"No one who's sexually active watches cricket"

The group : )

Now, I'm not really one for nature, but I might be by the time I leave here. The plants and animals here are seriously awesome. Yesterday we went to the city gardens and it was lovely. The birds here are kind of extreme and they don't seem to shut up ever, but I'm growing rather fond of their chatter. You just really get the vibe that people here care about the environment. They seem to have the mentality that you should adjust to the world, instead of the American way of adjusting everything else to suit you. I'm fully on board, except they really could use heat. Just a suggestion.

I'm currently in the process of choosing classes for the semester. Here's the deal: the past two semesters, I've had 3 day weekends, so I am basically incapable of going back to a full week. Apparently, this university is down with long weekends, too, because I have yet to find a class that meets on Friday. I told you this place is great. On top of that, I'm planning on having Mondays off, too (I need a day to recover from my 3 day weekend), so helllloooo 4 day weekends. Tuesdays are going to suck, but I've always hated Tuesday anyway.

I had my first going-out-on-a-Sunday experience last night. It's still winter break here, so I suppose days don't matter yet, but Sunday is a big night here. As are Wednesday-Saturday. They like to party here, which I'd be down with if not for the hefty price tag. I mean, $5 for a schooner of beer?! $10 for a mixed drink?! No thanks, mate. (side note: how impressive is my use of Australian vernacular?) 

Harry Potter tonight. Regretting the decision to leave my Gryffindor scarf at home.