University: Exploring the weird the wonderful and well...yeah the weird.

So i knew when i started writing my blog for today i wanted to use an embarrassing nightclub photo and i can honestly tell you that after spending the last hour of flicking through them all that:

A) I now want to be a nightclub photographer so i can say i have witnessed an event like the one above... like, i so need to know how this happened.
B)People do some crazy shit. (especially when drunk)

It seems as though after being at university i can honestly say I've done and seen some pretty weird things, people coming out of nightclubs with their trousers round their ankles, throwing parties with a sex doll (named Phillipa i might add ) as the main attraction and going clubbing with an inflatable snowman named Derek, (RIP Derek) that met it's end under the harsh torment of a stiletto heel. I've seen people going to parties in nothing more than bin bags, people climbing into the river near my university, throwing jars of pasta sauce down the stairs at 3am and ,most annoyingly for the person living beneath him (aka ME!), gay guys singing the circle of life out of tune at 4am every morning. University is just one of those places where anything can happen. 

Its seems like when you come to university there are three types of people:
1) the people who have been drinking for a while already
2) the people person type number 1 will be influencing to start drinking (I was this type of person)
3) the people that don't like going out or drinking and keep to themselves most of the time.

For me university was to be a time of experimentation and exploration in learning about myself, it has become somewhat more of an education about drinking games and clubbing... but hey ho! 

The student community of this country (not just my little gem of a uni) has a pretty amazing ideas when it comes to partying, like some of the themes are just crazy. One of the best theme nights to observe is a 'where's wally?' theme party, the originality in the costumes is unbelievable. Another cool party theme which almost always ends in disaster (much to the amusement of other people) are 'no clothes' parties whereby you can wear anything, just not clothing. I watched people walking to this party and some of the outfits were mental. This is a small segment of what i saw walking past my apartment.

• One girl wearing nothing more than pots and pans held together with string.
• A bloke covered in duct tape.
• A girl covered in sweets held on by some kind of glue (no idea what it was made of)
• A girl in nothing but toilet paper (retro mummification!)
• A girl covered by lots of balloons held together with string (lets hope no-one had a pin on them.

So there you have it folks, another night in the life of a university student!

I mean it isn't just nightlife at university which can lead to weirdness, i was walking through the main admin building the other day and i was handed a flyer by a guy dressed as Bowser from Super Mario. The city itself in which you live is also bound to play host to all manner of odd things, Such as the mysterious 'Swidgeons' or 'Turkey Ducks' that reside in Lincoln, 'the puppet man' in Norwich or the famous 'dub step prostitute' from Mansfield. These little treasures are what make your university experience all the more fun. It isn't 

about the historical significance of the city, nor about the shopping (though many women would disagree with me on that point) but about the number of truly unique and freaky people that you see roaming the streets, free to do as they please.

Well, i'm off on a pub crawl tonight so god knows what weird wonderfulness one should encounter, especially on St Patrick's day! Leave me a comment on your weird university experiences so far!

Atargatis, wishing you happy drinking this evening, over and out! xxx