Friday, 18 January 2008

London Day 10

So classes are a joke....here's my schedule:

Tuesday: 2:30 - 5:30, Leisure (pronounced Lezz-ure here) and Recreation Development
Wednesday: 2 - 5, Devising London
Thursday: 10-1, London Theater in Performance
2:30 - 5:30, Tourism Development

Leisure isn't too bad....Aaron and I get to talk a lot because we are easily the smartest people in the class...Laura will be joining as well so the high ratio of Babson Students may just be too much for these people to handle...it's great. We get to go on a field trip to a big shopping center.

Devising London I just switched into like an hour ago from Feminism. The course catalog says we have to do yoga every class...I don't really know what to expect but after next Wednesday I am sure I will have a lot to report on. Laura and Aaron are also in that class as well.

London Theater should be pretty good....the shows are as followed:
  • Present Laughter (Noel Coward)
  • Helter Skelter/Land of the Dead (Neil LaBute)
  • A Comedy Club Performance
  • Dealer's Choice (Patrick Marber)
  • Avenue Q
  • Brief Encounter (Noel Coward)
  • The Lover/The Collection (Harold Pinter)
  • Speed the Plow (Mamet)
  • Much Ado About Nothing
  • The 39 Steps (Hitchcock Adaptation)
We are also going on a tour of the Globe and National Theaters so I think it will be really fun. It's a small class and no one seems to have any real involvement in theater so hopefully the professor will like me more. I was upset though because she doesn't like musicals hence only going to see Avenue Q.

Tourism Development is sooo stupid. We spent the whole class learning about scarcity and opportunity cost....two things I covered I think in DECA in high school. So thats an easy A.

None of the classes have exams which means I am officially done on April 30th but could be done as soon as April 5th if I can turn in one assignment early. I really don't know what it means though...I have to see where I'm at when I'm done and whether I'll be working or have the chance to do some traveling. It's cool though to think all I have is 2 1/2 months of school and 8 assignments. This is all very easy....I find it funny that Babson gives us credit for coming here.

So Tuesday after class Aaron and I went on a search for notebooks....an item that seems sooo easy to find. It ended up being a 2 hour adventure through the London streets. We ended up at a Woolworths which I guess is the closest to a Walmart we were going to get....not as big and a lot more sketchy. I found a duvet though that I'm using as like a feather bed which makes sleeping sooo much better.

The dorm is still loud and it's a weird type of living. I've met a few people but everyone seems to rather be in their room....even more so than me which is just strange. When I cook people tend to come in and out of the kitchen but I can't get anyone to stay there....oh well. I went serious grocery shopping Wednesday and did pretty well. I got some chicken and stuff to make a version of Mom's cream cheese enchiladas. It came out pretty well but basically I just ate the filling as a meal which really worked for me. Someone stole my fry pan though and my wooden spoon thing so I took a fry pan that looked like mine and am keeping it in my room. My butter also went missing....I don't like the communal kitchen.

Yesterday was a long day. I woke up at 9:55 for my 10:00 class and unlike Babson where you can get anywhere in like 3min if you run I had a 35min commute to class. I didn't get in trouble or anything but it make the rest of the day seem worse off. I hung out with Laura and another girl in the common room and we decided McFlurries were a must so we went to McDonalds....I had a Smartie McFlurry....I really wished there were Oreos.

This morning we woke up early to drop classes because it was the last day. We walked which wasn't too bad and I found the T.G.I. Fridays which was cool....no Cheesy Bacon Cheeseburger though.

So that kinda brings me to now. I just cooked up the rest of the veggies I had so I can make pasta tomorrow and now I am eating Ritz with Cheddar Cheese and Strawberry Jame. Tonight John's dad is in town and is taking me to dinner which should be good. I'm looking forward to sleeping tonight and for the rest of my 4 day weekend. I have to go see Present Laughter by Thursday so thats on the schedule.

Post Later, Jeannie.

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