Time, Olympics, and Rugby

Who would have believed that time would go so fast? Oh, wait. That would be me. This is exactly why I chose to insist upon studying abroad for an entire year versus a semester. I now have about three months left here in England. I can't believe it. It seems like yesterday was still in September. I would have been gutted if I would have had to leave after first term and I'm pretty sure in thinking I would have been miserable back home. I think that after this term, however, I will be more accepting to the fact that I'm going home. I miss everyone, but I know I will miss it here once I am back in the States.

I recently watched the Super Bowl. Talk about different. It was on the BBC which meant no Super Bowl commercials. A bit disappointing especially because where there should have been commercials (or advertisments) there was a couple of guys talking about extremely nonimportant things. The halftime show was good I thought. My company to watch the game was interesting. I was with two people from Canada and 3 people from England. Strange experience to watch the game with people who don't know the game and/or don't really care about what's going on.

Currently I'm trying to keep track of the Winter Olympics. There isn't too much hype about them really. My Canadian flatmate and I are keeping up, but I'm not sure how interested the rest of Uni is. To be fair, Six Nations is going on right now and that's a huge huge event here. Six Nations is a rugby tournament between England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, France, and Italy. Rugby is interesting and the environment of going to see a game at the Student Union is phenomenal. Everyone is gathered around the screen with a beer and their friends cheering for their team. The spirit of the game is amazing.

I think part of the reason that there isn't much hype about the Winter Olympics is because the Summer Olympics are being held in London in 2012. Some people also believe that the Winter Olympics aren't as important, which of course isn't true. There may be fewer events and fewer teams and fewer atheletes, but the spirit of the Games is there and the competition is there and the need for the World to support it's own people is there. This time, since I'm in England, all the coverage is biased towards England. I almost find myself rooting for England (which wouldn't be a terrible thing) but I'm also terribly biased towards the American team and of course I want them to do their best!

Good Luck to all the Olympians!!!!!!

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Happy February!!!!!