The Foot (Pt. 2) and More

-I was on bedrest all weekend for my foot, which was "convenient" since I had to write a paper. It was also mind-numbingly boring, which is interesting, since I rarely leave my bed/room when I'm at home anyway. I suppose there's just a lot more to do here, and everything involves walking, which I wasn't supposed to do. Also, there's something about HAVING to stay in bed which makes it less appealing. But what a wonder, my foot felt great all weekend, and then today, when I had to walk the usual mile to class and back, it starts being cranky again. I have an appointment with the health centre again tomorrow. I can has aircast, pleaze? I think by tomorrow evening, I'm either going to be immensely satisfied by socialized healthcare, or I'm going to see where some of the flaws come in. I'd like the former to happen. I need my liberal worldview to be validated sometimes.

-Some people are addicted to cigarettes, some people are addicted to drugs, some people are addicted to alcohol. I'm addicted to Ribena. Specifically, strawberry-flavored Ribena, which I can only get from Morrison's, which is a 30 minute bus-ride away, and then I have to carry everything back from the bus stop, so I make do with the original blackcurrant flavor. But seriously. One bottle of Ribena (which is concentrated, so you have to add water to it) is supposed to last a person about two weeks. It lasts me about two days. This is partially because I have a drinking problem and an addiction, but also because I like it about twice as strong as most English people. But hey, it has 167% vitamin C per serving! And because I make it double strength, there's like two servings per glass for me, and I drink like three glasses a day. I wonder how much vitamin C you have to have before you OD on it.

-Still no word from UEA, but I know they're working on it, since they sent me an email about it, and my history professor asked me "how the transfer is going" today, because the admissions office asked him for my grades so far. So much for keeping the whole thing on the DL as much as possible, though I suppose the cat's been out of the bag for much longer than I thought, perhaps at my own fault. If I don't hear by tomorrow night, though, I'm popping by the office on Wednesday. I need to plan my work schedule for the rest of the semester, and I need to know whether or not I need to factor in my Dickinson work.

-My new favorite show ever is the West Wing. Rosie and I, being American Studies students, decided to start watching it, and now we can't stop. I want to be CJ Cregg. We're obsessed to the point where we found a mint-condition boxed set of all seasons (1-7) on eBay today and bought it for £35 (that's £17.50 each for a set that originally costs £200). Funnily enough, when you work it out, it would cost us exactly £35 total to get each season out of the Norwich library (DVDs cost £2.50 a week to take out of the public library! Not cool), so for the same price, we might as well own it forever.

-Where has Snow Patrol been all my life? Well, OK, scratch that, since I've really liked them for years, but I've been in a massive Snow Patrol phase for a bit over a month now, and I'm completely obsessed. They released a compilation album last week, complete with a few new songs and a DVD full of documentaries and similar awesomeness, and it's on heavy rotation. I can't wait to see them in a week! At the Royal Albert Hall, no less!