Another Pre-Departure Post

Three weeks exactly until departure and I still don't know what classes I'm taking. I can't purchase my books, I have no idea about who my roommates are, little idea about what the school is supplying me with in terms of furnishings, etc. and only two days ago found out that yes, I do have a room waiting for me at UKent. The process of putting this trip into action has been somewhat ridiculous, with flurries of e-mails coming every three weeks with absolutely no word from anyone from either of my schools in between - quite frustrating.

I shouldn't bitch, really - I'm still going to England after all - but after basically leaving everything I know in life in committing to this trip, I'd like to keep the suspense to a minimum and just make it there already. I've had enough bureaucracy to worry about with securing a passport and visa earlier this summer, I'd like to finally have some peace of mind in this whole process.

One final backhanded complaint: if any of you (assuming someone is reading this) can go from http://www.kent.ac.uk/ to www.kent.ac.uk/student by only following links, I will send $5 to your PayPal account. I've been using the site for about six months now and haven't been able to make this happen. How a credible institution can maintain such a poor website is beyond me.

Finally, in making sure I don't turn this entry into something one might find in a 15 year old's LiveJournal, here are two videos I found recently, one Canterbury related and one...not quite so.

...I tried to embed the videos into the blog but I'm new at this and can't figure it out, so I'll have to go low tech and just post the links...

Tour of Canterbury by a dude on a recumbent bike:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=u6_kxL6Ej28


Mike Rowe of Dirty Jobs...:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=PWEI-5t2m54