Cambridge!

Where did I leave off ... oh yeah, Valentine's Day weekend. It was fun just hanging around here (or chillaxing ... yeah E, I went there). Pizza, Smirnoff Ice and chocolate cake were our friends, plus some games of Uno made for a cool evening. The girls went out to karaoke later in the evening, and anyone who knows me knows that I don't do that. Perish the thought. I stayed home and went to bed, after getting acquainted with Mrs. Dalloway.


Sunday wasn't much until I hopped onto the tube and went to Shepard's Bush to find the Westfield Mall where a store called Evan's is. I have to visit this place for my perception of plus-size culture in London for my ethnography project (I'm lazy - Google it). This mall is the biggest mall I've been in my life - 260 stores from Prada to Disney to Uggs to Tiffany&Co. It took me thirty minutes to find this place, but it seems worth it - a cross between Torrid and Lane Bryant, but cheaper. Juan was interested in this mall, and wants to go with me one of the times I go again .. and possibly make me try on outfits he picks out. Fine with me!


Monday, I napped after class. Naps are nice.


Tuesday evening we saw the musical - Teresa's much anticipated - Spring Awakening. Our class had mixed reactions, but I loved it. Give me a shocker on stage any day.

Wednesday - napped again after class. Wasn't feeling too hot.

Thursday after class we did an Oliver Twist (took a passage from the book and followed the specific streets). All was fine until this Brit out of nowhere grabs Sarah (the most gentile girl in our group) and started harassing her for no reason. Luckily Alicia and Jenn Z. jumped to her aid, but still, all of us had the pants scared off of us. Luckily no one was hurt ... ? After the walk, Shannon, Teresa and I went to Primark, a store that reminds me of WalMart on Christmas Eve. In other words - a getmethehelloutofherebeforeigettrampled kind of place. Afterwords, we were starving and wanted to the Hard Rock Cafe. We searched the Marble Arch/Oxford Circus/Piccadilly Circus, took two tubes and a bus ride. Still no luck. Finally we settled on TGI Fridays, where I had another much-deserved junebug, burger and onion scoop appetizer. My tummy was happy.

Today was our trip to Cambridge University. If I had to choose between Cambridge or Oxford, I would be stumped .. both are pretty amazing. We ate at the dining hall at Selwyn College -fish and chips for me! Then we had a two-hour walking tour of a couple of the colleges. The whole time I was freezing my butt off - best not forget my jacket next time.


PS - Jealous much of Teresa getting to meet James McAvoy? :D