Having a Ball!

I have been keeping quite busy here in old Hobart. My dormitory, John Fisher College, has been hosting quite a few get-togethers for the new students. We have had two raging parties in the basement (or the Buttery, as the students call it), and thankfully, no one even noticed my lack of drinking (does that say something about my personality when people think I'm wasted?).
One evening we got a small ship and went on a cruise for a few hours. There was great music (oldies, I was the only person that knew the songs, but I knew every word- don't tell anyone that I'm not, but people thought I was cool for that).
On Saturday we had a big scavenger hunt for the first year students. We had to go to pubs all over the city and ask old members of John Fisher questions, and we had to do silly things and take pictures, like everyone standing in all of the fountains we could find, trying to get an application to an all girls elementary school for one of the boys in the group, and a whole lot more crazy things- one of the boys had to wear a big chain collar and be on a dog leash (or 'lead') the whole time! The whole thing took about four or five hours, but it was a blast, and my group won!!
Yesterday we had a silly sports day where we competed against all of the other dorms (they call them "collages"). We did egg and spoon races, three legged races, tug of war... you name it! My team lost... oh, everything, but it was fun. Then the slip and slide was called off pretty quick when two kids got knocked out and one went to the emergency room, so a bunch of us went to the beach.
I have also really been finding there is a GREAT music scene here in Hobart. On Friday I found a little bar with an old couple playing old country songs, and, while mingling with the people there, I found out about many more great places to find music. Saturday a girl from Devinport (a city in northern Tasmania) and I went to a jazz festival across the river; there were some fantastic Big Band bands. A fellow there showed me a thing or two about swing dancing and invited us to some lessons on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Then, Sunday night I went to this dodgy little bar (just my style) called Doctor Syntax, and there was a great blues band there. I met a bunch of old locals, and had a blast dancing with them. I think that may become a regular hang out for me!
Today was the first day of classes. I only had one, and am in the process of getting signed up for the rest (I hope it works out!). Today I had Foundation Audio- an audio recording class. The teacher couldn't stress enough how easy the class was going to be, but I am very excited to learn about how to record my music.
I'll try to get more pictures up this week, until then, I hope everyone is staying warm and safe! That storm looks NASTY!