My stupid computer is broken right now... and i can't really fix it probably for another week? i don't know. But i am ver y irritated by that.

Another Blog for this semester

I made another blog that will be only about my time in london (that is pg rated)
http://londonspring08.blogspot.com/
Might have some stuff I don't put in hurrrrrr.
k bye

"I personally believe that US Americans are unable to do so because, uh, some people out there in our nation don't have maps, and, uh, I believe that our educatino, like such as in South Africa and the Iraq, everywhere, like, such as. And I believe that they should, our education over here in the US should help the US, er, should help South Africa, and should help the Iraq and the Asian countries, so we will be able to build up our future for our children."
- Miss South Carolina Teen USA Lauren Caitlin Upton answering a question about why 20% of Americans can't locate the US on a world map

I know its old... but it was among notable quotes from 2007
MAKES ME LAUGH

London

Hello! I've been in London for about a week now, I've just been busy getting adjusted and everything.
Queen Mary is actually in the East End of London ... meaning its the eastern part of London. I guess it is notoriously known for signs of poverty and crime, but has gotten much better in the past years. It is home to a lot of the new immigrants who came to London ... so it has a large jewish and bangladeshi and Indian community. (as you walk around there are a million signs that say "HALAL food") Our closest tube station is Mile End and we're also walking distance to Whitechapel which has a lot of cheap street vendors.
I finally got my student oyster card... which gives me a 30% discount on oyster fares (which are already discounted) so I'll be able to actually do all the touristy stuff.
Anyways, school is a little different ... a lot of the classes are only like one final determines you entire grade which kind of scares me - i know i'm gonna fall behind. At least I only have class Monday - Wed. =) Its weird too because lectures for one class may be split up into separate lectures throughout the same day ... so for bio i have class monday 10-11, and then 12-1.
So far, we've just done a lot of shopping... went to ikea and random supermarkets. We also took a little boat cruise that was sponsored by the uni for the new associate students... which acutally wasn't as fun as it sounds - but we did get to see the green laser light at Greenwich that denotes the prime meridian.
More to come later =)