9/27/2005 07:35:00 PM|||James O'Malley|||

Bad Good news!

I've decided to live at home and commute in to University - it's only 15 miles away, and easily accessible by train or bus.

Long story short, I can't cope with living there- the social side doesn't appeal to me, and I havn't really "clicked" with my soon-to-be-former flatmates.

But I'm still doing the course, and that's the main thing, and at the moment, it looks like it's going to be fantastic. I got my first ever "homework" earlier - something which has now taken on a slightly more literal meaning with my revert in living arrangements. Politics and that is often a very sombre subject, what with all the bad news and big issues, so they've decided to introduce us to the course with something a bit more upbeat- the death penalty. I need to research it for Thursday, where they'll be a follow-up introductory session, which should be fun.

In the introductory session earlier today, I tried to drop in bits of trivia to sound knowledgable and important, but I don't think the people I was working in cared very much. "Alistair Campbell used to leak news about Bill Clinton when he wanted Clinton to support the bombing in Kosovo", I said. They didn't look too impressed.

Nevertheless, it's been an interesting three-day experiment, and I've learnt a lot. Mainly that I can't do much for myself and being with hundreds of people you don't know is horrible.

More funnier and upbeat updates to follow.

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