cheers!

despite the constant rain, today has been a good day!

i was woken up by the gas and electricity guy whom i sheepishly greeted at the door, then went back to sleep until dani's phone call woke me up again, asking me to bring some of her dresses to school for her. since i finally got my haircut yesterday, today was a dress-up day, and i did so at the expense of dani's closet! i picked an outfit that suited my taste and set out on my journey, conveniently forgetting an umbrella..
i had created a map in my head of where i had to go in order to get to the gallery of modern art, so after dropping dani's things off, i made my way through the streets. i know it's kind of vain of me but.. i felt really cute and it made me smile a little as i walked..! i made a note of a shop called fat buddha that i must go back to for investigation.. the GoMA was alittle disappointing: there were several pieces that i really enjoyed but.. there just wasn't all that MUCH to look at. the first floor was taken up by a single video installation, the second floor had a smaller video installation and a few prints in a small hallway, and the third floor was just a large room with i'd say around 40 pieces hanging on the walls. i spent about an hour there, and a bit longer in the gift shop looking at books on modigliani and photos taken by eve someone..
i then crossed the street to the art store, and bought a small sketchbook- i couldn't help myself! by this time my shoes were already soaked, so i vowed to make one more pit stop (a store called the cult.. i bought a few things!) before heading back home. but when i was done in the cult store, it had begun pouring rain so i opted to take a taxi home, where i sit now amongst the groceries we ordered online. i know, my day must sound a little lame but.. i feel good! amazing what a little haircut and a pinch of freedom can do!

so, as promised, i'll see what i can remember from our trip to st. helen's:

all packed into andrew's little car was andrew himself, dani and i, and stephen and cj. we spent the three hour trip singing to cds and nodding off, and i noted some landscapery that i enjoyed: the wind mills, the stately hills that were dimpled, not round, an old stone wall in a field, and plenty of sheep! when we got to mikey's we were greeted by him and his mom who is fantastic, as well as a bbq with so much food! we ate and conversed and had a jolly old time. mikey's mom also owns a costume shop which is attached to their house, so we had great fun trying on costumes with eachother and taking pictures. it was awesome!! some in the group got a little tipsy off of the wine, and we played wii sports, and then all slept on a big bed on the living room floor. overall a very good night.
the next day we drove another two hours or so to arrive in alton, where we were going to alton towers, a theme park. the line ups were awfully long for the 30 second thrill rides, but it was fun all the same. we kept ourselves occupied by playing games in the line ups and such. overall, a successful road trip.

now as far as my television debut goes.. well, i exaggerated that a tad.

on july 11th dani was invited to sing background vocals with her class on the john barrowman show, and i was invited to be an audience participant during the filming! so there i was, sitting in the audience with jamie and daniel, and in swept this cheesy comedian guy to get the crowd energized. he was making people shout out where they were from, trying to see who came the farthest: edinburgh! london! germany! and i said to myself: oh no no, I can do better than that! so i yelled CANADA! and right away this guy comes over to me. he makes me stand up infront of everyone to introduce myself, and after he said i was lovely, i said on a whim "and i'm single!" it was good for a laugh, and i didn't think it'd actually go anywhere from that..but oh, did it go..

a little later on in the program, mr. comedian dude thought it would be a great crowd pleaser to have me go on a blind date! so he made me look forward and chose 3 guys from the crowd, interviewing each of them. the first man was a "body builder", to which the crowd laughed so i figured it was safe to assume he WASN'T, the second was really quiet, and the third was.. well, his profession was that he was retired. SO number two it was! he came down and we were introduced, but alas, he said that his partner was 26 weeks pregnant. SO that was a no... haha. again, later on, the actual john barrowman talked to me! "who's the girl from canada?? shall we set you up with one of our dancers??" LOLZ it was a fun experience.