Oxford Day 24

Ok, so I’m slightly dejected that I am able to write this blog right now, rather than being in some other amazing city somewhere. Before you laugh at my plight, let me just tell you that this is intentional. Tomorrow morning we are going to be heading to Scotland… or Ireland… or Wales… or somewhere else. Actually, we’re just going to go to the train station in the morning and take whatever we feel like and hope it turns out for the best.

Today the top group gave their presentation to Harte Hanks. Let me tell ya, I am so glad I didn’t have to present. The Harte Hanks execs tore that group apart. They tore into the details and totally caught them off guard with tons of questions, demanding that they get what they deserve as the customer. It was really intense, but fun to watch.

Most people took off mid-day to everywhere in Europe. A group went to Germany; one went to Spain; one went to Italy. My group of 5 stayed behind with no idea where we were headed. Haha. We ended up not going anywhere today. We’re definitely going somewhere tomorrow though.

I went on a hunt for deodorant today. Apparently it is not as prevalent in the UK as in the States. I went to a number of stores before I finally found some, and there was certainly not much of a selection. They even really have stick deodorant here. I couldn’t find any stick deodorant except some really expensive imported Gillette stuff. I ended up getting some Lynx spray deodorant. Lynx is exactly the same as Axe, just with a different name. I’m not sure why that is. Is Axe a bad word in England or something?

Tonight we played some 5-person Risk while watching the Italy – Ukraine game. It was a blast. Two of the players got knocked out after about an hour or two. Then Cody, Jonathan, and I ended up playing for three more hours. Our balances of power shifted quite a bit during that time, but we all managed to keep an even power over all. It was a really great game. Unfotunately, after about 5 hours of Risk, a couple people in the room started rough-housing and one of them threw a jacket at the other. Guess where it landed. That’s right. It knocked ever piece off the board. We were fairly displeased. Jonathan was downright livid. Haha, even now, 2 hours later, I can hear him ranting about it in the other room. It was such an amazing game. Quite a shame it had to be messed up. I wanted to prove my ability as a strategist once and for all. I guess I’ll have to wait for another day.