On Wednesday, I saw HARRY POTTER before it came out in America! I honestly didn't think the movie would amount to much, but I wanted to watch it before it was released America just so I could rub it in my American friends' faces muahaha. And it actually turned out to be really good! And I was so surprised that people here are pretty crazy about it too--the girl who got our tickets waited three hours, from 7:30 am to 10:30 am, to get our tickets for the showing that night. I couldn't believe it was that crazy even though it was the day after the premiere! And when we got to the theater, people were running down the aisles and scrambling over chairs to get a good spot when they finally let the huge crowd rush in. Good times! Makes me wish I went to a Barnes&Noble Midnight Madness thing when the books were released.
So in Europe, they have student-led groups similar to America sororities and fraternities, but they're academic based, so instead of Phi Kappa Delta and etc, there's a group comprised of only Law students and etc, and they go through a hazing process to get in. But unlike America, it's legal to haze, so throughout the semester we'd see people covered in flour, egg, maple syrup, and chanting around the streets. I heard it gets a lot worse (drinking, sex, nekkidness, etc), but it's almost always public. So on Friday, they had their initiation celebration, which was a huge and loud drunk celebration outside with beer getting sloshed everywhere. I went with my friend David, and he even had a guy pass out on him as we were walking by! So funny.
Instead of jackets with letters, they wore things like this. Not sure which I prefer... and they wouldn't wash them! That's why most of the jackets that were originally white were every other color except that after these parties.
"The Giant," their mascot... with a beer, of course.
They had trucks with a lot of vulgar, profane political cartoons like these, except most of them had famous politicians doing sexual acts instead. I was so shocked (am I a prude?), and David just kept laughing at me. I guess this is normal here? And so many drawings of penises!
Masses and masses of people at this huge outdoors shwasty fest! And see that guy with the funny looking hat on the bottom? That was part of their garb too.On Saturday, as I've already posted, we threw an amazing Thanksgiving party. I only wish it lasted longer and that I had more energy to go through another 8 hours of it!
Then on Sunday, we went to see Guys&Dolls. I really want to watch the musical now! I'm sure Frank Sinatra is unbeatable.
Happiness!I'm so happy that I got this opportunity to be here, but I'm so sad that I'm going home soon. I'll be home in less than a month! Merde! Zut alors! I still have so much to do! And I really don't want to leave this family. I feel like there aren't any more adventures waiting for me back in Jersey, and I don't have anything to go back for really (besides my friends, of course, but still). I'll have to start being responsible for my life again. That's no fun at all. I feel like I'm just constantly surrounded by happiness here in this family, so it's going to be hard to go back to Jersey where I'm moving to a house of strangers for the semester. I don't want to leave.
Merde!
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