Bikin' the Dub

Today was day two of classes and the first day of biking in the city. Definitely an interesting couple of experiences. The classes here are set up differently. Instead of having to scramble to find meeting places/times, there are planned in meeting blocks which is kind of nice so you don't have to attend that hour if you have no meeting or discussion planned. But the classes are usually in two hour increments which is tough to get through. Especially first thing in the morning with a lack of caffeine in my system. But I'm going to try and figure out the coffee maker thingy tonight so hopefully I can at least have one cup before I head out in the morning. And on the brightside, most classes allow for laptops which is a definite plus. The classrooms don't have wireless which sucks, but you can either plug in or reconfigure your web browser to sort of hack into a network outside the classroom.

I've had two classes so far, Entrepreneurial Management and Business Excellence, both of which seem like they will be worth my time. I won't really need to pay attention in Excellence because it's all about the efficiency of a business which I just learned all about in OM during 301 last semester. However, Entrepreneurialship is what I'm most interested in since I want to start my own business so I think that it will be worth it to sit in.

While on campus today I got my bike (see above) and am very pleased with it. On top on the pink bike, I am now also the proud owner of a handlebar light, a black helmet with a red blinking backlight, and a lock that is so worth the money that a pair of bolt cutters...seriously, the guys show them to me...broken...awesome. German cut laser key that can only be copied in Germany. Fabulous. So I biked back from school and it only took me about 15-20 min and I didn't get hit by traffic, yay! No buses ran me down or cars honked their horns. It was a little unnerving but I think if I'm safe, keep my helmet on and my ears/eyes open, I will be just fine.

Also whilst perusing the campus today I came across several birds that were crazii cool looking, so I decided to do some investigating and I found out some of the following info. This is one of the prettiest birds I ever saw up close is called a European magpie. Blue, Black, White, and BEAUTIFUL!
And there was this crow looking thing that I saw. I asked some random Irish kid if he knew what it was but he had no idea. So it was either a Hooded Crow or a House Crow, I would have to see it again to be sure. I will bring my camera to campus next time.

Also, I will take some pics of the campus/Quinn school as soon as I can and get them up for all to see. I'm hoping it's sunny on Thursday when I'm there all day so that I have the greatest opportunity to snap some pics walking to classes or lunch or whatnot.

In other news, I saw my first red-headed Irish person today! woot woot!
I'm thinking most of the dyed blondes here are true reds though if you ask me...

Oh and an Irish accent...not as attractive as I thought it would be here. Oh well, I guess maybe the heart wants what the heart wants, it was more sexii at home when I was thinking about it. Maybe I was just playing it up in my mind or was set to a false ideal by hearing someone in particular speak that way. Oh well.
If only every guy could be as hot as Gerard Butler and his accent, who isn't Irish btw but plays a hell of a good one, his accent is dead on, I wonder what his true accent sounds like. Still pissed about that one. And life goes on.