Mr. Bean

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The leaves are finally changing...

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Autumn is finally here so I took a few pictures from outside my dorm room window.

Today

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I had English class outside today. It was a nice change of pace, especially since the building that I usually have it in is way too old for comfort.

Tonight I stopped by a meeting for the UConn chapter of the human rights group Amnesty International. At first it was a little awkward because everyone already knew everyone else from previous meetings and they also had a lot to say and I felt a little out of place because they knew more about what they were talking about then I did. After a while though, I started to feel more comfortable. We made bookmarks with quotes on them about free speech in honor of Banned Books week. During banned book week they will have readings of banned books around campus. 

During Banned Books Week, Amnesty International directs attention to the plight of individuals who are persecuted because of the writings that they produce, circulate or read. Traditionally, Banned Books Week activities take place at the end of September -- but the featured cases are not confined to a week. (http://www.amnestyusa.org/Individuals_at_Risk/Banned_Books/page.do?id=1101492&n1=3&n2=34&n3=842)

The meeting was a lot more enjoyable once I was there for a little while and we all had a bunch of different conversations about things. It's a lot of fun and anyone at UConn that reads this should consider joining. The people are all extremely friendly people. If anyone is interested in what the group is about, visit http://www.amnestyusa.org/ and look around the site.

Anniversary

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Sunday was Kate and my first year anniversary. We didn't really see each other all morning and afternoon and around 4:30 we met up and walked over to this French music thing at the school's museum of art. Both of us were dressed up because I was treating Kate to dinner afterwards plus we figured this show we should be dressed up for anyway. Kate was much more dressed up than I was, and I think she looked stunning. She should definitely dress up that much more often. She looked really classy. Anyway, I thought that the show would be like some original music that I had never really heard with people sitting down and playing instruments like horns and violins and whatnot. When we got there, we saw that it was going to be quite different. There was a pianist, a soprano and a tenor. The tenor was okay, he actually sounded French. The soprano however, was a different story. She sounded just like every female opera singer you will ever hear. She could be singing in Italian, or any language and it wouldn't have made a difference. She warbled the whole time and it was terrible, and the entire time she sang she made these terrible faces like she was constipated and wanted to cry but couldn't. We left after the first hour and a half, which was the intermission.

Once we left, we walked over the Chuck and Augie's (the nice restaurant on campus) and we had a really nice dinner. After dinner we went on a walk around campus and sat on a bench in this nice park-like area under some trees and just talked for about an hour or an hour and a half. It was really nice. Then we hung out at my dorm for a while with my roommate and then once it got late, we took another long walk back to her dorm where I dropped her off. When I came back, my roommate and I stayed up listening to some Reggaeton which we think is hilarious, and watching videos of people dancing on youtube to the music that we were playing. We might have found it so funny because of how tired we were. Who knows. Anyway, I got tired and went to sleep. The End!

The Big E

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On Saturday, Kate and I took a school trip to the Big E. It was Kate's first time going there, I have gone there basically every year for as long as I can remember with the exception of last year.

Welcome to Eastern States Exposition and The Big E
For 17 days each September, Eastern States Exposition is proud to host the largest fair in the northeast, The Big E, in West Springfield, Massachusetts.
Check out what's going on at the Exposition the rest of the year. Hosting more than 100 events, there are many reasons to visit us all year long.

Kate's favorite part by far was seeing all of the animals at the petting zoo, the horses, sheep and cows, and especially the hatching chicks which I did not get any pictures of. They were really cute. They were full of life and energy running into each other just because they could. I was able to see a couple cracked shells with some beaks popping out. My favorite part is the same as always, I love going to the buildings for the states and getting the Finnish pancakes from the Massachusetts building and the blueberry pie from the Maine building. Maple candy and all of that is also great at the Big E and it is the main reason I like going. This year though, I also really enjoyed the little area that is like a colonial town. It has two old houses, one a farmer's and one a rich man's house. There is also a small one-room school, a church/meeting place, an old tavern, a blacksmith, and a lawyers office. All of these buildings are situated around a small green. This place is nice, not just for it's historic content, but because it is a nice break from the rest of the Big E. The rest of the Big E is like a big carnival or fair, while this area is like a little town. It is a nice place to sit and rest if you are tired from the day. You can lay in the grass and take a nap.

This was the meeting house. The inside is very uncomfortable and the benches are straight up. I think they are made like that so no one will fall asleep.

At the end of the day, we headed back home. I was completely worn out from the whole day.

I dont know

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Today I had class, etc. Had a paper due today. I had it all typed up and went over to breakfast and rushed over to class completely forgetting to print the paper up. So I was freaking out during class the whole time hoping that my TA wasn't going to leave campus after class (she lives 2 hours from here) but thankfully she was here until one so I dropped off my paper in her mailbox. If i hadn't been able to get it to her, I would have lost a half letter grade for each day that it was late and since I wouldn't be able to get it to her until Tuesday, that would be two full letters off the grade. Luckily that isn't the case.

After class, I walked over to meet Kate after her class and we hung out at the farms again to look at the fatty cows and gross sheep. No pictures this time since I'm sure that I posted enough of the farm animals from last time. Anyway, after that we got some ice cream at the UConn dairy bar where they make their own ice cream from the milk they get from the fatties.

Tonight we went over to the Student Union for Late Night (it's something they have every friday night from 9-1 to give students an alternative to going out and drinking) and they had a drag show going on (guys dressed up in women's clothing) and we thought it would be weird but it was actually pretty funny. We stayed for like five minutes and then walked around to see what else was there this week. Some of our friends sang karaoke. It was fun. Tomorrow Katie and I are going to the Big E. We are taking a bus leaving from the school. I expect to post about that tomorrow.

Gampel

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Yesterday

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Yesterday was friday. Last day of classes for the week. After Katie finished her classes (mine end earlier), we got some lunch and then walked around and I took some pictures of places around campus because Iwas in a picture mood. I also took a bunch of Katie. While we were walking along near my dorm, we saw this woodchuck that is always outside nibbling on something. At least we think it is a woodchuck. At first I thought it was a beaver until I saw that it had a small tail. Anyway, I wasn't able to get a very good picture because I don't have a big enough camera lense, which hopefully I will get sometime this year because it is very difficult to take close-up pictures of animals so a big lense would be great. Anyway, Glen Espin is up here for the weekend so he met up with us and we hung out the whole night and he slept over. Today was more of a lazy day because of the weather. My friend Mercedes was supposed to come along with some friend from Sacred Heart for the night. Katie and I were going to hang out with them until they leave tomorrow and it would have been fun because we haven't seen her since we left for college weeks ago and she is one of our better friends, but her she had to go back while she was halfway here to deal with some problem with her boyfriend. Hopefully she will come up like two weeks from now instead. Anyway, here are some pictures.

 

   

Oh yeah. I also decided the other day on Thursday that I am going to try and become a vegetarian. This is something that I have been wanting to do for years but have never been able to do because I have never really been able to eat more than a couple vegetables up until now. I am still eating tuna though, and I'm not giving up stuff that comes from animals such as dairy products, but I have given up all other meat. I want to see if I can actually last or not. So that's about it for today. I guess Katie and I are going to hang out with Glen some more since he is up here until Sunday.

Another Post Another Day

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In response to Randy's comment, I do have classes up here at UConn but I don't feel like talking about them on this page. I go to class, I learn, I do the work. Occasionally I might have something small to say about a class or two but not much. That's not why I wanted this page. But speaking of classes, I met my Spanish teacher for the first time on Tuesday. She was in Spain for the past two weeks so we had a substitute. So our class meets her and no one can understand her accent. None of us are used to Spanish accents. We are used to Mexican, Puerto Rican, or Ecuadorian accents around Derby along with smaller groups of Spanish-speakers like such as people from Guatemala or the Dominican Republic. Anyway, our teachers always avoided teaching us words such as "vosotros" in high school They told us what it meant but they avoided it because most Spanish-speaking people in America are from Latin America. So my teacher is from Spain and she used a lot of words like that. She also pronounced letters different than others. It was very difficult the first day but now she knows our level of understanding and she slowed down for us, and we also learned how she was going to be for now on. So it appears to be getting better.

Anyway, yesterday we had the fire alarm go off twice in our dorm. The second time I wasn't there for, and I'm not sure why they had the first one. Someone must have burnt popcorn or something. Later, at night, I got out of my Spanish class and met up with a bunch of people from Derby High School that were up here visiting for the UConn/Hofstra men's soccer game.

Chris Kal and Christine Smey came up from Hofstra,

while other friends Mike Matosian, Steve Costantini and

James Homa came up for the game also. Meanwhile, DHS students that are currently attending UConn from our graduating class also met up. These people were Kate her sister Liz Bowman, her boyfriend Ryan O'Connell, Christina Sutay, Alex Bansak and later, Kristen Smith. We all went for dinner at the Northwest Dining Hall. It was a lot of fun and it was nice to see everyone again and get them all together. After dinner, everyone said goodbye and that's about it.

 

Today, I had class and that is about it so far. I still have another class and then I am finished for the day.

I hate coming up with titles.

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Today I woke up late. My roommate Rod had his friend come over the night before and he slept over. So we all woke up around 11 and they left for breakfast over at South while I met up with Kate and got breakfast at McMahon. I prefer McMahon for breakfast for some reason. Anyway once we were done eating we came back to my dorm to meet up with Rod and his friend Omeed. His friend is hilarious. He is one of those people who says funny things at the right time, like someone will be talking and he'll be quiet the whole time and then at like the perfect spot he'll just join in with a one-liner and it will be so funny. He kind of reminds me of Sean and Justin's friend Dave Tomczak by the way he talks. Anyway, soon after, our friend Jake stopped by and we all hung out here at my dorm. Jake is really good at playing guitar and he taught himself Norwegian Wood by the Beatles and I am really jealous. BUT, I'm trying to teach myself Calico Skies and Jenny Wren by Paul McCartney. I can play some of the parts but not all of them. It will take much more practice.

After a while, Rod's sister came up and hung out with all of us for the day. We all took a walk over to the UConn Dairy Bar where they make their own ice cream and sat around talking. These people ar hilarious, it was so much fun. Then we hung out at the dorm some more and then got dinner. The whole day, Rod and Omeed were arguing over who had better calves. At the ice cream place they asked this young lady and this old lady who had bigger calves. They both said that Rod did. Then they asked who had better looking calves and they chose Omeed. Then they decided to ask what they thought if I was in the mix too. They both said mine were the best. Excellent. I have good calf muscles. Well-defined. Great Success! Then at dinner, we noticed that my roommate shaves his armpit hair. We all thought it was weird for a guy to do that and he was like, "It helps bring out the shape of your muscles more." He is big into working out, by the way. So anyway, he asked this lady walking by what she thought and she said she didn't have a preference really but she didn't think that it was weird. So she left, and when she came back to her table with some food she walked over and said that she had changed her mind and that she was siding with my roommate.

So after that, Jake left and went back to his dorm and soon after that, Omeed went home. Then we all still hung out and then Rod's sister left. It started getting late so I walked Kate back to her dorm and said goodnight. That's about it for the day. I finally typed more than a couple sentences about my day...and no pictures this time either.

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if u read my page, leave some type of comments on here so i kno that ur reading it.  i believe that sean likes to have people leave him comments and i would too

A DAY By the Lake

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The other night I was hanging out by the lake and Kate took a couple pictures of me.

 

Today, I walked over to the farms with Katie. I took a few pictures. The cows were cool, the bulls kept mooing whenever Katie walked away. They stared at her the whole time. Meanwhile, they wouldn't even look at me. There was a baby bull that was trying to moo but it couldn't really moo. It was adorable.

Later in the day, we went down to the pond, yet again, with some bread to feed the ducks. They love being fed.

 

The ducks were really nice. They let us get really close to them, and they ate out of our hands. All in all, it was a good day.

Night by the Pond

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marching single file into the lake

Long time no update

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Okay so for some long time I haven't been able to update this site. Now I can. Now I don't remember what I wanted to type for the last few days but I have pictures that I wanted to upload from going down to the pond and feeding the ducks. The geese were cool too. They like marched in single file lines to get in and out of the water. But...that will be in the following post because I am hungry.

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i learned the other day that more family members are reading this page then i thought so please leave comments and let me know that you are reading this. thank you. and yes, i know that i was lazy and didn't capitalize anything. deal with it.

The Weekend

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That's the dorm building that I am in.

This weekend was pretty good. Friday, I had one class and Katie and I went on a walk through some farms and fields. It was nice.

Then we went home to Derby for the weekend and Saturday morning, I went out to lunch with my parents and then that same night I had some people over to play some Call of Duty 2 with a few friends. Steven Sobczynski, Krzys Fus, Glen Espin and Katie Bowman. It was a lot of fun and Glen's hair is really, really long.

Cheers.