Mid-Week Update

I don't have too much to report, but I thought I'd check in and give a quick mid-week update for those of you anxiously awaiting something new to read. Monday night, I went to a club in Bath called Moles which has live music almost every night. We went last week as well to see a Scottish band called the Yellow Bentines, who were alright, but this week the music was pretty terrible (imagine a thrash metal band randomly busting out "Deck the Halls"). The club is a cool place though, and many famous bands, including The Jam, Oasis, Radiohead, and last week, Franz Ferdinand have played there over the years. Yesterday was a fairly mundane day that ended with watching "Top Gun" with some friends across town. Tonight is yet another night of karoke at the Huntsman, so that should be fun. Not much going on again until Friday, when I head off to Dublin for a few days. I may not post until I'm back, but be sure to keep checking in for updates. Who knows, I may have a thrilling adventure to report.

I was also asked about how classes were going (you know, a minor part of the trip). Both classes are very different. My Triumph of Georgian Bath class is all about how architecture ties into to the polite society in Bath during the 1700s. Our tutor is brilliant, lecutring a full hour and a half without any notes, throwing out dates left and right. Most of our class, myself included, have never studied architecture, so at times it can be a little tedius, but it's interesting and there are a lot of field trips. The Hitchcock class is really awesome. So far we've watched "Strangers on a Train", "Rear Window", "The Man Who Knew Too Much", "Vertigo", and my favorite, "North By Northwest." We've spent a lot of time discussing American Cold War ideals of gender roles and visual motifs that Hitchcock uses to make his films more than just basic thrillers. The professor is great and part of me wishes I was an English major so I could take classes with him at Denison. It also helps that the work for that class is mostly pleasure as well.

Well that's all for me for now. There might not be anything until Sunday, but like I said, who knows what I'll feel like posting before then. Cheers!