alright ok FINE katy i'll tell you what's going on in my life!
the reason i've been MIA recently is because i, well, you see, have been, sort of, well the thing is...sigh. i flew to england, moved into a flat in london, went to some interviews, got the flu for two days, went to some more interviews, moved out of my flat in london to ali's brother and sister-in-law's place in reading, spent a week and a half figuring out what ali and i should do with our lives and had one of those michael w. smith moments where we just wanted to find "our place in this world...our PLAAAACE in this world" and got on a plane and flew back to chicago last night.
please, everyone, cut me a break. things went down. life is hard sometimes.
what else do i need to say really? many of you may be thinking..."UH...LOTS more"...but, well, to be quite frank, i don't want to. so, i'm in chicago now, ali's coming soon, and we'll probably be here for a couple of months before we make the next move.
and because i don't feel like talking about the heavy things of life anymore, let's move on to something lighter...twilight series. book 4: breaking dawn. i have a similiar feeling about the twilight series that i have about watching lost...WHY DID I EVER START!?!?!? it sucks you in and when it starts turning rubbish it's too late to go back. i can barely get through a page anymore without spouting out in astonishment and disgust.."really!?!? really stephenie meyer?!? this is the direction you decided to take this series?!? really!?!" anyway. i'll get through it. (confession: i'm still entertained.)
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
i see london...almost...
so....
tomorrow i'm heading back to chicago. bringing kristin and grant a new car to replace their poor dying toyota, then a couple of days with the chicagoans, and thursday at 6:05 pm i'm flying to london. again. but this time i get to stay. :)
it's crazy how as soon as you leap over one hurdle, you are simply faced with several more hurdles to get past. the morning after ali and i found out about our visa, he lost his job due to this blasted economic crisis, leaving us both with a very blank state as we start this new chapter of our lives! don't get me wrong, i'm all WHOOP WHOOP about the visa, but finding a job, a place to live, and trying to squeeze yourself a space in the world can be kind of scary. i'm already on the look out for people renting rooms from flats and houses in london, and i've applied for about a thousand jobs already (i just want to teach music to little kids! please london, give me a job!) so hopefully things will start falling into place for both of us eventually. at least we can be together!
tomorrow i'm heading back to chicago. bringing kristin and grant a new car to replace their poor dying toyota, then a couple of days with the chicagoans, and thursday at 6:05 pm i'm flying to london. again. but this time i get to stay. :)
it's crazy how as soon as you leap over one hurdle, you are simply faced with several more hurdles to get past. the morning after ali and i found out about our visa, he lost his job due to this blasted economic crisis, leaving us both with a very blank state as we start this new chapter of our lives! don't get me wrong, i'm all WHOOP WHOOP about the visa, but finding a job, a place to live, and trying to squeeze yourself a space in the world can be kind of scary. i'm already on the look out for people renting rooms from flats and houses in london, and i've applied for about a thousand jobs already (i just want to teach music to little kids! please london, give me a job!) so hopefully things will start falling into place for both of us eventually. at least we can be together!
Friday, January 30, 2009
drum roll please...
I GOT MY VISA!!!!!
i am leaving on thursday, february 5. i'll get to england on friday, february 6. exactly ONE YEAR after the day ali and i met. coincidence? i think not. one year of crazy rollercoasterness, and we can finally breathe and have a normal relationship and not think about our futures for a VERY LONG TIME!!!! i can get a job again! i get to unpack my suitcase! i can make friends!
i really can't believe it. i thought this day would never come. YEEEEEHAW!!!!!!!!!!
i am leaving on thursday, february 5. i'll get to england on friday, february 6. exactly ONE YEAR after the day ali and i met. coincidence? i think not. one year of crazy rollercoasterness, and we can finally breathe and have a normal relationship and not think about our futures for a VERY LONG TIME!!!! i can get a job again! i get to unpack my suitcase! i can make friends!
i really can't believe it. i thought this day would never come. YEEEEEHAW!!!!!!!!!!
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
bellannoying.
movies watched:
#5. American Teen - a documentary on...well...american teens. :) they keep track of 4 seniors throughout their year in a warsaw, indiana, a small midwest town where the only thing more sacred than basketball is God! sound familiar? it was, unfortunately, all too realistic. oh, the cruelty of high school! everyone is so lost and insecure and trying to find their way. they charted four steriotypical teens through their senior year as they face the drama and emotions of high school--the jock, the popular rich girl, the rebel girl, and geeky band boy. so...which one were you? rated: 4 out of 5 stars
#6. Supersize Me - another documentary i'm afraid! on the horrors of fast food and the growing obesity epedemic in our countries. i was so grossed out as i watched the guy do his experiment of eating mcdonalds 3 times a day for a month that i found myself googling organic vegetarian recipes towards the end. i'm never eating fast food again. rated: 3 1/2 out of 5 stars
my other accomplishment of the week was finishing eclipse, the third book of the twilight series, this morning. i'm not sure why, but i couldn't help but be annoyed. i won't give too much away for the sake of you potetial readers, but bella swan, the main character, officially drives me crazy! "who should i chose, the vampire or the warewolf?!?!? vampire or warewolf?!?!? oh my gosh i fell again!" just MAKE UP YOUR MIND AND STOP FALLING DOWN!
no visa news yet. :( i'm trying not to think about it every second of every day. impossible i'm afraid.
#5. American Teen - a documentary on...well...american teens. :) they keep track of 4 seniors throughout their year in a warsaw, indiana, a small midwest town where the only thing more sacred than basketball is God! sound familiar? it was, unfortunately, all too realistic. oh, the cruelty of high school! everyone is so lost and insecure and trying to find their way. they charted four steriotypical teens through their senior year as they face the drama and emotions of high school--the jock, the popular rich girl, the rebel girl, and geeky band boy. so...which one were you? rated: 4 out of 5 stars
#6. Supersize Me - another documentary i'm afraid! on the horrors of fast food and the growing obesity epedemic in our countries. i was so grossed out as i watched the guy do his experiment of eating mcdonalds 3 times a day for a month that i found myself googling organic vegetarian recipes towards the end. i'm never eating fast food again. rated: 3 1/2 out of 5 stars
my other accomplishment of the week was finishing eclipse, the third book of the twilight series, this morning. i'm not sure why, but i couldn't help but be annoyed. i won't give too much away for the sake of you potetial readers, but bella swan, the main character, officially drives me crazy! "who should i chose, the vampire or the warewolf?!?!? vampire or warewolf?!?!? oh my gosh i fell again!" just MAKE UP YOUR MIND AND STOP FALLING DOWN!
no visa news yet. :( i'm trying not to think about it every second of every day. impossible i'm afraid.
Saturday, January 24, 2009
who's your baby mama?
so i've come back to iowa to stay with my parents for a bit, and in order to fill my time (and more accurately try desperately hard not to think about time at all), i have signed up for netflix and have watched at least one movie every day since. here's my runing list:
#1. la vie en rose -- about edith piaf. sort of depressing b/c her life was sort of depressing.
#2. leon -- an oldie but a goodie! i saw about 2 seconds of it one day when it was on tv in korea,
and now i finally got around to watching it! i think it's natalie portman's first movie ever
#3. shine a light -- the new martin scorsese film about the rolling stones. SOOOO good. it totally
made me want to be in a rock band / go see the rolling stones immediately / be
best friends with keith richards.
#4. baby mama -- thanks to this movie, i had a dream last night that i moved to england, and
met woman, identitical to tina fey, named tina, and her best friend, identical to amy poehler,
named fey. and they totally loved me. and then tina bought an apartment and we all moved
in together. and then these irish guys that i hung out with in thailand were suddenly in a flat
down the road, and i went between my friends tina and fey and the irish boys all day. my life
was so complete!
anyway, so that's where i'm at so far with the movie list. and i'm on book 3 of twilight! :) movies and books--it's what's keeping my afloat!
#1. la vie en rose -- about edith piaf. sort of depressing b/c her life was sort of depressing.
#2. leon -- an oldie but a goodie! i saw about 2 seconds of it one day when it was on tv in korea,
and now i finally got around to watching it! i think it's natalie portman's first movie ever
#3. shine a light -- the new martin scorsese film about the rolling stones. SOOOO good. it totally
made me want to be in a rock band / go see the rolling stones immediately / be
best friends with keith richards.
#4. baby mama -- thanks to this movie, i had a dream last night that i moved to england, and
met woman, identitical to tina fey, named tina, and her best friend, identical to amy poehler,
named fey. and they totally loved me. and then tina bought an apartment and we all moved
in together. and then these irish guys that i hung out with in thailand were suddenly in a flat
down the road, and i went between my friends tina and fey and the irish boys all day. my life
was so complete!
anyway, so that's where i'm at so far with the movie list. and i'm on book 3 of twilight! :) movies and books--it's what's keeping my afloat!
Friday, January 16, 2009
oooo it's been a long time comin'...
that is a line in a song which i just can't put my finger on....
anyway, this entry has been a long time comin'! my life is a little chaotic these days, with leaving england, submitting my visa application, spending christmas in iowa, seeing old friends, new years in chicago, saying a tearful goodbye to ali, and now sort of floating around while i wait for an answer that will allow my life to start again!
starting with the past, here are some things that have happened and should have been on here awhile ago.
1. the trip to france was WONDERFUL, and here is the evidence: france photo album.
2. christmas was also incredibly festive and relaxing and great. as soon as i can find the cord thing that attaches my camera to my computer, i will upload some photos and put more on here. it was so nice having the whole family home and we played SO many
rounds of speed scrabble and rook and ate SO many cookies and
ali and i even got in some snowmobiling and clay pigeon shooting. it was a very iowa christmas! and i even got to see some old high school and college friends at a hull house party. tara boer, megan ramen, katie helder, and a whole load of high school boys i haven't seen in ages! ali fit in perfectly with his skinny jeans, bright blue belt, hot pink t-shirt, and green sweater. he he. :) not really, but we both had a blast!
3. new years in chicago: great fun! party and jen and tricia's, complete with jen's massive liquor collection and never-ending varieties of mixed drinks, lots of dancing and even some instruments to shake thanks to liza, ball-drop watching and champagne toasting at midnight, more dancing and morocca shaking, the dogs not like the morocca shaking putting an end to the instruments, and finally bed time at about 4 am. it was one of the best new years eves i've had!
4. new years day: ali gets on a plane to go back to england and we say goodbye not knowing when we'll see each other again. :( one of the worst new years days i've had.
5. and finally the present: i'm still in chicago, waiting for an answer on my visa, and trying to stay busy so that i don't go insane. i think i might go back to iowa for a week or two, maybe head up to michigan and visit some friends, OH and i've been reading the twilight series with all my free time. there's nothing like a good ole vampire book of love to keep your mind off reality! those books ROCK. please everyone, read them.
that's all for now!
anyway, this entry has been a long time comin'! my life is a little chaotic these days, with leaving england, submitting my visa application, spending christmas in iowa, seeing old friends, new years in chicago, saying a tearful goodbye to ali, and now sort of floating around while i wait for an answer that will allow my life to start again!
starting with the past, here are some things that have happened and should have been on here awhile ago.
1. the trip to france was WONDERFUL, and here is the evidence: france photo album.
2. christmas was also incredibly festive and relaxing and great. as soon as i can find the cord thing that attaches my camera to my computer, i will upload some photos and put more on here. it was so nice having the whole family home and we played SO many
rounds of speed scrabble and rook and ate SO many cookies and
ali and i even got in some snowmobiling and clay pigeon shooting. it was a very iowa christmas! and i even got to see some old high school and college friends at a hull house party. tara boer, megan ramen, katie helder, and a whole load of high school boys i haven't seen in ages! ali fit in perfectly with his skinny jeans, bright blue belt, hot pink t-shirt, and green sweater. he he. :) not really, but we both had a blast!
3. new years in chicago: great fun! party and jen and tricia's, complete with jen's massive liquor collection and never-ending varieties of mixed drinks, lots of dancing and even some instruments to shake thanks to liza, ball-drop watching and champagne toasting at midnight, more dancing and morocca shaking, the dogs not like the morocca shaking putting an end to the instruments, and finally bed time at about 4 am. it was one of the best new years eves i've had!4. new years day: ali gets on a plane to go back to england and we say goodbye not knowing when we'll see each other again. :( one of the worst new years days i've had.
5. and finally the present: i'm still in chicago, waiting for an answer on my visa, and trying to stay busy so that i don't go insane. i think i might go back to iowa for a week or two, maybe head up to michigan and visit some friends, OH and i've been reading the twilight series with all my free time. there's nothing like a good ole vampire book of love to keep your mind off reality! those books ROCK. please everyone, read them.
that's all for now!
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Bonjour!
what better way to escape all the stress, struggle, and strain of these past 2 months than to...take a vacation in france! ali and i are heading out friday night, parking the car on a massive ferry, which will travel through the night and land on the coast of france just in time for us to spend a much needed 3 days away! hooray! we're staying at a little apartment in the little seaside village of en fleur (it has a fire place! a fire place! did you hear me?!?!? a fire place!) and apparently it's one of the coolest places in france. i can't wait to practice all the french i've been learning. bonjour! merci! je vous drais un bottaile de vas rouge sil vous plais! (i would like a bottle of red wine please!) i've learned how to order wine...what else is there to know in france?
aur vois!
aur vois!
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