This is an Update

Oh hey, guys.

I bet you thought I was just gonna stop writing for another month.

Well here is a picture of a disapproving sea turtle for your misbehavior:

Just don't do it again, okay?

Mostly I've been working and homeworking, sometimes simultaneously. (Who knew bar-backing could be so educational?) I also caught up with a couple of good friends who happened to be abroad as well. Basically, there was awesomeness involved.

AND I've been planning for my April journeys (we're kicked out of the flat for another month... can you say Norway and Prague?!?!?) Woot.

OH and I bought my plane ticket home. It's a little weird: my British days are numbered.

Commence supreme tea indulgence session.

(More soon! In the meantime, I need to go work until 4 a.m. and then maybe watch Wonder Boys again.)

Yours,

An Addition to the Family

Um so I bought a few books for the flat library this year, but this one is by far the most important. I'm a little surprised we didn't have it. It's called The History of Love, by Nicole Krauss.

If I were ever to get a literary tattoo, I would definitely consider something from this book. Anyway, I think I'll keep it under my pillow until the end of the year. We have good conversations.

Yours,

Seeing Red: A Gingermentary

Just life at the flat. (Totally ad-libbed, by the way. Can you tell? Of course you can't. We're professionals.)




Yours,

Catch-Up

Much has happened in the past month. To start, a new semester has begun. I'm taking two classes at Uni.-- Introduction to the Study of Religion, and Twentieth Century Literature: Forms in Transition. Both have proven thus far to be incredibly interesting. There's a lot of reading involved, but hey, I'm an English major. It's what I does.

We also began our flat-wide class: Public History. I'm quite excited for this one. We get to interview people involved with the Nottingham program, because apparently little to no information exists on that front. So I suppose you could say we're all doing our sesquicentennial duty. Huzzah!

Secondly, I underwent a mild freak-out session in which I thought I had failed a class last semester. On February 7th, I checked my grades online and discovered that I had received a 41% in philosophy. (Remember, these are British standards. For British freshmen, this does not constitute a fail. Their first year at University doesn't hurt them.) I needed a 42% in order for the credits to transfer back to Luther. So after a week of frantic emails and intense waves of depression, I learned that the grade was incorrect: they had forgotten to factor in my essay score. I got an A on the exam and a B in the class.

Thirdly, I got a job. At this place. Making these:

Can you taste the awesome?

I start on Wednesday. I have absolutely no idea what to expect. Which is why I'm gonna wear my skinny tie:

This guy knows how it's done.

Fourthly, we visited Coventry and Stratford upon Avon as a group this past weekend. We went to Coventry Cathedral (which was bombed during WWII). We also saw an amazing production of King Lear in Stratford. Twas quite a day, to be sure.

Fifthly, I made awesome french toast.

And that's a rap.

Yours,