Upcoming Gigs, Exams and Travel Plans
October 26th, 2007 by Scuba
Despite the music scene being absolutely huge over here, I’m still yet to have been to a gig. I missed out on tickets to local gigs by The Decemberists (who canceled anyway) and Editors, but finally things are set to change!
First up, I’m off to the Super Furry Animals on Tuesday. After discovering them though Gruff Rhys’ solo work, their reputation as a great live band inspired me to get up to date with the huge catalog. As a Welsh psychedelic rock band, I’m sure it will be quite an experience. I’m heading there with a Welsh friend, who’s well looking forward to seeing a band from home perform here in Leeds.
In two weeks time Ashleigh and I are seeing The Shins in Manchester. We’re both huge fans, and have been looking forward to seeing them play live for quite some time. We certainly don’t mind having to make the trip over to Manchester to see them, I’m sure it will be well worth it!
Amongst all this, the middle of semester here has snuck right up with 4 exams and bundles of assessment happening over the next week or two. For those that don’t know, I’m taking subjects here from the Schools of Computing and Electronics in Artificial Intelligence, Operating Systems, Database Systems, Signal Processing, Probability, Control Systems and Embedded Systems. Much the same as the subjects I’d be doing in Australia, however about twice as many at once. That kind of workload seems pretty standard here though, so it will be interesting to see how everything pans out. So far they’ve been interesting enough subjects, and I’ve really taken to the relaxed amount of assessment during term compared to what I’m used to.
With time flying by, Christmas holidays will be coming up before long, so I’ve started planning out the travel plans for that time. So far the draft itinerary sees us starting in The Netherlands on the 9th of December, spending Christmas in France and then celebrating New Years in Scotland. With plenty of room in between those, I’m looking forward to an exciting break across Europe. I’ll be sure to keep everyone up to date as the rest of the plans come to light.
Over the past week the temperature seems to have dropped, and it feels quite strange walking home from uni at midday with the temperature below 10. While I’m sure it’s going to get a lot worse, I’m not overly concerned about it. The fun shall continue right into the winter :D