As you could probably guess, I don't spend every minute of my life studying. At some point in the semester, that will probably be how I roll, but for right now I do have some free time to spend, and I'm trying my damnest to take advantage of it.
One of the benefits of going to such a large school is the amount of clubs offered. Here they get all fancy and refer to them as "societies". So far I have decided to join two of these societies while I'm here whiling away my semester.
First off is the "Create" society. There are actually two parts to this society. On wednesday, a group gets together to do arts and crafts and on Mondays a group gets together to do some creative writing. I have joined the creative writing part, mostly because I have no idea what I would do with the crafts once I make them. So far I have gone to two meetings and it was a lot of fun. We didn't do much writing, but we sat around and talked and I think it is a really creative bunch of people. I can't wait to read what they have to write, and I hope they don't find my pieces too terrible. Let's also hope my brand of short stories doesn't throw them off to harshly. I'll try my best to write about rainbows and butterflies and not my usual stock of plot points. Maybe I will even post a few of my pieces here, eh?
The next society I have decided to take part in is the Cocktail Society. I'm sure I need to go into length of detail about what that one is all about. This society meets Thursdays (guess who doesn't have class on fridayssss) and they go to a bar that is normally to expensive for a student budget, though we get some nice discounts. It was a lot of fun. I got to have a "Turktini" (Turkish delight martini made with chocolate schnapps) and an "Appleberry" (apple liquor, vodka, lime juice, apple slices and smooshed raspberries) as well as a flavored shot of vodka (blackwell tart. I was supposed to get chocolate orange, but the bartender messed up. I wasn't too upset). There are also going to be some "master-classes" on learning how to mix cocktails, so I can bring my new knowledge to the states. I will be 21 by the time I get back, so we can get super fancy.
The drinking culture here is something to get used to. Its not that everyone drinks a lot, it is just so available and there doesn't seem to be any qualms against drinking before lunchtime. The fact that the drinking age is so young also effects things. Because all stages of university (from freshers to four-years) can drink, it is entrenched into the university culture. So, both student unions have really nice bars, and oh wait, the university subsidizes the price of alcohol in said bars. You can get a pint of beer for 2.30 which is pretty kick-ass. I've only had beer there once, and that was on trvia night- which we did pretty well at considering we shunned smartphones and were at a complete disadvantage on general knowledge questions about football players and the bbc. It was a good time nevertheless :)
I've also taken some time to explore the city. But I think I will take another blog post to describe the things I found and what places I've taken an affinity to. Right now I am just happy I finally found some cheerios- now if I can only gets some Reese Peanut-butter cups my life will be complete.
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