As you may or may not have noticed, I haven't been faithfully posting blog entries daily as I started to originally. This is because (as I may have been unaware of at the start) there are actual assignments to do while at University, and this is not a jig and a watoosie followed by a pint of Guinness. So, from here on out, I'll be updating you to my life as things happen, or maybe as a couple of things happen. But rest be assured, nothing HUGE will escape your knowledge. So. Over the last few days:
- Started actually doing all the prep work for classes. My theatre classes are great fun, but it looks like we'll have to be doing a lot of analysis/theory work for Contemporary Irish theater and Introduction to Beckett (who coincidentally hated Ireland). History looks quite fun. Folklore is going to be somewhat of a struggle to attend, as I'm learning it's now basically a repetition of the cultural anthropology class I took first year at Carolina (with an emphasis on Leprechauns and Magpies). Music is going to be my favorite class. For instance, we started comparing Dylan's "All along the Watchtower" to hendrix's. And we're discussing the history of sound recording.
- Keep getting into wonderful talks with my roommate about the cultural divides between our countries. He's fascinated with the concept of "anti-drug" commercials, and asks me constantly for information about meth users in the united states. He's a pretty interesting guy, and inspires me to exercise every time I walk into the kitchen and see his high-protein diet. He's telling me about the current issue with immigration from Muslim countries currently, and how there's a divide between Sharia law that the nationalized citizens want the country to follow, and the actual practicality of following it. We have yet to get into US politics. In fact, every time I bring up US politics with anybody here, they usually shy away from it (including the American students).
- Joined the following clubs here: The Drama Society, The Film Society, The International Student Society, and the Ultimate Frisbee club (that one's a shout out to you, Frog). It's interesting here, because you have to pay dues straight up front, but you get to be a card-carrying member of the organization. For instance, my Dramsoc card is a dramatic black card. How appropriate. But I'm looking forward to stuff here. They do two shows a week, and that should be plenty of experience to gain from it. I just got back from watching Pulp Fiction with the Irish students, and they still gasp at all the same moments the American students did. And laugh, and shriek..etc.
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