Oxford Day 21

Dr. Lytle’s class had to meet at 9 this morning, but Winegeart let his class sleep in, so I didn’t have to meet my group until 11. Oddly enough though, I don’t feel any more rested. We basically spent the whole day compiling data from surveys into usable formats. It was tons of fun.

At one point Cody, Daniel, and I went to the grocery store about a mile away to grab some groceries. I know it sounds strange, but I’m going to miss walking that far all the time when I get back to the States. People are so lazy in America. People would rather drive across the ACU campus than walk. It’s pretty ridiculous. It’s funny to me that Americans can drive every single place they go, eat tons of unhealthy food, and then curse their genetics for their problems with weight. People are just lazy. Face it.

I love how worked up the Brits get over soccer. Every single person in the country knows all about the England team and is rooting for them in the cup. Every bar and restaurant and establishment of any kind shows every England game. I kinda wish America had some sort of unifying bond occasionally. It would be nice to have that sort of camaraderie with everyone, even if only occasionally.

One thing I do find interesting in traveling is the automatic bond that origin can give you with people. When traveling around to other states within the US, it gives me an instant bond with someone to find that they’re from Texas… or Canada I suppose. Within Texas, if I find that they’re from the 903 there is an instant openness there that wouldn’t exist otherwise. The farther you travel from home the wider that geographical bond. Over here, when I find someone from anywhere in the States we have that bond instantly. I think it’s pretty interesting. Somebody that I would never have any reason to talk to within the US becomes very interesting when I encounter them here. I have had tons of conversations with people over here, simply because our accents are the same. I find it rather odd that the scope of that bond becomes so much greater the farther you travel.

This weekend we were planning on going to Italy, but we waited too long to get tickets, so now it would cost us hundreds to fly there. I suppose we’ll be doing something much closer now. Sigh. I guess I am pretty intrigued by Ireland. Hopefully we can find an inexpensive route to get there.