‘What have you been up to recently, Will?’ I hear you ask in your thousands. Well, to answer your question, stuff, and I guess this site is all about me telling you about that ‘stuff’ that I’ve been up to. Joking aside, I don’t have thousands of fans (obviously), and uni has been pretty busy with work lately which is why it’s been a while since my last post.
Where to start… Well, about a week ago I finally saw a film I’d been waiting to see for ages: ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’. It didn’t disappoint. For any of you who don’t know, it’s directed by Martin Scorsese and based on the rise and fall of Jordan Belfort, who was a fraudulent New York stockbroker back in the 90s. Belfort is portrayed in the film by Leonardo DiCaprio, who, as usual, was excellent. As you all know, I’m not massively into films, and this was 3 hours long, but the time flew by. One of the best films I’ve ever seen (not sure that’s a coveted award?!)
Last week we went to see our first Broadway show in New York called ‘Motown’, which was about the story of Motown Records, and directed by its founder Berry Gordy. It was a brilliant experience, and I’d definitely like to catch another show on Broadway if we can before we come back to the UK! We managed to grab a quick post-show Times Square ‘selfie’ too!
I also saw my first UNH mens basketball game on Saturday in the Charger Gymnasium on North Campus. The ‘Chargers’ played really well and ended up beating PACE 75-52 in what was a pretty entertaining game. I’d forgotten how much I enjoy basketball so it’s definitely something I’ll make more of an effort to catch on TV in future. Going again tonight to watch their last home game of the season so fingers crossed for another Chargers win!
We’ve also had quite a bit more snow, but no more snow days off uni. There’s still a lot of it on the ground because it’s not warm enough for it to melt quickly but this weekend we’re supposed to reach a dizzy high of 7 degrees(!!) Below is a photo of the football field outside our building taken from the common room last week.
I Skyped some random lads too, no idea who they were but Ryan seemed happy to have them in our flat. One of them was pretty wild, and even sang me a song. If I were him I don’t think I’d drop Sports Science to pursue a singing career just yet.
On Monday evening I rode the CT Transit bus around downtown New Haven for a journalism project where we had to go somewhere we feel uncomfortable before writing about our experience. I don’t think night buses in big cities are a nice place to be, and I hadn’t been on them much around here before then. Things took a turn for the worse when Justin Bieber’s twin got on the bus (I wish I’d got a picture, the resemblance was uncanny!) Our experience was made more bearable by a kid who was on the bus with us for about 20 minutes. He was with his mum and seemed full of energy – first he tried to talk to the man opposite who wasn’t very interested, and then turning his attention to us. Before we knew it we were playing eye-spy (they play it here with a visual clue or colour not a beginning letter). When we left the bus, he even high-fived us!
Yesterday, as part of a class (Gaming and Casino Management – yes, that exists!), we were treated to a free 3 course meal at the UNH Hospitality student-run restaurant. I had onion soup to start, followed by steak and lobster, and then a cookie tower to finish. It was a great meal and the crazy thing is it only costs $7 normally!
So, yeah, that’s about it really. I did submit another summer internship application this morning so hopefully that might come to something.
Oh yeah, and Happy Birthday to my homeboy Ryan Hesp who turns 20 on Monday!
Let’s switch it up a bit. How about a few of songs of the week, it’s been a while! Hope all is well for everyone in the UK and that the weather starts to behave soon!
Song of the Week 1: Foo Fighters – Everlong
will annetts 
“I Skyped some random lads too, no idea who they were but Ryan seemed happy to have them in our flat. One of them was pretty wild, and even sang me a song. If I were him I don’t think I’d drop Sports Science to pursue a singing career just yet.” LOL
cheers mate , only just seen the birthday message, cheers buddy
looking like a smashing time still