fragment sentences of hate.

there is still snow on the ground.
it snowed all day yesterday.
and it is supposed to snow today as well.
seriously??
i came here because they said it didn't snow.
APPARENTLY, the last time it snowed this much was 7 years ago or something ridiculous.
and of course, i come here and it snows.
people yelling at it and getting so excited... you would think jesus came down and was having a beer or something with everyone.
that is just how excited everyone is.
except me.
i am pissed off that i can't go and do the thing i want to do because they say don't travel unless you have to.
they don't believe in snow plows, salt, shovels... nothing.
people were "sledding" with garbage bags.
this is lame.
and i hate it.

This is how it goes

This is how the night started out (the handsome chap you see with me is Matt). Matt, Jackie and I went out to dinner at Weatherspoons. They have this great deal where you can get two meals off a selected menu for only 5.99. Matt and I took advantage of this deal and got some delicious food. I had a glass of wine with my dinner, and him a diet pepsi. After dinner, we decide to walk around Wolverhampton a bit. There is a theater right across the street from where we were eating so we decided to see how much it is for students. 4.50 about with a student ID. However, the play that was playing was a little weird so we pass. We continue to walk around. Everything closes at like 6pm here… no joke. Even the Starbucks closes at 6pm. Pretty lame. As we were walking back, we found a cute little place that was not crowded. They have these huge comfy couches, and the whole ambiance was pretty good. So we go and take a seat and order some coffee and just talked. It was really nice. It is going to be our new wednesday thing.

Wednesday nights at the SU (student union) are 2 for 1 night. A lot of people go because of the deal, so my friend Heather sent me an IM (instant message) and said to come. I had a cup of espresso… I didn’t want to just sit in my room all night bouncing up and down so I agreed. As we were walking, I told Heather that I was going to get drunk tonight. We get there around 11 and Heather, Sarah and myself go to the bar and order three shots. I don’t know what it was, but you know those chocolate oranges that you have to smash in order for them to look like an orange? That is exactly what it tasted like. They were great. After that we ordered snakebites and made our way back into the other room. Heather and I drink at the same pace so we were done in about 15 minutes so we went pee and went back to the bar, had another one of those shots and another snakebite. Now, one snakebite and I feel pretty buzzed. But we were drinking pretty fast I didn’t feel anything. After we finished that, we went back to the bathroom where Heather and I came to the conclusion that we were twins… destined to be together. This is her…
Anyway, after the bathroom we went back to the bar, had another shot (they were only 1 pound each) and got this tropical drink. It was pretty bomb so I didn’t mind the whole carbonated thing. While Heather was at the bar getting the drinks this guy came up to me and started talking. I welcomed it and he was an English major as well. He asked me what I was drinking and I said “I don’t know… my friend Heather is buying me something”. Yes, I am a jackass sometimes. He started talking to me again and then I realized that Heather was gone so I told him I needed to find my friend. By this time, I am feeling it… and we are out on the dance floor having a great time. We were dancing singing (more like yelling) to each other and just letting loose. After we were done with those drinks we once again had to go to the bathroom. And most of the stalls were out of freakin’ toilet paper. So finding one with toilet paper was an adventure all on its own. Soon after this, we went back to the bar, ordered another shot and another tropical drink thing and one of the exchange students, John started talking to me. He said that I had the most beautiful smile and that he has never seen someone with a smile like mine. And seriously… no joke the other dood from before came up at started talking to me. AWKWARD! Luckily, Heather got the drinks fast and just grabbed my hand and pulled me away. We took our shot and then went back on the dance floor. I am pretty drunk by this time and dancing and singing is by far the best. As we were leaving at 2.45 in the morning, that first guy that started talking to me said “Can I come home with you? I don’t want to walk by myself” That kind of freaked me out, and I was hesitant. He asked where I lived and I told him Randall lines and he lives here too. Well, we walked out without him and went to ASDA to get some food. I got some spring roles (which are not that great) and a Bounty bar which is my favorite candy bar! As we were checking out, Heather goes “Hey look, it is the guy from the SU” I totally don’t look and just go, oh crap oh crap. We all checked out and I asked our friend Justin if he could walk me home. He said it wasn’t a problem and that what the dood said was a little creepy. So we were walking at a slow pace so he could pass us and then waited outside the dorm until we saw he was in the elevator. I gave Justin a hug and said thanks, and told him I would see him tomorrow in class. I get into the elevator still dancing in my head and walk onto the fourth floor. I see that guy at the end of the hallway next to the stairs that I need to take. So, I stop by Matt’s room to see if there is any noise, but it is 3 in the morning… there was nothing. So I walk to the stairs and he is standing there with another guy talking. So I just walk pass them and he goes “You live on this floor? In this corridor?” and I go yes, I just live down the hall and he says “So we are neighbors then” and looks at me funny. I laugh and go yes. As soon as I hear the kitchen door shut, I go into my room and lock the door. CREEPY. I was drunk, so I am sure that made it more creepy than it actually was… but still. You never know. I went to bed shortly after that.

I woke up at 9.30 in the morning because my neighbor is super loud and the construction is being noisy today. Then, I open my damn curtains and see this stupid crap outside. Yeah. Great. Perfect. Make me want to vomit because of it. But, at least I don’t have to go out in it till 5.30. I am tired, but I need to finish House of Mirth as well as eat something. Luckily for me. No hangover. Thank goodness.

Oh, and when Jackie, Matt and myself were walking early, we saw this. The door opens and closes. It is 5pence. Hahaha. Weird.

Divine Intervention

Luckily for you and I both, my friends take pictures of me. This one was sent to me with the label "KYRIE! this is you." Good thing they labeled it like that... heaven knows both you and me might forget what I look like.

I have decided to post a picture with every blog I write. Maybe I will post two or three pictures in a single blog. Depends on my mood. But today, I will post another one a little later on.

Sunday consisted of going to a little cafe, getting a cup of tea and a cookie while reading/writing. It was very delightful and being in a different atmosphere was welcomed. I really do love this little town. Perhaps more than I love Flagstaff. It does remind me a lot of Flagstaff but there is something so different here. I am very glad I picked this little city, even though it isn't that little. But compared to the other cities I had the option of, this one fits me very well.

I can't help but smile every time I wake up and open my windows. This is my lovely view. Even though there is construction to my left, I try to avoid looking over there. When I wake up I immediately open my blinds and smile. I mean honestly... who wouldn't??

I don't have any class today. So I went to a little cafe (different than the one i mentioned before) and had one of the best fruit scones with jam and cream ever. The coffee wasn't that great, but the scone made up for it. I refuse to go to the same cafe more than once until I have been to all of the ones that are around.

My computer/desk is in front of one of my bulletin boards, on it are pictures of the ones i cherish, letters/poems from my dear ones and notes I have made myself to help me get through the hard times. I like the one that says "You're in ENGLAND!" because it is so true. I am in England and I love it. Since early last week, I have not felt homesick, granted I was having such a hard time with people trying to respond to me that it was just freaking me out. Going on week three, and I am happier now than I was when I first got here. I do however miss my friend Samantha dearly. She's my lesbian girlfriend and she too is having this experience in Mexico. I see the picture of Samantha, Ashley, Gia and myself everyday because it sits in its frame right next to my desk. It reminds me of all the good memories and the ones that have still yet to be made!

I plan on trying to finish The House of Mirth today. I have about 100 pages left. I am already sick of reading?! How weird is that?? I think it is because I can't really enjoy the novels because I have a deadline and another novel after that to read. I am sure I will do a re-reading of a couple of these books once school is out. Also... something that is weird. All my classes stop at the end of April, but I have tests on the 22nd of May and the 25th of May. So I am assuming there is no class, that one is to write and study for the exam/final papers.

Other than that, not too much happening. Tuesdays will probably be the most boring days. Everyone has class except me. Wednesday however, will be busy. I go from 10am to 5pm. only two classes too. how strange. three hours of hell for each class. I don't know about you, but my ass hurts after about an hour of sitting in the same place. I might go to the Lake District this weekend with my friend Brittney who is in Essex. I guess it is supposed to be this huge forest thing with mountains, beaches, lakes, etc. etc. So hopefully that will work out. It is near Scotland. I bought a big map of England and hung it up and put a little tack of where Wolverhampton is... It is nice to look at everyday. :0)

Cheers!!

laser tag

Yesterday I went down to Jackie's room because she bought the last episode of Grey's through Itunes... I needed to watch it. It has been too long. Then we were thinking of what to do. I totally forgot about this place my friend Andrew told me about called Star City in Birmingham. They have bowling, Laser tag, food, casino, shops... all really cool places. I was in the mood to play some Laser tag so that is what we decided. I made my excited little self to Matt's room to tell him what the deal was. He said he wanted to go, but his laundry is in the dryer so it would be awhile. I told him to just ring me when he was ready to go. I went back to Jackie's room and told her to get ready. I came back up here and read a bit before I got "the phone call" from Matt saying we need to go. We all meet downstairs and our journey begins.

Our first stop is at the Wolverhampton Art Exhibit which is free and had an Ireland collection and some amazing paintings done as late as the 1700's. It was a lot of fun and very beautiful. I love to get really close to the paintings to look at the way they stroked the brush because it says something about what they wanted to create. At least it does to me... probably due to my Art class I took.

Soon after we got done, we decide to take the metro instead of the train to Birmingham. Alllright, I had never been on the metro, and when I was walking around the little station to see where to buy tickets, there was this man. passed out. looked like he was dead. right there on the ground by the chairs at the waiting spot for the metro. Totally thought he was dead. Matt looked at him for awhile, and saw him breathe a little but it scared the shit out of me. I walked around the corner and these words came out of my mouth "oh fuck."

We got on the metro, which is loud as hell and has about 22 stops before we hit Birmingham. Matt thinks I am hilarious, so I pretty much like him. He told me that I am exactly like his sister... the hair, glasses, attitude (not in the bad way), personality, body mannerisms... so I can't help but think we are destined to become BFF's! haha. I have this thing now where I want to be BFF's with everyone. anyway.

We finally made it into Birmingham and then realized we had no idea how to get there. We start walking around and end up down by a university and we run into Andreea and her friend Alex at a restaurant. After telling them what we were planning to do, they decided to join in. Finally, after asking about 8 people we got into a cab and went there. Thank goodness we did because honestly, it was a 10 minute taxi ride. When we got there, that is when Andreea took the picture as seen above. I was STOKED!

For 5.50 we got to play 30minutes of this laser tag. We were all on the same team, so I couldn't really slaughter them, but we walked out and our team won and I was one of the top three players out of the 30 people. HELL YES I ROCK! It was sooo much fun. I would for sure do it again, and I am fairly certain we will go back because it was a blast. It was huge and there were so many little corners you could go into and hide and shoot people. Yeah, it was a lot of fun.

After we were done, we went to go find food, but people stop serving food at like 7pm, so we were screwed. We just came back here and went to ASDA again and bought some food to eat here. The evening was short lived and we didn't stay up that long... we all went back to our rooms about 10.30. I stayed up and watched episode 12 and 13 of grey's because i hadn't seen that george's dad dies and that everyone is purposing and shit. CRAZY!

I plan on staying in today and reading House of Mirth because I need to have it read by Thursday evening. And I haven't started it yet. So I am happy to say that the first part of the week has been forgotten and replaced with the best second half of the week ever. I am fairly certain this will keep up and I am very thankful for that. :0)

Cheers!

1 pound drinks and other good times

We went out again last night thanks to getting most drinks for about 1 pound. I had one and was spinning a little bit. I went with Andreea and Jackie again, then met some of the other exchange students there. (I hate that my glasses make me look like I have a screwed up eye sometimes)Tonight was "70's night" and everyone could dress up as hippies and get in free. But, not a lot of people did it, and they were playing all this god damn disko music and the DJ would just start talking in the middle of a good song and just freakin' ruin it. Jackie and I left around midnight because we wanted pizza and french fries/onion rings. So we walk to asda and buy all this food and go back to the dorm and make it. On our way there, we went by Matt's room to see if he wanted to join us for our feast.

Can I just mention now, that I am a complete idiot sometimes? I was left to heat the oven and put the pizza in there. Well, I turned it on and there are two levels with two different doors. I automatically thought we would use the top part because usually the bottom is like a broiler. After 20 minutes I said "I can't smell the pizza" and Matt opens the oven door and says "The bottom one is the one that is hot... not the top" SOOOO, I pretty much rock at this game. We moved the pizzas down and waited again. We were all talking and having a good time... getting to know each other. It was loads of fun. A lot of the exchange students are going into Birmingham about now, and Matt, Jackie and I didnt really want to go, so we were searching for things to do today... until about 4.30 in the morning. haha. We figured out that we wanted to go somewhere... I can't remember, but I don't think it is going to happen. We wanted to go see a castle somewhere, and we found one that would be open today, but who knows when they will wake up.

I woke up at 10 in the morning and just told myself I wasn't allowed to sleep all day. So I got dressed, did some reading and then went to ASDA to buy much needed food. Well, the thing with ASDA is that it is like an England Walmart so it is cheap and has everything. DON'T GO ON A SATURDAY MORNING! When we went last night was an ideal time, but shopping at midnight doesn't sound like too much fun. Anyway, I got some food that will last me awhile and am now here, writing for your viewing pleasure.

The sun is out again today. TWO DAYS in a row now. Pretty amazing. The one thing that screws me up though is that even though it is 1pm here, it still looks like it is about 9 am. Oh, and last night since we were up so late... I came back into my room and there was all this fog. It reminded me of San Francisco when I would stay with my aunt while I was younger. I opened my window and just stood there smelling it.

ALSO! There are these FREAKIN' birds that only CHIRP at NIGHT, and it SCREWS WITH YOUR MIND. HOLY MANOLY. I wanted to get a shotgun and just start killing them. It was ridiculous. I never hear them because my room is next to the construction and there are no trees around, but the kitchen we were in last night had them and you could hear them. We heard them Wednesday as well. Seriously though... they only come out and chirp in the middle of the night. it is enough to drive you crazy.

I have given up reading Robinson Crusoe. I got to about 150 and couldn't take it anymore. Spark notes will just have to work, because I can't handle reading the way Daniel Defoe writes. Granted, that is how they wrote in the time... but seriously... no.

If we go anywhere, I will let you know and will tell you if I uploaded new pictures. Have a great weekend.

Cheers!

at the end of the day

Today has been such a great day! I haven't done anything except go to class at 6pm. However, I will be very busy reading seeing as I have to read three novels almost every week. haha, gooo me.

The exchange advisor here, Nicola emailed me today telling me to come into her office to work out my accommodation problem. She called some people and nothing showed up, so I will not be charged at all. That was all I wanted, and it took bloody forever. She told me where I could go to pay for my accommodation so I did that today. I got an extra 50 pounds taken off because I paid so early, but it was very, very close to $2,000 still. But, it is done and now I am pretty much stress free.


I didn't have my Story of English class today because the academic advisor said it was on Thursday, but it is on Wednesday. I went and talked to the professor and told her my situation and she was very understanding and said not to worry about it and she will see me next WEDNESDAY. ha.

Tonight I think I am going to take it easy. I have a sore throat... might be due to the fact that I was singing/screaming last night, but I am going to rest just in case it isnt from that. I have books to read!! The one I am reading right now is dreadful. Robinson Crusoe is what it is called and I want to shoot myself. haha. I also need to start reading House of Mirth tomorrow, and luckily, I don't have to buy that because my Aunt Jeri gave it to me for my birthday present and I brought it with me! How lucky am I!! So that will save me a couple of bucks. woohoo.


I am in a much better mood today. I am pretty sure I lost at least 10 pounds because my clothes are not fitting right at all. And I just washed these clothes so they should be at least a little tight. But hey, I am NOT complaining about the loss of weight. I encourage it.


Here is a picture of me and Andreea from last night. This was when we first entered which is why I have my jacket on.

dancing the night away

I got invited out last night, and while I was worrying about everything I figured I needed to go in order to get out of this room and meet people. oh. my. goodness. I am SOOOO glad I went. We left around 10.30, Matt, another exchange student i met on the first day was outside and he mentioned something about "The union being the place to be" I told him this was true and that he should come. He said he wasn't a big drinker, and I told him I wasn't either... so he decided to go. Then A and J and two of A's friends. Matt said he would be our body guard. So we walk to the union pay 3 pounds, go through security and arrive at one of the three bars.

It took me about a half hour or so to break out of my shell. The guy Justin that I met was there with his girlfriend and her friend. They played some weird songs, but also some amazing songs. It kind of reminded me of home because of all the American music they played. I finally got on the dance floor and just had the time of my life!! I don't really dance, and I for sure wasn't dressed up or had make up... I had been crying for an hour, so I probably didn't look that great, but oh well. Justin's girlfriend, Sarah and her friend, Heather are so hilarious. I really had a great time with them. We are supposed to go shopping on Friday, so I am excited about that. Around 12.30 Heather, Justins's girlfriend's friend bought me a snakebite. I guess it is a beer and something else. But either way it was delicious. Matt even sucked it up and had a beer too. We danced and sang to the songs we knew and just had a great time. We left around 1.45 because I was tired, Matt was tired and him and I both have class this morning. I have about an hour before I need to leave for class. But I woke up without a hangover and remembered a great night. My ears were ringing for who knows how long last night, but it was such a great time. I am really, really glad I went... I met a few new people and just forgot about the stuff that worries me and HAD A GOOD TIME. I think I really needed that, and I am very glad I didn't just stay here and read. Next time though, I am dressing up a little more and putting some make up on.

That was the excitement of my night. It was nice to let lose and dance (even though I don't know how to) and just meet new people and sing at the top of my lungs. Jackie even let loose... she had two drinks and was dancing... Jackie doesnt dance, so it was nice... we both came out of our shells last night and I couldn't be more happy. I have stepped back into communication with people!!