Day 104: Pull out the red carpet!

Song of the Day: Happy Birthday! To who you might ask? Me!!! I am officially twenty-two years old!!!!!!!! Though I'll admit the actually birthday song is kind of boring.. but honestly it made me smile so much every single time!!! I take it all back about what I said earlier with my birthday not really being a birthday over here... These people made my day. Especially Jill and Aimelle!! (Disclaimer: this does not mean that all of you back home can just forgo celebrating... we are soo celebrating.. my birthday will last all month if it has to!!!)

So before today even started... so yesterday.. I stood outside in the cold and wet rain for 9 hours at the Harry Potter World premier in Leicester Square. Why you may ask would I do something so outrageously insane? Because in the end I got pictures of Molly Weasley, Ron Weasley, Dean Thomas, Neville Longbottom, Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, And Draco bloody Malfoy. I got four of them to even sign my journal!!! They signed my journal!!! And the best one: Tom Felton (aka draco). Seriously. Here is a picture just to prove I am not fabricating this. And I put it up on facebook too. I couldn't help it. I am just so proud of it all! So yes, that was the first big birthday present for moi. And then I was off to bed (well actually I had to write a poetry essay first.. but I got that donezo.. so yay.. oh and while I was in the library skyping my padre two groups of wonderful girls came in and sang Happy Birthday at the top of their lungs.. it was awesome).

And then I slept in until 1120 am. It was absolutely amazing. Then we all went to the London eye.. which was totally cool and not scary in the slightest. We even got to do this cool 4d experience beforehand that totally reminded me of Disneyland.. so of course that made me happy. And then a group of us went to Starbucks where Hannah bought me a hot chocolate.. and then I was off to get ready for the huge banquet we were going to tonight. I went to Primark on Wednesday and bought a brand new birthday dress especially for the occasion. So we get ready and go there. And it was awesome. Ill put up pictures on facebook tomorrow (well that's the plan anyways.. we all know how horrible i am at updating photos.. I havent even put the one's up from paris yet.. mehh Which btw.. I know I didn't mention but I totally went to Disneyland Paris and it rocked... but that is to be expected). The banquet was in Hatfield house which is where Queen Elizabeth I grew up. They did this whole madrigal singing and acting shindig.. which I was pulled into and forced to play a game.. which I won btw. well the first time.. the second time I lost.. but still got a leather book mark!!! Happy Brithday to me! lol. OMG i completely skipped over one of the best parts of the day. So after we get home from the starbucks run.. (Jill and Aimelle had given me the option earlier to go with them to get my "surprise" but I chose to go home instead and start getting ready because I didn't want to be rushed.. funnily enough we arrived back at the same time haha) So I head up to my room.. all the while Jill is trying to hide a bag from me.. It was quite funny when she realized I was walking right behind her on the way home.. She freaked out.. and ran ahead a good twenty feet. But anyway we get in the room and Aimelle and her make me close my eyes as they get things situated. And the I open them and they hand me a giant bottle of diet coke which has been my staple drink the last month and a can of pringles. Awesome right? But nothing to hide from me ... at least that is what I thought until they pulled out a long box covered in pooh bear wrapping paper.. (yes.. I did say I turned twenty-two earlier.. I'm not refuting that despite my love for all things cute and cuddly.. pooh bear being one of them) I open the present.. and OMG it is Hermione's wand!!!! Well not the real one from the movie set.. but still.. it was one of the cool replicas you find in those in-flight magazines on planes!! They GOT ME ONE!!!! and I love it. Love love. Of course my dad is going to mock me incessantly when he finds out.. but it'll be worth it because i have my very own wand. Muahaha. Which btw Harry Potter?? yeah.. it's going to be epic! but anyway... my birthday has been just one big giant blast of fun.. non stop.. but fun. And I also want to thank all of the people who wished me a happy birthday on facebook.. there were over 50 people!!! I felt so loved. I will try to reply to all of them tomorrow.. That's alot of replies. But I am up for the challenge.. after all I'm twenty-two now.

Well it is late once again.. and I am exhausted.. once again. I feel like there is a pattern I've got going on when I write most of these blogs.. haha. Well I am off. Thank you for a wonderful birthday! Seriously. Until next time. :D

Day 102: You make me feel...

Song of the Day: Teenage Dream... Glee style. Because I know I've picked this song before by that one guy on you tube.. but this one tops even that one. Darren Criss (the guy who plays Harry Potter on A Very Potter Musical) is now on Glee, and is the one singing this song. I seriously can't stop listening to this song... I bought it yesterday, but before then I listened to it on repeat on youtube. I heart youtube is all I got to say. Oh and Darren doesn't know this.. but we are going to get married and have loads of singing babies. Good, glad it's all settled.
Speaking of Glee... I watched the latest episode.. and HOLY COW PIE... seriously that was an epic episode. So awkward in SO many ways, but I absolutely loved it. Seriously.. LOVED it. especially Blaine's (Darren Criss, aka: husband to be) line: well he's not coming out any time soon. BAHAHAH. so awesome. And just Blaine in general.. but that name reminds me of Ducky in Pretty in Pink.. because he says, "Blaine? That's a kitchen appliance... not a Name!!" bahaha. I want to watch that movie again sometime. Sometime soon because I'm going home in a little over a week!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.
I know my subjects change at the split of a second, but just roll with me here.. All of my classes are ending. Art finished this last Monday... I did a dance for about five minutes out of pure joy. It is over, and I should get a B. If I get anything lower I will be slightly furious because I did B work. Now if I get an B+ that would be even better... but like I said... It's all OVER!!! no more torture!! And then my Shakespeare, Poetry, and Drama class all ended yesterday!!! and finally today in one hour the beginning of my LAST ocp class will commence. that means no more final project papers... no more site reports... no more projects!!! I do have three more papers to write for poetry... but seriously.. that's going to be so simple after the 16, yes I said 16, papers I turned in over the last three days. Not to mention on both Monday and Tuesday night we went out to see a musical.. which were Billy Elliot and Oliver, but that cut out 5 hours into our homework time.. and people ask me why I stay up all night doing homework.. well it's because my professor's are Nazi slave drivers... but on the bright side I saw Billy Elliot and Oliver! Oliver! was better than Billy, but they were both good. I bought the programs like I always do so that made me happy. I also realize on the bus on the way to Oliver last night that that was going to be my last musical I would get to see here in England. It made me so sad for a full second. And then I remembered that I have seen 34 plays/musicals while I've been here. Want to know why I know the exact number? Because I had to make a Timeline of all of them. Yep, for Drama class. I don't think anyone can really understand how happy I am that these classes are ending. Remind me.. if and when I become a teacher.. that handing out busy work should be punishable by death. well maybe not death, but certainly something horrific.
My birthday is in TWO days. count em.. two. And yet.. it doesn't feel like it is. bahaha. Oh well.. Party in the USA when I get back!!! hahah. yes I just quoted a Hannah Montana song. No one listens to her over here.. I can't imagine why.
Well I am off to print out my eight papers (two pages each) and scoot off to class. Oh by the way. Guess who is going to the harry Potter premier tomorrow.. oh right me.. now don't get your panties in a twist... I don't get to actually go in... but I will be waiting outside to see every beautiful human being walk by me on the red carpet. if I get to talk to any of them.. i will either a) pee my pants or b) be incredibly happy. Hopefully it's just the latter. Talk about an amazing birthday present. Anyway.. off to class for real this time. Ciao. :D

Day 92: Screw this.

I honestly am so over this whole thing. I just want to be home.. taking normal classes that don't make you do ridiculously idiotic group projects that belong back in high school... being with people who aren't sarcastic every minute of every day and who in turn don't make me turn into this bitter sarcastic person that dreads waking up every morning. I know I am so blessed to be over here... but I am seriously to the point that I just don't care anymore. I'm almost 22 and I feel like I'm barely 18. I'm treated like a child and yet given a work load the size of some masters programs. I will yet again get absolutely zero sleep tonight. And yes I know, if I didn't procrastinate this wouldn't be a problem.. only thing is.. this group project.. yeah.. it was a 'group' thing. hence not all my fault. And guess whose the only one still up? oh yeah that's me.. because I offered to write out the stupid note cards because people were whining and complaining about how the script wouldn't transpose onto note cards. So here I am still needing to write 3 papers.. writing out stupid note cards. When in fact my group members could be doing it during the two hour break between classes tomorrow. But apparently because I said I'd write them out it would be 'unfair' for me to say "here, you write your own note cards." because i had said I would write it for them. Smooth move right? Oh and I forgot to mention I'm also supposed to create a power power point as well. id like to rip someones hair out.. and no.. i like mine.. so it will not be from my head. And I know I'm wasting time writing this blog, but I just had to vent because otherwise I would have started bawling. I know I'll be okay. I always am. But I really really think this whole situation is pure poop. poop poop poop. ugh.

Day 91: Wales Watching

Song of the Day: Beneath a Moonless Sky. From Love Never Dies. As I promised.. more songs from the amazingly outstanding musical. This one by far is one of my favorites. Then again, I would only mention my favorites on here, so scratch that last comment it proves redundant in a sense. Back to the song.. beautiful! and incredibly hypnotic. hehehe.
Again, I know, I haven't blogged in absolutely forever. And for the last three days it wasnt entirely my fault.. I didn't have internet. But all those other days.. yeah.. totally my fault. But I'll do a little update. Just got back from Wales! and no.. I didn't see any whales. I did go to this cool outdoor museum that looked like I had just walked into Pride and Prejudice. All I needed was Mr. Darcy to walk around the corner and then I would have been in my own first rate Novel. haha. and then I went to this church today and it was absolutely amazing. It reminded me of my home church back in Georgia.. We just worshipped and yeah, it was wonderful. There was this little old lady who came up to us beforehand and gave us cokebottle candies and she was just so sweet and reminded me of my Grandma. Which made me miss home.. and so on and so forth. But now I am back in London and have loads and loads of homework to do.. as usual. I swear, I cannot wait until I am home just because that means I have almost two months of no school. This work load is bloody ridiculous. You want to know exactly how many papers I have due in the next three weeks? 23. thats over one per day. yeah.. ridiculous. like I said. yet here I am blogging and uploading pictures to facebook. which reminds me... go check them out!! they are of Halloween party and Wales!!
The halloween party was fantastic. I did Jill's, Aimelle's, Jessica R's, and my make-up! And then I did my hair too. It was an awesome night just because I love dressing up. Probably a huge reason why I am a theatre major. I mean come on... I get to dress up and become someone else for a living!! Well, if I am cast that is. And if not I get to work backstage and watch other people do so. Pretty good gig if you ask me.
Nothing besides that has been happening.. Pretty boring if you ask me. I am going to Disneyland Paris in a week. So let's just say that's about the biggest excitement of my week, nay probably the month. because by then it'll be november! And my birthday will be a week a way. I am pretty sure it wont feel like a birthday at all over here. First of all.. it'll be my first without my family. Secondly, what am I supposed to do? Go to a pub and buy a special meal? oh wait.. nope can't go into a pub. Go to a store a buy myself a new pair of jeans? Oh wait.. they don't carry my size (and if they do.. they fit awkwardly and look ugly). Thirdly, we'll see how many people care. Because I mean, November seems to be the month of birthdays for people over here.. and im the last one.. so it's like.. so what.. its your birthday.. weve already celebrated three. lol.
anyway, i am off to bed. exhausted one might say. Or just ready for tomorrow to come. either way, have a wonderful day. Until next Time. :D

Day 84: Just because I want another reason not to do homework

Song of the Day: Till I hear you Sing. Sung by Ramin Karimloo in the new Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Love Never Dies. Which is pretty much a sequel to The Phantom of the Opera. I saw it last Wednesday night. It was absolutely epic, and the songs of the day will probably be from the musical for awhile.. at least until I run out of the best songs. But this one.. is definitely one of the best... I literally can't stop listening to the soundtracks. The musical has been getting rather bad reviews over here in London, which is bogus. I mean, don't get me wrong... it's very different. But so amazing! Anyway, if you want to listen to a snippet of this song click on the link, and there you have it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYssEMBrlCM Heaven for your ears.
I apologize for not blogging for over eight days. So many things have happened and I've kind of been way too tired to talk about it all. So I'll do a brief synopsis of my week!
First: Monday I had scenefest. it is completely finished. I passed Intro to Theatre!!! hopefully with an A, but probably with an A-. And if I get anything less you bet your britches I will be having a pretty intense discussion with my professor. Speaking of such things.. Art class makes me want to poke out my eyes with an ice pick. Ugh, I'm still so frustrated I wasn't allowed to just drop the class. Why everything has to be so difficult over here is beyond me. I'm so glad I only have one more month left. I mean don't get me wrong. I'm have a blast, but for every amazing beyond fantastic moment there has been an equally aggravating and potential murderous moment. I could give specifics but then we'd be here for forever. The point is, I miss home. And I'm grateful to be getting back within the next month. Staying up with homework is getting pretty bad too, and that's not good. I was doing so great keeping up with all the pointless busy work assignments and now I'm so over all of them. So I have to work harder to actually just do the papers. Hence finding every potential thing to procrastinate my work. Bad habit really. Anyway.. back on topic. I saw Love Never Dies, like a mentioned above. Just reiterating how amazingly good it was. I really hope they bring it over to Broadway soon. And then this last weekend I went to Dublin, Ireland. It wasn't as neat as Scotland because it was an actual city and well, actual cities don't have much to do besides shopping. But I did get to buy most of my Halloween costume!! Which I will share with you all when I take loads of pictures at our Halloween party this Thursday!! the day before we leave for Wales! which again, have no idea what is in Wales exactly.. but what the hey.. I'm going! So yay.
And here's another thing that annoys me.. the fact I don't have Internet in my room.. so I have to come down to this stupid library and listen to these stupid girls laugh obnoxiously and talk loudly and singing!!.. so i hear them over the music blaring from my headphones.. i would like to politely shove this Internet chord down their throats. I know that sounds violent, but well it is. They're very annoying. obviously I wouldn't do that.. I just get very frustrated. I just want to listen to my Love Never Dies soundtrack.. and they're making it SO DIFFICULT!!!!! ugh. Anyway, tomorrow starts a new week of school.. how exciting.
If you have any questions.. feel free to ask them.. I cant really think of anything else to write. So this will be the end of my rambling and venting. Until Next Time.. :)

Day 76: Studious student.. that's me

Song of the Day: Dynamite... but not by Taio Cruz.. well okay he was the original.. but there is this guy named Mike Tompkins on Youtube.. and well.. he wins.. and he's so pretty. and just to prove it to you.. here is the link.. GO TO IT!!! At least I think i added the link.. I dont really know if it worked.. if not.. go to youtube.. type in Dynamite Mike Tompkins and Wa-lah youre there. yay.
And yes.. i know I've missed two days worth of blogging.. but ever since the ten day excursion around England I just haven't had the discipline to do so.. that and internet is all the way in the basement.. and here I am sitting all by myself at 2 am .. where I could be up in bed.. warm.. and alone.. but warm.. and safe.. theres a lock on my door. there is not a lock on the library door. Just saying. But anyway.. I've been up doing homework for once.. so I've actually been pretty productive tonight.. unlike today.. where I spent over 5 hours shopping.. and guess what I ended up buying nothing.. (well i got some shampoo and face wash.. but i wanted pants.. i need pants.. but alas I bought no pants because there were no pants that looked remotely worth buying) and to top it all off.. I fought off hordes of people today for nothing. Seriously.. it was worse than black friday. I don't know how people do it here.. how they shop? like I cant even explain how much I dont ever want to do that again. so yeah.. a big waste of my Saturday.. it upsets me so much. I could have been doing so much more.. but whatever.
So.. on a more positive note.. I saw the movie RED.. with bruce willis and all those wonderfully older actors.. well I LOVED it. like literally.. LOVED it. thought it was action packed.. but also hilarious.. and incredibly witty.. and just LOVED it. you should go see it. seriously. the end.
Okay.. so literally one more day until Scenefest.. and who isnt even close to being done with their production book???? yes. me. surprise surprise right? But i swear ive been working on it.. and i have made a small ish dent.. but im just frustrated because tomorrow is my day to be back up for worship at church.. and thatll take a good chunk out of my time to study and do work.. but oh well.. ill make the best of it and at least I get to sing.. i havent sung in front of people for an awfully long time. I'll let you know how it all goes. Well Im off to bed.. or to work on my homework.. its slightly debatable. lots of love and until next time. :D

Day 73: on point

Song of the Day: River Deep, Mountain High by none other than Glee. Well redone by Glee.. originally it was a celine dion song.. but I am pretty sure that Santana and Mercedes did the best job ever. I've been listening to it all day!!!
So I went and saw Romeo & Juliet ballet style. It wasn't too bad. There were a couple of parts I may have dozed off during.. but for the most part I was pretty interested. The best part was I could do my own inner dialogue between the characters because there were no words. bahaha. i win. And then earlier we had rehearsals for our scenefest scene... it actually went well. I mean no one is really off book.. besides me.. and most aimelle.. but it will be okay.. we can do this. I have the entire weekend to perfect my acting and make the production book that is due monday morning. woot. I am also going to be all alone in my room this weekend because Jill is heading off to Paris with her family. I'm slightly jealous.. because I wish I was heading off to Paris.. or really just anywhere over here, with my family. I miss them all so much.
Other than that I don't really remember what I did today. I should have edited photos for facebook but of course I did not. I did memorize mroe of my other scene that's due Monday so that's good right?? oH boy. I just found these movies on Youtube that I may have to watch on my spare.. okay cross that out.. i have no spare time.. just in time eventually.. But theyre BBC movies.. Shakespeare Retold.. they have Much ado, taming of the shrew, midsummer nights dream, and macbeth.. (and in macbeth is James mcavoy!!! AHHHH). So yes.. majorly excited about this right now. But I promised my mom Id head off to bed.. apparently Ill get sick if i continue to stay up this late.. haha. On to yet another day.. :D Until next time.

Day 72: On My Own

Song of the Day: On My Own from Les Miserable!!!! Because I saw it for the first time tonight and it was beyond EPIC!!!! I fell in love. Not with anyone in particular, but the entire musical. No wonder people love it so much.. it's absolutely fantastic. And this production obviously did wonders because I am gushing my praises right now!!! I am just so hyped on the amazingness of it all.
I am excited for tomorrow because I only have one class. YAY. That means the rest of the day will be spent editing photos, rehearsing my groups scene for scene fest, and going to a ballet. Which Jill and I are getting all decked out for. I'm doing our make up and she's doing our hair. We shall look fab. I already know how I'm doing her make-up.. so YAY. I mean.. I don't know how it'll turn out but I mean.. I do my make up and it turns out pretty good.. so I think it'll be just great. I wish I had more to talk about, but sadly I just dont. I finished my first facebook picture album from our ten day trip today.. so if you havent checked those out.. feel free to do so now. And then.. well that's about it. Glee is on tonight!!! Of course I don't get to see it until tomorrow.. but the music that I bought.. well it is absolutely wonderful. I love all the songs. And I just know this next episode is going to be great. Better than the last one at least.. because I just didn't like that one that much.. especially the song choices. Oh, and just so I can make you all extremely jealous (or at least the girl readers) we are going to see this new musical titled Birdsong in two weeks.. and the main guy.. he's the same guy who plays Prince Caspian in the Narnia movie series. His name is Ben Barnes, and he is slightly beautiful. So be jealous. bahahaha. Watch.. the one night we go we get an understudy.. mehhhh. But at least I shared that little tid bit with you hehe.
I wish I had more to say... or more to say about something interesting and relevant, but alas I do not. I am going to hop into bed and finish my journal because it is due tomorrow.. wooo.. And sometime soon I need to go out and buy new shampoo, conditioner and body wash because sadly I am almost all out. Darn me taking showers so much. haha. Well, lots of love. Until next time!! :D

Day 71: I heart Monty Python quotes

Song of the Day: Papa Don't Preach - the glee version. Gleetastic. I don't know why but it's been in my head the entire day, and I never even heard it play once. But you want to know what I'm excited about? Besides Breakfast tomorrow... Glee on itunes!!! Every Tuesday I get the new Glee song list before anyone at home does and it makes me happy.
So, I skipped another blog entry. But for good reason this time... I spent the entire night working on one of my major projects and writing 5 papers. I finished, and then got about two hours of sleep. yes I know I bring this all upon myself, I'm under no delusion that it's anyone else's fault. and you'd think I'd learn my lesson... but for some reason.. even when I plan every day for a week to get started or do something when it comes down to it I dont do the bulk of whatever it is until the last moment. What is that about???? At least for my scenefest I have already memorized the one scene I am in. Because guess what I just found out today!!! Scenefest.. is Monday the 18th. That's literally one week away. And do you want to know how many rehearsals we have had?? 0. nada. nil. squat. And for once this is not something I have been putting off... if anything I am the one in the group that has continuously gotten on other members. Obviously it has done nothing, because we've still had zero rehearsals... but at the very least if it goes up in smoke I can grade the people who did absolutely nothing.. and i will be giving them an F- Because as a theatre major it is one thing I take pride in over all my other classes. This is something I want to do for the rest of my life.. and when people in my group dont carry their weight... well.. i get a little annoyed. But I guess we'll see what happens.. hahaha. it should be interesting to say the least.
Tomorrow I see Les Mis for the first time.. ever. Apparently it's one of those musicals you have to see before you die.. welp, I'm checking it off my bucket list tomorrow. And I think I'm going to dress up for it too. Not too much or anything because we're not going out to eat before hand... but the again I dont have too many dressy outfits to pick from.. so I guess I'll just decide tomorrow when the time comes. And then on Wednesday I get to see a ballet!! Romeo and Juliet style. So those are some of the exciting things happening this week!
One more thing before I head off to bed. I don't know if it's something in the air or what, but I brought three pairs of jeans here. And two of them have giant, and i do mean giant holes in them now. And the third pair is barely hanging on. But I wear the third pair less because they're bigger on me than I like. But Seriously! These jeans are falling apart.. and when I try to sew them? Yeah that lasts for about a half a day. And then hello the hole is back. Its a very upsetting issue for me, especially since one of the jeans have become my favorite pair. No bueno. Anyway, enough yapping. Off I go.. to sink into my comfy bed! Until Next Time

Day 69: Alarm Malfunction

Song of the Day: Jessie's Girl - Glee version. I love Finn. Especially in the Britney Spears episode!!!
I was really excited for breakfast this morning. I went to bed last night thinking only 7 hours until breakfast.. yay. So I set my alarm and was ready for sleep to go rushing by. (you may think this odd.. my overly joyous excitement for breakfast.. but what you dont understand is that every morning I get to wake up to a roll with chocolate creme. it's like a little slice of heaven) So I wake up in the morning, Jill still sound asleep in her bed, thinking that I had woken up before my alarm and was really proud of myself. When do I ever wake up before my alarm?? So I get dressed and find my alarm which doubles as my clock to see what time it was.. and it was 938. breakfast ends at 9. I had somehow after setting my alarm clock forgot to switch it on. So what I thought was waking up before my alarm was actually not. The point to this story is that I missed breakfast and was very upset. Which passed down to my work ethic because instead of jumping right into homework like I had planned.. I jump right into watching Smallville. Which is in its last season.. something I'm not that sad about because at this point I feel like they have just been dragging it on forever.. and I havent had my favorite character for the last four seasons.. Lex.. or the guy who plays Lex was my favorite.. even though he's evil.. I just always wish he could become good. Oh well.. anyway.. today I started on my St. Paul's script.. but I still have so much to do. So tomorrow.. seriously.. nothing but homework.. well breakfast and homework. I can do it. I just need that time constraint in order to really kick it out of me... I'm crazy I know...
Nothing happened today. Boring really.. Maybe tomorrow I'll go out to a coffee shop to do my homework.. I think that's what I will do. Be different than normal. Drink some hot chocolate.. because I don't like Coffee. Good plan aye? I think so. And just to reinforce this concept.. because I know I have mentioned it before.. It is now October 9 and the weather still feels like summer. Maybe the cooler end of summer.. but still hot, humid, and never cold. NEVER. I just want to wear my winter jacket already. And I have this sinking feeling that it'll never get cold. And it doesn't even rain that much either. The last few days have been absolutely beautiful. So just for those people who still think London is a cold, rainy, and dreary place they are very much mistaken. Well, I am off to get some sleep. And tomorrow I am waking up for breakfast for sure! No more stupid alarm mistakes. HaH! Until Next time. :D

Day 68: woo upside down is moo

Song of the Day: Peacock by Katy Perry. Not saying it is a wholesome song in any way, but its really catchy and I kind of love it.
So I know that I kind of failed the last two days when it comes to blogging, because well I didn't. Which is kind of a huge deal considering its the first time i've skipped out on blogging this entire semester!! Not that I'm proud of skipping but I went really long!!! It's not like anything big happened the last two days anyway.
I did get to go to Harrods today. You should know what that is but just in case you don't its the biggest department store ever. And its not like JC pennys ... no no.. its like the highest retail stuff around. I felt under dressed just walking in the place. I didn't really get to peruse that much because the person I went with gets a little overwhelmed.. so we left after one floor (there are over 5). But the floor I did get to check out was the Women's clothing and it was wow. well not all of it was wow, but there was an entire section of beautiful gowns.. the kind you see in gossip girl. Or at balls. but I dont know about you, but I don't get to go to alot of balls. It was amazing. I would have looked around more, but like I said... overwhelmed.. and we booked it. Which just means I'll have to go back at a later date to get the full experience.
I got caught up on Vampire Diaries today. and can I just say.. Wow. It has by far become my favorite show. Like Glee is good, and amazing and all that... but it's kind of predictable. But Vampire Diaries??? I'm thrown for a loop in every episode.. and ive read the bloody books!!! But anyway, it's just amazing. I still stand by my belief that the guy playing Stefan should have played Edward Cullen. I don't know what those casting people were doing. In all honesty that had to be drunk.. or high when they chose robert pattison. Crazy.
Well tomorrow I am literally spending all day doing homework. I will allow myself one break to watch one movie.. but that is it. I have to write all my papers and finish (and by finish I mean start and finish) my OCP project. I know I can do it. I mean I memorized my entire script for the Scenefest we will have for intro to theatre at the end of October already. So it's just a matter of mind over matter!!! Yay.
Well I think that's about it for now. I will be off to bed!! which I'm hoping will bring sleep, because I slept over 12 and a half hours today (not consecutively but close to it) and I have a bad feeling I'm going to toss and turn for at least an hour. but we'll see.
Oh and one more thing. If i haven't been able to talk to you over the last few days.. or maybe the last month i'm sorry. I can honestly say you have probably popped up into my mind at least once... but probably more. And I love you!! :D
wait wait.. there's another thing I have to talk about before I go.. I just thought of it.. and I may have mentioned it before but I doubt it. So Aimelle (like me) is a Harry Potter fan.. and she has done alot of reading on the Hogwarts houses and blah blah blah. Well she was sick and tired of all those stupid quizes that tell you what house you belong in (but really its just you picking which answers you think will lead you to the house you want) [and I should have given this paragraph a disclaimer.. if you don't know anything about Harry Potter you will be completely confused. and probably think I am crazy] So she thought up her own was to sort people. She uses a list of questions and scenarios and sorts you by the answers you give her. And I think its a great concept and a really fun discussion. However, she sorted me into Hufflepuff. yes, I said it. Hufflepuff. And I don't think anyone really understands how much I dislike the fact she sorted me into that house. Not because it's a bad house, but because I do Not want to be in it... period. And people keep making disparaging remarks about how I need to accept it and blah blah. Well I'm not going to. Besides I would have been sorted at age 11, and I'm pretty darn sure I wouldn't have been in Hufflepuff then.. so I'm not going to be in Hufflepuff now. Yes, I know that this is all fictional drivel, but it just upset me is all. I tried to come to grips with it.. but I just cant! that's pretty pathetic huh? Oh-well.. You haven't had me vent or ramble on like that in awhile.. I hope you enjoyed it! But I am seriously off to bed now. woooo..... Until Next Time.

Day 65: i LOVE breakfast

Song of the day: One of Us redone by none other than.. you guessed it.. Glee!!! I havent seen the latest episode yet, and my guess is that it is going to be highly sacrilegious but I still like this song! its been in my head all day.
So we saw Warhorse tonight. A play all about a horse during WWI and his owner. Um I cried. Not like a baby thankfully, but close enough to it. It was amazing.. and like i said yesterday.. it is going to be turned into a movie. I'm excited to see what Spielberg does with it.
I put some photos up on facebook if youd like to occupy any free time perusing them. Only 55 out of 450 so dont worry there is alot more where those few came from. In fact there were supposed to be 69 but of course facebook decided to be a toilet and therefore it didn't all work. But anyway I am off to bed because I am of course exhausted. When am i Not??? I really should start taking my iron pills again.. maybe thatll help aye??
Ps I love breakfast here at the highbury center. Im craving it so badly right now its ridiculous. Until neXt time. :D oh and sorry so short.

Day 64: Over it.

Song of the day: silence. it is not a song, but more of an amazing phenomenon that never seems to happen here. I'd really like it.. for people to be quiet and not speak as loudly as humanly possible without yelling. meh.
So first day of school is complete. And I still wish I didn't have to go to school tomorrow. I hope this mood of mine lets up otherwise im going to be rather disappointed for the next two months until i leave. I think I just have to get back into the groove of things I guess. But until then Im bored and over school. and by school i really just mean these classes. But alas I dont think you want me rambling about how much school sucks, so change of subject. Still havent completed editing photos. it's ridiculous. I have no patience for it all at the moment. Tomorrow we go see Warhorse which is being made into a movie and Spielberg is directing it!!! so Ill let you all know if itll be good or not to see in theatres. Other than that I have classes and homework galore.. but relatively nothing to talk about. Maybe I'm just tired. probably so. I did take a nap today.. that was simply wonderful. Well I'm off to skype my mother, and then go to bed. Excited for Glee music tomorrow on Itunes!!! YAY. Until Next Time.

Day 63: Last Day of Freedom

Song of the Day: Shiksa Goddess from The Last Five Years. if you havent seen it well youre missing out. It's a sad musical to be sure, but very very good. and here is a youtube video just in case you were thinking of checking it out. actually thats a lie.. blogger wont let me paste the link here.. because blogger is dumb. meh. It's a good song. just saying.
Now as for my day. I unpacked!!! So I am officially all moved in to my tiny little room at the Highbury Center here in Islington. It didn't even take that long.. only an hour. You have to understand how proud I am of myself.. because I totally would have rather have just continued sleeping. In fact when Jill came back from Church she was shocked that I was up out of bed and dressed.. let alone that I unpacked. I was just surprising everyone today. particularly myself. haha. I wanted to get all of my photos uploaded and edited by tonight, but obviously I didn't get that completed because there are no photos here.. and that's because I got an official count of how many photos I actually took.. 457. And so because of that outlandish number.. well, i just didn't get it all done. But eventually okay? I'm working on it. And it's not like I didn't do stuff today. I had to go to the Globe and watch King Henry IV part 2. It wasn't as good as part 1 but I still enjoyed it. I got to use some of the time to catch up on my journal entries. And now after I am done with this blog I will only have 3 more pages to write!!! and then off to comfortable and loving bed. Did I mention I have school tomorrow? I am so not excited. Like I just had ten days of no school.. and now that I have to start up again.. well it makes me sad. I used to love school, but now I find that I dread it most of the time. Anyway, enough of my complaining. I didn't mention this.. but on my ten day trip I became rather addicted to Antique shopping. I didn't buy the lot or anything, but I did buy two rings. One of which was to replace a ring that I loved, and unfortunately can no longer find (IE its lost.. or someone stole it.. which would not surprise me because it was the best ring ever, but considering my track record i most likely lost it). Its beautiful and I wear it all the time now. The other ring is a bit fancier and I haven't worn it yet, but I will eventually.
Today was Jill's birthday. And although I couldn't go all out because I am poor I tried to make sure it was a definite happy birth day. Which reminds me that mine is shortly approaching. Twenty Two everyone. Scary aye? Well, I am going on about nothing now, and should probably stop before I start boring people to death. I will say this though before I go. I got to talk to so many important people today. People that I love with all my heart. Both friends and family. I just want you all to know that even though we're far apart, I think about you daily and wish you could be here with me. I love you!! and literally cannot wait until I see you again. Until Next Time. :D

Day 62: I'm Backkk.

Song of the Day: Toxic redone by Glee. Because of course I bought the music because I am addicted. And although this is a more acoustic version I kind of love it.
Oh yeah.. Hi. I'm back!!! Got back yesterday to be more specific, but I was still on vacation so I did not blog. In fact I did nothing but read a book.. something I kind of did over the last week alot. I finished seven books in the course of 10 days. Who rocks? I think I do. They were all good. Some better than others though. And now that I have no more books to read I have to dive back into school.. something I'm really not that excited about. at all. Maybe I'll take up writing again.. Lord knows I havent written a thing in over a month. I really miss it but for some reason can't get my thoughts out in an orderly fashion. it sucks. But at the very least I have to get caught up on my journal because I am over 5 days behind.. and most likely I'll have to turn in mine on Monday.. so guess who has to get caught up in one day?? MEEEE. My hand is so going to hate me by the end of tomorrow.
So I guess you may want to hear about my ten day excursion around England. And although like I said before I was reading all day so therefore I never uploaded pictures, I took loads of them. over 400 to be more precise. My favorite place was Stratford-Upon-Avon.. which is funny because we had already been there and I didnt think i liked it all that much but I really did. And then Liverpool was kind of just pathetic. It was dirty. and not being a huge Beatles fan I really had nothing to do there. But it was a nice reading day. We went to Chester.. which was kind of boring. and by kind of I actually mean really really was. Bath was interesting. We went on this tour and saw Stonehenge (aka Big rocks. which were way cool.. and would have been cooler if we didnt have to listen to this dumb audio guide that totally took away form the mysteriousness of the entire place.. because you know how people always say things like Aliens put it together or some other weird phenomenon happened? Well this audio guide explained verbatim how it was all done and where all the stones came from and so on. So I was just very confused.. but anyway) and then we visited these two small towns.. one named Lacock.. where a whole bunch of different movies were filmed.. including but not limited to Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (Totally took a picture of Slughorns house!!!! AHHHH) and then the next city was where Stardust was partly filmed.. and I took a picture down the road where Tristan ran down. It was all so amazing. and beyond Beautiful.
We also got to see three movies. Eat, Pray Love (which I didn't particularly care for. It wasn't bad but I'm certainly glad I didn't pay for it), The Town (which was SOOOO good. and I am glad Ben Affleck is finally acting again), and today we saw Made in Dagenham (a British movie about equal pay for women back in the 1960's. It was good. In between the other two I think if I had to rate them).
Okay so I know that was a very very quick over view and I didnt even mention the new place we are staying at which is the Highbury center. But I have a little over a month and a half to do all that. I have yet to unpack though.. so consider that your first introduction to my new residential living area. woo. Off to bed as per my usual. Until Next Time!! :D

Day 52 (and maybe 53-61): On the Road Again. :D

Song of the Day: Billionaire- Glee edition. SO GOOD. The new guy Sam sings it and I kind of love his voice. And I don't even like the song originally, so good job Sam (it's his character name.. not his real name btw).
Today was great. I had only on class and then I got to take two naps, go to Hyde park to see the Peter Pan statue, and then visit Tesco for snacks! And it may sound boring.. but it wasn't.. because a) naps are the best thing ever and b) when we went to Hyde park to see the Peter Pan statue it was after sundown and so we had to hop the fence!!! I felt extremely rebellious. Oh and I completely forgot.. we carted our huge heavy suitcases across London today to our new place of residence, the Highbury Center. Which brings me to another point.. supposedly it was the first day of Autumn. False. It is still summer, and will remain so until I have to wear a sweater outside in order to remain warm. I could have walked around in a swimsuit today and have been completely comfortable. So the point is, it was not fun trudging along with our heavy suitcases under the hot sun. not fun at all, but we did it! so yay.
And now tomorrow I am off to go on our romp around England!!! I do not know if I will have internet connection ever, hence the title. I will try to make daily notes on my computer so when I do get the wi-fi connection at some random coffee shop (hopefully) I will be able to update blog with interesting tid bits of my days. But just in case that doesnt happen here is our itinerary: Stratford-upon-avon, Liverpool, Chester, Bath. We stay at bed and breakfasts alot. But currently I don't know how the rooming situations are going to be.. so I'm a tad apprehensive, but I'm sure it ll all work out for the best. and if not you will hear all about it when I have internet. Okay, well I am off to finish packing my little suit case and then climb into bed. Also, today has been filled with talking to some of the best people, both friends and family, back home so I am in really high spirits and hopefully will remain so throughout this journey... because heaven knows I've been in a sour mood for the past week now and I'm really over it. So Until Next Time!!!!

Day 51: Glee

GLEE PREMIER TODAY!!!! BUT IM NOT IN THE STATES SO I DONT SEE IT UNTIL TOMORROW. I HOPE IT IS WONDERFUL. I HAVE TO PACK!!!!! NOW. BECAUSE IM 'MOVING' TOMORROW. AND I HAVE TO GET UP AT BLOODY 7 AM IN THE FREAKING MORNING!!!! SO THERE GOES ANY SLEEP WHAT SO EVER.
that's it for today. nice chatting.
Until next Time.

Day 50: Poop

This is so not a real blog post.. because I have no time to write a real one. It is literally 20 minutes until 4 am. So yes.. not exactly in the mood to write a blog. I finished my paper though and then compiled this thing for my Shakespeare class that ended up taking over an hour because two groups of people ended up doing the synopsis/analysis on the same play.. and because I was in one of those groups I had to do double the research because I couldn't remember if I did the wrong assignment or the other girl did. Knowing me.. It was all my little fault. good job aye? I could just vent in this blog post, go on about how I had an awesome time in Scotland at the expense of my sanity because of course I didn't do any homework while I was there.. I didn't even have time to do homework if I had wanted to anyways. And today I wasted over 3 hours of my life sitting in an Art class that I signed up for that I don't even have to take. So I'm going to talk to ronda and hopefully convince her to let me drop it, because I just can't handle all this. I mean.. well I could handle it.. but it would be so much easier and ultimately more rewarding if I'm not stressing out to the point of death. Anyway, I'm off to bed.. and I still have not been able to upload pictures.. but I'm getting closer.. so tomorrow is a definite maybe. haha. Because let's face it.. I say one thing.. and then another thing happens. meh. PS on the bright side I'm going to Ireland in October. yay for cheap flights and patience!!
Until next Time.

Day 49: Home Sweet London

Song of the Day has been replaced (just momentarily) by TV show of the Day: Nikita! (the exclamation point is optional). Now I could rave about Vampire Diaries but you all already know how much I love that show.. so instead I am going to discuss this new show that I may or may not have already mentioned.. but im leaning more towards the may not. But the first thing I want to mention is that Shane West is in this tv show. yeah.. remember him?? Cutie from A Walk to Remember and League of Extraordinary Gentlemen??? Where did he go?? I don't really care, I'm just glad he is back!!! So it's this shooting espionage type tv show with a secret government funded agency that's gone rogue and one of it's operatives escaped and is now hell bent on destroying them. It has a semi-Dollhouse feel.. but I can't really explain why. It's a really good show.. and my summary totally doesn't give it justice. It's on the CW and you should give it a try. :D
Now on to the more important stuff... I just got back from SCOTLAND!!! It was so freaking chilly!!! and by chilly I mean down right freezing. It felt kind of how I expected London to feel, but alas London still thinks its summer. Frustrating. But anyway, Scotland. The Hostel we stayed in was literally right next to Edinburgh Castle and was very very nice for how cheap it was. We (and when I say we I usually mean the normal four- aimelle, jess, jill, and i. sometimes including others) went on a free tour of Edinburgh, which was very nice and historically informative. Alot of good pictures came out of that tour. Then the next day we went to this Illusion and Camera Obscura place that was filled with Illusions and a Camera Obscura.. go figure. Loads of pictures there too!! And then the rest of the time was spent wondering, shopping, tea drinking, and eating. All of which my facebook pictures will prove tomorrow when I post all of them. I was going to do that today.. but let's face it.. I got sidetracked by tv shows and my bed. Oh and I forgot to mention.. I ate breakfast at the Elephant House which is where JK Rowling began Harry Potter on a napkin!!! How cool is that??? I didn't get any sudden inspirations to start writing.. so I'm pretty sure the place wasn't magical, but it was really neat to visit just the same. And this next detail may seem trivial, but to me it was kind of amazing. That night.. I french braided my hair!!! for the first time ever!!!!!! All be it.. it wasn't very pretty.. but I did it! and when I woke up the next morning it was wavy! so it did the trick. I was very happy to say the least.
Well now I'm back to reality.. with homework and laundry (though I only did the latter today.. bahahaha). And then on Wednesday we visit Highbury center which is where we are going to live once we get back from our ten day tour of London that begins on Thursday!!!! YAY. Whose excited for a gigantic batch of more pictures??? You are!!! Until Next Time. :D

Day 46 & 47 & 48: SCOTLAND

Well as the title implies I am going to Scotland!! And I will have absolutely no internet contact for the next two and a half days, hence the mixed day blog!!! So today I only had one class.. it was wonderful!!! WONDERFUL!!!! not the class but the fact I didn't have any other classes!!! And so in literally two hours I will be in line for the bus to go to Scotland. Ahhhh! A ten hour bus ride!!! whose excited??? I AM!!! haha. I'm bringing playing cards and ipod and journal and my Odd Couple script that I have to highlight and start memorizing. So I have loads to do not to mention I can sleep most of the way!!! I will take lots and lots of pictures and upload them on facebook with a couple of them on here the moment I get back. Well maybe not the moment because I'll have to scadoodle on over to church.. but after that. Wish me luck on all this because it will be the first time staying in a Hostel. Whose glad she never watched the movie Hostel?? MEEEEEE!!!! Stupid horror movies. I despise them all. Well, I would love to stay and babble on.. but I must finish getting ready!!! AHHHHH. So until Next time!! :D Love you allllll.

Day 45: Frustrating Frustrations.

No song. I am frustrated with online airport checking poop. I was trying to buy a flight to and from Ireland but they had all these hidden fees.. and what i thought was going to be only 30 pounds ended up coming out to 45... and that comes out to 75 dollars.. and thats not even including my lodging.. or the transportation itll take to get to the dumb airport in the first place. So it's safe to say I ended up saying screw it.. and I'll look more into it tomorrow.. maybe find a different website. But if I dont go to Ireland then at least I can use that money to buy some cute barrette in France or cool skirt in Scotland. I don't know.. I mean I really want to go.. but at the same time it seems so ridiculous for all of a two day stay. Meh. I whine. But if you have any suggestions or ideas.. feel free to let me know because I am all ears.. as per my usual. And all of this got me in a tizzy.. and so now I'm in a grumpy mood.. which is what I was trying so hard to steer clear of today. hmph. Well tomorrow I'm leaving for Scotland.. so I can see how that goes. Hopefully it will be fun and not too stressful. But back to Ireland.. WHAT SHOULD I DO??? I mean.. is ten pounds more really that big of a deal?? I did say it was the one place I really wanted to go.. and that way I could say I've been to all the British Isles... I think I will still go.. but I just got so frustrated over it.
Well, on a brighter note I saw Henry IV part I at the Globe. Now I know that Henry IV part I doesnt sound like the most interesting of plays, but in all actuality I think it had been my favorite so far in the Globe. It was just so good. The acting was beyond phenomenal and I was laughing so hard for a good third of it. The rest was interesting.. or full of action. I definitely loved it on every level. Which is surprising because when I read it for class I was rather bored out of my mind.. so I wasn't expecting much.. and yet I got this wickedly amazing show. It made me happy.
Well the weather is cooling down here.. so most likely I'll be getting sick soon. But for tonight i shall take a small dose of my coughing medicine to hopefully help soothe my throat and keep me healthy. Which.. all be it.. staying up at all hours of the night is definitely not helping. But technically it isn't all my fault because my mom was on Skype and we kind of talked for an hour.. or two. And I think that is more important than my dumb health. haha. Well I'm off then.. Until Next Time.

Day 44: Gotta Love Green Theatre

Song of the Day: Renegade covered by Kris Allen and Danny Gokey. I just wanna dance. ;)
I just got back from a play... we left at 615... it is now 11:45. I was out for 5 and a half hours all for one show. The show itself was 3 and a half hours long. It was titled: Earthquakes in London. Very interesting play, in literally every aspect. The acting was the only thing that wasn't interesting.. it was bloody perfect. And now I'm expected to write a analysis on it.. not that I don't have loads to say, but I have absolutely no idea how to organize my thoughts onto paper. I guess it'll come to me eventually... it's not due until tuesday anyhow.
The rest of my day was filled with class. And in class I was a part of a presentation where I mimicked Judy Grimes from the Saturday night live skit. I think I did fairly well considering I had quite a few of my peers in stitches. Pat on the back for me. Really it just gave me a boost of confidence in acting that I was lacking lately. because Aimelle always takes her acting part to like another level.. with ideas I hadn't really thought of.. or just going out of her comfort zone.. and well I don't do that.. but I think it's just a growing thing. So on a completely random note.. my stomach has been hurting for the past hour.. and it won't stopppppp. wahhhh. But luckily for me.. I'm so tired that I don't think it will really matter. Oh and I'm not just tired due to my normal lack of sleep.. that three hour play I mentioned earlier? Yeah I stood the whole time (it was worth it for sure.. but it can really make you exhausted after awhile). And tomorrow we're going to the Globe and guess who gets to stand again??? MEEEEEE!!!! again.. I might whine now.. or tomorrow afterwards.. but in the end it is beyond worth it.
And now on to another random change of subject: Do you ever purposefully keep yourself busy or in constant stress mode in order to keep from pausing and actually dwelling on something? and by dwelling I kind of just mean think about it in general. Because I think that's what I've been doing lately. In fact today... I bit my nails... I know I know.. I was doing so good too. I mean, the two that I kind of chewed on are still there.. but theyre just shorter than the others now. And a part of me was like... well now you have to bite them all to make them the same length.. but I resisted!!! Well, off to bed I am. After I clear off my bed.. and put on my sheets.. and put on pjs.. oh who am I kidding.. I'm not putting on Pj's.. sleeping in this. hah. Until next time!

Day 43: Vampire Birthdays

Song of the Day: Taylor, the Latte Boy by Kristin Chenowith. I am singing this song for the next London talent show we have here!!! I am so excited!! :D Of course I'm no Kristin, but it'll be fun just the same.
So yesterday, because it was so extremely and ridiculously hot I didn't get to discuss what really happened. And to be honest not too much did happen... that is except I watched the first episode of the second season of the Vampire Diaries!!!!!!! It was so EPIC!!! Like seriously.. I had to pause it numerous times just so I could calmly stop screaming. You can ask my roommates... they will only confirm my story. The best part is that even though I read the books this show was modeled after.. the show makes it all so much better!!! And they've changed it up so much I have absolutely no idea where they're going with the plot!! I just know what happens in the books.. and so far.. its been completely off.. in almost every way. that is except for the main premise of the story.. haha. So that is my happy rant about one of my favorite shows ever. Soon Glee will begin and I can squeal over that show too. And I think I deserve to watch these two shows considering I havent watched any other movies or tv shows while being here at all!!! ha. :D
Well today was extremely busy. I took my Theatre final... got a 90% which is good because that test was much harder than the midterm.. I'm really pleased with an A- especially since that's practically all Ronda gives out. But we still have scenefest which can either improve or hinder my grade.. so ill keep my fingers crossed through that whole experience. And then today was the first day of my Art class.. which would have been good if I didnt have to stand for the two and a half hours. We went to the National Gallery, and well I'll be brutally honest.. most of the paintings we looked at were boring boring boring. SO BORING. But there were about three I absolutely loved, so those few made it a tiny bit better. Next week we'll be in class, and as weird as this may sound I like sitting in a class room and learning more than having to follow the teacher around a museum and hear him talk. I just retain the information better. And after he's taught the info.. we can go on a field trip and see the actual paintings and what not. That is my contribution to how class should be run.. but alas I am not the professor. meh.
Oh. and in case you all don't know. Today is also Lauren Garcia's birthday!!! She turned 21 today. And since I can't be there, I am already planning a make-up birthday bash when I get back!! It might be epic.. and by might.. I mean it most definitely will.
Wellp I need to be heading off to bed. I have to wake up early tomorrow in order to finish reading Henry IV part 1 because we have a quiz on it first thing in the am. Speaking of which.. I think I have read enough Shakespeare to last me a bloody life time.. and to think.. we're only about half way done.. awesomeness.
Until Next Time!!!

Day 42: You know...

There is no song of the day. You want to know why? Because I am too hot to pick a song of the day. It is thirty past midnight and it feels about how 2 pm in California feels.. that hot. Actually California is probably cooler at this point than I am right now. I am scantally clad at the moment and I'm still outrageously hot. WHAT IS GOING ON???? And you may think I'm exaggerting.. but I'm not. We have our window open and everything. I am sticky and gross because it is so hot. I feel disgusting and I kind of want to take a cold shower just so I can pretend theres no hot water because it's so cold outside. But I can't because... I have homework to do... and when it's hot it is ten times harder to do homework. In fact it's so hot that I'm over this blog post and have decided this is all youre getting for today. MEH.

Day 41: 71 one days.

Song of the Day: Falling Slowly covered by Kris Allen (originally in the movie Once)
AMAZING!!!!! :D I highly recommend it. on so many levels.
I went shopping today in Camden Market. I didn't buy anything though... but it was an awesome experience. I definitely want to go back when I figure out what I want to buy people as their Christmas gifts. Then Jill, Jess and I attempted to get an OCP project done involving churches that aren't used as churches anymore.. only problem was that all the churches that are still churches are closed on Saturday... yeah.. who knew? Because I didn't. It was getting very frustrating walking around for literally a good hour or so.. but then we visited St. Paul's which was of course open and from there everything worked out. My mood even improved by like a thousand. Well anyway, I don't have much more to say besides I just discovered how much I like Kris Allen (the guy who beat Adam Lambert in American idol).. So I might talk about him often over the next few days. Well I'm off to bed. Until Next Time.
PS I love Lauren. :D (we're skyping right now. hehe)
PSS make sure you say an extra prayer for all those families effected by the 9/11 tragedy nine years ago... and maybe just for your country in general.

Day 40: Oh Happy Day!

Song of the Day: Ring of Fear- Adam Lambert rendition. If youve been liking my music picks so far.. I think you may like this one as well. I stole it from Jill's computer. I love home sharing on itunes!!!
Epic day today. Not in the sense that anything extraordinary happened (like yesterday!! hehe) but it was so fun. We went to Primark, Jess, Jill and I, and it was so great! Well we had actually planned to go in the morning and then go to St. Paul's later in the day... but they let me sleep in till noon!!! I mean I figured they would have been like hey charity.. do you know what time it is??? but nada.. so I slept till I could sleep no more. But we still ended up going to Primark where I bought a summer tank top and sweater. I needed both of them badly. It's still just so hot here.. I'd totally compare it to San Diego weather. And it's not that I don't like San Diego weather, but I'm in London. I want cold wet weather!!!! meh. So anyway, awesome shopping day at Primark and then we came back to the room and chilled. And then tonight we just had a really fun time acting crazy and having a blast. I went out for a night stroll with Andy later... that was nice. I never really talk with guys because lets face it.. I don't have too many guy friends.. so it was different but cool. And then we I got back more fun ensued in our room and only recently has it subsided. But overall it was an awesome awesome day.
We also made a make shift net to cover the window with to keep the bees out.. and so far its working wonderfully!!!! We used my dirty clothes hamper.. which is actually a netted bag and a sweater that is net-like. So I'm kind of out two important things.. but I'll make it work.. because having our window actually open is so worth it.
We're going to Camden market tomorrow and maybe St Pauls.. and maybe some other churches (as an OCP assignment). But as usual I'll keep you updated. :D
PS Megan bought Hollywood by Michael Buble after I mentioned it in the other blog. She is obviously the smartest person I know because of this. And not only that but she gets to enjoy the song like me!!! You should be jealous.. or follow in her wake.. and buy it too!!!! ;)
Until Next Time.

Day 39: Gleeked Out

Song of the Day: Another One Bites the Dust redone by Glee, with lead vocals by Jonathan Groff.. who will make an appearance later on. hehe.
today started off like any other day. Went to class.. was bored out of my mind. But I did get to have my next class (poetry) at this coffee shop above this huge tesco (large food store.. like vons but better). It was slightly distracting, but it was still nice to have class in a coffee shop. Also, Courtney, a classmate of mine, bought coconut from tesco and brought it with her. Real chunks of coconut!!! I haven't been able to find coconut like that since Hawaii!!! I was soo flipping excited. She shared them with me and everything. i was in coconut heaven. (they dont really taste like the coconut youre used to, its more of an actual nut flavor... it's so good though) and then after class I meandered on over to the book section where, get this, almost every book was buy one get one FREE!!!! So of course I couldn't pass it up and started looking around. I ended up buying harry potter and the philosopher's stone!!! Not sorcerers stone, but philosophers stone!!! now i have an British version of Harry Potter. You wish you could be so lucky. I also got this book titled Beautiful Creatures. I've been curious about it for the past 4 months or so now, and since I had to buy another children's book to get the deal I thought hey why not? so roughly I got each book for about 6 dollars. :D So worth it.

I then got back to the room and did laundry for the next couple of hours, and finally started getting ready for the play Deathtrap that I was going with Jessica to later tonight. And there's no point in skirting around the subject.. we went to the play.. which was so amazing by the way. It was hilarious!!! yet surprisingly frightening at the same time. They called it a comedy thriller. Well it was definitely both. at one point I think i was gasping for air and holding on to Jessica for dear life. That epic. well anyway, after the play finished Jessica and I booked it to the side of the building where the stage door was. And it was there that I met Jonathan Groff (he was one of the main characters in the play). And took this picture with him. And got his autograph. When he heard our accents he asked us where we are from! So he actually talked with us!! well at least for a little small while he did. He is the one and only celebrity that I have met. It was just so cool. I put up all the pictures of my night and the last week and a half up on facebook if you'd like to see all my adventures. as for now though, I am going straight off to bed. It is late, and I only get to sleep in a very little bit. :( so ta-ta, Until next Time.
PS due to the Internet.. and how much it fails at life.. i could not post last night. I was literally two minutes away from publishing and the Internet just died.. went caput.. so.. there goes my perfect record of posting everyday. stupid dumb sucky internet. meh.

Day 38: Painting encourages patience

Song of the Day: Hollywood the newest song by Michael Buble. I'll admit I haven't exactly listened to it the whole way through. Then why did I pick it to be the song of the day you might ask.. and the answer is.. the 30 seconds i did listen to it I loved it and thought i should share in my love. Because it was just that good. So you can imagine how good the entire song will be...
Today was busy. busy busy busy. I woke up early to finish homework. i went to class. Came back up to my room and finished more homework... where i proceeded to send the document to the lee abbey reception desk.. only to find out that when i went down to pay for it.. they were on some sort of break.. so i had no one to print out my paper that was due the moment i walked into class. Well by the grace of God it all worked out and I got it printed.. but now I was late for class. So all by my little lonesome I head for the tube station. Once there I wait for about ten minutes for a particular train only to find out that it was never going to come because there were system failures on that particular line. So then i figure out another way to get to my class and pretty much jog the entire way there. (not literally... I took the tube for most of the trip.. but when I was walking I was walking very very fast) But I made it in time and sat through class for the next two hours. It was intro to Theatre and it was my last official class!! I have my final on Monday!!! we divvied out scenes for scenefest and Aimelle and I are going to be working together on The Odd Couple rewritten for females. It is so so so so funny. I am so excited to memorize and act and just have fun!!!
The rest of my day was too boring to really mention, so I won't. But I did finish my homework!!! hence why I am writing this blog so earlayyyyy!!!! hahaha. Well I am once again exhausted.. then again when am I not exhausted? Which reminds me to take my iron pill!!! Not that I think it helps... but whatever. At least I have pretty nails. Theyre purple and black. Very retro. :D Tomorrow I get to see Deathtrap with Jonathan Groff!!! whose excited?? I am I am!!!!! (watch it be the worst play I've ever seen... bahahaah) Until next Time.

Day 37: what what what are you doing?

Song of the Day: Don't Go Breaking My Heart from Ella Enchanted sung by Anne Hathaway and Jesse McCartney. Jessica Griffin and I started singing this today on the tube... I started it because I had to figure out a way to make her not upset with me anymore (fake upset I should say.. we like to pretend alot over here in London.. for instance.. the other day I was a wizard.. and the day before that I was a princess.. you see?)

Well... I finished up homework thinking I was ready to hop in bed and finally get to sleep but NOOOOOOOoooooooooooooo i have to write my blog. meh and then when I posted this blog.. or clicked publish post it gave me this stupid error message that erased half my blog.. and of course I dont remember what I said so now you get this lovely filler message instead.. it had something to do about how i'm addicted to procrastination... not alcohol or drugs.. but procrastination.. oh and freeCell. Which ultimately just leads to more procrastination. Its kind of awesome.. in a way.. somehow. but anyway, back to the essence and reason of this blog...

Here is a little summary of my day: I went to class. I went to the Royal National Theatre to see Danton's Death. It was good. I came back and have been writing papers since then. I just finished.

AND THERE HAVE BEEN TWO FREAKING BEES TO HAVE FLOWN INTO MY ROOM IN THE LAST HALF AN HOUR AND I AM ABOUT TO KICK SOME MAJOR BUTT. WHY CANT THEY STAY OUTSIDE??? IN NATURE???????? WHERE THEY BELONGGGGG????????

sorry. I just got very frustrated for a second. I am better now. But anyway, I'm off to bed now. Nothing interesting happening tomorrow.. besides finishing up the homework that I didn't get done tonight but that is still due tomorrow. hahaha. hehehe. hahaha Until Next Time.

Day 36: 100th Blog Post

Song of the Day: Far Longer Than Forever from the Swan Princess. I always loved that movie, and I just always loved this song... :D It brings back alot of great memories.
So today is my hundredth blog post!!!! Wooooooo. And to commemorate such an event the Loma Londoners planned a party!! Okay that's a lie, the party was actually in honor of every one's birthdays. My day started out kind of rough... I've been in a perpetually bad mood but it slowly began to lift around 4 pm today... and ever since then I have been a lot less bitter and hostile. In fact I might even be considered peachy. At least for the moment, but I have over 6 papers I need to write and so that is just a tad daunting, but with a restful night's sleep I will be able to awaken refreshed and ready to kick butt. I don't have alot to say, which is slightly disheartening because I figure my 100th blog post is supposed to be epic or something or another... but it will actually be rather short and not that different than all my others. Lame I know. I do have some pretty exciting news though: for all you Glee fans out there.. or Spring Awakening fans.. Jonathan Groff (the actor who played douche bag Jesse in Glee) is in a new play over here in London and guess who is going to see it Thursday night!!!! MEEEE!!!!! It's a comedy thriller... so I don't exactly know what I'm getting myself into.. but hopefully it will all be worth it. And about the Germany/Ireland dilemma... I think I decided upon Ireland. I've never been there before.. and although I don't particularly remember Germany all that well I can still say I've been before.. where as I can't say that about Ireland. That is, until I go there!!! AHHHHH. :D But I have to get all the specifics figured out and of course I'll update everyone then. Well, I'm off to bed now... tomorrow I will be doing laundry!!! which I am so excited about and I will be doing an epic amount of homework. Again, so excited. But at least I get to go see a play tomorrow night titled Danton's Death. It's about the French Revolution. And for someone who doesn't enjoy politics (that would be me I am referring to just in case you didn't know) I deeply enjoy history. Thanks to my amazing professor Dr. Wood who I quoted numerous times while blogging this past year. He gave me a new found passion for history and all the it entails. So I'll definitely let you know how that goes as well. So Until next Time. :)

Day 35: I hate emotions...the end.

Song of the Day: Get Back to Hogwarts from A Very Potter Musical. I know some people say that the musical spoof off of Harry Potter isn't that funny and it's way too long. But this is what I say to those people: You are misinformed and just very very wrong. And you may argue that that is just your opinion, in which case I say: nope. You're still wrong. muahaha. :p. But seriously, if you haven't watched it you need to. It may be a tad long.. but nothing too horrendous. The first Act is the best though.. so at the very least watch that. It's all on youtube. :D
So I went to church twice today. I feel like I'm moving on up in the Christian universe considering I went from not going at all (during school last year) to going twice on the same day? Then again, God doesn't keep track of how many church services we go to so nevermind. But the point is, I enjoyed both services. The worship was amazing, and the sermons weren't too bad. I had an awesome time, and I'm really glad I was actually able to find a church here. I think it's funny though how literally everything we do here is just a part of school... including church... I have to do a write up of different worship services.. and turn it in. >.< I think I'm just in a sour mood and of course it makes it difficult to write a pleasant blog... one in which I don't vent about certain grievances I have at the moment. Also, on top of that I just want to cry all the time. It's why I have to listen to music from things like A Very Potter Musical... You just cant cry over any of those songs. Where as I put on a worship song.. or some slow country song and I'll start weeping. I seriously need to get a grip on this crying business. meh.
Now I know I mentioned this in my last blog, but since no one commented/answered I'm bringing it up again. Should I go to IRELAND or GERMANY????? Now I'm leaning towards Ireland. Because well.. it's awesome. But Germany might be awesome too. tell me your thoughts. I am all ears. Or eyes in this case.
So I am going to either hop in bed and get some sleep or keep doing homework... or maybe just sit here and cry since that seems like such a pressing option. But whatever happens.. I have school tomorrow.. how exciting.. ugh. shoot me. Until Next Time.

Day 34: Stratford-upon-Amazing!

Song of the Day: All About Love by Steven Curtis Chapman. I want to live this song out... but sometimes it's just really difficult. Because not only are you supposed to love others but yourself as well. Treating yourself like poop can often be just as bad as treating others as such. We are all children of God, and we should be proud of that fact. I should be proud of that. As the song says: After all it's all about Love. My little devotion of the day.

Today we took the train up to Stratford-upon-avon... William Shakespeare's birthplace. Where we saw the Royal Shakespeare Company put on Julius Caesar. It was pretty amazing. It wasn't my favorite, but I think that's just because I'm not a huge fan of the text/plot line. But they did fantastic with what they were working with. Before we actually saw the play we had some time to roam; there was this lovely lake and we also stumbled upon the Shakespeare statues, including Lady Macbeth. Who even though I haven't read the play or seen it... I think I really like her character. Hence... picture of me copying the statue.. haha. :D And then we went to tea, which wasn't as good as the first tea we went to, but it was a yummy tea just the same. And afterwards we actually made it on the train without running half a mile (in fact we got there 20 minutes early). And then we got back home, and I played cards with seven other people in our neighboring roommates. Cash. That was the game. And for the first time ever I didn't lose every single game. In fact we gave everyone a run for their money!!! I finally figured out a good secret key password to signal we that we have cash. And of course if you dont know the game you have no idea what that means, but I will definitely be up for teaching anyone and everyone when I get home! Just ask.

I forgot to mention that when I lived here in England back when I was a wee-one (age 2-5) we lived about 45 minutes from Stratford. When we go back there in two weeks I think I will try and take a bus to where we lived. Maybe I'll have like a memory flashback if I visit.. but most likely it will just be a really cool experience. By the way, I have the option to go to Ireland or Germany.. but not both.. So which should I go to?? Both will be roughly around the same price I think.. so that can't factor into your decision. But let me know you're thoughts!!! I'm all ears.

Now, today started out really crappy. I was in probably one of the worst moods I have been in while I've been here. Seriously, almost everyone was driving me up the wall. It was ridiculous. Not to mention it was supposed to be hot and it turned out to be rather chilly.. so that just made me more bitter. And then I will randomly get these bitter and depressing thoughts that can just consume my emotions. It wasn't until the train ride home that I started to feel better. And the sad thing is.. I don't think anyone even noticed. Which either means I'm getting better at hiding my emotions.. or people are completely oblivious. A part of me is happy when no one sees how sad/upset I am because then I don't have to try and explain why (which in this case is just so complicated anyways). But then another part just gets more upset. Am I that invisible? Which is slightly ironic because it's not like you can ever miss me. I'm as big as life. Well almost.

And one more thing... Is it normal to be able to completely push thoughts/memories out of your mind to the point that you don't have to deal with the emotions that come along with them? Just a question.

Well that's all I have for today... I'll be going to church tomorrow and doing homework ALL day. lol. Wish me luck. Until Next Time. :D

BTW it is Megan Deboard's Birthday today!!! She is WONDERFUL and BEAUTIFUL. and I wish her the happiest of birthdays. Wish you could be here in London with me hun!!! Love you!!!

Day 33: Apple Turnover

Song of the Day: Come What May from Moulin Rouge.
Today was a rollercoaster of emotion. There were parts, like going to this small park behind a church on High Street Kensington and having a small picnic, that were absolutely wonderful. It was an absolutely beautiful day. In fact it made me regret the fact that I pretty much only packed for the fall and winter. I literally have three tops that could be considered summery (and I bought two of them here... haha). So for all of you who think London is cold and rainy all year long.. you are sadly mistaken. It feels like San Diego right now.. that's how wrong you are. lol. Also, for any of you who think England food is bad.. again.. misinformed.. SO GOOD. I guess it is kind of a melting pot like America.. but their breads and desserts are just amazing. I had this shortbread cookie with milk chocolate chunks that was absolutely divine. Good thing I don't have an unhealthy obsession with food.. oh wait.. haha. But I'm going to try very hard to stop buying food. I know I've said this before.. but I want to spend money on more memorable things.. (though that cookie was quite memorable). Tomorrow we're going to Stratford-upon-Avon to see Julius Caesar, and we get to have TEA!!!! seriously, the best invention in the world.. eating tea with tiny sandwiches and scones. So good. And it also means I don't need to buy anything. Yay.
I slept in till noon today. Then went to the park with Aimelle like I said, and then came back and took a two hour nap. So to say the least, I got a few good hours of sleep. It was purely grand. Except for when I woke up because our room was SOOOOO hot. The sun was shining in, and we can't have our window open for fear of bee attacks.. so it was like a bloody sauna. Definition of unpleasant.
I found out the cast for Much Ado About Nothing at PLNU!!!! Congratulations to everyone involved. Seriously miss everyone so much. And yes, I am happy to be here in London still, but I am definitely jealous of all the camaraderie that will occur over this show. Maybe you can make a card board cut out of me and keep it around the theatre... that way you can all pretend I'm there. all the time. Keep Irving company. Run it by Doc and see what he thinks for me will you? :D But again, I hope everyone has the best time and I can't wait to see the finished product.
And finally, I like to keep everything in my blogs upbeat for the most part. I don't exactly go on about annoying things, or any instances where I may or may not bawl like a baby. Especially because it all seems so thankless when I'm here in London. But in reality, London doesn't change my life into this perfect ball of fun and simplicity. I still have to deal with issues and emotions. And today, well today... I can't really talk about it. For fear of bawling and what not, but I will just say that sometimes we have to make decisions that hurt. And I don't know how long it will take for the hurt to go away. All I can say is that it is in God's hands; now I just have to trust him.
Until Next Time.

Day 32: To Fringe or not to Fringe

Song of the Day: Dancing Through Life from Wicked. It's been in my head all day. I listened to Adam Lambert singing it on youtube. He's a little box of vocal yummy goodness.
So today was rather low key. I did nothing. Well okay that's a lie. We went to the Royal National Theatre and took a tour of it. Pretty amazing to say the very least. I also went and saw a fringe performance of Medea (the Greek play by Euripides). Now, it was definitely fringe, but I wasn't a big fan of it. Like it was really well done and the concept was super unique, but there were only two actors and I'm kind of a fan of having more than just monologues throughout the whole thing. But it was interesting. For any theatre people reading this who have taken movement of any kind... Doc would have sat there riveted. When the main character (Medea.. obviously) wasn't speaking.. she was doing this elaborate never-ending movement piece. The entire time I was thinking... I have to take movement 2 next semester... maybe I could use some of this stuff. No joke. Doc would have been proud.
I just spent the last thirty minutes or so going through websites and finding plays that we're not going to go see as a group.. and I would like to note that Fringe theatre is much less expensive than any west end theatre. It's ridiculous the price difference. But I found some really cool ones, so I'm excited to look into it more. also, I counted up how many shows I'll be seeing with my classes (at least as of right now because Ronda randomly adds some now and again)... and the number is 21. I will have seen at least 21 plays by the time I get back in the states. thats about 1 and a half shows a week. Awesome. I'll have to put them all in a list from bestest ever to mehhhhh. It will be great fun.
Well again, I am off to bed, because I wait until the last moment to write these blogs. I wish I could stay up longer, especially since I get to sleep in... but maybe I'll get up and eat breakfast! I want to stop having to buy lunches, so I just have to stop being hungry. all the bloody time. Good plan aye?
Until next Time. :D

Day 31: PoiNtLesS...

Song of the Day: My entire Ipod. Well actually just the playlist: Once again with feeling. Awesome songs in which I listened to all day.
Again.. short blog.. because it is 3 am in the morning here and I just remembered to write this before I pass out on the bed only two feet from where I am sitting. And don't think I'm holding out on you... because I literally just dont have anything interesting to talk about and I dont particularly think writing a list of what I did today would be all that thrilling.. but I guess I could.. so this wouldn't look so darn pathetic... here goes it:
-woke up
-ate breakfast
-helped aimelle present her National Art Gallery presentation where I was a muggle and she was a witch (harry potter themed.. obviously) and we had to travel back in time to get the rites for all the paintings... it was so cool. we used her rainboot as a portkey. And people laughed, so I figured it couldn't have sucked too badly.
-took a nap
-went to intro to theatre... got a rather poopy grade on a quiz.. should have read.. but did not. learned my lesson now didnt I? haha.. that's a lie.. it'll probably depend on the topic. And don't think I didn't read at all.. we were given two chapters.. I just didn't read the one the quiz was on..
-came back home on tube
-talked with Jill for at least an hour and probably more about Harry Potter and Twilight. We didn't compare them or anything.. but if we had Harry Potter OBVIOUSLY would win HANDS DOWN... Like infiniti hands down. But we talked about certain themes.. and then compared the movies to the books.. and what we think theyre going to leave out of the next few movies. It was a good discussion.. especially since Jill is a newly turned fan.. (she just read all the books last year.. I was so proud)
-went to dinner.. it was gross..usually its not gross.. but today it failed
-watched A Midsummer Night's Dream film.. the one with Stanley Tucci and Kevin Kline ... so it was awesome.. but just a time taker upper
-came back to the room where i preceded to write in my journal
-do a tiny bit of homework
-Skype my Grandma and Lauren
-Think about the fact my mom was supposed to Skype me in the evening but never did... booooo.
-write this lovely and superb blog
-go to bed (though this is more of a guess than an actual fact considering I am still awake.)

Well there was my first day of September. I think I left some stuff out.. like the fact I ate a cheese and tomato sandwich. I just cant get over how good they are!!! well anyway.. until Next time!! :D

Day 30: Stress Relief

Song of the day: The Dark I Know Well from Spring Awakening
I am going to bed. I went to the Globe to watch the Comedy of Errors. It was okay. They used the same actor for each twin, so instead of heaving two different actors playing the twin Antipholus's they were both played by one. It was very interesting, but overall I wasn't thoroughly impressed. In fact I think I liked my high school's production of the comedy of errors better than this one... and that's saying something considering I'm in London. But anyway, I'm off to bed because I pulled an all nighter last night and I'm exhausted. So have a great day. :D Until next time.

Day 29: Can I get an AMP here?? Pronto?

Song of the Day: Dream On covered by Kelly Sweet. Pretty much the most beautiful rendition you'll ever hear of this song. Got in on my ipod. Be jealous.
So I am blogging so early in the day because I know I won't have any time at all tonight.. because guess what?? I feel another all-nighter coming on. But it should be the last one... at least for a very long time.
I took my Intro to Theatre midterm today.. and I only missed one!!! So I got like a 98!!! Wooohoooo. That literally is about all I've done today... besides getting two of my 5 papers finished. Seriously, I have to write so much. Shoot me. Again, lame short tiny blog, but I can't really think about anything but homework at the moment, so I'll give you all the updated goodness tomorrow sometime maybe... depending if I don't pass out from exhaustion. Keep your fingers crossed. I wish they sold mountain dew here... it would make everything so much easier. Until next time. :D

Day 28: But I am Le Tired

No song of the day, because I listened to no music at all today. Shocking I know.
And I would just like to point out my absolute dedication to this blog... because I was warmly tucked in my bed when I remembered that I hadn't blogged yet today.. so I got up and here I am. To let you know that my day was actually boring. I went to church, ate lunch, watched Shakespeare in Love (because I had to for class... not because it was a luxury.. that doesnt exist for me atm), I finally posted all of my pictures up on facebook (Go look and comment if you are bored and have nothing else better to do.. or even if you do.. go check them out anyways), and then ate high tea, and finally did homework. And now I am going to bed. So even though this is yet again one of those blogs that is pretty un exciting.. at least I posted something!!! Oh and tomorrow is going to be poop. Just a forewarning. haha. until next time. :D