On one hand the weeks seem so long here, probably because we pack them full of all kinds of random fun activities. Sometimes I literally have to sit and think about what exactly I did two days ago--it seems like forever since I've been back from Dublin (only a little over a week), but that week was full of crazy-amazing stuff.
On the other hand, though, the time is really starting to fly by.....as cliche as it is, I guess that old saying is true! I can't believe I can now count in days how much time is left--less than 20. mindboggling!!
Anyways, on a more positive note.....the (relatively) short time I have left is going to be just as full--if not more so--with things to do. I'm getting to the point where there are certain things I need to do before leaving, so its more like checking things off a list than aimlessly wondering what to do next....I kind of enjoy it. :) It gives my fun an objective!
Since Dublin, though, (sorry, its just the easiest way to measure time!!) there's been a lot going on. Last Wednesday EUSA was selling some discounted tickets to Mary Poppins (the musical), and I had been toying with the idea of trying to go so I just hit it up after work. Tickets were cheap enough but the seats were not--I guess not terrible but not what I've been used to buying last-minute, dirt-cheap, third-row orchestra. Great musical though, with some pretty impressive special effects. Kind of sucks to try and do Mary Poppins....nobody is Julie Andrews and Dick van Dyke. :)
Thursday a small group went to try Yo! Sushi, the "conveyor-belt" sushi restaurant with color/price coded plates. Turned out to be really great....I would say expensive, but that's everything here, so meh. :) I definitely could have grabbed several more of those plates just zooming on past--I guess that's the point--but you just have to watch out for the colors!! I ended up with a stack of like 5 dishes, but it was awesome watching the (I assume) well-off businessmen next to us put away tower after tower of the "platinum" plates.....man, I wish. :)
Friday after class I went to the first day of a three-day conference on investigative journalism that I was lucky enough to be able to attend through work--really really compelling stuff!! Makes my work look wishy-washy though, having someone literally stand up there and tell you what to do with your hidden camera when your cover's blown, what's the best way to hide the wires, etc. For real!! Crazy stuff, what have I gotten myself into?!? A couple of really memorable topics, my favorite from an Iraqi reporter making documentaries--for some reason his stories really brought home to me the situation over there, like nothing's ever done before. It was eerie, especially being an American listening to him recount his personal experiences. Quite a bit of, say, hostility toward us in that room, but not overtly from the author....he was just telling a story and letting the facts speak for themselves--very admirable, but at the same time very strange, for me I guess.
Later in the evening some friends and I went to a wine-tasting at a really nice place near the Thames--I was very impressed!! We got quite a bit for our money, and I kind of feel like a pro now....ok, not a pro but I at least know more about wine than I did. not saying much..... :)
Saturday and Sunday were spent at the conference too--sitting all day just made me that much more antsy to go out and have fun in the evenings, so each day wrapped up with some time spent at a nice pub or club. Sunday I went to go see Hairspray (the movie) at a great theatre near Piccadilly Circus--awesome movie, go see it!! Maybe I'm lame, but stuff like that just makes me want to dance around.....which I definitely did on my way out of the theatre. :)
So that's recent fun....tomorrow a post about work, I promise!! It really is happening in the midst of all this..... :)
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