Speedy Connection

I've got really behind on the blog, and only a message from Sean informing me of this reminded me to write a new post so I've probably forgotten things but I'll try my best.
The last time I wrote was a fortnight on Wednesday, and I managed to have three nights out on the Thursday, Friday and Saturday after that. I went to WT's on Thursday as per usual, then went out with the Italians on Friday, we went to a few different places, ending up at a salsa night full of Puerto Ricans, and then on Saturday we went to Ellen's apartment (which is amazing) then to a place called Bayou, which is the place that most resembles an English club that I've been to. Emma's boyfriend was over from England so she wanted to show him Albany and I think she succeeded. During the day on Saturday, it was homecoming, which was the first American football game of the season. Our team isn't great but luckily the opposition from Pennsylvania was terrible, and we thrashed them 49-0!
I had my first big essay to do on the Sunday and managed to leave it until the very last minute to write but still got it handed in on time. A few hours after I handed it in, I came down with some sort of virus, with a headache and general feeling of weakness but it lasted less than 48 hours so I was pleased when it finally went. On Thursday, I had two exams, in The World at War and American Legislatures. Legislatures was better but World at War wasn't too bad. At night we went to WT's (it happens every Thursday as you can probably tell). Everyone was drinking a strange concoction called a Star Trek, which has about 5 different shots in, but costs $8.50. After two, I came to the conclusion that they definitely weren't worth it.
On Friday, Ellen took me, Emma and Joe to BJ's which was similar to a cash 'n' carry so we could buy alcohol for cheaper. I found an absolute bargain - a 1.75 litre bottle of raspberry Smirnoff vodka for $20 (around £14) so I was very pleased with it. Later on, we all met up at the cinema and went to see Jackass 3D. It was very amusing but it cost us $15 because it was in 3D and it definitely wasn't worth that much!!
On Saturday, I managed to set up my computer so that it seemed as though it was in the UK, which ensured that I could watch The X Factor live and in all it's glory, which was very exciting! I'm a very big fan of Cher but I also really like Aiden and Mary but that could all change week by week. In the evening, we replicated the Saturday before, going round to Ellen's then out to Bayou, which was very good once again. A highlight of the night was the bus journey from Ellen's to downtown - when we got on everybody on board was singing Seven Nation Army then we sang a number of other songs including River Deep Mountain High, We Are The Champions, Baby Got Back and Barbie Girl amongst others! I spent Sunday catching up on British TV, I watched the X Factor result, Have I Got News For You and two episodes of The Apprentice. The internet was horrendously slow so it took nearly two and a half hours to watch one episode of The Apprentice so I was in a very bad mood!
Today I resolved the internet problem by purchasing an ethernet cable, meaning that my laptop has to be plugged in to the internet but I get a far, far better connection and I've managed to catch up with Dexter and Desperate Housewives without the video stopping every 3 minutes, so hopefully the nice connection will continue. I've also booked my flight back to New York after Christmas for January 14th, so I'll be back in England from December 20th until then. I'm really excited to come back although I'd quite like to stay here and travel but it's impossible because of how expensive it's been to live here so far!
That's everything that I remember, I really should try to update weekly so that I don't forget but it takes a long time to write a post! Bye for now.