"Love that is ever steadfast"

My Halloween inspiration

Last weekend was fun. On Friday the University of Denver group and I headed into the City Centre for fun. We went to a couple of Halloween stores ( I decided that I am going to be Leslie Knope for Halloween !) and went to dinner at a Wok place. Then they went to see a movie because I headed back early because I promised my big's friend that I would see the movie with him. When I came back to my flat my roommates were going to "Cheesy Pop" so I decided to go with them. Cheesy Pop is a night at one of the student unions where they have a DJ and literally play cheesy pop music. It was like a fraternity bar party with better music :D. It was fun but packed, so everyone was pushing and shoving. The DJ did play "Bohemian Rhapsody", "Dancing Queen", and "Summer Nights" from Grease (only for you Dannae :D) so it was worth it.

The next day I went to The Perks of Being a Wallflower with Ivan, Abbie, and Lauren. However, we didn't know that the Glasgow movie theater was the place to be on Saturday. Ivan and Abbie bought their tickets online before coming and the movie was sold out, so Lauren and I went to a later showing so all was good. Lauren and I just walked around the City Center before the film. The movie was so good because it reminded me of my sister. All I will say is that its a deep coming of age story. Everyone should go see it.

On Monday I went to see FUN. The concert that was sold out but on SUnday my friends found this interesting website called Crabtree (I think) It was kind of like Craigslist. In our case, people sold their tickets if they couldn't make it and you'd meet up with them privately to collect your tickets. I was afraid it was going to be a little dodgey (yes that's my acquired Scottish word meaning sketchy) but it was fine. It was a first come first serve kind of concert, so we got there thirty minutes before the doors opened. So one of my friends met up with the guy to get her two tickets but we were four people. The plan was to get tickets from 2 different guys but the other guy never showed up! So my two friends from DU went in but I waited for the guy that never showed up with my friend Kate, from New Jersey. I was really worried we weren't going to get tickets but somehow we got one ticket each from two different groups that were cheaper than our original tickets!

Walk the Moon Live

Look at that smile 

The venue was pretty cool. It kind of looked like the Rosewood in New York but it was much cozier. The concert was amazing. We were able to make it into the 3rd row! To be honest, the opening act was one of my favorite parts of the concert. The are called Walk the Moon and are from Ohio. They are an indie/hipster band, which is usually to main for me (just kidding :)), but they were so good! They are the band that sings "Anna Sun" and I swear I've heard it before. And I will admit, they were very attractive but they were also really into their music, which I love.

My new favorite song

Next FUN. came on and they were amazing, of course. They played all or their hits and a few songs I didn't know. They sounded amazing though and the lead singer wore his famous Oxfords.

While Lauren, Katy, and I were waiting outside after the concert for Kate to retrieve all of our jackets, some dodgey guy came up to me and asked me whose CD I had (yes I gave in and bought a Walk the Moon CD. They were just so good!) and I told him and it turns out that he works for them and the band was standing a foot away from us! We met all the band members except for hot guy and they were all really nice, but again, they were hipsters from the US, and therefore they didn't like Americans (Sorry for stereotyping. On a serious note, I know it can hurt people but this is all in good humor). Just about as we were going top leave the hot guy showed up! I walked up to him, but there was a little girl chatting him up that looked like my sisters age. To be fair, I would later chat him up too but she was so young and he was maybe in his mid-twenties so it was funny to watch him try to be polite to her (when all he probably really wanted to do was leave). Anyway, I coyley went up to him and asked "Could you sign my CD? All the other band members got to but you" He obliged and was very kind. I think he liked that we were all from the United States. I've decided that he is my new future husband (Sorry Jamie and Nisky. I still love you guys but it would help if you actually PLAYED NHL hockey this year!!!). All in all, it was an amazing concert and a great time with friends.

Other than that, this week has been pretty slow. I've been working on my first paper for Celtic Civ. I'm a little nervous because I haven't done an assignment at Glasgow yet, so I've been working pretty hard on it.

On Thursday the Politics Society met at a bar to...chat about politics. I talked to one of my flatmates forever about education there. Although I might have been able to volunteer at schools if I was studying abroad in second world countries, I can still learn a lot from the Uk education system. For example, did you know that it is acceptable for students to leave school at 16 if they do not want to further their education? I do not know if I agree or disagree with this but it gives me something to think about. This Friday it was my friends old flatmates 21st birthday party. It was fun to chill with upper classmen, although I love my freshers :D.

I went bed that night at 1:30 but woke up at 7am to catch an 8am train to London to see my sorority sisters/ roommates from last year. Alexis is studying in London and Emily is studying in Spain but is visiting a friend in London this weekend so it was the perfect time to visit. The train ride was a little bumpy on the way there but it was overall a good ride. When I arrived at the tube station there was the longest line for tube tickets ever! I finally met up with Emily and Alexis around 2.

Sir Lawrence Olivier Statue

It was so good to see them, even though I was tired from the night before. We all couldn't stop telling each other about our abroad experiences :D. After dropping my things off in Alexis' room, we headed to a street food fair that had every food imaginable. I got a pie and a hotdog. Next we headed to the Globe Theater. We couldn't actually go inside because they were preforming Richard III but we did make it to the giftshop :). We the went back to the torture museum we passed on our way to the globe. It was scary, but not very sophisticated (for lack of a better word). We then stop of a famous along the Thames (of course I forget the name) and continued our walk. We decided our next stop was the London Eye. On our way, we stopped at this really cool used book fair and, of course, Emily bought some books (Emily LOVES to read). Again the London eye was too crowded but it was nice to walk along the river.

Then Emily went to meet up with her friend from Australia and Alexis and I went to get the air mattress from her boyfriend's flat. We then went to this really cool pub that had really good fried mushrooms and soda bread (Leah, your's is better). We then travelled back to her flat, snuck past the front desk (otherwise I would have to check in) and fell right to sleep after our long day.

On Sunday we had breakfast at the Workshop with Emily and her friend. It was a good brunch but Emily had to catch her flight so it had a somber tone. My train didn't leave for two more hours so Alexis and I went to Covent gardens. We happened upon this shop that sells cute knick knacks and I bought some Royal Family tea. Then we went to an outdoor market and I bought a really cute bag. We had to rush our goodbyes but I'm glad I did because I literally ran on the train as the doors were closing! The train ride back was not as good as the first one because I didn't have an assigned seat and the bathrooms weren't working.

Overall, it was a really great weekend. It was so good to see my sorority sisters. It really felt like seeing family. All though we didn't see each other over the summer, it was like we had never left each other, like we had never said goodbye. The only downside was that I left my charger in London. Oh well, a small price to pay for a great weekend.

"To those closer ones love that is ever steadfast"