NO Lightbulb ideas.....THEN BUY ONE!!!

I had one of those days where nothing in the lab worked…plus I am having writing block for a report that is…..(well past due) due in a few weeks…..So I decided to leave lab early and buy some things for my room that I have meaning to.

The luck that I have been lacking at work came through with shopping as everything I purchase was really cheap due to sales on sales on sales!!! YEAH!!!

I decided that I would be decedent and get a taxi for the trek back to my room, so this allowed me to buy big bulky things. (Although I ended up walking a half way home and then caved as my arms were about to break)

My two best purchases today included:

- A headset for my computer ……I call people from my computer and had a cheap little mic and a speaker. This caused two complaints from my callers :

1. They could hear themselves speak through my speaker……(AG that is you and my dad!!)

2. Lots of weird noises given a odd connection…… (VG claimed that there was a odd head splitting-tumor-causing buzzing alien computer noise. My mom wins with the most creative sound complaint…..She said that I sounded like I had my head outside a window of a moving train going through a tunnel UNDER WATER!!!!)

I have tried the new headset with my mom and she said it was sooooo much better….I sound like I am in the other room!!!!!!

Second buy:

-A new floor lamp that is about 5.5feet tall….the overhead light is harsh in my room and guests complain and often we turn the light off….which is funny in a we-are-having-a-séance-sort-or-way….but I am minus a Ouija board (Wee-gee). (Which by the way I used to be soooo into when I was younger)

My thought is that this light will help me focus and write my damn report…..No light-bulbs are going off in my head…..so why don’t I buy some!!!

Well I hope this works…..if only I could blog my first year report……hmmmm that gives me an idea (LIGHT-BULB moment!!!) Why don’t I just think of my report like a big new blog!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wish me Luck!!

A delicate BIG cute SUNFLOWER!!!!

I love Sunflowers....they are great! I was given a huge bunch of them in a cute vase the other day...THANK YOU ARAG AND NAG!!!!!!!!! They are sooo beautiful here are lots of pictures of them for everyone to take a moment out of their day and enjoy! They make me smile and brighten my room up!!!!!

Since being here a friend of mine calls me a "delicate flower" a lot.....Most would not use this phrase to describe me.....but I love it! ;)
If I was a flower I guess I might be like the SunFlower!!!

Happy Feet

You know........
I hate when you see a movie trailer and you really really love the movie and want to see it...
BUT I have to wait for it to come out in November!!!!.....well when ever it comes out here in UK.

Check it out!!!! Penguins are the greatest....and dancing ones!!! holy crap!!!

Happy Feet

http://www2.warnerbros.com/happyfeet/

My treasured Photo..

The best gifts are those that are not expected……surprises…

I went to my pigeon hole today and I saw that I had a package and so I went to the Porter to pick it up. I was confused because it wasn’t in some Air Mail or Fed-Ex box….it was in a bag. Hmmmm….this must be a local/hand delivery…….lots of things go through my head as to what it could be and I am intrigued. The bag is big and has my name written on it with green marker……and it is a good weight. I look it and I am stunned….I look up at the Porter who has been watching me and I said, “Is this really for me?” “Seriously?”

Porter: ”Yes it is for you. Nice isn’t it?”

Me: “Unbelievable and Unexpected!”

Inside the bag is my favourite picture framed and mounted beautifully from non-other than the Artist himself! James……..

When I first got here I found his link of his work….. and fell in love with his pictures and the stories that I made up to go with them. These photos and stories became comforting as I was struggling to adjust to my new life here in the UK.

I told James how much I enjoyed his work but never got to have the proper sit down asking him….what he saw in his pictures and the people and places in them. The year was busy and time passed and my silly little stories that I placed with his visions were left unsaid.

This stopped when at his party on Saturday, I was gushing about his photos with a group of people that hadn’t had the pleasure to see them. I started to enlighten the party-goers as to my Super-Fan Groupie Status of his work. …….(I don’t know if James was tipsy or embarrassed to be present in this conversation because he was a humble Red James) . I told him/them my favourites and what I saw in the pictures and the story that I made up.

The picture that I am speaking of is this beautiful dreamy black and white of a girl going up stairs…… the light at the top…. to me speaks of Hope and Love…..she is running towards Love, filled with hope along the way up. Love like climbing stairs can be a lot of work but along the way you are excited at what will lies ahead/awaiting at the top and you are satisfied when you are there.

When I am fond of a picture I look and dream away…thinking “I want to know where this place exist, I want to go there.”

James told me these stairs are near his home in Bath and the girl is his sister……knowing this I love the photo even more! I will make a trip to these stairs….(where knowing me I will be half way up and trip down….Yes I am the type of person who falls up the stairs ….oh my shins can’t wait)

I was thrilled beyond words to see this photo waiting for me. I am a person rarely found speechless….but at this moment I was left with nothing but a gasp and pure bliss. I feel so blessed to have done something right to not only place myself in this moment and time to have met someone like James (who is so kind and talented) but that I have also gained his friendship.

The photo means a lot to me. I will always look at this photo and smile. He is sharing his talented and it brings me such enjoyment, but the real gift is his friendship.

Thank you James!

For leaving me speechless……..

http://www.jameskirkbride.com/

photo: Teenage Kicks

Portebello Rd with LL

On Day2 of being back I got a lovely surprising call from LL who is in London and leaving the next day. So I hopped on the train to go and meet her and her lovely boyfriend and his cousin. I meet them on Portobello Road and it was soooo nice to see her! We talked about how great it is to see good friends and feel like no time has passed even though it had been over a year since we had the pleasure of each other’s company.

Within minutes of seeing her I am in shoe-shop getting an awesome new pair of Cobble-Stone Friendly “Jem and the Holograms-like” shoes…..ahhhh yeah!!! Thanks LL, I will think of you and Jenny every time I wear them!!

It was funny to be on Portobello road ….you know Bedknob and Broomstick road…with LL because it was with her and my last trip to NYC to get my VISA to come here that I was trying to remember the Spell they used in the movie……and we where also obsessing over Google Text.

What is the Spell?

“Treguna Mekoides Trecorum Satis Dee”

Love that movie!!

Before taking the train back I looked up and saw this take out place.......this is for you JASL.....aka Chop, Choppy, Chop-a-lot, Chopagatu, Chopinski, Chop-stick, Chopa

Karma full circle

Before I left for a few weeks back home I went to a formal dinner/event with my boat club. Our end of the season party! I had a great time and proceeded to party like a rock-star (too much drinking, not enough balance or common sense).
The Night went like this:
Pictures
Dinner
Drinking during dinner
Drinking
Drinking
Speeches (I have been complemented numerous times on my speech…..wish I wasn’t tipsy and could remember what I said)
Drinking
Punting
Out of Punt Shenanigans
Get thrown in the River Cam
Swim around in the River Cam
Get out of the River Cam
Wrestle around in Grass
Climb back into Punt
Realise that I have wounded myself and am bleeding a lot!
Drink Drink Drink
Get taken to Hospital
Get Stitches
Go Home……

ARAG and SAJF saved me and took me to hospital and looked after me as I was in no condition to do so! ARAG is my buddy extraordinaire and went and grabbed warm dry clothes to meet me at the hospital. SAJF brought me there, filled out my paperwork and took lots of documentary photos….as he always does. I was mad when I found out of these photos but they are nice to fill in the blanks with!

Last night at a party it was SAJF’s turn to have a crazy night and I took care of him in is crazy state! Nursing him back from the drunken deeps and letting him crash at my place!

Karma is paid and has come full circle!

We both have filled in the blanks for our separate crazy nights and have realized that the person that is in a drunken state says the follow statement to those that are helping them! “I am soooooo sorry!” “(Enter name of helper here), I am sooooo sooo sorry, Thank you sooo much!!!!!”
“I am sorry.” Is said about a 1,000 times! He made fun of my over usage in my drunk-punt-water-stitches night and now I get to make fun of his usage during his drunk-garden-pavement-taxi night.

I believe in the power of Karma!!!
Have you checked your Karma lately?

The deadly Dark hair blue eyes combo!!!! When will I resist!

Superman Returns.........to my heart!

Saw Superman yesterday and Up Up and Away.....I resort back to the 9 year old girl that loved superman and always melt with those blue eyes. I must say that I have always really fancied Clark as well! Love his awkward ways! The new Superman was great! I wanted to hate him but NOPE! After seeing the movie I went and laid down outside in my garden and looked up at the blue sky (this is my new past-time) I usually play the cloud came but oddly enough there wasn't a cloud in the sky! I lay up and thought how cool would it be to see Superman fly by right now! .....and just like that I am a little girl with a big imagination. The movie may have let down some but for me it was amusing and let me play-make-believe for a little while!

Many have wondered were has WonderWoman been this whole time....well she is in Cambridge getting her pHD scoping out some leads for future missions....
I am WonderWoman! .... That being said as WonderWoman hanging out with the superhero men has led me to have this rule......Best friends with Spider-man, date Batman BUT marry and settle down with Superman!

Oui Oui

Yeahhhhhh........

a month from today I will be flying to Paris for a long weekend.....I shouldn't be going because I have too much work to do but what the hell!!! I get to go and walk around my favorite city with two Parisians!!!! The home tour!!! Oh la la....I can't wait!

Hug or be hugged!!

I have lots to fill in......and i will do so!

I went home for two weeks which was so wonderful and so heart-breaking at the same time. I needed that trip because it made me fall in love with my city and place all over again. I got to see my wonderful family and friends and it became sort of personal re-newel of vows with those that I love. It is not that I ever stopped loving them it is just stronger now and fresher when we meet again.

I flew back to the UK on an overnight flight didn't sleep much....landed at 6am was back in Cambridge at 10am...greeted by my lovely Frenchman friend and went out to eat.
Two types of people in this world those who Hug and those who don’t…….
In my crowd in the US we are big huggers....I miss that! I love the Hug! The Bear Hug is my favorite!!!! The only good thing that comes from visiting and then leaving loved ones is the copious amounts of hugs I get.

When you are a hugger-o-holic and you relocate to a place that doesn’t hug much….well it is hard. I am not going to lie! Yes folks brace yourself ……In other parts of this globe the hug doesn't really happen! When I became friends with the Frenchman I said, "You don't hug do you" and I explained my views and he told me his and how odd it is to hug....and I said, “Well that is what we do!!!” So we would try to hug and it was always so funny and awkward!

Sooooo It was nice to be greeted off the bus to him giving me a huge long proper hug!! It was so surprising. I told him that from a non-hugger he is really a good hugger now!!! He just replied, “I am really happy to see you and that is why you get a hug." Well lucky for me! ;)