February 2012
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Oxford in the Snow.
Guys, it snowed here yesterday.
And I love snow.
Love it.
So, this is especially exciting because this is what Oxford looks like in the snow:
(Disclaimer: I did not take this picture. But, it’s a lot prettier than any of the pictures I took, so just let’s just pretend, ok?)
January 2012
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Meet My Family!
I just realized that my college family has never been introduced to my blog!
So, here they are!
Left to right: Sarah (my sister), Andrew (my dad), Sarah (my mom), me, Daniel (my brother).
On British Movie Theatres...
So, I went to the movies the other day.
And, as expected, British movie theatres are pretty much the same as American movie theatres.
Except for this one thing where they give you assigned seats.
Which, to me, seems completely impractical and strange.
Because if you and your friend buy tickets separately, for example, you cannot sit together while watching the movie.
*eyeroll* *headshake*...
December 2011
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My Divine Food Experience.
So, throughout my travels I ate a lot of really delicious food. Crepes in Paris, sausages in Germany, tiramisu in Rome, the whole deal. I ate away all those muscles I earned from rowing. But, there was one thing I ate that was like no other.
As I was walking through the Christmas market in Salzburg I stopped in my tracks and turned to my friend.
“Do you smell that?” I asked. Because...
Do Rei Mi...
In Salzburg I visited the park where they dance around and sing Do Rei Mi in The Sound of Music. It was winter and, thus, very cold, but the hills were alive with the….well, you know the rest.
My German Lesson.
So, last week I visited my friend Theresa in Frankfurt.
This is the first and only sentence I learned in German:
Zwei Würstchen, Bitte!
Which means:
Two Sausages, Please!
It was both appropriate and useful.
November 2011
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Beasting Academia.
Time for boasting.
Today I got a perfect score on my essay.
Perfect.
Yeah, that’s right, look at all those pretty double check marks.
I’m not going to bore you with all the nitty gritty details, but I’m pretty proud of this. They don’t give out a lot of perfect scores at Oxford.
For now, though, I’m off to go bask in my impressiveness with my bed, my computer,...
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Halloween in Oxford.
So, Halloween was last weekend. And Halloween means candy! =)
Here is what I have discovered about candy in England:
1. British people make fun of my beloved Hershey chocolate. Instead, they insist upon some nonsense called Cadbury…which, until about a month ago, I thought was just some company that made chocolate Easter eggs.
2. Having now tasted most of Cadbury’s Halloween...
October 2011
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On Sassy Gay Friend...
So, we all know and love Sassy Gay Friend. He’s helped out all our favorite Shakespearean literary heroines like Juliet, Ophelia, and Desdemona (just to name a few).
But, the last thing I expected was to have a scholarly conversation about him.
Just goes to show - expect the unexpected.
Because, today this is exactly what happened during the Twelfth Night lecture at Oxford University.
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On Name Tags...
As I am new to Oxford, I’ve been attending a lot of events where name tags are necessary. This is because, apparently, when you meet a lot of people at once, it’s kind of difficult to remember all their names.
As a result, I have discovered something rather strange about British Name Tag Culture (Is this even a thing? Who cares. It is now.)
In American Name Tag Culture, is is...
This is Your Body on Crew.
I have now been awake for 20 hours.
This means that I woke up at 5 AM and it is now 1 AM.
Here is what I did today:
5:30 AM Rowing Practice. My body hurts in places I didn’t even know I had. More on this to come.
8:30 AM Breakfast in the dining hall, which looks like Harry Potter and feels like Harry Potter and is completely wonderful. And cheap. Though, unfortunately, no house elves.
10:00 AM Lecture. Philip Roth. It was...
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On British Sinks...
I am having a slight problem with British sinks.
Here is an example:
Here is the problem:
There is one tap for cold.
There is one tap for hot.
And there is absolutely no possible way to achieve an optimum temperature.
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On Ice Water...
I have discovered that ice water is not something that they really do in England.
Which is fine, you know. It’s totally cool.
Except, it’s not cool. It’s room temperature.
And there’s nothing wrong with this. It’s just weird for me.
Cue end of very tiny rant.
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Castles in my Future....
So, a couple of months ago a psychic (I know. Don’t laugh. It was for a party. Leave me alone) told me there would be castles in my future.
Now, I live next door to this gem. Literally, called Oxford Castle.
Coincidence? Maybe. But it’s a pretty big coincidence.
September 2011
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More on the Bod.
As it turns out, the Bod is pretty awesome.
Here’s Why:
1. It’s got a copy of the Gutenberg Bible. This is a pretty big deal.
2. It’s got a copy of Shakespeare’s first Folio. This is possibly an even bigger deal. Maybe.
3. It’s a copyright library. This means that it gets one copy of every book published in the UK. That’s a lot of books. Over 10 million so...
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Off to Oxford
Welcome to my lovely blog! This is where I shall be keeping all logs of my adventures and mishaps in the wonderful land of Hogwarts Oxford and its surrounding areas. Well, most of them anyway. Anything over PG-13 will be omitted at my discretion, unless it’s really, really amusing.
So, first thing’s first. You’re probably all wondering, what is the Bod and why is Jack in it?
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