Guy Fawkes Weekend

This weekend was Guy Fawkes Day, a celebration of the burning at the stake of Guy Fawkes, who attempted to burn down Parliament, or something- I don't really know all the facts. In short it's an entire weekend of fireworks. Everyone sets them off. All night. There were a few times when I thought I was living in a war zone. In addition to writing two papers this weekend, I also did a little shopping and sightseeing of my own right here in Oxford. On Saturday the town was crowded!! You could hardly get by. All the stores here are already decorated for Christmas, and they all play Christmas music. It's too early!! I went to the Botanical Gardens next to Christ Church Meadow. There are pictures in my album, but I'm afraid many of you will be disappointed. There's no people in them, and November isn't exactly the optimum time of year to visit a garden. My roommate, Amanda's, birthday was Sunday. So I took her out to the movies, her choice. We saw "The Coporation," a very insightful documentary on corporate America. Then last night, Sally, Karen and I took Amanda out, bought her a cake and some gifts and sang to her. Spent this morning at the science library finishing up my paper. Which I was very excited about. Up until this week I didn't know I had access to that library, and it has all the books and journals I've been looking for!! It was a social psychology student's dream!! But now it's back to reality and wrapping up these papers.