| Happiness meme |
[Dec. 22nd, 2008|12:25 am] |
Rules: For 8 days you have to post something that made you happy that day. If you can read this, you've been tagged.
Sunday:
I'm back home from England and I got to spend the day with some of my best friends, eating Chipotle and "not" going to the mall! |
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| Things I need to do before I leave, in chronological order. |
[Dec. 13th, 2008|11:28 pm] |
Sunday:
*Study for Archaeology final
Monday:
*Study for Archaeology final
Tuesday:
*Get my second English paper back from Brit/Irish lit Seminar tutor
*Attend final Brit/Irish lit seminar
*Study for Archaeology final
*Last Shambles meeting
Wednesday:
*Last minute studying for Archaeology final
*End of semester/"Max's farewell party" party
*Go to bed at reasonable hour because ohfuck final tomorrow morning
Thursday:
*Take Archaeology final at 9:30
*Run errands in town
*Pack
Friday:
*Drop off keys, leave
*Catch 12:30 train to London |
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[Oct. 28th, 2008|06:03 pm] |
I haven't updated this in way too long.
I've been in England for almost 4 weeks now and I'm getting into the swing of things. I'm taking two classes (or "modules" as they call them here):
*English and Irish Literature- This is my big, 40 credit class. I have three lectures a week and then a two hour "seminar" that is basically a 12 person sit down talk/lecture with a professor. There are about three lecturers, two of whom are American. The professor for my seminar is kind of crazy and spacey and was by the far the most casually dressed person in the room (t shirt, jeans and tennis shoes). He's like a coherent version of keith richards. The class itself is interesting, if dense. We started by reading Woolf's To The Lighthouse, which I wasn't crazy about and we're now on Yeats' The Tower, which I'm liking.
*Introduction to British Archeology- This is only 10 credits and only two one hour lectures a week. Two people from my study abroad program are in it with me, so we sit together. It's a really interesting class, I feel like I'm learning alot.
Combined, I only have three papers due. Two 2,500 word essays (Lit) and one 1,500 word essay (Archeology). The good news means they're super short. The bad news is the first two are due on friday and monday, respectively, and I have to do alot of reading/research despite how short these papers are. I figure once this week's over, the rest of the semester will be pretty laid back.
My mom flew out to visit me this from friday until today. I took the train up to london and we did touristy things, I have a ton of photos to put up on facebook. Ate some really great food (including maybe the best spaghetti and meatballs I've ever had, strangely enough). Went to the British Museum, Tower of London, Portabello Market and our hotel was right next to The Eye and about half a block from the Houses of Parliament/Big Ben (Which, as I discovered, is not actually the name of the clock, but a bell inside the clock).
Things with Marina are at a pretty comfortable point right now, I feel really good about things.
All in all, things are good. I'm not really looking forward to missing Thanksgiving, but there was some talk amongst the folks in my study abroad group about doing a thanksgiving, so we'll see how that goes. I definitely need to update more.
Up next: Halloween! |
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[Sep. 22nd, 2008|10:24 pm] |
The fact that I'm leaving in less than three weeks has begun to sink in, which is exciting/terrifying all at once.
I think this semester is going to be the shock to the system I really need right now. I'm already feeling isolated and I haven't even left yet, but I think the complete cultural change is going to force me to not dwell on the whole Marina thing and homesickness, I'm really relieved that the dorms are set up in a way that kind of forces you to get to know people, since it's got a shared kitchen for the 10 people in the surrounding rooms.
This is my last week at Borders, though I'm probably coming back to work the two weeks I'm in Columbia before Jan term starts. Today actually went by really quickly, which was weird because it was like 8 and a half hours and I spent most of it at the kiosk. I also ran into two friends of mine from McDaniel and John Sisson, which was nice, but was kind of surreal. Aside from how slow it can get and my occasionally menopausal boss, I enjoyed working there and generally felt like I was good at my job, which is a plus.
Currently in the process of trying to add as much music to my laptop as I can before I leave. I need to start packing soon, locate some plug adapters/voltage converters.
Comic Con is this weekend, which is something I used to really prep for every year, but it seems pretty small compared to leaving. Definitely excited though.
I know I've been pretty down in the dumps in general lately, but I certainly feel better than I did last summer around this time. Because even after the shittiness of the last few weeks/month, I really can't feel bad for myself with this kind of adventure just days away.
I need to buy a camera already. |
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[Apr. 19th, 2008|01:47 pm] |
I wanna update this because I haven't really written a post in a while. Crappy poems and crappy questionnaires don't count.
I still don't have a computer, mostly because I haven't gotten around to buying a new hard drive. The abundance of computers on campus and my ipod are still working out fine.
I'm probably going to work at Harris Teeter over the summer. Which will probably be like Target, but less evil and walking distance. Workin' full time too, probably. I'm gonna need living money for England, speaking of which
I'm goin' to england for schoolin' next semester. University of York, to be precise. I'm only signed up for two classes so far, but one's an English/Irish lit class and the other is British Archeology(!). I'm hoping they offer a class on dry wit or something. Or occulemency.
I need to get my driver's license. I'm going to try and get that this summer.
Yesterday, Marina and I went on a picnic at this national park up in Hanover,PA. We then hiked and saw many scenic things like fish (alive and dead), tombstones in german, and baby geese. This was followed by a viewing of Forgetting Sarah Marshall(hilarious).
I'm gonna be home may 2nd/3rd. People not unlike my friends and a person like myself should do somethin'. |
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