because..

i am totally being efficient today... i am totally being efficient today... i am totally not being efficient today... i am totally being efficient today... maybe writing this post wasn't the best way to be efficient...

just to prove i'm a nerd... star trek uhura...

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phillies

the phillies are made of lions and awesome...

so i'm watching halloweentown... and

so i'm watching halloweentown... and i love how the town of monsters and witches is vaguely British...

ugh...

gotta love it when your day starts with accidentally finding out two of your pens exploded in your bag by sticking your fingers straight into it... on a lighter note i am going to make my own costume and be uhura from the new star trek for halloween! yay! live long and prosper everyone!

why do people have a

why do people have a problem with the idea that LEGGINGS ARE NOT F***ING PANTS!

for some strange reason i

for some strange reason i am willingly up and dressed and at school... at 615 AM... i think i might be mentally unstable...

it means "hose"... dad made

it means "hose"... dad made it up while we were talking about how psychologists like to use big words...

does anyone know what a

does anyone know what a multi-force long-distance hydrator is?

the bible baptist fellowship church welcomes you to alpine ny...

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i hate stupid people...

i hate stupid people...

all i hear in the

all i hear in the what's my age again lyric "the state looks down on sodomy" is willy wonka's take on cannibalism...

i'll NEVER vote for obama-

i'll NEVER vote for obama- he says he won't raise taxes on the middle classes- EVER!

happy 4th of july!

happy 4th of july!

so it turns out sugar

so it turns out sugar doesn't cause hyperactivity in kids... also just in, black is blue, up is down...

sadly...

i am just about to leave for my last final... which means i am about to leave the house and the country as a student in this program for the last time... sad, very sasd i know, but i am excited to see the family and friends when i get home!

i have...

less than 24 hours left in this country and it is a really depressing concept... one more final and then i run off to go catch a plane home! but i am still glad i did this- i made friends and enemies and have had a good craic... now that i know what that means...

this...

is my last night staying in notting hill with my program. after this i go home tomorrow and my semester here is over. i am really going to miss it and i am extremely sad to leave, though i don't have any regrets and i know i packed a lot into this last three months. what traveling to other countries i did was awesome and i got to see a lot of london and a lot of england... i can't say i have anything that i didn't like or didn't get to do that i really wanted to! tonight i have a last dinner with my program and then i go on the london eye- a fitting end to a great time. i am going to miss it here. goodbye 21 pembridge gardens, see you soon 741 school line drive! see you guys soon!

three days...

is all i have left. there is an air of solemn melancholy over the house- everyone is trying to have a great last weekend but we all know it has to end... very sad... but it has been a great run and i have gotten to go to an amazing amount of things in london, mostly thanks to the parents and the family, and i have traveled as lot! amsterdam, bruges, calais, scotland, dublin, madrid, portsmouth, hampton court, northampton... and more i am sure... everything was totally worth it and i only regret i don't have more time to stay!

so SAD...

i am going home... in 5 days... this is NOT OK! i mean i love my family and friends, but NOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I DON'T WANNA LEAVE! NOOOOO! but at least i get to do some more sightseeing this weekend... i am going to hampton court today and possibly the London Eye later or the Absolut Ice Bar... or both WHO KNOWS! I STILL DON'T WANNA LEAVE!

PICTURES YAY!

so the pictures from Dublin and Madrid are up and in sets so they are viewable. the ones from Portsmouth won't get developed until i get home, so those may be a bit...

Dublin and Madrid!

Dublin was amazing. i took a walking tour of the city, went to guiness and took pictures of Rainsford street, took a tour of the wicklow mountains, partied it up in Temple Bar, wandered around Dublin, went to see the Book of Kells, and went to Jameson! all in three days!

Then this weekend i went to beautiful, amazing Madrid. I went to the Plaza de Espana, saw much of the Parque del Retiro, wandered around the city and saw El Cortes Ingles, the crazy huge department store, went to the Palacio Real, saw the Cathedral of Madrid, saw the Museo Reina Sofia, a great little modern art museum, and generally wandered around the city taking in the beauty.

pictures of both will be up as soon as i can cajole the internet here to load them to flickr. they were both amazing! i want to go back!

also, i officially have housing for next year! i realize this may not sound as exciting, but as i forgot to give my roommate for next year my ID number so she could register on thursday and we were saved from crappy housing only by the fact that i had an early flight and we were able to remedy this early today- thanks to kait's quick searching and registration. so it's a bit of a big deal! and it's exciting that i get to be in Merion Gardens this year so i get air conditioning! yay!

again, pics up soon.

DUBLIN!

in about 8 hours i will be in dublin, ireland!

and now for something completely different...

in two days i go to DUBLIN! for three days! life continues to suck, things continue to happen... :) <3 cheers!

ADVENTURE WEEKEND...

was awesome! we were on the irish sea near Llandudno in a place called Snowden. We stayed in a gorgeous hotel and were served for every meal. and i got to go abseiling and rock climbing. we went, we climbed, we partied it up, and then we went home! pictures are up. sadly, i haven't gotten the portsmouth pictures developed yet, but soon they will be up!

PORTSMOUTH...

was awesome! i wen there this past friday and had a great time. the actual docklands were very dead- in some places i was the only person visiting! but i went aboard tha Victory, which was SO COOL, saw the remains of the Mary Rose and the accompanying museum, took a tour of what it was like to be a dockyard apprentice, went into the entirety of the Naval museum, saw the Victory's Trafalgar sail, and went aboard the Warrior. it was so cool! so worth waking up the next day feeling like a truck hit me! i forgot my camera though and had to buy two disposables, so i have to get those developed and then the pics will be up, it will just take longer than usual.

FINALLY...

there are more photos up on flickr. sorry- as you guys will see, i have been too busy doing things to put up pics. I have been so many places and there are more pics on my camera still- don't worry, it won't take me so long this time. i will put them up after i go to portsmouth and see the VICTORY tomorrow! it's going to be so much fun!

eventually...

there will be more photos up on flickr... i have been to stratford, warwick castle, greenwich- yes i took the ferry, the imperial war museum- james bond was great but i couldn't take pictures, ely, cambridge, and other places, but the internet literally goes down three times a day at my house at the moment, so it may be a while before that happens. oh and i have also been to the tower of london. eventually there will be pictures. really i swear.

gees...

there are 6-8 inches of snow outside... in LONDON... half the city shut down, including our school, and the roads and sidewalks are a mess! i think this is like the biggest snowstorm here in the past 20 years... last night myself and a few people from my house started a snowball fight with the people down the street who go to imperial college- it was awesome! good times in london! and we watched the superbowl, but sadly they don't show the commercials here! we were all so mad! but it was good anyway...

so yeah...

clogs and cheese in amsterdam, chocolate, beer, fries, and waffles in bruges, all over london, all of scotland (loch ness to edinburgh)... i just realized something... my life SUCKS! and i am now watching the superbowl at like midnight in the ridiculously crowded common room in my house while there is snow coming down and there is like 2 inches of snow outside already... AWESOME!

YAY!

i went to a local pub to watch the swearing in of our 44th president! it was insane and amazing!

EUROPE!

i start my non-UK european excursions this weekend! i have just booked a travel tour to Amsterdam and Bruges! and after the ridiculously bad weekend i just spent in northampton, i think it's going to be awesome!

pictures...

of tower bridge and madame tousseaud's should be up rather soon- i'm afraid i've got to figure out where my camera cable is so... ubt they will be up soon

to all those who it may concern...

namely witty since she's been complaining viz facebook message... the current website for my flickr page is:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/33728672@N07/sets/
so if you want to see photos of christmas, which is all that's currently up as i have not yet had time to take pictures much yet, WITTY, go ahead... for everyone else, i should have them up by friday...

it's so weird...

that i live two doors down from stella mccartney... so weird...

LONDON!

i have officially arrived in london, england! my plane got in about 7 hours ago and unfortunately i gave in to temptation and took a huge nap- but i would rather be social than dead... anyhoodle, it's great here! i haven't explored much but it's awesome!