Wednesday, 18 March 2009

St. Patrick's Day, etc.

jay and i had the house to ourselves this morning. parents off to work, mates nursing a bad hangover from last night's st. paddy's celebration. i'm not irish, no irish blood in me, but the americans for some reason wanted to celebrate it as if they were irish. lol! i guess it's quite a big deal in the u.s. for those of irish and non-irish descent. so house to ourselves until about lunch time. you know we had to take advantage of this opportunity. haha!

rang friends and asked them to shop for some food on their way here. had a small grill-out. that was fun. just relaxed, and then we all went to hove lawns to catch some rays, then on to the beach. it was a relaxing day out. then went food shopping again. the americans will cook dinner for the family tonight. ste and cate were invited as well. i don't know what they'll come up with. they kept joking "hamburger helper". don't know what that is. is it something terrible?

sometime during the grill-out, i was in my room looking for something and mike came in. he just sort of hugged me. tightly. so i hugged him back. i could tell he's near tears. so to lighten the mood, i asked him if he's finally coming out of the closet. LOL! but i realised that this was serious for him so i just hugged him back and kissed him on the forehead. then hugged him again. this is a new side to mike that i'd not seen. he's not an emotional person. he's always joking around. caught me off-guard.

got text from mum. she and dad on their way back. fighting the rush hour. texted them that the yanks will be in charge of dinner tonight. she replied "oh dear. get a few bottles of wine." LOL!!! i don't think she has too much confidence in their cooking. haha!

st. patrick's day celebration mostly in brighton - north laine area and around new road. lots of public urination in the pavillion park. lol! the toilets were just a few meters away. couldn't they hold it until they got to the toilets?! saw some fit lads. chavvy but fit! lots of cocks being waved about. there were these two guys trying to pull brad. he got an offer of a blowjob in the bushes from one of the lads. and fuck me! he accepted! haha! go brad! didn't know he had it in him. i had a crush on him before i met jay, and i soooo wanted to suck him off then. haha! but i'd just been dumped so was quite wary about getting into another relationship. so i convinced myself that he was just going to be a friend. no regrets. he's become a great friend. and besides, he's straight, but i didn't know he veered off the straight path once in a while. oh well. he did just break up with karen a couple of months ago, so maybe he's not had any since. and maybe it was the many pints consumed that night. whatever it was, i hope he enjoyed the service rendered. :)

well, i'd better go and help out with something. i'm not allowed in the kitchen. the meal is supposed to be a surprise. i'll go kick the football around in the backyard maybe. maybe i'll drag mike to waitrose to get some wine. he's got no culinary talent whatsoever. and i'm sure the others would be happy to get him out of the kitchen. lol!

cheers everyone.

oh wait! forgot about the london stuff. did the usual touristy stuff. museums, palaces, parks, the london eye, tour bus, etc. while in line for the natural history museum, ste and i were accused of being yankee twats with fake british accents by these french kids our age, maybe a bit older. it all started with ann making a comment about the cigarette smoke coming from their group. then a little back and forth comments. then ste tried to defuse the situation, and i said something to the same effect. then this french wanker started laughing saying something like "you and your fake british accents, you yank twats" under different circumstances, i would have just popped him in the mouth, but that day, ste and i just lost it and almost died of laughter, and the plonker could not figure out what it was we found so hilarious. then a colleague of my mum who worked at imperial college was passing by, saw me queuing, and said hello to me. i was still laughing at this time. he asked me what was so funny. i told him. i then called the french garçon over and introduced him to my mum's colleague, who then proceeded to tell him that i was most certainly english. this whole time i was looking at mr. garçon and his friends, and they just had this look of scorn towards me and my mates. i'll treasure those looks forever. haha! les wankers! anyway, that was the most exciting non-touristy happening from the london trip.

Monday, 16 March 2009

Perfect weekend!

been a perfect weekend. friends and boyfriend in town. finally got laid (first since i came back to UK from america, december!!!), and now i don't feel like getting in a dust-up everytime i go out :) awesome weather in the south of england, AND liverpool humiliated man u - at old trafford! yesssss!!!!!

quite an emotional reunion at the airport when we (dad, ste, and i) picked up jay and the gang. took two cars. i was dying of anticipation, and when i saw one of the familiar faces, i just beamed. it was bren's face that i saw first. then ann's, then jay's, then brad's and mike's. all the guys shaved their heads. lol! i love them. long hugs, a bit of tears (of joy, i hope). then they noticed that i didn't have the cast anymore. headed back to brighton. dropped off things at the holiday flat, then we all went to our house, where my mum had prepared some food. after a bit of talking, dad drove ann, bren, brad and mike to the flat so they can get a rest. jay is staying at the house. i couldn't keep my hands off of him. not entirely in a sexual way. it was mostly giving him bear hugs, rubbing his head and the back of his neck, holding his hands, etc. i really missed him. even though i saw him via ichat/skype almost everyday, i still missed him. and it's been a while since i heard american accents. haha!

did touristy things today, just around brighton. took a drive to beachy head and seven sisters. they were impressed! i think the seven sisters are much better than the dover cliffs. just my opinion. took them around brighton and hove, where i went to school, my local, the beach, the pier (of course), the pavillion, the lanes, north laine, etc. i was getting really tired, but they were enjoying it, and i was feeding off their energy. in the end, i had to take a break, and so, mike, jay, and i took a cab to the house, while bren, ann, and brad walked around a bit more. so we just talked. it turns out mike is seeing someone. will get more info out of him about this girl.

tomorrow, london. weather should be good again. we'll swing by my sister's work place, and maybe have lunch with her or something. so must go to bed now. jay is still wide awake watching telly. jetlag. until my next post... cheers.








all footy pics are from skysports.

Thursday, 12 March 2009

Footy

oooops. edited out a chunk of the post. thanks to torchy for pointing it out.

fixture was fulham-blackburn. fulham lost 2-1. bad defense. the fulham goal came 90 seconds into the match. quite quick. when my mate went to the loo, he saw the replay of the first goal, (with us in the background!) on the telly. three or four rows up.

i don't support either one, but an offer of a free ticket to a premiership fixture must never be turned down. LOL! just got back to brighton and i'm knackered. not much else happened - well at least nothing interesting. just counting the days, hours, minutes until saturday.

here's a pic that i took on my way down to my seat.


and here's another footy pic (the scoreline for liverpool v. real madrid) that made my tuesday night near-perfect. : ) not mine btw. from skysports. i hope they don't mind... oooops! blogger having a bit of trouble uploading pics. will try later.

Monday, 9 March 2009

Yay!!!

guess what happened to me today?! :D i didn't want to say anything before in case it turned out to be a disappointment again. but today, it happened!


my leg stunk after the cast was removed. lots of dead skin cells, i guess, and funk! haha! i couldn't move it at first, then was a bit scared to. after about 10 minutes of getting used to the cast being off, i finally straightened out my leg. freakishly alien looking. no pics, sorry. leg is a bit sore, very weak, very skinny, and very pale. some physio appointment soon. i will be given a leg brace to wear for a few weeks for support and stability. i may be wearing this for a while, depending on what i decide for the next step. no pun intended. haha!

oh, and no dancing, and no running for a while. i'm still limited in what i'm allowed to do, but at least it will be less trouble taking a shower. oh, and i may be able to swim. :) must check out the lido in the next couple of weeks or so. i need to do some cardio. i wonder how many laps i'd be able to do before i'm completely out of breath? i'm not even sleepy right now and it's past 11. well chuffed! i've not told jay and the old roommates yet. i figure i'd wait until saturday when they arrive.

i'm glad some of you liked the poems and the song from my previous posts. and good call exalen! boer war indeed! and thank you to naturgesetz for a very nice email. showed it to my mum. she sends her thanks. she wondered how you knew me? she doesn't know about the blog. so i said that we met in a chat room about poetry. i don't think she believed me. but i'm glad she let it go. haha!

well, gotta go. i need to figure out what i want to do tomorrow. i think it might rain though.

good night. oh, just finished the book "a prayer for owen meany" by john irving. great, great book. i recommend it highly.

Sunday, 8 March 2009

Drummer Hodge

don't know why i'm posting this. i don't think it's depressing. it's rather the opposite i think. more of a remembrance poem. the soldier remembered.

Drummer Hodge (by Thomas Hardy)

They throw in Drummer Hodge, to rest
Uncoffined - just as found:
His landmark is a kopje-crest
That breaks the veldt around;
And foreign constellations west
Each night above his mound.

Young Hodge the Drummer never knew -
Fresh from his Wessex home -
The meaning of the broad Karoo,
The Bush, the dusty loam,
And why uprose to nightly view
Strange stars amid the gloam.

Yet portion of that unknown plain
Will Hodge forever be;
His homely Northern breast and brain
Grow to some Southern tree,
And strange-eyed constellation reign
His stars eternally.

Fake english accent

what do you think of his accent?



what is it with the americans' fascination with english accents? there's lots of youtube videos on this "obsession". LOL they all think that we talk like the queen. haha! i noticed this when i was living in america. and at times i notice it here in brighton. it makes me cringe when i hear them. well this person, he's everywhere with his accent. he's mixing up different ones. anywya, tell me what you think. english and non-english alike. cheers.

Torta, TopGear, and Toby

sunny, then rainy, then sunny again. not complaining. merely making an observation.

didn't do much today. went out for coffee with mum. chatted with a mate online when i got back. dad was being curious and nosey, looking over my shoulder to see what i was writing. i didn't mind. i just thought it was funny. the chat topic was on having boyfriends in every continent (LOL) and fried insects as appetiser. a clear misnomer, imho.

dad made torta española for lunch. we ate in front of the telly, cos mum was out getting grocery. haha! watched re-runs of top gear. i looove that show, though jeremy clarkson can be such a wanker sometimes.

btw, sömmersturm was pretty good, i thought. i guess it's just natural to fall in love with your best m8. i mean, your best m8 probably knows more about you than your parents. that's a strong bond, isn't it? though, i've never fallen for ste. i mean, he's fit and funny and smart, but i just never saw him in a sexual way. i actually told him this last night, but not in the same exact words. i said to him "in case your wondering, the answer is no". haha! then he gave me this mock-hurt face.

there was this scene in the movie when the friend rejected him. i felt really bad for toby - the main character. the whole scene in the rain was heartbreaking.

there are a couple of songs in the movie that caught my attention. one was nada surf's blonde on blonde, which i'm sure most of you have heard of. the other is vast's flames. here's a homemade vid for flames made of scenes from the movie. lyrics below.


Close your eyes
let me touch you now.
let me give you something that is real.
close the door
leave your fears behind
let me give you what you're giving me
you are the only thing
that makes me want to live at all
when I am with you
there's no reason to pretend
that when I am with you I feel flames again.
Just put me inside you
I would never ever leave
just put me inside you
I would never ever leave
you

and i share with you...
The Untold Want ( by Walt Whitman)

The untold want, by life and land ne’er granted,
Now, Voyager, sail thou forth, to seek and find.