28Sep/09
I couldn't think of a title. Shame.
The past four weeks.
Fucking busy.
Okay, going back to the start of September, I got a new phone, I missed rounded corners on Facebook pictures, went to Ikea, installed Snow Leopard, had major problems with MrMaycock.com, hosted a Harry Potter party (I'm just that cool), bought tickets to see Derren Brown next year (excited!), sorted out Natwest, bought The Beatles: Rock Band, decided to buy a Forza 3 Xbox 360, and my reaction to Derren Brown sticking me to my seat was hysterical laughter.
Then I moved up to Derby. It's fun here. Lots of fun new people, fun new places, fun education. And hard education.
Last Saturday was relatively standard, apart from the whole moving myself up here, which included three games consoles, one HDTV, one iMac and a lots of other things. Played some Buzz at Mr. Adam Biddulph's, that was about it. Oh, I fell asleep around 12, which was weird. But ultimately necessary, as I do need to be awake early each day. Which is something I haven't been doing regularly since May. Other thing about that Saturday was the lack of people talking like pirates. There is always next year.
Sunday was fun, as it was the pub meetup with the CGMA and CGP course peoples. Then it was the street party, which was also quite fun. I do want to go back to Blue Note, mainly as they played Lady Gaga, La Roux and Queen in succession. I loves it. The Old Bell Hotel was obviously the place to be, plus a Vodka + Coke for £1.40 was very nom nom and I drank a few of those. =D
Monday was also fun, as I was up at Keddleston doing induction things. We had a general chat, then a CGP talk, had a fabulously fun presentation about the library then a quick university tour. Then lunch, then we built some bridges out of spaghetti and string. The team I was in won, as we were awesome and built a suspension bridge. And then we went to Add's to play Buzz (I so won one game), watched some videos off of YouTube and talked some more. =)
Tuesday was more induction fun. I thought it was funny when people turned up 50 minutes late into a one hour session. Then there was more lectures and stuff like that, not very exciting stuff. Tuesday evening was just creepy. We met Bill Jones. He's 79. That's all you need to know.
Wednesday was more induction-y things. Then it was enrolment. What a wonderful three hour long process. Two of those were just spent waiting for my course leader's signature, after that it was quite speedy. And then I got my student ID card. Which is meh. It'll do. =) Then on the evening, we wondered over to Markeaton Park, had a walk around, played with Add's Frisbee, went on the swings and the slides, and lounged around the skate park for a bit. Then we got some chips, and went back to Add's to play Buzz. =)
Thursday was not the most enjoyable days. We went walking around the Derbyshire countryside with the Computing faculty. The first hour or so was quite nice and gentle, nice views and stuff. And then we walked up a fucking long hill. And steep. I did not enjoy that at all. Then we had a few hours to lounge around in Bakewell, where everything is so expensive. We did find this nice pasta shop and I had a spaghetti carbonara which was quite nice. Fun group of people to talk to, as we talked about fun things like Fable, Modern Warfare, Halo, Salad Fingers, Charlie the Unicorn and Devo. Fun. =) And then we went to Add's to play Buzz.
Friday was quite uneventful really. Was gonna have a lie-in, but I just couldn't be bothered. So I cleaned my room, and put stuff away. There's still loads to sort out, but I've got some underbed storage and a little tower thing so I just need to find the time. I also decided against pre-ordering the Forza 3 Super Xbox 360 Elite. As I played the Forza 3 demo, and hated it. It reminded me how I now only like racing games where the aim is to crash or piss other people off. À la Burnout and Mario Kart really. I did pre-order the Modern Warfare 2 Super Elite though, as that is gonna be awesome whatever happens. Friday evening was über awesome though, as we went to Mosh, which has the best music ever. Especially the ground floor. Fall Out Boy, Panic! at the Disco, My Chemical Romance, Journey, stuff like that. Fabulous.
Saturday involved me getting into The World Ends With You for the DS. As I'd never really played enough to be interested in it before, but now I'm enjoying it. It's good fun. =) Then we went over to Peter's to play some Castle Crashers and eat some Pizza and cookie blob. Very nice, fun evening in general.
Sunday was different. Parents came up to bring up stuff I forgot, bring up mail and to also buy me lunch. Which was nice and nom nommy. I've also got my Rock Band instruments which is cool, as I've missed guitaring some Beatles songs. Sunday evening was questionable, not really quite sure if I enjoyed it that much. Still, it was free, so it could've been much worse. Lots of fun Catholic prodding, but I was expecting more Simon Bird stand up. Which was a shame. Anyway, then we came back to mine to play some Rock Band, and then we went to Add's to play Buzz (I so won one game).
Today was also different. Though teaching has started, I have free Mondays. So I left here late-ish, went to Keddleston around 11.30-ish, and it was Freshers' Fair. It was quite amazing. Overall, I picked up 62-ish leaflets/flyers/brochures/vouchers, one medi:syn boy T-Shirt, one Go Hard or Go Home Walkabout T-shirt, one Size Does Matter! pink T-shirt from Varsity, one pair of I Love Vodka boxers, one bible, one keyring, three bottle openers, one Mosh condom, one light-up Vodka Kick button, one light-up Coyote Wild button, 10 teabags, one Lynx Instinct deodorant bullet, one mug, one Varsity spanking bat, seven pens including one that lights up when you hit it, two free drinks at Coyote Wild, one free shot at Varsity, three lollipops, lots of sweets, two free bowls of chips at Varsity, one I Love Vodka lanyard and poster, one Revolution voucher book, 15% off at Toni&Guy, some post-its, a temporary tattoo, four slices of pizza, one medi:syn drawstring bag, one Varsity vCard, one candyfloss stick, one Wetherspoons cheap things wristband, two cups of free popcorn and a lighter. I also picked up my NUS card, which is nice, sexy and green. I also sorted out my UDo account so I can now login to the Derby network. Mr. Darke was just on Eggheads (but he lost, which is not what we expected). And finally, my parents have just been told that I have been financially assessed and will be getting a full £2906 grant.
Oh, to see my Freshers' Fair things, go here, here and here.
That has been Freshers' fortnight for me so far. Met lots of fun new people, been lots of new fun places, and starting sleeping early. Teaching starts tomorrow, which should be interesting. Also, Vernon Kay at the shopping centre party tomorrow, which should also be interesting
However, to finish today off, I'm gonna go cook myself a Lamb Rogan Josh, and I may head over to Syn or Mosh later, or maybe just lounge around having fun.
I love Derby.
