Oi!

I'm so freaking tired. It's 3:30am here (10:30pm back home) and I have an outing to get to at 9:30am tomorrow. Oi.

London is so fabulous so far. Sorry I really haven't had much of a chance to update this thing since I got here. I've been writing a bit in my notebook handwritten journal which is good I suppose.

As I might have mentioned, the flight here was horrendous. So long. There was so much food and drinks and movies and whatnot that it helped a bit. Got to love "apple bearclaws" that have no apple in them, they're merely bread with a little gel-like apple filling. Just like, a teaspoon's worth. Gross.

Anywho, the first day in London yesterday was an absolutely wonderful one. A bunch of us grouped together and walked around together. We went to the theatre bookstore to get our text books. We walked over the footbridge to get there:

gorgeous.

AHH CRAP it's friggin 4am now. Oi. Well, this whole updating thing will happen eventually I swear.

I can't decide where I want to go other than England while I'm here. Ireland? Scotland? Any suggestions????

On a last note here, this place is so fabulous. I swear I belong here. I feel so natural here it's wonderful :)

In London

Well, I'm here! I'm in London! Trying to figure out this British keyboard. The symbols are all in different places and they have things moved around and whatnot. I don't much like it.

The flight was so long. I didn't sleep a wink. So I'm running on no sleep and a few of us are about to wander the city for a while, hunting for different things.

Might grab an international calling card, because I was hit with homesickness this morning.

I haven't seen anything particularly cool so far, but I'll hopefully be able to get online soon and I'll have more exciting news to share. The whole lack-of-own-computer-or-phone thing is killing me. Though I have a phone in my room. And I can call teh states from it for about 15 cents a minute.

I am tired and homesick. And off to explore London! :-D

Some Presents for Y'all...

I have some pretty darn cool things to share with you this Christmas season. Consider them my Christmas gifts, as I am saving all my money for London, of course...


Becky, The Office Party Drunk Girl

/\fabulous song by my uncle, Jeff MacDougall, with some help from my aunt jackie Becky. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did :)


Also, I have some of my own work here, as crappy as it is. I was a little lazy in putting this together, but it at least provided me with some laughs once it was done with.

Presenting my final advanced video project, a chase scene with no dialogue...starring Michael Puglisi and some geek I know named Brian Freeman:





And, better yet, the blooper reel:




Enjoy! And Merry Christmas!

time to be a "negative nancy"...someone used that phrase with me recently. I chuckled.

Nothing like heart troubles to make you face your mortality.

I've had severe high blood pressure for almost a year now, but the heart pains, which I believe to be angina, started...hmmm...toward the end of the summer I think? Whenever I get incredibly stressed or anxious, I have this tightening in my chest. It's probably not that good.

I absolutely hate going to the doctors. I hate getting checked out for things, I hate tests, I hate everything about it. I'd rather sit in ignorant bliss and assume all is well in my body. But this year has been filled with doctors appointments, prescription medications, heart tests, monitors, EKG's, heart ultrasounds (that was pretty cool, I'll admit), and waiting for answers.

Meanwhile I'm slowly killing myself with untreated high blood pressure. Sweet.

They say there's always magic in the air on Broadway

Well, I finally did it. I went to see a show on Broadway!


Thanks to Brian's generous and amazing parents, I got to go into New York City Saturday and we saw the musical version of Young Frankenstein. I was beyond elated. They were even kind enough to come get me from Westfield on the way.

The show was absolutely phenomenal. It's closing in January '09, but if you get a chance to go...GO! It's a very cute script and it was just so well done...it was a great way to be introduced to Broadway :)

Afterwards we went to what very well may be the best pizza place in the entire world. Then we proceeded to wander Times Square and got a chance to meet some of the most interesting characters out there. One happened to be a rapper who apparently just cut an album. Oh, and he hasn't "shot no one." So there's a comforting thought. Makes me want to listen to his music, that's for darn sure.
Oh and I was in the same area as naked Harry Potter. That's pretty exciting. I overheard someone saying that in this play, Daniel Radcliffe "doesn't seem that gay." Well, uh, oookay? Didn't realize that was some sort of issue.

Anyway, I had an amazing time and I can't wait to go back :)

Edward Scissorhands ballet?? Okay!

I wish I had time to update this thing...oh, wait, I do! I just take a page out of my sister's book and tend to procrastinate from doing anything, including updating my blog.

Anywho.

I may or may not be seeing EDWARD SCISSORHANDS, THE BALLET while I'm in London. Nope, not making this shit up, kids.

I went through a period of time where I thought I wasn't going to be going to London at all due to financial reasons, but due to the support given to me by specific loved ones (<3) and after working out my finances, I'll be shipping off to Heathrow Airport in just 19 days. :)

More details to come, as I went to London Orientation Tuesday night..YAY!

Edward Scissorhands ballet...seriously now...