In my mind I'm gone to Carolina . . .

I am very sad I'm missing out on Carolina football. After living in Chapel Hill for over 5 years, I had gotten a little bored with it. Most of my friends had already moved on and although I loved my one bedroom apartment, I was lonely without roommates. I wanted out and I wanted a new adventure. Well, I did it and I am currently living an amazing adventure. Now, however, I miss the feeling of walking down Franklin St on a perfect summer day. Or the excitement on game days when the whole city turns Carolina blue. I want a burger and orangeade from Suttons and I want to get late night at Time Out. I want to walk through campus, tailgate with my roomies and cheer on the Heels at Kenan Stadium.

Next Saturday we play ECU . . . yet another noon game which means 2am Sunday for me. But, to watch them beat those pirates might be worth the late night. Bruhahaha.

This weekend has been quite an exciting one. Friday night we had our Heaven & Hell party for Hanne's birthday. People actually dressed up which made it that much more exciting. The house was festively decorated and as usual, we started out the night with a lil BBQ. This time, other people actually brought food too and BBQed with us. Drinking games, dance parties and photo shoots dominated the night. Just before midnight I got her cake set up, the champagne and the sparklers ready. We go all out down under. I had gotten her an ice cream cake and carried it out with the big 22 candles on top. After we got done singing and she blew out her candles, I leaned in for a hug. Unfortunately the cake leaned with me resulting in it landing face first on the deck. Lucky for me, people were pretty drunk by this point and didn't mind still eating the cake. Nice work Kennan. All in all I'd say the party was a complete success. Saturday morning Hanne and I woke up to Wolfgang blasting techno at 10am. After multiple attempts to unplug the speakers and his refusal to keep the music off, I threatened his life. He wanted to go to the lagoon and I told him to go while the rest of us got some more sleep. After a few more hours of sleep, I rallied the guys for an intense cleaning session. The house looked pretty bad in the aftermath, but that just means we had a good party.Saturday was the start of the Brisbane Festival which begins with Riverfire. It's a huge event and you have to get to the river early to get a good spot. Our original plan was to go about 3pm, which turned into 4:30pm and we finally left at 5:30pm. That was all the boys, I was ready at 4:30pm thank you. We then walked to Kangaroo Point and got a spot on the dock overlooking the river and the valley. There were also some party boats on the water playing really good music. We waited for about an hour for the fireworks to start, and when they did it was amazing. They had barges all down the river with 30 minutes worth of fireworks. They also had stations on top of the skyscrapers setting off fireworks as well. This show had to be worth millions of dollars, but it was absolutely beautiful. It started with two loud jets flying down the length of the river and then the fireworks started. They had all kinds and they were even coordinated down the river. We counted 8 different set off spots, but we could only see part of the river from our spot. The show ended with the two jets doing another fly by, this time though there was fire shooting out the back of both engines of each plane. What a way to end Riverfire.The roomies and I then headed to McDonalds for some dinner and then home. It was a long two days so we stayed in with movies instead of going out. Now its a beautiful Sunday afternoon and I'm about to head to Southbank for more Festival celebrating. Viva la Brisbane!!!!