okay, so i lied.

so i went to breakfast this morning and had, once again, the english breakfast...delightful. after breakfasting, went to 900 class with dr. martin timothy samuel holmes. we discussed the european economic community...tres interessant. during the break i walked the three blocks to the "alternative tuck shop," where i got a coke (500mL) and a "millionaire shortbread" -- basically chocolate on caramel on shortbread. all for only 99p! i mean, you can't find those kinds of deals everyday. so i bought 30 of them. no, i'm kidding. but i did think about it. after "elevenses," as i call it (although i suppose "half-after-tensies" would be more appropriate). then it was on to international economics. we talked about multinational corporations, so it really wasn't as boring as it has been! after that, we went to lunch (after a 30 min. break, which they're always giving us but are really too short to do anything of consequence), and it was okay. josh asked for seconds on the chicken and no dice, even though there were empty places with chicken on them. whatever.

after lunch came the walking tour. it was about 90 mins long and we went all over oxford, including christchurch...where they filmed much of harry potter. we took lots of pictures of the stairs and dining hall that they use in the films. also, interesting tidbit: in order to be qualified as a city, the town has to have a cathedral. so we went in THE cathedral in oxford, also at christchurch. i took about 60 pictures on the tour, but due to technical problems i have only uploaded one (i have to do it individually and i don't have much time). on the tour, the guide kept saying "x number of people died here, were hanged here, were burnt here..." and it was weird to imagine all these people from centuries past roaming the streets.

when we got back from the walking tour, everyone went to take naps while i decided to go for another walk. while i was walking around university park, i saw some people playing ultimate...and they only had 9 people. i went up after a point had been scored and asked if they needed a tenth player. turns out they were students from the university of massachusetts and they were studying here for the summer. so i ran back and changed and played with them. it was so nice playing, and they got my email (no phone or AIM here) so they can tell me when they play again. fun people. now i'm even more excited for my frisbee outing on friday! yay!

so i came back from frisbeeing with like 30 minutes to spend until dinner, so i showered and went. we had soup for the first time here--leek and cheese--and some meatball-looking things. they weren't bad, but only god knows what was in those suckers. we didn't have time for dessert because our "culture excursion" began before dinner got over. we went to an oscar wilde play, lady v's (don't remember/can't spell the last name) fan. it was pretty good...some of the acting wasn't top-notch, but the setting was nice. they have all these things in gardens surrounded by big stone walls...very classy. the play only took about 2 hours but that included a 30 min. intermission...really long time, but once again, not much time to do anything. after that we went to a pub and down to the college pub and the group i was with had so much fun...i haven't laughed so much in a long time. and now it is 1205 and i think i should be heading to bed...just wanted to write before i forgot everything. leave comments!!!

studiously smiling,

grant

yeah, i know that was lame.