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You like The Juniper Tree, right? Do you want to go to an opera about it? I'm assuming you got the email. I want to go because it's Philip Glass, and I love him.
Mar. 16th, 2007
Bitches! Me and Kim are going to Australia! Specifically, to Melbourne.
For our midsemester Sept.-Oct. break, these are the places I've come up with, thanks to Lonely Planet:
Northwest Australia - rugged, scenic, less-traveled, natural beauty
The Kimberley: Broome - Chinatown, camel walking on the beach, outdoor movies, bird observatory, dinosaur footprints; Rowley Shoals - whales, dolphins, turtles, mantarays, coral reef; Derby - 14 m. prison trees, horizontal waterfalls, Aborigines; Kununurra - national parks, cliffs, wildlife preserve. Other places that require 4 wheel drive to get there - unclear of whether you can take a 4 wheel drive tour or no, as I will be unable to rent a car, being under 21.
The Pilbara: Karratha Dampier - Stairway to the Moon, boating, petroglyphs; Dampier Archipelago - snorkeling, beaches, whalewatching, Karijini National Park - clambering over boulders, serpentine tunnels, subterranean waterways, gorges, mountain, rock pools.
Northeast Australia (Queensland) - tropical, warm, lush
Daintree Rainforest: the largest range of plants and animals on earth in 1200 sq. km, hiking, golden beaches
Great Barrier Reef: floating hotels, scuba diving, glass-bottomed boats, cruises, the only living thing visible from space
Northern Australia - wide open spaces, no amenities, "wild wildlife", a complete lack of crowds
Kakadu National Park: Aboriginal rock art, rock climbing, wetlands walks, magpie geese congregations, boat tours, huge waterfalls and gorges and snorkeling in the waterfalls, camping
Southwest Australia - haute couture and surfing
Margaret River: wineries and breweries, surfing, beaches, shopping, mountain bike tours, chocolate and fudge, good food, rolling straight-out-of-England hills
Southeast Australia - desert, outback, landscapes, cowboys (lol)
Flinders Ranges: camel safaris, train journeys through desert, boating with pelicans, gorges, astronomical observatory, national parks, walking, Yourambulla Caves
Snowy Mountains: a legendary lake (home of a new movie!), high mountains, platypuses, wallabies, wombats, abseiling into gorges, climbing, caving, chairlift to the rooftop of Australia, paddle boats and canoes, white water rafting.
Tasmania - rainforests and mountains like whoa: walking (for six days), kayaking, rafting, Australia's deepest lake, lots of animals, blue bays and white sand beaches, rockclimbing, backpacking, caving, gliding, whitewater, wildlife tours
For our midsemester Sept.-Oct. break, these are the places I've come up with, thanks to Lonely Planet:
Northwest Australia - rugged, scenic, less-traveled, natural beauty
The Kimberley: Broome - Chinatown, camel walking on the beach, outdoor movies, bird observatory, dinosaur footprints; Rowley Shoals - whales, dolphins, turtles, mantarays, coral reef; Derby - 14 m. prison trees, horizontal waterfalls, Aborigines; Kununurra - national parks, cliffs, wildlife preserve. Other places that require 4 wheel drive to get there - unclear of whether you can take a 4 wheel drive tour or no, as I will be unable to rent a car, being under 21.
The Pilbara: Karratha Dampier - Stairway to the Moon, boating, petroglyphs; Dampier Archipelago - snorkeling, beaches, whalewatching, Karijini National Park - clambering over boulders, serpentine tunnels, subterranean waterways, gorges, mountain, rock pools.
Northeast Australia (Queensland) - tropical, warm, lush
Daintree Rainforest: the largest range of plants and animals on earth in 1200 sq. km, hiking, golden beaches
Great Barrier Reef: floating hotels, scuba diving, glass-bottomed boats, cruises, the only living thing visible from space
Northern Australia - wide open spaces, no amenities, "wild wildlife", a complete lack of crowds
Kakadu National Park: Aboriginal rock art, rock climbing, wetlands walks, magpie geese congregations, boat tours, huge waterfalls and gorges and snorkeling in the waterfalls, camping
Southwest Australia - haute couture and surfing
Margaret River: wineries and breweries, surfing, beaches, shopping, mountain bike tours, chocolate and fudge, good food, rolling straight-out-of-England hills
Southeast Australia - desert, outback, landscapes, cowboys (lol)
Flinders Ranges: camel safaris, train journeys through desert, boating with pelicans, gorges, astronomical observatory, national parks, walking, Yourambulla Caves
Snowy Mountains: a legendary lake (home of a new movie!), high mountains, platypuses, wallabies, wombats, abseiling into gorges, climbing, caving, chairlift to the rooftop of Australia, paddle boats and canoes, white water rafting.
Tasmania - rainforests and mountains like whoa: walking (for six days), kayaking, rafting, Australia's deepest lake, lots of animals, blue bays and white sand beaches, rockclimbing, backpacking, caving, gliding, whitewater, wildlife tours
stumbling in the dark
Mar. 16th, 2007 10:34 pmWays to Waste Time and Avoid Doing Schoolwork:
1) Reclassify your music on iTunes by creating new genres for them. Oh dear, iTunes really should not have let me do that. Damn.
2) Read reviews by Mutant Reviewers From Hell. They're awesome. It's too bad it's so hard to get on the staff. I'll also steal a meme from them!
Forum (uh... internet) Handle: sri_angry_angel
Will Be Played In The Movie By: Desy Ratnasari! I used to love her as a kid!
Current Favorite Movies: Akira, Shaun of the Dead, Alien
Current Favorite TV Shows: DB & Z, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Current Favorite Books: Passage to India, Macho Camacho's Beat, The Crossing
Current Favorite Video Games: Uh... none
Hobbies: listening to space-electronica, wasting time, justifying wasting time, drinking tea
3) Eat food, make tea, talk to your mother about nothing.
4) Make a big deal about going out into the snow to get Starbucks, bundling yourself and all, and then decide not to go, and take it all off again.
5) Find places to go while you're doing your study abroad, ignoring details like - how the fuck am I going to get there when it's effectively the same as trying to go from Los Angeles to New York?
6) Listen to new music. Rate the new music. Dream about potential music videos to the new music.
7) Look for t-shirts by your favorite bands. Bonus if those bands are from Great Britain. Double bonus if they're from Iceland!
8) Buy t-shirts... for no reason!
1) Reclassify your music on iTunes by creating new genres for them. Oh dear, iTunes really should not have let me do that. Damn.
2) Read reviews by Mutant Reviewers From Hell. They're awesome. It's too bad it's so hard to get on the staff. I'll also steal a meme from them!
Forum (uh... internet) Handle: sri_angry_angel
Will Be Played In The Movie By: Desy Ratnasari! I used to love her as a kid!
Current Favorite Movies: Akira, Shaun of the Dead, Alien
Current Favorite TV Shows: DB & Z, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Current Favorite Books: Passage to India, Macho Camacho's Beat, The Crossing
Current Favorite Video Games: Uh... none
Hobbies: listening to space-electronica, wasting time, justifying wasting time, drinking tea
3) Eat food, make tea, talk to your mother about nothing.
4) Make a big deal about going out into the snow to get Starbucks, bundling yourself and all, and then decide not to go, and take it all off again.
5) Find places to go while you're doing your study abroad, ignoring details like - how the fuck am I going to get there when it's effectively the same as trying to go from Los Angeles to New York?
6) Listen to new music. Rate the new music. Dream about potential music videos to the new music.
7) Look for t-shirts by your favorite bands. Bonus if those bands are from Great Britain. Double bonus if they're from Iceland!
8) Buy t-shirts... for no reason!
