Irish Invasion

This has been a crazy week..I've had 2 major assignments due that I never thought I'd finish and now work for the next couple of days..I have to say I'm rather exhausted. This weekend however I've gotta buck up though b/c the Irish are coming to town, Conner and Danielle that is my lovely roomies from Sydney are up here in Queensland for a last hoorah. Sunday I'm meant to go down and meet them in Surfers Paradise which not only has some of the best beaches on the Gold Coast but some of the best nightlife as well..so we're gonna have a rowdy Sunday session and then it's back to Brissy and class for me, until Wed. when they get to my house and stay for 3-4 days..should be a good time I'm already stocking up on water. In Brisbane roomate news on Tues. night my roommate Tim was super drunk and decided he was going to show off his new breakdancing skills..until about 1:30am...it was a joy to all I tell you..there is a reason why a) 18 years olds shouldn't drink and b) the bowls clubs (these are lawn bowling clubs--kinda like bocce ball) shouldn't be allowed to serve $3 mixed drinks 24/7. I've only got another month until I'm done with finals and everything I can't wait..I majorly need a holiday on a warm beach with no thoughts of looming assignments or work in my head.

German Party!!

Friday night I went to a German party at this bar in the West End of the city it was a really cool place with this awesome courtyard/patio in the back..the perfect place for a yoddelling competition and bratwurst eating competition!! It was about half Germans and half French people there don't ask me why but the French always pop up everywhere. This big german girl won the bratwurst eating contest and you know what she won--you guessed it..lots of german beer!! My roommate Jann has been telling stories all semester about this crazy french girl he met and how he had to save her from drowning one time when she was so drunk, kept running into the ocean. Every once in a while he'd have another random story about her and then finally on Friday night I saw her and wouldn't you just know it, it's this girl that's in 3 of my classes and she seems really quiet I would've never thought her the type. Now she probably won't talk to me in class anymore thinking that since I know Jann I must know about her drunken antics..so embarass. I also discovered that almost every french girl seems to be called Astrid, it must have been the popular name there back in 1980 or something. Afterwards we went to a club that has a pool in the middle..nothing but trouble I tell you..I'm surprised no one has drowned in that thing. Today I'm in the library trying to finish 2 projects that I have due next week but after that I'm done until finals...so exciting can't believe my first semester is almost over!!