New Years

Happy New Years! 2007. Freaky. What will they come up with next? 2008?

After a quiet Christmas, I was rather relieved to actually have something to do for new years eve. Most of the night venues in town had some sort of special gathering for the holiday, and a good many of them were themed. Most sold tickets in advance, and they ranged in price from around 5 pounds to upwards of 30 pounds. The place I went to was 10 pounds and had a superhero/villain themed party. There were awards given for best male and female costume. So basically about a quarter of the people looked ridiculous and everyone else was dressed normally. I was dressed normally.

For the most part, its all the same as the US. The biggest difference is that the bars do not have to close at a certain time any longer (a relatively recent change), so most bars were apparently open until 3 am, with some closing earlier and some later. I suppose this is good because then not everyone is put out in the street at the same time looking for a taxi.

While it seems like I have been in England for a long time, and the first semester is almost over, I realized the other day that I'll be here for 9 more months, and have been here for only 3. That's quite a lot of time.