And I don't feel the same...

*sigh* an hour all to myself in the office, is it my birthday???
well here we go kids, get comfortable.

been in london for about six weeks now. definitely had some ups and downs, painful moments of 'why the hell did i do this?' and glorious moments of 'yes, this is why...'

the concert scene in london is out of control. there are shows i want to see *literally* every single night. i wish i got paid (a) more, and (b) more often, but that's universal to everywhere in the world, i suppose. my job is cool, the people are nice, but quite frankly it's a lot more "work" than i'm used to doing. the location could not be better, everyday on the bus i pass big ben and westminster abbey and all that jazz.... definitely cool to see. there's one really nice guy at work named david (ugh, so tired of davids!)... i immediately developed a minor crush on him, but sadly he is married. still such a great friend though.

i finally cracked the IM code, so i can nervously chat away during the afternoon hours to the cool kids back home and that makes me happy. i miss so many people, i wish everyone could be here to enjoy this and help me through the hard times. i think the hardest part has been the recent realization that a lot of goals i had for myself while being here won't play out the way they were supposed to. and that's fine, just surprising.

with the new album coming out in may, the USA is abuzz with DMB news and articles and tourdates and i'm going crazy with jealousy!!! in addition to be horribly jealous of all the DMB activity, i miss lost. (hottest ABC show EVER!) but i nearly laughed out loud today when i realized all my wishes are coming true!! here's to sept. 5th!!!

but, as for london, let's see.... where to start? i've talked about my rufus adventures (more in 3 weeks!) ray lamontange, gavin... so great. tons more shows in the next couple weeks. brian has become my rock, don't know what i'd do without him here. gordon (formerly of murphy's grand irish pub in alexandria) has been making appearances at the Kenwyn Road flat, and much to my surprise (and contrary to my first impression), he's actually a lot of fun. gail and stuart have been down several times, can't say enough good things about them. they're coming down this saturday with leon (the hottie) and paul (panda) and we're going to see winnie the pooh live on stage, courtesy of my former employer feld inc. (thanks nicole and amanda!!) the next weekend is dublin, with the aforementioned gordon. should be fun.

went to see 'whose life is it anyway' starring kim catrell the other day. very good, funny in a sad way, but the audience loved her, which was cool. went shopping in the sunshine in camden market, really cool stuff. it seems like there's hardly a spot in london that isn't constantly crowded. our day trip to brighton last week was nice, to breathe fresh air and enjoy the ocean. it was too cold to go in, of course, but nice to relax on the shore. (the shore by the way, consists of rocks rather than sand. david at work gave me a nice geology lesson as to why that is, but i'll be damned if i remember a word of it.... i was listening but mostly thinking how cute he is!!! hahaha, i'm the worst!!)

my company shares our floor with another company (a company which, coincidently, employs several scottish men, and i must say, scottish accents are hotter than irish or english ANY day of the week!) but anyway, i'm the only girl under 30 on the entire floor and the boys are constantly walking by, which is fine until i try to talk on IM or write on my blog.... which is a long-winded way of saying i must end this.

write more soon, miss you all!!!

~courtney

"I try to stay awake and remember my name
But everybody's changing
And I don't feel the same "
~keane