Yeh so its been a while since my last update and this is down to two things, im a lazy twat and secondly that iv just been doin standard uni stuff that all you back home are doin, lectures, drinkin, footy and so on so i didnt think that there was anythin worth writin home about, but now.......oh now were goin. Went to chicago yday, slightly later than expected however, we were meant to get the 7 o clock bus there but all 3 of us overslept, despite decidin to stay in the night before, which now seems like a waste [View Full Entry]

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So I will be heading down to Sarasota Oct 19-21 to check out some housing options, meet/visit the Mote Marine Lab Aquarium , see for yourselves at http://www.mote.org/ and finally just getting to know the city. If you haven't heard by now, I recently received word that I had been accepted to the Manatee Research Internship Program where I will be participating in photo id and aerial surveys of some manatee groups down there. Should be pretty fun, I am pumped. Anyways, a full blog will start up sometime round late december and then I'll try to update it weekly, along [View Full Entry]

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So its been an eventful week or so since my last blog update, and a lot of stuff has happened, including some bad news on sunday as my roommate found out that his dad died, my thoughts are with him and his family at this extremely tough time. On a lighter note, i have been to quite a few apartments and there student livin is not at all like ours, they have like penthouse suites and stuff like that, any one who saw our house in leeds know that it would have been hard to give it to the homeless as [View Full Entry]

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So turns out that americans have a little difficulty with what im sayin half the time, although the phrase birds is slowly being adopted into their vocabulary!! Things are goin well, woke up with a hangover both the last 2 days which was nice and a relief, its wierd not being able to have a beer with ur meal and shit like that but theres ways and means of gettin smashed! Americans are ridiculously friendly, everyone always stops to chat to you n stuff! Played "soccer" today with a few of my mates and a load of asians turned up so [View Full Entry]

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Right i know its a bit early for one of these but its 8 in the mornin here and i cant sleep cos i think its 2 in the afternoon, not ideal! got here safe, chicago was huuuuge but drivin from there to madison there wasnt much to look at other than random adverts for famous ribs and gentlemens clubs, and as i was hungry for both not stopping at either was killer. Madison is proper nice, dead clean, lots of very american looking streets, the place im stayin is alright was met by two looovely lookin blonde birds on the [View Full Entry]

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Well, we're off! We arrived at our gate in Madison and were greeted with the eerie silence of a flight that's been secretly moved to the next gate down. Once we resolved that issue, things improved considerably. Miraculously, all of our planes took off on time, despite the fact that we were 1. flying United, 2. through O'Hare. The second leg was a codeshare flight, operated by SAS, which is the loveliest airline either of us has flown. The seats were comfortable and the meals were as tasty as airplane food can be, with key lime bars for dessert. (Graham: "And [View Full Entry]

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Questions were raised. Curiosity was piqued. Concern abounded. What had happened to her? Well, fear not, dear readers. I am alive and well. I apologize for the many fortnights that have passed since I last put pen to paper (or, rather, fingertip to keyboard). My life has been a whirlwind of activity, though not the sort I had previously anticipated. Let me explain. I returned to the United States after two years spent living, working, studying and traveling throughout China in August of 2008. I imagined a joyful celebration of my return, with parades held in my honor, chi [View Full Entry]

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Heyo. So I have finally been conned by family and friends to start one of these travel blogs. I'm still a little skeptical. But here goes.... [View Full Entry]

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Cheese Curds (according to Wiki): Cheese curds are the fresh curds of cheese, often cheddar. They are generally available in retail stores operated at cheese factories throughout the countries of Canada and the United States (especially in USA's Upstate New York, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Canada's provinces of Ontario, Quebec, and New Brunswick where they can be found in many grocery stores.) Cheese curds are little-known in locations without cheese factories, because they should ideally be eaten within hours of manufacture. The trip to Madison, WI began with our first cheese curd experience [View Full Entry]

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So just an update in the life of yours truly for those I don't talk to that much, and also I wanted to write down cool stuff I've been doing so I can remember it later when I'm old. A: Took the GRE, waiting on analytical scores, did super on my math, ok on my verbal. Not sure whether I'll retake it cuz what does it really mean if you do better? or what happens if I do worse or the same. The GRE place sends ALL of your scores to the schools, so they would get to see how I [View Full Entry]

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