! Checking out Fossill Caves and ADVENTURE CAVING!! We get to explore Naracoorte World Heritage Listed Fossil Caves and get to do ADVENTURE CAVING!! What is that?! Well apparently we get to GET DIRTY crawling, sliding and scrambling through tunnels and chambers with helmet, LIGHT, overalls and kneepads!! WOOO =P After that we will check out the Wonambi Fossil Cantre and see fossils of giant kangaroos, wombats and snakes. Then we get to go horse riding and wine tasting!! We will cross over the Great Murray Rive and through the Adelaide Hills back home to Adelaide and the end of our sweet Australian adventure!!!

I will not have internet for the entire trip unless I can find some internet cafes or something like that. I can't wait to come back and tell you allllll about it and post pictures!! Hope all is well with everyone. Good luck with finals W&M kiddies and all the other colleges kids too because school is coming to an end for you guys!! And I'm only half way through mine.... LOVE YOU!