Ok...so it's been a while. i'm not the greatest at this kind of thing if y'all didn't notice. it's been so crazy busy around here that i keep forgetting to go on here.
i handed in my first essay on Friday. It was rather scary actually. i'm not sure if it's up to par with the standards here and that creeps me out. i'm pretty sure it would have done well back home, but i'm not so sure about the way professors grade here. i have another one due this Friday and one the Thursday after that. Not too close together fortunately, so i've got time in between to work on them.
The Baird House Ball was this Thursday. Lots of fun! We had a ceilidh which was hysterical mostly because probably 10 people actually knew what they were doing. The rest of us sort of made it up as we went. The food was good as well. Chicken stuffed with haggis was the main entry - i recommend haggis; i thought it was very good actually.
Katya and i have gone for afternoon tea a couple times this last week. So good and so much fun. It also helps tide you over in the middle of the rather long afternoon. Apparently Americans eat dinner very early. Brazilian Dan was telling me that they don't eat dinner in his house til close to midnight. Geez and here i thought waiting til 7 or 8 was too long. The afternoon tea thing makes so much more sense now.
Our Highlands trip was canceled for this weekend unfortunately, but we're looking at going during exams instead. It seems like everyone (myself included) is ending around the 15th or 16th and we don't have to leave until the 24th or something, so we'll have a bit of time to just hang out without having to stress about anything. i'm really looking forward to a trip with the whole gang.
i went to see a Brazilian kinda dance music group on the 24th in Glasgow. SOOOOOOOOO GOOD! Seriously! Should you ever get the opportunity to see CSS live, i highly recommend it. They're so amazing and so much fun. We went early and went out to dinner at a place called Wagamama's beforehand. Very good Japanese food. Ellie told us that Wagamama means greedy in Japanese, which is funny because they give you HUGE portions when you go there. The food was fantastic. I'm kinda sad they don't have this place in the States.
Ellie and i were talking the other day about things we miss from the States and the biggest thing the both of us miss is the food. That's not to say that the food here isn't really good, but there's just something lacking. Ellie really misses the Asian fusion cooking of California and i would give just about anything for a cup of clam chowder right now. Being here hasn't been that huge of a culture shock, but i miss stupid things like Olive Garden and Panera. The cream cheese is weird here, so a bagel and cream cheese even doesn't do it. It just means that i'll have to introduce people to these things.
My mom sent me a package which contained peanut butter and American candy. You should have seen how fast the Reese's Peanut Butter Cups flew. It was ridick! Everyone over here loves them, but they're next to impossible to find. A lot of the people i'm around really like the peanut butter too. It's so much better than the stuff they sell over here, although i'm still attempting to convince people that a peanut butter and jelly (or as they say jam, cause jelly is what we call jello) sandwich is a good snack/part of lunch.
That's another thing. Ellie and i were talking last night about little slang things we've picked up being over here and things we've introduced to the people here. It's really rather funny. Ellie and i keep saying things like "i'm knackered" or "i can't be arsed." i guess it's really cause British slang is so much cooler in many ways. Bloody hell just has such a better ring to it than most American swears.
but yeah....i'm going on my archaeology field trip this saturday. i'm actually kinda excited! It sounds like a lot of fun and very interesting. i really like this class. i kinda wish i could go on one of the digs they have scheduled for this summer, but i'm more excited about doing my internship, so no worries.
i guess that's about all i've got. i'm gettin really excited for spring break and i hope everyone at conn enjoys theirs! peace and love y'all!
kat
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