"Do You Like Mint?"

It is 10 pm (thought it will probably be about 2 am when I finish this) and the streets of Southampton are packed with Freshers.  I'm quite tired so I stayed in tonight, so I figured it would be a good time to blog about how everything.  I will start out by saying I LOVE ENGLAND.  Everyone is incredibly friendly here, everyone is respectful and just all around nice.  I may never leave ;-)

So, what have I been up to lately?

Well, I have been participating in Fresher's Week activities.  For those who don't know what Fresher's Week is, it is the week leading up to the week that classes start.  Mostly, it involves parties every night of the week.  I went to both welcome parties at the Boiler House which is the bar/club on the grounds of my residence halls.  It is a really cool place to hang out, chill, and party.  It is really cool to party without having the constant annoyance of the prospect of having the party be broken up by the police.  Anyway, I headed to campus after the party on Sunday night to try to get into the Fresher's party at The Cube, the club on campus in SUSU (Southampton University Student's Union).  Unfortunately, I didn't have a ticket.  But I wound up with a bunch of people from the hall next to mine and we all walked back together.  It was pretty cool since we are told that Connaught hall is "bad" and that Montefiore is "cool" so we bickered a bit in jest.  It was a cool night.

Finally, all of my flat-mates have moved in; Stacey, Tom, Rav, Kym, Vikki, Cerys, Kent, and ME! We already have nick-names; Stacey calls me "Daniel", and I call her "Legs", and I call Cerys "Kit-Kat".  Basically we are all getting along great and we are having a BLAST here.  I am soooo happy that I am living with cool people.

Every so often I stop myself and say "Holy [sugar honey iced tea]!! I'm in England!!"  I don't know, it is just a cool idea.

That is it for now...

By the way, if you can figure out what this picture is supposed to show, I will give you 5 quid!