What Percentage Virginity Are You?

To quickly explain the odd title of this post, I need to explain that, in an utterly baffling conversation a couple evenings ago, Fiona was asked what percentage of a virgin she was by her fierce room-mate Tiffany from Fayetteville. Natural instinct to the British would probably be to say you either are (100%) or you're not (0%) but apparently not in North Carolina. You can be a 77.3% virgin, a 21% virgin, a 5% virgin. Not sure exactly how they calculate this, but I thought you might find it vaguely amusing to learn back home.


We certainly found it hilarious.


This conversation came after we had our first American House Party and our first Frat-Party!!!


As you can see we have the read cups down! And the goofy posing.
What you don't realise is that these red cups are from the House Party - they had a system where you turned up, paid a fiver and were given a cup which then meant you could have unlimited alcohol paid for by the hosts all night. The drink was a mixture of this stuff called EverClear. It's a grain alcohol that's essentially just-about-legal moonshine. The first party had mixed it up with lemonade and about my weight in sugar in their bathtub which you then scooped out with your cup. Classy right?


The Frat guys were even better, you didn't have to contribute but they had mixed their stuff in bins. I seriously hope they were cleaned first.... But as you can see we had fun taking over the dance floor. Oh yes! The Frat house (Phi Delta) has a full on dance floor with DJ and techie.


The house itself is just amazing in general. It's that same southern antebellum that I keep talking about but it's hard to believe that students our ages live in these houses like their own. Think of the houses that old aristocracy owned in the UK once-upon-a-time and then imagine living in it at university. It's akin to that sort of situation although the houses aren't quite as huge. Us three girls have decided to Rush though which is kind of exciting. Imagine if we became 'sisters' in a sorority house and moved out of dorms? I don't know if I'd go that far to be honest since I think most of the girls in the houses are younger and the older years live out in their own houses, albeit still usually with their sisters.


Since then things have been pretty crazy.


The university had organised a party at Target (imagine having a DJ in asda or tesco). It was bizarre!! Several hundred students descended on the store, dashing through the aisles as music pumped through the air and snatching up budget items for their rooms.

 People were really dancing!!

And Alex couldn't resist doning the MAN OF STEEL boxers. 

You may have seen these photos on one of my new pages too - I've started an 'American to English Translator' page and a 'Tar Heel Characters' page just for ease.


Finally FALL FEST - a 10pm-2am freshers fair in the street with huge stages, performances and lots and lots of Christian groups. I've signed up for my acapella groups and sports societies and the odd dramatic arts thing. Not quite the same without my Edinburgh friends but amazing all the same.


Je serai poète et toi poésie,
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