[random collection of ponders I shouldn't leave collecting static dust in my folders]

I like this boy. Okay I “like“ this boy. The reason why I use the word “like“ the way I do is because I’ve never really “met“ this boy. The reason why I use the word “met“ the way I do (the same why I  use “like“ in quotation marks) is because I’ve never really “spoken“ to this boy. You get where I’m going with with my overusage (and probably wrong usage) of “”? Even after all the uncertainty I am still very “intrigued“.

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It’s your ridiculous prowess and the things you say and do I can’t digest.

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“DBS”

This is how Chicken the cat wakes me up in the morning when she wants to get her noms.

Today started off at what I would have thought was a good day but a sudden sadness hit me when I got to my parents place for the weekly “parent/child” get together. My dad still has flu/cold symptoms and when I saw him he was high on some kind of medication so he felt real tired and was zoning out. My mum wasn’t her chipper self. She was kind of moody. I left about 1 1/2 hours later and made my way to Ikea to use the gift vouchers I got for my birthday. Traffic was ridiculous and my car airconditioning was blowing hot air. I thought some Ikea retail therapy would lift my spirits up a little but it didn’t really do much. I did get a bed in breakfast tray which I’m currently using as a laptop ‘table’. That’s kinda cool I guess. I also got a handy ironing board cause I’m going to start taking better care of my clothes (ie - ironing them!) and the usual scented candles and pet hair removal rollers. I also spent close to 200 rm on groceries (!).

I guess before talking about today I should haven’t talked about yesterday, which was Halloween. I got my bangs cut so I could go as Buttercup of the Powerpuff Girls but had the black/green dress coordination all messed up. I ended up just putting lots of blood on my face and facial ‘prosthetics’. The latter didn’t really stay on for long with the humid weather here. Oh well. I had another back-up - Edna Mode. Ha ha. Mel dressed up as Olyve Oil and Ben was DICK IN A BOX. Pretty sweet. Maybe I can pull something decent off next year! It was a pretty early night. (Jump to first paragraph if you want the ‘chronological’ string of events)

So I’m in the here and now. I am recording a VO demo tomorrow. I’m hoping this is a step into the world of VO’s (and extra cash).

We arrived in London on my 29th Birthday (10/10) and by the time we got to our hostel it was late. By the time we all freshened up, it was later so in the end we ate a late dinner at this restaurant Punjabi @ Covent Garden. The food was excellent though and the bottle of white wine cheaper than an appetizer ;-). How adult of us no? No crazy birthday antics though and no conversations with taxi drivers about Jupiter and all that. Pretty low key and I think everyone was tired anyway.

The next morning Cece & Carly were flying back home. After spending a week with those girls (and I mean almost every waking minute with eachother!) it was sad to see them go. Carly teared up and I did too..sigh. If all goes well I’ll be back in the US again next year “The seas parted ways and left em’ to be!” (Seas = C&C and EM’ = M&M) ha ha I know I’m so special. So yeah it was just Marie and I for the rest of the day. We were waiting for Aash to call me back so he could give us directions on how to get to his apt for us to store our shit for the rest of the day. In the meantime though we made friends with the tube guy at the Royal Oak station. I dunno what we talked about but he liked us enough to offer his office for us to leave our luggage in while we got breakfast and all. In return though we got him some breakfast and he gave us a surprise big bear hug as we made our way to Aldgate East/White Chappel to meet up with Aash.

Aash lives off Selby Street @ White Chappel. His living room view is a cemetary where people died of Bubonic Plague (refer to past reference of Bubonic Plague). White Chappel is also where the Jack the Ripper murders took place. Lots of awesome history if you ask me! We didn’t have time to have a personal tour of the area but he did take us to the only ‘farm’ in London town aka Spitalfields City Farm. Well, we actually just walked by it cause we were answering the call of hunger… LUNCHERS @ Casa Blue on Brick Lane. Casa Blue is a nice cozy… cafe (?) There aren’t really any proper tables to eat on. Lots of beat up couches and places to lounge. It’s a place to snack and drink basically. Food was good though! I think we ordered their special platter and this special cocktail mixed with energy drinks and other stuff…it was called thai something or other (not the actual name but it had the word ‘thai’ in it). It was really good and before you know it, a bunch of people I’ve met in various stages of my life grouped together drinking from a fishbowl, in harmony. Aww….  Eventually we moved from Casa Blue to the Vibe Bar (hazy recollection of events!) and then finally to this bar/club that was in a warehouse - right behind the RootMaster ‘bustaurant’. Finally about 10 p.m. or so I had to make my way to the airport to catch my flight back ‘home’ - beligerent, sad and a tad confused. It’s a good thing the airport officials a) allowed me to sneak in an extra 5KG for my check-in luggage b) allowed my overweight carry on luggage on board. All good in the hood. Stansted airport officials aren’t assholes after all…well when it’s close to midnight that is! (A reverse Mogwai!?)

So that concludes uSUK Tour 2009… “tour” because it was like going on tour. I was constantly with people and I imagine being in a band ur always around people and at times they get on ur nerves and also it’s hard to get some “alone” time etc..etc.. It was also very tiring but all worth it. It certainly did not SUK (as in uSUK - blah baadd wordplay sorry). Now that I’ve been “home” for nearly 2 weeks, I’m enjoying some time alone doing absolutely nothing. At the same time, I’m doing a lot of thinking which I did little of when travelling. Soooo.. you know how that goes.

Now for some pictures to accompany this post:

Cheers! And it’s back to ‘mai’ random ramblings whenever I feel like it!