In Which Amy Has an Adventure... (3) (Myspace Blog)

The Day of Comedy
(and not much else)

1. There are more than 100 British comedians. And they cannot all be watched in a two hour time span.

2. To stereotypical Brits, vomiting is funny. Especially when it is projectile and happens repeatedly. And is combined with gossip and prejudice. Stereotypically speaking, anyway.

3. SOME Brits think it funny to watch silly American girls watch projectile vomiting during breakfast.

4. British comedy sitcoms are better than their American counterparts.

5. The best part of British comedy is the part that I was too busy to watch...

6. Not everyone who gets a rug burn on their forehead was dragged out of the bedroom face first. Really. No matter what a British comedienne says.

7. Sometimes, a day of 'nothing else' is just what silly American girls need.

8. Some emotions are truely overwhelming.

Coming soon...
Adventure 4.... Walkies - otherwise known as 'The Great Coverup Adventure'

In Which Amy Has an Adventure... (2) (Myspace Blog)

Adventure 2
The Quest for the Free Loo

1. If you call it a bathroom, people look at you funny. It's not a bathroom - its a loo.

2. Using a public loo is not a free experience.

3. Just because an establishment (such as a 'pub') has a loo, does not mean that you can use it. For free, that is.

4. When you look panicked because someone asks you for 20 p (pence) to use the loo, it is a dead giveaway that you are NOT BRITISH.

5. Walking does not reduce the need to use the loo.

6. Sometimes, a coffee shop is a nice place... especially when they have a free loo. Makes you want to buy chai. Unless they don't have any.

7. Loo doors DO lock. Just because silly American girls can't figure out HOW to lock the loo door does not mean that they don't.

8. Murphy's Law dictates that, the one time that said silly American girl does not lock the loo door, someone WILL walk in.

9. Blushing looks the same, no matter if you are British or American. I know. I saw.

Coming soon...

Adventure 3
The Day of Comedy (and not much else.)

In Which Amy Has an Adventure... (1) (Myspace Blog)

So, I'm here, in London. And I wanted to type up a really quick update for all of you loved ones whom I miss and who miss me.

1. Flying to Houston DOES NOT suck when you have an anti-motion sickness patch. I still don't like how it feels, but I did not puke.

2. Flying is very crowded on tiny jets. There isn't even room to sit sideways.

3. Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston DOES NOT recycle. They are only the largest airport in that area... shame on them for not setting an example!

4. Flying on an 8 hour flight is tiring. And hard to sleep on. And long. Really long. No, really. I mean it.

5. Jets for an 8 hour flight are bigger than small ones and are therefore not quite as uncomfortable. But only just.

6. Just because it is an overnight flight does not mean there will be sleep involved.

7. Immigration in the US is insane (they make you take off your shoes!) and Immigration in the UK is just as insane (the line was longer than any line I've ever seen!)

8. Sometimes, just sometimes... things are exactly what they seem to be.

Coming soon - Amy Has an Adventure 2 - the Quest for the Free Loo...

In Which Amy Gets Ready... (Myspace Blog)

So, I can no longer contain my excitement.

In 8 days I will be getting on an airplane and taking the longest trip of my life, on so many levels.

I am going to England.

My colleagues are jealous. My students think I'm never coming back, and tell me in their four-year-old voices "But I can't go with you - I might miss Barney." My brother tells me not to forget I'm an American.

8 days.

I am going for a total of 9 days. Each plane trip is about 12 hours. I might be eaten by sharks when the plane crashes over the ocean. I care about that - I really do... but I'm not going to let it stop me.

I am being taken to London for the weekend. There are 'plans'. I don't know what that means, and I'm not being told. I'm not supposed to ask. Do you have any idea how hard it is to not ask? I'm only the nosiest person in the whole world - if I were a cat I would have been killed by the curiosity - and I'm not supposed to ask?! But I'm being a good girl. I promise. I'm not asking.

This may be a turning point in my life. I just don't know... and I'm ready and excited to find out. So tonight... laundry. Not really fun, but more fun when I think about the fact that this laundry will be going with me. To England.

God - how the hell am I supposed to wait that long? Anyone invented the machine that speeds up and slows down time yet? I'll be needing to borrow it for a few weeks. I promise that /you/ won't notice if I stop time forever.