Back into Academics
(New pictures in the blog album.)
School started up again on Monday and I experienced the last of my lectures for two classes, while my other two history classes will still be going strong for the next couple of weeks. This means I get to start the "fun" part: studying for exams. The library, which is normally crowded, is now filled to capacity, with people literally sitting on the floor. Things like that make me miss Whitman ;-).
Will and Dan got back from their trip to the continent (thanks Aunt Annie) on Monday, so they've been chilling out and telling some funny stories about their travels. I'm really excited to get going, and before I know it I'll be in sunny Barcelona.
Last night the choir had a concert for the "Society Awards" which go to the best societies on campus. The Choral society is such a society, thus we were invited to sing and got free dinner and wine for it. We ended up winning in the "Best Society" category, and got a shiny trophy from which we consumed wine from. Great fun. Also, downstairs they had a rock-a-billy band, which was really cool. I also ran into my friend Sara, who's also my neighbor and founding member of one of the coolest societies on campus: the chocolate society. I jitterbugged/swung the night away, and good times were had by all, but especially me.
Nothing too exciting happening this weekend, the usual work story applies, although tonight are the finals for the karaoke competition are underway, so Erin, Tom, and I should be there in full force singing covers of classic songs. I'll of course let you know how we do.
For my random description of Irish people, I'm going to go into some differences in speech patterns that I've noticed. Americans tend to use the word "like" entirely too much. The Irish do as well, but they place it differently. Here's an example: (American): "So, like, you wanna go to a movie?" (Irish): "So, you want to go to a movie, like?" Example 2 (and my favorite) (American): "She's, like, such a bitch!" (Irish) "She's a bitch like!" There are more. For example, aluminum, they pronounce aluminium, which is apparently how it's really spelled and they get quite defensive when corrected on that one. Trunk=boot, fries=chips. We say "tomayto" they say "tomahto," etc.
Hope all is well back home. The ASWC elections are coming up on Tuesday, so we'll see what happens. I have someone very special helping put up posters around campus right now (you're the best Jilian ;-).
Cheers,
-Nate
"We're gonna rock this town, rock it inside out. We're gonna rock this town, make them scream and shout. Yeah rock. Rock. Rock. Rock. We're gonna rock to the bottom gonna rock to the top we're gonna rock this town, rock it inside out."-Stray Cats
Website of the day: http://maps.google.com Type in an adress, play around with it. You'll get a map, but then, hit the satellite tab and you'll see actual sat. photos of the area you're looking at. Cool!
School started up again on Monday and I experienced the last of my lectures for two classes, while my other two history classes will still be going strong for the next couple of weeks. This means I get to start the "fun" part: studying for exams. The library, which is normally crowded, is now filled to capacity, with people literally sitting on the floor. Things like that make me miss Whitman ;-).
Will and Dan got back from their trip to the continent (thanks Aunt Annie) on Monday, so they've been chilling out and telling some funny stories about their travels. I'm really excited to get going, and before I know it I'll be in sunny Barcelona.
Last night the choir had a concert for the "Society Awards" which go to the best societies on campus. The Choral society is such a society, thus we were invited to sing and got free dinner and wine for it. We ended up winning in the "Best Society" category, and got a shiny trophy from which we consumed wine from. Great fun. Also, downstairs they had a rock-a-billy band, which was really cool. I also ran into my friend Sara, who's also my neighbor and founding member of one of the coolest societies on campus: the chocolate society. I jitterbugged/swung the night away, and good times were had by all, but especially me.
Nothing too exciting happening this weekend, the usual work story applies, although tonight are the finals for the karaoke competition are underway, so Erin, Tom, and I should be there in full force singing covers of classic songs. I'll of course let you know how we do.
For my random description of Irish people, I'm going to go into some differences in speech patterns that I've noticed. Americans tend to use the word "like" entirely too much. The Irish do as well, but they place it differently. Here's an example: (American): "So, like, you wanna go to a movie?" (Irish): "So, you want to go to a movie, like?" Example 2 (and my favorite) (American): "She's, like, such a bitch!" (Irish) "She's a bitch like!" There are more. For example, aluminum, they pronounce aluminium, which is apparently how it's really spelled and they get quite defensive when corrected on that one. Trunk=boot, fries=chips. We say "tomayto" they say "tomahto," etc.
Hope all is well back home. The ASWC elections are coming up on Tuesday, so we'll see what happens. I have someone very special helping put up posters around campus right now (you're the best Jilian ;-).
Cheers,
-Nate
"We're gonna rock this town, rock it inside out. We're gonna rock this town, make them scream and shout. Yeah rock. Rock. Rock. Rock. We're gonna rock to the bottom gonna rock to the top we're gonna rock this town, rock it inside out."-Stray Cats
Website of the day: http://maps.google.com Type in an adress, play around with it. You'll get a map, but then, hit the satellite tab and you'll see actual sat. photos of the area you're looking at. Cool!
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