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Alright... this is a bit premature. I have the next 5 academic terms: Summer 1-2, and 3 Quarters to take care of my in house requirements, sciences and social sciences and to play alot of music and write a thesis on performing Shakespeare songs (and perform them). Then its London, in ONE YEAR
I talked to my advisor today, and she okayed my plan to wrap up the music degree in the next year and delay my English degree for one year to finish it out at Kings College, London. I still have to apply, but the program will take you if you meet the requirements, and I do right now.
So in exactly 1 year from now I will be packing to move to London and study English with the English! I lived there for about 6 weeks last year, and it was divine, my happiest time in life, ever. Now I will most likely be going back, and I am TOTALLY psyched! The tube, the globe, the RSC, the symphonies, Hyde park... Paris is two hours away as well. I can't wait to go, and I don't think I'll ever want to come back to America. No offense.
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I am seething with jealousy. When I was there for a semester, I didn't want to come home either. In fact, I still want to move back to London. That's so awesome that you get to do that! Posts: 952 | Registered: Jun 2005
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Sorry to be a sour puss, but I have to urge a note of caution. Don't necessarily expect your whole year to be as swimmingly wonderful as your 6 weeks was. I like London a lot, but it has its quirks, too.
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Arg! I am trying to find a job there but it seems I'll have to rack up some experience before I can be considered. Sounds awesome!
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London is so alive, te culture is nothing I ever experienced anywhere else. Though I haven't seen the whole world, that is the part of it I loved the most of all. Hello season tickets to the globe, the RSC, Albert Hall, etc!
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It astonished me that I could see the Rosetta Stone for free. I had to pay $7 to see the replica at the Egyptian museum here. (I got to see many other things for the $7, but still.)
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Yah, the English understand the concept of a Public musem being umm.... PUBLIC! Its polite to donate, but its also nice to drop by for a few hours every week and see the museums peice-meal. American museums make an ordeal out of themselves, with parking, paying, passes, seeing the whole darn thing to get your money's worth. It is the American sense of ordeal which I will never miss when I leave this country. Other cultures have their quirks, but we have to be put through misery to be slightly entertained at the movies, theme parks and museums.
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When I was there for a semester, I didn't want to come home either. In fact, I still want to move back to London. That's so awesome that you get to do that! ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
