bits of life between Halloween and Tennessee

Friday 16th November 2012 - 4.48pm

Had my weekend played out the way I intended I would currently be on my way to Kentucky for a weekend of archery, hiking, mountain biking and such. Alas, the universe is a cruel place and the trip was unexpectedly cancelled. This does mean I can concentrate on my homework, a modern day euphemism meaning update my blog,  tweet about every insignificant moment of my life and reblog pictures from horror films and ponies on tumblr.


Just over a fortnight ago was Halloween and just previous to that was my last post. A considerable amount has happened since then. Firstly, my Modern Poetry class had a pizza-packed Halloween Party. We all dressed a character from the syllabus for which I claimed to be Emily Dickinson as so  I committed to the role and adorned a bargain wig and wore a float blouse. Success rate - low. Nevertheless, there was food and fun to be had by all.

Wednesday evening rolled round and with it the actual night of Halloween. I once again falsely posed as Dorothy, post-zombie apocalypse but this time I committed to the role and adorned a bargain wig twice in as many days.

For reasons that escape me I have developed an inexplicable obsession with mirrored photos?

Once the Hallow's Eve festivities had past, the next landmark event for us to look forward to was the election. As many of you may be aware, I worked with the Obama campaign to encourage local citizens (mainly college students) to use their vote as in Ohio especially every little counts. I say Ohio especially as Ohio is a swing state. For those of you who are not clued up on your American politics, I'll elaborate. (Only cause I can now that I've had it all explained to me.) Ohio as a state is an Independent state, due to the fact it is impossible to tell if the majority vote will fall on the Republican side or the Democratic side. Consequently, the state is awarded 18 out of a total of 538 electoral votes. Electoral votes are split across all 50 states and a candidate must obtain 270 electoral votes to secure Presidency. To put this into prespective - North and South Dakota (two separate states) are awarded 6 electoral votes between them. Though I am not an American, my last few months in Ohio were very informative in regards to both Romney and Obama's campaigns and frankly in my opinion - the right man won

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