Fear and Loathing in Londontown
So far, I'd had 4 classes, and only 2 of the professors were in town for them. Bill, the Center's director, subbed for those classes. One of the classes was my Modern British politics one, which is taught by this Iranian guy named Mundi Moslem, who is currently in Germany. I gotta kick outta that. He should be back for next week. All the classes so far seem pretty cool, but the 2 hour and 15 minute class times do make me a little restless. If anyone knows where to find good adderol in the UK, please let me know. JK.
Last night I went to my first European football match (soccer game to the ignorant American :)) between the Queens Park Rangers and Swansea (i forget their team name). It was really good fun. Soccer fans up here are CRAZY. The home team fans sit in a different section than the away team fans, and they prefer to yell at eachother more than yelling at the players or refs, as we do in the States. Things got ugly, too, because Swansea is in Wales, so there was some pretty vulgar anti-Welsh spatter. All in good fun tho. When the goals are scored, the crowd goes absolutely nuts.
Other differences I found interesting between football matches in UK and the USA are that they call the ref "referee," and they sing in unison team chants, much like a US college game.
After the match, we went to Piccadilly circus, which reminded me of Times Square, and went to a very American club called the Sports Club. All the bar tenders wore shirts that said "SCUK," which I thought were funny. Also, there was a dance floor and a DJ, but he played mostly American songs. Which wsa pretty cool, but I hope to check out a more European club in the near future.
Don't know what I'm gonna do for dinner tonight--maybe make that curry I bought yesterday. I went grocery shopping yesterday and picked up 18 quid worth of goodies, so I had a really nice lunch. My flat got this AWESOME grilled cheese maker, so I had one today and it was delicious.
I decided it would be better to upload my pictures to a free picture viewing site that is separate from this one. When I have it set up, I'll post a link. Until then, cheers!
One final thing, check out the Queen's Park Rangers (QPR) website! http://www.qpr.premiumtv.co.uk/page/Home
Last night I went to my first European football match (soccer game to the ignorant American :)) between the Queens Park Rangers and Swansea (i forget their team name). It was really good fun. Soccer fans up here are CRAZY. The home team fans sit in a different section than the away team fans, and they prefer to yell at eachother more than yelling at the players or refs, as we do in the States. Things got ugly, too, because Swansea is in Wales, so there was some pretty vulgar anti-Welsh spatter. All in good fun tho. When the goals are scored, the crowd goes absolutely nuts.
Other differences I found interesting between football matches in UK and the USA are that they call the ref "referee," and they sing in unison team chants, much like a US college game.
After the match, we went to Piccadilly circus, which reminded me of Times Square, and went to a very American club called the Sports Club. All the bar tenders wore shirts that said "SCUK," which I thought were funny. Also, there was a dance floor and a DJ, but he played mostly American songs. Which wsa pretty cool, but I hope to check out a more European club in the near future.
Don't know what I'm gonna do for dinner tonight--maybe make that curry I bought yesterday. I went grocery shopping yesterday and picked up 18 quid worth of goodies, so I had a really nice lunch. My flat got this AWESOME grilled cheese maker, so I had one today and it was delicious.
I decided it would be better to upload my pictures to a free picture viewing site that is separate from this one. When I have it set up, I'll post a link. Until then, cheers!
One final thing, check out the Queen's Park Rangers (QPR) website! http://www.qpr.premiumtv.co.uk/page/Home
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