Procrastination

I'm in the library (the libs, affectionately) putting off my essay, so of course I thought I'd blog. I've actually been pretty productive in the last week or so. I've turned in two of my essays and am currently working on my third and final. It's somewhat of a joke that people here think 2000 words is a long paper. My longest has been 25000 words which seems like a pretty standard paper for a class, but for some of them they only have to be 1500 words which is hilariously short. Luckily the topics I have to write on are relatively interesting too, ranging from a comparison of Richard Yates and Vonnegut (my homeboy) to various topics related to media and representation. Thrilling stuff, f'sho. 

I'm trying to balance out actually getting my work done with going out and not putting any nights to waste. Last night, for example, Madelaine and I really wanted to go out but no one could actually commit to anything so we were gonna have a pub night. Lucky us though because Charlotte popped out of the shower and decided she wanted to make us all go out, so we went to Soho to one of the well-known gay clubs for what turned out to be a hilarious night. Hopefully tonight will be Sports Cafe for one last dose of being super American in the UK. Tomorrow there's some ball going on for Goldsmiths. I don't really get it but I'll probably go. Basically every night it feels like there's something to do (don't make me leave) so that's been really nice for the last couple weeks.

The only disappointment in the last few days is that my camera randomly broke last night and the lens won't retract properly. I'm bummed since I really want to be able to take pictures while I'm here, but I guess I'll just have to steal from everyone else. I wanted to take pictures of the library today to post because students are doing a 24-hour "occupation" of the library to protest the cuts. The protests are a huge deal here and Goldsmiths students have been really passionate about it. Currently there are signs covering the outside and inside of the library and everyone is planning on skipping class to go to another big protest this Thursday. It's kind of cool to be here at a time when people are so involved in what's going on, but also a  little hard to relate since tuition fees are already insane in the US.

Anyway I guess I should stop listening to Jagged Little Pill and get back to writing my paper though.. 280 words down, 1720 till freedom.