So I'm really into a few new (old though) things this past week or so.

1) Heroes - Ok so I know this came out in 2006 or whatever but I just finished watching the entire Series 1 on DVD this week- I wanted to see what all the fuss was about and I am so glad I did! I loved it so much! So I'm gonna borrow Series 2 from my friend asap, I can't wait to find out what happens... :) JD loved it too! Guess who my fave character is?



2) Twilight by Stephenie Meyer- Vampire book, a lot of hype here too but it's lived up to its name so far. There's gonna be a movie version coming out at Christmas with the actor who plays Cedric Diggory- he's playing Edward the Vampire :) woo! Im excited for that!


3) The Myriad- a great indie band that recently toured with Eisley- the missing link between Muse and Radiohead if you will. So good.
Abby- I'm making you a mix cd and there will be some songs of theirs on it for you :)



Other than this shiz, I'm keeping busy with work and life- I'm directing a play after new year but enjoying my break before then. I am also the new Artistic Chairperson at the Barton Green Theatre, which means I get to plan the artistic programme and plays for the year :) I'm excited. Can't wait to go home at the end of next month for Thanksgiving. I'm looking forward to it so much!!!

<3

I just got Ani's new cd- Red Letter Year, and I'm listening to it right now at work. It's so much more modern/new sounding, with loads more electric guitar and new instruments- but still the same Ani- she's so amazing. As she evolves, it's beautiful. Get it get it get it! There's a track about her new daughter too, Present/Infant- it's pure awesome.





So life...lately- it's been good & busy. It's gotten really cold here all of a sudden. So after an almost non-existent summer we move right into winter again. I'm saving money for a new winter wardrobe. Going home 6 weeks from tomorrow for Thanksgiving! Yeay! I can't wait!!! Family, friends and good times <3 Oh to be back home!

I've read a lot of books and plays- now I'm reading Without You: A Memoir of Love, Loss and The Musical Rent by Anthony Rapp. It's amazing. You should all go out and get that too.



It's Friday and I'm happy it's the weekend tomorrow- we're going out for dinner, gonna snuggle and watch movies.

Peace.

yes, 
us people are just poems 
we're 90% metaphor 
with a leanness of meaning 
approaching hyper-distillation 
and once upon a time 
we were moonshine 
rushing down the throat of a giraffe 
yes, rushing down the long hallway 
despite what the p.a. announcement says 
yes, rushing down the long stairs 
with the whiskey of eternity 
fermented and distilled 
to eighteen minutes 
burning down our throats 
down the hall 
down the stairs 
in a building so tall 
that it will always be there 
yes, it's part of a pair 
there on the bow of noah's ark 
the most prestigious couple 
just kickin back parked 
against a perfectly blue sky 
on a morning beatific 
in its indian summer breeze 
on the day that america 
fell to its knees 
after strutting around for a century 
without saying thank you 
or please 

and the shock was subsonic 
and the smoke was deafening 
between the setup and the punch line 
cuz we were all on time for work that day 
we all boarded that plane for to fly 
and then while the fires were raging 
we all climbed up on the windowsill 
and then we all held hands 
and jumped into the sky 

and every borough looked up when it heard the first blast 
and then every dumb action movie was summarily surpassed 
and the exodus uptown by foot and motorcar 
looked more like war than anything i've seen so far 
so far 
so far 
so fierce and ingenious 
a poetic specter so far gone 
that every jackass newscaster was struck dumb and stumbling 
over 'oh my god' and 'this is unbelievable' and on and on 
and i'll tell you what, while we're at it 
you can keep the pentagon 
keep the propaganda 
keep each and every tv 
that's been trying to convince me 
to participate 
in some prep school punk's plan to perpetuate retribution 
perpetuate retribution 
even as the blue toxic smoke of our lesson in retribution 
is still hanging in the air 
and there's ash on our shoes 
and there's ash in our hair 
and there's a fine silt on every mantle 
from hell's kitchen to brooklyn 
and the streets are full of stories 
sudden twists and near misses 
and soon every open bar is crammed to the rafters 
with tales of narrowly averted disasters 
and the whiskey is flowin 
like never before 
as all over the country 
folks just shake their heads 
and pour 

so here's a toast to all the folks who live in palestine 
afghanistan 
iraq 

el salvador 

here's a toast to the folks living on the pine ridge reservation 
under the stone cold gaze of mt. rushmore 

here's a toast to all those nurses and doctors 
who daily provide women with a choice 
who stand down a threat the size of oklahoma city 
just to listen to a young woman's voice 

here's a toast to all the folks on death row right now 
awaiting the executioner's guillotine 
who are shackled there with dread and can only escape into their heads 
to find peace in the form of a dream 

cuz take away our playstations 
and we are a third world nation 
under the thumb of some blue blood royal son 
who stole the oval office and that phony election 
i mean 
it don't take a weatherman 
to look around and see the weather 
jeb said he'd deliver florida, folks 
and boy did he ever 

and we hold these truths to be self evident: 
#1 george w. bush is not president 
#2 america is not a true democracy 
#3 the media is not fooling me 
cuz i am a poem heeding hyper-distillation 
i've got no room for a lie so verbose 
i'm looking out over my whole human family 
and i'm raising my glass in a toast 

here's to our last drink of fossil fuels 
let us vow to get off of this sauce 
shoo away the swarms of commuter planes 
and find that train ticket we lost 
cuz once upon a time the line followed the river 
and peeked into all the backyards 
and the laundry was waving 
the graffiti was teasing us 
from brick walls and bridges 
we were rolling over ridges 
through valleys 
under stars 
i dream of touring like duke ellington 
in my own railroad car 
i dream of waiting on the tall blonde wooden benches 
in a grand station aglow with grace 
and then standing out on the platform 
and feeling the air on my face 

give back the night its distant whistle 
give the darkness back its soul 
give the big oil companies the finger finally 
and relearn how to rock-n-roll 
yes, the lessons are all around us and a change is waiting there 
so it's time to pick through the rubble, clean the streets 
and clear the air 
get our government to pull its big dick out of the sand 
of someone else's desert 
put it back in its pants 
and quit the hypocritical chants of 
freedom forever 

cuz when one lone phone rang 
in two thousand and one 
at ten after nine 
on nine one one 
which is the number we all called 
when that lone phone rang right off the wall 
right off our desk and down the long hall 
down the long stairs 
in a building so tall 
that the whole world turned 
just to watch it fall 



and while we're at it 
remember the first time around? 
the bomb? 
the ryder truck? 
the parking garage? 
the princess that didn't even feel the pea? 
remember joking around in our apartment on avenue D? 

can you imagine how many paper coffee cups would have to change their design 
following a fantastical reversal of the new york skyline?! 

it was a joke, of course 
it was a joke 
at the time 
and that was just a few years ago 
so let the record show 
that the FBI was all over that case 
that the plot was obvious and in everybody's face 
and scoping that scene 
religiously 
the CIA 
or is it KGB? 
committing countless crimes against humanity 
with this kind of eventuality 
as its excuse 
for abuse after expensive abuse 
and it didn't have a clue 
look, another window to see through 
way up here 
on the 104th floor 
look 
another key 
another door 
10% literal 
90% metaphor 
3000 some poems disguised as people 
on an almost too perfect day 
should be more than pawns 
in some asshole's passion play 
so now it's your job 
and it's my job 
to make it that way 
to make sure they didn't die in vain 
sshhhhhh.... 
baby listen 
hear the train? 

London life is the same... It feels like autumn/winter already, I can't believe it. Work is work, bleh...but the good news is I'll get paid more this month with the new bonus and tax payment. I watched episode 1 of season 2 of the hills last night <3... JD and me are good as always and can't wait to go back to FL for thanksgiving, I miss my family loads. I also watched "Grey Gardens" the documentary by the Maysels brothers in 1975 about Big Edie and Little Edie Bouvier Beale (aunt and 1st cousin of Jackie Onassis Kennedy) living in a dilapidated mansion in the East Hamptons over run with cats, raccoons and filth. OMG it was awesome, a total cult classic. If you haven't seen it I recommend it. You can also watch the entire film on youtube.com. They made a musical of Grey Gardens in 2007, starring Mary Louise Wilson and Christine Ebersole. It looks amazing, I wish I could have seen it with the original cast. Hopefully it will come to London one day....I'm kind of obsessed with it at the moment.


1975 Documentary                           The musical starring Christine Ebersole



I'm also reading the sequel to Wicked, Son of a Witch. It is good so far, but I hope it gets better.




Other than the normal stuff, life is alright. It's Lucy and Tom's leaving do this weekend- they're off to New Zealand for one year... oh and I've also started help write the Fairy Tales play at The Green, which is going well so far. Dunno about auditioning though, we'll see. More later xx

The weekend was good but weird. We went to the Arsenal game on Saturday, which was fun because we had a pub lunch and Arsenal won 3-0. We got Starbucks on the way home too, which was awesome. My man got me a caramel cream frappuccino yum. Sunday was kinda uneventful- our fridge broke so we got a new one but it's too big and doesn't fit under our counter. So we're using it but out of our small bedroom- we're supposed to get this all taken care of soon but it's really annoying nonetheless. We watched Shooter last night, which I really enjoyed. Mark Wahlberg is a good actor, even if he is your basic meat head... I got paid last week, but once again the fruits of my labor are short lived- bills, food, presents for turkey day, and rent ate most of my paycheck. I'm reading Rant by Chuck Palahniuk at the moment, and it's really good! I talked to my sister last night before I went to sleep and it was nice. I miss her.

Til next time <3

Sucky weather this week. It's been gloomy ever since we got back from Vegas. Life is ok at the moment, not too shabby. I tried a roast chicken & bacon sandwich from Boots last week and it rocked my world, so I got another one today.

I'm really bored...so the US won a lot of gold medals thanks to Michael Phelps...

Oh yeah! JD and I are planning a massive RV road trip of the states when we move there. We're going to rent an RV for a whole month and go all over the US on various routes. It's going to be freaking wicked. Highlights include: Colonial Williamsburg, Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream Factory, The Mall of America, Mount Rushmore, Yellowstone National Park, and Yosemite National Park. I'm really excited and can't wait for that. But we need $. Lots of it. So I better get savin.

Welp...that's all the news here. Later.

So I got stung by a wasp this morning while waiting for the bus. It crawled up my pant leg and stung me on the inside of my leg- right where the knee bends. It still freakin hurts...I got some cream though, so hey. What a start to the day...Also, Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince film release date has been pushed back to January 2009, dang. I am glad it is Friday- only an hour and 10 minutes left of work. Sweet.

So I'm back from my vacation. It was awesome. John met the parents and he did splendidly! They loved him to pieces :) Las Vegas was so much better this time around since I could drink and play the games hee hee. John ended up winning about $170.00 total from playing the slot machines! On my birthday night we went to see the Cirque du Soleil show "O". It was amazing, it is truly the best show I have ever seen in my life- I loved it! This is a pic of the hotel we stayed at, The Excalibur


I also got my US Starbucks fix with these


We went to the Grand Canyon too! It was amazing and so massive! Check out my facebook for all the photos from my trip but here are a few random ones.

1. Me and JD at the GC
2. Me and JD at The Flamingo hotel & casino
3. My mom and JD playing The Wizard of Oz slot machine





It's ok to be back but I'm really homesick this time. I'm really glad Thanksgiving is only just over three months away :) We both can't wait for that! I'm back at work now and it sucks as ever! The good thing is though that the new bonus scheme is in effect and they are also offering flexi-time to leave 1/2 hr early every day and take a 1/2 hr lunch provided you hit your target for the preceding month. Wahoo!

Hello world,
This weekend was very very hot in England. We saw The Dark Knight on Saturday- I really liked it and loved Heath Ledger's character as The Joker- very cool indeed. I also watched a lot of films at my flat- Casablanca, Wild Hogs, The Andromeda Strain, and Gone with the Wind (half of it, need to finish). We're off to Vegas on Friday early morning, woo hoo! It's finally almost here! I have a half-day on Thursday to shop and sort my money out and stuff. I'm so psyched! I got £50.00 from the in-laws for my up-coming birthday, SCORE.

SO yeah, life is ok at the moment. I was offered an interview for a secretary job in Kingston but turns out I can't make the interview and they won't re-schedule it. Dang. Hopefully something else will come along soon! I'm reading The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks at the moment, it's really creepy and good. Read it!

I'll update this thing when I get back or something- everyone take care and be good!
laters.........

I am sick of being sick. I need to see an herbalist or acupuncturist...or I dunno, something. Over the counter crap doesn't work for me anymore and I don't like going to get antibiotics if I can help it. I just hate this feeling- like a slug and being sick. Whine whine whine, moan moan moan. I want my blankee.