Wednesdays are my "boring" days because I have class most of the day with only a two hour break. I know that this doesn't sound like too much torture, because usually I would have class all day if I were at SU's home campus, but it feels like a lot since I've gotten into the groove of only having one class per day.
I started the day off in my Food, Culture, and Identity class, where we had some discussions. After our discussion, we went on a walk down to Soho and Covent Garden. It was really cute over there, and I can't wait to go back with some friends. There were a lot of shops and food places, and it reminded me a little bit of Quincy Market/Faneuil Hall in Boston. There was also a cozy little alleyway called "Neal's Yard" which was a restored warehouse district full of bright colors and little shops.
After we finished in Covent Garden (and after I had the inspiration for what to buy Katie for her birthday), I caught the Tube back to my flat to eat lunch and do some reading. Once I completed that, I returned to Faraday House for my Communications Law class, which was just as monotonous as always. However, we did learn about a Supreme Court Case (sometimes it boggles my mind how these cases even make it to the Supreme Court) where a man in New Hampshire decided he wanted to cover up the state's motto ("Live Free or Die") on his liscense plate because it was against his religious and moral values. He was arrested three times for doing so, and eventually went to jail for 15 days because he refused to pay the fines. The Supreme Court ruled that the state of New Hampshire could not force him to bear the slogan, because it violated his First Amendment freedom of speech rights. Interesting, eh?
After class I headed back to my flat for a bit before joining Claire and Christine at Faraday to watch the movie Billy Elliot. Every Wednesday Faraday House has a film night in the lounge where students can come watch a particular film for free. This week it was Billy Elliot in preparation for those students who are going to see the musical (that's me!) tonight (Thursday)! It was a really good movie, I highly recommend it, although the accents are a little bit difficult to understand because they are so thick.
After the movie concluded, we went to invade Alex/Ramon/Chris/Tom's flat for a bit, but they didn't seem to be too amused by it, so we quickly left. We had originally planned on planning our Amsterdam trip with a whole bunch of people that night, but we decided to break off and plan it for a different weekend when less people would be going and when it would be significantly cheaper. So instead we hung out in my room for a little bit and watched old school Hanson videos until Alex came over. We managed to convince him to go out with us (even though Claire bailed because she had work to do) so Christine, Alex, and I headed over to Shakespeare's Head for a drink before going to bed for the night.
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