I say! I'm at St. Anne's now! What ho?

Before you ask, St. Anne's is not one of the ancient, classic colleges with the absolutely glorious medieval architecture. It's actually rather modern. I'm okay with that. For one thing, it's not like I have any shortage of glorious medieval architecture - I can just GO DOWN THE STREET! And for another thing, my room seems to have air conditioning. HURRAH.

Here is my room - this time, I knew to take a picture before I threw my stuff down.



(I had an epic fight with a bug that got into my room when I opened the window. And it WOULD NOT go out. I had the window open, the door open, I was trying to chase it everywhere. It just kept climbing UP the window, not down and out. Finally it got the point and left, right when I was about ready to hit it with a shoe heel or something.)

To prove my point about St. Anne's being modern, here's the view from my window:



Right now that building's full of men in suits and women in dress pants, wrapping up a conference going on here at the same time as VPO move-in. (Now who was the genius who thought up THAT timing? The British academics have to deal with clueless American students, and the Americans feel kind of intimidated by all these smart dressed-up Brits. Genius...)

I went out wandering once I'd gotten partially unpacked. Got lunch, got ice cream, picked up a pair of really cute sandals for three pounds (five dollars, basically - eat it, Urban Outfitters, you and your twenty-dollar sandals!). And - this was pretty much the Good Highlight of My Day - I WALKED PAST THE EAGLE AND CHILD. Which is the Inklings' pub. OH MY GOD I WAS RIGHT OUTSIDE TOLKIEN'S PUB HOLY CRAP MY LIFE IS NOW COMPLETE.

Well, except that it won't be fully complete until there is photographic evidence. (Because I forgot my camera again, like an idiot. Twice now! It won't happen again!)

The Shitty Highlight of My Day was my struggle with the adapter for my computer. I moved every single piece of furniture in my room trying to find the ethernet connection. And in doing so, I bent one of the prongs of the plugged-in adapter. And then my computer decided to fry. So I spent about an hour trying to bend the prong back/find a place with an adapter/keep from screaming in frustration. At the moment, Katy is being a saint and letting me borrow hers. Tomorrow, I'm off to find one of my own.

But this makes me feel better. This is the view from the ground right beneath my dorm.



*deep breath* I'm in OXFORD. All better now.