Uni Break Blues (Chris)

I’m not the least surprised that I didn’t keep my promise to consistently write on this journal throughout this semester. Actually, truth be told, I was betting against myself and have since donated the winnings to the Breaking Chris out of Lethargy Foundation. I have a feeling they will soon be disbanding due to a lack of morale or alternatively hold a nationally broadcast telethon in desperation. I hope that there’s some kind of breakthrough soon, as this semester is far coming to a close and I’ve got twelve assignments due over the next six weeks. I’m pretty tempted to just sleep all the way through it.

Not too much news to report. Have been doing lots of work of the drinking and partying kind, but not much of the study or earning money kind. Myer cut down my shifts pretty significantly over the last two weeks, but now in the holidays they’ve decided to give me more than twenty hours again. Bastards. Just when I need time to finish assignments and all. I’ve really enjoyed my subjects this semester but the workload is massive towards the end for me. Because I don’t do exams, all of my major assessments are lumped at the end of semester, and I always take the workload too lightly in the beginning! Lovely study habits I have developed, innit? Anyway I need to work hard cause otherwise the average I got in first semester will disintegrate into a puff of smoke and my transfer will go down the drain. In news which is sure to shock and sadden all of Victoria, I am also applying for Law at some NSW institutions. Come January, if Melbourne decides I’m not good enough to study there, then there’s a chance I may be heading back to Sydney.

On the writing front, a short play of mine has been shortlisted for the Short and Sweet festival at the Arts Centre. If it gets performed, you all have to come and vote for it! I could win a couple of grand, which would be excellent. Money is always nice. I might even decide to spend some of it on myself. It’s a dodgy little play about nothing with no characters, but hopefully it will strike a chord with the audience, despite its horribly bleak content and poor dialogue. Farrago writing is still going strong, and hopefully I will be an Arts Sub-Editor on the Farrago 2007 team. Who knows, I may even want to go for Editor in 08!

Anyway, if I can think of anything else interesting to write I’ll be back. Otherwise I’ll leave you all to read the inherently more interesting articles of my fellow bloggers. Enjoy the break y’all.