I actually want to buy everything on this literary gifts site. And I think some of my readers will feel the same (aka Sara and Lianne). Thanks to India Knight for posting it...

BTW: Dinner tonight was fantastic. And I think I've gained a stone. (SO BRITISH)

Worcester

In Worcester. I spent last night being force fed cheese and ham toasties and watching 3 hours of Big Brother (along with hearing epic tales of my amazing host's family). Best.friday.night.ever. Definitely beats my usual time of stumbling home from happy hour and passing out. FUN.

Then today I went to Gloucester and saw the cathedral, which is actually the most beautiful cathedral I've EVER seen. And that means a lot considering my gigantic love of cathedrals. I'll post pics lataahhh. Tonight lots more food and tomorrow HOMEMADE SUNDAY ROAST!!!!!!

So happy to be here!!! Recharging after months of anxiety. Though, I need to join a gym asap after I get back. I'm turning into a Fat-Tay. Tears.

Rah Chester

I haven't been home to Rochester since January. This marks the longest period in my life that I've been away from Upstate. I'm not homesick, but there are things I miss about home, but I've come to realize (besides family and friends obs), the things I miss are all food related. Sad?

I give to you, the food places I miss in Rochester (yes, some of these are American chains I can't get here...)

• WEGMANS!
• Alladins
• Hogans Hideaway (my favorite restaurant of all time)
• IHOP
• Coldstone Creamery
  
• Plum Garden
• Spot Coffee
  
• Java's
  
• GNPK
• Bruegger's Bagels
• Pittsford Barnes and Nobles
  
• Five Guys
  
• Tom Wahls

Ahhh I'd love me a good American burger...

favorite autumn songs

In the spirit of Autumn fast approaching, I give you my top five autumn songs (in no particular order, that would be too hard).

Joni Mitchell- Urge for Going

Yo La Tengo- Tiny Birds (reminds me of Sophomore year at GW)

Nick Drake- Riverman

The next two are actually my top two favorites. I can't say which I love more.

Yo La Tengo- Autumn Sweater (reminds me of my Senior year of high school)

Bert Jansch- October Song (reminds me of Freshman year GW)

Autumn Approaches

I like the word Autumn a lot better than Fall. Good choice British people. I love autumn, but it makes me feel melancholy at times, like today at work. I once again, just want to be able to look at my life 10 years from now and see that I'm okay. Is that so much to ask? Yes.

The UCL stage of my life is officially over. Pamela left for America yesterday, thereby creating a huge friendship crater in my life. I'll probably be okay, I just always get nervous about social things. FAIL.

I can't believe a year ago I was working at Michaels and hating my life. At least I've progressed from there. It was as far as my life goes, a pretty productive year filled with lots of traumas that make good stories for future generations (passport issue, intense ridiculous hopeless crushes, love life fails, magical Scotland, ridiculous people, a work place filled with British men, etc.). I don't know if it equalled my year in Oxford, but it was close. Ah England. I'll do a big retrospective once it's officially been a year.

Being in London, I sometimes forget I'm in England. Well, I forget how amazingly pretty England is. Luckily this weekend I'm heading to Worcester (which has an AMAZING cathedral, quasi seen above) to stay with the couple I stayed with as part of my Oxford homestay weekend. I am beyond excited to get out of London and sleep in the relative countryside and eat amazing English home cooked meals.

My new haircut is basically a disaster. It's so short and I can't just let it be, I'm actually going to have to style it. Also, it seems to have been inspired by a character on Battlestar Gallactica. DISASTER!
But it looks better on her. I just look fat and awk.

I'm still obsessed with this version of Hounds of Love.

And I think this quote explains why (though, I'm thinking of this song as a poem soooo):

"The best moments in reading are when you come across something - a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things - which you had thought special and particular to you. And now, here it is, set down by someone else, a person you have never met, someone even who is long dead. And it is as if a hand has come out, and taken yours" - Alan Bennett- History Boys

Wknd

My weekend has gone like this:

Friday night I once again had too many glasses of wine at happy hour and once again made my coworker buy me dinner. Though this time we went to McDonalds so I don't feel so guilty. Then on the way back one of my work's security guards stopped me on the street and called me a good time girl. Not sure.

Saturday I bought a cute new dress at H&M and got my haircut. My hair stylist is looking even more foxy these days. I also found out that he's Hungarian, not French as I for some reason assumed. He also told me he didn't want to take off that much length and then proceeded to take off all the length. Not sure how I feel about it. It's reaaallllyy short and I'm always ehhh about short hair.

Then I met up with mah Scottish hunnay Ruth and we had a huge dinner at Pizza Express and spent the night watching cop programs on TV and drinking wine. Best Night EVA!!!

Now I don't know what to do with my free time ahhhh! It seems to be raining out so I suppose I can just make this a lazy Sunday.