Study A-Way

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68813093755084261462012-01-05T00:49:52.266ZStudy A-WayA blog depicting the life and experiences of a college student in the United States and abroadEmily Barksdalehttps://profiles.google.com/117587772692499541431noreply@blogger.comBlogger1291100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881309375508426146.post-79435433240303412012011-05-19T07:02:00.000+01:002011-05-19T07:02:50.292+01:00Home again, home again, jiggity jig

Well, this post has been a long time coming - I've been home for nearly three weeks now, and all at once, it feels as if I've just left Edinburgh and as if I went ages ago. I've gotten over my jetlag once and for all (thank goodness - I thought I was going to be on a 7 a.m.-10 p.m. schedule forever! And don't try to tell me that that is "normal"...I eschew typical waking hours; I'm in college!),

Emily Barksdalehttps://profiles.google.com/117587772692499541431noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881309375508426146.post-5747386637354775802011-04-04T20:16:00.000+01:002011-04-04T20:16:21.349+01:00Recent Goings-on

I have been neglecting my reflection time in the past few weeks! Not only am I obviously behind on blog entries, but I am waaay behind in my daily work journals, as well. It seems as if these past few weeks have jumped into hyper-speed, and the end of my time here in Edinburgh looms closer and closer...and is coming at me faster by the minute! I only have four more days left at my internship; one

Emily Barksdalehttps://profiles.google.com/117587772692499541431noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881309375508426146.post-12509896685059055512011-03-29T20:09:00.004+01:002011-03-29T20:12:03.110+01:00A Transcript of Today's 8:38 a.m. Conversation with One Half of a Foreign Couple on the Street

Woman: Excuse me, do you live here?Me: Ehh, I've been here for a few months.W: Could you tell us - is this the Mound?M: Yep, this is it! (gesture)W: Ok. Thank you very much....and then, I took the wrong street to Starbucks.

Emily Barksdalehttps://profiles.google.com/117587772692499541431noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881309375508426146.post-82604349633268967352011-03-22T00:54:00.003Z2011-03-22T01:00:54.644ZGlossary, Vol. IV

Again, I've only recently discovered some of these terms, but a lot of them are words that I've gotten used to hearing and just forgotten to post. Still, it amazes me that, nearly three months in to my trip, I can still be learning new words IN THE (SUPPOSEDLY) SAME LANGUAGE. What's that saying? "The UK and US: two countries separated by a common language," or something like that - SO

Emily Barksdalehttps://profiles.google.com/117587772692499541431noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881309375508426146.post-26372354030260312022011-03-13T12:10:00.004Z2011-03-13T12:20:43.877Z10 pounds well spent

Last night, I went to see the Vagina Monologues. I asked around to see if anyone else that I knew was interested, but they all had some excuse or another for not going, so I went anyway, and I am so glad that I did.For those of you who don't know, I actually acted in my school's performance last year. In last night's show, they performed the same monologues that we had in our show, so it was very

Emily Barksdalehttps://profiles.google.com/117587772692499541431noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881309375508426146.post-55210186957652174402011-03-12T16:57:00.005Z2011-03-13T12:30:38.425ZMyth Busters, Episode I: Scotland Weather

I've decided to start another periodic theme post: Myth Busters. Some of the things that we discussed in our program orientation when we first got to Scotland were the preconceived notions that we had had before arriving, but as I learned from that discussion and continue to discover day by day, rumored reputations are not always correct. Of course, this is all just my opinion, but as an

Emily Barksdalehttps://profiles.google.com/117587772692499541431noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881309375508426146.post-49457512420798481292011-03-12T13:32:00.019Z2011-03-13T00:19:19.340ZSaturday in the Park

Today has been a rather "dreich" day, as they say in the UK. (Look out for that in my next Glossary entry!) I woke up around 10:00 to falling snow (what happened to the hopeful spring-y weather of last week?!), decided that my planned outings for today weren't worth braving it, and promptly fell back asleep. I woke up again about an hour and a half later and found that not much snow had

Emily Barksdalehttps://profiles.google.com/117587772692499541431noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881309375508426146.post-76151077616783210772011-03-12T03:07:00.000Z2011-03-12T03:12:45.698ZDear old Glasgow town

Two weekends ago (time FLIES by here!), I went to Glasgow for about a day and a half. Four of us had tickets to see Ben Folds and Kate Miller-Heidke Friday night, and that outing turned into a large group overnight trip. You know us college kids!Emily, Lindsay, and I caught the CityLink bus mid-morning and got into Glasgow about an hour and 15 minutes later. Lindsay was staying for the weekend,

Emily Barksdalehttps://profiles.google.com/117587772692499541431noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881309375508426146.post-36931150242220853452011-03-08T22:01:00.003Z2011-03-08T22:11:48.662ZRecent happenings and what's on next

Despite what my blog entries might have you believe, I do spend a fair amount of time simply working, exploring Edinburgh, eating, and sleeping - I'm not constantly running from place to place (though I have gotten quite good at that). I tend to only blog about these significant trips and events, though, because they are more interesting...or at least, in my judgment, they are. For those of you

Emily Barksdalehttps://profiles.google.com/117587772692499541431noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881309375508426146.post-43229343027168914912011-03-08T08:30:00.004Z2011-03-08T08:35:45.949ZI found Nessie!