Welcome!

[trinityofone]

Welcome, one and all, to my Ireland journal. Of course, since I won't be going to Ireland for more than six months, right now it's more like my ramble-bitch-squee!journal, but there's potential, at least. Y'all already know me, but as, I now realize, you may not know about the Ireland thing, I'll quickly explain. And brag. Bragging is good.

Basically, last fall I applied for my school, UC Berkeley, study abroad program (EAP) in the United Kingdom/Ireland. My top choice was to go to Trinity College in Dublin. There were a number of reasons for this, and we can all pretend that they were more sophisticated than Trinity being the alma mater of two of my favorite fictional Stephens (Dedalus and Maturin) and that I liked the photos of their library. Anyway, there was little chance of my getting in as Trinity only accepts one (one!) non-theater major from all the UCs and the EAP program makes you sign a waiver that says they can pretty much send you anywhere they want, including Wales. And yet, a few days before my 21st birthday, which was on St. Patrick's Day, I found out that I had indeed gotten in to Trinity! I think it was the birth date that did it.

So September 28th of this year I am departing for my orientation in London. Then, on to Dublin I go! If I can survive six-plus months of bureaucracy, annoying classes, and living with my parents, that is. We'll see.

In the mean time, I look forward to chatting with all of you, and plotting (I hope) your trips to visit me at my Dublin flat. Cheers!

Comments

Re: Congratulations!

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

Yes! Do it! Type (or print) like the wind! I'm sharpening my knives crossing my fingers for you! *eg*

What's the research project about? You may answer when you're done with the application. ;-)

Re: Congratulations!

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

That sounds really cool. I'm crossing my toes for you, too.

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm saving you hypothetical futon space in my hypothetical living room.

you gonna keep the other one?

Well, I'm not going to delete it, but I don't think I'm going to be posting to it any time soon. So yes. And no. Ambiguity, whee!

[lokionfire.livejournal.com]

I've been a bad reader and stopped House of Leaves. It kind of starts to repeat itself about halfway through (I guess you figured that out, too). Anyways, make sures I gets the Poe-Poe back to you before you head out.

Clearly I just need to do a giant return-people's-shit-to-them marathon one of these days.

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

Damn, you got stuck on House of Leaves, too? That makes me less inclined to want to try again. But the opening was so promising! (And frankly, I'm still amused by Thumper.)

What did you think of Poe?

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

Okay, than perhaps I will try again. (I'm rather easily swayed.)

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

Congrats for being the special one person to get in!

I almost wanted to go to Oxford because that was Fox Mulder's alma mater.

So is this your senior or junior year? If it's your senior year, how does that mix with graduation?

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

Heh. I too wanted to go to Oxford because of the Mulder thing. And later because of the Philip Pullman and the Dorothy L. Sayers and the Connie Willis things. Hell, I still want to go there.

It's gonna be my senior year abroad, and you are allowed to do that as long as you've fulfilled certain requirements, which I have. I may not get to walk, though. Fortunately, "Pomp and Circumstance" was never my favorite song. ;-)

[darcydodo]

Oxford's a good place. Though of course that partially depends on what college you go to... ;)