Colonize Me!

Hey there my faithful syndicate of American readers!

IT'S BLOGGIN' TIME.

So the weekend was pretty fun. After the vodka bottle shenanigans, we sort of decided not to go too crazy at the house party one of the British people here threw for us on Friday. And then we found out that it's 10 pounds for 18 bottles of Stella. After we collectively purchesed 54 bottles, we made our way to her house where we promptly played Kings (not sure if you guys know it, though I know we have it in the states) In any case, it's a drinking game involving cards and other sorts of monkeyshines. Interestingly enough, they don't have red cups here in the fair British Isles, and as a result, no beer pong or tippy cup. Luckily for us, one of the girls on our trip made the incredibly prescient decision to pick up 100 red cups from the states and bring them back (she's from London originally) back when she was like 17. PROBLEM SOLVED, AMIRITE?!

We couldn't find ping pong balls in time, so we just played lots of flip cup. As I recall, things got pretty sexual very quickly. I have vague memories of bending over in front of one of our British friends and yelling "Colonize me, Ollie!" during the Brits vs. Americans game.

On our way home, we found another party that was being hosted by a bunch of Danish students who were also at Oxford this term. So naturally, we wandered in and treated ourselves to some of their beer. After half an hour of giant group hugs and loud and incredibly off-key renditions of "Total Eclipse of the Heart" it was about time to go home. I like to think I did my part in bridging the gap between America, Denmark and the United Kingdom. People from all walks of life coming together over beer and 80's power ballads. Awesome.

All in all, I'd say a successful second weekend in England. Saturday I spent a fair amount of time reading and after two nights in a row of drinking most of us made the decision to stay in and watch a movie. I suggested Paprika and three of my friends were on-board so we watched it and had quite a lengthy discussion about film and animation afterward.

It's been a wonderful weekend and now I'm sitting down with some tea and a stack of books to finish my prep for my tutorial tomorrow.

Cheers from across the pond,
Ian