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Real University Experiences.

#bangor university #bangor uni #beds bangor #me

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NO NO NO NO NO

#lazytown

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YASSS VICKY YASSSS

GOOD JOB SCRIPPSY TOOK YOU LONG ENOUGH

for @vestas-kitchen, who requested the ending of her fab historygirls!scosner fic that i’d read and loved ages ago. here’s how it went down in my head.

link to the fic: https://archiveofourown.org/works/13375761/chapters/30632715

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me @ local performances of the history boys

#the history boys #where is the lie #love me some plays with the word cunt in #love me some quality teacher/student queer wish fulfilment #honestly the history boys is just porn but with no sex #alan bennett

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If you’re going to Bangor University, (Wales, not Maine) here’s a few things you might want to know

Hi! I’m Sian, and I’ve just finished my first year in my BA English Literature and Creative Writing course. I’ll be graduating in 2020, and I’m writing this in the summer of 2018. So, without further ado, here’s my ‘things I wish I’d known’ and just some general advice! 

1- The Hills If you’re stalking the Bangor Uni tag, you’ve inevitably seen the Bitch Hill memes. That’s still a thing. Going up and down Bitch Hill is still the quickest way between Upper and Lower Bangor, especially if you’re coming from Ffriddoedd Village. However- a building on the side of the hill, Pontio, has been finished, and it does have a functional lift. 

Now, though, there’s an even worse one. It’s called St Mary’s Hill, and it leads to the St Mary’s student village. Colloquially, it’s known as Twat Mountain. I know at least two people who taxied up that hill every time they went up. It is a monster.

I will say though- depending on how much you move about, you get used to the hills very quickly. By November I could walk up Bitch Hill without stopping. Fitness and cardio are inevitable.

2- Halls

Halls are pretty cool. There’s not much to them, but depending on which one you are in, your experience can be very different. Idwal and Braint tend to be quite chill, but Peris, Enlli and Alaw are known party halls. If whatever halls your in doesn’t suit you, you can ask to move, it’s no trouble.

Fire alarms do go off about 1am- 3am for test drills. However, you’ll probably know which week, if not day it is, so you can prepare. It’s also possible to miss your fire drill by getting shitfaced in someone else’s house and turning up to halls at 4am.

Personal experience though- DO NOT HOOVER WATER. IT WILL BREAK IT. No, that wasn’t me, but I’m still angry at the guy that did it.

3- Freshers

Do what you want during Freshers, free food’s always a plus though, but please go to Serendipity. Societies at Bangor are all free, and you can take advantage of that. Personally, I’m in at least five societies- BEDS, SODA, Film Soc, Rostra and Veg Soc, and I’ve met so many actual legends through societies. If I’m honest, I recommend making friends through societies rather than halls or your course. You meet a more diverse range of people with the same interests as you.

4- Welsh 

Unless you’re dealing with publicity for a society, you do not need any Welsh. Don’t feel like you need to learn it to be understood. I’ll just come out and say it- some of the locals are MASSIVE arseholes, but that’s because you’re not local, not because you can’t speak Welsh.

5- Drinks

There are loads of spots in Bangor worth drinking in. Personal favourites- Belle Vue, Black Bull, Menai, Fat Cat, Harp. As for clubs- Academi is pretty dire, but Cube is decent. I’ve heard good things about dB, but I’ve never been in myself. 

And unless you’re on a team like American Football or Rugby, drinking culture isn’t that strong. It’s social, not cultural- you might go to the pub on a social or to meet friends, but no one is going to make you drink. I get the piss taken out of me for ordering free water, but hey, sue me, I’m money-conscious and people are okay with that.

6- Packing (Weather)

As much as you hear about Welsh weather, Bangor’s actually pretty mild. Yes, it’s worth an umbrella or a raincoat, but you’ll still need as many summer clothes as winter clothes. We barely got any snow, but the summer was beautiful. Never thought I’d get sunburnt in Wales. But Jan/Feb is double layer weather, so do prep for that.

7- Classes

It’s okay to miss a seminar or lecture here and there. There’s a guy in the year above me who didn’t go to a single one of his seminars for one of his modules. (Don’t recommend though.) But no-one’s going to chase you up for a missed class because you couldn’t be bothered going and sat in halls in beds eating Pringles. (Not a true story, I swear.)

8- Shopping

No matter how much money you plan to save by walking to Aldi, if you live on Ffridd site, you WILL shop at Morrisons. But it’s really not all that bad. There’s usually an offer on the student foods- butter, pasta sauce, etc, and bread’s actually cheaper there so it turns out okay.

9- Housing

If you want to find a house with new friends, do it as soon as humanly possible. Houses go quickly in Bangor, and I advise you use Daffyydd Hardy rather than Varsity- which is a notoriously bad landlord.

However, if you’re not too fussed, you can leave it right until the end of the year and pick up a room that hasn’t been filled in say, a four-bed with three people. But don’t stress. You will find somewhere to live.

10- Reading Weeks and Holidays

Reading weeks are sort of like half terms. You get five days off, but there’s usually something due on Friday for your modules. Most people go home for reading week, but a fair few stay.

I cannot emphasise this enough, go home for Christmas and Easter. Bangor is desolate, everyone goes home for at least two weeks. You will go stir-crazy from boredom, and just hang about in your flat because everyone you know has just sort of fucked off.

11- Varsity and Aber

Once a year, everyone goes insane. That week is Varsity.

Bangor and Aberystwyth have a sports rivalry, and every year, there’s a uni-wide competition between every single sports club. Seriously, it’s like the Triwizard Tournament but with more partial nudity. (Apparently, it’s fun.)

My advice here is to not go out for a week and hide, and ESPECIALLY do not go to Academi during Varsity, as if it’s Bangor’s turn to host it’ll be packed with Aber students.  

So yeah, that’s my masterlist. If there’s anything else you’d like to know, feel free to message me :)

#bangor university #bangor #bangor uni

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why is reading minutes of committee meetings like watching the worlds most dramatic soap opera

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THE HYPE IS FUCKING REAL

#alan bennett #fucking alan #allelujah! #the history boys #samuel barnett #sacha dhawan

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Irwin: I’m proud to identify as morosexual. I’m attracted to dumbasses and dumbasses exclusively. Once a boy wrote the world’s dullest essay and now I dream of kissing him under the moonlight

Dakin: I had some thoughts about the philosophy of Kneeshaw

Irwin, already taking off his glasses: Dakin, you’re so fucking stupid

#the history boys

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do you ever get the urge to just burn something to the ground

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life goals: develop the unearned confidence of gilderoy lockhart

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#where is the lie #its funny bc its true #op is queer but how queer who tf knows #not me thats for sure

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You know what I want? I want food menus read out in the M&S advert voice because that shit is basically porn

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(x) such generosity.

#i can't believe my twitter turned up on tumblr #the history boys #senpai notced me

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there’s something endlessly hilarious to me about the phrase “hotly debated” in an academic context. like i just picture a bunch of nerds at podiums & one’s like “of course there was a paleolithic bear cult in Northern Eurasia” and another one just looks him in the eye and says “i’l kill you in real life, kevin”

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This will make you love again

And now you’re safe love again To feel the rays, love again The sweet delays love again To shoot the breeze, love again

#ugh #my guiltless pleasure #my wonderful sons #the history boys

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ugh

tagged by @prose-n-scripts

Rules: Tag 9 people you want to know better or just because you feel like it.

Relationship status: single. too single.

Favourite colour: pink

Lipstick or chapstick: i will stan lipstick until i’m dead and then some time after.

Last song I listened to: ... All Star. The Reggae cover by Post Modern Jukebox

Last movie I watched: IT (2017). They are all my new children.

Top 3 TV Shows: Beautiful People, The Good Place, and Call the Midwife

Top 3 Characters: Richie Tozier, David ‘Noodle’ Posner, Piers Gaveston

Top 3 Bands: Scissor Sisters, Queen, Bon Jovi

Books I’m reading: Too many, I’m an English Lit student

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tag urself im simon doonan

#samuel barnett #david posner #doddington #dirk gently #sebastian #nathantial norne #simon doonan #john millais #danny #advocate bob #the history boys #strange #dirk gently's holistic detective agency #twelfth night #nsfw tv show #beautiful people #desperate romantics #twenty twelve #jupiter ascending