A Good Laugh...

here's a funny little note to start everyone's week. I could write a funny lil' rebuttal, but i think this speaks for itself. like i said, good riddance to bad rubbish.

After seeing your name on the Rufus board i remembered i still had your
blog address so of course i took a look. How nice the June entries were
especislly when you said there was a bad apple causing drama???? You
did always have a way with words and always thought you were right about
everything.However,you were right about one thing,you should choose the
people you spend your time with alot better as should i because believe
me i would never want to be assiciated with someone like you again who just
used people for what you could get out of them.I hope for Helens sake you
are not using her as she is a good person!And by the way you didnt pay your
debt in blood you paid in cash as that is what you owed!!!!
I hope for both our sakes we never see each other again.
~ Mary*

*Name changed for reader's protection.

Cuz I´m gonna miss you like crazy

"Baby I will soon be leaving
and I know that you are feeling down
But every week I´ll send a letter
To let you know my love will never change
I promise you I always feel the same

So remember in your heart
Baby when we are apart
There´s no need for crying
Cuz even if I am

Halfway around the world
That won´t stop me from loving you
Halfway around the world
Still be feeling the way I do
Now I wanna hold you baby
Cuz I´m gonna miss you like crazy
Even if I´m halfway around the world"
-a*teens

~cfc

ps - in too much of a coma right now to say anything more signifigant.

blame it on the rain...

dmbandie: wuz up
nadine: nothing
nadine: are you psyched?
nadine: coming home!
dmbandie: ummmm not really
nadine: thanks!
dmbandie: hahaha
dmbandie: well its like, tell me something exciting once in a while, maybe i'll get pepped up
nadine: youre coming back to the states
nadine: where people dont have accents
nadine: and boys arent cute
nadine: and where you won't say "ring me" or "phone you" all the time
dmbandie: woah! if you'd told me all this i would have changed my flight months ago!!!
nadine: hahahah
dmbandie: and yes, my flight's at 11:50 english time
dmbandie: due to arrive in washington, dc dulles international airport at approximately 2:50pm EST
dmbandie: will you be at the airport with a gi-normous balloon in the shape of an airplane that says "welcome home!!"
nadine: HAHHAAA ... but yes of course

but don't look back in anger I heard you say...

wow oh wow oh wow.

first of all: it's now friday august 12th. would someone PLEASE tell time to stop so i can be in london longer??? i'm depressed beyond belief.

so, last night... greatest birthday EVER!!! see the picture... who knows what i was celebrating... oh wait, i do! my BIRTHDAY. many thanks to michael for being so quick to upload those for my viewing enjoyment.

let's see, already mentioned my fabulous birthday breakfast from nicola. had a great day at work, went out to lunch with shiv and got THREE cds from my co-workers!!! including the lemar CD that i will forever associate with february 2005 in london, hehehe. after work flew back to melrose with the 40 bag of laundry i've been toting since i stayed with rebecca & jack tuesday night, hehe. then put on my party hat, (literally) and went to cause a ruckus on the underground....

went out to wonderful tapas and lots of drinks with gitta, michael, tomasz, phil, raj, rebecca, jack, sheila, shiv and his lady.... :) gooooood times! came back to the pool and ate every last piece of chocolate cake.. (or did we, can't remember?)

barely dragged myself into work this morning around 10... hahaha, was immediately made fun of by everyone. love it.

big weekend ahead! can't believe how quickly it's all coming to an end! very very sad!

~cfc

"Step outside cos summertime's in bloom
stand up beside the fireplace
take that look from off your face,
cos you ain't ever gonna burn my heart out"
~oasis

some funny things from my bday:

BobJ: i made that yesterday, sauce
dmbandie: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
BobJ: so TAKE THAT
BobJ: i figured it would help symbolize your return trip across the pond
dmbandie: ahhhh yes! i see now!
BobJ: and an ape always makes for a good birthday wish/present/card
BobJ: so there we are
BobJ: you can stop giving me grief now
BobJ: happy flippin' birthday



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dmbandie: hello?
nadine: yes
nadine: finally
dmbandie: sorry
dmbandie: man
dmbandie: we were eating cake for my bday
nadine: youre the only person i know that celebrates her bday for a month
nadine: crazy dude
dmbandie: hahaha i know man

HAPPY 25TH BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!

Yay!!!! I LOVE my birthday!!!! :)

woke up this morning to a lovely breakfast from the amazing nicola!! :) then made my way to work, listening to some live rufus and smiling at the hot boys on bond street... :) love london, love my friends, love my BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

~cfc

"I don't understand at best
I cannot speak for all the rest
But you may find a lifetime's passed you by

Every dog has its day every day has its way
Of being forgotten- "Mom it's my birthday"
What would you say?"
~dmb

couldn't you have saved, a minor part of it?

before i begin i must say...
HAPPY 2 DAYS TO MY BIRTHDAY DAY TO ME!!!!!


but anway, hehehe...
i should have moved into melrose place months ago!!! love it!

after work yesterday i ran some "errands" and then headed back to melrose.... caught up with brian and tomasz over yummy Poland-inspired potato salad and rum & cokes and watched a little sex & the city. i realized just how good it can feel to come home to a place and people you don't despise.... even if there is danger of an amanda/sydney fight lurking behind every corner... ;)

i turned michael's room into a small war zone. (i don't know how in the world i'm going to get all my crap back across the pond. it's amazing how much stuff [read: cds/ticket stubs] one can acquire in six months!) after i had one bag kinda-sorta packed i moved it down to Gitta's House of Storage so i feel like i accomplished something. just three more bags to go now.

going to rebecca's tonight and nicola's tomorrow, i believe... or vice versa, can't quite remember... but THURSDAY THURSDAY THURSDAY is the big BIRTHDAY extravaganza PART ONE!!! WOOO HOOO!! quarter of a century, BABY. please hammer, don't hurt 'em!

love helen for getting me a copy of the rufus in dublin show. rocked it out all the way to work today... good memories!! :)

stole this from someone on myspace:
go to google and search for "[your name] is" and pick your top 5 favorite returns...

mine are:
*Courtney is disappearing again.
*Courtney is primarily out for herself in a world full of idiots who always seem to be getting in her way. In other words, she's the kind of girl I'd like to marry someday.
*Courtney is NOTHING like the young woman she started out as and this is not a good thing.
*Courtney is being classic Courtney. Why is anyone surprised?
*Courtney is here to prove great rock is sexless!

~courtney

"I could have ripped apart and thrown into the river
Wonder if there s hearts that will deliver
Don't ever change, don't ever worry..."
~r.w.

I didn't think you had it in you...

finally back at home despite the fact that i am now homeless. :-/

cannot believe how much i missed london and everyone in it during my travels... luckily i got to catch up with just about everyone since returning saturday afternoon, but still i know realize how horrible it will be to leave for good. ugh.

so where to start? well, tues. the 19th my blood relatives finally got to meet my london family over fabulous italian at (where else?) ciao bella. then hit the road to amsterdam, then all over germany, prague, vienna, venice, rome, pisa, milan, bern (switzerland), paris, and normandy. ahhhh, no wonder why i was so ready to get back to london!

i left my heart in venice, it's just too amazing for words. LOVE italian men!! hot hot hot!!!! i was shocked at how fun paris was... so much dancing everywhere! all i could think about was tray-z and how our akward dancing would take the city by STORM!

(random outburst: it is so great to be back in the land of NORMAL keyboards!! well, more normal than french, italian, or german keybords, hehehe. ahhh i was going CRAZY trying to write emails in places where the "A" is hidden and the "?" is non-existant. seriously... so annoying. hahaha)

anyway, have lots of pictures, hopefully to be up soon. very stressed now that the countdown has begun to the day i jump back across the pond. overall it was a great trip but mostly just glad to be back and hopefully sort out the insanity that is my life.

my hero of all time, brian kelly, proved once again that he is the king of my world by cleaning up the mess that is my life. after a long day of taking in the sights of rome, i casually checked my email only to receive horrible news which was confirmed by a shockingly breezy voicemail. after getting over the shock of the red-hot knife in my back, i realized i would have to focus on my *real* friends and began making the frantic phone calls to the melrose place crew. brian immediately jumped into action, and he and sir michael kindly did the dirty work in london so i was able to enjoy the rest of my holiday in peace. words cannot express how truly amazing some people can be.

so now i'm a transient! woo hoo!!! making my way around the rooms at melrose place, and hopefully imposing on nicola, rebecca, and helen as well! here i come, friends! ready or not!! :) :) :) hehehe.

also back at the medical futures ranch. woo.... hoo??....

~cfc

"I thought I knew you
But I've got a new view
I thought I knew you well..
oh well."
~n.d.