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I have been running on the same route along the Thames at once or twice a week since I got here in late September. I get the ocassional stare or what have you, but not once have I gotten an inappropriate comment. Today, I got TWO blatant ones. The first was from a construction worker, who, when I ran past him, said "How you doin, girl?" and when I ( Read more... )

This morning for breakfast I ate a freshly made heartattack of a sausage and egg roll from a local sandwich bar. It was prepared for me by a little old Italian woman who complained to me about her son who wants to change his name ('His name is Rodolfo! It's a beautiful name! Unique! Why would he want to change it?'). It cost me about 3 dollars ( Read more... )

1) I'm so bad at concentrating it's unbelievable ( Read more... )

for some reason this afternoon, two young men began to play jazz in the little alley that my window looks out on. I don't know why. It's just a little side street; not many people walk by. And it didn't look like they were taking donations. But for whatever reason, they set up a drum set (the other guy had a saxophone) and began to play, and were ( Read more... )

This weekend everyone on my program went on a two-night homestay in the English countryside. They took my group out to Herne Bay, a little town on the coast, about 20 minutes away from Canterbury. I was paired up with another boy named Michael -- a hugely tall, fat boy with braces. We stayed with a woman named Pat Millard, who is 66 years old, ( Read more... )

caroline is eating her first made-at-home meal in London.
it's canned soup.
wooooo

Um, I'm leaving for London tomorrow and I may die from fear.

Also, I haven't packed at all.

Well, I've been spending more time being nervous about going to London than anything else, but I just went back to being excited, because I looked a little more closely into the location of the school and the location of my dorm, and it's pretty awesome. As far as I can tell, I'll be living essentially on the Millenium Mile, putting me next door to ( Read more... )

The crocodile hunter died and I'm horrified.
how can the crocodile hunter die? he's invincible
I was just watching him on TV two days ago.