I said that my last blog would be my absolute last blog, well...I lied. Here comes the wrap up:
Thoughts on coming home.....
The plane ride back into LA depressed me. I desended from the clouds and saw a mesh of greys and browns. There was no lovely green to come home to. That as well as leaving my love, Ben, behind made me not want to be coming home. :(
When I walked into the house...it felt different..it didn't feel like home. I miss home farm and the creaky doors and the way the temperature is not too cold not too hot inside and everything really. I walked around the house for a bit in disillusion. I had to rediscover my house and my room like it was a romm I had never enterted before and I have to look at everything and take it all in. I miss home farm. It's become home to me.
I stayed up until 10:30 last night doing things to wrap up the trip--editing and saving pictures, washing clothes, unpacking, checking mail and e-mail, etc. And I'm STILL doing stuff to come down and get organized after my trip. I honestly miss not having to worry about everything but the silly stuff and now all the responsibility and the big descision making is towering above me and I just want to go back to England and be happy.
It's not just the vacation factor. I can honestly see myself living in a small town in the midlands, somewhere with local shosp and some larger commercial shops but with countryside all around. A bit llike home, except more green and I'd be in England where the customs and everyday life situations of going to the grocery store excite me to live there. And with Ben by my side--it's my perfect picture.
I miss Ben. I miss England. I miss the life. I want to work and live and be happy there, but right now I just don't have the means. :(
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I've been up since about 2:30am and it's now 8:30am. My body rejected me when I woke up. I got a charlie-horse in my left calf and it hurt SO much...I had never had one before. And the staying up bit, well....I'm on an English Living Schedule, which I wouldn't mind so much if I could speak with Ben while it's still day with him and he doesn't have work. :( But alas....no luck.
I'm running errands in a few hours....until then I have more packing and such to do and more thinking to do about my future. I've even thought about going to Uni in Reading or Newcastle or something so I can be closer to the land and the boy I love, but I'm not sure how much that'll cost and if I have that money to spend. :( anyway...time will tell and it's an uphill battle and struggle to make a life for myself.
-JM
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
The Last Day...and the Last Blog
This will be my last blog about this trip. Tomorrow morning I am on a plane at 10:30ish am and headed back to Cali. Ben and I have to get up at about 6:30 so no time to blog in the morning, so this is it people. You can ask me all about my trip and whatnot that I didn't include in here, when I get home....That is if I'm not asleep. :P
Today Ben and I slept in, got up got ready went to get some lunch...Wagamama. Ben loves this place. We went to the one in Cardiff where we had to walk upstairs to get to it....this time, in London we had to walk downstairs to get to it. Funny ol' world idinit?
The food was yummy and we even had coconut ice cream with mango syrup on top. It was yummy. And then we shopped in Piccadilly for a while. I got some souvenirs...window shopped a bit as well, then we went back to the hotel. Today was pretty much a shopping day....
But we did hang out in the hotel room and watch Top Gear and listened to Avenue Q songs....and then went out to eat--pizza take away. And now we're here. The day went by so quickly and seemed really relaxed which is good. Although...I have already cried a few times today. I really don't want to leave. I love England. And I especially love Ben and don't want to leave him.
I've had some really good memories with Ben, his family, and his friends. I've made memories of inside jokes that blossomed here that no one in Cali would get. I've gained more knowledge about England and politics and pop culture that no one from home would get. It's just interesting to see how much this place feels like home to me. And it's not England in general really....I've REALLY grown attached to Home Farm. When we were leaving for the train station, to go to London, I looked back and it was like I was leaving Cali at the start of this trip....but not in an excited 'i'm going somewhere new' sort of way. It was in the 'aww...everything I know and love is behind me now...and I'm not going to see it for a while. I already miss it.' sort of way.
I really love Home Farm and I can't believe I don't actually live there. I've grown too accustom to it and it really feels like a 2nd home to me. I've got my 2nd mother(well 3rd, but whos counting)--Teresa...my 2nd dad--Wayne....my brother and Sister--Richard and Kate....and my boyfriend always close by...Ben doesn't feel like family so it's not 2ndary incest(honestly he doesn't fit in with the rest of his family....just an odd black duck).
Yeah well...that's about all I got to say.
I'll see you in California guys and gals.
"California...here I coooooome!"
-JM
Today Ben and I slept in, got up got ready went to get some lunch...Wagamama. Ben loves this place. We went to the one in Cardiff where we had to walk upstairs to get to it....this time, in London we had to walk downstairs to get to it. Funny ol' world idinit?
The food was yummy and we even had coconut ice cream with mango syrup on top. It was yummy. And then we shopped in Piccadilly for a while. I got some souvenirs...window shopped a bit as well, then we went back to the hotel. Today was pretty much a shopping day....
But we did hang out in the hotel room and watch Top Gear and listened to Avenue Q songs....and then went out to eat--pizza take away. And now we're here. The day went by so quickly and seemed really relaxed which is good. Although...I have already cried a few times today. I really don't want to leave. I love England. And I especially love Ben and don't want to leave him.
I've had some really good memories with Ben, his family, and his friends. I've made memories of inside jokes that blossomed here that no one in Cali would get. I've gained more knowledge about England and politics and pop culture that no one from home would get. It's just interesting to see how much this place feels like home to me. And it's not England in general really....I've REALLY grown attached to Home Farm. When we were leaving for the train station, to go to London, I looked back and it was like I was leaving Cali at the start of this trip....but not in an excited 'i'm going somewhere new' sort of way. It was in the 'aww...everything I know and love is behind me now...and I'm not going to see it for a while. I already miss it.' sort of way.
I really love Home Farm and I can't believe I don't actually live there. I've grown too accustom to it and it really feels like a 2nd home to me. I've got my 2nd mother(well 3rd, but whos counting)--Teresa...my 2nd dad--Wayne....my brother and Sister--Richard and Kate....and my boyfriend always close by...Ben doesn't feel like family so it's not 2ndary incest(honestly he doesn't fit in with the rest of his family....just an odd black duck).
Yeah well...that's about all I got to say.
I'll see you in California guys and gals.
"California...here I coooooome!"
-JM
Jenny Emo Day...that works out, only in the end. :P
Yesterday started off as good, then became more fail and then it got uber good again. The started off with us getting ready and then going out on the subway to go shopping. ...but then, in true Jenny Mac fashion...I got us lost. We went to the wrong stop which I accidentally circled on my map as somewhere I wanted to go....So we decided we'd eat breakfast/lunch around there then hop back on the Subway and head to where we REALLY wanted to go.
There was a certain street/area that I wanted to check out for costume shops and the like. We found one, but Ben didn't let me play dress up with him(I sware he would've looked SO HOT in that Top Hat, but he knocked it off before I could stand back and look at his hotness). Emo Jenny: 0.5
We also found a music shop where I found sheet music, but it was too expensive to buy. :( Emo Jenny (at that point): 0.2
Then we were walking trying to find more shops to go into....I found a record store, and Ben actually seemed interested in this shop, but again...nothing. I didn't find any vinyl that I wanted and they didn't have a very good selection to begin with. Emo Jenny: 1
After we left that shop we walked more and I kept getting frustrated at the street signs cause the map I had only had major streets and I could tell where we were in relation to where I wanted to go. Emo Jenny: 2
Then as I was walking I kept thinking and seeing things like girls that Ben would rather like (I was having one of my girly 'I feel fat days' so....bleh.)...skinny emo type girls and that got me thinking about whether I'm good enough for him, etc etc etc...So Emo Jenny went to about a 2.7 then.....
I kept taking pictures of things too and Stopping and it felt like Ben was annoyed with that(then again he's stoic most of the time, so I can never tell). SO that made me feel more inadequate and I kept walking faster and faster thinking that it'd be better not for him to be seen with with a tourist type person. Emo Jenny: 3
Kept walking faster and faster, wanting to get to the next shopping place(which was Piccadilly on the map). I kept stopping every once in a while to look at my map, but somewhere between the confusion, the frustration and the inadequacy I just went completely stupid and I leaned up against a wall....that had just been painted....(and if any of you mother fuckers mention it to me I will cut your favorite appendages off) I had a moment of stupidity in frustration. So after I realized THAT emo Jenny went to about a 6.
Kept walking faster, wanting to get away from everything and just sit down and cry. But Of course, we were in Piccadilly (it was just around the corner from the paint wall accident) and there were TONS of people and NO benches...I kept walking faster and crying. Emo Jenny went from about a 6 to a 7 when bumping into people...then an 8 when I cried harder and then a 9 and a 10 by the time I sat down somewhere because of Slow people and me wanting to go fast, and being depressed and wanting to eat (so I went into a market and bought a quick handfull of food, paid and left)...and everything.
I finally found a park, went into the back behind trees where no one could see me cry except Ben and sat on a wall to eat. It was really hard to eat while I was crying but my mind couldn't help thinking.
Eventually I finished eating, calmed down, had a little hug session with Ben, I whiped away my tears and he made sure my eyeliner and stuff wasn't running from me crying and we were off back to the hotel at about 3. I relaxed in the hotel, I calmed down, we took a little nap then got up , ate and got ready for the theatre.
I think we looked good for all that had happened.
Then we were off to the Theatre to see Avenue Q!!!!!
It was an amazing show, at least I thought so. Ben thought is was alright but he laughed and smiled alot during (I can't help but peak. I like to know if usual non-theatre-goers are enjoying themselves. ^^ I take pride in the fact that I've brought them to theatre if they smile...and if not, well...I just feel sad). Daniel Boyes (Yes, from 'Any Dream Will Do' mum...:P) was an amazing lead. He played 2 characters, Princton(the straight lead character) and Rod(the secondary lead gay character)..and he did pretty good americanized accents. And it made me happy to be that close to him.
After the show Ben wanted to go to a pub...so we found a pub and Ben had a few rounds of drinks....I only had 1 scrumpy when we went back to the hotel(I had leftover from the party last week). We stayed in the pub for a while but didn't end up actually getting 'home' to the hotel and going to sleep until almost 2am. All in all a fun night/morning tho.
That's all folks! I imagine I'll post a short blog about today's events when we get home, then we have to pay, pack and get sleep before waking up tomorrow at 6:30-7am. URG
-JM
There was a certain street/area that I wanted to check out for costume shops and the like. We found one, but Ben didn't let me play dress up with him(I sware he would've looked SO HOT in that Top Hat, but he knocked it off before I could stand back and look at his hotness). Emo Jenny: 0.5
We also found a music shop where I found sheet music, but it was too expensive to buy. :( Emo Jenny (at that point): 0.2
Then we were walking trying to find more shops to go into....I found a record store, and Ben actually seemed interested in this shop, but again...nothing. I didn't find any vinyl that I wanted and they didn't have a very good selection to begin with. Emo Jenny: 1
After we left that shop we walked more and I kept getting frustrated at the street signs cause the map I had only had major streets and I could tell where we were in relation to where I wanted to go. Emo Jenny: 2
Then as I was walking I kept thinking and seeing things like girls that Ben would rather like (I was having one of my girly 'I feel fat days' so....bleh.)...skinny emo type girls and that got me thinking about whether I'm good enough for him, etc etc etc...So Emo Jenny went to about a 2.7 then.....
I kept taking pictures of things too and Stopping and it felt like Ben was annoyed with that(then again he's stoic most of the time, so I can never tell). SO that made me feel more inadequate and I kept walking faster and faster thinking that it'd be better not for him to be seen with with a tourist type person. Emo Jenny: 3
Kept walking faster and faster, wanting to get to the next shopping place(which was Piccadilly on the map). I kept stopping every once in a while to look at my map, but somewhere between the confusion, the frustration and the inadequacy I just went completely stupid and I leaned up against a wall....that had just been painted....(and if any of you mother fuckers mention it to me I will cut your favorite appendages off) I had a moment of stupidity in frustration. So after I realized THAT emo Jenny went to about a 6.
Kept walking faster, wanting to get away from everything and just sit down and cry. But Of course, we were in Piccadilly (it was just around the corner from the paint wall accident) and there were TONS of people and NO benches...I kept walking faster and crying. Emo Jenny went from about a 6 to a 7 when bumping into people...then an 8 when I cried harder and then a 9 and a 10 by the time I sat down somewhere because of Slow people and me wanting to go fast, and being depressed and wanting to eat (so I went into a market and bought a quick handfull of food, paid and left)...and everything.
I finally found a park, went into the back behind trees where no one could see me cry except Ben and sat on a wall to eat. It was really hard to eat while I was crying but my mind couldn't help thinking.
Eventually I finished eating, calmed down, had a little hug session with Ben, I whiped away my tears and he made sure my eyeliner and stuff wasn't running from me crying and we were off back to the hotel at about 3. I relaxed in the hotel, I calmed down, we took a little nap then got up , ate and got ready for the theatre.
I think we looked good for all that had happened.Then we were off to the Theatre to see Avenue Q!!!!!
It was an amazing show, at least I thought so. Ben thought is was alright but he laughed and smiled alot during (I can't help but peak. I like to know if usual non-theatre-goers are enjoying themselves. ^^ I take pride in the fact that I've brought them to theatre if they smile...and if not, well...I just feel sad). Daniel Boyes (Yes, from 'Any Dream Will Do' mum...:P) was an amazing lead. He played 2 characters, Princton(the straight lead character) and Rod(the secondary lead gay character)..and he did pretty good americanized accents. And it made me happy to be that close to him.
After the show Ben wanted to go to a pub...so we found a pub and Ben had a few rounds of drinks....I only had 1 scrumpy when we went back to the hotel(I had leftover from the party last week). We stayed in the pub for a while but didn't end up actually getting 'home' to the hotel and going to sleep until almost 2am. All in all a fun night/morning tho.
That's all folks! I imagine I'll post a short blog about today's events when we get home, then we have to pay, pack and get sleep before waking up tomorrow at 6:30-7am. URG-JM
Monday, July 13, 2009
Good Day vs. Bad Day
RIGHT! ANNOUNCEMENT: Yesterday I said I would add pictures and more commentary to my last blog. Well it's up now, sorry for the wait. I don't know when I'm gonna post my next few blogs until I leave....whenever I have time I guess, whether that's in the morning or evening here(which means 1 or 2 blogs a day for the folks back home i don't know).
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Yesterday was a whirlwind of WOAHness. It started off REALLY great and kept getting great and then by the end it kinda plane crashed into the Twin Towers that is Ben and I. (That metaphor made NO sense but I felt like saying something crazy cause I've been watching vlogbrothers).
First good thing was that Ben came down with me for Breakfast. We got down there late so we had to wait a bit for other latecomers to get seated and served first, but we had breakfast eventually. After that I came upstairs, trying to finish blogging as fast as possible and then we left.
We went down to Southwark to go to My favorite place in old-timey London-Shakespeare's Globe Theatre:
That's the view of it from across the river.
Getting to this spot though was fun. Right after we got up from the underground the immediately was little to no people on the streets which I think made Ben very happy--no crowds. But then we went down a few streets and we discovered a Marathon going on.
Ben and I thought it was funny....the big yellow/orange box on the right in this next picture is a speed camera...and Ben leaned over to me, pointed at the camera and said 'They're trying to catch the speeders':
I thought it was very amusing. We kept making fun of the runners and if we saw someone running down another street (obviously not a part of the marathon) we'd say 'woah...someone got lost. :P Anyways...We walked over this queer bridge...it was REALLY strangely designed...to get to the globe and I couldn't stop fidgeting because I was so excited. I paid for our tickets and then we went into the exhibition room to look around and wait for our tour group to be called to take a tour of inside the Globe!
Here are some pictures from the exhibition:
(BEN: The reason shakespeare makes no sence. He was a stoner)
(I made this from a board of magnetic words they had....I couldn't make any REALLY good ones because there weren't enough words)
After the tour group got together we were lead into the 2nd tier of the globe's seating and were sat down and heard the tour guide talk about The Globe and Sheakspeare and stuff. Then there were questions to be asked....this one lady annoyed the HELL out of me. She was sitting right next to Ben and it took me all I had to not to smack her when she went on and on about her question. She was an American--sounding southern...I sware she could have slaves back in louisiana or something she was so prim and proper and such an arrogant--I'm getting ahead of myself. ANYWAY! SHe saked, 'Becuase of England's changing weather, have you ever thought about putting a glass down over the top and then putting some air-conditioning? I think it could be nice. Maybe put down some cushion chairs on the floor so people down have to stand.....' And she kept going ON about it. THAT@S NOT THE FUCKING POINT!!!!! The reason they BUILT the globe this way (after the first two went down) was to Preserve the way Shakespeare's plays and others were veiwed at the Globe. Poeple STAND in the stalls. Not Sit and there wasn't air-conditioning. Theatre-goers braved the heat and the rain because they wanted to see the play, not be comfortable and shit. I wanted to punch her. Fucking tourists(I know....I am one, but at least I appreciate the beauty and take it how it is. I'm not eating McDonalds every fucking day because I'm comfortable with it...I WANT to be local and try stuff and get aquainted to a new place, not complain about it and want to change shit to my standard of living.).
Okay Rant over. Here are some pictures of me and Ben and other pictures inside the globe:
(Ben Shakespeare: 'How art thou...mother fucker)
(Jenny Shakespeare: Oh for a Muse of Fire....A Kingdom for a Stage, Princes to Act and Monarchs to behold the swelling scene)
We went into the gift shop after the tour...I found this which was quite funny:
Shakespeare in manga form! SO COOL! I thought about buying one but nawwwww....
After The Globe we crossed the bridge again and went to go find food but we were stopped by a street performer. We weren't literally stopped by him, but he was interesting and funny so we stopped and watched his show. He was quite entertaining. He danced and made jokes and was pretty talented. He swallowed a whole balloon:
He swallowed a sword...and then juggled objects, while said sword was still in his mouth and he couldn't see WHAT he was juggling. But he did all of this on a wobbly ladder. It was amazing. And VERY enetrtaining...I gave him £5 cause I REALLY enjoyed his show..
And then I got a picture with him. Sam the psycho he called himself jokingly. He looked hot in those trousers too. :P
After seeing that little performance we went and found food. We ate at this...:
Pub. There were HUGE portions. Ben had a really big salad and I had a proper Jacket Potato. It was yummy but then I felt all fat and sluggish the rest of the day. That's when things started turning slightly bad, but not really bad.
We wandered over to St. Paul's Cathedral, which we couldn't go into because it was Sunday Worship. So Ben and I just took pictures outside the Cathedral:
Then after that we walked somewhere between about a half and 3/4 of a mile to get to Big Ben. We took pictures of Big Ben...the London eye from a distance and then a picture of those wankers' building:
(Big Ben Squishing 'Little' Big Ben)
On the walk down this way my back started acting up and it hurt for the rest of the day...welll, at least into I got back to the hotel and could crunch it. And then another bad thing that happened was right after I took this picture....my camera battery died. Which was sort of okay because there wasn't really anything I wanted to take pictures of cause we just walked to the nearest Underground and went back to the hotel.
When we got back to the hotel I was absolutely knackered. I kicked off my shoes, plugged in my camera battery to charge and took a short little nap while Ben looked at all his multi-internet networking sights.
After a while I had some cider....I looked at picture on my camera and started crying....Ben asked me what was wrong...and we ended up having a long talk about us. Most of it consisted of what a bad flirtaious girlfriend I am...and how we're going to live when I go home. Can long distance relationships work? I kept assuring him they can. And he told me he didn't want to get attatched to me. All and everything in that catagory of 'talks' and then some were discussed. Ben had a little breakdown and went out for a smoke. I got all emo and went out for a walk to the store...I sat on the window ledge and wrote poetry. He went on his laptop again. and by 10pm we were fine and cuddling in bed again, talking about TV shows we grew up on.
And that was pretty much the good and the bad of yesterday. It's 10:30am now and we're going out into London town to shop. Goodbye.
-Jenny
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Yesterday was a whirlwind of WOAHness. It started off REALLY great and kept getting great and then by the end it kinda plane crashed into the Twin Towers that is Ben and I. (That metaphor made NO sense but I felt like saying something crazy cause I've been watching vlogbrothers).
First good thing was that Ben came down with me for Breakfast. We got down there late so we had to wait a bit for other latecomers to get seated and served first, but we had breakfast eventually. After that I came upstairs, trying to finish blogging as fast as possible and then we left.
We went down to Southwark to go to My favorite place in old-timey London-Shakespeare's Globe Theatre:
That's the view of it from across the river.Getting to this spot though was fun. Right after we got up from the underground the immediately was little to no people on the streets which I think made Ben very happy--no crowds. But then we went down a few streets and we discovered a Marathon going on.
Ben and I thought it was funny....the big yellow/orange box on the right in this next picture is a speed camera...and Ben leaned over to me, pointed at the camera and said 'They're trying to catch the speeders':
I thought it was very amusing. We kept making fun of the runners and if we saw someone running down another street (obviously not a part of the marathon) we'd say 'woah...someone got lost. :P Anyways...We walked over this queer bridge...it was REALLY strangely designed...to get to the globe and I couldn't stop fidgeting because I was so excited. I paid for our tickets and then we went into the exhibition room to look around and wait for our tour group to be called to take a tour of inside the Globe!Here are some pictures from the exhibition:
(BEN: The reason shakespeare makes no sence. He was a stoner)
(I made this from a board of magnetic words they had....I couldn't make any REALLY good ones because there weren't enough words)
Okay Rant over. Here are some pictures of me and Ben and other pictures inside the globe:
(Ben Shakespeare: 'How art thou...mother fucker)
(Jenny Shakespeare: Oh for a Muse of Fire....A Kingdom for a Stage, Princes to Act and Monarchs to behold the swelling scene)
We went into the gift shop after the tour...I found this which was quite funny:
Shakespeare in manga form! SO COOL! I thought about buying one but nawwwww....After The Globe we crossed the bridge again and went to go find food but we were stopped by a street performer. We weren't literally stopped by him, but he was interesting and funny so we stopped and watched his show. He was quite entertaining. He danced and made jokes and was pretty talented. He swallowed a whole balloon:
He swallowed a sword...and then juggled objects, while said sword was still in his mouth and he couldn't see WHAT he was juggling. But he did all of this on a wobbly ladder. It was amazing. And VERY enetrtaining...I gave him £5 cause I REALLY enjoyed his show..
And then I got a picture with him. Sam the psycho he called himself jokingly. He looked hot in those trousers too. :P
After seeing that little performance we went and found food. We ate at this...:
Pub. There were HUGE portions. Ben had a really big salad and I had a proper Jacket Potato. It was yummy but then I felt all fat and sluggish the rest of the day. That's when things started turning slightly bad, but not really bad.We wandered over to St. Paul's Cathedral, which we couldn't go into because it was Sunday Worship. So Ben and I just took pictures outside the Cathedral:
Then after that we walked somewhere between about a half and 3/4 of a mile to get to Big Ben. We took pictures of Big Ben...the London eye from a distance and then a picture of those wankers' building:
(Big Ben Squishing 'Little' Big Ben)
On the walk down this way my back started acting up and it hurt for the rest of the day...welll, at least into I got back to the hotel and could crunch it. And then another bad thing that happened was right after I took this picture....my camera battery died. Which was sort of okay because there wasn't really anything I wanted to take pictures of cause we just walked to the nearest Underground and went back to the hotel.When we got back to the hotel I was absolutely knackered. I kicked off my shoes, plugged in my camera battery to charge and took a short little nap while Ben looked at all his multi-internet networking sights.
After a while I had some cider....I looked at picture on my camera and started crying....Ben asked me what was wrong...and we ended up having a long talk about us. Most of it consisted of what a bad flirtaious girlfriend I am...and how we're going to live when I go home. Can long distance relationships work? I kept assuring him they can. And he told me he didn't want to get attatched to me. All and everything in that catagory of 'talks' and then some were discussed. Ben had a little breakdown and went out for a smoke. I got all emo and went out for a walk to the store...I sat on the window ledge and wrote poetry. He went on his laptop again. and by 10pm we were fine and cuddling in bed again, talking about TV shows we grew up on.
And that was pretty much the good and the bad of yesterday. It's 10:30am now and we're going out into London town to shop. Goodbye.
-Jenny
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Big Scary non-green London
Yesterday....I got up for some very strange reason at 6:30....then again at 7:30 which was just in time for me to go have breakfast downstairs in the hotel. They do a Full English Breakfast from 7:30-9am. It was a nice experience. (Ben didn't come with me because he was still all sleepy and so I just went without him trying not to wake him up.)
I went downstairs, found a table and one of the hotel workers came and poured me a glass of orange juice and asked if I wanted Tea, Coffee or Hot Chocolate. I said hot chocolate and when he came back he brought this pint sized little pouring can with yummy chocolate. And there was a mini pitcher of milk on the table to so I had that as well. The Full English was small portioned probably for Ben but right for me: 2 bacon, 1 sausage (sadness), 1 egg and then a rack of toast that would come out to about 3 pieces per person.
Breakfast overall was lovely but I wish Ben would've rolled out of bed to join me. When I walked back up he was awake so then we got ready, checked our multi-networking websites and went out. It was a bit confusing again with the Underground trains which way we needed to go but I think we got that hang of it. Ben tends to figure out things in his head slower and come up to a conclusion alot faster, whereas I just look at everything and all the options around me really fast then try to work it all out fast in my head and ends up jumbling up.
We eventually got where we needed to go which was the Whitechapel Art Gallery. It was a free gallery so we walked right in and right away there were some interetsing pieces that made me and ben think, 'That's Art?' but overall it was entertaining to see A) The GOOD artwork that I found pretty B) The artsy farsty people talking about the art in an 'artsy type way'(you think that people take the piss on TV and in movies about people in galleries--;oh what does this mean? I think it's a post-modern feminist with a twist of Monet to it' kind of shit.....yeah, it ACTUALLY happens and sounds like that coming out of people's mouths)...and lastly C) seeing Ben's reactions to stuff. It was priceless. Given that I did actually like that stuff that he would'nt consider art but there were some things that were just bloody ridiculous.
For example, there was a room where a film was being shown. It was silent and black and white of just the road in front of the car and in subtitles every about 5-10 seconds there was a subtitle that read '(wind)'.......'(palm trees)'.....'(road)'.....(((AND THE LAST ONE WAS...and this is priceless)))....'(Shhhhhhhhh)'. I decided right then and there, okay, take a quick look around and then we're outta here. This place is crazier than Bedlam Hospital.
I did find one piece that I liked in the exhibit. It was a room with different pieces by the same artist and the 2 pieces I like most were these:
1) There was a radio that had people talking from it and it switched off between a guy and a girl's voice saying 'You should--' and then it cuts out with static and then another voice 'We're told to--' more static cuts in. It was one of those artsy pieces that not everyone sees as art, but I like it cause I think it's about free expression(excuse me sounding all artsy for a moment).
2) The second one was a table with all these wooden boxes on it and the boxes all had quotes...but it didn't tell who from. I can't remember any of the quotes but they're the kind of quotes you have to really think about and say, 'yeah...that's true'. Quotes like 'I took the road less travelled by and that has made all the difference'...stuff that makes you see a bigger picture.
Anyways....we left Whitechapel art gallery and went to The City and Southwark (where ALL the touristy stuff is...Tower of London....The Globe....London Bridge...Tower Bridge...etc). I thought it was quite exciting. It gave me that rush of not knowing where I am in a big city--like what New York did to me, especially when I got lost on the subway. But Ben had a completely different experience: he hates London. It's Big. It's Scary. It's not green. People make too much noise and the pissheads sing and talk throughout the night. It's too hot(even thought it's been raining, it has been a bit humid). ANd Ben ABSOLUTELY hates the crowds.
He misses home alot. He misses sleeping in his own bed and hearing cows and sheep instead of traffic and talking outside the window. I try to assure him that it'll be fine for a few days then he can go back home but he's a tough one to crack. I love him dearly and I don't want him to miss out on having fun in London with me the last few days I'm here...just because he's stubborn and can't get over the fact that it's the non-green city of London. :P
I don't even dare find a night club to go to(because Ben doesn't dance) and I've cut down my itenerary (most because we'll have time, but I cut out stuff that Ben will REALLY hate to do) because I'm afraid that anymore horrible thing will over excite him and he'll hate me or something. Don't worry I'm still having fun doing the things we ARE and WILL BE doing.
OKay...really pressed for time now so I'm gonna give you the cliffnotes version:
-Went past tower of London(didn't go in).
-Walked around the Thames
-Bought cheap discounted tickets for The London Dungeon.
-Wandered around, found a NEXT (clothing store) so Ben could buy stuff.
-Found a Pub(can't be arsed to remember the name atm), but it was a 'proper pub'(2 things about the pub: it was packed and we didn't know how to go about ordering because it said give your table number and our table number was sractched off, but eventually we got food. 2) Food was YUMMY!!!! I had a cucumber and Salmon sandwich which was kinda like sushi on bread which made it even better cause I was craving sushi lately)
-Went to The London Dungeon....I had fun at least...one of the 'rides almost squished Ben's Balls to oblivion though(which I'm not gonna lie was kinda funny).
-Bought a picture from the London Dungeon....check this post later on cause I'll put up pictures as well from today.
That's it. I'm done. I'll do morw when we get back from out adventures today.. bye!
-Jen
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Right, sorry it took so long. Here is the fill-in for the gaps I left in this blog:
AT the London Dungeon there was a room where they talked about the Great Fire of London and it was all big and dramatic and there was smoke and lighting effects, and then they shovel us into the next room which is a corridor of smoke and stuff sounding like its burning. Here's where it's funny: Ben saw in both section a fire extinguisher, pointed one out to me and said, 'Don't worry. They can put it out with this' or something to that effect. It was rather amusing.
Okay I can't think of anything else that I missed story-wise, so I'm just going to put pictures up:
(Ben has the right to remain sexy)
(pub we ate at)
(place we shopped at)
(London Dungeon)
(Fire Extinguisher)
(Crimes Punishable by death--I was triad as a witch in Court....and I got off on insanity)
(That was so much fun--Straight Drop((We got hung..ed...edead)). And this was before Ben's manhood got squished, so he's fine. Stupid Adrenaline junkie)
(I've decided that this is goning to be Ben when he grows up: Still wearing
short jeans, dirty converse, and a Gallows t-shirt)
(JENNY'S ON LONDON BRIDGE! OMGZ AMAZING!!!!!!! I IS NANCY!)
I went downstairs, found a table and one of the hotel workers came and poured me a glass of orange juice and asked if I wanted Tea, Coffee or Hot Chocolate. I said hot chocolate and when he came back he brought this pint sized little pouring can with yummy chocolate. And there was a mini pitcher of milk on the table to so I had that as well. The Full English was small portioned probably for Ben but right for me: 2 bacon, 1 sausage (sadness), 1 egg and then a rack of toast that would come out to about 3 pieces per person.
Breakfast overall was lovely but I wish Ben would've rolled out of bed to join me. When I walked back up he was awake so then we got ready, checked our multi-networking websites and went out. It was a bit confusing again with the Underground trains which way we needed to go but I think we got that hang of it. Ben tends to figure out things in his head slower and come up to a conclusion alot faster, whereas I just look at everything and all the options around me really fast then try to work it all out fast in my head and ends up jumbling up.
We eventually got where we needed to go which was the Whitechapel Art Gallery. It was a free gallery so we walked right in and right away there were some interetsing pieces that made me and ben think, 'That's Art?' but overall it was entertaining to see A) The GOOD artwork that I found pretty B) The artsy farsty people talking about the art in an 'artsy type way'(you think that people take the piss on TV and in movies about people in galleries--;oh what does this mean? I think it's a post-modern feminist with a twist of Monet to it' kind of shit.....yeah, it ACTUALLY happens and sounds like that coming out of people's mouths)...and lastly C) seeing Ben's reactions to stuff. It was priceless. Given that I did actually like that stuff that he would'nt consider art but there were some things that were just bloody ridiculous.
For example, there was a room where a film was being shown. It was silent and black and white of just the road in front of the car and in subtitles every about 5-10 seconds there was a subtitle that read '(wind)'.......'(palm trees)'.....'(road)'.....(((AND THE LAST ONE WAS...and this is priceless)))....'(Shhhhhhhhh)'. I decided right then and there, okay, take a quick look around and then we're outta here. This place is crazier than Bedlam Hospital.
I did find one piece that I liked in the exhibit. It was a room with different pieces by the same artist and the 2 pieces I like most were these:
1) There was a radio that had people talking from it and it switched off between a guy and a girl's voice saying 'You should--' and then it cuts out with static and then another voice 'We're told to--' more static cuts in. It was one of those artsy pieces that not everyone sees as art, but I like it cause I think it's about free expression(excuse me sounding all artsy for a moment).
2) The second one was a table with all these wooden boxes on it and the boxes all had quotes...but it didn't tell who from. I can't remember any of the quotes but they're the kind of quotes you have to really think about and say, 'yeah...that's true'. Quotes like 'I took the road less travelled by and that has made all the difference'...stuff that makes you see a bigger picture.
Anyways....we left Whitechapel art gallery and went to The City and Southwark (where ALL the touristy stuff is...Tower of London....The Globe....London Bridge...Tower Bridge...etc). I thought it was quite exciting. It gave me that rush of not knowing where I am in a big city--like what New York did to me, especially when I got lost on the subway. But Ben had a completely different experience: he hates London. It's Big. It's Scary. It's not green. People make too much noise and the pissheads sing and talk throughout the night. It's too hot(even thought it's been raining, it has been a bit humid). ANd Ben ABSOLUTELY hates the crowds.
He misses home alot. He misses sleeping in his own bed and hearing cows and sheep instead of traffic and talking outside the window. I try to assure him that it'll be fine for a few days then he can go back home but he's a tough one to crack. I love him dearly and I don't want him to miss out on having fun in London with me the last few days I'm here...just because he's stubborn and can't get over the fact that it's the non-green city of London. :P
I don't even dare find a night club to go to(because Ben doesn't dance) and I've cut down my itenerary (most because we'll have time, but I cut out stuff that Ben will REALLY hate to do) because I'm afraid that anymore horrible thing will over excite him and he'll hate me or something. Don't worry I'm still having fun doing the things we ARE and WILL BE doing.
OKay...really pressed for time now so I'm gonna give you the cliffnotes version:
-Went past tower of London(didn't go in).
-Walked around the Thames
-Bought cheap discounted tickets for The London Dungeon.
-Wandered around, found a NEXT (clothing store) so Ben could buy stuff.
-Found a Pub(can't be arsed to remember the name atm), but it was a 'proper pub'(2 things about the pub: it was packed and we didn't know how to go about ordering because it said give your table number and our table number was sractched off, but eventually we got food. 2) Food was YUMMY!!!! I had a cucumber and Salmon sandwich which was kinda like sushi on bread which made it even better cause I was craving sushi lately)
-Went to The London Dungeon....I had fun at least...one of the 'rides almost squished Ben's Balls to oblivion though(which I'm not gonna lie was kinda funny).
-Bought a picture from the London Dungeon....check this post later on cause I'll put up pictures as well from today.
That's it. I'm done. I'll do morw when we get back from out adventures today.. bye!
-Jen
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Right, sorry it took so long. Here is the fill-in for the gaps I left in this blog:
AT the London Dungeon there was a room where they talked about the Great Fire of London and it was all big and dramatic and there was smoke and lighting effects, and then they shovel us into the next room which is a corridor of smoke and stuff sounding like its burning. Here's where it's funny: Ben saw in both section a fire extinguisher, pointed one out to me and said, 'Don't worry. They can put it out with this' or something to that effect. It was rather amusing.
Okay I can't think of anything else that I missed story-wise, so I'm just going to put pictures up:
(Ben has the right to remain sexy)
(pub we ate at)
(place we shopped at)
(London Dungeon)
(Fire Extinguisher)
(Crimes Punishable by death--I was triad as a witch in Court....and I got off on insanity)
(That was so much fun--Straight Drop((We got hung..ed...edead)). And this was before Ben's manhood got squished, so he's fine. Stupid Adrenaline junkie)
(I've decided that this is goning to be Ben when he grows up: Still wearingshort jeans, dirty converse, and a Gallows t-shirt)
(JENNY'S ON LONDON BRIDGE! OMGZ AMAZING!!!!!!! I IS NANCY!)Saturday, July 11, 2009
London Calling
Yesterday after I wrote my blog I went out to find Ben. He'd already taken and shower and was busy packing his clothes. I tried to help him remember what to pack and whatnot.....yeah I TOLD him to take his phone charger but alas....he forgot and now he has a dead phone.
Anyways, we packed up everything, loaded up the car, and said bye to the Dogs (cause no one else was home). I left a note for Ben's parents saying that I had a lovely time and leaving some money for them to go towards the food I'd have consumed while I was in their house. I think that's it....I just left it on the table for them then went out into the car to help ben with packing stuff.
As Ben was packing up the last of the stuff I was trying to figure out if I left anything. It suddenly dawned on me, 'OH SHIT...DAD's PLUG!!!!!!' SO I ran back into the house, up the stairs and unlugged the plug converter and thought to myself, 'Woah...dad would've KILLED me if I forgot that.'
After we got everything loaded into the car we drove into Leominster, got some cash...found a kid's story and bought Top Trumps (FINALLY), and then drove to the train station. My ticket was £56 for a single(one way to London) and Ben's strangely enough was £57. We were joking about that while we waited for the train to arrive--basically it costs us that same amount to get TO London...and then it costs him £1 to get back home. haha
The journey was not too bad. We had to take an hour train ride from Leominster to Newport(in Wales) then get on another train that takes about 2 hours to get from Wales to Paddington Station in London. On the train we slept a bit and played Top Trumps which is quite fun when you actually know and love some of the cars(I know from watching Top Gear and listening to Ben talk about cars ALOT).
We also made fun of how the safety instructions said 'please read' and then in the corner it said: Please do not remove.
So basically....it's a ctach 22 and we're screwed either way. That was fun to make fun of.
Once we got to Paddington...we got a tad lost....and Jenny got a bit stressed. This station is BIG. like HUGE New York huge. I haven't been there myself but I would imagine that it's as big and crowded as Grand Central Station. We got lost and we were trying to figure out where we could buy Travelcards when this lady came up to us and gave us 2, 1-day travelcard tickets to use.. It was really nice of her and it kinda reminded me of when I go to Disneyland and I want to leave, but I have fast passses for something--so I just give them to someone on the way out. They were valid and everything...so it's a nice little karma gesture.
ANyways...we had one hell of a time finding the Hammersmith and City Line. The arrows pointing every which way were REALLY messy and hard to follow but after heaving tons of luggage around and being tired and stressed and snapping at Ben a few times we finally found our way to the Hammersmith and CIty line, got on and rode it to Kings Cross.
The next bit was finding the Hotel, which with Ben's help of Navigating street signs and me knowing which roads to look out for, we (mostly Ben) found it. The hotel is nice...a bit small, but nice. It's seriously smaller than the New York Hotel. Barely ANY room in walk in there. It's a (roughly) 9"x7" room with a double bed, a small desk, a wardrobe, and a sink. Yeah--TINY ASS ROOM.
Anyway....it's getting later in the day and Ben is getting impatiant, so I'll leave it there and describe more of the hotel and what we did today, tomorrow! In the meantime, enjoy there photos of me and Ben on the train:
BYE!
-JM
Anyways, we packed up everything, loaded up the car, and said bye to the Dogs (cause no one else was home). I left a note for Ben's parents saying that I had a lovely time and leaving some money for them to go towards the food I'd have consumed while I was in their house. I think that's it....I just left it on the table for them then went out into the car to help ben with packing stuff.
As Ben was packing up the last of the stuff I was trying to figure out if I left anything. It suddenly dawned on me, 'OH SHIT...DAD's PLUG!!!!!!' SO I ran back into the house, up the stairs and unlugged the plug converter and thought to myself, 'Woah...dad would've KILLED me if I forgot that.'
After we got everything loaded into the car we drove into Leominster, got some cash...found a kid's story and bought Top Trumps (FINALLY), and then drove to the train station. My ticket was £56 for a single(one way to London) and Ben's strangely enough was £57. We were joking about that while we waited for the train to arrive--basically it costs us that same amount to get TO London...and then it costs him £1 to get back home. haha
The journey was not too bad. We had to take an hour train ride from Leominster to Newport(in Wales) then get on another train that takes about 2 hours to get from Wales to Paddington Station in London. On the train we slept a bit and played Top Trumps which is quite fun when you actually know and love some of the cars(I know from watching Top Gear and listening to Ben talk about cars ALOT).
We also made fun of how the safety instructions said 'please read' and then in the corner it said: Please do not remove.
So basically....it's a ctach 22 and we're screwed either way. That was fun to make fun of.Once we got to Paddington...we got a tad lost....and Jenny got a bit stressed. This station is BIG. like HUGE New York huge. I haven't been there myself but I would imagine that it's as big and crowded as Grand Central Station. We got lost and we were trying to figure out where we could buy Travelcards when this lady came up to us and gave us 2, 1-day travelcard tickets to use.. It was really nice of her and it kinda reminded me of when I go to Disneyland and I want to leave, but I have fast passses for something--so I just give them to someone on the way out. They were valid and everything...so it's a nice little karma gesture.
ANyways...we had one hell of a time finding the Hammersmith and City Line. The arrows pointing every which way were REALLY messy and hard to follow but after heaving tons of luggage around and being tired and stressed and snapping at Ben a few times we finally found our way to the Hammersmith and CIty line, got on and rode it to Kings Cross.
The next bit was finding the Hotel, which with Ben's help of Navigating street signs and me knowing which roads to look out for, we (mostly Ben) found it. The hotel is nice...a bit small, but nice. It's seriously smaller than the New York Hotel. Barely ANY room in walk in there. It's a (roughly) 9"x7" room with a double bed, a small desk, a wardrobe, and a sink. Yeah--TINY ASS ROOM.
Anyway....it's getting later in the day and Ben is getting impatiant, so I'll leave it there and describe more of the hotel and what we did today, tomorrow! In the meantime, enjoy there photos of me and Ben on the train:
BYE!
-JM
Friday, July 10, 2009
Quick update then it's off to London I go!
Yesterday Ben and I had out little naps to keep with it (Ben more than me surprisingly). Then when dinner rolled around we got ready and went to a pub down the road called The King's Head for dinner.
I felt under dressed because i was in my work pants, a long sleeve t-shirt and my baggy Warped Tour t-shirt over that (it was because I was doing laundry one last time before London and had no clothings). Then again, same thing happened to Mrs. Russell--but she felt OVER dressed. She did look nice and the rest of the family wore some sort of casual top and jeans. Ben looked hot though...he was in a dressier shirt over a normal t-shirt.
But alas, Ben was tired and out of it the entire way through dinner and when we got home...he crashed. He seriously drank too much, stayed up too late and partied too hard. I worry about that boy, but he seems to manage on his own and he knows his limitations. Ah Bless....^^
I had bangers and mash with veg for dinner....not the best I'd say but then again--not a meat person anymore. I think the only meat I've come to appreciate is good old Steak. I have been eating alot of Meat and milk while I've been here...and I think I've gotten fatter because of it. Not REALLY fat, but I can start to see it in my face and belly--not attractive at all. I'm hoping that once I get home I can start back on veg and carbs and leave the cholesterol overload to someone else.
There were some funny antidotes around the table and it was funny to see Rich and Wayne (Ben's brother and dad) get buzzed if not drunk. I think his dad got more pissed than his brother did. And his sister had some alcohol too so she was giggly in the car back. Teresa drove and Ben sat in the back out of it while I looked around the car taking it all in--the drunks and the quite ones. Quite an interesting family.
When we got home I kissed Ben goodnight and went to go pack. I started to cry because I thought, 'this is the last night i'm going to spend in this house'. I got really nostalgic packing my things. I thought about how I put out the washing...how Ben and Kate showed my baby kitties, fun times hanging out with Ben watching 'Mock of the Week' and 'Top Gear'. It was all, as I said, very nostalgic.
I am gonna miss this house and the people and the animals. I've had good times in this house. And it's weird, but part of me thinks this is the absolute end....as if leaving this house means I'm going home today. Even though I'm going to London and I'll still have Ben...it still feels awful feeling like this trip is going to be over in 6 days. 6 DAYS!!! That's how long NORMAL people go abroad to go on holiday. I don't know how people can stand going somewhere SO amazing for only 6 days. It's unbelievable to me.
Anyways...I'm do for a shower and then I have to go see how Ben is feeling this morning. Off to London in a bit! I'll keep you updated through these last few days!
-Jenny
I felt under dressed because i was in my work pants, a long sleeve t-shirt and my baggy Warped Tour t-shirt over that (it was because I was doing laundry one last time before London and had no clothings). Then again, same thing happened to Mrs. Russell--but she felt OVER dressed. She did look nice and the rest of the family wore some sort of casual top and jeans. Ben looked hot though...he was in a dressier shirt over a normal t-shirt.
But alas, Ben was tired and out of it the entire way through dinner and when we got home...he crashed. He seriously drank too much, stayed up too late and partied too hard. I worry about that boy, but he seems to manage on his own and he knows his limitations. Ah Bless....^^
I had bangers and mash with veg for dinner....not the best I'd say but then again--not a meat person anymore. I think the only meat I've come to appreciate is good old Steak. I have been eating alot of Meat and milk while I've been here...and I think I've gotten fatter because of it. Not REALLY fat, but I can start to see it in my face and belly--not attractive at all. I'm hoping that once I get home I can start back on veg and carbs and leave the cholesterol overload to someone else.
There were some funny antidotes around the table and it was funny to see Rich and Wayne (Ben's brother and dad) get buzzed if not drunk. I think his dad got more pissed than his brother did. And his sister had some alcohol too so she was giggly in the car back. Teresa drove and Ben sat in the back out of it while I looked around the car taking it all in--the drunks and the quite ones. Quite an interesting family.
When we got home I kissed Ben goodnight and went to go pack. I started to cry because I thought, 'this is the last night i'm going to spend in this house'. I got really nostalgic packing my things. I thought about how I put out the washing...how Ben and Kate showed my baby kitties, fun times hanging out with Ben watching 'Mock of the Week' and 'Top Gear'. It was all, as I said, very nostalgic.
I am gonna miss this house and the people and the animals. I've had good times in this house. And it's weird, but part of me thinks this is the absolute end....as if leaving this house means I'm going home today. Even though I'm going to London and I'll still have Ben...it still feels awful feeling like this trip is going to be over in 6 days. 6 DAYS!!! That's how long NORMAL people go abroad to go on holiday. I don't know how people can stand going somewhere SO amazing for only 6 days. It's unbelievable to me.
Anyways...I'm do for a shower and then I have to go see how Ben is feeling this morning. Off to London in a bit! I'll keep you updated through these last few days!
-Jenny
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Emo Jenny + Party = EPIC FAIL and WIN at the SAME TIME!!!
RIGHT! I'll take you through yesterday now....
Yesterday Ben and I got dressed and drove to Gloucester to take a look at the cathedral where Harry Potter was filmed. FAIL. We drove all the way there to find out that it was closed that day for a private charter school feild trip. What a crock! So, we decided to go to a few toy shops to see if we could find 'Top Trumps' a card game with cars as seen on Top Gear.....FAIL AGAIN! We couldn't find any original decks of that anywhere.
So...we just went home....sad and unsuccessful. It was kinda a downer of a day because of that....
Then we just muttled around until we had to go pick up Vid from the train station. Robert Vidler--AWESOME. This kid is a theatre person like me, talks alot like me, he's FUNNY just about every time he opens his mouth and here's the kicker...He's bloody Irish! Well technically he's lost his accent since living in England in different places, so his accent now is a bit jumbled but I like it. I can tell some irish coming through sometimes and it makes me happy inside.
ANYWAY! So Me and Ben pick up VId from the train station, then we pick up another friend of Ben's (Josh) and go to the supermarket to get supplies before the party. By the time we got to the party people had already set up tents in Issy's back yard(to sleep over in) and were mingling. So, Vid, Ben and I set up the tent and went and joined the party. We got there about 8ish, so keep that in mind.
Overall the party was a good one, as far as I could tell. There was one thing that kept me down throughout the night...Emalie was there. It's not so bad talking about her, but being at a party with Ben's One true love of his life...is a BIT awkward. So I stayed clear of her and never got into an awkward situation with her....which means I didn't see much of Ben either because he was usually with her or near her talking to someone else. :(
Vid and DMAN kept me entertained though. DMAN and I talked about girl and guy problems (him with his girlfriend, me with my dislike of being at the same party as Emalie). Vid just kept me laughing all night and I talked with him about serious stuff, funny stuff, shakespeare stuff. Vid got done doing his final monologue performances for one of his classes so we went out on the front lawn at one point (where no one was) so he could show me his Lysander monologue from Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream. He's no Victor Trevino, but he would do.
I mostly hung out with Vid the whole night, then DMAN, then talked to some new people, then saw Russ(ben) occasionally. It was quite good fun although I did have some emo moments.
I won't get too into details because what happens at the party generally stays at the party because no one else knows what you're talking about but here are some of the highlights:
-Football....we played 'soccer/football' on Issy's front lawn while it was still light outside. It was basically me...and all guys. AWESOMENESS. I was in Goal and I was blocking shots left and right, sliding, diving, checking people while going for the ball as well hahaha. I dove into this one guy's legs to kick the ball from under him...then I hit russ in the head with my hand while swatting the ball away from the goal when he tried to do a header...and then of course there was the time that I slid into Ben's ankles, grasped his legs and the ball so neither went anywhere(my shins still hate me for that one). Needless to say the guys were impresses (and scared) at what a girl can do on the football pitch.
other highlights include....
-Watching Ben, DMAN and Vid sing.
-Witnessing 2 people jumping on a half broken trampoline and collapsing it.
-Hearing about Steve who A) Pissed himself even when led to the toilets and B) got a surprise haircut(DMAN shaved a small patch of his head in the middle of the night)
-Hearing Ben quote Bill & Ted lines from outside the tent
-Me getting completely smashed and throwing up (yeah...now I'm never drinking again. lesson learned and don't you DARE fucking say 'i told you so')
-Seeing Ben and Josh climb the roof, then Ben jumping OFF said roof and rolling on the grass to stop himself from going anywhere
-Hanging out with Vid and talking about Shakespeare and accents and stuff.
END HIGHLIGHTS
Now here's my own set of what happened through my night:
Talked to people....avoided Russ and Emalie like the plague.
Talked to DMAN about his girlfriend and 'You Ain't Going NOWHERE!' ringtones (inside joke)
Talked to more people
Played Football...and got one leg injury and a somewhat bloody nose
Attended to wounds.
Talk to people in a group that Vid and Dman were at.....Vid told me that personality wise I'm the hottest girl at the party. Looks wise...I was about 3rd--which isn't bad considering there were alot of girls.
Went over gave russ a hug
Back to Vid and Dman's group to talk
(all this while after the game drinking)
Saw Ben again.
Walked out to where the cars were parked and found Dman and Vid chatting in Dman's car.
Talking in car with them...then we all went to find Ben.
Talked to just Vid Dman and Ben.
Dragged Vid out to front lawn to hear his monologues.
Sat with Vid talking on front lawn.
Dman and Ben found us.....Ben left (DMAN said Ben was jealous that I was out alone with Vid so that's why they came out there to find us).
Went back to the party...hugged/kissed Ben....had another Scrumpy Jack.
Went BACK onto the front lawn to talk with DMAN.
Threw up.
Ben and Vid found us. They walked me back to the party.
Ben tucked me into bed and told me to stay there and he's come in after a while.
I was cold...and alone....cried alot because I was the first one in bed and I wanted to join the party but I didn't want to move and upset my stomach.
Ben came in to check on me after a bit....I told him to send DMAN or Vid in to talk to me cause I can't go to sleep and I wanted someone to talk to.
After a while Vid came in.
We talked and stuff. We exchanged accents, tried each others and new ones. He likes the Irish I do because it's the southern Ireland one he can't bring himself to do.
I lay in bed listening to people talk.
I get up about 4am and joing Ben and Chris outside who are still talking, listing to music and drinking.
I'm all upset with Ben cause he still hasn't come to bed...but I stay out there anyway.
Eventually I go to bed again, for reals this time....and a short while later Ben comes in to join me.
It is now 7am and FULLY bright outside. stayed up all night....and finally slept from about 7am until half 11am.
Woke up....Ben got some coffee....I talked with Vid a bit more. All three of us took down the tent, packed then drove Vid to the train station.
When Ben and I got home, I put a load of clothes in, ate something then cuddled up next to Ben in his bed and feel asleep. now....I'm just waiting to kill some time before for dinner. Evidnetally we're going out with Ben's parents because it's our last night in Hereford with them. But I'll tell you all about that tomorrow.
Ciao!
-JM
Yesterday Ben and I got dressed and drove to Gloucester to take a look at the cathedral where Harry Potter was filmed. FAIL. We drove all the way there to find out that it was closed that day for a private charter school feild trip. What a crock! So, we decided to go to a few toy shops to see if we could find 'Top Trumps' a card game with cars as seen on Top Gear.....FAIL AGAIN! We couldn't find any original decks of that anywhere.
So...we just went home....sad and unsuccessful. It was kinda a downer of a day because of that....
Then we just muttled around until we had to go pick up Vid from the train station. Robert Vidler--AWESOME. This kid is a theatre person like me, talks alot like me, he's FUNNY just about every time he opens his mouth and here's the kicker...He's bloody Irish! Well technically he's lost his accent since living in England in different places, so his accent now is a bit jumbled but I like it. I can tell some irish coming through sometimes and it makes me happy inside.
ANYWAY! So Me and Ben pick up VId from the train station, then we pick up another friend of Ben's (Josh) and go to the supermarket to get supplies before the party. By the time we got to the party people had already set up tents in Issy's back yard(to sleep over in) and were mingling. So, Vid, Ben and I set up the tent and went and joined the party. We got there about 8ish, so keep that in mind.
Overall the party was a good one, as far as I could tell. There was one thing that kept me down throughout the night...Emalie was there. It's not so bad talking about her, but being at a party with Ben's One true love of his life...is a BIT awkward. So I stayed clear of her and never got into an awkward situation with her....which means I didn't see much of Ben either because he was usually with her or near her talking to someone else. :(
Vid and DMAN kept me entertained though. DMAN and I talked about girl and guy problems (him with his girlfriend, me with my dislike of being at the same party as Emalie). Vid just kept me laughing all night and I talked with him about serious stuff, funny stuff, shakespeare stuff. Vid got done doing his final monologue performances for one of his classes so we went out on the front lawn at one point (where no one was) so he could show me his Lysander monologue from Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream. He's no Victor Trevino, but he would do.
I mostly hung out with Vid the whole night, then DMAN, then talked to some new people, then saw Russ(ben) occasionally. It was quite good fun although I did have some emo moments.
I won't get too into details because what happens at the party generally stays at the party because no one else knows what you're talking about but here are some of the highlights:
-Football....we played 'soccer/football' on Issy's front lawn while it was still light outside. It was basically me...and all guys. AWESOMENESS. I was in Goal and I was blocking shots left and right, sliding, diving, checking people while going for the ball as well hahaha. I dove into this one guy's legs to kick the ball from under him...then I hit russ in the head with my hand while swatting the ball away from the goal when he tried to do a header...and then of course there was the time that I slid into Ben's ankles, grasped his legs and the ball so neither went anywhere(my shins still hate me for that one). Needless to say the guys were impresses (and scared) at what a girl can do on the football pitch.
other highlights include....
-Watching Ben, DMAN and Vid sing.
-Witnessing 2 people jumping on a half broken trampoline and collapsing it.
-Hearing about Steve who A) Pissed himself even when led to the toilets and B) got a surprise haircut(DMAN shaved a small patch of his head in the middle of the night)
-Hearing Ben quote Bill & Ted lines from outside the tent
-Me getting completely smashed and throwing up (yeah...now I'm never drinking again. lesson learned and don't you DARE fucking say 'i told you so')
-Seeing Ben and Josh climb the roof, then Ben jumping OFF said roof and rolling on the grass to stop himself from going anywhere
-Hanging out with Vid and talking about Shakespeare and accents and stuff.
END HIGHLIGHTS
Now here's my own set of what happened through my night:
Talked to people....avoided Russ and Emalie like the plague.
Talked to DMAN about his girlfriend and 'You Ain't Going NOWHERE!' ringtones (inside joke)
Talked to more people
Played Football...and got one leg injury and a somewhat bloody nose
Attended to wounds.
Talk to people in a group that Vid and Dman were at.....Vid told me that personality wise I'm the hottest girl at the party. Looks wise...I was about 3rd--which isn't bad considering there were alot of girls.
Went over gave russ a hug
Back to Vid and Dman's group to talk
(all this while after the game drinking)
Saw Ben again.
Walked out to where the cars were parked and found Dman and Vid chatting in Dman's car.
Talking in car with them...then we all went to find Ben.
Talked to just Vid Dman and Ben.
Dragged Vid out to front lawn to hear his monologues.
Sat with Vid talking on front lawn.
Dman and Ben found us.....Ben left (DMAN said Ben was jealous that I was out alone with Vid so that's why they came out there to find us).
Went back to the party...hugged/kissed Ben....had another Scrumpy Jack.
Went BACK onto the front lawn to talk with DMAN.
Threw up.
Ben and Vid found us. They walked me back to the party.
Ben tucked me into bed and told me to stay there and he's come in after a while.
I was cold...and alone....cried alot because I was the first one in bed and I wanted to join the party but I didn't want to move and upset my stomach.
Ben came in to check on me after a bit....I told him to send DMAN or Vid in to talk to me cause I can't go to sleep and I wanted someone to talk to.
After a while Vid came in.
We talked and stuff. We exchanged accents, tried each others and new ones. He likes the Irish I do because it's the southern Ireland one he can't bring himself to do.
I lay in bed listening to people talk.
I get up about 4am and joing Ben and Chris outside who are still talking, listing to music and drinking.
I'm all upset with Ben cause he still hasn't come to bed...but I stay out there anyway.
Eventually I go to bed again, for reals this time....and a short while later Ben comes in to join me.
It is now 7am and FULLY bright outside. stayed up all night....and finally slept from about 7am until half 11am.
Woke up....Ben got some coffee....I talked with Vid a bit more. All three of us took down the tent, packed then drove Vid to the train station.
When Ben and I got home, I put a load of clothes in, ate something then cuddled up next to Ben in his bed and feel asleep. now....I'm just waiting to kill some time before for dinner. Evidnetally we're going out with Ben's parents because it's our last night in Hereford with them. But I'll tell you all about that tomorrow.
Ciao!
-JM
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Bye Bye!
Yesterday was our last 'BIG' adventure in the car. We went off to Stourhead (these gardens I wanted to Visit) near Bath.
As Ben and I got ready I came into his room to steal his computer and blog, like I always do. I managed to capture this funny picture of him:
It's slightly blurry, but I think it gets the point across that I have a sexy boyfriend. ^^ Anyways, after he put a shirt on and I blog for a bit, we ate some breakfast and we were ready to go. So, Ben hooked up the Sat Nav and we were on our way. Problem was....the Sat Nav was being a douche so it took us the scenic route towards bath....DOWN THROUGH WALES!!!!! Wales is Left of Where Ben Lives...Bath is South of Where Ben Lives....We should've gone straight down, but no, it took us over to wales , through Wales then over a bridge BACK into England and Southward again. It took us 3 hours.
Here's the bridge it took us over:
Ben says it's like the UK version of the Golden Gate Bridge.
So that was a bit of an adventure just GETTING to the place because we had to go over a bloody bridge and come BACK into England to get there. It was quite fun though because I spotted another car that I might want to get besides the mini:
The Suzuki Swift. Yes...if we have those in America anywhere NEAR the UK model I want one. ....Anyway, we get Stourhead, pay and go into the gardens. It's a BIG place and it's got a lake in the middle and you basically walk around the shores and through the hills around it and look at the wilderness and all the pretty statues and buildings and such like The Pantheon:
And the Grotto:
And of course, The Lake itself:
It was a lovely day despite that rain and the overcastness....but I had a really great time and I thank Ben lots for taking me there. ^^ Here are some other pictures of us during the day:
(Ben found a stick and started tapping up against the fence like a little kid--SO CUTE!)
(Me acting silly on a bridge)
(Me doing my little asian pose under a tree)
("It was like Led Zeppelin's cover for Houses of The Holy. There were many Steps and Columns. It was Most Tranquil")
(Outside the entrance to the grotto)
(Ben and a statue in the grotto waving to each other LULZ)
(Our Last Real Road Trip in Ben's Car, so I took a picture. My face and body look weird because I set a timmer and then ran back to the car to sit next to Ben. XD)
Thae last thing is that we past through Bath on our way back. I took pictures because Ben said it was so bland and boring. Everything looked that same-one creme coloured building after another. It was a nice city, clean and yes things looked the same but it was nice.
The only thing Ben liked about Bath was the fact that when we were getting OUT of the city...all the traffic was going IN to the city and there was NO ONE on the road the way we were going. He made a face, but I didn't capture that one so I made him make another one. Here is a reenactment of how shocked Ben was(add another 80% shocked and that was him at first):
That's all folks! i'm off to a party!
-Jenny
As Ben and I got ready I came into his room to steal his computer and blog, like I always do. I managed to capture this funny picture of him:
It's slightly blurry, but I think it gets the point across that I have a sexy boyfriend. ^^ Anyways, after he put a shirt on and I blog for a bit, we ate some breakfast and we were ready to go. So, Ben hooked up the Sat Nav and we were on our way. Problem was....the Sat Nav was being a douche so it took us the scenic route towards bath....DOWN THROUGH WALES!!!!! Wales is Left of Where Ben Lives...Bath is South of Where Ben Lives....We should've gone straight down, but no, it took us over to wales , through Wales then over a bridge BACK into England and Southward again. It took us 3 hours.Here's the bridge it took us over:
Ben says it's like the UK version of the Golden Gate Bridge.So that was a bit of an adventure just GETTING to the place because we had to go over a bloody bridge and come BACK into England to get there. It was quite fun though because I spotted another car that I might want to get besides the mini:
The Suzuki Swift. Yes...if we have those in America anywhere NEAR the UK model I want one. ....Anyway, we get Stourhead, pay and go into the gardens. It's a BIG place and it's got a lake in the middle and you basically walk around the shores and through the hills around it and look at the wilderness and all the pretty statues and buildings and such like The Pantheon:
And the Grotto:
And of course, The Lake itself:
It was a lovely day despite that rain and the overcastness....but I had a really great time and I thank Ben lots for taking me there. ^^ Here are some other pictures of us during the day:
(Ben found a stick and started tapping up against the fence like a little kid--SO CUTE!)
(Me acting silly on a bridge)
(Me doing my little asian pose under a tree)
("It was like Led Zeppelin's cover for Houses of The Holy. There were many Steps and Columns. It was Most Tranquil")
(Outside the entrance to the grotto)
(Ben and a statue in the grotto waving to each other LULZ)
(Our Last Real Road Trip in Ben's Car, so I took a picture. My face and body look weird because I set a timmer and then ran back to the car to sit next to Ben. XD)Thae last thing is that we past through Bath on our way back. I took pictures because Ben said it was so bland and boring. Everything looked that same-one creme coloured building after another. It was a nice city, clean and yes things looked the same but it was nice.
The only thing Ben liked about Bath was the fact that when we were getting OUT of the city...all the traffic was going IN to the city and there was NO ONE on the road the way we were going. He made a face, but I didn't capture that one so I made him make another one. Here is a reenactment of how shocked Ben was(add another 80% shocked and that was him at first):
That's all folks! i'm off to a party!-Jenny
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