So, think the last time I added to my blog was waaaay back in
october or something ridiculous like that, despite it being one of my
new years resolutions....well my only one, and even that has taken me
nearly 4 months to put into effect.
As some of you may or may not know, christmas brought a little shock
for me.....my appendix, having been on good terms with me the whole of
my life, decided it was time for us to part ways, so instead of enjoying
the first couple of days of my holidays (after a very gruelling 18 week
semester) I spent it in hospital, having doctors prod me here there and
everywhere trying to find my appendix, that despite the horrific pain
it was causing me, was also playing hide an seek. One bright side, was
that it was a nice hopsital, and the staff were overall very friendly,
even the student doctors that saw a "perfect 2cm diametre circle" in my
abdomen on the portable ultrasound, which instantly made me think I had a
tumour growing inside of me. I would like to thank my housemates, Otis
and Mikey for looking after me, and even managing to drag other poor
souls into hospital to visit me, despite my "drugged up to the eyeballs"
manner....I now understand why people get addicted to morphin, it is
rather delightful. However, nothing could prepare me for the reaction I
got from one of my friends, who I hadnt even realised was in town, when
she came to see me in the post op recovery room.....she literally nearly
fainted and had to be sat down and given apple juice by one of the
nurses....that knocked my confidence a bit, I thought I'd be looking
glamerous as always, but apparently not.
Anyway, I'm all recovered now, and found out just last week how much
that stint would have cost me if I hadn't had health insurance....It was
enough to put anyone straight back into hospital with a fatal heart
attack. So kids remember, when travelling anywhere, but in particular
the US, GET HEALTH INSURANCE! Just had spring break, managed to get in
on a road trip down saaf to Santa Barbara then North East to Death
Valley, which was actually breathtaking, I dont care if that's cliche
and cheesy, it's fact! Just as well that the weather decided to turn
appalling just as our spring break began, because if it hadn't we
probably would have stayed in SB and completely missed out on Death
Valley, every cloud, even a dark monsterous rain cloud has its silver
lining. Had my first experience of couch surfing, whereby you ask anyone
who lives in a place you're visiting whether they'll put you up for a
night for free. We ended up in this guys "house" on a ranch (it was
actually a "converted" horses stable....in which all the horse stables
were still in place, just minus the straw and the horses). Seriously
tho, beat paying for a motel room, and he did have a pool table, ping
pong table and hot tub, so cant complain too much. Brought back a salt
rock from Bad water basin salt flats in DV, dont really know what to do
with it, but it's still awesome! Oh yeah, did a spot of driving through
the desert, and I'm not exaggerating when i tell you I nearly
crashed...on a straight road, with no cars around me....quite an
achievement...watch out mum and dad, you've insured me on the hire car
when you come out, be prepared for the consequences!
Talking of the rent's visit, I've been trying to get my work done in
advance before they arrive, and I have a confession to make.....I got so
desperate to find ways of procrastinating I went onto Demand 5 and
started watching episodes of Neighbours....that was definitely a new
low, but it feels good to get it off my chest, a weight has been truly
lifted from my shoulders. Think we're hosting a 70s Funk party this
weekend which will be fuuuuun, planning on styling out an afro
especially for it! But what I'm REALLY excited about is the spontaneous
decision of one Lucy Basnett to fly out and visit me in May! OH
YEEEEYAAAAAH gonna be SO good to see her, I'm just sad the rest of the
Norwich gang can't join her!
Cant believe it's nearly April already! I've already had to start
planning how to get most of my stuff back, hoping I can sell a lot of
stuff and also dump a load on my parents to take back with them, hope
they're ok with this plan....
K, well I think I've sufficiently brought you guys back up to speed
with my life since my last entry....not that probably care, you're all
probably just reading this as your own form of procrastination, and for
that, I salute you!
Wed Aug 17, 2011 23:31:55
Thu Aug 18, 2011 00:12:13
So,
It's been a whole week since my feet first set down on US soil......and
they're loving it! (well, not the whole walking for miles part, which
is the best way to see San Francisco). It's been our orientation week at
SFSU this week, which started out pretty dull it has to be said, being
spoken to as if we were 10 year olds, with such advice as "don't wave
your ipod in front of a homeless crackhead" (which there are many of,
especially in the Tenderloin, which is incidentally where our hostel is)
and "only cross the road when the green (actually white over here) man
flashes otherwise you might get hit by a car" but after today I feel I
judged sfsu prematurely. Imagine an American day time talk show with a
presenter walking through the crowd with a microphone, talking about
dating and sexual experimentation on your year abroad,who calls herself
'Mamma J' stating, in a true Southern accent "Now y'all dont go
timbucktoo-ing till after at least 100 hours of
conversation".....because you know, after 96 you might just realise the
person's a pervert or just plain weird. This topped off by what I can
only describe as the American version of Jo Brand mocking all forms of
stereotypes, eg Valley Girls, North Koreans and Australians etc and
hating on the American health system, frequently distracted by her new
cat bag and a spanner on the table in front of her just made the 30
minute Muni (bus on rails) trip all that worth while. Oh and not to
mention Mamma J's advertisement of 'Good Vibrations', a sex shop
essentially, in which, 10 years ago she bought her own mother (a then 86
year old) a book about sex for those in their later years of life.
Brilliant.
Also looked at a really nice house
earlier, just outside of the Mission district (which is a much sought
out area for sfsu students) with hardwood floors, granite work surfaces ,
a bedroom with an ensuite bathroom, and a garden in which the landlord
has given us free reign to have parties and grow potatoes in if we so
please, right by Mission street on which there are hundreds of
charity/thrift stores, all resulted in it being pretty damn hard not to
sign the contracts right there and then. Can't wait to have somewhere
permanent! Living out of my suitcase, in rooms with strangers, and until
last night having to share a bed with Harry due to lack of beds has
really taken it's toll. So much so, that, that combined with the stress
of house hunting has left me with very little appetite but a huge urge
to drink wine all day. This is what happened yesterday, in Berkeley
(where, once you come out of the train tunnel it is suddenly 10 degrees
hotter and everything looks that little bit cleaner). Let's just say a
bowl of porridge for breakfast then 2 glasses wine followed by a handful
of fries for lunch, another 2 glasses then fries again for dinner don't
constitute as a healthy balanced diet.
Thu Aug 18, 2011 13:58:47
Was
far too tired to write enough yesterday. I just wanted to mention
Painter Dave, some guy we met in Berkeley at a rather cool bar where
everyone was absolutely wasted by 5 in the afternoon. Mikey also made
an acquaintance in the form of Cory, who had said she lived on her own
with a bunch of cats, but in actual fact has a husband and rang Mikey
yesterday whilst we were on the Bart (yes, you can get signal on their
underground) asking him if he was interested in 'meeting up' with her
and her man......SWINGERS!!!
Just managed to book myself a few more
nights here at the Adelaide Hostel, which is marvelous, really
nice/friendly hostel. I would recommend it to anyone visiting San
Francisco. Staff are really helpful and there's wireless pretty much
everywhere. There are also games and books in the lounge area (including
a particular book , explaining the treatment of a rectal prolapse in
your pet cat....standard)!
I've decided I
really want to get myself an SLR camera here. Otis managed to find a
pentax K100 with an added zoom lense and a case and red filter for like
$100, Bargain, so jealous. Finally managed to upload my photos from the
past week. So many from Outside Lands festival, which was SO goood.
Beruit were awesome then the rest was a bit of a blur, but a blur that i
know i enjoyed. Becca and I managed to befriend some guy with weed,
which i completely forgot about until becca told me the next day. Best
thing tho were the free blankets, so appreciated when waiting at the bus
stop at the end of the festival. I may have looked like an earthquake
evacuee but I was warm! Lets not lie, we're all waiting for that BIG
earthquake, which us SFSU students are now fully equipped for....canned
food, gallons of water and a flashlight, that's what we have been told
to do the first thing we find a house. We were also told a gruesome tale
of this girl a few years ago who got sliced in half by a car that had
been hit by another car on the freeway just outside our uni,
highlighting the importance of getting the right health insurance,
because without evacuation protection, her remains would not have been
able to have been sent home to her family! Way to bring down the mood of
a generally humorous and upbeat orientation talk. Just about to head
off to a free lunch on campus, never turn down free food, especially
when ur living out of a suitcase in a hostel for the foreseeable
future.
Mon Aug 22, 2011 15:59:55
On
campus at the moment and all I can say is a library in a building very
much similar to an aircraft hanger is not convenient, sensible or
remotely cool. Had to walk about a mile through car parking lots just to
find a printer that works in this so called "university". And once you
get all the insurance crap you needed to get printed off, there's no one
in the international students medical office, so I have to hang around
for an hour. On the up side tho, the greek salad here at Cafe Rosso is
rather splendid, not too big, not too small and not too
unhealthy!......sorry just talking about it meant i had to take my
attention away from writing this for a moment so that I could take
another mouthful :) and another.
Moving into our new
house today SO EXCITED! Otis has even found a guy that will sell us 3new
kingsize matresses and deliver them for us for $400, pretty sick deal.
Crashed on Catherine and Emily's sofa last night (they only got their
house yesterday) So grateful. Woke up yesterday morning completely
forgetting I had to check out and find somewhere else to stay. The
consequences of going on a pub crawl having already consumed half a
bottle of wine with Helen, my room mate. That was fun tho, went with
these 2 Canadians then met these 2 Australians, who went on to create a
song about the 6 of us, which included lyrics about maple syrup,
vegimite and mushy peas. The Australians didnt fail to live up to their
crazy reputation; one, whilst ordering his next drink at the bar, turned
to the side to throw up then carried on drinking. And their dance
moves....wow, just legendary.
My eating habits
are also improving greatly, yesterday for the first time since getting
here I had 3 square meals, 3!!!! even if it meant having to eat alone in
a cafe, which is what I'm doing now, altho it is mostly just to kill
time. Really want to go grocery shopping, find some wholesome gluten
free foods and make real meals, miss cooking so much, and our new
kitchen is just begging to be used.
Anyway,
hopefully after I see this women about my insurance and she accepts it, I
can go get rent money out of the bank and then Mikey, Otis and I can go
move in! Got my keys snuggly safe in my purse. Then the task of buying
shit to fill the house with, marvelous :)
Sun Aug 28, 2011 21:26:21
Oh
the joys of having internet at last in our new home! Today has been a
true hangover day, there's been films, cheeky bit of Curb you're
enthusiasm, mozzarella cheese strings, Spanish Tortilla breakfast and
general nothingness. Moral of the story, have more than a banana for
dinner if drinking, dont play the skittles drinking game on wine. and
never tip a taxi driver $14 even if he did let a couple of you get in
the trunk.Oh and try not to be hungover and playing host to 3 people who
don't live with you when your landlord comes for their first 'check
up'.
Our house is finally feeling more like a home,
got a 'comforter'(America's poor equivalent to a duvet) soft Panda
blanket, candles, towel, matching cooking shizz, a mini basketball hoop
and A BOTTLE OPENER!!! sorted. Just had to pay out $65 for emergency
medical evacuation cover, so SICK of forms and bills, blaaaah, just let
me be already! Done the reading for class tomorrow, wasn't too hard.
Just counted out 13 of the 50 state quarters I'm going to be collecting
this year, wish I hadn't have had to use my Vermont quarter to get the
bus yesterday, bet that'll be the one I never find again. I promised
Mikey I'd mention the very common and irritating occurence here in San
Francisco of every public restroom being locked, where is one to
urinate? There are no alleyways, not much shrubbery, nightmare.
Anyway,
back to the last week or so. We started uni on tuesday, I've been given
an assignment whereby I have to write an autobiography, no more than
1500 words......errrr why? Feels very much like the kind of bullshit
homework you get set in high school with it's sole purpose of being
something to do, just for the sake of it. At least they've given us 2
weeks to do it I suppose. I've had 4 of my 5 classes, got my photography
one tomorrow evening, 6-9......fun times, going to be in so much need
of a glass of wine by the time I get back from that one. Should really
start thinking of cooking some dinner soon, but this bed is just too
damn comfortable! Worth every cent of the $100 it cost me, and the
nightmare of trying to direct the delivery van to our place, having no
idea myself of which route to take, which direction to take the freeway,
let alone know which exit to take off it! In fact, that guy was a bit
of a dick really. Left it to Mikey and I to haul the mattresses and box
springs up to the truck and nearly got us killed by virtually coming to a
standstill in the middle lane of the freeway. Spoke to mother and
father Woodgate earlier, which was nice. They weren't too happy to hear
that our landlord doesn't have a bank account and we've probably got
illegal immigrants living under us, but apart from that, the
conversation was quite delightful. Mikey's just off out for a run, I
really need to start up again, maybe tomorrow morning....
Mon Sep 05, 2011 13:12:03
Currently
sat on our reclining leather sofas with the Sir Harry Swann, who
arrived in San Francisco on Friday night. He is philosophizing on what
can't be achieved in the 2 days he has left here before getting a
greyhound bus (& most probably getting decapitated) to Oregon. We've
also had Jake, one of Mikey's friends staying here almost a week
now......and without trying to sound mean, I can't wait for that week to
be over. He's a TOTAL nightmare as a house guest! the spare room in
which he's in, reflected that of a bomb site literally within 4 hours of
his arrival. I have just cleaned our bathroom (8am on a bank holiday
Monday, aka Labor Day, due to noisy Chinese people downstairs) and I
swear, if that bathroom is anything but spotless after he gets out,
blood will be shed!
On other news, I managed to
start a fight between two homeless gentlemen the other night. One wanted
15 of my babies then started an AWFUL rendition of Hound Dog on his
guitar, to which one bystander pointed out the obvious fact that the guy
was serenading me. Then this other homeless guy, started on homeless
guy number 1 then they just started slagging each other's mums and
sisters. Eventually Mikey stepped in and we had a chat with homeless guy
number 2 after number1 had jogged on. Really nice guy. Lesson of the
story, dont sit on a street curb in Mission, even if it is because
you're looking after an absolutely wrecked Jamie. Really good night
other than that though, worth the horrific hangover I had yesterday.
Harry remembered he and Otis stole a bunch of limes from a stall when we
were waiting for a taxi home and by the time we actually got into a
taxi (which involved me lying across Henry, Mikey and Harry in the back
as there were 5 of us) the limes had completely soaked into the paper
plate they were on......I dont really even understand why they wanted
the limes, I mean limes are great, but at 3 am? I dunno....Maybe it's
just something I dont get.
Ok, I just inspected
the bathroom, it's not looking too bad, no blood shed today after all.
Instead, today, I need to finish writing my autobiography, read some of
Frank Norris' McTeague and go have a gander at the olden Gate Bridge.
I've been here nearly a month and I still havnt seen it, not up close
anyway, so thinking we're taking Harry later. Harry is a marvelous house
guest, he asked us whether it was ok he'd put ALL his stuff into one of
the numerous empty cupboards we have in our house.....B-E-A-Utiful, all
hidden, not exploded over an entire room. He even helped Otis cook fish
pie yesterday (and man was it good)! Even in my hungover state I KNEW
it had to be amazing, because the smell of it didn't make me want to
throw up like everything else had during the day. Speaking of good food,
Mikey bought me a coffee ice cream lolly from safeways, and it was
honestly like heaven in my mouth, pulled me right out of the abyss of my
Hangover. So thank you Mikey :) I was just trying to think of something
else to include today and Harry has just aptly imparted his knowledge
that Mikey has turned racist because he hates Asians.....But I'm pretty
sure it's specifically in relation to the Chinese (illegal immigrants)
that live beneath us, in a LITERAL SENSE! Calm It!
Fri Sep 16, 2011 12:48:55
It's
9:15 am and I just bumped into this gay guy we picked up in the Castro
LOL! dont really remember being in the Castro, but I only spent $18 so
there's an upside. I should really check on Monty, our one remaining
fish. Bacchus and Heskey (Otis and Mikey's fishies) sadly passed away,
then got dissected. Heskey''s little black heart was squished and rolled
around on a plate by Mikey, so don't think he was too traumatised by
the death of Heskey, I on the other hand having witnessed the biopsy
rather was. Getting an American bank account today! Fiiiinally. Mikey
and I were going to then go into town to get sentimental presents for
family, speakers and some more postcards but having just seen him in his
fragile state, I dont think I can do it to him. just the bank account i
reckon, then i've promised we'll 'get the lagers in' at our local who
are doing 50 cent pints from 5-7.....doesnt really apply to me seeing as
I can't drink beer but hey ho.
Got class in a few
hours, only an hour then my weekend can begin. Hurraaaaah! Not sure what
we're doing this weekend. with any luck, maybe just sleeping and
sitting. Went to my first baseball game on Tuesday night. The Stadium
was beautiful, the game, not so much. There were 4 runs in the entire
game, which went on for over 4 hours and had to go into extra time to
determine a winner. The SF Giants, who won the championship last season
seem to have completely lost their magic. Tickets only cost us $5 so
doesnt really matter it was one of the worst sport games i've ever been
made to watch. Our mini bottles of whiskey and baileys certainly helped.
When I say the games are exactly as they portray in movies and sitcoms,
such as the simpsons, Im not exaggerating! The organ music, the guys
selling hot dogs "HOT DOG, Get your hot dog". One guy selling corn dogs
actually exclaimed "get your corn dogs, I KNOW you're HUNGRY!" How could
he KNOW?! There was a dance cam bit and one of the vendors, this really
old guy started dancing, waving the crisps he was selling around his
head, which would have been fine, had it not been for the expression of
sheer boredom/ anger upon his face. Never found out who won that
game...hmmm. Oh yeh there was also a marriage proposal at the baseball
game, which is the second one we've seen since gettting here, the first
one on top of a hill with the view of the Golden Gate Bridge in, which
Harry nearly completely ruined by heckling "DONT DO IIIIIT!" oh and the
kiss cam was funny, they just go round the stadium filming people
sitting next to each other and wait for them to kiss. Mikey loved this
guy, who, as his gf was going in for the kiss, pushed her head down
towards his lap, an absolute legend in Mikey's mind. Really need to do
some laundry later actually, been a bit scared of the huge washing
machine in our garage since practically falling into it last time trying
to reach for that innocuous sock! Rightiho, Im off for a shower, try
and make myself look presentable for uni. All I can smell at the moment
is the stale beer eminating from my purse, which someone like poured
into my bag last night..ridiculous!
This time
next week our house guests, G and Lorne will be long gone, and our
house, for the first time since we moved in will be empty of visitors!
This will probably be the time Mikey, Otis and I realise we cant
possibly live together and cause havoc for each other! Fingers crossed
that won't happen.....
Fri Sep 30, 2011 00:04:35
It's been a while, and seeing as Im missing out on a night on the town
today due to a self inflicted, sobre concussion I thought now is as good
as anytime to update my blog. You'll all be happy to hear that Monty
the fish is still alive and kicking and so are my housemates, although
Otis' motorbike, Penny, is on her last legs and he is having to sell
her.....sad times! Im just glad I got to have a ride yesterday onto
campus (to go to the clinic to check my concussion out) and then to the
beach, which ultimately took its toll on the bike and we had to get a
lift back with the tow truck. In all fairness, that was pretty fun in
itself, the two guys, one who had obviously just enjoyed a fat spliff
before picking us up, told us stories of San Francisco. Found out that
NO ONE is burried in San Francisco, they're all transported to Daly
City, just south of the city. And we were also told that a certain
cathedral on Gough Street was designed so that at certain times of the
day at certain times of the year, the top of the building casts a shadow
the shape of a woman's breast, nipple and all! You just cant beat the
knowledge of locals. The beach though, honestly my favourite part of San
Fran so far, SO picturesque and the recent weather just made it
glorious. Otis enjoyed a bit of pebble skimming whilst I read and
sunbathed in the sun. On the topic of University, I am currently
trying to drop a class as Im doing 5 when I could be doing 4, but I
missed the deadline to offically drop classes, and it's all getting too
much, suffocating on the amount of books and articles I need to read
each week. The last two saturdays, I've missed fun days out at Jazz
festivals and poorly executed American Shakespeare plays in the park to
read for 10 hours straight....it's seriously tampering with my sanity,
so I'm just going to plead, and beg my way to the Uni Dean, using the
exchange student sympathy card to get out of one of my classes, probably
Contemporary Cutlure; I dont enjoy writing about the Post Modernist
character of a hotel building in Las Vegas, it's just not relevent to my
life. Nor, is religion. Two missionaries came up to me, ON CAMPUS,
when I was just trying to enjoy a cheeky cigarette between classes, and
started telling me that God had a plan for me and I foolishly used
sarcasm when they asked me whether I wanted to know what God had in
store for me, and so they thought I was actually interested and started
quoting the bible at me....my own fault really, but they just wouldn't
get the message! I'm all for people having faith in their religions and
trying to reach out to others, but if someone is so OBVIOUSLY not
interested, dont waste their or your own time.....Anyway, they think I'm
meeting them at a local church next tuesday and have my cell
number......Won't be answering any 'private/unknown' numbers when that
fine day comes around. To follow this anecdote, I think a brief
description of the Folsom Street Fair (a bondage festival) is called
for. So, Mikey and I, despite both of us believing there was a strong
possibility we might vom everywhere on the public transport system,
decided to head into downtown to meet Otis and Craigy at this, what can
only be described as the most bizarre place I've ever been to. Thousands
of men in leather jock straps, gimp masks, cop outfits, drag queen
attire, ropes or in nothing at all, walking round, many with semi erect
penis' getting drunk, whipping eachother, tying eachother up and
occassionally giving each other special handshakes on corners. Now, this
would be a lot to adjust to on any day of the week, but a hungover
sunny sunday afternoon.....Anyway, needless to say, my mind was soon
taken off my hangover, and my self piting state of mind, to be replaced
by that of pure disbelief. I'm honestly not doing it justice by simply
writing about it, I dont think you'll properly appreciate the absurdity
until you experience it yourself (not as an S&M spectacle, but as a
festival spectator). I have just asked Mikey whether there was
anything else I should include, and he offered me his diary to compare,
but then remembered it's just about girls he's fallen in love with that
day, and what he plans to do the next day, hence defeating the whole
purpose of keeping a day by day diary, as as soon as he goes to write in
it, he's already written about what he's done that day. Oh Mikey. Oh I
promised I'd mention how nice Mikey looked today, and all the other days
in fact. It's a vital piece of information to include in my blog
entries of course. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Lucy
Basnett for the parcel she sent me, 6 weeks without a cuppa.....it was
MAGNIFICENT! and the glaxy, and cultured Liverpool postcard! What more
could have asked for?! Having said this, the percy pigs are rapidly
disappearing, they're just too good.
Wed Nov 16, 2011 23:32:48
SO.....its
been a rather long time since I last even thought about my blog what
with essay deadline, 'pop quizzes' oh yes, they really do exist and they
really do set them at SF State (you'll notice I've left out the 'Uni'
part as Americans don't call it university, even though it's in the
title of their educational institution....go figure!) Thanks Giving is
coming up and after a drunken conversation between Mikey and Otis at 3
am this morning led to the decision to actually LEAVE San Francisco and
visit Santa Cruz for the holidays, which would be pretty amazing. They
then veered off onto plans to also do Santa Barbara and LA in the same
road trip.....I don't think they realise quite how far away we are from
these places, and the time restraint of having just a week off. In
other, more important news, I've become rather apt at shooting hoops
(miniature hoops in our sun room that is) Kind of addictive, probably
pissing off downstairs neighbours.....we can only hope! Had a pretty
lousy day yesterday, really indecisive mood which led to me missing one
of my lessons and turning up to another fully expecting an exam worth
20% of final class grade which I had done absolutely no revision for,
mainly due to the fact I have no notes from this class as I fall asleep
in it EVERY single time without fail. Not that it really matters, as
it's a credit/non credit module which basically means I can fail it and
it doesn't really matter (well that's my assumption anyway) but Charlie
guilt tripped me and played the conscience card to get me to turn
up......we ended up watching a film, La Classe which is actually rather
interesting but STILL. This teacher is lovely, but you do have to wonder
whether she's on crack half the time. She'll start a sentence which
then lasts for the full hour and fifteen minutes of the lesson, and will
NEVER reach a point. She just babbles and breaks the
computer/projector. Once again though, she is really nice.
836
Edinburgh street hosted its first house party last Friday, and WHAT a
party it was. Without sounding too arrogant, it was pretty epic. Otis
and I decided vodka jelly shots and Long Island ice tea punch were
vital, so we made about 180 jelly shots, some vodka, some tequilla, all
with real pieces of fruit in them and varying from lime to strawberry,
to orange to cherry flavour.....oh yeeeaaaahhhhhh! And our punch....lets
just say it was in an industrial sized washing up bowl and all of it
was consumed within a few hours of guests arriving. So ultimately, we
succeeded in getting everyone absolutely wasted, Mikey included a little
tour to the park for a moon and star viewing, and I managed to get
myself and Tubby (who was up visiting from Santa Barbara) quite lost
around my neighbourhood.....it's always good to explore new places, just
probably not at 4 in the morning. Needless to say, the next morning, no
one was feeling their best and to top it off in my case, I had a date
in the evening, and hands down, was still vomming until half an hour
before leaving to meet this poor guy.
All you
guys back in the UK will be happy to hear it's definitely getting colder
and starting to feel more like autumn here. On our trip downtown to get
Otis a guitar for his birthday a couple of sundays ago, Mikey and I
were both overcome by that nostalgic feeling you often get when autumn
arrives. I almost felt like I could have been walking through the
streets of London on a crisp cold October afternoon. Bizarre but kind of
pleasant at the same time. Did make me a bit homesick though. Can't
wait for thanks giving break, I keep thinking how if I were back in
England, I would have broken up for christmas by now in terms of how
many weeks we've been at uni. We're just finishing our 13th week and
we've still got another 4! It's just too long!
Speaking
of Christmas, on a rather amusing note my mother has started posting
christmas packages! she obviously hasn't gotten over the debacle of the
first parcel she sent out, which by the way, if anyone was wondering,
had been sitting in the post delivery office just round the corner for
months, and the first I heard of it was through a rather rude final
notice. What I would like to know is WHERE WERE THE FIRST, SECOND OR
THIRD NOTICES?!!!! Sorry, rant over. I might get back to the reading I
need to do for tomorrow, rather interesting book by Philip K Dick 'Do
Androids dream of electric sheep?' which I would recommend to anyone
that likes science fiction and in particular the film Blade runner,
which is based on this novel. Oh and here are some little statistics
I've found out in the last couple of days: 1) There are more dogs in the
city of San Francisco than children under the age of 15. 2) San
Francisco's population had a majority of 66% women, 34% men, 20% of
which are gay meaning it's a good city for guys to come find the ladies,
particularly because the average marriage age here is 30, a whole 6
years older than the national average 3) Oral sex is illegal in Indiana.
There we go, my fun facts for this entry!
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