New Year, New Hope.

Alright, I have failed at blogging lately. I don't really have to justify it, I just haven't because I just haven't wanted to. I wrote a big long one, then the computer crashed, I retyped it, it crashed, and I went SCREW IT! Oh well, no sense in doing a big catch up, because if I am honest, I'll have forgotten everything by now!
I am still working at Barbeques Galore, and I can tell you this: I am so thankful Christmas is over. Though, that said, it is Australia Day on the 26th so things are surely not going to die down right away... They will though, be nicer. Why does doing the right thing and spreading holiday cheer make people so fucking cranky and shitty? How is this even possible? I've been thinking, and I think that a world with no criminals or dickheads would be a very miserable world indeed, if being cheerful and helping a brother out makes us pissy, I vote we cut that shit out RIGHT now. I got a step counter at work, because my store feels like it is a mile long, and as it turns out, it may very well be lol. I got to almost 19000 steps in one 7 hour shift... woah. I really love my job, and it makes me very happy. I actually enjoy retail much more than I had expected I would.
As for what I have been doing, well, it has been substantially hotter than I am used to for this time of year (or any time of year on some days, holy crap) and we have been spending a whole ton of time at the watering hole. Swimming outdoors in December for the win! My roomies have played 2 shows since I've been here, and it's really awesome. I'm embracing my inner roadie, and enjoying every minute of it lol. I've gotten a camera, and been taking photos, which I have put up on facebook... I also have gone to see several movies in the theater lately, and I'm really into films all over again. My roomie Kev and Tim and I have been watching animes we downloaded, and that's been a slice too.
As for my future? Well I have tickets to Soundwave (like Australian Warped Tour) as well as Australia Day cricket! I'm really keen on Cricket, so I can't wait to go and see these international level players I've come to love on the TV. I'm also making plans towards the end of my visa, such as where to go from here. While I'd love to share those, it's best to keep them close to the chest so I don't feel like I have to choose. I'd like to make these choices without input.
Emotionally, I'm in a weird place. I've just passed the 5 months here mark, and I get random bouts of extreme homesickness, then I get extremely defiant bouts where I think fuck it, I'm never going home. It's really rollercoastery, and sometimes it is hard to bear. It'll all work out eventually, I'm certain.

I'm running out of things to say, because I'm pretty tired from last night's New Years stay-up-late-a-thon and I have to work tomorrow, but I will attempt to update much more often, seeing how we have gotten Tim's PC up and running for the most part.
Cheers!