Robert Stodola ‘19: I’m Feeling Like I’ve Bought a Few Kangaroos Free within the High Paddock
In lower than
one week, I’ll be embarking on my 24-hour flight from the Grind Metropolis to
Melbourne, Australia. I’ll be there from mid-February till early July, however
extra on that later—let me introduce myself.
I’m Robert
Stodola, a junior English main/Enterprise minor from Little Rock, Arkansas. I
take pleasure in my (outback)steaks medium uncommon, a pleasant dad joke, and I’ll be succeeding
Izzy Blaber by taking up this weblog for the following few months. Lucas Bradford
’19 will probably be on this journey with me, and I’m grateful to have such a superb pal
by my facet for the following few months (phrase on the road is that every part tries
to kill you down below).
This semester
we’ll be ditching Rhodes to review at La Trobe College in Melbourne. I do know
it’s going to be a mind-blowing expertise, however let me attempt to put it in
perspective. We’ll be leaving for Melbourne, which is six occasions as large as
Memphis. What’s extra, we’ll be going to a college that’s 18 occasions greater
than our little college off North Parkway.
You is perhaps
questioning what the title of this weblog submit means. I regarded up widespread Australian
slang, and I got here throughout the phrase, “acquired
a number of kangaroos unfastened within the high paddock.” I do not know what any of these
phrases imply, however right here’s a translation I discovered on-line: “To be loopy; to behave, suppose, or behave in an eccentric, silly, or
nonsensical method. Primarily heard in Australia.”
You’re nonetheless
confused. Right here’s the phrase utilized in a few sentences:
1.
Lucas
should have a number of roos unfastened within the high paddock if he thinks he can persuade his
mom to let him get a tattoo of a kangaroo whereas in Australia.
2.
There’s
an outdated woman who sits on the nook yelling at strangers all day. I believe she
may need a number of kangaroos unfastened within the high paddock.
3.
And eventually: Robert’s trying like he’s acquired a number of
kangaroos unfastened within the high paddock as a result of he leaves for Australia in lower than
per week.
Proper now, I’m tremendous excited, but extraordinarily nervous. I’m prepared
to satisfy some new mates, however I’m additionally uneasy about leaving all my buddies in
Memphis. I would like this remaining week within the U.S. to go by very quick, however I’m additionally
freaking out as a result of there’s nonetheless a lot to do earlier than I depart.
Additionally, I’m about to be separated from my twin brother, John
Mark, for the longest time in our lives. So, you could possibly say I’m performing/feeling a
little loopy proper now—I’m about to be in a very totally different setting on
the opposite facet of the world. However, the airplane ticket’s been purchased, my tuition
has been paid, and I’m technically not enrolled as a Rhodes scholar. Prepared or
not, I’m heading down below.
I’ll be posting on this weblog no less than as soon as per week to put in writing
of my Australian adventures, and I’d like to have you ever alongside for the journey.
