I went on my first mystery shopping trip. Pretty uneventful. It took about 10 minutes, then I was back on the bus, scribbling down notes to remember what happened for my report. I should be paid for it on Saturday. I finally see another job added to the website this morning, a shopping trip to Coles. I pounced.
I've seen a couple of movies- The Watch- don't see that. Rent it if you must. It was ok, just really goofy. And The Campaign, which made me miss home because they said North Carolina a lot and made me feel worse about our political system- so overall, a depressing experience.
I have been reading almost non-stop. I need to made a list of the books I've read since I've been here. I am now working on the Tomorrow series, reading at the rate of about a book a day. The series is 7 books total, and it is about Australia being invaded by another country and a group of teenagers who fight against it. It's better than I'm making it sound.
I've voted! Just dropped the absentee ballot in the mail this morning. My civic duty is done. Now all I can do is cross my fingers...
Spring is here, as I've said, so I am getting a tan. I went to Semaphore, a nearby beach, yesterday with Emma and Marie. I have google mapped the bus route, so I will be going again in the near future.
I had dinner last night with Sam, Marie, Sarah, and Emmanuel. Marie made Thai Prawn Curry, it was great. We had very civil discussions about politics and religion, which somehow deteriorated (or elevated, depending on how you see it) to discussions about South Park. It was amazing: a person from Zimbabwe, a person from Montreal, two South Aussies, and an American in complete consensus: South Park is awesome (well, Marie was less enthusiastic, but I like to think it's because she hasn't seen many episodes of South Park). I have been a little homesick lately; I even have a countdown going on my calendar (46 days, by the way), but it's the second time that South Park has made me feel at home. In my 2010 trip, in Melbourne, I was feeling a little low and homesick (partly because I was literally sick). I went downstairs to the hostel TV room to find people from all over the world enjoying an episode of South Park. Who knew these little bratty brain-children of Matt and Trey could hold such power and unite people of all nationalities and races? Oh, South Park.
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