Day 29 (LaTrobe University) - Bendigo, Victoria Australia I feel so lazy because there hasn't been a lot of homework, but the one assignment I do have is taking me ages to do (that actually came out naturally, without thinking, using the word "ages," which is used a lot here instead of saying "long time" - I'm picking up on the lingo!). I need to buckle down. I'm not in the academia mindset; it might be this foreign country thing. I think I...

Day 28 (LaTrobe University) - Bendigo, Victoria Australia It's been three months, and I couldn't wait any longer, I had to do it. I PUT ON MY FIRST PROGRAM! You can take the RA out of the Res Hall, but you can't take the RA mentality out of Brad Bender…Okay, that sounded better in my head…I started with something basic, a spaghetti dinner, aka "spag bol" as they call it here. We did run into a few barriers, like not having enough, or big enough, ...

Day 26 (LaTrobe University) - Bendigo, Victoria Australia What I'm Craving: Having a normal dinner in the Merrill Res Res with friends, where we sit for an hour taking our time eating and socializing, gossiping, being stupid, causing drama, all the above. Eating here is very "get it and go," and I don't like it. Dinner here, or tea, reminds me of camp. We get two choices of a hot main meal, there are three options of vegetables - always carrots, bro...

Day 25 (LaTrobe University) - Bendigo, Victoria Australia Things that Irritate Me: I can't say all "Australians" do these things because I'm primarily interacting with college first years - 17-19 year-olds, in the state of Victoria. Here are some items that irritate me: students here use the words "gay" and "retarded" in derogatory means. It's hard because at Central one may correct someone else who uses those words, but here I'm...

Day 24 (LaTrobe University) - Bendigo, Victoria Australia Another day of crazy classes. Yesterday I was told that we could sign-up for a trip group today at 10am. When I logged onto LMS to sign-up a message appeared saying that tute (tutorial) sign-ups opened at 9am, and the one tute that I wanted wasn't even offered. Okay. Then I go to OLATS lecture and find out that my Field Experience A course on Wednesday afternoons doesn't start until after Easter, good t...