It finally really super rained today, as i have been waiting for. It was a very light rain, but it went all day, and still managed to soak its way through my clothing. I think i am going to run out of hot coca very fast, and clothing.
Today i slept much later than i had intended, so i missed my chance to get a package that apparently arrived for me. They only leave it if someone answers the door and because no one was here they brought it to the post office which is just around the corner. However the close early on wed, which to me is the stupidest thing ever, and i wont be able to pick it up tomorrow so it will be sent to urbiton which is about three miles from here. I am going to have to figure out the bus.
I left and hour early for class, so i could print out the paper i worked oh so hard on, or at least worked oh so hard on the motivation to work on the paper. I printed it out at Knights Park campus and then walked to Pehryn Road campus for class, i made it just on time. Only i forgot where my class was, and there is no class number on the syllabus so i waited by the staircase looking for an american to follow to class, luckily i found one, haha. In class we learned about the monarchy and how everyone loves the Queen because of how much they hate politicians. Also, how they are embarrassed to fly the Union Jack because they are not the great nation they were during the time of the World Wars. Also, Scotland and Wales hate the Union Jack because they do not believe that it represents them. Northern Ireland seems to be the only portion of Great Britain that flies the flag and it is out of spite against the catholic Irish who want to still be part of Ireland and not part of Great Britain. So yeah, there is a lot of hostility about bizarre things here.
The walk home was really wet. My jacket did not keep out the rain, so from now on i need to remember my rain jacket when i go to class. Dinner was a simple salad and noodles... i may heat up some chicken later.
TOMORROW I AM GOING TO ITALY! And i am very excited but i am so tired, i have not been sleeping well lately, so tonight i am going to need to go to bed. I have to wake up around 4:30 - 5:00 am However i've yet to pack, so i should get on that also. I wont be updating my blog for the next three to four days, so sorry about my lack of communication. I am going to be keeping a hand written journal while in Italy, and i will post the highlights when i come home to share with you all.
Love you all! Talk to you after i get home from spending the weekend in the Italian countryside (makes me sound awesome doesn't it?) hahaha.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Day Twenty One: Finally made it to Sustaniable Design and Alternative Design Pathways
My paper is not going well, because i have a lot of distractions, so this is day four? Wow, i am so good at being a student, i guess it is a good thing that is a chapter that is almost finished in my life. I am tired of busy work, I like the classes where i have one paper and one test because because you can put everything you have into those two grades rather then half-@$$ing a weekly journal entry or paper. I rather assign my own busy work like this blog, facebook, emailing, twitter, writing my own fictions and, of course when all else is accomplished and set, building my own village on Sims. So that's that.
Today i thought about waking up early to get my busy on paper assignment, but i failed at that. I guess i set my alarm at the wrong time and instead i was woken by a phone call from the tour company that i am going to Wales and Amsterdam with. They were responding to a call i made about a week and a half ago to schedule tours to Wales and Amsterdam, which i am already scheduled for... i think they have a communication malfunction somewhere in their department and i am wondering how reliable they will turn out to be. I guess i will find out when i go on the trips. It may also explain why the trips were so cheap, haha.
I did not get any work done needless to say, but i did build two more homes in Sims. Good job me! Then i went to class, i finally made it to Sustaniable Design and Alternative Design Pathways. Turns out it was a much longer name than i thought, also turns out to be a much more of a thinking class than i thought. In class we watched the video "The Story about Stuff," which all of you should watch, now, go (http://www.storyofstuff.com/). Its about how we use products, how we need to be more aware of our world in terms of consumer market, killing the planet and our resources and how we are so highly influence by adverts. It is very educational and i do not know how else to explain to you how important it is to watch this clip and be aware of the problems it addresses. I had seen the video once before, and it really is important for everyone to watch.
Moving on, we then discussed a product in our classroom and its functions, what its made of, if it can be recycled, ect. My group consisted of my new friend Jade from NJ, a girl named Kira from Italy who spoke little english and a girl named T-sung (?) from North Korea who spoke very good english but did not differentiate Jade and my American accents from those of the English students around us. Our product was a water bottle, my green water bottle, which i was soon informed is releasing estrogen into my system in massive quantities, allegedly. I am not sure if i should be concerned or if it is just another one of those "things" so... yeah, i am currently still drinking from it. However, if someone thinks i should stop a stainless steel water bottle would be much appreciated. hahahaha... yeah, i am not really sure how to react to this information.
After class, i finally printed out stuff that needed printing, but i think i printed two documents that did not need printing. It costs 5 pence a page, which is about 7 cents. The cool thing about the way they print here is that their printer for the public prints double sided automatically. The not so cool thing about how they print here is that you need to work between two computers to do it. (It is much to complicated to explain, so i am not going to).
I went grocery shopping after class for a few needed items: salad dressing, milk, eggs and toothpaste. Then i made dinner, leftover chicken and a salad with mushrooms, avacado and the dressing i just bought. I am awesome at feeding myself, see Mom and Dad, i told you i could cook but why bother when i have you guys cooking for me (and on the rare occasion, Hanna). Clearly the ability to cook is genetic.
Now, i think i have caught up with all possible distractions, so i think i will finally tackle my little 800 paper. Simple, i think. Or... i can go take a shower and then write my paper. Yep that sounds awesome to me!
Love you all and miss you! (I thought about Christmas today, and i am excited to see you all).
UPDATE: I FINISHED MY PAPER! It is 1:00am, oh college papers how i missed thee.... juuuuuuuuuust kidding
Today i thought about waking up early to get my busy on paper assignment, but i failed at that. I guess i set my alarm at the wrong time and instead i was woken by a phone call from the tour company that i am going to Wales and Amsterdam with. They were responding to a call i made about a week and a half ago to schedule tours to Wales and Amsterdam, which i am already scheduled for... i think they have a communication malfunction somewhere in their department and i am wondering how reliable they will turn out to be. I guess i will find out when i go on the trips. It may also explain why the trips were so cheap, haha.
I did not get any work done needless to say, but i did build two more homes in Sims. Good job me! Then i went to class, i finally made it to Sustaniable Design and Alternative Design Pathways. Turns out it was a much longer name than i thought, also turns out to be a much more of a thinking class than i thought. In class we watched the video "The Story about Stuff," which all of you should watch, now, go (http://www.storyofstuff.com/). Its about how we use products, how we need to be more aware of our world in terms of consumer market, killing the planet and our resources and how we are so highly influence by adverts. It is very educational and i do not know how else to explain to you how important it is to watch this clip and be aware of the problems it addresses. I had seen the video once before, and it really is important for everyone to watch.
Moving on, we then discussed a product in our classroom and its functions, what its made of, if it can be recycled, ect. My group consisted of my new friend Jade from NJ, a girl named Kira from Italy who spoke little english and a girl named T-sung (?) from North Korea who spoke very good english but did not differentiate Jade and my American accents from those of the English students around us. Our product was a water bottle, my green water bottle, which i was soon informed is releasing estrogen into my system in massive quantities, allegedly. I am not sure if i should be concerned or if it is just another one of those "things" so... yeah, i am currently still drinking from it. However, if someone thinks i should stop a stainless steel water bottle would be much appreciated. hahahaha... yeah, i am not really sure how to react to this information.
After class, i finally printed out stuff that needed printing, but i think i printed two documents that did not need printing. It costs 5 pence a page, which is about 7 cents. The cool thing about the way they print here is that their printer for the public prints double sided automatically. The not so cool thing about how they print here is that you need to work between two computers to do it. (It is much to complicated to explain, so i am not going to).
I went grocery shopping after class for a few needed items: salad dressing, milk, eggs and toothpaste. Then i made dinner, leftover chicken and a salad with mushrooms, avacado and the dressing i just bought. I am awesome at feeding myself, see Mom and Dad, i told you i could cook but why bother when i have you guys cooking for me (and on the rare occasion, Hanna). Clearly the ability to cook is genetic.
Now, i think i have caught up with all possible distractions, so i think i will finally tackle my little 800 paper. Simple, i think. Or... i can go take a shower and then write my paper. Yep that sounds awesome to me!
Love you all and miss you! (I thought about Christmas today, and i am excited to see you all).
UPDATE: I FINISHED MY PAPER! It is 1:00am, oh college papers how i missed thee.... juuuuuuuuuust kidding
Monday, October 5, 2009
Day Twenty: Excellent Dinner, Horrible Internet Connection
The news of the day: I made the best dinner ever. I sauteed broccoli and mushrooms while i put noodles on. Then when they were a bit sauteed i added some thicker soup, flour, water, cheddar cheese and chicken. It made a sauce, which was awesome. And then i put is all today and i loved it, and i am soooo full. Awesome.
Um, in other news i did not move much today so that i can move when i get to Italy. So, i played sims. My game uninstalled itself again so I had to rebuild my village again. ...BUT my back feels much better! I am just going to be careful this time when i do the dishes so i do not go into a relapse... again.
Now, i am going to start the papers and stuff i need to get done, so that will be fun. Can't say i did not procrastinate today, as you will see in my video. It is a good thing they really map out everyday from the lecture (and its details) to the homework (and its details) as well as listing this information over and over again, in many different styles as if to enforce the fact that they have a definite schedule and they have every intention of sticking to it. This way i can pinpoint the exact days i will be suffering for my procrastination, oh for your information it will be most tueday and thurdsay nights!
also i did make you guys a video of my room, but it would not upload and i did not feel like wait for it. I had already waited about and hour and a half so i am done with that.
Um, in other news i did not move much today so that i can move when i get to Italy. So, i played sims. My game uninstalled itself again so I had to rebuild my village again. ...BUT my back feels much better! I am just going to be careful this time when i do the dishes so i do not go into a relapse... again.
Now, i am going to start the papers and stuff i need to get done, so that will be fun. Can't say i did not procrastinate today, as you will see in my video. It is a good thing they really map out everyday from the lecture (and its details) to the homework (and its details) as well as listing this information over and over again, in many different styles as if to enforce the fact that they have a definite schedule and they have every intention of sticking to it. This way i can pinpoint the exact days i will be suffering for my procrastination, oh for your information it will be most tueday and thurdsay nights!
also i did make you guys a video of my room, but it would not upload and i did not feel like wait for it. I had already waited about and hour and a half so i am done with that.
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Day Nineteen: Wimbledon
I went to Wimbledon today, where they have the big tennis matches. I will have to go back later in my adventure here because we did not really know where we were going and what we wanted to do, or even what there was to do. Also, my back began to ache after a bit of uphill and downhill walking so we sat for lunch and just relaxed there. Next time i am going to make a few plans and perhaps find a map, haha.
WHen i got home i flopped down on the bed and relaxed for a bit... and stuff. Weird, that is all i have to say about today. Oh well, i guess i can speak more about Wimbledon.
It was very beautiful. Here the houses are considerably smaller than those back home in the USA, so with that in mind the houses at Wimbledon were huge and very beautiful. We walked through a neighborhood which was conserved due to the historical nature of Wimbledon and it was glorious. It was exactly how one would imagine historical England to look with vine grown walls and little wooden or bent steel doors. Little towers and stained glass window adorned most of the home. The clouds where very dark and low and it really did feel like the rainy and fall England that i have been expecting and waiting for. It is weird that i am anxious for the rain? I need an excuse to do my schoolwork.
Later!
WHen i got home i flopped down on the bed and relaxed for a bit... and stuff. Weird, that is all i have to say about today. Oh well, i guess i can speak more about Wimbledon.
It was very beautiful. Here the houses are considerably smaller than those back home in the USA, so with that in mind the houses at Wimbledon were huge and very beautiful. We walked through a neighborhood which was conserved due to the historical nature of Wimbledon and it was glorious. It was exactly how one would imagine historical England to look with vine grown walls and little wooden or bent steel doors. Little towers and stained glass window adorned most of the home. The clouds where very dark and low and it really did feel like the rainy and fall England that i have been expecting and waiting for. It is weird that i am anxious for the rain? I need an excuse to do my schoolwork.
Later!
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Day Eighteen: WHY
I woke up at 1:30, i washed dishes, i cooked a lot of chicken, kat came over and we got chinese.
also, my back started hurting again, so i am grumpy
Update: The chinese was delicious and weird and i got a package from home, so i am much happier now.
Also i have officially decided that i am going to apply to the Cooperstown Graduate Program for Museum Studies.
I thought I would put down the dates when I am going to be traveling for those who would like to know:
October 8th-11th : ITALY
October17th : OXFORD
October 31st-November 1st : WALES
November 7th-9th : NORWAY
November 20th-22 : AMSTERDAM
also, my back started hurting again, so i am grumpy
Update: The chinese was delicious and weird and i got a package from home, so i am much happier now.
Also i have officially decided that i am going to apply to the Cooperstown Graduate Program for Museum Studies.
I thought I would put down the dates when I am going to be traveling for those who would like to know:
October 8th-11th : ITALY
October17th : OXFORD
October 31st-November 1st : WALES
November 7th-9th : NORWAY
November 20th-22 : AMSTERDAM
Friday, October 2, 2009
Day Seventeen: A Really Long Day
wow... so i had typed a paragraph, and then i got aggressive and pulled my computer out of the wall and it needs electricity to run because it is old and sad, so it died and deleted everything i wrote except for the title (^) awesome.... anyway
I woke up at 8:00 for my 9:00 class which was my creative writing seminar. This class is going to be great, however i am going to miss two of those classes and this might not be so good. They actually have attendance count for this class, which is hard cause it is at the end of the week and i may want to head off on an adventure then. Also, this class has 5 girls 9 boys, cute book nerdy boys who like american literature, so i am already intimidated and i am sure i do not want to read my stuff in front of them... nor recite. But also, it will be good and fun, cause i made a friend who kinda looks like my friend claire but she wears a scarf over her head. She was funny, when we started talking she was like, "are you.... American!" haha, moving on...
Then i walked to Knight's Park which was about a 10-15 minute walk to meet with Paul who is my tutor (professor) for the sustainable design, which was the class i missed when i broke my back. He was 30 minutes late, so i could have taken my time apparently. No worries though, he was nice enough and said i didn't miss anything. Also, he gave me the notes and module (funny enough the actual class and the syllabus are both called a module). So that happened.
Next, I went to the library to print things, but there were a lot of people, no staff and no computers so i left. I will have to print at another time. Then i went to the "dinning hall" (its not really a dining hall, more like a food court) and got a cheap sandwich, a tuna melt for 2.70 GBP (Great Britain Pounds). I had to hand in a blue form, so i then walked to the swan house (the international house) to hand it in and that was about a 10 minute walk.
15 minute walk from there i went to an outdoors clothing shop and got a cheap brown fleece. I am told it is as good as a north face, but cheaper and on sale. It was 15 pounds. 15 minutes from there, i went to Asda the grocery store and bought myself food (though apperantly i still needs eggs and milk. Why is it people always needs eggs and milk? 15 minutes from there i made it home.
Home: washed loads of dishes, cleaned up a bit (cause i can bend over now), cooked myself some food and ...showered.
At 7:00 i got on a bus (cause i was tired after my two hours of walking around) and went to the play 'Bedroom Farce' which was... enjoyable. It made me smile, it made me giggle, the actors were good, but... i think i am happy that my ticket was free (cause i am a wicked awesome college student). I enjoyed my evening out, i felt a bit cultured, haha. My bus ride home was a little adventure. I was a bit confused and lost, so i made friends with a bus driver. I even hung out with him as he did his bus check. I was lucky i got such a nice guy to help me out, and clearly i made it home and now i know what not to do.
Also, i changed my dates for Norway. So now i am not missing classes and it will only be three days Nov 7th-9th. It will be nice to meet my extended extended extended extended relatives. They are apperantly very excited to meet me! A little 6 year old offered me her bed, aw. It will be fun.
So, i wrote a lot today, you guys can see why it was such a long day.
Enjoy the fall, i am missing it over here. What i would do for a pumpkin or fresh apples, or orange/red/yellow trees and that smell. Yeah, fall is my favorite season. Love You All!!!
ps: you may have noticed, but i never edit my entries... haha
I woke up at 8:00 for my 9:00 class which was my creative writing seminar. This class is going to be great, however i am going to miss two of those classes and this might not be so good. They actually have attendance count for this class, which is hard cause it is at the end of the week and i may want to head off on an adventure then. Also, this class has 5 girls 9 boys, cute book nerdy boys who like american literature, so i am already intimidated and i am sure i do not want to read my stuff in front of them... nor recite. But also, it will be good and fun, cause i made a friend who kinda looks like my friend claire but she wears a scarf over her head. She was funny, when we started talking she was like, "are you.... American!" haha, moving on...
Then i walked to Knight's Park which was about a 10-15 minute walk to meet with Paul who is my tutor (professor) for the sustainable design, which was the class i missed when i broke my back. He was 30 minutes late, so i could have taken my time apparently. No worries though, he was nice enough and said i didn't miss anything. Also, he gave me the notes and module (funny enough the actual class and the syllabus are both called a module). So that happened.
Next, I went to the library to print things, but there were a lot of people, no staff and no computers so i left. I will have to print at another time. Then i went to the "dinning hall" (its not really a dining hall, more like a food court) and got a cheap sandwich, a tuna melt for 2.70 GBP (Great Britain Pounds). I had to hand in a blue form, so i then walked to the swan house (the international house) to hand it in and that was about a 10 minute walk.
15 minute walk from there i went to an outdoors clothing shop and got a cheap brown fleece. I am told it is as good as a north face, but cheaper and on sale. It was 15 pounds. 15 minutes from there, i went to Asda the grocery store and bought myself food (though apperantly i still needs eggs and milk. Why is it people always needs eggs and milk? 15 minutes from there i made it home.
Home: washed loads of dishes, cleaned up a bit (cause i can bend over now), cooked myself some food and ...showered.
At 7:00 i got on a bus (cause i was tired after my two hours of walking around) and went to the play 'Bedroom Farce' which was... enjoyable. It made me smile, it made me giggle, the actors were good, but... i think i am happy that my ticket was free (cause i am a wicked awesome college student). I enjoyed my evening out, i felt a bit cultured, haha. My bus ride home was a little adventure. I was a bit confused and lost, so i made friends with a bus driver. I even hung out with him as he did his bus check. I was lucky i got such a nice guy to help me out, and clearly i made it home and now i know what not to do.
Also, i changed my dates for Norway. So now i am not missing classes and it will only be three days Nov 7th-9th. It will be nice to meet my extended extended extended extended relatives. They are apperantly very excited to meet me! A little 6 year old offered me her bed, aw. It will be fun.
So, i wrote a lot today, you guys can see why it was such a long day.
Enjoy the fall, i am missing it over here. What i would do for a pumpkin or fresh apples, or orange/red/yellow trees and that smell. Yeah, fall is my favorite season. Love You All!!!
ps: you may have noticed, but i never edit my entries... haha
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Day Sixteen: Lots of Work to Come
This morning i woke up at 7:00 to get to my morning class at 9:00. I miss the days where I could wake up at 8:45 for a 9:00 but what is a girl to do when she has to walk 20 minutes to class (Allie found a shortcut by the way!)
We walked to Knights park for our first class which we have together, it is Visual Culture: An Introduction. It seems like it will be a good class, a lot of trips to the museums in London which i am certainly okay with and lots of indepth discussion about the aspects of being a visual culture. (I'll let you work that one out, cause i have not finished learning about it). I also have readings, at least one large paper and one large presentation for this class. It is taught by two tutors (professors), who seem to play off each other like a comedy skit, i was very entertained by them. One of them once worked in museums and i am going to meet with her a some point to talk about that. I think i may be leaning towards museums studies for my masters? That way i can still get into major cities for awhile and then maybe at some point a smaller town like Williamsburg or Cooperstown (just examples, haha).
After lunch, which I met up with Kat for, i had my Creative Writing. This class is going to be excellent, i do not know why i have not taken a creative writing class in the past and i want to take so many more, and this is my first day. It is going to be a lot of work also. I have a weekly journal, plus weekly exercises, plus readings, plus other random weekly assignments. So that will all add up as well, especially knowing me... i tend to let things add up and then i take care of them. But i am going to enjoy this work load.
I was actually planning on doing a lot of work this weekend, because i already have a lot to do and Allie will not be around (she is in Germany). So, perhaps this will be a productive weekend, which would be awesome. I like that writing and being creative is my homework. Actually no, I love. That reminds me, in my Creative Writing class she volunteered me to say why i was in that class, so i told about 200 students that i wanted to be an children's book author and illustrator, haha awesome. Now my secret passion is not so secret person anymore.
Um, i bought school supplies and got organized for classes so that i really can stay on top of my work. I do have the whole weekend to do work. Also, i have a whole weekend to cook every meal for myself so i was thinking i would just finish off what was in the kitchen. I bought more cereal!
Peace
We walked to Knights park for our first class which we have together, it is Visual Culture: An Introduction. It seems like it will be a good class, a lot of trips to the museums in London which i am certainly okay with and lots of indepth discussion about the aspects of being a visual culture. (I'll let you work that one out, cause i have not finished learning about it). I also have readings, at least one large paper and one large presentation for this class. It is taught by two tutors (professors), who seem to play off each other like a comedy skit, i was very entertained by them. One of them once worked in museums and i am going to meet with her a some point to talk about that. I think i may be leaning towards museums studies for my masters? That way i can still get into major cities for awhile and then maybe at some point a smaller town like Williamsburg or Cooperstown (just examples, haha).
After lunch, which I met up with Kat for, i had my Creative Writing. This class is going to be excellent, i do not know why i have not taken a creative writing class in the past and i want to take so many more, and this is my first day. It is going to be a lot of work also. I have a weekly journal, plus weekly exercises, plus readings, plus other random weekly assignments. So that will all add up as well, especially knowing me... i tend to let things add up and then i take care of them. But i am going to enjoy this work load.
I was actually planning on doing a lot of work this weekend, because i already have a lot to do and Allie will not be around (she is in Germany). So, perhaps this will be a productive weekend, which would be awesome. I like that writing and being creative is my homework. Actually no, I love. That reminds me, in my Creative Writing class she volunteered me to say why i was in that class, so i told about 200 students that i wanted to be an children's book author and illustrator, haha awesome. Now my secret passion is not so secret person anymore.
Um, i bought school supplies and got organized for classes so that i really can stay on top of my work. I do have the whole weekend to do work. Also, i have a whole weekend to cook every meal for myself so i was thinking i would just finish off what was in the kitchen. I bought more cereal!
Peace
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