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Can you believe it's been over a month since I left? Miss me yet? It's so nice to finally have internet in my apartment now. I have skype set up, so if you want to try to talk to me, send me an email and I'll let you know my skype ID. Although, I don't know how successful it will be. I tried using it to call home. I could see them, but they couldn't see me. Then the screen turned green and the audio broke up. Who knows? The chat function still works, though. I've been able to chat with Kevin, who, incidentally, just interrupted my blog writing when he sent me an instant message. He wants me to mention his name in my blog. He also wants to be the first to read this. Look, Kevin, you're a star now. You're featured in the bestest Australia blog ever. After a busy week, it feels nice to relax and update my blog. I've got Perry Como's "It's a Good Day" playing on itunes for inspiration. I don't know why, but that song sticks in my head a lot. I first heard it on "Blast from the Past," and it has randomely popped in my head ever since. I finally decided to get it from the itunes store with my gift card that came with my computer purchase. They say if you get a song stuck in your head, you should listen to it through to the end. "Yes, it's a good day from mornin' 'til night." I am now working on preproduction for a short documentary, a project for my digital effects class, and trying to keep up with assignments from the scriptwriting class. It is amazing how international the scriptwriting class is. The class roster includes students from Germany, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Korea, Colombia, and various parts of Australia. And America, of course. I'm the only one. The teacher is an Aussie (pronounced Ozzie over here) who works in Malaysia and flies back and forth between the two countries. He worked for BBC for quite some time. It just goes to show how global everything is becoming in this age. The teacher picked on me in class today because I'm American. He called on me to pitch my story idea first. He said jokingly, "You're American. Scriptwriting should be second nature to you." It surprises a great number of people that an American would come to Australia to study film. I met one guy who said, "Oh, you're studying film? You should be teaching it!" I'm learning a lot about various cultures from my fellow classmates. It's actually kind of funny. Never in my life would I have imagined that I could learn so much about Asian culture by moving to Australia. One of the guys in my program who is from Korea was amazed to find out that my family home stood on a few acres. After finding out that our home was on "so much land," he wanted to know more about Alabama. (You can imagine his shock to find out how big the farm is.) He has traveled extensively in his job with a TV studio and has visited a few big American cities in his travels. He's never made it to Alabama, though. After I finished telling him about my life in Alabama, he wants to visit the state. It's funny how we take some things for granted that amaze other cultures. I bought a watermelon-half last week. I've been snacking on it, but it's gone now. It was a good, sweet one. It made me think of family and the farm. We had watermelon the last day I spent up there before I left. I've been eating lots of fresh fruit lately. I got a huge cluster of black grapes from the Italian market last week. I haven't finished them off yet. They've been delicious. I've also got some golden kiwi from New Zealand. They're great. I've also been sampling the different types of gelato around here. I'm waiting for the gelateria on Norton Street to open back up. They still make it all from scratch in the traditional Italian way. I can't wait to try it. There's supposed to be a pretty significant difference between the quality of their gelato and their competitors. I'm hoping to do my documentary on their shop, which has been in the family since the early 1900's. They open back up at the end of this month. It's getting late, and I have class in the morning, so I will have to stop here for now. Until next time!
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