Blogs from Coventry, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 7

Yesterday's LOW: Walking and to and from that horrible seminar. Yesterday's HIGH: All of us cracking up listening to Melissa and her mom on the phone. The conversation involved a mouth, a "bottom", and a sore...it was interesting. Today's LOW: Spending a lot of money on the first dinner I cooked for the flat. Today's HIGH: Having everyone LOOOOOVE the meal...and then watching Peep Show. (Its not what it sounds like, but its hilarious). So yesterday I had my last class of the week. My schedule is really uneven with a bunch of classes on Monday and Wednesday, one on Thursday, and none on Tuesday or Friday. So that one Psyc seminar was the only thing holding me back from a long weekend. I decided to wear a skirt and heals knowing that I wouldnt have ... read more

So yesterday I slept in...and by that I mean that after going to bed around 7am, I didnt wake up until 230pm. I just kinda bummed around and watched CSI on my comp. Then we all had dinner and watched the worst TV shows ever. We watched this animal explorer thing that followed a baby wildabeast (sp?) and the guys I was watching it with were just waiting for the brutal carnage of it. It was disturbing. Then we watched the "Worlds Worst Police videos". Half of them took place in NoWhere, USA and I had to defend myself against the stupidity of some Americans. But there was a clip of a crazy jail break that happened in England, which made me feel better. We waited for the last flat mate to finally get back to ... read more

So I still havent won Monopoly and, Im not gonna lie, Im bitter. Ill get there though. Im still having a hard time going to bed at a decent hour so I finally fell asleep last night around 5am. It might be partially due to the fact that I found a way to download some episodes of Scrubs online which I am very excited about. Today, I finally got my ID card, finalized my schedule, and talked to some academic advisors. Then I came back to the flat and searched around on the net and found THE BEST SITE EVER!!! Its www.peekvid.com and its a site that has tons of TV shows and movies that you can just watch whenever you want for FREE. Since I have no work to do yet, and am still melding ... read more

So last night was my first night out in Europe. It was definitely fun and definitely different. While on UConn’s campus, the Student Union is where students go when they’re staying sober, at Warwick, the Student Union is where students go to drink. There is a cover, security, a long queue (the word here used for “wait”) and a fully-stocked bar. It was so surreal walking into a university building and seeing everyone wasted and dancing. My flat mates and I forged our way to the bar and got drinks. As advised by my orientation guy earlier in the day, I ordered a “Purple.” It was a shot of this popular currant juice and beer that everyone I was with said was horrible, so I was worried. However, it was only a pound and I figured ... read more

Well, Im finally at the University of Warwick in England!! The week getting here was both long and short at the same time. The highlight was definitely Friday night with dinner and a little partying. In attendence was: From Home: Logan, Niki, Ben, Leah, and Josh From ACL: Corie, Michelle, Scott, Mike, and Eric Biddies: Lindsay and Meghan From Pi Phi: Jackie, Ric, Danimal, Liz A bunch of people met at my house in EL first and we just chilled while everyone else was stuck in traffic. We opened a bottle of wine and pushed back dinner and hour. Getting to Par Four in Groton was no easy task. Everyone but Liz (who got stuck in a shitload of traffic and got a ticket trying to get there on-time) made it to my house before. So ... read more