the speech by tim costello last night was so moving, engaging, and riveting. most of the IHers in the dining hall were so spell bound by this seasoned orator, speaking off the cuff, that there was almost a pin drop silence as he spoke. pretty rare occurence at IH.

i wanna be like that some day.

my table was pretty interesting and we had this pretty lively debate on topics ranging from america's influence on the world, terrorism, poverty...and bec measday insisted that john howard is a creep. pretty amusing.

after dinner, there was a photo frenzy and lots of IHers, high on cheap Queen of Adelaide wine, trotted down to Puggs for more booze. I didn't stay long there....only had a pint of carlton. the music was good though, pity i was not in the mood.