four weeks left.
daily updates:
25 november. went to see wicked with my international programme. it was great, they got us really good seats and it was free! i had never seen wicked before, and i really enjoyed it. i love musicals though. it made me want to read the book. we werent sitting very far from the stage, but every seat came equipped with binoculars! i had never heard of that before. after the play, we went to max's friend's flat in south kensington. they live next to jude law's kids! liz was making pies and it made me miss home so much! i want an oven!!
26 november. thanksgiving! max had a friend [abraham] from america in, so we all went to get chinese. not the traditional thanksgiving feast, but it was still really good! afterwards, i planned an ambitious night full of karaoke and true gay clubbing in vauxhall. max, kat and abraham came to my room and we all pregamed there because, wait for it, my room was actually clean! i am the messiest person in existence, and impossible to live with. but i cleaned the room and had people over for a classy get together. we drank vodka and orange juice out of coffee mugs. it was great fun, i enjoyed being the 'hostess' for once!
after drinking, we went to karaoke and met up with liz and sam. sam is also visiting from the states. i forgot my camera though! john randomly showed up at karaoke, after i had politely invited him, expecting him to decline. he had at first, i dont know what made him change his mind. it has been pointed out to me that my last post was unclear. there are two johns. john-the-bartender and john-my-neighbor [both of whom are just friends]. john-the-bartender is a bartender at the hobgoblin, and also a death eater. he lives above the pub. john-my-neighbor is the one in all my pictures, who i go so many places with, who lives next door to me in nido and who i fought with last week. he was like my big brother here. i say was because he pissed me off irrevocably last night and i no longer want anything to do with him. which is unfortunate because his camera has all the pictures from karaoke :( anyway, we didnt finish at the ish bar until three, and it was too late to go gay clubbing. the clubs in vauxhall are open from thursday through monday straight, without closing. but i had to write a paper the next day and couldnt stay out until dawn :(
27 november. thanksgiving dinner! during the day, i finished my art history paper and ran some errands. but at night i went to wimbledon for thanksgiving dinner! there were ten people, five american and five british. it was their first thanksgiving, and my first thanksgiving without family! we had a roast [no turkey!], cheesy potatoes, sweet potatoes with marshmallow, candied yams, endless steamed veggies, salad, breads, and rice. kim and emma even made mulled wine! it was a huge meal, i felt i was going to burst! as usual in the holidays, i was the drunk one. you know how everybody always has that one aunt who likes to drink a little too much?? that is literally me now!! john, who is dating emma, went on the road trip with us and happens to be from guildford, got a little tipsy too, so i wasnt the only one. for dessert, we had pumpkin cheesecake [which baffled the brits] and minced pie [which baffled the americans] i felt very cultured, and very lucky to be spending my holiday season abroad. although i do miss being home. i wish i could do both! forgive the sweaty, shiny pictures. wine always makes me hot and flush :)
we tried really hard to make the last tube, but we did not succeed. so, we took the bus back from wimbledon. it took about two hours!
28 november. i spent all my day watching 'eastenders' and 'glee'. i did not wake up until three, and i did not get out of my pajamas until eleven at night. it was a wonderful waste of the day. i finally peeled myself out of bed to meet a huge group of friends at the hobgoblin. it was good fun, but i havent been there since john and i had our 'falling out'. i guess thats what he told all the regulars, when they asked why i wasnt there with him. im not one to gloat, but he went to the hobgoblin by himself and left by himself. i went and met twelve friends there. who came out of this fight on top? me!! but regardless, i will be the bigger person, [i can say that, because i won! especially since he created the fight by wingeing for days, just because i got mad at him one time, for a proper reason: leaving me stranded at a club in manchester.] here are some pictures! i look a mess, because i was sat at home watching tv all day and took about five minutes to get ready. i honestly didnt plan on going out, i was enjoying my crappy english soap, but i got a bunch of calls from the hobgoblin, wondering where i was and why i havent been there lately! it made me feel loved, so it was okay!
29 november. somehow, while really drunk, i agreed to design and knit a jumper for max. now i only have three weeks to do this. max is also not a small guy. sure, he is skinny. but he is also six foot three inches. but i agreed to it, and worst case scenario, i will have to mail it to him. hopefully it does not come to that. but we went to loop, in angel. i was sat there for ages, agonizing over which weight and colors to use. finally i decided on malabrigio, as its a bit chunkier than regular worsted weight yarn and will knit up quicker. it will be a stripey cardigan. max paid for the yarn, and a project bag that has a bird on it. sadly, its not yellow, but you know me and birds. he also bought me some yarn of my own. i cant show that, as it will be used for christmas presents. which will now have to be knit after christmas, otherwise i will never finish max's jumper. how did i get myself into this?? but i have never knit anything for a boy before, nor i have designed something completely from scratch, based on what someone else wanted. we shall see how it goes! i am quite excited, to be honest. just nervous. afterwards, we all went to masala zone, which was an experience!! we got their lunch menu, which was eight pounds for a starter and a main meal. but it was quite authentic and adventurous, my starter was the weirdest thing i have ever eaten. it was puffed, hollow biscuits filled with potatoes and curry, with a lentil sauce to pour inside it. it was so good, but so weird! the main curry dish was weird but good as well. it had butter and tomatoes, which are not often found in the indian food ive been eating!
30 november. homework. ugh. [with a little bit of computer distraction/procrastination]
weekly highlights:
dates: 25 - 30 november [days 67-72]
sights seen: no sightseeing this week :(
someone new: countless! a lot of americans this week :)
something new: thanksgiving with friends, not family. i had never done that before.
somewhere new: loop, the yarn shop!
new venue: the chop chop house in islington, and masala zone in angel.
what i love: yarn. beef, although it definitely does not help me manage my gp.
what i miss: a proper ovennnn!!
what i am not so sure of: i dont know if im ready to leave yet or not. sometimes, i am so ready to go to paris. other times, i am actually ready to go back to the states for a bit. but most of the time, i just dont feel like i have enough time left here.
i am really glad to have been keeping up this blog, although it doesnt really feel like a blog. i very rarely post about my feelings or thoughts, mainly just the skeleton of what has been happening to me and what i have been doing. but it keeps me grounded since it reminds me theres a home to come home to [through my older sisters often exasperated comments] and that there is only small amount of time left to do everything i need/want to do [through my weekly countdown, its end grows threateningly near]. that is a scary thought: this is me grounded. can you imagine what i would do, what trouble i would get into, how lost i would become, if i had nothing to remind me to return home and that my actions here affect my life in america considerably? i would be a disaster!
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hey hey now, only one exasperated comment ;)
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