Arrival

Well I arrived in Brisbane today and it is way too hot, I have no air-con, I really should shower now – but if you're my friend you'll probably already know about my lazy reluctance to shower. Somehow I managed to score the only large room, with a double bed and a fan, so I should be grateful for that. The rooms are nowhere near as nice as in their advertising though. Here are two photos to prove it…

UQ campus is really campus-like – profound I know, but unlike Auckland there are university grounds and grass areas and a gift shop(?) and hairdresser and vet and food is good and cheap.

Today I had morning tea with the other external students who are all really nice – there are only ten of us and the others are sciency, as opposed to my pseudo-science; then I met my supervisor; and got set up. Nothing that won’t bore you to read so I’ll leave it there on the news front I think.

On the research front (let’s be honest this will probably bore you more, but it excites me), the project I am doing is cool. I’m going to run a study investigating whether the advantaged and disadvantaged concur on the legitimacy of discrimination of immigration policies. Basically it’s looking at how people see discrimination against immigrants who can’t speak the country’s official language, when this discrimination is framed as legitimate and illegitimate, and when they are talking about themselves and others.