First- I decided not to change rooms because I've finally got some more roommates (well, flat-mates)! Marshall is from Maryland, although he goes to school in Denver, and he's very cool. Also, Aja is from Australia originally although she grew up in Dubai and just moved to Gold Coast from Brisbane. Finally, Bay who is from Malaysia. It works out really well because everyone is very laid back so it's a very calm atmosphere. It's nice, we can all go be loud and rowdy at other peoples apartments then come back and sleep where it's quiet. Today, Aja (who has her car) took Bay and I to Pacific Fair, the really big shopping center, and we got some mats for our bathroom and some cups and little things to make it feel like OUR place. I also printed a bunch of pictures of friends from here and from home and put them up all over my room. It was really exciting actually, I finally feel like there are some things here that are mine.
Now, first day of class! It was awesome to walk on campus as see it alive for the first time. There are people and coffee shops everywhere and the energy level was so high you could almost taste it! I also must have heard at least six different languages on my way to class this morning. I only had one class today it was a humanities class called Performing Culture. I'm really very excited for it. There are about 30 people in the class (one of whom is my friend George- the one doing the headstand in the crazy cool pants in my pictures below; it was really reassuring to recognize a face). The professor is actually American, which for some reason I find endlessly entertaining. It strange the things I notice... like at one point he was describing something as being about a meter wide then, a little later, he described a person as about 6 ft. 10 in. and 300 pounds. I didn't think much about it until I noticed about 3 other students look around, confused.
The class itself focuses on the emphasis of everyday actions as art and a comment on culture. We looked today at how people take meaningless objects or actions and manipulate them to send a message and how that is a form of art.
Tomorrow, I have another humanities class called "The Critic: arts and culture". Also, tomorrow I begin my job search (wish me luck!) Here, you don't fill out applications, you are expected to have a resume for every job you apply for, even something like Baskin Robins!
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