SNAKE!

soo i have been spending ALLLL my time working on this flash movie for online animation but it will DEF be worth it when i finish! :) and it will feel really good to be finished when that day comes haha but anyway i was walking home after working on my project and i saw my first australian snake in the wild!!! AHHH right?! it was SOO fast! and it was like matte really dark blue grey that was almost black... it was only like a metre though it wasnt very big but it still scared me! hahaha and today i was walking through the porch of the exchange office for students from asia (they have this entirely different program for studying here they dont go through study abroad) then i walked down the stairs to the other side and on the set of stairs was this HUGE water dragon climbing right up the stairs and when i went one way it went the same.. needless to say i TURNED AROUND cus i was NOT about to walk past that bad boy haha ohhh man! he was HUGE! and i kinda made a scene cus i was TOTALLY not expecting to see a stinking 3 foot lizard in my path so i turned and to the people next to me standing on the porch and was like "DO YOU SEE THIS?!" and they just looked at me as if they didnt know english but im sure they actually do and they just wanted me to make an even BIGGER fool of myself haha :) thats alright!

protest.. haha

blah blogging is soo hard to remember to do! but quick update in the life of rachel:

jonathan came to visit me! and we went to sydney! and i was SOOOO stoked because i didnt think i was going to be able to go and it was AMAZING to be able to see the opera house! ahh sooo awesome!! i FINALLY felt like i was in australia!

.. its been RAINING NON STOP!!! ahhh 

i have 5 papers, a 3 min online flash animation, and a photo project to do before school is out.. in 23 DAYS!! AHHHHHHHH!!!!

a few other americans and i went on this field trip today for class (history of the invasions of the aboriginal nations) we were supposed to wear the aboriginal colors (yellow red and black) and meet for tea at this aboriginal cafe down off the river just outside of town to walk some historic walk somewhere.. didnt know that we were going to be walking this historic walk through the center of town, faces painted, chanting protest cries for the return of indigenous land, at the front of the group holding this 2 metre long aboriginal flag with three other american girls... haha umm it was an experience and i think i will end it with that :)

last but NOT least!! pretty much the reason why i had to get on my blog and update:

I GOT A PACKAGE TODAY!!!!! from the coolest kid EVERR!! :) 3 packs of graham crackers! soooo stoked! needless to say i am DEFINITELY set on the graham for the rest of my stay in australia!! thanks friend!! :)