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...

I'm Thankful For...

Top 10 Things I Was Thankful For This Thanksgiving:

10. Kristen Donovan, my high school best friend, whose engagement to long-time boyfriend Jason Balinski made me pee myself at least a million times this week. Jason put me in a tough position asking me two months ago if I had any idea what kind of ring she'd want. I can't believe I was able to keep that secret for as long as I did...oy. I'm pretty sure I'm mostly thankful that I don't have to keep that secret anymore!

Posted on my private blog on September 19, 2008:

"Jason" (1:14:08 AM): so
"Jason" (1:14:18 AM): i may or may not be looking for a ring for kristen

Congratulations, you two!

9. My school friends. Whenever I was having a bit of stress this break (which was...hmm...every other second), I would text or IM a friend from school and I'd get the sweet reminder (in the form of a text message or facebook post) that I'll be back at school in a matter of days. In my amazing full sized bed with at least 7 pillows..mmmm...

8. My computer. At school I have the shitty $300 desktop I've had since before freshman year. I bought it myself on a retail cashier's income, so it's a pretty crappy computer. Fortunately, I've had memory added to it (thanks to Brian) and I have a new giant LCD monitor (thanks to my parents), which are great cause I play World of Warcraft, browse facebook, chat with friends, blog, email, teach myself to play guitar, watch episodes of all my favorite shows, watch movies, etc etc on this one small machine. It's amazing how my life pretty much revolves around this amazing tool of communication and entertainment. And I miss it so much while I'm at home here on Monica's slowwww computer (which doesn't have World of Warcraft installed, hmph).

7. Brian. I couldn't ask for a better person to share my love and friendship with. I'll ironically leave this bit short, even though I could write a book about everything I love about this man. Two years of my life and I couldn't be happier.

6. My new hair!!!! I don't really have a good pic of it, but I got my hair dyed (well, highlighted I guess) by Matt King as one of his last customers at the hair salon he works at. I'm in love with my hair, it has so many different brown colors in it...it's the exact color (well colors I suppose haha) I've wanted for a long while. Thanks babe!

5. Amazing Food. Oh how I love mashed potatoes. And cheese ravioli. And turkey. And chocolate pie. And fudge. And...

4. My health. Sure, I've been to more doctors appointments this year than I ever have been before in my entire life. Ever. But I'm still kickin', aren't I? I can't complain about my health problems when things could be so much worse. And if it turns out I do have something seriously wrong with me when all the test results come back...well, we'll take it from there......as long as I'm not taking advantage of my health and life.

3. My family. What can I say? They drive me crazy the most, but they also love me the most. Whether I'm embarrassing them by dancing crazy at the football game or attacking them with a hug from behind in the kitchen, I love my crazy siblings. I also love how many times I've used the word "crazy" in this section about my family...

2. My newfound ability to let things go. I think I've gotten to a level of maturity where I realize I don't need certain people in my life. And I can let those people go without it being the end of the world. It's quite liberating. I have this pack-rat tendency to never let anything go, whether it be a stupid pencil collection or old clothes I'll never wear again or an aggravating exboyfriend or two whom I talk to a lot, therefore raising my blood pressure...

1. Support from goood old friends.

REGULAR NO ONE: I'm proud of you
REGULAR NO ONE: you really have been making a lot of progress with letting assholes go
REGULAR NO ONE: years ago this wouldn't have been the case
REGULAR NO ONE: I think [she] pushed you over the edge and got you to the point of f*ck you world if you shit on me I'll kill ya

That pretty much says it all.

Err

As you may know, I've never been one for watching lots of TV. Now, a lot of times I get sucked into the absolutely horrific shows on MTV, E, or VH1 with all the celebrity gossip, the love-seeking bisexuals, the ridiculous love-matching shows like "Next"...or "Date My Mom." But I am only truly devoted to four shows. Two sitcoms. Two dramas...well, dramadies. The Office, 30 Rock, Grey's Anatomy, and Brothers & Sisters.

Well I was catching up on my Grey's last night--online, of course--and they brought back Denny, who died forever ago, as a ghost. And Izzy has sex with the ghost. The alive girl has sex with the dead guy. WTF is Grey's coming to?!

As long as they don't bring vampires into the mix, I'm good.