So Many Titles

I wanted to name this post several things:
Holding Out On Me
It Might Be St. Patty's Day
Wake Up Call
Some Things Don't Wash Out

So, let's start from the top. Last night it was one of the roommate's birthdays. We were trying to figure out what to do about dinner and I asked him what his favorite food was. After a long moment of thought, he told me his favorite food was Chicken Paramasean. Easy enough. While I was collecting money and ideas from people before going grocery shopping, Ash told me to pick up few liters of oil so that he could fill up his....wait for it...DEEP FRYER!!!!!!!! He'd been holding out on me. I asked him what his problem was and why we hadn't been deep frying EVERYTHING for the past month. So we made some french fries (or "chips" over here) and they turned out perfect. Thanks, Nathan, for getting me a deep fryer for my birthday. The practice has payed off.

It might be St. Patty's Day if, while eating breakfast, you look out your window and see a guy hanging upside down and attempting to drink a beer out of a stein. Also, it might be SPD if, when you wake up, no one his home because they've all been out at the quad since 9 am. There's a fair amount of people with 5L Heineken kegs out on the quad. I don't know what the time frame is for them to finish them, but I'm sure they will. Everyone's getting amongst it here.

I've never been so happy to get a 7 am wake up call in my life. Since arriving, I have painfully discovered how obscenely difficult it can be to get money wired internationally when you are the only person who is allowed to touch your bank account in the US and you are thousands of miles away.  However, yesterday morning, after jumping through an endless number of hoops, my bank in the US called me to confirm my details and tell me they were finally sending my money. Even though this process has been painstaking, I've learned how to rub two pennies together and make three!

About a year ago, one of my friends, who is also one of the best drummers I've ever known, introduced me to the band You Me and Everyone We Know. Their album They Say Some Things Don't Wash Out, has been a good listen these past few weeks. Speaking of...I need to go do my washing.

A few more details about the past few days. One of the guys in 13 got Teish's room way worse than I have. He stole her mattress, pour water over her blankets, toilet papered her room, and smeared chocolate sauce all over walls. What I want to do is saran wrap her door so when she comes home late at night from the club she just bounces right off it.

Hip hop. First of all, huge congratulations to a good friend of our household, Logan Smith, aka Loogey, on his success with his new release:  A Genesis Mixtape. He's been making great strides in local hip hop in Springfield and I'm stoked for his success. Check it out and download it for free at http://www.mediafire.com/?nczn316s9vz0j5c Also in hip hop, one of my favorite artists, Slug, of Atmosphere, is coming back to Australia to tour with Evidence in May. He'll be in Hobart, Melbourne, and Sydney and I'm hugely excited to make at least one of those shows.

I've been asked by the Study Away office back home to post a video to YouTube about my experience in AU and answer a few scholastic-type questions. So you can probably look forward to that in the upcoming weeks.

Lastly, we all stayed up ridiculously late last night for no apparent reason. I announced I was going to bed around 2:30. Somehow everyone ended up in my room asking me what we had in the US that AU didn't have and asking me to say different words with my American accent. I think I ended up getting to bed around 3:30 or 4.

 Bridge from campus to Res

My new baby

I'll cap this off with two final questions. 1) Does having a dirty mustache make me more of a hipster? 2) Has anyone heard from Alison Jenkins in the past few weeks? I haven't heard from one of my best friends in a hot second and I'm not down with it. If you see that girl, let her know. Or hey, just text her and tell her I miss her and want to talk to her! 

Nathan. Get a webcam so I can Skype you already. 

Thanks loves 

~Daniel

P.S.
Right after I published this I found this little guy on my floor! Critters.