Monthly Archives: January 2005

Essay

I just wrote my essay for Spanish. I ended up writing 600 words for a 400-word essay; I hope she won’t mind. I’m very proud of myself. It was an excellent rant, whether or not it was good Spanish. I’d … Continue reading

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Bicycle

Pogies are special mittens for rowing, with holes in the correct places, allowing rowers to keep direct contact with the oar. This contact turns out to be necessary, and rowing in normal gloves is essentially impossible. I lost one pogie … Continue reading

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Morocco Hitch

It looks like I probably won’t be allowed to go on the “Hitch”, as it’s called. It turns out that everyone is required to have an emergency contact in the UK, and hitchhikers under 21 must have that emergency contact … Continue reading

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Rain

It precipitates a lot in England, but actual rain with raindrops and all seems to be pretty rare. Maybe that’s just the time of year.

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Hecticity

I had my first crew practice this morning. Being 7-seat is interesting; I’ve spent an eternity in the bow. One gets spined (when the guy behind you moves up too early and hits you in the back with his oar-handle) … Continue reading

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Formal

I just got back from the Fitz/Queens Boat Club formal. I’d been to formal halls before, but never at Fitz. It was mildly interesting. I was mostly impressed by the sheer volume of the drinking. At my Cadenza formals everyone … Continue reading

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Cookies

I have wasted this whole evening, basically. The English have a different system for the classification of baked goods. Specifically, there exists a broad class called “biscuits” that includes all tasty, at least mildly sweet flat snacks. Cookies are the … Continue reading

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Quantum+Laundry

I attempted to do laundry and quantum today, and succeeded in doing laundry. I looked through the quantum problem sheet, but all the questions looked so imposing that I ran off screaming, more or less. Fitz Buttery isn’t open on … Continue reading

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Delayed

Now that I’ve woken up again… Play: The rendition of Romeo and Juliet was very entertaining. It was sold out, as were all showings, and I only had a seat because Tom had bought tickets two days ago. As it … Continue reading

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Sleep

I have things that pass for interesting to say about the play and the party, but it’s late. Sleep has precedence over blog. At least that shred of my common sense remains.

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