Pre-Schoolies Festivities
Avenham Park
53 Degrees
Good news everyone: I survived the first week of “Freshers Fortnight” with only a few rough mornings and a little cold to pay for them. The week really kicked off on Tuesday with the legendary Schoolies party. It was hosted in the school club, 53 degrees. With over 2,600 students in attendance (a new record), the club was packed with schoolgirl and boy clones. Everyone was decked out in bow ties, painted on freckles, knee-highs, and white shirts courtesy of previous school uniforms and Wal-Mart’s clothing equivalent: Primark. With a wide array of upbeat music ranging everywhere from dubstep to Journey remixes, bottles of VK (which taste like otter pops) for a quid, and everyone in the party mindset… a great time would be an understatement. The week continued in the same fashion with another wild night at 53 on Thursday, a night at our favorite pub: Roper Hall on Friday, and the official Freshers Ball on Saturday. Needless to say my ears, feet, and immune system were thankful that this Monday school finally rolled around.
After countless meeting, emails, and frustrated hours spent in front of computer, I finally got my modules (classes) settled… I hope. At UCLan students take three modules a semester, or more according to their course. Unfortunately, this will probably set me back a bit at CSUSM, but if I took more it would be overwhelming because their course loads are much heavier. I am enrolled in British Children’s Literature (with a booklist ranging from The Secret Garden to Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone obsessed!), Creative Writing Poetry, and Renaissance Literature. Due to my horrific schedule (Monday, Thursday, and Friday) I have not yet had Renaissance Literature or Poetry, but the Children’s Literature module went very well. The class size was about twenty or thirty students seated at round tables around the room. The modules are broken up into lecture and seminar sections, which are very interactive. Being the nerd that I am, I am very excited to go to my next modules and see how they are.
My roommates could not be more ideal. I live with three girls: Jess, Becca, and Hannah. They are all very nice, clean, and a lot of fun. We have also already formed a little group of friends composed of my roommates (flat 67) and Tori’s roommates (62). We all do pretty much everything together from the gym to pre-gaming, which is a word they have all adopted now J. They all tease Tori and I about our accents, which Calvin constantly attempts to imitate quite terribly, and we are always asking them what on earth they are talking about. But don’t worry friends at home; I won’t be replacing all of you anytime soon! I hope everything is going well at home and hope (doubt… jk J) that I am missing out on too much! Xxx (the UK version of xoxo)
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