Wednesday, November 23, 2005

Jabby McJabJab

Comments! 15th November Megcadia: There are so many places I want to stay in the US, hehe. I hope I won't come across as a freeloader if I ever get to to a Big OB Tour of the World... Shinmarichael: I think it was the servers being strange. It's playing up at the moment, actually- I can see OB downstairs, but not upstairs. It's annoying, because I much prefer writing RPG posts up here. I can't wait to get to California, heh ^_^ Sahki: I will remember that ^_^ I'll need to find out decent ways to get around, too. A friend of mine has a CA driver's license, but I don't know if he'll be renting a car or not. Or even where he'll be when I arrive o_O; Sami: The most players I've had in an RPG was 20 and that was Exodia's Legacy that miraculously managed to finish. It always becomes more manageable when people are dropped out, though. 17th November Ben: EEE! I knew you'd come back ^______^ I'll scope out your Xanga site more often now I know it exists, but I can't comment on it. I still have your cell phone number ^_^ JJAkamaru: Yes. London is teh greatness ^_^ I could have easily spent the entire three days in Forbidden Planet, though >.>; So nice! Arcadia: Yes, THAT THEY SHOULD! *waves arms around dramatically* I had a fantastic time *grins* Azure: It's pretty cool, actually. Very sweet and spicy, a little like a mince pie in liquid form. I'm not sure the frothed milk really goes well with it, though. It's much nicer once it's cooled down, heh. *As screamed by hordes of rabid fangirls* SHINMARU~UU: I'll put up what I have in a bit. I'm not generally as... um... prolific with my picture taking, but if there's a nice one I'll have it. And that goes for photos, too. Yesterday Mimmi: I know. Being tired off my face doesn't help ^_^; My Akamaru: Methinks the advice sounds better from you, though ^_~ Goolism for the day: "solo is more of a concert" Currently listening to: Song for Guy, by Elton John I had my MMR (Measles, Mumps, Rubella) jab this morning. I was forewraned by a very friendly nurse that my arm would probably feel quite numb tonight, and there's a chance that in 7-10 days I'll feel a little under the weather. Right-o, then. My sister's really ill today. She's picked up a nasty bug from somewhere and has been throwing up fairly infrequently. She won't be well enough to take a modular exam she's got tomorrow. It's pretty nasty, and I really hate seeing her like this, especially as she's normally so bouncy. Still, I'd rather she rested and be better sooner than try and do stuff normally... if that makes sense, heh. Stupendousness! So, London, eh? I loved it ^______^ The constant walking and hauling of bags everywhere wasn't so great, though. Since I'd planned to stay with Lawrence for either Friday or Saturday night (depending on whether I had a rehearsal on Sunday) and he has no furniture in his flat, I had to take a sleeping bag and an inflatable mattress with me along with all my other necessary stuffs. Ah, and his PC games that he wanted back. Which meant two big bags of horrible heaviness to lug up to and through London. But the pay-off for that was the once in a blue moon meeting of Megan and Mimmi (and her sister), hehe ^_^ I managed to get into London for about 11am on the Thursday, whereby I got a phonecall from Megan wondering whether we were going to be able to meet up before she had to go for class. A quick call to Mimmi from me and we were on our way to the Oxford Street crossing of Tottenham Court Road! I felt rather self-conscious in my bandanna; perhaps a plainer one would have been a little less conspicuous than my konoha one, but I didn't have anything else to put on my head to keep it warm. And I needed it o_o; It were not warm on those streets. To be honest, I only had vague recollections of what Megan looked like from her photos she took back after one of the hurricanes blew over Florida earlier this year ^_^; As we rounded thr corner, a squee from Mimmi and her burst of speed into a familiar face signalled that our party was met ^_^ Thankfully, Megan said we could leave any excess bags we had in her flat, which I was most grateful for. The fact that her flat is up seventy-six moderately-hard-to-climb steps is a bit of a compromise, but it was nice to rest bit anyway. I can still hardly get over the fact that she lives with five other people in her flat, heh ^_^; It's not exactly spacious anyway, and when everyone's moving about at incredible speed I can imagine it getting very cramped. But it was nice, and cool to see where she'd been staying for this semester ^_^ She had to go to class, though, so in the meantime I took Mimmi and Elaine to Forbidden Planet and we went on a quest for Belgian Waffles from a Ben and Jerry's stall ^_^ It did look very nice, the waffle. Had I not just eaten a foot-long Subway roll I probably would have indulged myself, but as it was the mere thought of ingesting something so sweet after a relatively unhealthy sandwich made me feel obese. Next time, though, the waffle shall be mine *sneaks sneaks* After a breif sortie to a Disney Store, we traipsd back to Megan's flat... to find nobody was in, whereby we traipsed all the way back down the sevty-six stairs to the Student Lounge, where I read Chrono Crusade Volume 4 and stopped my phone from complaining by plugging it in to charge. Once Megan arrived back again, we outed to the British Museum! It was only a few feet away, surprisingly. I always got the impression that everything was well-spaced out in London, but you're actually always close to something big. And boy, is the British Museum spectacular. The big massive hall you walk into as you come in is rather sparse, though, as are the rest of the massive rooms that house sculptures and exhibits from all over the ancient worlds. We didn't get to see any mummies, but I did manage to get a decent look at some Greek sculptures (not that I have a major interest in them, though- it's for a play I'm helping out with next year). Then, cutting out any further ado with great gusto, we went to... ...Starbucks! It was pretty nice, and a great opportunity to finally have a decent chat amongst the four of us. Heh, Megan's been studying the same poet...ess that I was during my GCSEs five years ago. Apparently she's mellowed since then, but I still remember her poems as being rather moany. Mind you, poetry isn't really my thing anyway. Shortly after that, Mimmi, Elaine and I decided we should head for our hotel[s, as it was to turn out], and did so. It was my hope that I could check into their hotel, but unfortunately the receptionist told me they were fully booked. Still, the whole side of Prince's Square was covered in hotels, so the chances were I had to find somewhere. Which I did, thankfully ^_^ Mimmi and I had dinner in her hotel's restaurant (well... I ate and she watched, heh). It makes me sound greedy to say I ate two pizzas, which I did, but they were only the small ones, like the Chicago Town ones you stick in the microwave. There was a really nice impressionst-esque oil painting on the wall there... lots of pretty colours. Mimmi and I spent a while wondering what the painting might have been of- it's really quite indistinct. You could make out colours and shapes of big things like buildings, but whether the coloured blobs were people or gondolas we were never quite sure. Still, one showing of Nintendogs and a rather bizarre case of having to literally throw Mimmi off one of my many beds in my hotel room, I went to bed, expecting to collapse from exhaustion. Unfortunately I didn't, and it took me quite a while to get to sleep. Not to mention the weird noises people were making outside the window. I have never heard such loud and vaguely bizarre noises ever being shouted across a street, and they were literally: "Wooea-arghar-oo!" "Ai-oooeaareaio!" And that at about three am. Hmm... More London storiesness tomorrow, heh. I need a bath, a massage and sleep Although possibly not in that order. I offered to take the dogs for a walk despite the various bits of my body I've strained recently (back, ankle and with my arm feeling progressively more numb), and it's not very comfortable. But at the moment I'm trying to anything I can to help so that Venetia can feel better, so I'm telling myself not to care about my own physical state. And personally I think I complain too much anyway. I hardly whine, but I know I can put up with it, so I shut up. Now, to see if OB works here... ...it doesn't. Poofaces. Ah well ^_^; To downstairs!

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