It’s been quite a while this time! I kept meaning to writer earlier when I first moved in, but found that compared to when I was in England and on vacation this summer, I find that there’s not much to write about in comparison.
Maybe now I can still write rather often, but shorter posts or something. Just to warn you, however, they may be filled with rans. Check the category to know for sure. ;o)
Ok, I started this post this morning while I waited for someone to call back so I could interview them for an article, but now it’s 9:36pm, we just had shrimp caesar salad and baked potatoes and are watching America’s Next Top Model. In 14 minutes, Sons of Anarchy will be on! This is a great thing because one of my top five guys is in it! Charlie Hunnam :o) He was one of the main guys in one of my favorite movies ever: Green Street Hooligans.
Originally from England, he takes on an American accent for this tv show. In the movie and on another show he says things in an American accent in fun sometimes and it’s kind of hilarious. Like other people from England sometimes do when they’re putting on an American accent, he used a country accent.
It’s better now though, I can still tell a bit that he’s British, but it’s better!
Anyway, yesterday we went to Sinking Creek for my Freshwater Ecology Lab course, and the drive is about 25 minutes west of Blacksburg. It was an interesting drive out there–we took two vans as a class out there and passed a very old-fashioned grocery/gas station with scripted letters in red with two of the middle letters missing. Then we passed by a house with about seven old, old American muscle cars outside and they were all gorgeous. One of them was even an antique-looking police car!
Then we got to the creek, I put on my waist high wading boots, and we wandered into the stream. The guy who sits next to me looked at me, laughed and said, “Haha, aw, you’re like a puss in wading boots!”
We waded in and it was neat! It was fun standing in running water, though it was a bit slippery, and I was afraid of falling. We caught a crawfish! And scrubbed some algae off of rocks. Got water…some stuff I felt very funny doing. I know nothing about lakes, streams, dirt, water, and I don’t like bugs.
I was talking to Cece and Hannah about this after my first day in lab where we looked at tools used in the lab, and I had no idea what any of them were for or any clue what they might do. The other kids in the class were all from the south and I, as a girl from the suburbs, felt very out of place. I nodded and said, “Wow,” a lot as my lab mates dissected meaning from each tool on our table.
Started up with the Collegiate Times again, and they’re so nice! Very encouraging and ego-boosting people there. After being stressed all week until my deadlines have finally passed and the articles are complete and turned in, their words always make me feel better and make me feel very appreciated.
Tomorrow and Friday I volunteered to help set-up and work at Gobblerfest. Then there’s tons of homework to do, the usual, and our first game, the White Out game, against Furman is this Saturday. On Sunday I plan to go with a few people to The River :o)
Frankie said he’d come with some friends! His friend is also on the football team here at Tech so Frank got free tickets. He’s a freshman at Radford this year, and I think he likes it a lot. I’m really glad too! Hopefully he does well in school!
Anyway, I have some work to do so I’m out.
Bye!
