its 3pm on wednesday afternoon, my weekend officially started 4 hours ago and its 20 degees outside. i just fell asleep for an hour in the sun, i have no pressing engagments, homeworkwise, due until next monday. its like summer back home, except without all you guys. it got me to thinking, its a good job it doesnt get this hot in scotland all the time, folks would just be drunk permanintely ! its a perfect day for cider in the sun. i took some pictures on my phone so il post them later for the skimmers.
all in all i had a very productive day, i had 2 classes and a test and then i went to the gym for an hour. i set up a meeting with someone about my visa. then i walked to the union and went to the cafe next to the market for a grilled vegetable pita and some lemonade. Then obv the snooze in the sun and now im back home listening to music i downloaded the other night.
just thought id let you know of the bliss that is my student life. but before you all rush out and deside your bored of being stuck at home and need a break... just so you know i would give it all up in a heartbeat. right now, to be back in edinburgh with the rain beating down on me as i wait for the 26 bus with a pund coin in my hand sounds like like a very distant dream. you probably do it without thinking but for me heading up town to go to the pub and see some familiar faces is what im dreaming of when im lying in the kansas sun. weird i know but that sort of normality is just what i need, as soon as i have it i know il just be dreaming of lyeing in the sun in february, the grass is always greener on the other side, right ? but i hope il appreciate it more. of course im also dreaming of the amazing summer im going to have surfing in torfino on vancouver island with debi. so im not completely mad.
im going to start writing the name on the song that i take the lyric for the title of my blogs at the bottom, just so you know :) because normally its either a song im loving or one which is really relevant to what im feeling and i want to remember that. like a music blog...or something.
Scissor Sisters - lights
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Sunday, February 25, 2007
mmbop dap by doom bop
on sat night me and philippa finally got round to going to a basketball game ! it still amazes me how big an event collage sport is here. so heres a few pictures and videos from the night.
this is the stadium its about 3 mins away from my house, all the guys games are on espn so thats pretty cool.
the final score
this first video is just both teams practising but listen to the bad. thats rihgt they are plaing fall out boy !
i only took 3 videos and kansas scored in all of them so here they are:
seen this on the way home
class
this is the stadium its about 3 mins away from my house, all the guys games are on espn so thats pretty cool.
the final score
this first video is just both teams practising but listen to the bad. thats rihgt they are plaing fall out boy !
i only took 3 videos and kansas scored in all of them so here they are:
seen this on the way home
class
Saturday, February 24, 2007
oh flower of scotland
So here are the last few pictures from when my mum and dad were here. we all went out for dinner and we all had steak, which was sooooo yummy.
this is the view of mass street from my mum and dads hotel window, its the main shopping street in lawrence and every time i said mass street my mum thoguht i was saying my street. what a daftey
mass street again, thats my dad on the bottom left
mum and dad across the street
we went on a walk along the river but my dad took all the picture so i dont have any more pictures of their time here. it was so good to see my mum and dad and it was exactely the little boost i needed to get to may, like a power pack. i worked it out and its 76 day until my flight home. which really is nothing, nothing at all.
on tuesday night i went to see of montreal mainly for alice but it turned out to be a really good gig and they were very extravagent ! and alice i was going to buy u a present but they only had cds and t shrits and im not made of dollars...but i did take u this picture
last night me and philippa had a scottish night so we could eat chips with chippy sauce and compare cream eggs ! this pic looks like a mark and sparks ad
mmmm the condiments
american cadbury cream eggs are smaller than the brittish ones, how crazy. and also the text is tilted to the right. from this i conclude that americans look at things differently
tased the same though, mmmmmmm thanks nana
irn bru in a tin, mmmmmmmmmmm
and heres a pic of rhonda and saho (saho is my new room mate)
this is the view of mass street from my mum and dads hotel window, its the main shopping street in lawrence and every time i said mass street my mum thoguht i was saying my street. what a daftey
mass street again, thats my dad on the bottom left
mum and dad across the street
we went on a walk along the river but my dad took all the picture so i dont have any more pictures of their time here. it was so good to see my mum and dad and it was exactely the little boost i needed to get to may, like a power pack. i worked it out and its 76 day until my flight home. which really is nothing, nothing at all.
on tuesday night i went to see of montreal mainly for alice but it turned out to be a really good gig and they were very extravagent ! and alice i was going to buy u a present but they only had cds and t shrits and im not made of dollars...but i did take u this picture
last night me and philippa had a scottish night so we could eat chips with chippy sauce and compare cream eggs ! this pic looks like a mark and sparks ad
mmmm the condiments
american cadbury cream eggs are smaller than the brittish ones, how crazy. and also the text is tilted to the right. from this i conclude that americans look at things differently
tased the same though, mmmmmmm thanks nana
irn bru in a tin, mmmmmmmmmmm
and heres a pic of rhonda and saho (saho is my new room mate)
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
im just sitting here watching the world go round and round
i just realised if you click on my wee map on the right you can zoom in to any of the dots. its so cool i can guess who it is. i appear pretty multicultural, so far i have...from north to south:
Aberdeen - Alice and Sophi
Stirling - Greg, (other people have my blog ad in stirling but im not sure who looks ? comment because i want to know you care !)
Edinburgh - the bulk of my fan base !
the isle of man - was not aware i had fans here ?
worchester - again not sure who
london - Garry and christine, maybe some other people ?
Bristol - not sure who
maidstone kent - edith
paris - im guessing Jess
then over on this side of the blog
fernie - Debie
ottawa - Carly, michael and calum
winnipeg - not sure ?
iowa - dont know ?
kansas - meeeeee !
atlanta, georgia - Greg !
pretty impressive. if you are not on that list and your not from edinburgh i dont know why my map hasnt noticed you...butlet me know. comment to ur hearts content. i love it. p.s i hope you all found me again ok
x
Aberdeen - Alice and Sophi
Stirling - Greg, (other people have my blog ad in stirling but im not sure who looks ? comment because i want to know you care !)
Edinburgh - the bulk of my fan base !
the isle of man - was not aware i had fans here ?
worchester - again not sure who
london - Garry and christine, maybe some other people ?
Bristol - not sure who
maidstone kent - edith
paris - im guessing Jess
then over on this side of the blog
fernie - Debie
ottawa - Carly, michael and calum
winnipeg - not sure ?
iowa - dont know ?
kansas - meeeeee !
atlanta, georgia - Greg !
pretty impressive. if you are not on that list and your not from edinburgh i dont know why my map hasnt noticed you...butlet me know. comment to ur hearts content. i love it. p.s i hope you all found me again ok
x
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
woooahh oooh and my parents love me
Before I start here is a vid my dad took in Chicago from the Sears tower
and this one is from millennium park
Hey, so I kind of left you guys hanging. This is the rest of my parents trip here in photos and if I can be bothered tonnes of words !so after our eating/sightseeing/freezing fest in Chicago we got the beautiful 2 layer Amtrak train to Lawrence.
At first we hung out in the viewing lounge with some snacks
it was really good because we got to see quite a bit before it got dark and we could all sit next to each other
then at 7:30 we went to the dinner cart for some dinner. It was really good I had a nice burger and I think mum and dad had steak.
it was amazing that the people who worked there managed to pour drinks and all sorts whilst on a moving train. It doesn’t feel like u are so high up in the train even though we were on the top floor the whole time. And the trains are really nice and spacious tons of leg room and they organise where u sit pretty well, rather clever.
Inevitably we got really sleepy and passed out !
on 12:30 Monday morning we arrived in Lawrence. You could def tell it was a lot warmer that Chicago but it was still cold. We got a taxi and it dropped mum and dad off at the hotel and I went home. This is a pic of where they stayed
The next day mum and dad came up to meet me and the union where I bought them lunch with my magic money card. Which is my uni card and when I get a meal plan they put $250 on it. This is us outside the union tith one of the many jayhawks round town. Kind of like the cow parade in Edinburgh…except with jayhawks
after brunch my mum and my dad walked me to my class so I showed them this house am going to live in. although the pic really dosent do it justice
I went to stay with my mum and dad at their hotel on Wednesday night, the next day we all had breakfast together, it was really good. And we got to sit at the window so we could people watch on mass street
as you can see the bad weather followed us
snow ploughs sorted it out a little though
heres mum in the hotel foyer
don’t know how they let a scruff like me in
my mum dressed up as me
dad and a buffalo
the roof of urban outfitters here, rather odd. And yes it is all the same cool stuff from home except cheap as chips !
the hotel room was really big and nice
there was a powercut at the hotel so we had to use the tradesmans entrance since the lift was broken!
on Friday night I ditched my parents and went to fridas for a cocktail night. I had a really good night and frida was quite the hostess, she made loads of nice stuff to eat, wish I hadn’t went to mrs Es first !
but if I hadn’t went to mrs Es my mum couldn’t of done this
my mum and dad came and checked out my flat
Ok guys….this may be a big shock….but I did their laundry
this is a small sandwich in wallmart
we went to zen zero for dinner one night and my dad ate these !
me and mum had much more normal stuff
I have a whole load more of pictures for Lawrence but I think that will do for now. Il upload the rest later and write some more
and this one is from millennium park
Hey, so I kind of left you guys hanging. This is the rest of my parents trip here in photos and if I can be bothered tonnes of words !so after our eating/sightseeing/freezing fest in Chicago we got the beautiful 2 layer Amtrak train to Lawrence.
At first we hung out in the viewing lounge with some snacks
it was really good because we got to see quite a bit before it got dark and we could all sit next to each other
then at 7:30 we went to the dinner cart for some dinner. It was really good I had a nice burger and I think mum and dad had steak.
it was amazing that the people who worked there managed to pour drinks and all sorts whilst on a moving train. It doesn’t feel like u are so high up in the train even though we were on the top floor the whole time. And the trains are really nice and spacious tons of leg room and they organise where u sit pretty well, rather clever.
Inevitably we got really sleepy and passed out !
on 12:30 Monday morning we arrived in Lawrence. You could def tell it was a lot warmer that Chicago but it was still cold. We got a taxi and it dropped mum and dad off at the hotel and I went home. This is a pic of where they stayed
The next day mum and dad came up to meet me and the union where I bought them lunch with my magic money card. Which is my uni card and when I get a meal plan they put $250 on it. This is us outside the union tith one of the many jayhawks round town. Kind of like the cow parade in Edinburgh…except with jayhawks
after brunch my mum and my dad walked me to my class so I showed them this house am going to live in. although the pic really dosent do it justice
I went to stay with my mum and dad at their hotel on Wednesday night, the next day we all had breakfast together, it was really good. And we got to sit at the window so we could people watch on mass street
as you can see the bad weather followed us
snow ploughs sorted it out a little though
heres mum in the hotel foyer
don’t know how they let a scruff like me in
my mum dressed up as me
dad and a buffalo
the roof of urban outfitters here, rather odd. And yes it is all the same cool stuff from home except cheap as chips !
the hotel room was really big and nice
there was a powercut at the hotel so we had to use the tradesmans entrance since the lift was broken!
on Friday night I ditched my parents and went to fridas for a cocktail night. I had a really good night and frida was quite the hostess, she made loads of nice stuff to eat, wish I hadn’t went to mrs Es first !
but if I hadn’t went to mrs Es my mum couldn’t of done this
my mum and dad came and checked out my flat
Ok guys….this may be a big shock….but I did their laundry
this is a small sandwich in wallmart
we went to zen zero for dinner one night and my dad ate these !
me and mum had much more normal stuff
I have a whole load more of pictures for Lawrence but I think that will do for now. Il upload the rest later and write some more
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