Prior Planning + Preparation Prevent Piss Poor Performance

Yet again a simply wonderful week and weekend in loverly London. The rain got to us for the first part of the week, but other than that it was a beautiful weekend with some guests some people may know??? So the week started off as usual. No class Monday, 9 am Tuesday, and Sports Cafe Tuesday night. I'm not sure if I posted about Sports Cafe before, but it is quite the good time for us Americans. Thats because they have beer pong and cheap drinks. We're talking 6 quid for a pitcher of beer. Wooooo! Thats what I like to drink!

To explain, the quote from my title I got from my British Politics professor. I thought it was funny and very British elite of him.

Wednesday was another full day of classes, where I decided that the lack of having my internship yet warranted writing a bitchy e-mail to the internship office. The response was in essence, AWESOME! They said, well we have to do this for everyone, so don't be so pushy about yours. But then they said, you are working with the Labour Party, which is what I wanted in the first place. So good, but uncertainty was still a big deal because I really didn't know what office/person I'd be working for in November/December.

Then lovely lovely Thursday arrived. I had class earlier in the day, but then Kyle Contrata arrived!!!!!! Went to pick him and his Belgium bros up from the station. He really was only with one bro, but whatever everyone still came from Brussels. We proceeded to drink a lot of alcohol.

I'm not sure if anyone has ever done that before, but it just happened to be one of the those good/bad decisions. Anyway, we went out to a club where we proceeded to meet random dudes, pay too much for drinks, and introduce the visitors to our house to London. Cheryl also came by with Roos, but decided not to come out with us. Why you ask? Ask Cheryl.

Friday morning class was basically awful. Also there was a serious situation I had to deal with Friday afternoon. The night before, Jess Rin had come in to London extremely late after her flight from Madrid. She called me to find out where I lived, and APPARENTLY I said 13 Manson Place. I actually live at 15 Manson Place, so problems ensued. Jess knocked on 13, and was standing outside 15 after she figured out where I actually lived. The bad part about this is that my RA(who lives somewhere else) discovered Jess just standing outside in a backpack. She asked Jess who she was visiting, and then I was screwed. We are not allowed to have overnight guests period!! Ahh! Long story short, I got a warning and if it happens again I will be kicked out of housing.

After figuring all this out, I got some ggggggreat news! I got my internship! I'll be working in the constituent office of a Member of Parliament. Her name is Emily Thornberry and her constituency is a part of Greater London, but I'm pretty psyched about it at this point. The commute will be about an hour, but that is to be expected from public transportation no matter where you're from. What's funny is it seems they combined my two prior experiences in the spring. That's right. Earth Day and Eric Massa minus the tickling. MP Thornberry is extremely involved in green issues in Britain, so hells ya internship team.

Friday night we, meaning Michelle, Jess, and Kyle, went to see Avenue Q because it was playing in London straight outa Broadway. Literally like the funniest thing I've ever seen. There were wonderful musical songs such as "Everyone's A Little Bit Racist" and "The Internet Is For Porn" to enjoy. It wasn't just a puppet show, it was actually a very crude comedy.

Friday night was the same old thang. Clubbin'! Saturday I got to play frazbee for basically the first time in a month. The Imperial College team had their second practice this term, so Kyle and I decided to go out and play. It was a lot of fun, got to meet most of the guys, and also got to play with the alumni team after the first practice. The Imperial College team is called the Disc Doctors and the alumni team is called Frump. The bad decision was to play for four hours after a month without playing.

On Sunday I said goodbye to Kyle and Jess as they traveled back to their respective country, but still had a feeling of emptiness in my heart.

To conclude the awesome parts of the weekend, there are a couple of random facts I just now remembered. After watching the most recent Jersey Shore, Matt and I have proceeded to say Pauly D's "Oh Yeah" over and over wherever we go. It becomes quite annoying a lot of the time, but that is only for other people!! There was also a brief moment of nostalgia when we got wine for Saturday night. It happened to be from Cape Town South Africa. Yes, the current home of Mr. Andrew Feierman and Ms. Kate Sheeder. LOL funny pictures commenced.

Also, there was a certain X-Factor commercial that really caught my eye. Mainly because it was absolutely hilarious. Check it out peeps!

Catch y'all on the English side!