Tuesday, February 28, 2006

Bidness as Usual

Hello from Aussie land! We're onto the 101st post with authority and promise. Hopefully, the next century will prove to be as fruitful as the first.

Had a good baseball practice tonight. I went out and recruited about a dozen UNSW Study Abroad students, all of whom said they were really keen (sorry, very Australian word) on playing. I scheduled a practice specifically for them, located in their little borough. Number of Study Abroad students in attendance: 0. What a group of wankers. I'll be trying out for the University squad this weekend - this league is pretty hardcore and uses wooden bats, a first for me!

Peggy is at pottery tonight, bringing back various mugs, chamberpots, spitoons and vases for the pad. Her new gig at University of Sydney is going well, she's a guest lecturer who assists on their research projects as well. She's got a few talks coming up for the public health students there. She'll take the Stage of Blog soon to project a bit.

I'm starting lecturing next Wednesday night, teaching Web Design and Programming to (as of today) 39 graduate students, many who are international in origin with English as a second language. Should be good prep for California. For some reason, I thought that class started on the 20th instead of next Wednesday. Whoops. But hey, what's two weeks of preparation between you, me and 39 international students? Should be fine, regardless. Will be transitioning off my contracting gig to a more humble and hopefully rewarding profession.

Campus is abuzz with excitement for the upcoming semester, but maybe that's me just realizing that I'm two weeks behind. Peggy and I get to ride in together each morning, which is conveinent, but can get a bit testy if there's traffic or a lack of parking.

Will shoot you an update this weekend - it's the annual Mardi Gras celebration in Sydney! Everybody is gay this weekend, except the Jews and Irish. There will be good parade pics, hopefully including some dykes on their bikes, as well as the latest in chap fashions.

posted by ncawthon at 9:01 PM