Some Red Stuff

Right I'm going to start this with a rant against the most inconsequential of things, a light switch. Now, at home when one wishes to turn on a light switch you push it down, however here they flick them up. Innocous you may think, but consider this: you get back into your room, it's dark and you need to turn on the light but can't see the switch, so naturally you hit the wall and swipe downwards until you hit the switch and 'lo there is light. Why can't you swipe upwards I hear you cry, well gravity doesn't help you to do that now does it? And to really compound the issue, the switches are very large so when you hit on the downward swipe, you get a brief flash, followed by darkness, mocking your ignorance of how electrical fittings work.

Right, now to change the tone, here is a dragonfly,

It's red and has wings and everything

The Chemistry Building.
My office is the second floor, second from the left

And now to more important things. Last weekend was Canadian Thanksgiving, a time to think we have food aren't we all jolly lucky essentially. To celebrate this I managed to get myself invited to a pot luck dinner, basic idea is everyone brings some food with them you hope not everyone decides potatos. It is a great meal as you just get to eat as much as you physically can and then have dessert, before lazing around and chatting. Was all very enjoyable, and the hosts were lovely people and they had a very nice house much, much posher than anything I have ever seen a student in in the UK, I mean the kitchen had marble, well faux marble, surfaces and everything seemed new.

Some red leaves

The week itself was fairly unremarkable, but friday was one of those nights where you think I really need to get some sleep then you get a text and 8 hours later you get back. Was a good night though, went out for one of the chem students birthdays, discovered some more interesting bars. Also there was a nice time where everyone laughed at the organic chemists, just because. Last night was also someones birthday, and I have to say a more competent effort at handling your drink I have not seen. Unfortunately this activity may have destroyed any kind of sleep pattern I had and my 8.35 lecture tomorrow will be quite a challenge.