Hello! Sorry for taking so long in between posts but last week was really hectic and I've had so much work to do this week, this is the first time this week where I've actually had nothing to do. My last blog was far too long so I'm going to be succinct this time round.
Last week was really busy, it reminded me of freshers week even though it technically shouldn't have been any different than a usual week. On the Monday night, we went to the bar where Jonathan works to watch the (American) football game and have a relaxing night. They have a long list of different beers there so I tried a couple - the first, "Magic Hat #9" from Vermont was really nice but the second "Stone Arrogant Bastard" from California was absolutely disgusting. I accidentally ate the hottest chilli I've ever had thinking it was a bog standard jalapeno so I had to suffer watering eyes, a burning mouth and facial spasms for a good 10 minutes!
On Tuesday we went to a bar called Washington Tavern, or WT's as most people say, and just had a few drinks, lots of people had chicken wings but I don't like chicken on the bone so I've refused to try them so far. On Thursday night, Jonathan and Sara had another house party that was supposed to be a quiet affair but got quite loud towards the end of the night. Everyone was crowded on the back porch and my camera battery accidentally fell out and broke so I haven't been able to take any photos since then which isn't very good!
On Friday night, I went to Chubby's with Emma, Josh, Alex and Jacopo then we went to a house party where all the other international students were. It was $5 to buy a cup then you could drink as much as you wanted but the system didn't work very well as no one seemed to know where to buy cups, and one of the hosts got quite rude with people when he realised they hadn't paid. It was a very strange house party as they had 3 rottweilers and a great dane so there was about 50 people with huge dogs wandering in amongst them, but they were very calm. My friend Joe got into an argument with the rude host because of a beer can, so we all left and the party cleared out which was the perfect revenge!
On Saturday, I went back to New York City because a group of us went to see the Mets baseball game. Before the game we went to Good Burger ("the home of the good burger") for a burger which was "good" then we went to Grand Central Station to catch the subway. I couldn't resist the urge to shout SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE I LIVE IN GRAND CENTRAL STATION! The game was really good, I'd already seen the stadium when I went to the tennis, it was really modern but really empty. The Mets lost which apparently is a lot more regular than a victory but it was still really entertaining. Afterwards, we went to a bar called the Rodeo Bar which was really nice inside, it costs $45,000 a month to rent but I think they''ll definitely make loads more than that a month. I hadn't anticipated going back to New York so soon but it was so fun!
I worked all day Sunday and Monday because I had lots of reading to do and a quiz in my Legislatures class on Tuesday but I went out on Tuesday night. We went to WT's and met most of the internationals then went to a grotty bar/club called The Abbott which played hip hop and was full of people bumping and grinding but it was very nice anyway. Afterwards we went to the nice pizza place where seem to go about 3 times a week.
I'm now an editor on the university TV channel's news and debate programme, ATV 360. As of now, I'm not really sure what an editor is but I'm going to edit for the first time so I'll know soon! Me and Emma are also thinking about starting our own radio show on the university radio station. It's classed as an alternative station so we would have to play non-mainstream music. We're thinking about doing a show based around English music and songs that are popular in England but we haven't discussed it in great detail yet. Emma won free tickets to see the Gaslight Anthem on Sunday and she asked me to go with her so that should be really good!
Today, I had a 30 minute essay to write in my World at War class and nothing that I revised came up but I think I managed to write a decent answer on a subject I hadn't really revised.... Afterwards we went to the mall and played with a golden retriever puppy which looked adorable but was teething so enjoyed biting us and our clothes so it wasn't a pleasurable experience!
I'm just getting ready for another night out now, I think I've covered everything and have probably babbled on again but a lot happens in a week and a half! Tatty bye!
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