Friday I think I will have to use some of my birthday money to buy a new pair of jeans, the washing machine/tumble dryer combination has shrunk some jeans that were already tight enough. I feel like I've been vacuum-packed into my jeans. Saturday night After enduring many boring Saturday nights (the night life here is not good for students) we impulsively decided to go find some Henna and the various other ingredients so we could make our own Henna tattoos. ...

Thursday Cancer Bio test - pretty hard but I think I did ok (turns out I got 80%) Friday Although I am enjoying my Music in the Rock era class I do sometimes wonder why I'm there. We have a test on Monday so some people have started revising for it. Two of these people sat down in today's class before the lecture started and were quizzing each other on stuff that would come up on the test. The guy read "What is a riff?" to which the girl regurgitat...

Sunday continued It's the playoffs for the superbowl so college students will not be seen walking the streets during this time. I tried watching a game but I fell asleep, there was just so much time where nothing was happening. Although one thing that caught my attention was a packers player called BJ Raji - he is an incredible 24 stone (153kg). One wonders how he can even move, let alone play in the NFL. Monday The pot fixation in boulder is astounding,...

The first meal back at boulder was a rather unwelcoming one, the label above the serving hatch read "Chicken Fried Steak". Just take a few minutes for that to sink in. A steak so bad it is comparable to the welsh football team, deep fried in breadcrumbs and served with chips. Well the less said about it the better really, it seems the dorm food has given up its 'healthy and professional facade'. The chef's special yesterday was '3 coloured nachos wi...

Thursday Thanksgiving at a friends, I was treated to turkey, cranberry, sweet potatoes and the (apparently) essential pumpkin pie. It was a great meal and had a nice relaxing day - we even watched gavin and Stacey, I'm educating Americans about the motherland one at a time. It turns out yanks are obsessed with pumpkin around this time of the year, they make pumpkin pie, pumpkin cheesecake, pumpkin biscuits. Just about anything is given a pumpkin makeover. It's...