So this week has been a quite week. Monday I went to class took 2 naps and didn't do that much. At the end of the day I was hanging out with James and Simon and at 2 am I decided to do my paper, which I finished at 4 am. So I thought that by getting the paper done early I would be able to go out Tuesday night, but I ended up going to bed at like 8 pm that day and slept a ridiculous amount. Tuesday in my seminar was really fun though. Since our paper was due the next day the TA said that anyone who wanted to go work on it could, because I was done with my paper I decided to stay. It was so much fun because we just chatted with the the TA and there was only like 4 of us. I just left the class feeling really glad that I stayed. The next day was my lazy day I had no class and was just kind of bored the whole day and didn't do much. Tane's step brother was here visiting and he was probably the craziest kid ever. This could really now how to get down. That night we went out to dinner for Elizabeth's birthday. It was Me, Thea, Elizabeth, and Amy. We went to this place called Donatellos and it was so good. I got this pizza with French Fries and mayo on it. At the restaurant we looked so trashy because at the table we all ordered like Tonic water or pineapple juice and we were mixing our own drinks at the table. The funniest part though was at the end after we paid we had a water bottle of vodka on the table and our own mixer for the drinks it was hilarious . Then after dinner, we went to this pub called the Fish Bowl. I had already been here before the night of the Brighton tour, but it was pretty cool this time, there was live music from random musicians and we just sat upstairs and had a couple drinks. Then I wanted to go to Varsity again because I wanted to say high to Edie because she told me she
Friday, 30 October 2009
Baba Ghanoush
So this week has been a quite week. Monday I went to class took 2 naps and didn't do that much. At the end of the day I was hanging out with James and Simon and at 2 am I decided to do my paper, which I finished at 4 am. So I thought that by getting the paper done early I would be able to go out Tuesday night, but I ended up going to bed at like 8 pm that day and slept a ridiculous amount. Tuesday in my seminar was really fun though. Since our paper was due the next day the TA said that anyone who wanted to go work on it could, because I was done with my paper I decided to stay. It was so much fun because we just chatted with the the TA and there was only like 4 of us. I just left the class feeling really glad that I stayed. The next day was my lazy day I had no class and was just kind of bored the whole day and didn't do much. Tane's step brother was here visiting and he was probably the craziest kid ever. This could really now how to get down. That night we went out to dinner for Elizabeth's birthday. It was Me, Thea, Elizabeth, and Amy. We went to this place called Donatellos and it was so good. I got this pizza with French Fries and mayo on it. At the restaurant we looked so trashy because at the table we all ordered like Tonic water or pineapple juice and we were mixing our own drinks at the table. The funniest part though was at the end after we paid we had a water bottle of vodka on the table and our own mixer for the drinks it was hilarious . Then after dinner, we went to this pub called the Fish Bowl. I had already been here before the night of the Brighton tour, but it was pretty cool this time, there was live music from random musicians and we just sat upstairs and had a couple drinks. Then I wanted to go to Varsity again because I wanted to say high to Edie because she told me she
Monday, 26 October 2009
I LOVE Scotland!!
So Thursday night I slept for about and hour and a half and then had to wake up to go to the airport at 3:30 am. I was so tired it was miserable trying to get up and go, but it was all worth it. So I meet Breck, Thea, Mitch, Annalisa, and Elizabeth in the lobby of York House and we are off to our journey. We make our way down to the bus station and take a bus up to Gatwick. So we get to the airport and were in a slight rush because it said that we needed to be at the gate at 6:20 and it was currently 6. As we were waiting in security they were doing a "random" check to someone and it just so happened to be what looked like a 3
Thursday, 22 October 2009
Jagged Little Finger
The next day I had to go to wake up and go to my psychology class. I figured out that I was going to do my essay on. We talked about how thin models were causing women and girls to have body anxiety. Then that day I was just chillin, I went into town got a haircut and bought a sick new jacket. So I talked to Amanda later and found out she wanted to go to karaoke so I was so down to go because I hadn’t been in like a month, but before we went to Falmer Bar and watch open mike night. One of her flat mates was performing so she wanted to be there to support him. After that we went out to the King and Queen and sang some karaoke. My favorite thing was I went up to sing Beyonce "Halo" because I wanted to do the whole Kanye West thing about how Beyonce had the best music video of all time. I thought it was really funny, but I don't think any of the British people did. I was on cloud nine the whole entire night and had probably one of the best nights of my life I was at this club Life, which was alright, but I was just having such a great time the whole time. Krissy and I who have the same birthday kept saying how we were twins and the funny thing is she really has a twin so I told her I would be her twin while her brother wasn’t here because I always wanted a twin. On the way home we actually tried something new and went and got chips with curry sauce. I didn’t have anything, but it was probably the first time my crew hasn’t gotten a kebab. When I got home insomnia kicked in though and I ended up staying up really late and sleeping all day. When I woke up for lunch Jake and I decided to go to KFC because we saw this really sick

Tuesday, 20 October 2009
Mugabi hate Thatcher and I almost faint
So after waking up Friday morning I had no idea what the hell had happened to me the night before. I woke up in my pajamas and in my bed so nothing bad must have happened. I look on my camera and discover many pictures that I do not remember taking. Some of them are even of my being passed out on a table and stuff it was pretty funny. I go over and look in the mirror and in typical fashion there is a penis on my face. So I talk to Mitch about my experience from the night before and he tells me some funny stuff. Apparently I was passing out sitting up in the middle of the party and then for some odd reason I get up and sprint out of Jake and Mikes apartment, jump down a flight of stairs and run home. So with all this funny things going on we still needed to continue on with Ginny’s birthday celebration. So we go over to Ginny, Mike, and Jake’s and start playing some card games. We played Electricity, Fuck the Dealer, and another one that just got me really drunk I forget what it was called. We ended up getting to Audio at midnight in time to celebrate Ginny’s birthday because it was officially at midnight. We all ended up taking rounds of tequila shots. Then for some reason all of us get separated for a couple hours. So I was just sitting at a booth with Thea for a little while and eventually we found everyone. Apparently there is an upstairs so I’ll note that for future reference. During one of my frequent adventures to the bathroom, I managed to walk into the women’s bathroom then stumbled up the stairs into the disgusting bathroom and speak to a British dude who looks at me and basically ask what the hell is wrong with me? I am just totally not in the state to justify my actions so I go pee and as I am walking out of the bathroom I manage to fall down the stairs and severely destroy my arm in the process. As of today 2 nights later it is still in severe pain. So I continue my night at Audio, mind you this is a club playing Dub Step, Trance, Techno, and any other music similar to that kind. So we decided since it is 3 am we should leave. We see everyone go to the coat room and get everyone’s jackets, but as we are walking away from the coat room Ginny and I proceed to get into a dance off. This was no normal dance off, but one to as I said techno or trance or whatever the music was. I think it lasted a good while, but we wer
e good entertainment for everyone. We then proceeded to go to our usual late night hang out Kebab No. 5. I had no money so I couldn’t get anything. Then I went home met a British dude on the bus and talked to him about America. For some reason British people have a fascination with Texas and this guy of all places in America wanted to go to Texas. So I got home and on a spur of the moment decision I decided I wanted to start gambling online. I proceeded to put money online win another $30, but then lose everything. Finally at 6 am I decided to go to bed. The next morning, or afternoon I guess I woke up at 1 pm and decided I needed to get on the ball with my schoolwork. I went to the library and got many books for my politics class on Margaret Thatcher. Direct quote from Tane about my studying of Margaret Thatcher is that, “All you need to know about Margar
et Thatceher is that even Mugabi thinks she is a bitch.” So that is the lady I have been studying intently. I then spend a good chunk of the day reading, and reading, and reading. Finally I got some cabin fever and decided to go hang out at Jake and Ginny’s house. They had some chips and I thought of the brilliant idea to make guacamole. As I am making the guacamole I was cutting a lemon to squeeze some juice into it and cut WAY into my finger. There was all these Asian people and they were celebrating there friends birthday (one of them lived there). Well these one of these people who I had no idea who they were grabs my finger to stop the bleeding. Eventually the bleeding stops, but as the bleeding stops I start getting hot and my eyes start blacking out. I tell the girl I need to sit down as I am sitting down I proceed to black out even more. Eventually that subsides, but it was still a really weird experience. I go home at 2 and end up staying until 3. Wake up and go to class today and as I walk into my class the first thing I hear is, “So you would have sex with Mark Bennister (my teacher) in order to get a good mark.” The conversation eventually ends up about date rape and other things. One of the other really interesting things about my classes is I am taking an Ethnographic Film class. The first week we watched a film about female circumcistion. It was probably one of the most disturbing things that I have ever seen in my life. It showed little girls being held down and having there legs spread, then an old lady comes in with a knife and cuts off their clitoris. Ya imagine watching that. So this week was another weird one, not anywhere near that level, but still pretty weird. We were watching a lady open herself up to the “Gods” and speaking for them. This
lady was basically a loon who put herself in hypnosis. Then after all my classes and stuff we continued to celebrate Ginny’s birthday by going out to dinner. We went to this sushi restaurant called Sushi Garden. This place was so legit I got some bomb ass food and drank a couple brews. On our way home everyone wanted desert. We walked in McDonald’s and ask if there was any ice cream, the manager was such a big bitch and when they asked if there was milkshakes the lady was like “WE HAVE NO ICE CREAM”. We all knew we weren’t wanted there so we were like we will do the next best thing and go to KFC, yes we are so American who cares. Everyone came back to my room and we chilled for a little while then peaced out for the night.
Saturday, 17 October 2009
Hanging out at School
Sunday, 4 October 2009
Dublin Adventures
October 4, 2009
So this trip to Dublin was absolutely ridiculous. All the strangest possible things that could have happened, happened, and all the weirdest people I could have possibly met, I met. So we got up for our flight at 6:30 and made our way to the train station. We got on the train made it to our flight. We took this airline called Ryanair and although it was cheap, they didn’t have reclining seats, which I thought was ridiculous. I have never heard of that. Well Mitch and I got to Dublin, got in a cab and went to our hostel. The hostel was pretty cool, and not that bad. We went up to our room and met a couple of French guys who were just moving to Dublin and living in a hostel until they found a flat. We then decided to go roam around the city a little bit. We grabbed a bite to eat at this Italian restaurant and each got steaks. After that we went to the Christchurch Cathedral, and then went over to the Dublin Castle. We went on a tour of the castle, which was pretty interesting. I go
t to see a throne were King George IV and Queen Victoria both used. After that we decided to go check out Temple Bar, which is just a big tourist area with bars, restaurants, and shops. Since we were exhausted from waking up early and walking around we decided to take a nap. We then woke up went to Subway the got ready for the night. So here is where everything just gets so crazy. We call our friend Lewena who lives in Dublin, and are trying to hang out with her. She tells us that she is going to Diceys, which is just a bar/nightclub. We asked the people at the hostel where that was at and they were like “Dice Bar”, so since we had no idea we were like sure. So we went to Dice Bar, which was in kind of a sketchy area and waited there for like an hour. I was calling, and calling Lewena wondering where the heck she was at. Turns out we were at the wrong place of course. So we get in a cab and head to Diceys. As we get to Diceys there was a line. Mitch who was kind of buzzin asked the bouncer if we were at the Diceys and the bouncer all of sudden was like you are too drunk and made him leave after I had already got in. So when were in line we were talking to these 2 guys next to us. They both go and try to get him in and fail. So finally I go up there and wait in line with him again and it’s a different bouncer so we get in. It was a pretty fun bar with dancing and cheap drinks. We find Lewena somehow and begin to party. We then end up meeting this girl who buys us drinks. She got so pissed when I said that I didn’t have any money to buy her a drink that I get scared and we leave. So when we leave we think of this brilliant idea that on our first night in Dublin we could navigate our way back to the hostel. We manage to walk 5 miles in the wrong direction for what seems like over an hour. These 2 girls walk out of their house and see Mitch and me and since its 2 am and I am wearing a hood, and he is waving around a PVC pipe that he picked up they get frightened and run from us. So we wave down a cab eventually and ask him where the heck we are. He tells us we are nowhere close to where we should be so we get in the cab and he takes us back to the hostel. Apparently we were walking into junkie territory (Dublin has a huge heroin problem, kids were on the street begging everywhere). So when we get back to the hostel, Mitch decides he is hungry, and what do you know we go to a Kebab place. I had no money so I didn’t order anything. Mitch orders his food and I go and sit at this table by myself while he is waiting at the counter. He waits for what seems like a half hour and then a worker comes up to me and says, “you ordered a lamb kebab right?” and immediately I say yes. So he brings me over my free food even before Mitch, who had been waiting forever, got his food. It was the best thing ever. So we went home and went to bed. The next day
, Thursday, we got up a little late hung out at the hostel, then went to the Guiness Storehouse, which was completely awesome. At the end of the tour you got a free pint of Guiness in this bar that was on top of the factory where you could see all of Dublin. Mitch and I were still tired so we took a nap again. We got up, made some dinner, and then the hostel put on a pubcrawl so we went to that. Thea was in Dublin too, so she met up with us and went on it with us. It was pretty cool, we went to like 5 different pubs and then a club at the end. Friday we were so worn out from the walking and going out that we went to St. Stephens Green and hung out there for a while and relaxed. We were hungry so went looking for cheap food. We found a Gourmet Burger Kitchen that had any burgers, which are ama
zing, for 5 euro. We then went back to our hostel for a little and made our way to the Jameson Distillery. It was a pretty cool tour. I got chosen to be a Whiskey taster and got a certificate and everything it was pretty cool. Then we went back to the hostel and our main goal that night was to just chill and not do much, but that failed. We met these 2 American dudes who were backpacking all across Europe and they seemed cool enough so we decided to go out with them. They turned out being some weird dudes. They got so drunk, so fast and one of them I swear needed a leash. As we were walking to the bar one of them fell off a curb onto his ass and laid there. I don’t know how they got that drunk. I watched them drink the whole time. Mitch and I were getting so annoyed so we ditched these dudes at the bar. We went to a couple other bars and had a drink then went home and called it a night. We woke up the next morning checked out and I wanted to find Urban Outfitters. It started raining so I just said screw it and went back to the hostel to wait until we had to leave for our flight. We got on the flight got back home, and I said I was going to keep it low key, but failed epically. The night was really fun and hung out with all the Brits in my hallway and everyone here is so freaking awesome I love it so much.