Oh my god…yeah…this has been the most scandalous few days…EVER!
Warning…to the parents…do NOT read on if you don’t want to hear things…I know y’all get retroactive fear/worry…so, don’t read anything past the point I tell you to…unless you are sitting down. :-)
Ok…so, rated G stuff first…
I have decided that in my next life I want to come back as a sailboat…we went on a boat down the Paramatta river…and I was in heaven! Something about the wind blowing through your hair, the sky, the water, the sway…it was unbelievably glorious…
We took the boat to Blacktown, a few of us had a dinner of an ice cream cone and fries…mmm…then we went to see a performance in someone’s backyard…it was all about racism, and how we internalize it…never seen anything like it…it was possibly one of the most intense performances I have seen…left me stunned…
Then, yesterday, it was Australia Day (like our Independence Day)…we ended up going to “Invasion Day” which is the aboriginal form of the day…went to an all-aboriginal community, heard some amazing speeches, great music, fantastic food…almost cried, sitting there on the grass, looking around at all the people, all the families, they were all smiling so hugely and it was just fucking brilliantly beautiful…so much love that day, at a time when there are so many reasons for there to be resentment….amazing…
Later, we went to see fireworks down at the harbour…I LOVVVVVEEE fireworks…it was awesome…we walked all the way back home, we were being total goofs, some of us decided to climb this wall…I taught this boy, Richard (from England) how to skip…and all of us skipped back home…brilliant.
At the moment I have sand EVERYWHERE…in my ears, in my eyes, in my throat, in my teeth…We went to the beach today, and Yarrow and I had a wrestling match in the sand (lasted for about 15 minutes…intense..quite a workout)…and we made quite a ruckus, and quite a crowd gathered to watch us…I haven’t laughed so hard in a really long time…it was wonderful…we were both extremely competitive, and it must have been the most hilarious thing to watch…we both got mouthfuls of sand b/c we couldn’t stop laughing through the whole thing…when we had ice cream afterwards, it was unusually crunchy. Eee…But today at the beach was fun, we all did some topless sunbathing…it’s no big deal here, and everyone is really comfortable with everybody else…it’s nice how we can just be ourselves…when we were in the water, Yarrow Kerri and I took turns getting on each others shoulders and pretending to be horses and charing into the waves yelling “tally ho!”….it was brilliant! It was kind of hard for me, b/c I was the shortest horse…so we had a few close calls of horse drownings…;-)
It’s fantastic…yarrow and I just have a flippin blast together…she told me today that I am her “favourite”…and we just looked at each other, both went “aww”, and then couldn’t stop laughing for the next 5 minutes…she kerri and I are going to stay near the beach in a hostel for our week off…we are in love with Sydney… I don’t want to leave…I’m getting so attached and sentimental already. :-(
Today was amazing…started off with a BRILLIANT lecturer…an English professor from Canberra gave two lectures, and I was so excited about what we were talking about (it was ridiculous, actually…I was working on 3 hours of sleep, and hearinh him talk made me feel like I could run a mile!!!)…Marcy and Debbie (our two chaperones) kept on looking over at me, b/c they knew I was excited and I was smiling like a fool…but, goD! I LOOOOOOOVVVVVEEEE English…love words…love hearing about how people use them , what they have to say, what an amazing tool language is…I was seriously aroused throughout the entire lecture…my heart started racing…i’m sure my eyes were dilated…and what was absolutely insane was that when I first started doing research on aboriginal writing, weeks ago..i came across this phrase “black words on a white page” which struck me as insanely brilliant, and was an “eureka” moment…and believe it or not…our lecturer was the one who wrote that..!!!!!! That’s the title of his book…my jaw dropped to the floor, and I just kind of stared at him…I was furiously taking notes…everything he said got me thinking, and I went off on tangent after tangent…I felt like I was gorging on some kind of delicacy…it was sinful! LOVVEED IT!
afterwards we talked, and of course I babbled on about how amazing it was to meet the man behind the words, having had no idea! Talk about serendipity! Planned Happenstance (that’s for you Mary Lynne!!!!)….we both got really excited, and ended up accidentally ignoring the rest of the class, but we got so caught up in it…and he GAVE me his book…Walking out of that classroom this morning, holding that book, I was like a kid with candy…skipped all the way home. Total dork...but someone’s gotta do it!
Ok, let’s see, more rated G stuff…ummm..
Life is good…we go to the aboriginal camp tomorrow…I am sooooo excited…it is going to be amazing!!!
Ok..so here’s the stuff (dad and mary lynne) you shouldn’t read if you are weak of heart…
So…
Ok. No worries…it was quite the experience…I am in one piece…nothing too dangerous, mostly bizarre and slightly uncomfortable…
What happened is that Dain and I went back to Oxford street last night…went to Arq, which is the most famous gay club in the entire country (world famous apparently)…we got in for free, which was amazing, it was absolutely PACKED To the seams…almost got stuck in a revolving door, had a good laugh about that…then we saw the most hilarious drag performance I have ever seen…it was fantastic…the costumes…whew!
anyway…since it was just dain and I there, we had fun walking around at first, people watching and just taking it easy…we talked about travel and life and life-changing moments…anyway…so, as we were talking, people come up to us and start chatting us up…this girl (her name is Menya) comes up behind me with her friend, says, and I quote “you are hot, do you want to go into the bathroom with us?!”…talk about blunt…I was so taken aback that I didn’t know what to say…they spent a bit trying to convince me to have a three-way with them…Dain was just standing there smiling at me (he was not a real big help)…but they were both really nice, and we all got to talking, finally Menya’s friend goes off…Menya follows me around, I’m fine with just talking (well, shouting really), we talk about our lives, she’s originally from New York, she got married to an Australian transvestite so she could get an Australian citizenship…now she’s planning on going to paris to live…we had a good chat…then, when I’m standing there watching the drag show, this other girl decides to hit on me (the aussies are pretty upfront about these kinds of things)…anyway, Menya actually tells the girl off, then she literally pulled me through the entire club, walked me up to each girl that was there, pointed to each one, and telling me that I was hotter than each one…told me I could have anyone in the club, asked me, point blank, to pick someone out…I told her that that was completely ridiculous…but she actually took offense, and said that humility is overrated, and if I could pick anyone I should….it was one of the most awkward few moments of my life…have never felt so uncomfortable..i finally managed to get her to let go of my wrist, and attempted to go to the bathroom…BAD Idea…on the way to the bathroom, I got “befriended” by a pack of Irish gay boys who took it upon themselves to take turns hugging me and kissing me on the cheek and spinning me around…it was cute, they had lovely accents…but I had to pee…so, I go into the bathroom, as soon as I come in, everyone in there (about 20 or so guys and girls) look at me, point, and then gently grab my arm and pull me into this bathroom stall…so, there I was surrounded by 10 or so very drunk and friendly gay boys who told me I was beautiful and offered me some Special K (which is a hardcore horse tranquilizer)..then 3 of them proposed to me…I gracefully declined, (the proposals and the drugs) told them I had to get back to my friend, but before I left they insisted that I let each of them kiss me on the cheek, asked me what my name was, then started serenading me…finally I manage to get out of the bathroom (still having to pee), then Menya is there, waiting for me, then she pulled me to the middle of the dance floor and had me watch her give me a pole dance…apparently she used to be a stripper…and she definitely was really talented, it takes a lot of muscle….so I clapped for her…and we joked around, and things finally got somewhat normal between us…she ushered me out of the club, and we got some air, had an AMAZING talk about all kinds of things…then one of her guys friends came out, and he was so insanely drunk, I have NEVER seen anyone as drunk as he was…we both tried to take care of him, b/c he had gone into the convenience store down the street and was licking the merchandise and tried to stick his ass in the microwave…finally got him out of there, got him so water, and sent him home in a taxi…it was ridiculous…Dain finally came out, and I met the guy he had been eyeing, he was a real sweetie, and so we all chatted for a while…and it was actually amazingly chill and we had a good time just talking…Menya invited me to stay with her while in Sydney, or come along with her on a road trip up the gold coast…not going to take her up on either, but it was great fun to talk to her…strangers are perpetually amazing me…
so, had to wake up a few hours later for class (the amazing one) …and it’s been non-stop since then…now I have to pack for the aboriginal camp…I cannot wait…
went to a student travel office today, and practically drooled over all the pictures of all the places one can go to…I have determined that I need to make money for the sole purpose of going everywhere…I got incredibly excited…and there is talk of yarrow and I trying to make our way to Thailand…probably just a dream, but it’s nice to dream…
urk..so this is a pretty incoherent post…but so it goes…a lot has happened…and it gets hard to keep track of all of it…
but, whew…I have to head out…
on to more adventures…wooo…
I need a nap…oy!
