Australia - Brazil...SOCCERFEVER!

Tonight is the night of nights!
Sons of the country Down Under have
the ultimate opportunity to rise above
us mere mortals, to be glorified into eternal
awe and reverence, as their strenght,
stamina and general position in the favour
of football gods is put to the test!
Yes, they are taking on The Country That
Put the other C in Soccer!

..I have no idea what that is supposed to mean :D

But yes indeed, Socceroos of Australia are
facing the ultimate opponent, Brazil
tonight, kick off 2am EST..And of course
there we will be, at Star City Casino to
cheer our boys to victory or cry
bitter tears as they get totally and
utterly pummeled! :D

It's been in the water for a while now,
but tonight the anticipation is just
tangible. Anyhoo, it will definetly be an
excellent match no doubt about it.

What lately..just one exam to go,
International Business next thursday
and I am trying hard to muster some
motivation to struggle through the
remaining 400 pages. My sleeping cycles
off the charts though, I go to bed at
around 4-5am and wake up at noon, start
studying, study for 3-6 hours, then
spend the evenings doing whatever..:)
Last night we had a really nice
party in Redfern, a house party
with lots of exchange students, austrian,
mexican, german, french..and of course
one loud finn! :D There was an actual
band playing in the appartment, one that
plays thursdays at Broadway Café (the
one where I sometimes go to study because
they have wireless internet)..and Chris
came by and he had his guitar with him
so of course we had a supporting act on the
terrace :D ..or at least we did until the cops
came by around 2.30am and shut the party down :D
..wonder why..:) Was really nice to meet
lots of people especially from the other
housing units I haven't seen for a while, it
was actually a farewell-party of sorts because
so many are leaving in the followin two weeks..
From the party we went to Bar Broadway to have
a couple of beers to finish the evening, I
ended up talking with this Aussie bloke about
WW2, Finnish heavy music and the murders at
lake Bodom..:D It's weird the stuff people
in other countries know about your country,
if anything.

Beyond that it's mostly been Lansdowne or
any random pub to have a beer (just one..maybe two)
with the guys and watch a soccer match or two in
the evening, eating, sleeping, the usual :)
One night turned out to be of the interesting
sort as we witnessed the most interesting pick up
at a bar with Carlos, this 50-year old
transvestite (formerly man) was hitting on this
30-year old guy who seemed to be drunk enough
to be totally oblivious to the fact that his
potential partner for the evening had some
potency of his own to share when the push
comes to shove :D (sorry for the crude
pun, but I'm sure you can imagine
our well-hidden amusement at the situation:))
..you just never know in a city like this..

Just two weeks to go until Elisa arrives!
in 14 days I'm going to be quite
jittery as her flight arrives tomorrow morning
at 5.15..:) Before that just one exam and
oh yeah, I think I've failed to mention
that we're going to do one last little
roadtrip with the flatties and friends,
we're going to go on a roadtrip to
Canberra, Melbourne and the Great Ocean
Road!! YAY! Everybody's REALLY looking
forward to it, me included, as it will
most definetly be and excellent excellent
trip!

But now I'm off to do something
productive (probably lie on the bed
and watch the paint dry or something:),
before we leave in about two hours for
Star City..so I'll be back later to
give you full briefing on the match! :)