i cant write too much or for too long, because time this week is limited. school work is pilling up and i have a 15 page 'review essay' due for my international security class this thursday night. my essay will compare, analyze, and expand on the questions/issues in 2 articles focusing on the question of whether NATO should expand or retract. stimulating stuff. i am just having a hard time throwing myself a full 100% into it like i need to.
so let me recap the wonderful long weekend that i just had. friday morning started with a dawn memorial service celebrating anzac day downtown at 4:30am. there were 30,000+ people in attendance including my boy, kevin rudd. after a long nap and a coffee with my other buddy, archangelo (you read that correctly. he is my sundanese, italian educated, franciscan monk who is studying to become a doctor) it was time for dinner with some friends and a cut throat game of pictionary that was saturated with some tasty penfolds and lasted until 2 in the morning.
saturday - oh my gosh a cracking sunny day after 9 days of grey skies and rain was just what the doctor ordered. i finished an awesome book (everything is illuminated) and started an another promising novel (cloudstreet) while sipping a latte on the beach (dont judge me). but that only lasted until the late afternoon when i started my marathon sports watching at the pub. 530pm manly sea eagles vs. canterburry bulldogs ... eagles win 730pm #3 new south wales warrathas vs the #4 south african sharks ... 'tahs win 930pm english premier league chelsea 2 man united 1. great stuff and really fun to emerge yourself in the local pub/sport culture.
sunday - bit of a sleep in and the ultimate highlight was my man-date with glush. sipping coffees in newtown, sharing italian food - although i think my wild mushroom risotto was better than his fettuccini, buying books from the heady book shop, and catching a flick - gone baby gone*. thanks glush.
now back to reality and NATO. i will work tirelessly through the night to get monday's mandatory music column up late tonight.
take care
*movie was dark, tense, and pretty well made. note to ben afleck - let your little brother do all the acting from now on. also great cameo by michael k. williams (omar from the wire) although i was confused as to why he wasnt smoking newports, toting a sawed off shotgun, and eating honey nut cheerios.
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