Yeah, I forgot to mention two important things. One of them I "forgot" because I hadn't actually done it yet at the time, but now I have, so it sort of counts.
1. I have been chosen (or rather, I volunteered because no one else would) to be the captain of the girls' cricket team for Lincoln College. Apparently it doesn't matter that I have no idea how to play, because I told them that and they didn't seem to care. So yeah, now I have to learn how to play cricket. And try to convince a bunch of girls that they really want to play too.
2. I now have a picture website! (This is the one I hadn't done by the time of my last post.) It can be found at:
http://picasaweb.google.com/lrpiper
Right now it's just pictures from O-Week, but there will soon be more...hopefully. Enjoy!
Monday, February 26, 2007
finally!
So I know, basically, I suck, and haven't yet gotten around to starting up a blog and making posts.
But today, the first day of classes for me, I finally decided that I should do that. One, because I'm getting yelled at by more and more people. Two, it helps me put off the 15 pages of reading that I have to do for tomorrow. Not that it's going to take long, but I don't particularly want to do it right after spending 3 hours in class.
Like I mentioned before, today was the first day of classes. Well, yesterday, but since my schedule is awesome I have no classes on Mondays...or Fridays. My economics professor seems like he's going to be a fun guy, as he spent 10 minutes of today's hour long lecture bashing the United States for various economic and foreign policy moves of the last 40 years. Which was made even funnier by the fact that he's clearly American (based on accent). The tourism class seems like it's going to be pretty awesome as well, though I think the final project is going to be a killer one. I don't have my EIA class until Thursday (one 3-hour lecture per week, hopefully it's not too boring), and I'm still shopping around for a good fourth class. Looking for something in the history or politics departments, but as I'm trying to avoid classes on Mondays and Fridays, there aren't a whole lot of options. We'll see.
Last week was college O-Week, and it was basically like being back at summer camp. I had a blast. Some of the main activities were: Barn Dance, Scavenger Hunt, Movie & Games Night, Beach Day, and Op Shop Ball (op shop = thrift store). Op Shop Ball was definitely the most entertaining -- some people found some ridiculous clothes at the nearby thrift stores. Based on these events and running errands around the city with other students, I've gotten a decent idea of the layout of the city, but I'm still working on it.
I've met a bunch of cool people, especially here at Lincoln College. The college atmosphere really forces you to get out and meet the other people living here, which is definitely a bonus. The rest of the American exchange students are fun to hang out with, and it's nice to have other people from home to talk about the stuff we miss. (Example: Jimmy grew up in Fluvanna and now goes to William & Mary, so we talk about Virginia every once in a while -- though we mostly just complain about the lack of bagels in this country and how much we miss Bodo's.) Though I've mostly been trying to get to know the Australians, as all the other Americans are leaving in July, so I want to make sure I'll still have friends here when they go. I haven't yet found an awesome group of girls to do everything with, but I'm working on it, and in the meantime there are more than enough cool people to hang out with.
That's about all for now, since I don't want to make this post go on for pages and pages (it's already a bit lengthy). The weather here is AMAZING, especially now that it's cooled down somewhat. For awhile it was getting up to 40 degrees Celsius in the heat of the day, which is around 107 or 108 degrees Fahrenheit. TOO HOT. It's still a bit warm when you have to walk 15 minutes from uni at 2 pm, but what can you do, and it should cool off for good within a couple of weeks.
I'll do my best to keep this updated regularly...but no guarantees, sorry :)
But today, the first day of classes for me, I finally decided that I should do that. One, because I'm getting yelled at by more and more people. Two, it helps me put off the 15 pages of reading that I have to do for tomorrow. Not that it's going to take long, but I don't particularly want to do it right after spending 3 hours in class.
Like I mentioned before, today was the first day of classes. Well, yesterday, but since my schedule is awesome I have no classes on Mondays...or Fridays. My economics professor seems like he's going to be a fun guy, as he spent 10 minutes of today's hour long lecture bashing the United States for various economic and foreign policy moves of the last 40 years. Which was made even funnier by the fact that he's clearly American (based on accent). The tourism class seems like it's going to be pretty awesome as well, though I think the final project is going to be a killer one. I don't have my EIA class until Thursday (one 3-hour lecture per week, hopefully it's not too boring), and I'm still shopping around for a good fourth class. Looking for something in the history or politics departments, but as I'm trying to avoid classes on Mondays and Fridays, there aren't a whole lot of options. We'll see.
Last week was college O-Week, and it was basically like being back at summer camp. I had a blast. Some of the main activities were: Barn Dance, Scavenger Hunt, Movie & Games Night, Beach Day, and Op Shop Ball (op shop = thrift store). Op Shop Ball was definitely the most entertaining -- some people found some ridiculous clothes at the nearby thrift stores. Based on these events and running errands around the city with other students, I've gotten a decent idea of the layout of the city, but I'm still working on it.
I've met a bunch of cool people, especially here at Lincoln College. The college atmosphere really forces you to get out and meet the other people living here, which is definitely a bonus. The rest of the American exchange students are fun to hang out with, and it's nice to have other people from home to talk about the stuff we miss. (Example: Jimmy grew up in Fluvanna and now goes to William & Mary, so we talk about Virginia every once in a while -- though we mostly just complain about the lack of bagels in this country and how much we miss Bodo's.) Though I've mostly been trying to get to know the Australians, as all the other Americans are leaving in July, so I want to make sure I'll still have friends here when they go. I haven't yet found an awesome group of girls to do everything with, but I'm working on it, and in the meantime there are more than enough cool people to hang out with.
That's about all for now, since I don't want to make this post go on for pages and pages (it's already a bit lengthy). The weather here is AMAZING, especially now that it's cooled down somewhat. For awhile it was getting up to 40 degrees Celsius in the heat of the day, which is around 107 or 108 degrees Fahrenheit. TOO HOT. It's still a bit warm when you have to walk 15 minutes from uni at 2 pm, but what can you do, and it should cool off for good within a couple of weeks.
I'll do my best to keep this updated regularly...but no guarantees, sorry :)
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