Tuesday Week 6

Trying my best to keep up with some sort of documentation but no luck. I'm still recording heaps but not everyday. My days just aren't that interesting and my cameras battery isn't that great. I am excited to say that I went to the Zoo last weekend and this weekend I'm going to Frasier Island. The zoo was amazing, I literally laid next to a Kangaroo it was magical. I got to hold a Koala and it pooped in my hand, that wasn't as magical but still exciting. Can't wait to go to Frasier though I hope the weather gets better.

As far as classes goes I turned in 2 assignments so far. Haven't gotten any grades back but I feel pretty good about them. My website looked awesome and I was very happy with the outcome. But on an even better note the best thing ever happened to me today though. So I thought my 3D assignment was due today but it's actually due Friday at 4pm. So instead of sleeping I pulled an all nighter to get it done :D. That's not even the good part though. I unfortunately didn't get it done but I did get almost all the texture finished and I started fixing up some cameras for the animation.
Ok this is the good part. When I showed Graeme (my tutor) what I had worked on so far the first words out his mouth were, "O that looks like an HD to me!" I was shocked :0. I honestly didn't think that I would get anywhere close to HD (pretty much an A+) I was literally just trying to keep up with the rest of the people in the class. They are so fucking good it makes me cry :'D. i wanted to celebrate right there in class but I didn't wanna look like an American lol. So I waited until I got back to my room and went crazy. I'm so pumped to know that even in another country I can kick ass. Not to brag or anything, but I put in a shit ton of work so I'm proud of myself.

it's things like this that make me wanna record everything so I can relive those moments over and over again. God I love Australia.

If you would like to see what I did you can check it out at my art blog sambassart.blogspot.com. I'll post up progress shots periodically so I have something to do.

Better Late Then Never i guess.

So I realize I haven't really updated this since I left. I didn't plan on having this be my main way of documenting my trip but shit happens. I won't go into to too much detail but I will say that I wish I was better informed about the internet situation here. I've never heard, or even imagined, that internet would be paid like a phone bill. The deal is you pay by the minute pretty much. Uploading and Downloading takes extra costs and not to mention there is no WiFi at my apartment. The uni isn't too much better either. It's either too slow to even get on google.com or it just doesn't work entirely.

Nevertheless I'm still having a great time and meeting heaps of new people. I don't regret any decision I made in choosing this place.

I wish the videos had worked out but it seems that that isn't possible now. I'm going to try and do something every week that just shows the life of a study abroad student and what I'm doing. I'll hopefully start that next week. I'll be editing and recording and then by the end of the week I'll put a little video together and post it. It shouldn't take too much internet up I hope. Other then that there's really nothing else to report. I will probably post on this now daily since it is my only way of truly documenting everything.

Here's a little snippet of what I've been doing with my time here. Kinda learned how to surf.