My five day study sojourn in London proved very useful. I sure did a lot, much more than I usually do in the span of 5 days for sure. I went to the 276 lounge to see Luke Fair (relative to its height above the floor, they have the biggest discoball I have seen [not counting U2's lemon]; Luke was fairly AWEsome; nice little place, good use of the old Casey’s), went to Janet Delong’s funeral in Sarnia (can’t relate it to other funerals as I have little experience, though I learned that wind and spirit are the same thing in Hebrew which seems very appropriate, and Ian’s friend Casey is taking comp lit and he made my mind even more set on majoring in it), went to see a movie (Kill Bill 2 is awesome!! I thought definitely better than the first one but then I’m one of those sticklers for character development and emotional cores to stories; I think each movie enhances the other by virtue of its existence although they are quite different), went to a play (South Secondary School’s tribute to Shakespeare, it was pretty good.. a better way of stringing a bunch of unrelated things together than was Stages, and my oh my did everyone in it look super young! to think I was one of them less than a year ago), auditioned for a play (didn’t do too well, and didn’t get in, but learned something and definitely glad to have bothered going out), went to Williams briefly (did not buy a nine dollar quiche, but I think the water there is pretty decently priced), went to a house party (relatively unspectacular but it was fun roaming deserted residential streets with a katana and a potential hostage), and went out to dinner for my mom’s birthday (Waldo’s on King is one of those places where you pay a lot for not much food that in the end is pretty good but isn’t mindalteringly delicious enough to end up feeling worth it.. even when you’re not paying. The six dollar ice cream was pretty good).
And that left all of Monday to study for my Tuesday exam, and play the guitar (rather addicted I am).
The comparative literature exam was actually quite fun to write. How peculiar. I got my essay back.. it looks like Duncan was in a pretty good mood and he gave me an A- even though my essay was of rather poor calibre. Mad props to that. I have since decided to major in comp lit which joins my etched in stone decision to joint major in theatre and film studies.
And of course I’m leaving out the most important bit… first year of university, and along with it life in residence, are all completely over and gone! I’m back in London for a four month summer vacation! My how fast that went. I gotta say it was a pretty decent year, perhaps not the best of the bunch, but I met some fabulous people and had some fabulous times. I was a tad surprised that I got a little sad leaving McKay Hall for the last time, despite my religious nonsentimentalism. No dramatic single tear though, perhaps unfortunately…it would be a good experience to have. I’m gonna enjoy the summer, but I’m also looking forward to going back in the fall.. so that’s a good thing.
And my plans for the summer? Get a job (that’ll be the tricky part), sleep (a bit easier), hike the bruce trail with Ian and whoever other attendants/accomplices come along, get to Toronto to see at least some of the tons of awesome concerts that are coming there over the summer (Franz Ferdinand, the Roots, the Decemberists, Max Graham/Hybrid/Way Out West, ETC), learn to play guitar, write a novel, read for pleasure (from listneing to the audio book and reading the sparknotes summary of Crime and Punishment, I gotta say it sounds like a real good book and I will have to read it over the summer; in the meantime though, I have started away at ‘The Last Light of the Sun’ the latest offering from my favourite contemporary writer, the inimitable Guy Gavriel Kay).