London Calling
listening to that song/CD by The Clash, a CD I got while we were in London (I figured if I was going to get old school British Punk then I should get it in London). It's a pretty good CD.Oh my freaking goodness, England was amazing. Fran is supercool along with her 2 sisters Lizzie and Kate. I had so much fun with all of them. We saw...let's see, Buckingham Palace, Big Ben, Trafalger Square, The London Eye, The tower of London, Bournemouth Beach, the Producers, Parliament, Government Houses, Shakespeare's house and Stratford, Warwick Castle, Camden Town, Oxford Street, Oxford University, and a few other places around London. It was so cool. Our concerts went really well and staying with a host family and learning about a completely different way of life was so cool. Tring (or Aldbury where I was) is so completely different from the bubble. Firstly, they walk everywhere in town, they have rolling hills and lots of trees and everything, and i mean EVERYTHING is green, and they have gardens and grow their own fresh vegetables. It was really cool because they eat so much healthier over there; most of their food is fresh and fairly organic (they eat modern day "manufactured" stuff like we do too but not to the same extent). Granted every family is different, but the majority of them eat healthy while in America that's generally reserved for the minority.
But yeah. Cool place. Cool people too. The parties were so much fun, not boring but not really crazy or anything and I got to know some people a lot better (Sarah, Dave, Kate, Matt, and to some extent Heath although we didn't get to hang out too much Heath, tear). Yeah, lasting friendships from this trip. Some people began to get on my nerves with their righteousness and them thinking they were better than us and whatnot but we got past it and just dealt.
Our Ensemble went pretty well and our concert at Waddeson Manor was definately the musical high point of the trip. Wow I really like this Clash record. Anyway, England was so amazing. I really kind of want to do my semester abroad there, though France and Italy are still contenders. Hard decision, I'm not gonna lie. Luckily I have some time.
You know, the plane ride home was actually pretty fun. 10 hourse long, but good friends make it go by pretty fast. Anyway....that's all about England for now. I would go on gushing but most of you who read this were either there or will be told in person, so yay.
Orange Juice!
oh yeah while we were gone Sanra Day O'Connor resigned. Argh. Makes me mad because we just lost the swing vote and unless Bush is an idiot like his dad (i think it was him) and appoints a liberal maquerading as a conservative, than the Court will be swayed and I will be rageous.
Also, this country next to the Ukraine called Moldova lost, sometime in the last year, about 70 ground to air (i think that's what they're called) missiles. The government says they were destroyed when they got wet but no one knows where they are. it is a serious problem that makes me laugh because it is so dangerous and pathetic.
Springtime for Hitler and Germany! Hee hee yay for Mel Brooks (titter titter!!)
OK, dinner time and then maybe work some on the novel or read either my new Noam Chomsky book or Fast Food Nation and then sleep for many many many many hours because I am le tired.
yay for america and england having the same colors on thier flags so i can be patriotic and symbolic at the same time. two birds with one stone!
posted by kellyisdelightful @ 6:40 PM
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