Tuesday, 28 August 2007
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300 (Widescreen Edition)
By Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, Dominic West, David Wenham, Vincent Regan
see relatedDeja Vu
we've officially begun project countdown: jenny's leaving for grad school. the date: september 22nd, 2007. it feels like only yesturday when i was writing in here about the first time i went over to england freaking the fuck out because i thought i had gone mental for wanting to study there for the year. aw, memories. enough so to tempt me to dress up in a cat suit and sing broadway musicals. well, ALMOST tempt me.
i'm still freaking out like i did last time, but not as much (thank god). found out today that my visa was approved (THANK GOD) and they should be fed ex-ing that bitch back to me any day now. lots of god praising going on. studying in a foreign country makes you extremely religious apparently. also heard back from one of my two loans that it has finally been sorted out, so that's another thing to cross off my list of potential seizure-inducing pre-departure problems.
i think it's just going to be 10x better showing up this time versus last time since i'm not going in blind or as blind anyway. granted i've never been to leicester before, so that'll be new, but i've got a pretty good idea what to expect. it's also going to help knowing that i know people already in the country. overall i'm hoping it to be a much smoother transition than that first month or so was up in manc.
i think i'll be more excited like the week or so before i leave. ESPECIALLY the few days leading up to it. this is going to be facilitated by the fact that my last day for work is in about a week and a half so i have 2 weeks of sweet freedom to enjoy before i leave to finalize everything and actually enjoy a sort of 'summer'. damn was getting a full-time summer job a good idea. yes there were times when it was hellishly painful, but that steady income has definitely come to save my ass multiple times in these past few months/weeks. it is also (more importantly i might add) aiding me in aquiring an entirely new wardrobe. i came to the unfortunate realization the other day that i probably shouldn't dress the same for grad school as i did for my undergrad years, so i'm working to slowly upgrade from my all black band t-shirt/crappy hoodies with jeans to clothes with, well, color. i know, i'm shocked as well. i think it'll just make the transition easier for when i'm going to have to start buying business-like clothes later in life instead of trying to go 0-60. this is me thinking ahead.
so since i've taken it upon myself to buy all of these new clothes, i have come to deeply appreciate and respect the glory which is online shopping. i get to take as long as i want to peruse the clothes, i don't have nosey sales people hounding me by following me around and asking me if i need any help, i get to figure out what size i am according to the store in the privacy of my own room, and i have access to any size i want which is especially good because the sites i've been to have said that my size (you know, not stick insect) isn't available in stores so i would have embarassed myself had i gone to a store. the only downsides i've found so far is the fact that i don't get to try the stuff out right then and there and i have to wait for it to get delivered to my house so if there is a sizing problem i have to ship it back and wait again. this aside, the pros seriously outweigh the cons. did i also mention that i get to take as much time as i want and aren't pressured to find something quickly?? because this is a major MAJOR plus. i can also surf at any time of day and don't have to deal with the other annoying assed shoppers in the store complaining about not finding a certain tube top in size 0. i think the bummer of not trying the stuff on in a store will be soon sorted out when i get these clothes and figure out their sizing. needless to say i'm extremely excited. yay to easy online shopping!
catch you guys on the flip side.
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