first things first: i switched my MA program. i'm now getting a dual masters in international law and international relations. and holy cow, i am LOVING my law classes! they are so interesting. the problem is that i don't have any background in law (international or domestic), so all the latin terms they keep throwing around? yeah. it's all latin to me. (hee hee...get it? instead of it's all greek to me? i crack myself up!) anyway, so that's amazing. i'm also crazy excited because next semester i'm going to take a class either on international human rights law or international criminal law. how awesome will that be?!?! oh, i'm pumped!
anyway, then, for some reason on friday, my computer started acting funny. by saturday, it wasn't working properly at all, so i had to call somebody. yeah. i had a virus. it got to the point that it literally recognized everything as a virus. the guy had to take my computer and completely wipe it. luckily he had thought at the beginning to save all of my music and documents and everything just to be safe. so he took it back to his lab place, and found over 1600 infected parts. he said he was impressed, as that's one of the higher amounts he has ever seen on a personal laptop! (go big or go home, i guess.) so yeah. now it's back, and working just fine.
then, on sunday, my friend julia and i went to basildon park, which is more famously known as "netherfield park" in the more recent pride and prejudice movie. it was FANTASTIC!! first of all, it turned out to be the most gorgeous day, which is always nice. especially when you have to walk over two miles to get to the place from the train station. and did i mention the fact that the sidewalk doesn't continue the entire way? yeah, so we had to climb a few hills and fences in order to get there. julia is roughly 8 feet tall, so it wasn't a big deal for her, but yeah, i'm slightly more vertically challenged, so i wasn't amused. anyway, we (finally) got there, and it was gorgeous. i'm adding a couple pictures here, including the one of the whomping willow we saw! the house was really well preserved (it's a national trust house, now, so it's open to the public, not privately owned), and it was cool to be able to see how things were decorated. also, at the bottom of the main staircase there was a piano for people to play, so i played "moonlight sonata" in honor of mom (it's her favorite). i also reenacted a couple of the scenes from pride and prejudice, but i figure i can't be the only one, seeing as they people working there didn't even blink at it. then we wandered around the grounds (freaking gorgeous). and finally, quite possibly best of all, i totally rolled down a hill. that's right. i rolled down the hill at mr. bingley's house. it was fantastic. i kind of thought i was going to throw up there for a bit at the bottom, because it was super steep, but it all worked out.
so yeah. that's about it. now that my computer is back and in working order, i will (hopefully) be able to do more than one post a week. then again, we get about 30 hours of reading each week for class, so who knows?
okay. i will talk to you all soon!
me
You switched your degree? What made you decide that? Are you still going to be done in a year?
ReplyDeleteP.S. You rolling down a hill is totally why we are friends : ) When I come visit you we might have to go do it again.
Kristen
Don't you scan your laptop regularly for viruses, kid?
ReplyDeletekristen-i decided to switch it because international law will really be beneficial for me, as well as international relations, and i can't do IL in the states without going to law school. yes, i will finish in a year, but it's just going to be a crazy one!
ReplyDeletejfap-i do regularly check it, but we just found out that it actually came from a virus that was on the router. i'm pissed and want to have virgin pay for the computer guy fixing my computer, as well as for the new microsoft office i had to buy, since they had to wipe my old one. we'll see!