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'That's some flassy shit right there - where's the beef at?!'
Sorry I haven't posted in ages especially since a load of important or at least different thingshappened to me over the past week.
Well on the Thursday before last, I went on a psychology trip to a lecture where the main lecturer was Zimbardo. Now Zimbardo is one of the most famous psychologists ever bar Freud himself so I was pretty excited I guess. I mean, I'm never enthusiastic about psychology or schoolwork in general :D
Basically his study was about prisons (the Stanford Prison Study) and why people act the way they do in prisons but then it went all crzy and people begna believeing they were who they were playing including Zimbardo himself. His study is like one of the few interesting experiements fore all these restricting ethical guidelines came in including the shcoking of the puppy and Milgram's electric shock experiments.
So me, Sophi, Hannah, Nicola, Kelly and some year 13s all wandered over to London to hwere it was taking place. Which was right next to the Houses Of Parliament. First there was a lecture about Bobo and human aggression. That was pretty interesting but we missed a lot of it. Then was the lecture on ecological validity which looked set to be the crappest of them all but turned out to be alright. Besides the slide of the cat making a sand castle out of his litter tray was pretty damn distracting if irrelevant. Then there was a guy who Mrs McKenna absolutely hates who was doing a lecture on sex but I liked it funnily enough :D
Me, Sophi and Hannah went to lunch.Hannah is pretty damn cool. She's literally one of the nicest people I know and she could definitely be a model if she wanted to. Plus she's in the school or mock learning with me :P There was an odd bloke who worked in the cafe who kept wandering around so we reckon he was in love with Hannah and he quickest masturator ever as he kept running to the toilet a lot.
Finally Zimbardo's study was next and Mrs McKenna pulled me, Hannah and Sophi to the front seats. She was being such a fangirl it was almost scary. It's not right seeing a fully grown woman act like that. His lecture was pretty damn interesting - it was on The Lucifer Effect i.e. how good people can do bad things. There were some really grisly images from the Abu Graib camp which even made me wince a little. You could tell Zimbardo was from the Bronx by the turns of phrase he chose to emply. H eloved saying 'shit' as well. I particularly remember 'shit is shit, it won't be vanilla'. After he had finished, McKenna bombed it up there and hugged him and got a picture taken, making sure to give evil looks to the ginger woman who had also come to do the same.
Afterwards, she was gushing and looking all flustered but yet she said he was a sweaty man lol! We got back after many had disappeared to stay in London only to find our train was seriously delayed. In the end, we had to go to Stanstead and her daughter picked us up.
In the car it was awfully silent. Nicola and Sophi weren't saying a thing and I felt bad for her daughter who hadcome all this way to help us. So I made as much convo as I culd. She was ultra nice as well so it wasn't too hard. She was lsitening to the new album by The Killers as well so I used them as the main point of convo.
Sophi sorta stormed off when we got back to Chelmsford even though it turned out she was going the same way as us, so me and Nicola walked off talking about holidays and both revealed to be geographical bimbos lol! Nicola is another one I was surprised it was quite easy to talk to :)
Mutti came and picked me up on the scooter and I prepared for an extremley early night since I was going to the airport early next morning. I lay in bed for ages. I could still see the sun was up and it was riving me insane. So I listened to my iPod a bit and I soon drifted off. However at 2.30am I completely slept through my alarm and it took my mutti waking me up at 3am before I got up.
The radio was playing really loudly and mutti was surprisingly cheery. I soon got into my normal state and was actually quite hyped as I made sure I had everything. Only Scott was being very sulky. Howver things looked up as we got into the van and started discussing musik and dead people lol! We finally got to the airport and alles war gut except when unti lwe got to part where they check your hand luggage. Mutti completely forgot about the fact she had medical scissors in her luggage for her wounds. Thankfully it all got sorted although I was less than happy.
However another setback came in the form of the plane itself. A part of it wasn't working so we had to wait for ages before it was sorted out and in that time a man has walked off the pane in utter fear that he was gonna die. Naturally I was rather worried myself and mutti wasn't helping by saying 'final destination' every few minutes. I was sure my tshirt had cursed everything. I thought I was being so clever wearing my R+ Ins Verderben tshirt with the skull and the plane on it and the inscription in German of 'Higher higher into danger. We must live and we must die.' Now I was practically shitting myself. However all was soon sorted out and we were off. I reckon the man next to me thought I was insane from the fact I kept cheering about stupid things and dancing in my seat. Passed the time after all.
Finally in Spain wasn't as hot as I thought. I was all excited and shizz as I would be. The coach was ready as soon as we got out to take us to Reus to whereever we went from there then a taxi took out to our hotel. Our hotel was so pretty and modern looking. obviously I'm easily impressed but still! Barcelona so far was looking very good. Our room was similarly cute methinks. But then I don't have an awful lot to compare it to. I spent some time watching anime dubbed with spanish including this soccer anime where Germans were portrayed as evil. Eventually I got the massge that Salem was in the hotel lobby and she needed to know our room number.
I heard a knock at the door and answered it to get glomped backwards through the door into a wall. All I could do was weakly hug back and pat her back while urging her to calm down. What is it with people hugging me with the intent of breaking my spine!? I was incredibly happy to seee her and she looked even more adorable than pictures could portray. I introduced her to my mother and soon she was taking us to her apartment to meet her mother so we could go to Park Guell even though Mutti's plan was to have a good shower lol!
Once her mother was collected we all went to the park. It was so gorgeous there and me and mutti were incredulous that they didn't seem too bothered by this amazing place practically on their doorstep! We stopped to have a very expensive lunch (one of which I chose not to eat a lot of) before her mutti left to go look after the kiddy. Her mutti was lovely. I was really worried about her and that she wouldn't like me but she was so sweet. It was a shame that neither of us could speak each toher's language so Salem served as a translator. I was so envious of her and her ability to speak both English and Spanish so well. It startled me even more to find out she taught herself from a videogame or something to that effect.
Being wit Salem over the whole time made me feel like I was in some shoujo-ai or something. She clung onto my arm and would tap my nose telling me how cute I was. Even my evil looks were seen as adorable. My hands were also subject to staring. It was highly flattering but I've never been so cuteifyed (not a word!). I've never thought of myself as cutesy but she made me feel that way. Very odd sensation. Maybe she was just saying it lol
I found it failr y easy to get on with her but I found it a little stressful because I really didn't want to disappoint her. And sadly that led to my boisterous ignoring/nudging games that I often play if I like someone enough. I tried to stop but wasn't really working out.
Later we agreed to meet after her poetry reading at her school but due to the changing bus routes in Barcelona and our lack of knowedge about Barcelona, we ended up lost in the red light district at 11pm so eventually we went home very pissed off.
However, we were both fine in the morning - less pissy at least. And we went to go have breakfast in a nearby cafe and went to get some crappy snackfoods from the supermeerkat lol. We spent some time watching crappy German soap operas like Schlechten Tagen Guten Tagen or vice vera which had some bad acting that's for sure but was amusing enough. Later we discovered we could get German MTV so we agreed to get it as well once we got home. It introduced me to some new bands but sadly no Yvonne Catterfeld.
Salem came to take me shopping in Barcelona and we went to loads of little places. It led to us going backwards and forwards an awful lot but fun enough. I ended up buying a Rosenrot single, a R+ badge, a R+ flag of Rosenrot although it wasn't the Mutter one I wanted *le sigh* and two anime figures which were ultra-kyoot! Salem also bought me 'Bodypop' by And One which has really, really grown on me. Love it in fact! The bloke working in the music shop seemed very surprised that an English girl would like German musik. It's not we're all still holding a grudge about the war!
We then went to go meet Salem's friend Merju but she was with people that Salem was less than friendly terms with so we ended up drifting off away and having some ice cream near a statue, talking about R+. I'm not entirely sure what I think or Merju. I mean, we only met briefly and she apparently doesn't feel comfortable with her Englsh so I couldn't realy make a knowledgeable decision about her but ah *shrugs*
Later me and mutti had dinner at her apartment. I notroiously do not eat salad as a rule or particularly odd shizz but that night I made an exception. And enjoyed it. I couldn't help feeling a bit jealous and left out as mutti and salem were talking and I couldnt exactly speak to her mother. But I soon got overthat and was soon trying to protect myself from the wrath of the kiddy who was throwing cds at me and ramming the pushchair into my chair.
On Sunday mutti, me and Salem went sightseeing which was snazz. I saw the Sagrada Familia, the Gothic Quarter, and other shizz which somewhat escapes my memory. It was clear that Salem was getting abit frightened bu me and mutti especially when we started talking about the fish which were going to get her. Annoyingly the Fountain of Light happened to be closed the very weekend we were there so instead we went off to dinner.
Oh I forgot to say - on Saturday I finally got to go to the infamous pit of pillows. It certainly is a pit of pillows. Oh yes
Monday morning was when we had to leave. Salem came to wish us off from the hotel as we were taken to the airport by her mother. On the way, we saw a really awful car crash that endd up with a car on its back!
We eventually got home after a long journey, a passprort chekcy bloke who thought himself more important than his salary would suggest, anothe rlong bus journey, embracing the Uk again and lunch in Chelmy. Oh and after mutti complaining about the bus prices to get home.
Much as I liked Barcelona, I could never live there. I need a place with order like the UK. Which leads me on to something important.
Recently the best thing ever happened to me. I got ambition. I finally know what I want to be and Mutti approves entirely. In fact she thinks it's a great idea. I'm going to teach Enlgish to German children. Preferably in Berlin. It makes my gap year plan perfect because it gives me a year to immerse myself there and see if I like it there.
Really am so happy! *does a dance*
Sorry I haven't posted in ages especially since a load of important or at least different thingshappened to me over the past week.
Well on the Thursday before last, I went on a psychology trip to a lecture where the main lecturer was Zimbardo. Now Zimbardo is one of the most famous psychologists ever bar Freud himself so I was pretty excited I guess. I mean, I'm never enthusiastic about psychology or schoolwork in general :D
Basically his study was about prisons (the Stanford Prison Study) and why people act the way they do in prisons but then it went all crzy and people begna believeing they were who they were playing including Zimbardo himself. His study is like one of the few interesting experiements fore all these restricting ethical guidelines came in including the shcoking of the puppy and Milgram's electric shock experiments.
So me, Sophi, Hannah, Nicola, Kelly and some year 13s all wandered over to London to hwere it was taking place. Which was right next to the Houses Of Parliament. First there was a lecture about Bobo and human aggression. That was pretty interesting but we missed a lot of it. Then was the lecture on ecological validity which looked set to be the crappest of them all but turned out to be alright. Besides the slide of the cat making a sand castle out of his litter tray was pretty damn distracting if irrelevant. Then there was a guy who Mrs McKenna absolutely hates who was doing a lecture on sex but I liked it funnily enough :D
Me, Sophi and Hannah went to lunch.Hannah is pretty damn cool. She's literally one of the nicest people I know and she could definitely be a model if she wanted to. Plus she's in the school or mock learning with me :P There was an odd bloke who worked in the cafe who kept wandering around so we reckon he was in love with Hannah and he quickest masturator ever as he kept running to the toilet a lot.
Finally Zimbardo's study was next and Mrs McKenna pulled me, Hannah and Sophi to the front seats. She was being such a fangirl it was almost scary. It's not right seeing a fully grown woman act like that. His lecture was pretty damn interesting - it was on The Lucifer Effect i.e. how good people can do bad things. There were some really grisly images from the Abu Graib camp which even made me wince a little. You could tell Zimbardo was from the Bronx by the turns of phrase he chose to emply. H eloved saying 'shit' as well. I particularly remember 'shit is shit, it won't be vanilla'. After he had finished, McKenna bombed it up there and hugged him and got a picture taken, making sure to give evil looks to the ginger woman who had also come to do the same.
Afterwards, she was gushing and looking all flustered but yet she said he was a sweaty man lol! We got back after many had disappeared to stay in London only to find our train was seriously delayed. In the end, we had to go to Stanstead and her daughter picked us up.
In the car it was awfully silent. Nicola and Sophi weren't saying a thing and I felt bad for her daughter who hadcome all this way to help us. So I made as much convo as I culd. She was ultra nice as well so it wasn't too hard. She was lsitening to the new album by The Killers as well so I used them as the main point of convo.
Sophi sorta stormed off when we got back to Chelmsford even though it turned out she was going the same way as us, so me and Nicola walked off talking about holidays and both revealed to be geographical bimbos lol! Nicola is another one I was surprised it was quite easy to talk to :)
Mutti came and picked me up on the scooter and I prepared for an extremley early night since I was going to the airport early next morning. I lay in bed for ages. I could still see the sun was up and it was riving me insane. So I listened to my iPod a bit and I soon drifted off. However at 2.30am I completely slept through my alarm and it took my mutti waking me up at 3am before I got up.
The radio was playing really loudly and mutti was surprisingly cheery. I soon got into my normal state and was actually quite hyped as I made sure I had everything. Only Scott was being very sulky. Howver things looked up as we got into the van and started discussing musik and dead people lol! We finally got to the airport and alles war gut except when unti lwe got to part where they check your hand luggage. Mutti completely forgot about the fact she had medical scissors in her luggage for her wounds. Thankfully it all got sorted although I was less than happy.
However another setback came in the form of the plane itself. A part of it wasn't working so we had to wait for ages before it was sorted out and in that time a man has walked off the pane in utter fear that he was gonna die. Naturally I was rather worried myself and mutti wasn't helping by saying 'final destination' every few minutes. I was sure my tshirt had cursed everything. I thought I was being so clever wearing my R+ Ins Verderben tshirt with the skull and the plane on it and the inscription in German of 'Higher higher into danger. We must live and we must die.' Now I was practically shitting myself. However all was soon sorted out and we were off. I reckon the man next to me thought I was insane from the fact I kept cheering about stupid things and dancing in my seat. Passed the time after all.
Finally in Spain wasn't as hot as I thought. I was all excited and shizz as I would be. The coach was ready as soon as we got out to take us to Reus to whereever we went from there then a taxi took out to our hotel. Our hotel was so pretty and modern looking. obviously I'm easily impressed but still! Barcelona so far was looking very good. Our room was similarly cute methinks. But then I don't have an awful lot to compare it to. I spent some time watching anime dubbed with spanish including this soccer anime where Germans were portrayed as evil. Eventually I got the massge that Salem was in the hotel lobby and she needed to know our room number.
I heard a knock at the door and answered it to get glomped backwards through the door into a wall. All I could do was weakly hug back and pat her back while urging her to calm down. What is it with people hugging me with the intent of breaking my spine!? I was incredibly happy to seee her and she looked even more adorable than pictures could portray. I introduced her to my mother and soon she was taking us to her apartment to meet her mother so we could go to Park Guell even though Mutti's plan was to have a good shower lol!
Once her mother was collected we all went to the park. It was so gorgeous there and me and mutti were incredulous that they didn't seem too bothered by this amazing place practically on their doorstep! We stopped to have a very expensive lunch (one of which I chose not to eat a lot of) before her mutti left to go look after the kiddy. Her mutti was lovely. I was really worried about her and that she wouldn't like me but she was so sweet. It was a shame that neither of us could speak each toher's language so Salem served as a translator. I was so envious of her and her ability to speak both English and Spanish so well. It startled me even more to find out she taught herself from a videogame or something to that effect.
Being wit Salem over the whole time made me feel like I was in some shoujo-ai or something. She clung onto my arm and would tap my nose telling me how cute I was. Even my evil looks were seen as adorable. My hands were also subject to staring. It was highly flattering but I've never been so cuteifyed (not a word!). I've never thought of myself as cutesy but she made me feel that way. Very odd sensation. Maybe she was just saying it lol
I found it failr y easy to get on with her but I found it a little stressful because I really didn't want to disappoint her. And sadly that led to my boisterous ignoring/nudging games that I often play if I like someone enough. I tried to stop but wasn't really working out.
Later we agreed to meet after her poetry reading at her school but due to the changing bus routes in Barcelona and our lack of knowedge about Barcelona, we ended up lost in the red light district at 11pm so eventually we went home very pissed off.
However, we were both fine in the morning - less pissy at least. And we went to go have breakfast in a nearby cafe and went to get some crappy snackfoods from the supermeerkat lol. We spent some time watching crappy German soap operas like Schlechten Tagen Guten Tagen or vice vera which had some bad acting that's for sure but was amusing enough. Later we discovered we could get German MTV so we agreed to get it as well once we got home. It introduced me to some new bands but sadly no Yvonne Catterfeld.
Salem came to take me shopping in Barcelona and we went to loads of little places. It led to us going backwards and forwards an awful lot but fun enough. I ended up buying a Rosenrot single, a R+ badge, a R+ flag of Rosenrot although it wasn't the Mutter one I wanted *le sigh* and two anime figures which were ultra-kyoot! Salem also bought me 'Bodypop' by And One which has really, really grown on me. Love it in fact! The bloke working in the music shop seemed very surprised that an English girl would like German musik. It's not we're all still holding a grudge about the war!
We then went to go meet Salem's friend Merju but she was with people that Salem was less than friendly terms with so we ended up drifting off away and having some ice cream near a statue, talking about R+. I'm not entirely sure what I think or Merju. I mean, we only met briefly and she apparently doesn't feel comfortable with her Englsh so I couldn't realy make a knowledgeable decision about her but ah *shrugs*
Later me and mutti had dinner at her apartment. I notroiously do not eat salad as a rule or particularly odd shizz but that night I made an exception. And enjoyed it. I couldn't help feeling a bit jealous and left out as mutti and salem were talking and I couldnt exactly speak to her mother. But I soon got overthat and was soon trying to protect myself from the wrath of the kiddy who was throwing cds at me and ramming the pushchair into my chair.
On Sunday mutti, me and Salem went sightseeing which was snazz. I saw the Sagrada Familia, the Gothic Quarter, and other shizz which somewhat escapes my memory. It was clear that Salem was getting abit frightened bu me and mutti especially when we started talking about the fish which were going to get her. Annoyingly the Fountain of Light happened to be closed the very weekend we were there so instead we went off to dinner.
Oh I forgot to say - on Saturday I finally got to go to the infamous pit of pillows. It certainly is a pit of pillows. Oh yes
Monday morning was when we had to leave. Salem came to wish us off from the hotel as we were taken to the airport by her mother. On the way, we saw a really awful car crash that endd up with a car on its back!
We eventually got home after a long journey, a passprort chekcy bloke who thought himself more important than his salary would suggest, anothe rlong bus journey, embracing the Uk again and lunch in Chelmy. Oh and after mutti complaining about the bus prices to get home.
Much as I liked Barcelona, I could never live there. I need a place with order like the UK. Which leads me on to something important.
Recently the best thing ever happened to me. I got ambition. I finally know what I want to be and Mutti approves entirely. In fact she thinks it's a great idea. I'm going to teach Enlgish to German children. Preferably in Berlin. It makes my gap year plan perfect because it gives me a year to immerse myself there and see if I like it there.
Really am so happy! *does a dance*