Bonded with my roomies today, which was nice. I also talked a lot with Jessie (the one who brought the tons of people back to the apartment) and I like her a lot…the whole incident seems out of character so nbd now. She watches The West Wing and offered to lend me the 1st and 2nd seasons, which automatically makes her awesome in my book. And my other ones, Sarah, Jenna, and Alyssa, are all from Quinnipiac and are friends already but they never make me feel awkward or excluded or anything. We’re planning a “roomies go out” night soon, possibly Thursday. I have to say, I got really lucky with them, and even though they’re not Irish I’m still glad we’re living together.
Rafa and I went to a men’s rugby game Wednesday night which was super fun! Even though UCC lost it was still awesome to see Irish rugby. It just makes me more excited to play. We actually went to practice tonight with the UCC women’s team and omg so fun! I realized how much I missed rugby, and it’s even better since there’s no pressure on me to be amazing. There are other people who play my position and I don’t need to be the best. I dunno if I’ll even be starting. I do feel a little bit like I’m cheating on Bowdoin, though, but I’m sure I’ll get over it. The girls are awesome and since practice is only Tues and Thurs I’ll still have time for other things. Rafa and took the 8 bus there and made it to the stop okay. However, things only went down from there. The captain didn’t really give us great directions to the field and so we kinda just picked a direction and wandered. Rafa was a pansy and wouldn’t jump a stream to get to the field that led to the field we wanted to be on. She was too afraid she’d “fall and hit her mouth.” Not her head, her mouth. Oh priorities :-P So we finally made it there (30 min late) but luckily we missed the fitness portion and got to tackle and pass. What I remembered is that I cannot catch a wet ball to save my life. However, I did do rather well in the scrimmage…I got the ball and pwnd a couple people with my badassness. And my shirt got ripped! If that’s not a sign of awesome idk what is. We have a game in 2 weeks which I may or may not play in, but at least I’ll get to see superawesomeIrishrugby!!! At the end of practice (where it rained so I was covered in mud) a girl gave me a ride home. Unfortunately the only tape she was “Country Hits of 1966-1975”…I kid you not. Kinda fun though- I do love “Ring of Fire” by Johnny Cash. Rafa and I went to party with them tonight and bond with the team…it made me really miss Bowdoin socials actually though it was still SO FUN. I’m glad to know rugby is as awesome/crazy here in Ireland as at Bowdoin. When we walked in they first sang at us, then asked us where we were from; when we said NY, the entire team broke into an a cappella rendition of "Empire State of Mind." So good! We also taught them a song and thus we’ve apparently been accepted to the team…YAY! Unfortunately I am still rather ill (despite chugging orange juice like it’s my job) and went home early to blow my nose and sleep. But I bet Rafa had tons of fun that I expect her to tell me about.
“Duvet day” is my new favorite Irish saying. As some can probably guess, it describes a day when you just stay in bed or laze around Also, it def describes how I feel most of the time. But it was in the 50s today!! That’s a big deal. AND it wasn’t raining, so I was able to wear nice clothes without a sweater. Superawesome, guys. Folklore is going to be such an awesome class, but we’re learning about the history of how folklore became popular so it’s a little dry now. Even our prof admits this is the least interesting part of the course. But I do enjoy it regardless. Rafa and I were kinda bored after class so obvs we watched TV since althoughtota it isn’t raining, it’s still not the “frolic around” kind of weather. We flipped through Oprah, BAKE! (a cooking show that made me crave quiche), and the Golden Girls before settling on a children’s show (seriously). There were these tiny big eyed freaky looking round things speaking who didn’t speak in complete sentences making children do yoga and build things on the side of hill, where they inevitably fell over. It was too strange for us so we changed back to Golden Girls. I do love that show. And then we watched “How Clean Is Your House?” where these two women teach people how not to be disgusting. It was strangely addicting. Rafa and I decided that once our Irish classes start we’re going to watch the channel that’s almost all in Irish to learn more. It’s like how I watch Telemundo to learn Spanish, though I have to admit I think my view of Hispanic culture when I first started watching was that it was extremely dramatic. And there are Irish soap operas so I’m totally going to be the most dramatic Irish speaker (or partial speaker) ever. I’m so excited!!
Well exciting news: I has teh interwebz in my room! Except any sort of video chat does not work. I’ll keep you all updated on the IT shenanigans. But now that I can at least surf the internet in my room as opposed to awkwardly loitering in the common room, I’ve been catching up on Castle episodes. I forgot how much I love this show! Nathan Fillion is the bomb…I’m so glad he got another show that is almost as good as Firefly.
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