Curse of the Madden
Football of any type has it's curses. The Curse of the Madden, the Derby Hangover, The House of Pain to name a few. My trip also has one. A recurring theme is that every travel between locations, no matter what the size, complication or method of transport, will have some kind of hitch or added complication - either due to unforseen circumstances, incomplete planning or my own incompetence (mostly the latter). How I paint myself into these corners and then get out of them is beyond me.
Anyway, Bucknell was rather fun though short lived. Went to a frat part on Wednesday night before Kyle and I drove to Harrisburg to catch my train. The party is what's known as a mixer - the frat hosts members of a sorority in their house, or are hosted in the sorority by the girls. There is much merriment and beer pong playing. It was pretty good, but my record has been reduced to 4-6. This must be fixed before I leave the country. By the time we left it was dying down anyway. Drove to the train in Harrisburg and had a good chat about many things, then got on it and left. So far so good.
Arrive in New York a few minutes ahead, grab and NYT, sit around reading the sports section for a bit over an hour before getting on the train to New Haven. I then have to transfer to Merriden at New Haven. I've had essentially now sleep, have a bad cold and haven't eaten very well, so I mis-hear an announcement and don't get off at New Haven. I have to get off at New London, go back to New Haven and then go to Meriden. This process takes exactly three hours and 20 mobile phone units. Finally I get to Wesleayn University some time after 2pm, talk to Holly and Mitchel for a bit, and crash.
Slept on and off til like 8:30 then went to some wine and cheese thing and then for random midnight food with a bunch of her friends while the dorm room was cleaned (you'd think it wasnt the same room now). Holly's friend Xue has a pet hamster I got to say hi to, and Holly has a hedgehog named Winston who's been asleep the whole day. Wes also has showers that give me nightmares due to lack of privacy. Basically you put your stuff on this window sill, the only dry place in the room, have your shower in a cubicle, then make sure the room is empty, then duck out and get dry and changed, praying that no one comes into the room. Add that it's unisex and, well, AU wins by a lot.
We have a party in this room tomorrow night which should be entertaining.
I'll have another go at sleeping now. Overtiredness is bad.
Anyway, Bucknell was rather fun though short lived. Went to a frat part on Wednesday night before Kyle and I drove to Harrisburg to catch my train. The party is what's known as a mixer - the frat hosts members of a sorority in their house, or are hosted in the sorority by the girls. There is much merriment and beer pong playing. It was pretty good, but my record has been reduced to 4-6. This must be fixed before I leave the country. By the time we left it was dying down anyway. Drove to the train in Harrisburg and had a good chat about many things, then got on it and left. So far so good.
Arrive in New York a few minutes ahead, grab and NYT, sit around reading the sports section for a bit over an hour before getting on the train to New Haven. I then have to transfer to Merriden at New Haven. I've had essentially now sleep, have a bad cold and haven't eaten very well, so I mis-hear an announcement and don't get off at New Haven. I have to get off at New London, go back to New Haven and then go to Meriden. This process takes exactly three hours and 20 mobile phone units. Finally I get to Wesleayn University some time after 2pm, talk to Holly and Mitchel for a bit, and crash.
Slept on and off til like 8:30 then went to some wine and cheese thing and then for random midnight food with a bunch of her friends while the dorm room was cleaned (you'd think it wasnt the same room now). Holly's friend Xue has a pet hamster I got to say hi to, and Holly has a hedgehog named Winston who's been asleep the whole day. Wes also has showers that give me nightmares due to lack of privacy. Basically you put your stuff on this window sill, the only dry place in the room, have your shower in a cubicle, then make sure the room is empty, then duck out and get dry and changed, praying that no one comes into the room. Add that it's unisex and, well, AU wins by a lot.
We have a party in this room tomorrow night which should be entertaining.
I'll have another go at sleeping now. Overtiredness is bad.
posted by Nic White at
5:29 PM
