saturday at the meadows
My iPod gave me a scare! I went out running saturday afternoon around the Meadows and shuffle was giving me this strange mix of chill beats, suddenly it started jumping from one song to the next, none of them playing, and turned off. Didn't turn back on, couldn't restart it... This thing is my life (sad, isn't it?). On the way back it suddenly turned back on... someone up there likes me, tolerates me, or finds me somewhat useful.
Went to a party with some Euro-political people last night; that part was irrelevent, it was a very frat-like saturday night party, and great fun. Wild dancing (looked like people were possessed by demons) and a worldwide selection of wines, spirits, liquers, and Doritos.
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I'm spending the morning doing reading for Celtic Civ, and generally taking it easy. I really need to go the messages (Scottish-English for "to go shopping"); I've been successfully avoiding buying food and surviving on Kelloggs, Muesli, Bananas, and Apples. But now I am out of milk, and therefore cannot persist (English Breakfast is terrible without a splash of milk...).
You may not believe it, but it's sunny and clear all day so far. Pretty impressive, and very beautiful. I describe too many things in this country as being attractive, but its rarely an overstatement. Though there persists and extraordinarily European sense of living here (which is both good and bad, mostly 'different' and extremely un-American), especially the culture focused around food and drink, I feel very at home. Right off the bat it feels like a place I could potentially live for a few years, and has been growing on me daily.
Life is very culture-oriented here, and unpretentious to that end. It is not so much the drinking each night; but the sense of community that I perceive in pubbing. People are very social in pleasant (and fun!) ways. Drinking is about being social and part of a group rather than an end in itself. I like that.
Cheerio just now, back to work!
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Oh poo, it's starting to rain again (well, I *do* like the rain, but I never got a picture of the sunlight... I really need to start carrying my camera and using it),
Went to a party with some Euro-political people last night; that part was irrelevent, it was a very frat-like saturday night party, and great fun. Wild dancing (looked like people were possessed by demons) and a worldwide selection of wines, spirits, liquers, and Doritos.
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I'm spending the morning doing reading for Celtic Civ, and generally taking it easy. I really need to go the messages (Scottish-English for "to go shopping"); I've been successfully avoiding buying food and surviving on Kelloggs, Muesli, Bananas, and Apples. But now I am out of milk, and therefore cannot persist (English Breakfast is terrible without a splash of milk...).
You may not believe it, but it's sunny and clear all day so far. Pretty impressive, and very beautiful. I describe too many things in this country as being attractive, but its rarely an overstatement. Though there persists and extraordinarily European sense of living here (which is both good and bad, mostly 'different' and extremely un-American), especially the culture focused around food and drink, I feel very at home. Right off the bat it feels like a place I could potentially live for a few years, and has been growing on me daily.
Life is very culture-oriented here, and unpretentious to that end. It is not so much the drinking each night; but the sense of community that I perceive in pubbing. People are very social in pleasant (and fun!) ways. Drinking is about being social and part of a group rather than an end in itself. I like that.
Cheerio just now, back to work!
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Oh poo, it's starting to rain again (well, I *do* like the rain, but I never got a picture of the sunlight... I really need to start carrying my camera and using it),
1 Comments:
Edinburgh is such a beautiful city... I'm so jealous you're there!
I'm from the South of England and studying at St Andrews (not far from you!) so I completely understand your appreciation of Scotland. The culture is so different from English culture and everyone here is so friendly and proud of their roots, it's great.
Glad to hear you're enjoying yourself. All the best!
Love Lydia x
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