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Arkansas and Texas

Last month, I stayed with my aunt Janice in Fayetteville, Arkansas.




































Jake's baseball game in Commerce, TX.






Aunt Janice and Delsie.


Cousin Will and Laurie's Boat.


Mood: Huge bottle of Tequila.

Currently listening to: The Dixie Chicks - Taking the Long Way

Crazy American Fact #18: Until recently, when it was officially declared as English, the United States did not have an official language. I always thought English and Spanish were both the official languages.

New Hampshire

Last weekend Dan, Kevin and I went up to Durham, NH to the University of New Hampshire. We also visited Dan's house in the lovely town of Peterborough, NH and went to the coast at Portsmouth. Most of the places in New Hampshire are named after places in the UK. There's a Manchester, Portsmouth, Dover, Plymouth and Bristol.

The drive there took about 7 hours, going through Massachusetts, and the drive back was about 8, because we went through the mountains in Vermont. Overall, we travelled over 800 miles this weekend.

We did some filming with Dan's video camera and hopefully we'll make something out of that.

There was also over a foot of snow while we were in Durham.


Outside the hotel - Part 1.


Outside the hotel - Part 2.


Outside the Hotel - Part 3.


Our journey begins.


Dan in a diner where we stopped for lunch.


Gas station.


Dan's car. The state slogan for New Hampshire is 'Live Free or Die' which you can see on the license plate of his car.


Durham is lovely.


Dan in the snow.






Dan, Kevin and Liz (Julia's roommate).


Kevin points at something...


For some reason, this picture looks way better in black and white.


Sledding at UNH.


Hotel car park.


Back on the road.








Dan and I looking goofy in the car.




Dan's Peterborough home.


Kevin!

Mood: Kevin, asleep in the car.

Currently listening to: Kings of Convenience - Riot on an Empty Street

Crazy American Fact #17: February is 'Black History Month'.

Snow and Ice

Snow outside the Campus Center.

It's 12 degrees fahrenheit outside, which is apparently -11 degrees Celcius. Brrrrrrr.

Dan and I have been having lunch with a girl called Sarah from our Academic Writing class and her group of friends. They're very cool people. One of the things I like most about this place is the way, even now, I still seem to meet new people all the time. The ballroom dancing has been a cool new experience. This week I went to a swing dance over at Cornell, the other University in the city of Ithaca, which was fun.

Next weekend Kevin, Dan and I are going to New Hampshire to visit Kevin's girlfriend at the University of New Hampshire. It's about a 6 and a half hour drive... but it's going to be fun. I can feel it. I'll take pictures.
Jarhead was also playing at the cinema here, so I went to see that again.


Zack and Kevin watching Late Night with Conan O'Brien. You can click on the photos now to see a full size version.


Zack pretends to push this van over a cliff...


Zack and I decided to climb the hill behind the towers again, and go into the woods... I know that's where they dwell, but I really wanted to go to the towns to get medicines...


East Tower!


Icicles on a BMW, with West Tower in the background. My room is in the very top left corner.


Close-up of the icicles!











West Tower!





I think this is Kevin...


Freshman parking lot. I think this is my favorite picture from all these.


Alexis' car before a night-time trip to Target.


Road 1.


Road 2.


Road 3.


Road 4.


I had the Memphis blues again...


Snow. The full-size version of this looks pretty good.


Outside Park.


Campus Center.










Mood: Eating melon in the Towers Dining Hall with Dan

Currently listening to: Pat Metheny - Speaking of Now

Crazy American Fact #16: Every state has a nickname. Some of them seem fairly sensible. Maine is 'The Pine Tree State', Arizona is 'The Grand Canyon State' and New York is 'The Empire State'. Others are a little bit weirder... Wisconsin is 'The Badger State', Missouri is 'The Show-Me State' and New Mexico is known as the 'Land of Enchantment'. Source.