Registration

As of this past Monday, I am now registered for four classes: Image and Photography, Australian History, Advertising Principles, and Sports Marketing! Thanks to the 14 hour time difference, allowing for early registration almost a full day before other Bond Students, I was able to secure the classes that I wanted!

 I just finished reading "In a Sunburned Country" and am now wishing that Bill Bryson would teach my Australian History course! On page 6 he sets up his novel stating:

A few things popped up at me: Australia started as a prison and 'It has more things that will kill you than anywhere else. It's a tough place.' There was also a direct reference to Queensland. I guess I'll read on.

An example of why I would love Bryson as a History Professor, to wit: "They built a memorial to him [him, being Harold Holt a Prime Minister who drowned by Cheviot Beach] in Melbourne ... A municiple swimming pool."

Bryson in his novel, In a Sunburned Country, spends most of his time humourously discussing the various ways in which one can meet their end in Australia. ...Or maybe that is just what I was picking up on.

He also manages to concrete my enthusiasm in my choice Study Abroad location; on page 176 he quotes one of his companions writing:
"They're crazy in Queensland. Madder than cut snakes. You'll like it up there."
He is absolutely one of my all time favorite authors.