'Cause I saw the end before we'd begun,

happy monday!

where to begin? went to the alanis show last thursday with brian & crew. nicola nearly gave herself a heart attack when Ryan Reynolds (aka Van Wilder/the future Mr. Alanis Morisette) walked by and shook her hand. i think he's a little cheesy for alanis, myself, but judging from the huge ROCK on her hand, he's at least able to pick out quality jewelry. :)

but yes, the show was amazing, love the brixton academy. huge venue with a small club feel... well, kinda. she played stuff from every album, which was a nice surprise b/c i thought it'd be really heavy on the newer stuff. only 2 songs from 'under rug swept', which is my favorite album, but oh well. she changed the "ironic" lyrics slightly to be "it's like meeting the man of my dreams, and then meeting his beautiful husband..." i was like, is she singing the song of my life?? haha, amazing. despite the fact that brixton is the scariest place on earth, i actually walked home from the show and made myself deaf (-er than i already am) by blasting the Alanis on my ipod.

spent saturday-day with rebecca on portobello road. went to the Seven Diner for burgers, fries and shakes... typcial americans!!! it was sooooooooooooo good though, i refuse to feel guilty!!!
spent saturday night with the amazing vikki, raising all sorts of trouble first at a really cool & really cheap bar then at some random house party, where we proceeded to turn the evening into courtney & vikki's rockin' dance party, hahaha. the rufus wainwright songs actually went over really well. vikki refused to allow me to give my number to a cute south african at the bar (vikki swore he was not actually that cute and given my track record i can only assume she was correct and be glad she was so insistant) however there was a nice english bloke at the party everyone approved of but sadly he lives in north england and i can't be bothered for LDRs right now, i'm only after LTRs. after painfully manuvering both the bus and tube home sunday morning i collapsed into bed and came close to sleeping the entire day away. tried to clean up the flat a bit as eventually i will have to share it again and my room's kind of exploded recently.

i'm in love with the james blunt cd. i have this eerie feeling that i heard him play somewhere or something a while ago but i can't put my finger on it. either way, vikki was kind enough to lend it to me as we'll be seeing him in june and possibly this week as well. it's so amazing. :) go buy it!

~cfc

"I am a dreamer but when I wake,
You can't break my spirit - it's my dreams you take.
And as you move on, remember me,
Remember us and all we used to be"
~james blunt