Durham

Just returned from my visit to Durham for the weekend for Richard’s 21st, all in all an excellent weekend, but I am totally knackered now :/ It all started on Thursday when Russ came up from Cardiff, Thursday is CompSoc night so we started the pub-crawl after hanging around for a while. Was a good night, but got quite drunk in the end after drinking several bottles of “Java” a cheap alcopop we were buying purely for the ironic name…
Friday morning set off for Durham around lunchtime, got there at 6pm, met Richards housemates, and managed to walk into their outside light (breaking it) while going out to unload the car, erk. That evening, we all went to their college* bar for a few drinks, then made our way to the union, which was really good actually, good music, apart from the club-type room was white walled, which was a bit strange, one of Richard’s housemates also asked if I was taking something as I was dancing hyperactively, suppose I shouldn’t be quite so energetic. Another thing I noticed is there were a lot of girls about that tended to flutter eyelids and giggle a lot, something that really annoys me, an entire army of arts graduates in the making. Great. Thinking about it I suppose it’s because Durham is more of a traditional uni that I find some of the differences a bit odd.

Saturday, Antony and Louise arrived, and then there was a bit of a house party, then we started on a college bar crawl (all of the 12(?) colleges have a bar) which was a little hard work, but we all got there in the end without any major casualties.

Saw the following quote above one of the bars, and it kind of stuck:


“Work like you don’t need the money,
Love like you have never been hurt,
Dance like no one is watching”

Later that evening, Antony convinced himself that an onion tasted exactly like an apple if you held your nose, so he was offered an onion, which he attempted to eat (complete with skin) with his nose held… Within 30 seconds he learned that onions don’t taste of apples : )

Drove back tonight, got a lot of project work to do, but I’m bloody knackered!

* Colleges at Durham are something that I have yet to fathom out, it’s like a hall, but it also is like your “house”, for sports competitions and things. I suppose it brings the house together, but wether it is a good thing to have that much competition within the uni is a good thing or not, I don’t know (they all seem to take it seriously). Also, one of the colleges is an old castle, which just rocks.

Current MP3:
Ian Van Dahl - Reason

Learned:
Onions don't taste of apples