That was the plan, honestly. I even decided to the coolest place I could find in order to study, oh yea, for my Leiden admittance essay. As I was sitting down in the amazing historical reading room of the John Rylands Library, I was informed that today was stroke awareness day and that a group of volunteers and stroke victims were here to share stories and raise awareness (as interesting as the thing was, I don’t think there are many things you can do to prevent a stroke so… there is limited good awareness can do)
Anyway, there I met Steve, a former roadie who suffered a stroke 4 years ago. We chatted a bit, it was quite touching.

When I got back home I met the whole crew of the house while I was unpacking groceries. We drank wine, we talked, each cooked and ate his own dinner. It was a good bit of socializing, the kind of which I am not used to being a first-time flatmate and all.

I also used my first Occulus Rift, there was a car presentation in Arndale and they were doing some sort of VR demo with the Rifts.
I must say I was very impressed with the experience. It was immersive in a way I had not experienced before. The fact that you control the camera with your head tricks your brain EXTREMELY well.
I am looking forward to see how VR is going to be used in the future, but for a first try, I was sold.

~Garret