So the night of the great adventure of last posting everyone headed down to a karyoke thing at the castle. When I walked in I immediately had a flash back to niner night of 04. Of course as a legal adult I am better suited to handle these sort of occasions...I headed straight for the bar. So my first time ordering from a bar! I decided to pull out some of the Joanne in my and go for a rye on the rocks. Later I had the best mixed rum and coke ever! Elizabeth and I hung out for a bit then decided to head back a little early and just hang out in my room. After she left Angie came back and the two of us headed for C-0, which is the basement common room and where half the dorm parties are. Met a bunch of new people and generally had a good time.
Sunday was our trip around sussex. It was so exciting! So many stories. First we went to pevensey Castle while it was gloomy and overcast, perfect setting for pictures. I will account some of the stories when I put the pictures up as they are picture specific. It was beautiful though. There were four coaches and I was on Coach B, we had to be on the same coach every time, which is important info for later. Next we headed to the burlington gap. Now our driver was quite entertaining. He would occasionally turn on his microphone to tell us something interesting about the area. He was this swearing, rough teasing hilarous guy who kept us quite amused on our drive. He said bloody and bugger a lot. On our way to the gap he said we were going to pass Beachy Head, which is a cliff that has the 3rd most suicides commited on it in what we are thinking is the world. They said one a week, but I looked it up and it said over 20 a year. Lee (bus driver) told us about this telephone box with a semaritan sign that is for a semaritan to call for help for free. What Lee found ironic was that there was a very convenient bus station right next to it for the people who`d decided to jump. As we are driving up the hill towards it a cop car drives by us. "Oh no" Lee says, "might be another one". Haha, we all thought, like that would happen when we were coming close to it. Sure enough as we drive by there are cars and cops and all ather suicide realted people/vehicles on the top of the hill near the edge, plus dozons of people walking towards the edge to take a peak at something. And as we drive by the chaplain drives by us. The chaplain always comes aparently to do the blessings after one.
I just jumped out of my skin, as I was typing this I heard a gun shot, then looked out the window and saw this guy with a hand gun and a lead vest loading his gun, then shooting accross the fields. Weird. Anyway, Burlington gap. Not much of a story other than when I was going up the hill all my buddies had either stayed back or were massively in front of me. It was an intense trek, but I made and got some beautiful shots for it. It was so fresh and windy.
Next we were taken to the University of Sussex library. We got there early, so me and my buds again separated to look at our own things. I, on my own, figured out how to find books in the library (we don`t personally take them out someone else takes care of that). I found a photjournalism book and got very caught up in it. WhenI looked at my watch it said I had another 15 minutes before I needed to be on the bus, but I figured I should go and find everyone. So as I am making my way back I realise there is no one in the library from our school. Where`d they go? I went outside to find one of the cherones on the steps I asked if everyone had left or were on the bus andhe told me they were all waiting for me! I don`t know what happened but apparently everyone decided to meet earlier than it said on the sheet, because I definately had the time right!
Next was Brighton, which is awsome. I am so excited to go back and look at all the shops, we only had time for a few. I fell in love with a couple pairs of boots, but couldn`t justify it as they were not necessarily appropriate for mud or rain. Almost more wintery or fall like Canadian style. I got all the school supplies I had wanted, and Alison (floor buddy), Angie and Megan got their boots. I am going to try and find cheap wellies somewhere. Everyone made it back on the bus, xcept there were two girls missing who were sitting near us. Unfortunately we couldn`t remember their names. 15 minutes later they weren`t there and we were getiting lectures on how in future they would not wait this long or at all. So but both buses left and as we were driving down the street we could see the two girls meandering towards the bus stop, but we were too far gone. The bus driver was eventually able to turn around and pick up the girls, lucky them, but to be honest I had no sympathy as we had been warned many times over the day not to be late and we were given a map of Brighton. Therefor no excuse. I wasn`t in trouble because technically I wasn`t late, I just hadn`t been around when they had decided to leave early.
So next was the OPENING CEREMONIES. When we got back we got all dressy (no jeans or runners aloud) and congregated in the ball room. We listened to an introduction from each professor, as well as a little speech from a couple friends of herstmonceux (group that protects castle from becoming a golf course). And then we got to have a wine and cheese...thing. So basically I walked around with a glass of wine and introduced myself to my profs and had some conversations with each. You will be so proud of me I actually went around and talked to 4 out of my 5 profs, the fifth was swamped with kids. All seemed interesting, and good teachers.
Then I headed in expecting to be able to read myself to sleep except, mother, I reached the torcher part of the book i am reading and could not allow myself to put myself to bed with that and so kept on reading until I couldn`t take it anymore ahead to something that would remind me of the good old days when Richard didn`t talk like a 3 year old. Quite good description though and horibly grusome, I was disgusted...I loved it! Not the torcher part, just, well you know what I mean mom/Claire
This morning was my first University class, Yay! Not much happend, there are 24 kids in the class. He gave us an outline of what we are doing then asked a few literature questions and then it was over. I can`t imagine all posts are going to be this long, but I have had a lot to do in the past few days.
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