Jonas and Alberto have been gone for a few weeks now. The house is no longer stained with dirty bowls and cutlery, but it's also a whole lot more boring. Jasper and Lachie usually work in the evenings and have very independent social lives so it's as if they're not really living here. In an attempt to jump start the social life of the house I've taken it upon myself to invite everyone to 'Double Steak Tuesdays' at the Doncaster Pub or buy a blow up pool for Summer! It's not really catching on though because sadly my Australian roommates aren't as excited by things like 'Double Steak Tuesday' as I am - it's their loss really, it's awesome value.
Ah well, I'm glad I taught Jonas and Alberto a little bit of Australian culture while they were here. They learned that no one wins the Australian game of drink, not even Australians. Hopefully I'll be able to meet up with Jonas in February next year in Germany as part of a spontaneous trip I'm going to eventually organize in January.
Jonas described to me a whole bunch of German drinking games, but we never had the people or resources to play them. It'll be really rewarding to learn these important life skills first hand. Strangely enough, Lachie and I invented a drinking game earlier today while he was waiting for a program called "steam" to install on his computer. All you have to do is drink at the same speed as the application being downloaded. Because Australia's internet is so bi-polar this makes the whole thing much more challenging than you think. Also, if you screw up then you have to Skull your drink. Now that's a 21st century 1st world drinking game if ever I've heard one!
Lastly, I just came back from a village party I managed to get invited to. I left early once I realized that a few first-years I tutored last year were there. Man I'm old!
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