in the shadow of the tower...

well the highlight of today has got to be all the progress i've made towards solving my current countdown of doom...

however following up on the information i acquired here today has required me to once again follow the aquaduck through the campus... right past the scary magicy looking clocktower...

now rather then go ANYWHERE near this place i made my way to the opposite side of the aqua L, and came across a very weird landmark...
now it shouldn't come as any surprise that so close to a place of magic one would find something like this... a plaza covered in C's... i can't figure out why they'd be here or why you'd put them up. point is their really weird, and must serve some sort of equally weird purpose.

i don't have time to properly figure it out right now though sadly... just making note of them so that once i have my countdown problems solved i can come back and figure this out...

a enquiry of sorts... a general sort that is

T-Minus: 32 days...

Location: University of Otago

Objective: Home

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okay people of the innerweb now we're talking! inside the info centre i found exactly what i was looking for. the general enquiries desk!

now i had to stand in line for a few hours just to get to the nice person at the other end. i then had to spend another hour explaining why i as a non-university student needed the information i was requesting, but after convincing the info dude that it was an EMERGENCY he reluctantly gave me the address i need...

so now i'm off to hopefully score myself a new home here in new zealand!

campus tour

T-Minus: 32 days...

Location: University of Otago

Objective: Home

man what a good night sleep that was... forgot how nice it is to sleep in the great out of doors... a nice early start to the day too... nothing like waking up to the sounds of sea gulls squaking in the morning... yeah i they bug me too!!!

okay so first thing here this morning was finding my way around the university, and finding the information centre. already it's a very pretty place. the leith aquaduck runs right through the middle which gives it a very nice civilized feel.

wow and magicy! the main hall looks like hogwarts castle... sure hope they don't have any dragons around here! the scales on my lower jaw are still kinda tender from the last time i met up with a dragon!

i'm just going to avoid that whole section for now. hopefully the information centre is somewhere else as it is still a huge campus, and that clock tower area is just looking a little too magicy for me...

wow it sure is big too! the commerce building was massive... still no info here though. i'm liking this end of the campus better then the clocktower... not as magicy... more vancouvery


after a couple hours wandering around i came across a building that might be what the doctor ordered. the info link... sure hope they can hook me up with my needed information... otherwise i could be in trouble shortly...

pretty sweet building. has a bunch of useful offices and services... including a library! i'll have to email mike about it, and keep it in mind for future reference (get it... i made a pun... you know about referencing a reference... and people say i'm dumb!).

it also has the university inquires desk. just the sort of desk i'm in need of...

so i'm off to get my information here people of the innerweb. catch you in a little bit...

school of hard rocks...

T-Minus: 33 days...
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Location: University of Otago
Objective: Home

okay things are looking very dire again here people of the web wide world. not only did my last attempt to find a home and job fail, but i wasted a LOT of time with that attempt

now i spent some time brain storming... which with a brain the size of mine is kinda hard too do... but i think i've come up with the perfect plan. it won't get me both a home and job like the last plan, but it will at least score me a place to stay... hopefully...

first i was going to have to find the university. which once back in dunedin hopefully wasn't going to be too hard.

the trip back in from the peninsula though. MAN! i sure am glad i didn't take that job at the albatross observatory. i'd have to leave for work from town the night before just to walk all the way back out here!

well finally i got back into town... way later then i'd hoped! it was already early evening, and i was just dropped off at random. i still needed to find my way to the university.

fortunately i found a key landmark that runs throughout town. the leith it's called, but i could a swore fake rivers like this one were called aquaducks! which now that i think about it is just as confusing... man humans are weird sometimes...

anyways if you follow the aqua L it runs from one end of town to the harbour (you can even see it on the map of dunedin... don't believe me check it out!). along the way though it runs through the university... which meant all i had to do was walk along the aqua L and i'd find my destination.

what do you know it worked! just took me a little while longer then i'd hoped... everything around the university is closed by now...

which is no good... i really need to get some information from them as so as possible cause the clock is ticking

i guess it's okay in a way... the long journey back in from the peninsula has kinda tuckered me out. now i've noticed that your not supposed to sleep around the university (now i've never been to skool of any kind so i'm not sure... but is it normal to have to warn students with actual signs NOT to sleep at skool???) but i'm really feeling the need to crash. especially since that way first thing tomorrow i can get down to business and get that information that i need...

fortunately i'm noticing a nice rocky spot by the aqua L hidden UNDERNEATH a building...

i'll be spending the night there, but please don't tell campus security people of the web wide world!