Back in the stone age

What's the longest time you've gone without internet or television readily available to you? Right now, I'm on day four. Sure it's not too bad, and I can always find a cafe or library to tap into their wi-fi but not having it at night is horrible. Most shops here tend to close up around 5:00 or 6:00, which makes for a long six hours of zero connection until I can finally go to sleep. And with my schedule, falling asleep at midnight is a challenge, usually it's closer to 1:30/2:00a.m.

But here I am now, at Big Mouth Cafe in Glasgow's west end. It's a nice little place to have a cup of joe and do some reading or web surfing. Not much has been going on in the past few days with Tori and I. We went to Edinburgh and hiked around there for a day. The place is really stunning. Stone buildings everywhere, a castle, and what I would call Gothic architecture in any direction you look. It seems much larger than Glasgow, and I'm pretty sure it actually is. Unfortunately, Edinburgh - to me - seems a little less friendly than Glasgow. People are in more of a hurry and bustle on by with their heads down. Not like in Glasgow, where people are smiling and offering help to any looking confused and befuddled.

I've got orientation coming up this week starting Tuesday and continuing through the week until classes start on the 12th of September. I'm really excited and my schedule doesn't look to be too challenging but with my luck I'm sure to be looking at it wrong. It seems like most of my courses will be in the same building so that will be nice.

A few days ago, Tori and I went to IKEA and all I want to say about that place is that it is the closest thing to hell on earth I've ever had to experience. I don't know what it is that makes me hate the place but when I was inside, I felt like I lost all sense of reality and my location on the planet Earth. Word to the wise, if you have to go there know exactly what it is you're looking for and get out as soon as you can.

Well the cafe is getting ready to close so I must go. I checked out two movies from the library here - which apparently costs money and isn't free, eff that noise - so hopefully in the next few days I'll have reviews for them. I won't say what they are but I will mention they're certainly not new movies, just a couple that I haven't seen yet. Until next time, Cheers!