Craic Agus Ceol: A Semester in Dublin: Freshers' Week

Cheers from Dublin friends and family! The management has been getting some complaints about my failure to keep up with the blog. Sorryyyy sorry. It’s Freshers' Week, cut me a break. Presently it’s 9am on Friday the 21^st, and I have a 2,000 word paper due by the end of the day (so it seems like the perfect time to catch up on my blogging). I have a problem, I know.

Rachel this is for you: Jedi Library = Trinity Library

So, Freshers' Week: Trinity’s version of Welcome Week for all the little kids just coming to college for the first time. Sadly, my status here is essentially that of a freshman, so Freshers' Week is 100% relevant. Trinity is both the coolest place ever (inasmuch as colleges are cool) and the most archaic institution I’ve ever encountered. Classes start next week and the timetables still aren’t available for the Econ department and part of the English department. In other words, I’m signed up for classes that still have no designated time. Normal? You tell me. That aside, Freshers' Week is wicked awesome (to rep my hometown). Oodles of clubs and societies camp out in the front square and shanghai you into joining, and then they take you to pubs. Its loads of fun for everyone except my wallet. Good craic.

Just a side note, I set Microsoft Word to British English because that’s the spelling required for future assignments, and right now it’s trying to get me to change the word “except” in the last sentence to “accept”…this can’t be right…I’m overriding SpellCheck.

This night wasn't even cold, we just wanted our blankets

Sorry that I sound like a nut job, I realize how ridiculous this entire post has been. It’s early and I’m somewhat distracted by the blank word doc in the tab beside this one, reminding me that I’m supposed to bang out an essay on Oliver Cromwell by this afternoon. Irish villain or English hero? I’ll let you know.

Enjoy some pictures from my recent shenanigans.

Dos Besos,

Lauren