The past day and a half have been pretty relaxing compared to Melbourne Welcome.  That's not really a fair comparison, though.  Yesterday I went to buy some much-needed apartment things--a toaster, some more utensils and dishes, a trash can--so now I'm all set up.  I made myself dinner then headed to the south lawn on campus where there were a bunch of Newman College welcome kids hanging out.  Some were playing dizzy bat, some just chatting.  (All were drinking goon.)  We took the tram to "Euro Trash," a bar in chinatown, but I didn't end up going in because my friend Dillon (Princeton MAE) who I went with didn't have enough ID.  So we went back to International House where he's going to live (it's a hike, I'm glad I don't live there) to get his ID, but by then it was pretty late so we just had a couple drinks at a closer place.  I guess it was a casino, because there were slot machines everywhere.  I promptly lost $1 and stopped.  Kind of a quiet night, but it was good catching up with Dillon.

Today I walked to Melbourne Central to pay my rent at the bank since I couldn't get the online banking to work out.  Then I just took a walk, with no particular destination in mind.  I like to walk here instead of taking the tram because the weather is nice and I get to see more, plus it's good exercise and it saves me a few bucks.  I decided to walk back to the laneway with the graffiti because I didn't have a chance to look at it for so long the last time, and I wanted to take a really good picture for my desktop background.  There were much fewer people there this time (not a weekend).  The murals are really incredible.  You see new things every time you look, almost as if there are multiple levels to them.  I think the spray painting is technically not allowed, but it seems to get a blind eye because it's not at all an eyesore.

"I love graffiti!"

I can hardly even tell what it is.  Some really graphic sort of crazy eyeballs and teeth. The words at the bottom say "loveletters."

A creepy six-legged horse skeleton.  It's got orange arrows and markers all over it, almost like an anatomical or technical drawing.  As an engineer, I can relate.

I got a call today from the rabbi at the conservative shul in Melbourne, who just moved here six months ago.  He used to be the assistant rabbi at Renana and Mike's shul in KC.  He was really nice, and invited me to come by whenever for shabbat or holidays or just to grab coffee.  I think I'll take him up on that once or twice.  I never pass up a home-cooked meal.

Not too busy of a night tonight (it's Wednesday, hump day).  I'm just going to grab a quick drink with a friend and I'll probably call it an early night.  Tomorrow I have to try and finalize what classes I'm going to take so I'm ready for enrollment day on Friday.