Wednesday, November 30, 2005
Edinburgh!!
Last weekend I went on a trip to Edinburgh put on by the Leeds Uni Student Union. We left around 3:30 on Friday afternoon on the bus. It was cold. It was also cold when we got there at like 9pm. So yeah, it was a long ride and I think our busdriver got lost a bit and we made this stop that lasted like 45 min....which was longer than we really needed to buy some food and go to the bathroom...but whatever.
Our hostel ended up being in the middle of nowhere, even though on the itinerary it said the hostel was in the city-centre....we had to take a 15 min. shuttle TO the city-centre! And here's where it gets frustrating...one shuttle holds 14 people. There must've been about 150 students there from Leeds. Originally they were running two shuttles an hour, and then they started just doing shuttles back and forth so it was more like 4 shuttles an hour. But that still only accounts for 60 people an hour, which means that if you didn't get on the first shuttle, you had to wait until you did get on a shuttle, which was a huge waste of time. And then the shuttle stopped running at 11pm, so if you wanted to stay out you still had to pay for a 10-pound taxi ride back. Don't get me wrong...the hostel was nice in itself...lots of facilities and the beds weren't bad, but just totally out of the way.
Once we got there on Friday night we took a shuttle into town to see what there was to do...and all I can is that once we got dropped off...you get off the bus and see this:
(The things that are lit up are the castle up top and the art gallery.)
Everything is so pretty because it's done up for Christmas. There was a German Christmas Market going on and they had lots of rides and a skating rink.
Unfortunately, though, there wasn't a whole lot to do at night because most pubs close before 12 and then there weren't many clubs around. We went into one club called Espionage and they had pictures of Native Americans on the walls...not sure why exactly...kind of random.
On Saturday morning I went to the castle and took the audio tour which was really good...lots of history and stuff. It's one thing to look at something but it's so much better to understand why it's there and why it's important. I have lots of castle pictures....just go to my picture album and look up the Edinburgh pictures. I didn't realize that Mary, Queen of Scots was made queen when she was only 9 months old! That's nuts. Oh and it was so cute cuz there's a chapel on the top of the hill where the castle is (it's actually the oldest part of the castle) and a wedding had just finished so I got some video of it. That'd be so sweet to get married in a castle! Oh, and you can't see the video yet cuz I'm working on a video for all of Edinburgh and I'm waiting for some critical music for the soundtrack before I finish it....but I will let you know when it's done!!
After the castle (which I spent 2 1/2 hours in!) I looked in all the tartan shops and stuff....then I met up with the other Canadians again and we went on this tour of Mary King's Close, which was really cool. To see what it is, click on the link before. It was so awesome cuz it felt like I was in some medieval movie or something...like I could actually picture people from the 1500s dumping their crap in the street at 10 o'clock every night and we heard stories about the plague and a couple ghost stories...ya, very interesting.
We went back to the hostel for food...I was starving cuz I hadn't eaten anything since breakfast. Then we tried for another night out on Saturday. We ended up at this crazy pub called the Jekyll & Hyde. It was SO cool!! When you walked in the door there was a bunch of old torture equipment hanging in the window, and fake cobwebs everywhere, and freaky chemistry flasks and tube hanging on the wall along with skulls and other crazy stuff. There was an old silent horror flick playing on the tv. Their cocktails are named after the 7 deadly sins and are kept in creepy tall skinny flasks. And the bathrooms were so cool cuz the doors were hidden in the bookcase wall!!! AND it played good music!! It was great!
Sunday morning I got up a bit earlier and took the 9:30 shuttle in. I looked around the shops a bit and then went to church for the first time since I've come to the UK. I go to a Presbyterian Church at home and figured, if I'm gonna go to a Presbyterian church it should be in Scotland (because it's Scotland's offical church). It was the first day of advent so I was expecting to light a candle and have Christmas carols and stuff....but no, no candles, no organ, they didn't even sing hymns...they sang psalms to tunes that everyone kind of knew already so I didn't even have music to sight-read from. So I was pretty much lost the whole time. But it was a good experience anyway, just to see how they do things. The sermon's main message was "Choose Life", which gave me an amazing inspiration for my Edinburgh video, which hopefully you will see soon enough. Anyone who's seen Trainspotting will know where this is going, since the book/movie was based in Edinburgh.
After church I went in more shops, bought myself a 100% lamb's wool scarf...very warm!...and a bunch of postcards and a sew-on Scotland badge. I've decided that every country I go to I'm gonna get a badge.
In the afternoon I went back to the hostel and walked around the countryside there...took some pictures of the coastline and I found this really cool castle/house thing a bit down the road from our hostel.
The bus left for home at 3pm and I was so dead. But there was hardly any leg room on the bus so it was really uncomfortable. Boo. Yeah, I slept pretty well that night when I got home though.
So that was my trip. Edinburgh's really nice though, I definitely recommend the visit!!
Our hostel ended up being in the middle of nowhere, even though on the itinerary it said the hostel was in the city-centre....we had to take a 15 min. shuttle TO the city-centre! And here's where it gets frustrating...one shuttle holds 14 people. There must've been about 150 students there from Leeds. Originally they were running two shuttles an hour, and then they started just doing shuttles back and forth so it was more like 4 shuttles an hour. But that still only accounts for 60 people an hour, which means that if you didn't get on the first shuttle, you had to wait until you did get on a shuttle, which was a huge waste of time. And then the shuttle stopped running at 11pm, so if you wanted to stay out you still had to pay for a 10-pound taxi ride back. Don't get me wrong...the hostel was nice in itself...lots of facilities and the beds weren't bad, but just totally out of the way.
Once we got there on Friday night we took a shuttle into town to see what there was to do...and all I can is that once we got dropped off...you get off the bus and see this:
(The things that are lit up are the castle up top and the art gallery.)
Everything is so pretty because it's done up for Christmas. There was a German Christmas Market going on and they had lots of rides and a skating rink.
Unfortunately, though, there wasn't a whole lot to do at night because most pubs close before 12 and then there weren't many clubs around. We went into one club called Espionage and they had pictures of Native Americans on the walls...not sure why exactly...kind of random.
On Saturday morning I went to the castle and took the audio tour which was really good...lots of history and stuff. It's one thing to look at something but it's so much better to understand why it's there and why it's important. I have lots of castle pictures....just go to my picture album and look up the Edinburgh pictures. I didn't realize that Mary, Queen of Scots was made queen when she was only 9 months old! That's nuts. Oh and it was so cute cuz there's a chapel on the top of the hill where the castle is (it's actually the oldest part of the castle) and a wedding had just finished so I got some video of it. That'd be so sweet to get married in a castle! Oh, and you can't see the video yet cuz I'm working on a video for all of Edinburgh and I'm waiting for some critical music for the soundtrack before I finish it....but I will let you know when it's done!!
After the castle (which I spent 2 1/2 hours in!) I looked in all the tartan shops and stuff....then I met up with the other Canadians again and we went on this tour of Mary King's Close, which was really cool. To see what it is, click on the link before. It was so awesome cuz it felt like I was in some medieval movie or something...like I could actually picture people from the 1500s dumping their crap in the street at 10 o'clock every night and we heard stories about the plague and a couple ghost stories...ya, very interesting.
We went back to the hostel for food...I was starving cuz I hadn't eaten anything since breakfast. Then we tried for another night out on Saturday. We ended up at this crazy pub called the Jekyll & Hyde. It was SO cool!! When you walked in the door there was a bunch of old torture equipment hanging in the window, and fake cobwebs everywhere, and freaky chemistry flasks and tube hanging on the wall along with skulls and other crazy stuff. There was an old silent horror flick playing on the tv. Their cocktails are named after the 7 deadly sins and are kept in creepy tall skinny flasks. And the bathrooms were so cool cuz the doors were hidden in the bookcase wall!!! AND it played good music!! It was great!
Sunday morning I got up a bit earlier and took the 9:30 shuttle in. I looked around the shops a bit and then went to church for the first time since I've come to the UK. I go to a Presbyterian Church at home and figured, if I'm gonna go to a Presbyterian church it should be in Scotland (because it's Scotland's offical church). It was the first day of advent so I was expecting to light a candle and have Christmas carols and stuff....but no, no candles, no organ, they didn't even sing hymns...they sang psalms to tunes that everyone kind of knew already so I didn't even have music to sight-read from. So I was pretty much lost the whole time. But it was a good experience anyway, just to see how they do things. The sermon's main message was "Choose Life", which gave me an amazing inspiration for my Edinburgh video, which hopefully you will see soon enough. Anyone who's seen Trainspotting will know where this is going, since the book/movie was based in Edinburgh.
After church I went in more shops, bought myself a 100% lamb's wool scarf...very warm!...and a bunch of postcards and a sew-on Scotland badge. I've decided that every country I go to I'm gonna get a badge.
In the afternoon I went back to the hostel and walked around the countryside there...took some pictures of the coastline and I found this really cool castle/house thing a bit down the road from our hostel.
The bus left for home at 3pm and I was so dead. But there was hardly any leg room on the bus so it was really uncomfortable. Boo. Yeah, I slept pretty well that night when I got home though.
So that was my trip. Edinburgh's really nice though, I definitely recommend the visit!!
Sunday, November 20, 2005
I am officially the worst blogger ever...
I did not come to England to write about weird coincidental episodes as per my last two blog entries. Now, even though it may have given some cause to laugh at my level of insanity, I know that those were two crappy seriously boring blog entries. I now have the daunting task of recounting everything that's happened since...oh man, a long time ago...because I've been procrastinating writing about all this stuff like it was some big essay. And everyday it gets worse because it makes that much more for me to write.
As this may take a while, I encourage you to either get comfortable or just run away now. Or, don't read this all at once...whatever turns your crank, floats your boat, tickles your pickle...
Ooh and for some in-flight entertainment I have lots of pictures, videos and I'm also going to tell you every song I listen to while I write this. Woo-hoo! Clearly I'm not tired even though it's almost 1:30am. But, it's Saturday night and tomorrow is Sunday so getting up early is not a requirement. Must I remind you that my iTunes are on random...
Song 1: "It's Gonna Be Me" - 'N Sync
Alright so I'm gonna start with today and work backward.
Oh, song change: "Killing Me Softly" - The Fugees
Today I went to the cinema. (Here they go to the cinema to see a film...mostly I go to the movies to see a movie. I think their way sounds more posh...but so does most stuff they say...) This was the 3rd time I've been to the cinema this week. This may seem like spending a lot of money, and maybe it is, but I've rationalized because it costs about 4 pounds to see a film. Now, if I were to go to a club I would pay that much just to get into the club...and then I'd buy drinks and I'd get out after buses stopped so I'd have to chip in for a taxi home...oh and we usually get pizza on the way home too. So, I mean, it's much cheaper than going to a club...
So tonight we saw "In Her Shoes", and I thought it was pretty good. Very chick-flick bit of drama and comedy. I cried a bit. Yeah, it was good.
Song change: "Half-Life" - Duncan Sheik
Earlier today I went shopping...more like browsing...with Sophie. We went into the city-centre and yeah...Christmas shopping season is SO upon us. Man it was packed.
Song change: "Does He Love Me?" - Keshia Chante
We went into the sports store that always has sales on and there was so much I wanted to buy...more comfy pants, which I definitely don't need, running shoes, again, don't need...and all the pretty football cleats...definitely don't need them but they're a lot more colourful than they used to be. Oh and we went into Primark which is a major discount store...and it was madness in there! And we went into...
Ooh yay song change and it's "The Channukah Song Part II" - Adam Sandler!!
...we went into Harvey Nichols which is the store that has all the really high-end brand names like Prada and Versace and stuff...so we looked at some 200-pound handbags and stuff...(remember pound is currency not mass...could you imagine lugging around a 200lbs bag??)...you know, things that I would never buy...
We had lunch at Subway and it was amazing! Sweet Onion Chicken Terriyaki! Mmmmmmmmmm....
Song change: "One More Night" - Phil Collins...yes I'm quite aware that the switch from Adam Sandler Channukah to Phil Collins was quite random...
Oh and before I went to the movie we were watching "Strictly Come Dancing" on tv. This show was what "Dancing With The Stars" was ripped off of. My flatmates love it. Actually, I think pretty much every reality tv show they have in the states was ripped off of a British show. Oh but here they have "Race Swap" which is exactly what it sounds like...it's like "Wife Swap" but now they're swapping wives of different races...yeah...not sure how far that show's gonna fly...
Song change: "True To Your Heart" - 98 Degrees & Stevie Wonder
So that was pretty much today. Yesterday, that would be Nov. 18, we all, or not all of us but all of us who are in love with the Harry Potter franchise, know that this was the opening of "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" in cinemas...a day that I've seriously been waiting for since last year. I was checking Mugglenet.com pretty much everyday up until about 3 weeks ago and then I decided to give it up for fear that the movie would be ruined for me if I kept watching so many previews and interviews and stuff...
Song change: "1, 2, Step" - Ciara
So, I went to see the movie with a couple other Canadian girls and a girl in the flat next door.
Song change: "More Than Anyone" - Gavin DeGraw
Cinemas are better here I think because you actually get assigned seats when you buy your tickets like you're going to see a play or something. You get to choose where you want to sit. So it's nice because you don't have to wait hours in line if you're going to an opening night show just to get good seats. Of course, when you book online you pretty much have choice of anywhere in the cinema if you buy tickets early enough and you're guaranteed those seats. So we had great seats for Harry Potter thanks to Kayla (one of the Canadian girls).
Song change: "What Are You Waiting For" - Lindsay Lohan....yes, I actually like this song.
English commericials are funny too. I think their length of previews is longer than at home...it seems that way anyway. Lots of commercials, some previews, another commerical for Orange with John Cleese and then the movie.
Okay so now the movie...oh man I loved it. It was the best book (although, now I think HP 6 is pretty close in the running) so of course this movie came with high anticipation.
Song change: "Footloose" - Kenny Loggins
Of course there's the usual complaint that it could've been longer...see, it's pretty much the same length as the rest of the movies: about 2 1/2 hours. The only thing is that this book is about twice as long as any of the other books (if not longer), so a lot more was cut out. I guess I probably shouldn't say a lot because I don't want to spoil it for anyone. But, parts I loved were:
the Quidditch Cup (not a long part but the stadium was AMAZING!), the only classroom scene, the Yule Ball, the part in the Prefect's Bathroom, the part where Hermione says that Krum is more of a "physical" guy but not in "that" way (hahaha), and the part where we finally see Voldemort, not because I particularily loved the Voldemort I saw, but because I finally got to see some form of Voldemort. I'm still not sure what I think about the look of him. It wasn't what I though. Yes, he looks a bit snake-like, but I pictured him more repulsive and old-looking...I dunno. But I loved the movie. It seemed to go by so fast. It really is a shame that it couldn't have been longer because it seemed more like a slide show of the book in that the plot needed to be carried forward, so we were really just seeing highlighted glimpses of what was going on in the book...I think I need to watch it again to just to let it sink in more.
A couple song changes: "Don't Speak" - No Doubt; "Omabolisare" (sp?) - Prozzak
I was trying to talk to Emma on Skype today about the movie but it was so frustrating because something was up with the connection so I couldn't hear anything she was saying...I was so mad because I really wanted to talk about the movie!! Why does stuff not work when you need it to?? Gah!
I was going to go to York earlier yesterday because I loved it there so much and it was actually nice outside (it's been really nice out lately...when I say nice I mean no rain...but it's been pretty cold. We've had frost and it stays for most of the day!!!) But then I decided against it because I really had to go grocery shopping so I took the trip up to the better store to and stocked up. The quest for Oreos is still showing no result. Boo. But, I have managed to find Triple Berry Cheerios...2 boxes for 2 pounds! Not too shabby! But I have to complain about my last couple of boxes because there isn't any fruit until you get to the bottom of the package!! Oh well...it's still cheap. Oh and on the cheap note...the other night we were talking about something and I said that I was cheap, in that I didn't want to spend the money on something. Well, apparently the meaning for "I'm cheap" over here is something like "I'm a whore"....haha yeah I guess I'm not gonna say that anymore!!! And although I now know that pants are called trousers (because pants are underwear here) I can't seem to get it into my head because I still find myself calling trousers pants. My worst problem is when I come home and it's been raining and the bottom of my trousers are all soaked, because I come in and say, "I have to go change my pants cuz they're soaked and I'm all wet". Now, take out pants and insert underwear and that's what my flatmates are hearing...doesn't sound too great...but it is pretty funny when it happens...just so long as I say it around them and not to some random person it's not gonna hurt anyone.
Missed a couple more song changes: "It Must Have Been Love" - Roxette; "When The Lights Go Out" - Five
Nov.17 - On this day I had the 2nd of 5 Human Genetics labs. So far, these labs have proved to be just as dumb as the Biology labs at Mac. There is no hands-on lab technique stuff it's just all paper and writing and calculations. Bah. I feel so dumb in my labs because I haven't done genetics since first semester last year so all the processes and stuff have slipped my mind a bit and so when I ask my prof a question and I'm supposed to know it I'm afraid he must think I'm a little slow or something. It's stupid though because we're not given any pre-lab or reading or anything...they refer to some of the stuff in lecture a bit but not enough for you to just pull answers out of your head like they expect you to...you basically go into the lab cold and have to hack through the answers.
Song changes: "Can't Wake Up" - Treble Charger; "I Wanna Be A Kennedy" - Kill Hannah
Okay an hour has gone by since I started writing this and the tiredness is starting to kick in....I shall return...tomorrow...
Ya I was gonna go to bed but "Get Down" by the Backstreet Boys just came on and it reminded me of how we used to watch the video over and over and kill ourselves laughing at how bad it was. Promise me we'll do that when I get back. hahahaha...mental images of the video...hahaha
Okay now I'm out...for real.
As this may take a while, I encourage you to either get comfortable or just run away now. Or, don't read this all at once...whatever turns your crank, floats your boat, tickles your pickle...
Ooh and for some in-flight entertainment I have lots of pictures, videos and I'm also going to tell you every song I listen to while I write this. Woo-hoo! Clearly I'm not tired even though it's almost 1:30am. But, it's Saturday night and tomorrow is Sunday so getting up early is not a requirement. Must I remind you that my iTunes are on random...
Song 1: "It's Gonna Be Me" - 'N Sync
Alright so I'm gonna start with today and work backward.
Oh, song change: "Killing Me Softly" - The Fugees
Today I went to the cinema. (Here they go to the cinema to see a film...mostly I go to the movies to see a movie. I think their way sounds more posh...but so does most stuff they say...) This was the 3rd time I've been to the cinema this week. This may seem like spending a lot of money, and maybe it is, but I've rationalized because it costs about 4 pounds to see a film. Now, if I were to go to a club I would pay that much just to get into the club...and then I'd buy drinks and I'd get out after buses stopped so I'd have to chip in for a taxi home...oh and we usually get pizza on the way home too. So, I mean, it's much cheaper than going to a club...
So tonight we saw "In Her Shoes", and I thought it was pretty good. Very chick-flick bit of drama and comedy. I cried a bit. Yeah, it was good.
Song change: "Half-Life" - Duncan Sheik
Earlier today I went shopping...more like browsing...with Sophie. We went into the city-centre and yeah...Christmas shopping season is SO upon us. Man it was packed.
Song change: "Does He Love Me?" - Keshia Chante
We went into the sports store that always has sales on and there was so much I wanted to buy...more comfy pants, which I definitely don't need, running shoes, again, don't need...and all the pretty football cleats...definitely don't need them but they're a lot more colourful than they used to be. Oh and we went into Primark which is a major discount store...and it was madness in there! And we went into...
Ooh yay song change and it's "The Channukah Song Part II" - Adam Sandler!!
...we went into Harvey Nichols which is the store that has all the really high-end brand names like Prada and Versace and stuff...so we looked at some 200-pound handbags and stuff...(remember pound is currency not mass...could you imagine lugging around a 200lbs bag??)...you know, things that I would never buy...
We had lunch at Subway and it was amazing! Sweet Onion Chicken Terriyaki! Mmmmmmmmmm....
Song change: "One More Night" - Phil Collins...yes I'm quite aware that the switch from Adam Sandler Channukah to Phil Collins was quite random...
Oh and before I went to the movie we were watching "Strictly Come Dancing" on tv. This show was what "Dancing With The Stars" was ripped off of. My flatmates love it. Actually, I think pretty much every reality tv show they have in the states was ripped off of a British show. Oh but here they have "Race Swap" which is exactly what it sounds like...it's like "Wife Swap" but now they're swapping wives of different races...yeah...not sure how far that show's gonna fly...
Song change: "True To Your Heart" - 98 Degrees & Stevie Wonder
So that was pretty much today. Yesterday, that would be Nov. 18, we all, or not all of us but all of us who are in love with the Harry Potter franchise, know that this was the opening of "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" in cinemas...a day that I've seriously been waiting for since last year. I was checking Mugglenet.com pretty much everyday up until about 3 weeks ago and then I decided to give it up for fear that the movie would be ruined for me if I kept watching so many previews and interviews and stuff...
Song change: "1, 2, Step" - Ciara
So, I went to see the movie with a couple other Canadian girls and a girl in the flat next door.
Song change: "More Than Anyone" - Gavin DeGraw
Cinemas are better here I think because you actually get assigned seats when you buy your tickets like you're going to see a play or something. You get to choose where you want to sit. So it's nice because you don't have to wait hours in line if you're going to an opening night show just to get good seats. Of course, when you book online you pretty much have choice of anywhere in the cinema if you buy tickets early enough and you're guaranteed those seats. So we had great seats for Harry Potter thanks to Kayla (one of the Canadian girls).
Song change: "What Are You Waiting For" - Lindsay Lohan....yes, I actually like this song.
English commericials are funny too. I think their length of previews is longer than at home...it seems that way anyway. Lots of commercials, some previews, another commerical for Orange with John Cleese and then the movie.
Okay so now the movie...oh man I loved it. It was the best book (although, now I think HP 6 is pretty close in the running) so of course this movie came with high anticipation.
Song change: "Footloose" - Kenny Loggins
Of course there's the usual complaint that it could've been longer...see, it's pretty much the same length as the rest of the movies: about 2 1/2 hours. The only thing is that this book is about twice as long as any of the other books (if not longer), so a lot more was cut out. I guess I probably shouldn't say a lot because I don't want to spoil it for anyone. But, parts I loved were:
the Quidditch Cup (not a long part but the stadium was AMAZING!), the only classroom scene, the Yule Ball, the part in the Prefect's Bathroom, the part where Hermione says that Krum is more of a "physical" guy but not in "that" way (hahaha), and the part where we finally see Voldemort, not because I particularily loved the Voldemort I saw, but because I finally got to see some form of Voldemort. I'm still not sure what I think about the look of him. It wasn't what I though. Yes, he looks a bit snake-like, but I pictured him more repulsive and old-looking...I dunno. But I loved the movie. It seemed to go by so fast. It really is a shame that it couldn't have been longer because it seemed more like a slide show of the book in that the plot needed to be carried forward, so we were really just seeing highlighted glimpses of what was going on in the book...I think I need to watch it again to just to let it sink in more.
A couple song changes: "Don't Speak" - No Doubt; "Omabolisare" (sp?) - Prozzak
I was trying to talk to Emma on Skype today about the movie but it was so frustrating because something was up with the connection so I couldn't hear anything she was saying...I was so mad because I really wanted to talk about the movie!! Why does stuff not work when you need it to?? Gah!
I was going to go to York earlier yesterday because I loved it there so much and it was actually nice outside (it's been really nice out lately...when I say nice I mean no rain...but it's been pretty cold. We've had frost and it stays for most of the day!!!) But then I decided against it because I really had to go grocery shopping so I took the trip up to the better store to and stocked up. The quest for Oreos is still showing no result. Boo. But, I have managed to find Triple Berry Cheerios...2 boxes for 2 pounds! Not too shabby! But I have to complain about my last couple of boxes because there isn't any fruit until you get to the bottom of the package!! Oh well...it's still cheap. Oh and on the cheap note...the other night we were talking about something and I said that I was cheap, in that I didn't want to spend the money on something. Well, apparently the meaning for "I'm cheap" over here is something like "I'm a whore"....haha yeah I guess I'm not gonna say that anymore!!! And although I now know that pants are called trousers (because pants are underwear here) I can't seem to get it into my head because I still find myself calling trousers pants. My worst problem is when I come home and it's been raining and the bottom of my trousers are all soaked, because I come in and say, "I have to go change my pants cuz they're soaked and I'm all wet". Now, take out pants and insert underwear and that's what my flatmates are hearing...doesn't sound too great...but it is pretty funny when it happens...just so long as I say it around them and not to some random person it's not gonna hurt anyone.
Missed a couple more song changes: "It Must Have Been Love" - Roxette; "When The Lights Go Out" - Five
Nov.17 - On this day I had the 2nd of 5 Human Genetics labs. So far, these labs have proved to be just as dumb as the Biology labs at Mac. There is no hands-on lab technique stuff it's just all paper and writing and calculations. Bah. I feel so dumb in my labs because I haven't done genetics since first semester last year so all the processes and stuff have slipped my mind a bit and so when I ask my prof a question and I'm supposed to know it I'm afraid he must think I'm a little slow or something. It's stupid though because we're not given any pre-lab or reading or anything...they refer to some of the stuff in lecture a bit but not enough for you to just pull answers out of your head like they expect you to...you basically go into the lab cold and have to hack through the answers.
Song changes: "Can't Wake Up" - Treble Charger; "I Wanna Be A Kennedy" - Kill Hannah
Okay an hour has gone by since I started writing this and the tiredness is starting to kick in....I shall return...tomorrow...
Ya I was gonna go to bed but "Get Down" by the Backstreet Boys just came on and it reminded me of how we used to watch the video over and over and kill ourselves laughing at how bad it was. Promise me we'll do that when I get back. hahahaha...mental images of the video...hahaha
Okay now I'm out...for real.
Monday, November 14, 2005
Yep, still crazy apparently cuz something else fishy came up...we rented Hitch tonight...and in the movie the girl that Will Smith's character falls in love with in college is named Cressida. After the movie I was looking up Stratford-upon-Avon to see which plays I could go see...and apparently they're putting on a play by Shakespeare called "Troilus and Cressida". Come on guys...I mean, what kind of name is Cressida? Something's fishy...I never even knew there was such a play. On a less paranoid note I was upset to see that King Lear wasn't playing cuz I read somewhere earlier in the year that Ian McKellen was supposed to be playing King Lear...maybe there were scheduling problems with filming? And Patrick Stewart is in The Tempest but that's not on til July and I'll be gone by then...boo.
