So. We've been here a month. Here is a list of places I've been since I feel off the face of the blogger earth.
-Hampton Court Palaces
-Brighton
-Edinburgh Scotland
-Loch Ness and the Scottish Highlands -Stonehege
-Bath
-Oxford
Phew...I think that's it. I'm uploading pictures now. It's taking forever. But you won't know that, because if it works you will just see the pictures and it will be nice.
Every place I've been has been fantastic. I think my favorite so far has been Scotland. The highlands are absolutely beautiful. I have a new life goal and that is to go backpacking in the Scottish Highlands. One of the most breathtaking places I've ever been in my entire life. If I was to pick a city to live in out of the ones I've visited so far...I'd say Bath. It was so beautiful, so quaint, so full of history. It also had the calmest energy of any of the cities. There was still a city energy, but it wasn't a frantic energy.
We've started a weekly dinner tradition at my friend Raquel's house. She lives with her boyfriend who is working for American Express over here on a rotation so they don't have landlords. The house is really great too. Neville's, her boyfriend, best friend dan is living with them too. We go over and make dinner, play games, drink. Good times. Some of my most comfortable moments have been there.
Erin and I make dinner together almost every night. Our third housemate from Romania doesn't come down very often. She is sweet though.
Lets see...what else?
Classes are going really well. Naturalism and the Actor is gonna be really beneficial. I can already tell that I am going to walk out of that class a better actor. Staging women is fascinating. It's the first real feminist theory class I've ever taken and it has definitely awoken my feminist tendencies. I told mom that I left angry after every class and she said that it was ok. "you have to let your angry innerwoman out every now and then or she will get bitter" It's true. Don't wanna hold it all in until one day I just blow up and kill some random guy on the bus...or turn into some militant feminist that can't have a conversation without brining up the phalice. So I'm giving my angrywoman some breathing room during this class. It feels good. My literary theory class is insane. It is my earliest class, 9 am on fridays, and it kills my brain every time. Last week we talked about Sassure's theory on linguistics. I won't go into it...but holy shit. Look it up if you want to rock your brain. I mean once it was broken down I understood it better, but his actual essay was like me trying to read a fucking calculus equation. I was looking at sentences and I knew I knew all the words, but I couldn't figure out what the fuck he was saying. It was like a different language. And the ideas themselves were intense enough anyway. So yea...look it up.
Um...on Wednesday Erin and I are going to see "Bright Star" a film abt the poet Keats, at the London film festival. It's the only one I've bought tickets for. I'm uber excited. Number one, bc what a cool thing to go to! And also...the previews for the movie look beautiful.
Oh, I watched sunshine cleaning the other day. Movie recommendation: YES.
Watched Into the Wild today. good.
Watched Twilight. Judge if you will. I wanted something mindless. I got what I wanted.
Umm...oh yea. As aforementioned-dreaded erin's hair. might take it out..she hasn't decided. took 6 hours. i'm a great friend. hahaha.
What else? Oh, life lessons learned. Haha...I'll do that another day, says the girl that never updates this thing. But I will...I'll try at least twice a week.
If i remember anything else of even slight importance I'll let you know.
I keep saying "you" as if there is someone specific reading this.
Hmm.
ok..see i'm glad i mentioned the pictures . they aren't uploading. so i'll upload them another day. OR. look at facebook.
Until another day.
the end.
