Pitchers, Catchers, and Injured Players

Pitchers, catchers, and injured players began reporting for spring training today! Or yesterday. I'm not sure. The Sox don't report until the 21st, and really, that's what is important. In honor of this holy day, I thought I might catch up! (Not my finest work, I'm aware, but I really didn't have anywhere else to go with it besides some kind of overused homosexual reference, and frankly, I'm better than that.)

Let's start with last night, shall we? Well yesterday was Ash Wednesday, a holy day of obligation. So, being the good Catholic girl that I am, I went to mass... at a Protestant church. That last part was an accident, but as it turned out, a rather eye-opening experience. I'm sure most people are aware that the Church of England was created when King Henry VIII broke away from the Catholic church in order to divorce Queen Catherine and marry Anne Boleyn. As it turns out, it's all very much the same. I'm not sure if it was the religion itself, or the fact that I attended service in an ancient church, but it was much like I imagined mass to be like in 1540- except in English (I imagine Latin was still being used then, but I have no factual basis for that assumption). There was a choir that at first, I'll admit, freaked me out. By the end however, I was expecting some little kid to bust out in Prince's When Dove's Cry. In all, it was cool to see, but I will be attending Catholic mass for the rest of Lent.

Not related to my posts, but just a pretty picture I took while touring the other side of the river with theatre class- next time we get to see the prostitutes graveyard. He's a weird chap. I like him.

Earlier in the week I went to yet another play. This one was entitled Ghosts. Absolute rubbish. I love going to the theatre, and even I fell asleep in the first act. The lead male was actually very attractive, and yet, even he was not enough to keep my attention. Don't see it; it's really not worth the almost THREE hours you will squander away. Watching the entire series of Weeds would be much more productive.

I've been watching Weeds.

What else have I done? I've been trying to keep it pretty low key lately- and succeeding for the most part. I have a new favorite local pub to replace Glouscester Arms, it is called Goat Tavern. Great fish and chips, friendly bartender from Philly.

The Phillies signed Jose Contreras who went 6-13 with a 4.92 ERA last season with the White Sox and Rockies.

Played quarters.. well 10 pence, with a pint glass. Second try. Yes, I am amazing. Caroline was not happy.

This past weekend a few of us went to the UK premiere of Valentine's Day to watch the celebs walk the red carpet. People are fucking crazy. Celebrities make normal everyday citizens bat shit crazy. Interesting experience to say the least. The following day we actually went to see the film. It's no Love Actually. The theatre was badass though, I will go again... but not until Wednesday when its buy one, get one.

I haven't written in such a long time, I'm sure that I have more to talk about... Everything is set for spring break, I leave a week from to today for Amsterdam! I have a midterm the day before I leave (yes, a midterm). I can't stand my professor for that class either- she's a condescending bitch. I know, seems like my kind of person right? Well, wrong.

An update on my flatmates? Sure. I love them. Under normal circumstances I'm sure most of us would not be friends, but we are. I know, a stark contrast from my initial perceptions, however, the other day we had a nice chat about that over lunch at Maggie Jones's (famous restaurant serving traditional English food). Turns out, everyone had feelings very similar to mine. I think we all grew on each other rather quickly, much like the mold I'm sure is growing in our damp, shithole of a building. Oh, by the way, the food was... meh. Good for British food you could say, but British food sucks. As does the weather (I left my traditional rant out earlier, had to slip it in).

Well, big weekend coming up. Tomorrow Brighton, Saturday Greenwich, and Sunday a football match! Who says you can't take a Yank to football?

A Month Already

It's true, I have been physically out of your lives for a month solid. I feel your tears everyday, they fall on me like little drips of sadness. Oh shit, that's rain. And there is my weekly complaint about the god awful weather in this country... now we can move on.

This was a busy week for me, which is my excuse for not writing sooner. For those of you that stalk my blog, my apologies. This past week I visited the Camden Market and Little Venice, both of which would have been amazing had I not been suffering from the early stages of hypothermia. The canal boat tour was gorgeous, but a little, eh.. dry. Much more an event for a more distinguished generation, or those wishing to go to the zoo without driving. Camden on the other hand is so badass even I feel like I need to get cooler before I go back and if I'm saying that... come on. As you can see my ego has not been shaken.

I also went on a daytrip to Oxford. Fantastic day. There is just no other way to describe it. I took more dorky Harry Potter pictures for you crazy people. Apparently I stood on some staircase that somebody stood on and walked through the dining hall where I'm guessing they ate?! People were very excited, so I just copied them. I really think I should read the books. Maybe I should have thought of that before I came.

OH! I saw a play called Six Degrees of Separation- mediocre play but! and this is a major but, it starred Anthony Stewart Head. For those of you that don't know, he played Giles on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Anyone who knows me understands that I have an unhealthy obsession with that show, and so seeing him in person was probably the highlight of my existence. Ok, I won't go that far, it's not like I met Jesse McCartney (I've developed an almost creepy obsession with him... I love him).

Once again I had my weekly installment of embarrassment at the Imperial College Union... ugh, let's not get into that. I took the rest of the weekend off to avoid any further poor decision making.

This is the most ADD blog yet.

I booked my spring break trip! AHH! Well, I booked the flights and the first hostel. I will be going to Amsterdam for 5 days and Barcelona for 5 days. It will be amazing. Let's hope I keep the poor decision making to a minimum...