In Which John Turns In a Paper

Turning in a paper is quite an ordeal when you don't have a printer. To do it properly, you must follow these steps:

1) Put your assignment on a flash drive

2) Walk from your apartment to the library

3) Ask the library information desk how to print a paper

4) Walk from the library to the student services building

5) Learn that your student ID counts as a printing card

6) Walk back to the library

7) Put money on your ID card to cover the cost of printing

8) Walk back to the student services building

9) Ask where you are actually supposed to go to print

10) Go to one of the computer labs

11) Sit at an empty computer

12) Insert your flash drive

13) Open up your assignment and press "Print"

14) Wait for the printer to print, notice nothing happening, and hit "Print" again

15) Try a different computer

16) Try a different computer lab

17) Get in line behind a bunch of people printing documents and observe what their doing

18) Realize that they somehow got their documents on the adjacent computer without the aid of a flash drive

19) Ask the only other student in the room that you personally know how to print

20) Insert the flash drive into their computer, open the file, press print, then go over to the computer near the printer, find your document on the screen, swipe your ID card, and print the paper

21) Leave to turn in your paper

22) Return to pick up the flash drive that you left in your friend's computer

23) Walk to the building with the Linguistics office

24) Take the elevator to the 5th floor, riding with your Linguistics teacher who does not acknowledge you on the whole ride, despite holding your assignment where she can see it

25) Search for room 508 (Hint: It's the poorly marked door near rooms 566 and 593)

26) Fill out an extensive form describing who you are and what class this assignment is for

27) Realize you don't remember the name of your tutor

28) Finally find the tutor's name written in your journal, write it on the form

29) Staple the form to your paper

30) Insert the paper into the assignment box

See? It only takes 30 easy steps to successfully turn in a paper.

After that fun day, I eventually found myself at the part of the day I looked forward to and equally dreaded: The Cabaret rehearsal. I finally would learn if I was in the cast or not. Turns out I was, and I did not have to go home in shame. It also turns out that there is a cast of about 30. There are five guys, four of which are leads. I am the only male chorus member at the moment. That might be fun.

After rehearsal, my American friend Abby and I planned the first of "Things John Wants to Do In Australia." This Friday we have organized a beach trip, since we've yet to go to the beach and we have to go while the weather is still warm. I finally feel like I'm going to start enjoying the Australia part of Australia.