especially when I kiss you
Ok, kids! Here we go again!
So, let's see. I'll show you some pics of Teddy Hall first, then fill you in on the comings and goings of the past few days.
And, for good measure, a couple from the crypt, where they keep the college zombies.
Ok, that's done. So, lemme see. Yesterday the Moops and I got up and went to see Batman Begins, and along the way met up with our coursemate Rose, who admonished us for going to the movies on such a gorgeous day. Sometimes it's nice to sit in a movie theatre and eat some popcorn and poke the moop, though, so we went ahead with our plans. And I really liked it! I think it's going to save the Batman movie franchise, and I have to agree with mugabe - Christian Bale has never looked better! Yum.
So last night I was supposed to go to this schools dinner thing, but I had a lovely little breakdown instead! I'm disgusted with myself for gaining back the weight I lost last term, and none of the things I wanted to wear really fit, and I was just tired, hormonal, depressed, and (literally) hot, so I opted to stay in with the Moops and avoid anyone else. Oh well. I feel better today, though I'm still disgusted, and I unearthed some jeans I bought at Christmas that are still too big, so at least there's that.
Enough of that nonsense; let's get on to the sparkling jewel that was today! Looks like this is going to have to be a two part entry, so we'll have a nice little intermission in the middle, ok?
Moops and I decided to resume our tour of colleges today, and we started with Wadham, mainly because it lets visitors in an hour earlier than any of the others! Slightly unremarkable and yet still pretty, Wadham wasn't spectacular or anything, but it was worth seeing.
From there we went to Teddy Hall, where I had no mail (my iPod is in the Atlantic Ocean; I'm convinced) and was too early to buy a card for the washing machines. Oh, I forgot to write about that - since one of the washing machines broke, the company that supplies them decided to replace ALL the machines with ones that operate on cards, not coins, so we all have to buy cards and fill them up with at least 10 pounds at a time, a damned inconvenience for those of us leaving in a week! Thanks, machine company! So anyway, we went to Blackwell's to kill a bit of time, then moseyed on down to have a peek in Merton, which is pretty neat and has the oldest quad in Oxford.
That 'oldest quad' thing was pretty boring, so I'll spare you. It looked old.
From there we went down to the Christ Church art gallery and poked around for a bit, then came back to Teddy Hall to purchase the laundry card now that the bursary was open, and then went to high tea at the Grand Cafe! It was slightly pricey, but well worth it - it's something I've been wanting to do for a long time! Lovely Earl Grey (and lovely french press coffee for Moops), smoked salmon and cream cheese sammiches, roast chicken sammiches, scones with cream and strawberry jam, and chocolate truffles. Yummmmmmm.
Ok, time for a break. Go get a scone or something.
So, let's see. I'll show you some pics of Teddy Hall first, then fill you in on the comings and goings of the past few days.
And, for good measure, a couple from the crypt, where they keep the college zombies.
Ok, that's done. So, lemme see. Yesterday the Moops and I got up and went to see Batman Begins, and along the way met up with our coursemate Rose, who admonished us for going to the movies on such a gorgeous day. Sometimes it's nice to sit in a movie theatre and eat some popcorn and poke the moop, though, so we went ahead with our plans. And I really liked it! I think it's going to save the Batman movie franchise, and I have to agree with mugabe - Christian Bale has never looked better! Yum.
So last night I was supposed to go to this schools dinner thing, but I had a lovely little breakdown instead! I'm disgusted with myself for gaining back the weight I lost last term, and none of the things I wanted to wear really fit, and I was just tired, hormonal, depressed, and (literally) hot, so I opted to stay in with the Moops and avoid anyone else. Oh well. I feel better today, though I'm still disgusted, and I unearthed some jeans I bought at Christmas that are still too big, so at least there's that.
Enough of that nonsense; let's get on to the sparkling jewel that was today! Looks like this is going to have to be a two part entry, so we'll have a nice little intermission in the middle, ok?
Moops and I decided to resume our tour of colleges today, and we started with Wadham, mainly because it lets visitors in an hour earlier than any of the others! Slightly unremarkable and yet still pretty, Wadham wasn't spectacular or anything, but it was worth seeing.
From there we went to Teddy Hall, where I had no mail (my iPod is in the Atlantic Ocean; I'm convinced) and was too early to buy a card for the washing machines. Oh, I forgot to write about that - since one of the washing machines broke, the company that supplies them decided to replace ALL the machines with ones that operate on cards, not coins, so we all have to buy cards and fill them up with at least 10 pounds at a time, a damned inconvenience for those of us leaving in a week! Thanks, machine company! So anyway, we went to Blackwell's to kill a bit of time, then moseyed on down to have a peek in Merton, which is pretty neat and has the oldest quad in Oxford.
That 'oldest quad' thing was pretty boring, so I'll spare you. It looked old.
From there we went down to the Christ Church art gallery and poked around for a bit, then came back to Teddy Hall to purchase the laundry card now that the bursary was open, and then went to high tea at the Grand Cafe! It was slightly pricey, but well worth it - it's something I've been wanting to do for a long time! Lovely Earl Grey (and lovely french press coffee for Moops), smoked salmon and cream cheese sammiches, roast chicken sammiches, scones with cream and strawberry jam, and chocolate truffles. Yummmmmmm.
Ok, time for a break. Go get a scone or something.