I'm going to be home in 4 days.
I'm stoked.
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Thursday, August 13, 2009
8.13.09
So it's been quite the interesting 48 hours. Honestly I'm having a hard time believing what just happened.
It all started the last time we were in London and I saw a flyer for a production of Hamlet that Jude Law was in. I thought about how I would love to see it, but seeing as we weren't going to be in London for that, I started planning with some of the other girls to see if maybe when we went back into the city right before we flew out we could try and get tickets. THEN Tom and Katie got word of what we were planning on doing, and Tom said that when we went back into the area of the country to go to Cambridge, we could probably try and go see it. Then when we called the theater it turned out that all of the performances were sold out, so we were going to have to line up early in the morning to get tickets. Well, since there was no way we could catch a train from Cardiff to London in time to get a good spot in line, we decided that we were just going to have to sleep in front of the theater all night to get tickets. Yup. And that's exactly what we did.
However, that Tuesday we had a whole night in London to do whatever before we qued up in front of the theater. So Tom, Katie, Zoe, Elizabeth and I went to the Globe to see if we could get standing groundling tickets for Romeo and Juliet. We found out when we got there that that show was also sold out, but if we waited for personal returns we could see if we could get tickets. We got in that line and were probably about the 15-20th people so we were pretty hopeful for tickets. However, we had resigned ourselves to the fact that we were going to be in the middle of the crowd, not right up by the stage, because we weren't going to be able to get into the groundling que in time to be that close. So, Elizabeth and I were the first to get tickets (the family decided that if only two became available that we would be the ones who got to go - how nice of them!) and when we went around to the other side of the theater to que we were the 4th and 5th people in line!!!! I know!! We could hardly believe it! At that point I went to the toilet and when I came back like, 10 minutes later there were about 50 people in line. Yeah. So we really lucked out. Zoe came to join us soon after that and Katie bought a seated ticket so we were all just waiting and hoping that Tom would get a ticket. So they let us through the gate to que right in front of the entrance door and by the time Tom finally joined us the line to be groundings was wrapped ALL the way around the side of the theater and like, doubling back on itself. Like, I still can't get over how lucky we were! So we got in, got to stand right at the center at the edge of the stage and it was phenomenal. Just like at Midsummer they had some guys come out before the show started who sang and did all sorts of entertainment types of entertainment type tings before the show started. This time is was 3 minor characters and the actor who was going to play Benvolio and the totally serenaded Zoe! I have to admit I was a little jealous because They didn't even pay ANY attention to me but it was hilarious. They started out just crouched down near the endge of the stage, and then they like, got on the stomach and kept singing to her, and then they all grabbed the edge of the stage and pulled themselves towards her - man it was great! Plus, Benvolio was SUPER attractive so that made it even more entertaining haha. Then, later on in the show, Friar Lawrence had Elizaeth smell some flowers that he was picking. So, bascially people on either side of me got paid attention by the actors. Like I said, I was a little miffed but really - it was all entertaining and lovely so it doesn't matter. ha the show was PHENOMENAL but it was also like, 3 hours long. So, we stood for an 1.40 and then had a 15 minute break to sit down, and then we stood for 1.15 until the show was over. Needless to say me feet were pretty thrashed. We had walked a long way to get over there in the first place and were carrying out backpacks which were full of provisions for that night (our building foam, trash bags, etc.) PLUS we had done like a 1.5 hour walking tour of Cambridge earlier that day. Anyway we walked to the tube station and then hopped on over to the theater to stake out our tickets for Jude.
So, there was like the 2.5 foot wide marble step in front of the box office doors and the sidewalk, which is where we planted ourselves for the next 12 hours. The theater is in a place in London called Leicester Square, which has a few clubs and a LOT of drunk people. Let me just list some of my favorite quotes from the night that were made to us
"She looks like a yummy turkey!"
"Are you all right?"
"Are you guys of the Baptist congregation?"
"If you don't mind me asking, what the h*** are you all doing out here?"
*handing Tom 5 pounds* "Here you go....this is for you. ALL of you to share"
"Passed by red buses
They made no fuss
They just waited 'til they left before they started to discuss
They found the English heathens
Weaving
Trying to decieve them
Stuck in their own conceit
While they sat back on their own seat
of marble and floor
Unsure of the certainty of the
ever after
or of the disaster that lay before
these non-Christian
Bastards"
*This guy actually talked to us for quite a while, his name was John and he was quite sober and very nice. In fact, he came back about 20 minutes later and had bought us each a can of Pepsi to help keep us awake during the night. Which was, admittedly, really cool of him.
and there were numberous others that someone wrote down...but that someone wasn't me so I'll have to get back to you.
Needless to say it was quite a dramatic and entertaining night. However it didn't rain, it was warm, and the people in the theater left the light that was over our area on for us.
And in the end it all paid off because the manager of the theater got wind that we slept overnight to get tickets and took us backstage after the show!! Yeah! We didn't get to meet Jude, however because he only has so much time between performances so he was recouperating and such. But we did meet Laertes and walk on/around the stage and see the SM's booth and stuff. It was really cool. Like, REALLY COOL. GAH!!!!
And as for the show itself, man words just cannot even describe the beauty of the performace. Everything was in greyscale - the costume and the cold, hard, stony set. However every now and then there was a splash of color. When the stage turned into the court a big red curtain was dropped down. When it was Gertrude's chamber a yellow curtain came down. And when the players acted out The Murder of Gonzago for Cladius and the court they were all in white and their stage was bright white light like an interrogation room. Ah I can't get over it! By far my favorite part was the scene between Gertrude and Hamlet in her chambers.
To set it up, because Polonius is behind the curtain/tapestry listening in the scene it usually played with the curtain going up the stage so that you can see either side of it. However, the yellow curtain was straight across the front of the stage and when Gertrude and Polonius were talking about their plan it was opaque and they were standing in front of it. However, when Hamlet comes in the sheet became translucent and you could see through it to the other side, which was where the scene was played, until Hamlet stabs Polonius. And when Polonius fell - he took the entire curtain down with him, exposing the action on the stage and making everything feel suddenly more naked and more vulernable - just like Gertrude, now that her "back up" was dead. For the rest of the scene Polonius lays half wrapped up that curtain as a constant reminder of what has happened until Hamlet drags his body away. Amazing.
Jude Law wasn't the only decently famous person in this show. Cladius was played by an actor named Kevin R. McNally who was Gibbs in Pirates of the Carribbean and was also in Valkyrie and The Phantom of the Opera, Matt Ryan who was in an epsiode of The Tudors and Penelope Wilton who was in the new Pride and Predjudice and an episode of Dr. Who. So - it was start studded cast and one of the most phenomenal plays I have ever seen.
Plus, since we didn't get to see Jude that afternoon, Alison, Elizabeth, Marianne and I are going to go to the backstage door the night before we fly out before anyone from the performance that night can get there so that we can get our programs signed and maybe a picture! That would be a great way to end my trip - right before I have to wake up SUPER early to get through customs and catch my flight home.
WELL FOLKS - that's really all I have for now. I hope you've enjoyed this massive update and I'll see you in a little more than a week!
Cheers!
It all started the last time we were in London and I saw a flyer for a production of Hamlet that Jude Law was in. I thought about how I would love to see it, but seeing as we weren't going to be in London for that, I started planning with some of the other girls to see if maybe when we went back into the city right before we flew out we could try and get tickets. THEN Tom and Katie got word of what we were planning on doing, and Tom said that when we went back into the area of the country to go to Cambridge, we could probably try and go see it. Then when we called the theater it turned out that all of the performances were sold out, so we were going to have to line up early in the morning to get tickets. Well, since there was no way we could catch a train from Cardiff to London in time to get a good spot in line, we decided that we were just going to have to sleep in front of the theater all night to get tickets. Yup. And that's exactly what we did.
However, that Tuesday we had a whole night in London to do whatever before we qued up in front of the theater. So Tom, Katie, Zoe, Elizabeth and I went to the Globe to see if we could get standing groundling tickets for Romeo and Juliet. We found out when we got there that that show was also sold out, but if we waited for personal returns we could see if we could get tickets. We got in that line and were probably about the 15-20th people so we were pretty hopeful for tickets. However, we had resigned ourselves to the fact that we were going to be in the middle of the crowd, not right up by the stage, because we weren't going to be able to get into the groundling que in time to be that close. So, Elizabeth and I were the first to get tickets (the family decided that if only two became available that we would be the ones who got to go - how nice of them!) and when we went around to the other side of the theater to que we were the 4th and 5th people in line!!!! I know!! We could hardly believe it! At that point I went to the toilet and when I came back like, 10 minutes later there were about 50 people in line. Yeah. So we really lucked out. Zoe came to join us soon after that and Katie bought a seated ticket so we were all just waiting and hoping that Tom would get a ticket. So they let us through the gate to que right in front of the entrance door and by the time Tom finally joined us the line to be groundings was wrapped ALL the way around the side of the theater and like, doubling back on itself. Like, I still can't get over how lucky we were! So we got in, got to stand right at the center at the edge of the stage and it was phenomenal. Just like at Midsummer they had some guys come out before the show started who sang and did all sorts of entertainment types of entertainment type tings before the show started. This time is was 3 minor characters and the actor who was going to play Benvolio and the totally serenaded Zoe! I have to admit I was a little jealous because They didn't even pay ANY attention to me but it was hilarious. They started out just crouched down near the endge of the stage, and then they like, got on the stomach and kept singing to her, and then they all grabbed the edge of the stage and pulled themselves towards her - man it was great! Plus, Benvolio was SUPER attractive so that made it even more entertaining haha. Then, later on in the show, Friar Lawrence had Elizaeth smell some flowers that he was picking. So, bascially people on either side of me got paid attention by the actors. Like I said, I was a little miffed but really - it was all entertaining and lovely so it doesn't matter. ha the show was PHENOMENAL but it was also like, 3 hours long. So, we stood for an 1.40 and then had a 15 minute break to sit down, and then we stood for 1.15 until the show was over. Needless to say me feet were pretty thrashed. We had walked a long way to get over there in the first place and were carrying out backpacks which were full of provisions for that night (our building foam, trash bags, etc.) PLUS we had done like a 1.5 hour walking tour of Cambridge earlier that day. Anyway we walked to the tube station and then hopped on over to the theater to stake out our tickets for Jude.
So, there was like the 2.5 foot wide marble step in front of the box office doors and the sidewalk, which is where we planted ourselves for the next 12 hours. The theater is in a place in London called Leicester Square, which has a few clubs and a LOT of drunk people. Let me just list some of my favorite quotes from the night that were made to us
"She looks like a yummy turkey!"
"Are you all right?"
"Are you guys of the Baptist congregation?"
"If you don't mind me asking, what the h*** are you all doing out here?"
*handing Tom 5 pounds* "Here you go....this is for you. ALL of you to share"
"Passed by red buses
They made no fuss
They just waited 'til they left before they started to discuss
They found the English heathens
Weaving
Trying to decieve them
Stuck in their own conceit
While they sat back on their own seat
of marble and floor
Unsure of the certainty of the
ever after
or of the disaster that lay before
these non-Christian
Bastards"
*This guy actually talked to us for quite a while, his name was John and he was quite sober and very nice. In fact, he came back about 20 minutes later and had bought us each a can of Pepsi to help keep us awake during the night. Which was, admittedly, really cool of him.
and there were numberous others that someone wrote down...but that someone wasn't me so I'll have to get back to you.
Needless to say it was quite a dramatic and entertaining night. However it didn't rain, it was warm, and the people in the theater left the light that was over our area on for us.
And in the end it all paid off because the manager of the theater got wind that we slept overnight to get tickets and took us backstage after the show!! Yeah! We didn't get to meet Jude, however because he only has so much time between performances so he was recouperating and such. But we did meet Laertes and walk on/around the stage and see the SM's booth and stuff. It was really cool. Like, REALLY COOL. GAH!!!!
And as for the show itself, man words just cannot even describe the beauty of the performace. Everything was in greyscale - the costume and the cold, hard, stony set. However every now and then there was a splash of color. When the stage turned into the court a big red curtain was dropped down. When it was Gertrude's chamber a yellow curtain came down. And when the players acted out The Murder of Gonzago for Cladius and the court they were all in white and their stage was bright white light like an interrogation room. Ah I can't get over it! By far my favorite part was the scene between Gertrude and Hamlet in her chambers.
To set it up, because Polonius is behind the curtain/tapestry listening in the scene it usually played with the curtain going up the stage so that you can see either side of it. However, the yellow curtain was straight across the front of the stage and when Gertrude and Polonius were talking about their plan it was opaque and they were standing in front of it. However, when Hamlet comes in the sheet became translucent and you could see through it to the other side, which was where the scene was played, until Hamlet stabs Polonius. And when Polonius fell - he took the entire curtain down with him, exposing the action on the stage and making everything feel suddenly more naked and more vulernable - just like Gertrude, now that her "back up" was dead. For the rest of the scene Polonius lays half wrapped up that curtain as a constant reminder of what has happened until Hamlet drags his body away. Amazing.
Jude Law wasn't the only decently famous person in this show. Cladius was played by an actor named Kevin R. McNally who was Gibbs in Pirates of the Carribbean and was also in Valkyrie and The Phantom of the Opera, Matt Ryan who was in an epsiode of The Tudors and Penelope Wilton who was in the new Pride and Predjudice and an episode of Dr. Who. So - it was start studded cast and one of the most phenomenal plays I have ever seen.
Plus, since we didn't get to see Jude that afternoon, Alison, Elizabeth, Marianne and I are going to go to the backstage door the night before we fly out before anyone from the performance that night can get there so that we can get our programs signed and maybe a picture! That would be a great way to end my trip - right before I have to wake up SUPER early to get through customs and catch my flight home.
WELL FOLKS - that's really all I have for now. I hope you've enjoyed this massive update and I'll see you in a little more than a week!
Cheers!
Saturday, August 1, 2009
8.1.09
Holy cow.
I can't believe it's August.
I'll be home in less than a month. Such a bittersweet thing to think about.
SO I WON'T! [not yet anyway]
I love internet cafes. Why you might asking? Because poeple yell and speak really loudly in Arabic all around you. It's brilliant.
This week was pretty much fantastic. We went to see As You Like It at the Royal Shakespeare Company Theater in Stratford-on-Avon. Goodness it was so cool. I just love going to live theater! It just sends a chill straight thorugh my bones. I love it.
I can't believe it's August.
I'll be home in less than a month. Such a bittersweet thing to think about.
SO I WON'T! [not yet anyway]
I love internet cafes. Why you might asking? Because poeple yell and speak really loudly in Arabic all around you. It's brilliant.
This week was pretty much fantastic. We went to see As You Like It at the Royal Shakespeare Company Theater in Stratford-on-Avon. Goodness it was so cool. I just love going to live theater! It just sends a chill straight thorugh my bones. I love it.
Saturday, July 25, 2009
7.24.09
So...I hope today is the 24th. I actually have no idea. haha - not having a cell phone really warps your sense of date and time. it's odd.
So we went to Cardiff Castle yesterday and it was another interesting weather day. On our way up tot eh Castle (about 15-25 minutes from our house) it started pouring. Like raining buckets and buckets. But when we came out of the Castle after our tour of the inside, it was BRIGHT and SUNNY and BEAUTIFUL. You know, sometimes I really like Wales.
This is the Norman Castle Keep - it's within the Roman walls of the Castle which you can see from downtown. So yeah. Pretty cool I guess. If you like that kind of thing.
This week we also decided that we're going to see Jude Law in Hamlet! YEAH I KNOW! All of the tickets for all of the show are sold out, but they sell tickets every day at like 10AM [they only have about 30] so people line up like, freakishly early to get them. SO we're going to camp our overnight in front of the theater! Yeah! I'm really very excited. It's going to be quite the adventure.
and really - if I'm going to be like, 200 ft away from this:
worth it. hands down.
OH AND I NEED MY FLIGHT INFORMATION MOTHER!! SEND IT TO ME ASAP SO I CAN FIGURE OUT WHEN I'M COMING HOME!! lol
So we went to Cardiff Castle yesterday and it was another interesting weather day. On our way up tot eh Castle (about 15-25 minutes from our house) it started pouring. Like raining buckets and buckets. But when we came out of the Castle after our tour of the inside, it was BRIGHT and SUNNY and BEAUTIFUL. You know, sometimes I really like Wales.
This is the Norman Castle Keep - it's within the Roman walls of the Castle which you can see from downtown. So yeah. Pretty cool I guess. If you like that kind of thing.This week we also decided that we're going to see Jude Law in Hamlet! YEAH I KNOW! All of the tickets for all of the show are sold out, but they sell tickets every day at like 10AM [they only have about 30] so people line up like, freakishly early to get them. SO we're going to camp our overnight in front of the theater! Yeah! I'm really very excited. It's going to be quite the adventure.
and really - if I'm going to be like, 200 ft away from this:
worth it. hands down.
OH AND I NEED MY FLIGHT INFORMATION MOTHER!! SEND IT TO ME ASAP SO I CAN FIGURE OUT WHEN I'M COMING HOME!! lol
Thursday, July 23, 2009
7.23.09
So, yesterday was out second day in London and I'm just going to report on one wuick things before I head out
Avenue. Q.
I think it was just about the funniest thing I've ever seen in my life. And I'm pretty sure that one of the more entertaining parts was hearing them trying to do American accents! One charater, Brian, had like a "brooklyn accent" which was pretty good and everyone else did really well. The only one they would slip every now and then was Princeton aka the main character. LOL It was pretty entertaining to hear him started certains phrases every now and again like a british man and then end them american-ly. Priceless.
And you know what else was priceless? Our £10 tickets. Which were in the middle of the 2nd row...of the 3rd tier. Which, while it was high up was still amazing b/c the theater was pretty small. And classically goregous. Really I was just beaming to be there.
And it took all of my power to not sing along. But I was successful! However I did mouth along at some points but since that's silent I'm going to say that that is acceptable.
ALSO this performance of Avenue Q has given me a new career path in life. Forget being an actress/teacher/makeup artist. I'm going to be....drumroll...
A BAD IDEA BEAR
That's right folks - for a limited time only I'm going to go around to the people I know and give them BAD ideas. Like - eating the ENTIRE chocolate bar in stead of just one piece "You're going to eat it all anyway, why not get a jumpstart?!" and watching a movie instead of going to bed "You can sleep in the van in the morning, so why sleep now?!"
All in all a very lucrative choice, I say.
Well...maybe not lucrative, exactly, but a heck of a lot of fun! And that's what counts in the long-run right?! WHO NEEDS MONEY!?!?!!
see - I'm good at it already :)
Avenue. Q.
I think it was just about the funniest thing I've ever seen in my life. And I'm pretty sure that one of the more entertaining parts was hearing them trying to do American accents! One charater, Brian, had like a "brooklyn accent" which was pretty good and everyone else did really well. The only one they would slip every now and then was Princeton aka the main character. LOL It was pretty entertaining to hear him started certains phrases every now and again like a british man and then end them american-ly. Priceless.
And you know what else was priceless? Our £10 tickets. Which were in the middle of the 2nd row...of the 3rd tier. Which, while it was high up was still amazing b/c the theater was pretty small. And classically goregous. Really I was just beaming to be there.
And it took all of my power to not sing along. But I was successful! However I did mouth along at some points but since that's silent I'm going to say that that is acceptable.
ALSO this performance of Avenue Q has given me a new career path in life. Forget being an actress/teacher/makeup artist. I'm going to be....drumroll...
A BAD IDEA BEAR
That's right folks - for a limited time only I'm going to go around to the people I know and give them BAD ideas. Like - eating the ENTIRE chocolate bar in stead of just one piece "You're going to eat it all anyway, why not get a jumpstart?!" and watching a movie instead of going to bed "You can sleep in the van in the morning, so why sleep now?!"
All in all a very lucrative choice, I say.
Well...maybe not lucrative, exactly, but a heck of a lot of fun! And that's what counts in the long-run right?! WHO NEEDS MONEY!?!?!!
see - I'm good at it already :)
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
7.21.09
So, I'm sitting here at the Cathay's library and I thought I'd post in my blog. One of the cool things that I like about blogger as opposed to say, my email, is that it saves my work as I type it. So, if my discontented computer deecides it wants to log me off in the middle of some of my work before I can post it, it'll at least be in my drafts, which is nice.
SO, I don't know how many times I've said this because I kind of loose track of what I write in my blog vs. emails and facebook but it rains entirely too much here. Which, I wouldn't mind so much if it was warm when it rained. And the funny thing is that they guys from YSA told us that like all during the month of June it was 90 degrees and sunny almost every day. Now that's my kind of weather. ALSO we're going to London tomorrow and it's just going to be rainy all day! I'm so sad! But I'm going to try and get a ticket to see Billy Elliot so that'll be cool.
And I still haven't heard from Gary which doesn't suprise me so I won't be seeing him in London tomorrow. Unless I get a chance to get back on the internet and miraculously he's remember to message me. ha we'll see.
Speaking of which I'm not going to be able to spend as much time on here as I thought I would writing this post because this computer is encapable of having more than one browser open at a time and I only have 13 minutes left. lol Oh the joys of being behind on technology. Once again - God Bless America.
So I'm pretty much really sore today because last night at FHE (at which I'll have you know I taught the lesson...that I came up with in like 30 minutes before we left b/c I didn't realize I was going to be the one teaching) we played the box game. Which was also my idea. But I didn't think that I was going to come in 3rd place, since I'm as inflexible as I am. Apparently I'm flexible in ways I didn't understand. However I still can't touch my toes, so I don't see what difference that really makes. Anyway, the point is that I'm havingn a little bit of a difficult time walking today. Lol - but that's the price you pay for being a CHAMPION.
Tonight we're going to the Carvary before Institute which is like a buffet that only costs £3.50. Which I am definately ok with. It was a big ordeal trying to get out who's going and not and some of the girls from the Welsh house were a little upset because they couldn't come because they're having the missionaries over for dinner. Which, if you ask me is pretty cool in itself but they don't seem to view it that way.
Well I better sign off so I can look up the ticket info. Hopefully it's not going to cost me too much money but I really want to see a show on the West End while I'm here. I mean let's be honest.
<3 Loves from the Kingdom that is United!
Shens
SO, I don't know how many times I've said this because I kind of loose track of what I write in my blog vs. emails and facebook but it rains entirely too much here. Which, I wouldn't mind so much if it was warm when it rained. And the funny thing is that they guys from YSA told us that like all during the month of June it was 90 degrees and sunny almost every day. Now that's my kind of weather. ALSO we're going to London tomorrow and it's just going to be rainy all day! I'm so sad! But I'm going to try and get a ticket to see Billy Elliot so that'll be cool.
And I still haven't heard from Gary which doesn't suprise me so I won't be seeing him in London tomorrow. Unless I get a chance to get back on the internet and miraculously he's remember to message me. ha we'll see.
Speaking of which I'm not going to be able to spend as much time on here as I thought I would writing this post because this computer is encapable of having more than one browser open at a time and I only have 13 minutes left. lol Oh the joys of being behind on technology. Once again - God Bless America.
So I'm pretty much really sore today because last night at FHE (at which I'll have you know I taught the lesson...that I came up with in like 30 minutes before we left b/c I didn't realize I was going to be the one teaching) we played the box game. Which was also my idea. But I didn't think that I was going to come in 3rd place, since I'm as inflexible as I am. Apparently I'm flexible in ways I didn't understand. However I still can't touch my toes, so I don't see what difference that really makes. Anyway, the point is that I'm havingn a little bit of a difficult time walking today. Lol - but that's the price you pay for being a CHAMPION.
Tonight we're going to the Carvary before Institute which is like a buffet that only costs £3.50. Which I am definately ok with. It was a big ordeal trying to get out who's going and not and some of the girls from the Welsh house were a little upset because they couldn't come because they're having the missionaries over for dinner. Which, if you ask me is pretty cool in itself but they don't seem to view it that way.
Well I better sign off so I can look up the ticket info. Hopefully it's not going to cost me too much money but I really want to see a show on the West End while I'm here. I mean let's be honest.
<3 Loves from the Kingdom that is United!
Shens
Monday, July 20, 2009
7.20.2009
Hello faithful readers and friends!!
Hah. That was quite an interesting turn of phrase. Whatever.
So this past week we went to Stonehenge!! I know right! I licked a stone! Gross, yes but worth it. The only thing that was kind of awful was that I was wearing a skirt and so I couldn’t like, do any crazy acrobatics. Plus it was super windy so that presented a problem. Especially since I didn’t have any leggings on. I was inspired
buy the song “Stonehenge” as performed by the legendary Spinal Tap on the way to the stones and so I searched for the little children of Stonehenge and danced under the pale moon. It was pretty inspirational. We were also a little let down because we were going to try and meet the High Druid Priest or whatever he’s called that we thought lived in like a trailer off to the side of the stones, but apparently he was asked to move because he was causing a ruckus. And they found people with paint hiding out in a ditch nearby. I KNOW. So that was kind of let down, but everything else was basically amazing. I still can’t believe that I went there.
That’s how I feel about a lot of the places that I keep going, actually. It’s quite surreal.
Can I also say that I miss dryers. Both for your clothes and for your hair. *sigh* Speaking of hair, I cut my bangs yesterday before church. I know! I’m a little daring sometimes. But they were seriously bugging me because they were in my face all the time. So I angled them over to the side so hopefully they’ll be a little better. I can’t really tell yet because yesterday it was super windy/rainy (shocker, I know) so they were blowing in my face anyway. Hopefully I’ll be able to find out soon. I also miss non-tempramental showers. Like, at our house you either have high water pressure and either scalding or freezing water OR low pressure and warm water. Needless to say I can't wait until I can have the best of both worlds on a continual basis. God Bless America :D
Also speaking of hair, Luc asked us yesterday during out tour of the University (which he do graciously gave) if any of us cut hair because his was too long. I said that my mother cut hair so I’ve observed and could probably manage, but I honestly don’t want him to take me up on it. Like, I’d probably do it and be terrified of screwing up his hair for a while. That could not be good. Like everyone would be asking him what happened to his head and then he’d say that he let this crazy girl from America (and BYU nonetheless) cut it and that would just ruin the rep of the program and what a disaster it would be!
Yes, I’m being slightly facetious when I say that but let’s be honest. I shouldn’t be the first person you hand scissors and trust with your hair.
Ok, so you’re all going to be so proud of what I ate when we went to Oxford. So there’s this pub called the eagle and child which is where J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis used to like hang out and eat and stuff, so when we were in Oxford we decided to eat our dinner there. We looked over the menu for a while and I decided that maybe I’d try something new and there was something on the menu titled “Gammon and Eggs” and in the description it just said “gammon steak served with two fried eggs and chips” so I figured Gammon was just an English word for a cut of steak that I didn’t know. No one in my group knew what it was later so they all thought that that was a reasonable assumption to make. So I order it and when it comes out it’s like this huge piece of Ham that’s been fried? Maybe? And like it’s pretty thick and a little crispy on the edges and like bubbly and…ugh. You know how I am with textures. So like, I saw it and I was like “I…can’t eat this” But I paid almost 6 pounds for it so I wasn’t going to waste it. I ate it with the eggs until the eggs were gone and then I couldn’t do it anymore. So a little over a half is what I ate! I know! Good for me!!
But never again. Like, never again.
Well, I’m off to read/clean/journal and try to find my wallet down at Queen Street before I head off to FHE tonight.
Loves!!
Shens
Hah. That was quite an interesting turn of phrase. Whatever.
So this past week we went to Stonehenge!! I know right! I licked a stone! Gross, yes but worth it. The only thing that was kind of awful was that I was wearing a skirt and so I couldn’t like, do any crazy acrobatics. Plus it was super windy so that presented a problem. Especially since I didn’t have any leggings on. I was inspired
buy the song “Stonehenge” as performed by the legendary Spinal Tap on the way to the stones and so I searched for the little children of Stonehenge and danced under the pale moon. It was pretty inspirational. We were also a little let down because we were going to try and meet the High Druid Priest or whatever he’s called that we thought lived in like a trailer off to the side of the stones, but apparently he was asked to move because he was causing a ruckus. And they found people with paint hiding out in a ditch nearby. I KNOW. So that was kind of let down, but everything else was basically amazing. I still can’t believe that I went there. That’s how I feel about a lot of the places that I keep going, actually. It’s quite surreal.
Can I also say that I miss dryers. Both for your clothes and for your hair. *sigh* Speaking of hair, I cut my bangs yesterday before church. I know! I’m a little daring sometimes. But they were seriously bugging me because they were in my face all the time. So I angled them over to the side so hopefully they’ll be a little better. I can’t really tell yet because yesterday it was super windy/rainy (shocker, I know) so they were blowing in my face anyway. Hopefully I’ll be able to find out soon. I also miss non-tempramental showers. Like, at our house you either have high water pressure and either scalding or freezing water OR low pressure and warm water. Needless to say I can't wait until I can have the best of both worlds on a continual basis. God Bless America :D
Also speaking of hair, Luc asked us yesterday during out tour of the University (which he do graciously gave) if any of us cut hair because his was too long. I said that my mother cut hair so I’ve observed and could probably manage, but I honestly don’t want him to take me up on it. Like, I’d probably do it and be terrified of screwing up his hair for a while. That could not be good. Like everyone would be asking him what happened to his head and then he’d say that he let this crazy girl from America (and BYU nonetheless) cut it and that would just ruin the rep of the program and what a disaster it would be!
Yes, I’m being slightly facetious when I say that but let’s be honest. I shouldn’t be the first person you hand scissors and trust with your hair.
Ok, so you’re all going to be so proud of what I ate when we went to Oxford. So there’s this pub called the eagle and child which is where J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis used to like hang out and eat and stuff, so when we were in Oxford we decided to eat our dinner there. We looked over the menu for a while and I decided that maybe I’d try something new and there was something on the menu titled “Gammon and Eggs” and in the description it just said “gammon steak served with two fried eggs and chips” so I figured Gammon was just an English word for a cut of steak that I didn’t know. No one in my group knew what it was later so they all thought that that was a reasonable assumption to make. So I order it and when it comes out it’s like this huge piece of Ham that’s been fried? Maybe? And like it’s pretty thick and a little crispy on the edges and like bubbly and…ugh. You know how I am with textures. So like, I saw it and I was like “I…can’t eat this” But I paid almost 6 pounds for it so I wasn’t going to waste it. I ate it with the eggs until the eggs were gone and then I couldn’t do it anymore. So a little over a half is what I ate! I know! Good for me!!
But never again. Like, never again.
Well, I’m off to read/clean/journal and try to find my wallet down at Queen Street before I head off to FHE tonight.
Loves!!
Shens
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