Well Uni’s had two days to start back so I’d perhaps better mention it. No tutes running this week! If I’m allowed to whinge one last time, I have a lecture first up every single morning (Mon-Weds and Friday) which means no extra days off this week. Oh well! I do quite like being back.

So Monday held Studio, which goes for 3 hours or so. It’s the Interactive Media (course I’m doing) exclusive subject thing. We have our own room – which I’ve raved about before somewhere. The fact that you can get free coffee and spend time playing with wind up McDonalds cars, if you so desire… Adrian the ‘tutor’ for Studio is fantastic. Great sense of humor if not a little strange at times. Due to there being two classes, we had a bit of a different mix of people.

I was quite happy to see Ben, Kim and Jen there – looks like Huw isn’t it that one, ah well.. It’s probably the crew I got along best with. But the new (to me ones) are great. The girls outnumber the guys! Six of us to five of them. There are seven girls all up in my actual course and a lot more guys than that. Probably a more fun group to go through this half of the year with. So we get, Richard, Jen (another), Amy, Peter (?), Tim, Victoria and Aydan.

Adrian made us do work. Finally! We are involved in getting something together for open day which means we have to get down to it. It also means a Deakin hoodie might come my way. I’m up for freebies anytime!

Tuesday (so this morning) a new subject, but run by Penelope who I had for Principles of Interactive. Media, and she’s great! This subject is basically the next in line: Design of Interactive Media Systems (ie: production and pulling things together how to’s etc). A new location, much smaller room which suits. I had a vague idea of the whereabouts. It was good that I ran into Tim and his cheery goodmorning on the way in, so we found it together.

The lecture itself was very ‘introductory’ ie: “Be good first years and keep organised”. But the subject should far exceed the basics of the last one by the look of it. I like pulling everything together so it’s right up my alley!

Muchly enjoying it all so far. It’s good to be back. I don’t mind the public transport thing (now that Jess and I can’t carpool due to vastly different timetables) There’s some good company 😉 and if not, the humors of those that choose to ride Connex, oh, and a few odd hundred school kids when there aren’t any of those (It’s not every day the primary school goes to IMAX).

My thanks in some ways to Hannah for this piece of artwork.

This kind of thing (content-wise) strikes a pretty hard chord in me, to the point of where if I’m being really honest, made me cry.

I got innocently asked tonight what my ‘dream’ camera would be. Something I haven’t thought about. I don’t do that very much. Dream beyond the realistic box.

Being grounded too far into reality isn’t always the healthiest places to be, but it’s familar so of course it’s safer.

Yesterday is definitely worth a mention.

You can read some of it here.
I picked up Paul, Paul2 and Jas from Ringwood. And had a crap day at driving I tell you – what must they think! My car was struggling a bit with having a lot more weight than just me (and okay, my parking was terrible). We then went and had a meeting/chat with Rowan. Which I found quite interesting. I tried to get the others to make me a gush admin but it obviously wasn’t my day.

Then to Starbucks – which both the Paul’s had never been to before! I was very amused that Paul2 had never even come across lids on paper coffee cups before. But then, what can you do?! He’s from Western Australia.

Back to my place. Sam and Reinhard came down and we all had dinner. Mum coped remarkably well with the huge influx of people.

I’ll be seeing Jas on Sunday – as he’s coming along to Vineyard so that’ll be good, before he heads back. Paul will make it there one day and Paul2 I doubt will ever make it that far out ‘east’ again – at least this year.

Good company. Reasonable food. I do it any time!