Thursday

Class today was interesting. My first class was at 8am, and waking up and getting there wasn't the hard part. The teacher was a bit stereotypical "full of himself" teacher. He used the somewhat cliche line of "You're the ones paying, my time is precious, etc." He was easy to understand and easy to follow, but it was just irritating because he left at about 8:03 and didn't come back for 10 minutes because students kept arriving and he wouldn't start until everyone had arrived since some people had interrupted his class.

My sociology of international relations class seems interesting. Apparently we have three teachers who each come in and give lectures.

The battery on my laptop is giving me problems. I checked some information on it and it is at approximately 37% health according to my iStat application which monitors internal workings. It has also been through 232 full cycles, and I'm not sure if that's a large or small quantity of cycles. It lasts approximately one hour, which is half of a class. One of the two reason i'm worried about this is that they are ridiculously expensive here, approximately $200 for a replacement. I'm pretty sure they aren't that expensive at home, but I will admit I think I got my last replacement for free (Thank you extended AppleCare warranty!). The other reason I'm worried is that I only have my short cord (the long one is an american plug) so it's difficult to plug in during class unless I get there early and sit next to the outlet which is tough when I've got back to back classes.

We got to see the Man Utd game in the Carling Cup third round last night. They won, even after having a defender sent off for a cynical tackle. Chelsea also played, they won as well, and three players make returns from injury (Yuri Zirkhov, Joe Cole, and Paulo Ferreira) and Joe Cole got the assist for our only goal.

Lunch break and then two more classes this afternoon. I'm not leaving for Paris until tomorrow, I didn't feel like paying for 2 nights in a hotel/hostel.