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Today I saw a one-legged duck and I thought to myself, "hey, my life isn't so bad!" But then I kept thinking about it and I wondered if it would be harder or easier to take off my pants if I only had one leg.  At first I thought it'd be faster because, hello, only one leg.  But then I started thinking about the logistics behind having to jump up at the exact right moment to pull the pant leg off. But then I realized I wouldn't have to wear pants if I was a duck. Duck win? Also, I'm on a new Tyler Perry movie kick.  I don't know why.  Oh wait, yes I do: And thats a happy Monday to you all!

So this is the last post on why this week was so awesome.  I thought about doing two more posts, but then that just sounded like too much work.   Insert: collage of photographic evidence of good times   The pictures are in (mostly) the order they happened, so a brief rundown explanation: 1. While walking to pick up a car that Todd rented on a whim the night before, we came across this sign hanging in a window.  "A dog is for life, not just for Christmas".  Just an fyi. 2. Todd drove because he is a man. 3-5.  It was pretty. 6-8.  The famous town Cockermouth (why oh why is there a town named this!?) 9. We got a call from Enterprise the morning we were going to pick up the car.  They said they had a shortage of vehicles and the only thing available was an estate van.  Awesome.  We took it.  It smelled like weed (the back would be perfect for hot-boxing, so i can't blame them).  Also, I want to say here ...

The internet just gets me.

And the real reason this week was mo' betta than most: Todd! Being the champ that he is, Todd tried for standby on his Friday night, Saturday night, and he finally made it out on Sunday night.  Meaning he got into London Monday morning and hopped on a train up to York.   We were finally reunited! First stop: the famous Betty's. After our tea room experience, we wandered, ate some dinner, and grabbed tickets to the show currently in town: Spamalot !  A delight for everyone-minus Todd, who was running on about an hour of sleep and therefore was in and out of consciousness during the show.  But I'm pretty sure even he liked the parts he was awake for. Bam! Monday was good.  Real good.

Anytime Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson puts out a new movie, the world becomes a brighter place. And I end up going to the movies alone.   That being said, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island was exactly how it looked in the trailers.  So good, right? And The Rock's performance was flawless, as usual. Ok, so it actually wasn't that amazing (surprise!) but Dwayne is looking good.  That man is a beast.  He's giant. And he sings in it! And I love him.   (The movie actually made me think of my uncle who wrote his college thesis on how he knows the location of Atlantis, but that's a blog for another day) In the words of Mariah Carey, we belong together.

This week was better than the rest. (First installment) Last Saturday.  I woke up at 5 am to make my 6 am train to London.  I almost missed it because the taxi was a few minutes late, but I arrived just in time. Normally I would've been real angry waking up that early, especially on a Saturday, but this was for a good reason. Todd was coming! Well, hopefully.  He was flying standby and things were not looking good when I went to bed on Friday night. He would try to get in on Sunday, but in reality he didn't make it until Monday.  Which meant I was in London without him. This was not the original plan, but it was still a good time! I wandered a lot during the day (taking pictures of statues faces, naturally) and then that night, I met up with Mikelle and Nate and we learned all about Jack the Ripper on a walking tour! It was seriously cool.  And then we ate delicious Thai food and Amorino gelato for dessert.  Who knew a s...

So, there's this National Railway Museum here in York. Even though its free entry, I'd never really had the desire to go.  A bunch of trains?  Really? But sometimes my desires change. (and after walking through it today i can see myself spending a lot of time there.  it looks foreal cool) For this week, they have a special display: Wizard Week at the museum!  This train went to Hogwarts, suckas! I'm not even a super-duper excited HP fan (i've only read up to the middle of book 4) but I figured I at least had to go see this thing.  I guess they had owls, too, but sadly I missed them.  Real bummer. Also, I had big plans to record and make a sweet video out of this, but my battery died right after this picture.  But just so you know, there was a group of girls (i mean they looked around my age) who walked out in front of me and they were squealing with delight. Loudly. Then they saw me and looked a little embarrassed, bu...

While I am an avid and dedicated Backstreet Boys lover, NSYNC just came on my playlist and I am really enjoying jamming out to (Dirty) Pop right now.  And its not even my favorite NSYNC song!  (and just so you know, top nsync songs include: i want you back, it makes me ill, girlfriend, and this i promise you) Anyways.  Point is, a couple weeks ago I did something fantastic. I like to call it: The Best 12 Hours. My friend Maude, whom I met during my Paris Study Abroad 2006 (shout out to you guys! some of the best of the best went on that trip), is currently back in Paris doing awesome things.  And I'm in York, doing less awesome things.  Anyways, we'd been trying to plan a time to go and meet up somewhere and when it got down to it, we both didn't have a ton of options that worked with both our schedules (but the future months do look more promising). So it was planned: 12 hours in London.  It's pretty much halfway between us and it tur...

I try to keep up with the news as much as I can. Recently I've added the BBC website to my list of sources to peruse when the mood strikes. And let me tell you, it has some good stuff on there. Just tonight I was caught by some very interesting headlines (the articles are just as good): Valentine's Day 'wedding' for ram and deer at China zoo This is real article about, well, a deer and ram getting married.  If you don't want to read the article, totally fine.  Here is the best part: " But Changmao (the ram) has not been exactly faithful to Chunzi. He fathered a baby lamb with the zoo's only female sheep." And the second article: Science behind ponytail revealed I think my favorite part about this one is the fact that its #5 on the most popular article list.  People are way more interested in ponytails than I thought!   And thats whats going on in the world.

I have not been warm in what feels like days. This cold spell has to stop. If, for anything, to make me not feel/look like a homeless person every time I leave my house. A homeless person with wannabe hipster glasses. (gotta keep the rep up, you know? especially on the streets)

Recently I made friends with a new kid.   I knew we were foreal real friends (well, i guess this is still debatable but whatever) when we were talking about music. And Jay-Z. Our mutual love for this man, and the discovery that both of us own his biography Decoded , was a revelation. Also, I know its maybe too much because I already shared this link on the FB, but just how perfect is this picture? (via here -baby girl already has her own tumblr and is featured on a  song  by her daddy) I've never been more jealous of an infant. And yes, I realize this is ridiculous.  It's how I do.

Tonight I was going through some old pictures. Sometimes this activity makes me sad.  Other times it makes me happy. I'm feeling a mix of both right now.  But mostly happy.  Because I have some good friends.  And we've had many a good times.   A sample, specifically from the Summer of Legends.  Such joyful and carefree days.  I had my mullet and you can tell how busy I was by how tan I got. Also, this makes me extra hate the snow currently covering the ground.   Hope you're having an awesome Tuesday!

Today this happened . There was a fire in the Chemistry building on campus.   Lucky for me, that happens to be right next to where I live! Which means we were out of power for a couple hours today. And even though now our electricity is working, there is no warmth in my building. No heat.  No hot water. But thats ok. I've been freezing before. And also, I worked on this video.  I don't talk in it at all so you might like it. I didn't realize how shaky I was with the camera.  I'll try to be better, but no promises.

  Despite being ridiculously cold lately, beauty is still everywhere. (only when its not raining, of course)