Tuesday, January 8, 2008

Number Nineteen: All the Way to Bathurst and Back

So no one told you that was gonna be this way.

Erm... So I've been watching too much of Friends. It's not my fault: it's on Arena almost every 3 hours, and then on channel 10 every night. It's my fault that I don't have a job or other activity to occupy me outside my house and am left to watch copius amounts of sitcom television, but I'm not complaining all that much.

On a tangent that isn't completely random, I travelled to Bathurst today to check out their Charles Sturt University campus and I think I'm in love. Yes, it's very country and the rooms remind me of school camps, but I think I could exist there. There's a large indoor sporting facility along with 3 other outdoor fields and a free gym (I repeat: FREE GYM!). I was unable to have much of a squiz at the communications facilities as only the radio station is operational over the Uni break. I really need to think whether I want to study print or broadcast journalism because I believe the course breaks off into those areas after the first year. However, I suppose I will only be able to judge my abilities through experience.

I'm starting to get pretty anxious about University offers, though. I understand that CSU doesn't have a UAI cut off which gives the illusion that it's a sinch to get in. However, after learning of the alumni list scattered with channel 7 and Sky News hot shots, as well as the small intake number, a knot is beginning to form in my stomach. I have the same feeling about UTS as I doubt the course will come down 2 UAI points from last year. Thus, I feel there's a good chance I'll end up in Kingswood at UWS next year.

Nevertheless, Bathurst is a great little community centre. The parks there are brilliantly serene, and the amount of retail shops and pubs lining the streets gives me the heightened hope that I may have more luck finding a job there. And I should find myself back there rather soon after offers are released: O week starts on the 11th of Febuary. I was under the impression that most Universities got back into action well into March, but apparently not.

As much as I'm jumping out of my skin to get there, the date that it starts puts Tropfest in serious doubt.

And I really wanted to see my bad acting on screen.



Lovemeg

3 comments:

CherryTango said...

ah it sounds nice there in Bathurst...g'luck m'homie!!

and yes!! Arena has made me love the show Friends!! It's great ^^ I watch random episodes though so i need to borrow it and see it from start to finish. Watching them repeatedly doesn't seem to get old either.

I think it depends on what course/uni you go to but its end of feb beginning march at latest aye. =/

Liv said...

OH HOW EXCITING!!!! im glad that you love it there, and im sure youll get in - youll be fine :)

now as for tropfest, i dont care about o-week. you are coming to tropfest with me and the rest of our drama class. whether you like it or not.
got it?

geez, i think our bad acting and hilarious clothing is WAY more important than university and your future! gosh!


and just so you know, its "so no one told you LIFE was gonna be this way"
(i had to sing in it primary school choir for some weird reason...? lol)

Anonymous said...

Goodluck with the Tropfest video, by the way. One day you'll have to show me one of the videos with you acting in it.

But...
ARGHHHH!!! FRIENDS!!! I can't stand that show. Seinfield would be a better sitcom.