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So I'm in my flat, packing up my laptop and at least 50 pages of notes to drag to the library with me for the evening. It hasn't been the best day. I am sweating tomorrow's exam, a millimeter away from outright panic. In my rolly chair I swing back and forth between my desk and my bed, frantically gathering pens and pencils and rulers and chucking ( Read more... )

I have purposefully been staying on California time the past few days. I find it easier to stay in my flat and pour over flashcards when the bright, gorgeous sun isn't beckoning from the outdoors. I always catch the sunrise, and wake up from sleeping around sundown. I guess the only time I've been out in the daylight in the past few days was once ( Read more... )

There are a number of London train stations that go to Canterbury. Most often I leave from Charing Cross because it ends at the West station rather than the East, West being the closer of the two to my flat in Parkwood (lower taxi fare). Today however, after collecting my bags at Heathrow I decided to take the train from the Victoria station ( Read more... )

I installed google earth today on a whim. A friend of mine had mentioned it was pretty cool. After playing with it for a while now I have to say that "cool" is a vast understatement. I actually saw my parent's cars in the driveway of their house and the long, morning shadows in California (It was 7pm for me, 11am for you lot). If my mom had gone ( Read more... )

I can remember loathing those who once chided me for complaining about it being below 60 degrees. Now I fear as if when I come home in April I'll be one of those annoying people saying "You pansies don't know what COLD is! Have you ever been unable to speak because all the muscles in your face were frozen?! Well I have, and it's not pretty.". Just ( Read more... )

I know I've been quite skant on the journal entries as of late. I can't say for sure why. I do have some time on my hands to do them but I don't. It might have something to do with how comfortable I feel in England now. It would be like writing a journal for every day of a normal life. I get up, I eat food, I go to school, sometimes I go shopping, ( Read more... )

ok, so just a quick breakdown of the UK school system ( Read more... )

looking out my window right now at the dark, grey cloud floating over our little campus. It realy does look terrible outside. I've been indoors all morning but now it's time for class and I really don't want to go outside. The weather has really never been an issue for going to class or not before. Well, maybe once or twice in Santa Barbara. But ( Read more... )

sorry about the lack of entries the past week or so. I have been living half in London and half in Canterbury. Poor excuse, I know ( Read more... )