An Ode to Technology

Oh technology, with your high tech, speedy ways,
enabling endless opportunities, for students to display
amatuer attempts of professional occupations
leaving heaps of areas--no, a void! full of pety miscalculations.

lets start with starting up the computer,
a simple push of the button right?
then why come the black screened moniter,
after all my effort and might

or how about my project,
the one that took up my free tuesday,
the computer spat out my usb, eject!
this project is due the first of this coming may.

an ode to technology
is all that is left for me to create.
An ode to the brilliant inventions of the 21 century,
it has become something I cant help but hate

the computers have all committed a mutiny
one fierce, one strong, one so crude
shutting down, deleting my work
mocking me, they are so rude

I know I shouldn't use the word hate
even if these computers have decided their fate
but I wasnt the one who started this war against me
they are evil, they are callous, you just have to wait and see.

If you cant tell by this lovely ode, I totally hate computers right now. This is the second time these stupid, shallow, selfish computers have eaten away my art! It's like they had a book burning but instead of igniting pages of literature, they are consuming my digital masterpieces!!! What is happening!!!

Anyways. Besides my new found quest in life to destroy all of the art school's computers, my life has been going swimmingly. OH OH OH MAJOR LIFE UPDATE! No, it has nothing to do with my trip to the Bay of Fires (which was heavinly, btw)..oh no. It has to do with my new favorite form of exersize: zumba. Imagine a large dance room with a single stage, about 40 women of all ages and sizes, dancing out their day's stress. It was the funniest/more amazing experience ever! The dance instructor was histerical. She turned up the tunes so the entire gym could hear, and started dance moves that we had to mimic. Some of these moves included (but didnt exclude) the Beyonce "Single Ladies" booty shake, the chacha, some shakira hip action, and of course, my favorite, the high school musical "wildcats" arm motions. So okay, zumba, in australia or at least in tassie, isnt a real reflection of the dance. However, to credit Tassie, the music was mostly contemporary reggae tones!

Besides computers ruining my life and zumba dominating it, the Bay of Fires has also entered my being and will never leave. Imagine the most beautiful beach in the world and then put it on steroids. That was the bay of fires. The rocks were coated in orange moss, which in the sunlight, appeared to engulf the bolders in infinite flames. The waters were so perfectly blue I seriosuly thought I must have been in Tahiti. I could see fish from the beach. The trip consisted of Bobby's Aunt Mart, Bobby, Mattie, Tess and Corey along with a massive van. Some tunes were sung, gelato consumed and rocks were definitely climbed. The wind was crazy during the night times and some sporatic showers occured however, once the sun was out, nothing else really mattered. All we did that weekend was walk, swim and lay on the beach: trying to absorb fully the beauty of the bay. (Seriously, pictures do not do this place justice).

I feel that Tassie is an underrated place. The mainlanders hate it because they think that it is a state outnumbered by boagens and incestuous beings, and tourists don't go because they think that there is nothing here. Okay, so perhaps the mainlanders are right that there are in fact incestuous, hick-like, simple minded folk. However, I believe these folks are the ones who will literally give the shirts off their backs if they find you lost, and drenched from the unexpected torrential downpour. I do not see Sydney peeps being quite as courteous. Who cares if Tassies marry their siblings? You don't have to endorse it (or do it) yourself! But hey, they are sweet, kind people and they have yet to eat/kill me, so as of now I am super content. On the other issue of nothing being in Tassie...How could one ever say that! Sure, if you have little children, maybe a camping adventure isnt the best idea, but come on fellow world citizens! Tassie is one of the few places left in the world with deserted, untouched, natural wonders! There are cave spiders that get to be the size of DINNER PLATES! DINNER PLATES!! Can you believe that?? If I awoke to one of those puppies, I would die. But still. Tassie is fully equipped with mind blowing nature reserves, rain forrests, beaches, pastures, and geological formations.

I think there is one more biggish trip for the American adventure crew and that will be to Bruny Island. We will see how that goes. I kayaked there with my IFSA Butler group and we saw penguins and dolphins. We also had a barbeque on the island but I wouldn't mind spending an entire day hiking around there. Apparently on the other end of the island, there are mega cliffs and some spectacular views. Tassie has yet to sell me short on views, so I am eagerly anticipating this trip. Besides that, my final Southern hemisphere adventure will be a trip to New Zealand to visit the South Island. Baba and Zadie kept saying repeatidly how it has the most unbelievable natural sites, AND Karen Gastineau is there, AND it will be over my 21st birthday, so I just decided that I should try out another country for a week.

This weekend I will be a-working on my psychology research proposal paper and attending various Christ college events (this includes but is not exclusive to, a Toga party, two uni rugby games, watching multiple friends shave their heads as a fundraiser for luekimia research, and possibly some passion pop consumption). I will post more pictures and I will be sure to write more later next week. Love y'all! It is now time for me to buy some veggies for my dinner tonight and after dinner guess what??? I have another zumba class! Aunty susan, when I get back, you and I are soooo doing this...it is really that much fun. So much more pleasant than spin class.