A Rough Rugby Weekend

Well, this week went well. I submitted my paper for Anthropology and was able to relax a bit after Monday. It's strange how little work there is here. A professor assigns one or two writing assignments per semester and places a ton of emphasis on them, and it turns out the assignments are only about 2,000 words each. The hard part is actually getting oneself to sit down and write because you're not in the academic mindset. Hmph, such are the trials and tribulations of college. Poor me (pouty face).
Anywho, I was able to go out on the town with Karlee, whom I hadn't seen for at least a week, on Thursday night. We grabbed burgers and ended up at Danny Doolan's, a pub in the Viaduct area down by the harbor. They have great live music, outdoor seating with heat lamps, and on this particular night, the English Air Force rugby team, which was a fine representation of British belligerence. A very entertaining night.
On Friday, I researched a bit and then went to the gym then went to celebrate a birthday downtown that night. It was a pretty run of the mill Friday, but on Saturday I woke up and just felt on top of the world. I grabbed coffee from the best cafe ever, went to the gym early in the morning (1 pm), read some of my book and then got ready for a rugby union game: Auckland Blues vs. Canterbury Crusaders. The Blues lost but it was a pretty cool game and afterwards we hit up an amazing burger place called Burger Fuel. They serve fries with Aioli sauce, which is basically mayo and garlic I believe? But I prefer to call it heaven.
Today (Sunday), I woke up, grabbed another coffee with my neighbor Rachel from the Philippines at the best coffee place, and was then whisked away to a Rugby League game, which is actually considered a different sport from regular Rugby because certain rules are different. It was a very exciting match between the Auckland Warriors and the Cowboys from somewhere in Australia. Again, Auckland lost, but it was worth sitting outside in what would be mid-November weather back home in the pouring rain in basically summer clothes because when I walked outside this morning it was boiling out. Stupid me....they ALWAYS say Auckland gets 4 seasons in one day and I should know this by now. Oh well, I hadn't showered this morning, so the rain was good for something.
After the game, five of us Loyola kids and our kiwi friend went for pub fair and coffee downtown and that leads me to my present position. I'm currently staring down my book, daring it to make me read. I think it will succeed, but just....one........more......sentence.............

Ah, I've babbled on enough.