Sunday, September 04, 2005

cowboy country

have been inducted into american society, as terrifying as that thought is. yesterday i went to a football party, drank root beer (ick), ate chips and buffalo wings, and had the rules of american football explained several times between cheers for the wyoming cowboys. that's actually the name of this college's football team.

other american experiences - first visit to walmart, first dr. pepper (not bad - forrest gump has good taste), first box of milk duds, ate buffalo meat, um, thats all i can think of. anyway, have been living in the dorms for a week now and so far loving it. very... american. surprise surprise.

but having a great time, meeting screeds of new people. today was very cool. went to church thismorning with amanda (2 doors down on my floor) and they were talking about the vision of the church and all these opportunities there are to help out with things - definitely a good sign in a church and in my current cynical-about-churches-in-general phase its great that their vision is on the table the first week i'm there. and they're sending a team of ppl down to texas to help with all the displaced people after hurricane katrina. so i'm considering signing up for that - i mean after africa i'm well prepared for long road trips and poverty issues. anyway, not sure yet, but considering it. they don't go for 3 more weeks so plenty of time to decide. after church we had lunch with a whole bunch of other students then went off to play volleyball for the afternoon. so much fun. so thirsty tho. came back and bought ice lemon tea (same price as a pepsi! and so much better!) then showered and got myself decent (as much as ever) for dinner. then finished reading my text book (yay!) and then descended to the basement to do emails etc. and this. and read this old story i wrote. very sweet, vaguely cheesy romance.

and tomorrow is a holiday! yay. labour day. so good chance for sleeping and reading and more computer stuff (might even look at that novel i just downloaded onto my file - haven't touched it in months - probably forgotten main character's name - should be interesting) and plenty of movies and food... oh and the gym.

account of scotland is coming soon. probably. but not now. may ascend to my room and watch a movie with my roommate noelle. lovely, slightly vampirish (tho vegetarian) girl. she's a sweety really, just likes odd music (some of which is very cool, other stuff is just plain terrifying) and darkness - so when i open the shutters they're always shut when i get back. hehe.

anyway, tata

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