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it's weird how you forget that some people exist until they pop up in your facebook news feeds or in those little boxes on your profile that list all the "friends" you have.
anyway, i have some time before james gets back from dinner, so i might as well do an england update.
england is pretty great, to be honest. it took a while to get used to, but i'm beginning to understand how things work now, and i'm ALMOST confident enough to travel downtown to one of the clubs and know what to do and where to go. but not quite. i'm glad the first time i'm doing it is with the drama society. because they actually do know what they're doing.
when i first got here, i was insanely homesick. i didn't even buy anything really to eat at the store when we went because i just felt like such shit that i couldn't even think of what i needed and/or wanted. it all got set off when i couldn't figure out how to work the internet, and i got really upset, and then i just stayed really upset for the next couple of days. it got better, though, and it's still getting better day by day. i'm making more friends and getting closer with the ones i've already made (i hope) and things are just improving. i know where to buy things and i'm not scared to buy them (especially since i know that i'm getting reimbursed for food and necessities and such) and i can get downtown and back by myself without fear of losing my way or getting lost in the city centre. i'm eating pretty healthily, and i haven't been really sick since when i got here, when i was very sick and worried that i wouldn't get better. i'm such a hypochondriac :P
my classes are going well. i'm taking a class on the myths of the vikings, a class on romantic poetry and a drama class on comic text. my viking class is really interesting and the professor is really into it, but not in a dorky kindof way. he gets you involved with it (as best he can for disillusioned university students) and i'm really glad that i'm taking it and that it counts for an elective for my major. romanticism i probably should've waited to take with gillin. i don't really like my lecturer much, and i don't agree with most of what he says. none of us really do. he gets a lot of opposition from the students whenever he tries to explicate poems. his explication is really annoying, too, because he doesn't read a whole stanza or even a whole line, but stops at certain words and is like OOH does this mean THIS does it mean THAT oh wait here it goes on to say THIS and ugh. it's really annoying and not conducive to a good learning atmosphere. my drama class is getting better, though. at first everyone seemed like pretentious drama kids who felt entitled, but now they're softening up the tiniest bit. i think the practical session helped with that, and i'm very glad we get to do more, haha. they're fun! all we ever do in any of my classes is reading, though. i don't have any essays due until may, and then i have my exams and that's it. it's a little ridiculous and i kindof wish i had to do at least a little busywork instead of just reading that i probably won't even fully get done and i'll only be graded on two things. it's a little worrisome, but hopefully my lecturers will let me meet with them and they'll tell me what i did wrong in my essay before i turn it in. hopefully.
i haven't done much... or ANY traveling yet because my weekends are generally filled. or, if not filled, i have something to do on sunday (rehearsal), so i can't go anywhere. not only that, but jess/jessica/danielle haven't really made too much of an effort to invite me anywhere for weekend trips, but we'll see. i at least have booked a flight to barcelona for the first week of spring break, and i'm thinking about going to vienna/salzberg/switzerland/paris during the second week, and then stopping in florence for a couple days toward the end before going on the drama soc camping trip. which should be interesting, i'm sure.
journey's end seems to be going well. we had our cast dinner last night and it was a lot of fun! i went to asylum afterwards with kit, tristan and tom and we met up with doug there (and kat, matt revill and michaela for a stint) and i hung out with them until 2:45 in the morning. it was a really good time :) except for the creepers who tried to hit on me unsuccessfully. that was weird. i'm still grateful to kit for saving me from this one guy. eesh.
i miss james. i wish he were here. our anniversary is sunday and i am dreading it, because i know i'll be crying all day long. but that's neither here nor there, i suppose. it's just another day of the year. it isn't even our real anniversary, but whatever. stupid leap years.
i guess that's it from my front? i'm happy to be here but every day i wish i could be here at home. like, i wish home could come here. that would make me so much happier, no lie. but i'm very glad i came for the lesson that i need to be grounded and i need to be at home, wherever that home is. at the moment, i know exactly where that home is, but that could change in an instant, i'm sure.
i can't believe i've already been here a month. it's really flown by.
and i'm going to a party next week as bubbles, the powerpuff girl. fancy dress is really popular here. which is weird.
anyway, i have some time before james gets back from dinner, so i might as well do an england update.
england is pretty great, to be honest. it took a while to get used to, but i'm beginning to understand how things work now, and i'm ALMOST confident enough to travel downtown to one of the clubs and know what to do and where to go. but not quite. i'm glad the first time i'm doing it is with the drama society. because they actually do know what they're doing.
when i first got here, i was insanely homesick. i didn't even buy anything really to eat at the store when we went because i just felt like such shit that i couldn't even think of what i needed and/or wanted. it all got set off when i couldn't figure out how to work the internet, and i got really upset, and then i just stayed really upset for the next couple of days. it got better, though, and it's still getting better day by day. i'm making more friends and getting closer with the ones i've already made (i hope) and things are just improving. i know where to buy things and i'm not scared to buy them (especially since i know that i'm getting reimbursed for food and necessities and such) and i can get downtown and back by myself without fear of losing my way or getting lost in the city centre. i'm eating pretty healthily, and i haven't been really sick since when i got here, when i was very sick and worried that i wouldn't get better. i'm such a hypochondriac :P
my classes are going well. i'm taking a class on the myths of the vikings, a class on romantic poetry and a drama class on comic text. my viking class is really interesting and the professor is really into it, but not in a dorky kindof way. he gets you involved with it (as best he can for disillusioned university students) and i'm really glad that i'm taking it and that it counts for an elective for my major. romanticism i probably should've waited to take with gillin. i don't really like my lecturer much, and i don't agree with most of what he says. none of us really do. he gets a lot of opposition from the students whenever he tries to explicate poems. his explication is really annoying, too, because he doesn't read a whole stanza or even a whole line, but stops at certain words and is like OOH does this mean THIS does it mean THAT oh wait here it goes on to say THIS and ugh. it's really annoying and not conducive to a good learning atmosphere. my drama class is getting better, though. at first everyone seemed like pretentious drama kids who felt entitled, but now they're softening up the tiniest bit. i think the practical session helped with that, and i'm very glad we get to do more, haha. they're fun! all we ever do in any of my classes is reading, though. i don't have any essays due until may, and then i have my exams and that's it. it's a little ridiculous and i kindof wish i had to do at least a little busywork instead of just reading that i probably won't even fully get done and i'll only be graded on two things. it's a little worrisome, but hopefully my lecturers will let me meet with them and they'll tell me what i did wrong in my essay before i turn it in. hopefully.
i haven't done much... or ANY traveling yet because my weekends are generally filled. or, if not filled, i have something to do on sunday (rehearsal), so i can't go anywhere. not only that, but jess/jessica/danielle haven't really made too much of an effort to invite me anywhere for weekend trips, but we'll see. i at least have booked a flight to barcelona for the first week of spring break, and i'm thinking about going to vienna/salzberg/switzerland/paris during the second week, and then stopping in florence for a couple days toward the end before going on the drama soc camping trip. which should be interesting, i'm sure.
journey's end seems to be going well. we had our cast dinner last night and it was a lot of fun! i went to asylum afterwards with kit, tristan and tom and we met up with doug there (and kat, matt revill and michaela for a stint) and i hung out with them until 2:45 in the morning. it was a really good time :) except for the creepers who tried to hit on me unsuccessfully. that was weird. i'm still grateful to kit for saving me from this one guy. eesh.
i miss james. i wish he were here. our anniversary is sunday and i am dreading it, because i know i'll be crying all day long. but that's neither here nor there, i suppose. it's just another day of the year. it isn't even our real anniversary, but whatever. stupid leap years.
i guess that's it from my front? i'm happy to be here but every day i wish i could be here at home. like, i wish home could come here. that would make me so much happier, no lie. but i'm very glad i came for the lesson that i need to be grounded and i need to be at home, wherever that home is. at the moment, i know exactly where that home is, but that could change in an instant, i'm sure.
i can't believe i've already been here a month. it's really flown by.
and i'm going to a party next week as bubbles, the powerpuff girl. fancy dress is really popular here. which is weird.