Newcastle.

Okay, so this is gonna be my last post for awhile... maybe. I'm going to Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras in Sydney this weekend, and I'm going to try to get the most drinks bought for me in the history of ever, so maybe that will be blog-worthy. Anyway, I'm just going to go into what life is like for me in Newcastle so far.

Tam and I moved in about half way, and pretty much just passed out on our beds. Flying is exhasting. That's pretty much all I can do to separate the days because every day has pretty much been the same. The jerks who live across our back patio are really fit and are hardcore into health, so I sit there and feel like a fatass. But it helps to live with Tammy who has a legit morning routine of: Wake up @ 9, Eat til 9:30, Take a nap till 11:30. That makes me feel a little better. However, I go for a run every morning, so that's nice too.

After my run, I decide to do something productive, whether it's doing dishes, grocery shopping, or not calling home and saving money. As soon as that's over, I go to the beach. We have had non-stop nice weather with occasional rain showers, but the rain never lasts. So far, so good on the jellyfish/shark attacks. And despite terrible peeling of skin, I'm getting a decent tan.

As for nights. I haven't spent a night without alcohol in my system, though some nights, such as last night, I only have one. ALSO! I invented a drink last night that now seems so simple. I LOVE coconut, and coconut flavoring. Well, there's this cheap knock-off of Malibu coconut rum here and all I did was mix it with milk. Coconut milk, right? That's what it ended up tasting like, and I was the first to tell me how great I am.

My impression of a few bars out here:

Brewery: It's okay. It's a few of the girls' favorite bar, but I think that's mostly because they hook up with the most guys here. The outside patio juts out into the bay and that's pretty sweet. They do NOT allow flip flops in this bar. Sucky.

Customs: My favorite. It doesn't sit on the water, but there are fountains right beside it's outside seating area. The beer is cheapest here, and on Wednesdays, it's only $2.80 a glass. That's like, 'free' at bars around here.

Fannys: (See Element in Ames)it's a nightclub, but it's very large. The only reason I go is to get my free drinks using my student card. but then I get roped into dancing. whatever. Tammy got shit-faced here and took really stupid pictures. Look forward to those showing up on the internet.

Blue-tongue bar: Um... this bar was extremely empty when I went. I came here after yelling 'All my friends just died!' and I met 2 new friends named James and Mark. Locals. Anyway, they wanted to go in Blue Tongue, and I liked the blue tiles on the outside, so I agreed. The inside consisted of 10 people talking at one table, a DJ who was the only one dancing to his music, and an extremely bored Bartender, who left the bar and sat on one of the stools on the customer side of the bar. It. was. AWESOME.

Bar on the Hill: This is the bar that's on campus. I got kicked out of this bar, not for being drunk, but for looking like I was going to get drunk. Pissed me off. I went home and ate garlic bread and watched Beauty and the Beast... also I took 3 shots because, damnit, I wasn't going to make that bouncer a liar.

Life in Newcastle is pretty great. I'm homesick for the people I left behind, but this is a great experience, and I would choose to do it again. School hasn't even started yet, and I'm saying this. All my days seem to mesh together without anything like school to break it up, so I have no idea what day or even month it is anymore. March, right? March.