lathriel: (violin)
go to youtube, search "beached as" and enjoy the wonders of a New Zealand accent. ;D

Last night made yesterday so much better. Becky and i went to a pub called the Red Lion with Kate and Lisa, our English flatmates, and when that closed (at 11 ;p) we headed to a pub called O'neill's that had a live band playing covers. It was so much fun. I have discovered that I love to dance, and while that has made clubbing appealing while I'm here, last night was by far the best because I got to dance to covers of Brian Adams, Pink Floyd, Oasis, and a bunch of other artists I can't name but I recognized their songs. And with three other classy ladies! And a whole bar full of pissed old men, some of which were doing the can-can. At the end of the night the last song was "Hey Jude" and we got pulled into a huge circle, arms-on-your-neighbors'-shoulders-style, rocking side to side... then jumping up and down. It was so cheesy, and yet so awesome.

Unfortunately, I have that nasty cough again. You might think, based on my entries, that I'm still sick because I'm out drinking every night, but you'd be wrong. I'm not "sick" per se- I feel awesome. I have energy, and brain power, and I'm out and about and happy as a clam all the time. I just have this annoying cough. Plus, the mornings after I'm NOT out drinking, my throat hurts again. How do you like them apples?

Anyway. Tonight we're going to try to cross off some more pubs from the Definitive Oxford Pub Crawl poster, then head down to the bit of the Thames that runs through Oxford and go for a nighttime stroll. It should be nice.

And yes, I'm still texting with the Texan Aeronaut, heheh.

OH and His Dark Materials the play will be playing at the Oxford Playhouse at the end of April!!! Yeeep! XD
lathriel: (masquerade)
I forgot to mention this after the walking tour of Oxford, but this is Oxford's May Day tradition:

-the night before, all the college students drink (surprise!)
-all night long. It's the only night of the year the pubs are open all night.

"May Morning"
- the Magdalen College Choir ascends to the top of Magdalen Tower, and sings a hymn, the Hymnus Eucharisticus
- all the people gather below and listen
- the (very drunk) college students try to jump off the Magdalen bridge, into a shallow creek
- festivities ensue

I am SO excited for this. ;D

Plus, I'm hoping the novelty of this poster that I'm going to pick up tomorrow will encourage my friends here to go to more pubs and less clubs (hey that rhymes!). One of my brother's friends told me about it. Did I mention Aaron and two of his friends from London came to visit yesterday? They did, and it was fun. We "did a crime" as he said by not putting money in the donation box when we toured Magdalen college. Karmically I paid though, because my little point-n-shoot camera promptly stopped working, so no pictures until Aaron's friends send them along.

And for your enrichment, the Oxford instances of "Magdalen" are for some reason pronounced "maudlin." It's probably Gaelic or something.

Yay, already in a better mood!

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