I just got back from seeing Stomp perform in the Brighton dome, and it was great. A while ago Thad and I went to go see Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey at the IMAX theater in the Raleigh Exploris Museum (it was actually on Valentine’s Day 2004, when we started dating!) It was cool to [...]
Archive for October, 2005
Stomp
Posted in Random on October 26, 2005 | 1 Comment »
Shopping, battling with the wind, all in a day’s work
Posted in Random on October 24, 2005 | 1 Comment »
Today I had planned on making a massive shopping trip to the Brighton Marina and woke up to nasty, rainy, windy weather. I seriously considered staying in all day, but thought better of it – I may as well try to get used to British weather! All in all, it was a great trip, and [...]
Still recovering from the plague
Posted in Anthro/Development, Random on October 23, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
So, a week after I originally started to get sick, I am still not myself (but feel much better, luckily). Everyone around here has been getting sick, and the culprit seems to be the so-called “fresher’s flu.” A plague takes over all the new international students who are suddenly being exposed to new germs, a [...]
David Houlette, the cowboy
Posted in Uncategorized on October 21, 2005 | 2 Comments »
Good thing my stepdad has a good sense of humor!
David the cowboy!
Streetcar
Posted in Uncategorized on October 20, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
So, I was walking around campus today after class today and was handed an interesting flyer advertising a “pay-as-you-go” car. Pay-as-you-go phones here are the norm, but this is the first time I’ve seen this applied to renting a car!
After doing a little price comparison, it is slightly less expensive than “renting” a car, especially [...]
Crazy people on Brighton Beach….
Posted in Random on October 19, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
Tonight I witnessed a rather interesting event! Apparently, the Brighton rugby men’s team had been parading around town dressed like pirates (one of my flatmates encountered them on the bus today). Just a few minutes ago they all descended on the beach directly outside my window and proceeded to start singing loud, drunken songs. This [...]
A great weekend, attack of the birds
Posted in Random on October 17, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
Thad and I had a great weekend in Brighton! It was nice because I finally took some time away from schoolwork and actually spent a good amount of time exploring town. I discovered several new areas of town, including the Asda (basically Walmart) at the Brighton Marina. Though I don’t like feeding the evil Walmart-ization [...]
British weather, and other things
Posted in Anthro/Development, Random on October 13, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
So, since I arrived in the UK I have been pleasantly surprised with the weather here. Just this week we had several days in a row when it was sunny and got up to about 20 degrees (celsius, that is). The past two days have been much different though, and I’m hoping it won’t quite [...]
Ultimate
Posted in Random on October 7, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
A couple of days ago I experienced some of the most fun I’ve had in a long time while playing a team sport (of course, I haven’t played team sports in a long long time, and I don’t really count cross-country in high school as a team sport either). Anyway, I went to the taster [...]
Brighton
Posted in Random on October 2, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
So, I am officially getting settled into my place in Brighton! This is an incredibly vibrant city with a very liberal, anything-goes type of atmosphere. I literally live in the middle of everything and can get anywhere in the city center by walking less than ten minutes. I still have a long way to go [...]
