The Squash

Today was the "Squash" , an annual event here at Exeter. All the student oragnizations come to try and recruit members and all the local businesses come to shill their products to the young, affluent, and newly independent 18 yr. old freshemn. It is, quite literally, a huge number of people squashed into a warren-y mess of rooms trying to get free stuff. Here's what loot I got:

• pizza
• a beer
• a packet of cheese and onion crisps
• laundry detergent
• chicken ramen noodles
• a can of baked beans
• a little plug to put in the neck of your beer or "alchopop" to prevent someone spiking your drink
• cookies
• a little Amnesty International pin
• a copy of Rudyard Kipling's Kim
• cotton candy

I also joined the Literary Society, the Creative Writing Society, and the Erasmus Society- for international students, mostly those from the EU or other European countries- which should hopefully keep me very busy with activities this year! Signed up for a trip to Ottery St. Mary's for Bonfire Night (sometime in early November) which I'm much looking forward to- although I'll be disappointed if the place isn't littered with otters and I've a feeling it isn't... I'll let you know the otter situation when it comes around...