movie time

So Luke and I just finished watching Cloverfield. never seen it before. it was pretty good. It was kinda Blair Witch meets Stargate Atlantis. Doesn't get much better for a low key night.

Snagged a solid picture of Jenna with her dirt-face-makeup-stuff on that is absolutely brilliant, I'll post it as soon as I get my hands on Luke's camera. so good!

I also spoke to Marc and him and I are going to be meeting up tomorrow at...uhh...well i don't remember the station to be honest, Luke does. good thing. alls i know is that I'm meeting him and Hanna Browne at 2 and then we're heading west to Cardiff for new years!!

not 100% sure what the game plan is after Cardiff. not really worried about it. Marc is probably going to head out after new years. i may either tag along, stay in Cardiff for a few days, or meet up with Jimbo (athletics '07). and then after all is said and done, come back to London and stay with Luke & mams for a day or two before i leave on the 9th. we'll see how it goes.

I'm gonna pass out for now. long day tomorrow. I'll try to write something before the party tomorrow but with all the "oh my god, i can't believe you're actually here" things, it'll be a stretch, maybe an inebriated post will be in order. 

comment and let me know what you think or if you have any suggestions as to what i should do on my adventures.

stay tuned

p.s. i think my power converter is either dying or broken...gotta pick up another one. it keeps turning off for awhile and then popping back on. its old and feels like a brick. rather play it safe than have it burn out my computer or something.

an interesting quip

this just in: jenna looks like an utter mess as she decided to put on fake tan shit to look good for new years tomorrow. kinda looks like she wrestled a pig in a pigpen...and the pig won. absolutely awful. i'll see if i can grab a picture...unlikely though. shes an odd one...and tone def.

also, i think luke and i are completely recovered from the curry, gonna lay low tonight so our bodies are in top form tomorrow. looks like its just gonna be a movie tonight. i'm okay with it.

Day 1, in the books.

So I wake up around noon from a fantastic night with john, gin, Luke, & Leonie (Luke & Jenna's 4th roommate). John is jumping on the bed like a little schoolgirl yelling for me to get up (apparently Luke and john spent a solid 10 min trying to get me up). i blame it on the jetlag, not the gin.

after tinkering around for a bit, John, Luke, & I head over to the tube and Luke and i part our ways with john. from there, Luke and i meet up with Jenna at her workplace and go to a nice place for lunch, called Alibi. Got a Lamb Burger. Interesting choice which turned out to be quite nice. Interesting thing to note: burgers are not eaten with the hands, just a fork and knife. kinda an interesting change from the barbaric trends of the US. (an not-so-interesting-sidenote: the curry from last night was fantastic, but has quite a post-bite to it where Luke and i were less than comfy) :P (another not-so-interesting-sidenote: apparently "yogurt" in england is spelt "yoghurt"...what the hell is that all about?)

From lunch, Luke and i said our goodbyes to Jenna and then decided to head to the south bank (central England) for some touristy shite. First, we went to see The Clink which was a really interesting and slightly disturbing museum on torture in England. really neat stuff. I'll try and post some pictures when i can (silly yank didn't think about bringing a camera). after the clink, we wandered around the south bank area, saw some really neat stuff. one thing that stood out was a giant WW II cruiser called the HMS Belfast that was docked and was all camo-coloUred. According to wikipedia, the "dazzle camo" or "razzle dazzle" color was actually pretty common. weird brits.

also saw the tower of london and a few other things in the area then went back to luke's place to chill a bit, order a pizza and more or less, lay low tonight in prep for tomorrow.

speaking of tomorrow, i don't think i mentioned my plans yet. this whole england trip is based around sneaking to cardiff with Marc Kirby (adventure '08) to surprise all the internationals who are partying there. should be wicked fun! so i'm meeting up with marc tomorrow around 2ish and then going to cardiff for the big surprise.

luke and i just ordered some pizza that is "quite nice" says mr. windsor. interesting enough, its papa johns. which is apparently significantly better  quality than its sibling chain in the US. anyway, that'll do it for now. leave comments!

Kaufy