i am here in perth.

i live across the street from a supermarket. i now have a shopping cart in my living room.

the campus is a cross between microsoft corporate housing, queen's and stanford.

i am supposed to be doing internet research here, but funnily enough, curtin internet access (which is basically the only i can get because i live in campus housing) outright blocks msn, pop email, irc, youtube, google video and world of warcraft. i get to use flickr for a total of 60 minutes for the entire semester. and whenever i access livejournal or twitter, it gives me a warning saying i'm not supposed to be using it unless its for real serious biznass and then i have to click yes, i am doing real serious biznass. facebook doesnt even load.

and i cant use my voip phone or wireless router. and the people i talk to in tech support have no idea what these things are. i'm beginning to freak out, just a little tiny bit.


"yeh of course you can get internet, no worries mate!"