'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe

fair enough, cola is fine :)

things that you'll probably need at sussex include...
a tea towel (but keep it in your room otherwise it will get abused)
lots of blue tack or drawing pins to put pictures etc up in your room cos otherwise your room looks the same as everyone elses
something edible to share with your flat/hall mates

on that note, do you have your room allocation yet? i lived in 36 East Slope.
East slope is commonly (and quite fondly) known as "the ghetto" as it looks a bit dingy, but it was great living there because it meant that we got to know all the people in the flats around us.
Park village is cool and the rooms are nice, lots of my friends had park village rooms. the houses are 3 stories with a kitchen on the top and bottom of each, so if you're on the middle floor you get to pick which kitchen you go to.
Lewes court (phase 1 and 2) is very nice and the most expensive but it's the newest and poshest
Brighthelm i don't really know much about except that you get a washing machine and you have to pay for electricity and stuff.
The park houses (lancaster, york, kent and norwich i think) are the most "hally" as you live along a corridor and share a kitchen with your corridor

the best piece of advice i got when i started uni was to keep your door propped open a lot in the first week or so, cos people will poke their head in to see who you are. if your door is closed they won't bother.

i think i sound like a brochure now so i'll just shut up :)
are you excited about uni? i was but i was also a bit scared too :S