Friday evening the newbies got together with some of the people who've been here a while and went to dinner. Manna is the restaurant we went to and it was fabulous! It's in an out of the way place, surrounded by interesting little shops, which some of us will go back to explore, and the food was the best I've had for a while. It wasn't too pricey, great atmosphere and excellent service. Definitely a must go to again! After dinner, to continue the evening, we went to Murphy's pub. Murphy's is non-smoking, but that didn't seem to deter the crowd. Lots of fun and I've discovered it's close to my apartment - hmmm!
For the newbies, including the visiting theatre prof, who came up with this idea in the first place, the evening was quite informative. Ah, the politics of academia! Oh, the personalities involved! It was nice to be clued in on some of the departmental stuff - forewarned is forearmed. As I have conversations with other students in the department I learn more and more. So, I've decided to observe, learn all I can, taking into account that some people may have biases due to their experiences, and then make my own judgments. I usually try to be extremely cautious in a new situation anyway, you never know when something you may have said, even if it was innocent, will come back to bite you in the butt! There's nothing wrong with treading very softly for a while. I hate politics, but they're everywhere, dang it!
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