Weekend in London

Yup, I'm bored, so I'm going to write on my blog instead. :)

Quick recap about last week. (Actually, it'll be pretty long.)

I decided last minute to surprise Stuart when he got back from Benicassim late Monday night, so I texted Chloe to let her know, and she very kindly offered to pick me up from the train station since I'd never gone to Mansfield all by myself and I didn't know what bus to take to Stu's house.

I got to Nottingham train station quite early and when the train to Mansfield came, I wasn't quite sure if it was the right one. 2 girls in very colourful clothing came up to me and asked if it was the train going to Worksop, and I replied I didn't know, and that I was just about to ask them if the train was the one to Mansfield. I assumed I was right when I saw quite a lot of chav-looking people on board the train.

When I got to Mansfield, Mandy was with Chloe and we had a nice chat before they left because Chloe was going to meet some friends to watch Inception (which I'm dying to see!). So I was left alone in the house. I decided to put on a random movie and read at the same time, but ended up falling asleep instead. When I woke up it was almost 8pm, and I put on Australia, which, by the way, is a long ass film, although it is quite good. I haven't quite finished it yet, though.

Chloe came back when I was watching Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (Don't ask me why I put this on, I must have been quite bored.), and we chatted through the entire movie. A couple times we asked each other what the hell was going on in the movie but we had absolutely no clue what was going on because we'd been talking the whole time.

Around midnight, Stuart got back. After chatting for awhile with Chloe, we went upstairs and he uploaded pictures from the festival. I'm so jealous of how tanned he is now. (Although, not jealous of the lovely tan lines he's got, haha!)

Holly moved into Opal on Monday when I wasn't around, so when I got back to Nottingham on Tuesday evening, Stuart and I dropped by her flat to say a quick hello. So happy I've got a friend here now! :)

We went out to Coco Tang for drinks on Wednesday. Originally there were supposed to be a lot more people, but in the end it was just Holly, Stu and I. Holly came round for wine before we went out, just like old times. Pity Kelly wasn't here! It was half-price cocktails at the bar so we had quite a few drinks before leaving at about 1am. Obviously, the next day was spent nursing a horrible hangover.

Now, about the weekend...

Friday morning was spent travelling to London on the National Express coach. Honestly, fat people should be forced to buy 2 seats. I'd never felt more uncomfortable in my life. Had lunch at KFC and people-watched in Victoria train station before my appointment at the Singapore embassy.

After that, I got lost trying to look for the tube station. After walking around for 10 minutes, this nice guy directed me to Knightsbridge tube station, which is right next to Harrods. I was tempted to go in, but decided against it. (Yay, willpower worked this time!)

Went to Totteridge and Whetstone to Joel's so I could get my stuff back. Elana was late coming back from school, so I only saw her for a little while before I had to leave and meet Kan. Elana has a new little bunny she got from a country fair. He's all black and his name is Lucky! Rambo (their dog) doesn't like the rabbit very much and keeps scratching at the hutch. I think he sees Lucky as a tasty little appetiser before his dinner.

Met Kan and two of his colleagues at a pub near London Bridge. Stuart actually managed to find the place and Kan when I was in the bathroom. Imagine my surprise when I came back outside and they were already chatting!

After that, Stu and I made our way to Canada Water, where we caught the courtesy bus to our hotel (Hilton, no less!), where we were staying for the weekend. After I redid my makeup and got dressed, we left to meet Stuart's friends Emma and JonP in Central London. We got to Leicester Square and had some dinner at a Chinese restaurant in Chinatown before we met Emma and JonP in some club (I've already forgotten the name of that place. 12 bar something, maybe?)

On Saturday we took a bus to somewhere near Holborn because the Jubilee line was closed. We ended up having Korean food for lunch at the place Yessicha and Adelia brought me to. After that we wandered towards Trafalgar Square and went to the National Gallery. We then walked to Leicester Square where we had ice-cream in my favourite London ice-cream parlour. I had pistachio and rum and raisin. :)

After that, Stuart decided he wanted to go to the Canadian pub where he and JonP had been to before, so he led the way halfway around London before remembering that the pub was in Covent Garden, which is right next to Leicester Square where we'd set off from. We must have been walking for about 2 hours. Sigh. The journey back to the hotel was ridiculous. The bus we were on suddenly stopped at Elephant and Castle and everyone had to get off. Of course, this meant that all the buses that came along later were packed full of people. In the end, we were so tired and irritated with the London transport that we decided to just take a taxi back to the hotel. Yup, 20 quid for the cab ride.

Sunday morning was spent packing up and checking out of the hotel. We caught the ferry to Canary Wharf and met up with Emma for some shopping. She needed to buy a present for a friend, so Stuart and I went to grab some lunch at one of my favourite Italian restaurants, Carluccios. I used to go there with Melissa and Michelle all the time when I lived in London. Man, that feels like a lifetime ago!

After lunch, we met up with Emma again and walked around the shopping centre. I bought a dozen Krispy Kreme doughnuts! Seriously, Nottingham needs to get a Krispy Kreme place. It's ridiculous that it doesn't. Then we went on the DLR to see Emma and JonP's apartment near Stratford. I love that apartment! I want an apartment like that one day!

We left a little late for our train back to Nottingham, and practically all the underground lines were closed for maintenance, so we had to take a taxi from Monument. I now know what it feels like to be in a high speed car chase. I swear, the taxi driver must have broken quite a few traffic rules to get us to St. Pancras station.

We arrived at the right platform with 30 seconds to spare, so we got to watch the train leave the station. :( Luckily, the nice lady in the ticket office put us on the next train after we babbled (quite incoherently) our excuses. So we still got to sit in first class at no extra charge! :) I love first class! I'd never been in first class before. It is awesome! The seats are so much bigger and the carriage was quiet, with practically no one around. Love it.

So that was my eventful weekend. Was pretty fun overall. :)

Oh! Yesterday, when Stuart got back from work, he surprised me with a bunch of flowers! I went downstairs to open the gate and saw that he had his big umbrella opened in front of him. It wasn't raining, so it struck me as quite strange. I'd never received flowers from anyone before, so it was definitely a lovely surprise! :) He remembered my favourite are lilies as well! :)

My favourite flowers from my favourite guy :)

He also helped me design and finish making the level on LittleBigPlanet for my dissertation. He must have spent about 4 hours doing that. He's totally awesome! :)

Hmm, now to think of a few many ways to repay him... :)

Soppy freak

As you all know, I'm doing my dissertation for my degree this summer, and the topic I've chosen involves the PlayStation 3 and the game LittleBigPlanet.

I have to create my experiment using this game, because you can create custom levels, and so I was just Googling it for my research when I stumbled upon this Youtube video.



How awesome is that?! It's so incredibly sweet! So cute that she kept on playing, haha.

Anyways... Something random, haha.

Of course, that video got me into a soppy mood, and I remembered watching a clip of a proposal on The Ellen Degeneres Show a few months back.



Awww!

Of course I cried.

Such is the life of Cheryl. Sigh. I'm such a soppy freak.

Of course, now I'm super distracted and probably never going to get back to work. Wonderful.

Double Complete Rainbow

Today has been spent pretty much doing nothing. I did a little work when I woke up but that was it.

The Catcher In The Rye is turning out to be a pretty good read. Holden Caulfield is an awesome character. I'm halfway through the book. It's interesting writing, but seeing as how it's from 1945, I suppose that's how the style was.

Hmm, I was just looking at my fingernails as I was typing and they look so plain and boring without any nail polish on. But they're kind of nice without colour as well. Ok, now I sound completely idiotic.

Just my random musings. That's why you read my blog, right? Haha...

For instance, I remember thinking "Damn it, Stuart's probably listening to Calvin Harris live right now. I hate him. With a vengeance." when I went to bed. Haha.

Joshua Radin's I'd Rather Be With You is so sweet. Fell asleep listening to it last night.



Sitting here on this lonely dock
Watch the rain play on the ocean top
All the things I feel I need to say
I can't explain in any other way

I need to be bold
Need to jump in the cold water
Need to grow older with a girl like you
Finally see you are naturally the one to make it so easy
When you show me the truth
Yeah
I'd rather be with you
Say you want the same thing too

Now here's the sun
Come to dry the rain
Warm my shoulders and relieve my pain
You're the one thing that I'm missing here
With you beside me I no longer fear

I need to be bold
Need to jump in the cold water
Need to grow older with a girl like you
Finally see you are naturally the one to make it so easy
When you show me the truth
Yeah
I'd rather be with you
Say you want the same thing too

I could have saved so much time for us
Had I seen the way to get to where I am today
You waited on me for so long
So now listen to me say

I need to be bold
Need to jump in the cold water
Need to grow older with a girl like you
Finally see you are naturally the one to make it so easy
When you show me the truth
Yeah
I'd rather be with you
Say you want the same thing too

Say you feel the way I do

I love the guitar bit at the beginning of the song. And the lyrics are so sweet! The video has Hayden Panettiere (Claire in Heroes) in it. She's so pretty. Sometimes I wish I was blonde. Oh wait, I am a blonde. A dumb blonde. Ok, LAAAAAAME.

See what staying at home with nothing to do does to me?

I WANT TO GO OUT!

Bah. Oh wells, I'll settle for going out on Monday with Holly and maybe Tsomo! Gonna have a girly girly night, probably in Vodka Revolution or something. Can't wait! Haven't had a decent drink in bloody ages. Oh super, now I sound like an alcoholic.

Omg, it's only 7.30pm. WHAT AM I GOING TO DO TONIGHT?!

I've already run out of things to read on the Internet, I'm bored of Gilmore Girls and other DVDs I've got. And I don't really want to do much work this weekend. Ooh, maybe House, but I don't want to watch something on my laptop, which by the way is dying.

I need a new laptop! Let me know about good deals! Desperately want to get rid of this piece of junk, now that I've got the ok from my parents to buy a new laptop.

I've never ever had a brand new laptop of my own before. Mine are always hand-me-downs from my parents. Who am I to complain if they paid for it?

Hmm, I think I will go out and get a bunch of magazines tomorrow. I'm in dire need of entertainment.

Super. Just spent another £35 online. I need someone to confiscate my debit card.

Just heard the word "rainbow" in a song and I just cracked up. Probably because Stuart sent me this video last week.



Freakin' hilarious! Haha I'm still laughing! Halfway through the video, he sounds like he's having a major orgasm or something, haha! And he starts sobbing! Bloody hell, most awesome video I've seen all year.

Oh my God, it's so intense.

HAHA!

Shopping!

Ok, so I think I kind of went a little overboard with the shopping today. Big oops.

Got up at 9 this morning (very proud of myself, seeing as how I went to bed at about 3.30am!), and finished up my interim report as best as I could. Handed it in around 12.30pm, and then made my way to town.

I had every intention to just get a pair of jeans that I actually need and then some groceries.

But there were freakin' 'Sale!' signs EVERYWHERE!!!

I was in Victoria Centre first, so I walked around for a bit, trying to control myself from walking into EVERY store.

That lasted for about 10 minutes.

I went into La Senza first and spent a good half an hour in there. Walked out with nearly £33 worth of lingerie. (Hey, I actually needed them! Plus they were on sale, so it was well worth it.)

Then I went into Republic, where I bought 2 summery tops. Hey, for a tenner each, they were a damn steal!

I went into Topshop, and walked out without buying anything. Was immensely proud of myself.

So of course, I rewarded myself by going into Lipsy. Lipsy dresses are so gorgeous! But oh so expensive! That's why when I saw the 'Sale' sign in the window, I immediately rushed in. They don't often do sales. I bought a lovely pink corset, which is my favourite buy today. It was £15 cheaper than the original price, still a little pricey, but I think it was well worth it, because it's one of those rare pieces of clothing that make me look good and feel comfortable at the same time. :)

I was all ready to go home after that, but Miss Selfridge caught my eye with their '50% off' sign so I obliged. Found the jeans that I needed! At only £10.80 (after beautiful 10I% student discount, on top of the sale price!), it's definitely a steal! I love being a student!

I very diligently ignored Aldo's '70% off' sign, and walked into Primark. Got new bed sheets and a duvet cover set, because the ones I have right now drive me insane 'cos they keep slipping off the mattress and every morning I have to fit them back again. I totally meant to get just those, but I wandered into the shoe section and a pair of studded black boots caught my attention. They're now sitting on my shoe rack. :)

After that, my arms felt kind of tired with all the shopping bags, so I decided to hit Tesco Express before heading home.

When I reached home, I suddenly remembered that Asos had delivered the stuff I'd ordered yesterday.

Felt REALLY guilty then.

But, guilt flew straight out the window once I opened up the huge box and started trying on my stuff. I'm quite happy with most of the clothes I ordered. Not so sure about the dress I bought, and definitely sending back the fringed sandals.

So, all together, I have 5 new tops, a new skirt, new jeans, a new dress, new boots, a bunch of new lingerie, a new shrug cardigan, a new lip balm, a new eyeliner, and 2 new bags.

I don't even want to know how much I spent. Sigh.

I need to stop spending money.

Anyways.... 2 songs for today! First, Owl City's Vanilla Twilight, because I fell asleep listening to it, and it is such a sweet song.



The stars lean down to kiss you
And I lie awake and miss you
Pour me a heavy dose of atmosphere

'Cause I'll doze off safe and soundly
But I'll miss your arms around me
I'd send a postcard to you dear
'Cause I wish you were here

I'll watch the night turn light blue
But it's not the same without you
Because it takes two to whisper quietly

The silence isn't so bad
Till I look at my hands and feel sad
'Cause the spaces between my fingers
Are right where yours fit perfectly

I'll find repose in new ways
Though I haven't slept in two days
'Cause cold nostalgia chills me to the bone

But drenched in vanilla twilight
I'll sit on the front porch all night
Waist-deep in thought because when I think of you
I don't feel so alone

I don't feel so alone
I don't feel so alone

As many times as I blink
I'll think of you tonight

I'll think of you tonight

When violet eyes get brighter
And heavy wings grow lighter
I'll taste the sky and feel alive again

And I'll forget the world that I knew
But I swear I won't forget you
Oh, if my voice could reach back through the past
I'd whisper in your ear

Oh darling, I wish you were here

Such perfect lyrics! This is why lyrics are so important. The tune can be crap, but if the lyrics are good, it wouldn't matter! Ok, fine, the tune has to be good to, but lyrics come first. The last line is my favourite part of the song, the way he sings it. :)

Next song. Colbie Caillat's You Got Me has also been on repeat all day on my iPod whilst I was shopping. Love it so much! Again, lyrics!



You're stuck on me and my laughing eyes
I can't pretend, though I try to hide
I like you
I like you

I think I felt my heart skip a beat
I'm standing here and I can hardly breathe
You got me, yeah
You got me

The way you take my hand is just so sweet
And that crooked smile of yours
It knocks me off my feet

Oh, I just can't get enough
How much do I need to fill me up
It feels so good it must be love
It's everything that I've been dreaming of

I give up
I give in
I let go
Let's begin
'Cause no matter what I do
Oh, my heart is filled with you

I can't imagine what it'd be like
Livin' each day in this life without you
Without you

One look from you
I know you understand
This mess we're in
You know is just so out of hand

Oh, I just can't get enough
How much do I need to fill me up
It feels so good it must be love
It's everything that I've been dreaming of

I give up
I give in
I let go
Let's begin
'Cause no matter what I do
Oh, my heart is filled with you

I hope we always feel this way
I know we will
And in my heart I know that you'll always stay

Oh, I just can't get enough
How much do I need to fill me up
It feels so good it must be love

I give up
I give in
I let go
Let's begin
'Cause no matter what I do

Oh, I just can't get enough
How much do I need to fill me up
It feels so good it must be love

I give up
I give in
I let go
Let's begin
'Cause no matter what I do
Oh, my heart is filled with you

Oh
You got me
You got me

Oh
Oh
You got me
You got me

Just got a message from Holly. Going out to Coco Tang for drinks on Wednesday! Wheeee, can't wait! :) And this time, I won't have a lack of clothes to choose from! :)

4 more days. Big sigh.

World Spins Madly On

Ok, so last night wasn't as productive as I meant for it to be, work-wise.

I've done a lot more this morning, so yay for that. But still got a long way more to go till it's anywhere near completion. :(

At least the weather is a little nicer today. Last night was horrendous.

I'm reading The Catcher In The Rye, by J. D. Salinger, when I have breaks. I'm not very far into it yet, but it's quite interesting writing so far.

I think I'm pulling an all-nighter tonight, just to finish off the report and get it in ASAP. The deadline's for 4pm tomorrow, but I'd much rather get it out of the way, then I can relax and start on designing my experiment on LittleBigPlanet over the weekend. I don't really know what I'm doing. Stuart's shown me how to do stuff on there, but I'm still unfamiliar with it. Ahh, I'm sure I'll get the hang of it soon enough. :)

Super, I've just gone on asos.com and bought a shitload of stuff. Oops. :P

I'm gonna go to town after I hand in my report. Looking forward to it being done, then I can have a break for a bit. Hope the weather won't be crap tomorrow. Weather forecasts are useless in this country.

My friend's off to Alton Towers tomorrow for a whole day of fun. I wanted to go, but realistically, it'll be a waste of money since I hardly go on the rides. I'm a big, big chicken.

Can't wait for Holly to be back next Monday! Wheee we're gonna be in the same accommodation, so it'll be great! There was talk of going out for drinks, but I'm not entirely sure when it'll be. Can't wait for that, whenever it is anyways! It's been ages since I've been out with my girlfriends!

 So... Song of the day! It's been on repeat. Ok, Rik, I get what you mean about Spotify being superior. If it wasn't for Spotify, I wouldn't have found this song. (Ok, actually not true, I'd just forgotten about it before and hadn't bothered to look for it.)

I first heard it on One Tree Hill. I remember it was the episode where Peyton's biological mother died from breast cancer, and it played at the end, when Peyton went to The Meadow to scatter her mother's ashes. Of course I cried non-stop for a good 15 minutes, whaddya think? The lyrics of the song (World Spins Madly On, by The Weepies) are so unbelievably sad. I think of my beloved grandma when I hear this song. I miss you, popo.



Woke up and wished that I was dead
With an aching in my head
I lay motionless in bed
I thought of you and where you'd gone
And let the world spin madly on

Everything that I said I'd do
Like make the world brand new
And take the time for you
I just got lost and slept right through the dawn
And the world spins madly on

I let the day go by
I always say goodbye
I watch the stars from my window sill
The whole world is moving and I'm standing still

Woke up and wished that I was dead
With an aching in my head
I lay motionless in bed
The night is here and the day is gone
And the world spins madly on

I thought of you and where you'd gone
And the world spins madly on

Loooong update

I should try to update more often. This is gonna be one long ass entry.

Stuart's probably in Spain by now, the lucky bastard. He's going to the Benicassim festival, where he's going to see awesome bands like Kasabian, The Prodigy, Gorillaz and a few more I can't remember right now.

Did I mention that he's a lucky bastard?

I, on the other hand, get to work my arse off with my interim report for my dissertation, whilst it's pissing down outside. Yes, summer in England is lovely. I've never felt colder in summer before. My fingers are numb as I type this post.

I keep having to get up to stir my risotto. Yes, I'm making wild mushroom risotto. :)

Anyways...

It's weird not having him around here. I think we've been with each other literally every day since we met, except for the one Tuesday after we got together. (God, I remember the silliest little details.) The flat feels slightly empty. :( I think next Tuesday will mark 1 month together. :)

Going through some crap that I won't bother going into detail now. I'm trying to take my mind off it by working on my report. So far, I've done basically nothing. Productive, huh? Instead, I fell asleep around 6.30pm and woke up feeling weirdly confused at 9.45pm.

Since I had almost 4 hours sleep, I've decided to stay up till about 3 or 4 in the morning to work on my report. Hopefully I'll get a lot more done.

Mmm, my risotto is awesome. :) And House just seems to get better the second time round.

So, update about the past few days.

I watched Requiem for a Dream last Wednesday, because it came highly recommended by Stuart. It's... interesting, to put it mildly. It's certainly put me off drugs, not that I've ever been interested in taking drugs. Watch it, it's pretty good, in an arthouse kind of way. I did intend to watch it with Stu, but he fell asleep around 8.30pm instead.

Went to Stuart's place on Friday for the weekend. He's got a new housemate now called Chloe. She's so pretty. Wish I was that thin and tanned. Haha.

We walked around a shopping centre in Mansfield and Stuart got a key cut for Chloe and bought season 1 of House as a birthday present for his dad. I should get my dad to watch House too, since it is basically THE best tv show.

We had macaroni and cheese for dinner and watched Disney's Lion King. That cartoon will never get old for me.

Oh yes, how could I forget?! Stuart bought a Nintendo Wii! He got a pretty good deal at Tesco and got a black one, with a few other games. We got back and he put everything together. I beat him at bowling, table tennis and swordplay. I totally rock! :)

Saturday was spent helping Stuart move stuff to make room for Chloe. (when I say helping, I mean more like standing around and watching Stuart move stuff.) We also played Resident Evil on the Wii, which is really fun. We watched Harry Brown and Fish Tank, which are both, in my opinion, chav films. Delightful films, those. We ended the night with Pearl Harbour, which of course got me weeping from the very beginning. Yes, I know, I'm pathetic.

On Sunday, I met Stuart's dad, who came to pick us up for lunch at his house. Can't believe Stuart doesn't put gravy on his food. He couldn't believe I don't like Yorkshire puddings. I met his dad's girlfriend Kay as well, who kind of reminds me of my own mom. Haha, weird. They're both really nice. We spent most of the day there chatting and then we went back to Stuart's to grab our stuff and catch the last train, which, in the end, we didn't because Stuart misread the train times. We started to make our way to the bus stop to catch the bus back to Nottingham, but literally missed it by 20 seconds.

So we went to Stuart's mom Jo's house because he didn't want to walk around with his PS3 or wait at the bus stop for an hour. I got to see where he grew up. :) Jo seems quite nice, but most of the conversation was focused on Stuart because they hadn't seen each other for a long time. We were there for only a little while, and then we left to catch the train.

Had dinner at Higoi with Rik, Tsomo and Stuart on Monday. We (Rik, Stu and me) went to The Grove before dinner for a couple of drinks. The last time we were there, Stuart spilt his drink all down his jeans, haha! After a huge (and very yummy) dinner, we went to The Three Wheatsheaves before walking home.

I should probably get back to work instead of doing this. I shall leave you with my song of the day, Secondhand Serenade's Pretend, from the album A Twist In My Story. I would've never know about this song if Stuart didn't let me use his Spotify account. Apparently I'm an idiot for not having Spotify. Oh wells.

The lyrics of this song are really beautiful. Not how I feel right now, but still hauntingly beautiful.



It seems all of these words couldn't be further from the truth
How did I get here?
What did I do?

Your eyes, telling me lies
And making me find myself
While you have your agenda
A life to pursue

So please
Let me be free from you
And please
Let me be free
I can face the truth

I'm blind to all of your colors
That used to be rainbow then
My eyes, where did they go to?
Why disappear?

It's hard to be all alone
I never got through your disguise
I guess I'll just go
And face all my fear

So please
Let me be free from you
And please
Let me be free
I can face the truth

Put down your world
Just for one night
Pick me again

So please
Let me be free from you
And please
Let me be free
I can face the truth

Oh crap, just saw your text. Damn it, I forgot my phone was on silent AND  in my bag.

I miss you too.

Bring On The Wonder

I'm in school, trying to work on my dissertation.

I'm hungry, I'm bored and it's freezing in here. Honestly, do they need to turn the air conditioning way up? There are like 3 people in the entire lab. Plus it's not even sunny today.

Going to head over to Cotton Mills later in the afternoon to see Tope. Should be nice to catch up again.

Things seem to be going good overall with my work. I've found quite a few sources, so I've got quite a lot of reading to do. My supervisor thinks everything is alright so far, so yay for that. The interim report's due next Friday, so I've got a whole lot of typing to do for next week. I aim to do about 6000 words. :)

Stuart's recommended 750words.com to do my dissertation. I think that's a great idea, so I'm gonna give it a try. Can't be that hard, 750 words a day, right? Hopefully, on a good day, I'll do twice that. :)

Gonna try and recap the last few days as fast as I can so I can grab some lunch and get back to work.

Went back to Mansfield on Friday for the weekend. Dave and Hayley (Stu's friends) hosted a barbeque and poker night, so we went over to their new house after dropping off our things at Stu's house. They have an extremely excitable young Labrador called Olly. Such a cute dog! His tail does hurt a lot when it slaps against your bare leg though, haha!

Had extremely crap luck with poker, and was second to be out. :( But it was still fun to watch the others play. Stuart came second and won 15 quid, and Hayley won first place, winning a whopping £30. Fun times! :)

Saturday and Sunday was spent curling up on the couch and watching films, which was basically the most ideal way to spend the weekend. :) However, it was a pain having to get up at 6.30 on Monday morning so we could catch the train back to Nottingham.

Yesterday, Rik and Tsomo decided to come over to take a look at the new place. We ended up drinking (well, sort of) downstairs and in the common room. Was nice to see Tsomo again.

Found a new song yesterday that hopefully everyone else will like too. I first heard it on an episode of Bones (awesome series, by the way) a long time ago and I just thought of it again yesterday. It's called Bring On The Wonder by Susan Enan, with Sarah McLachlan doing the background vocals. I love Susan Enan's voice. It's so fitting for a song like this.

Great, now I feel all melancholic, especially when I remember the Bones episode.



I can't see the stars anymore living here

Let's go to the hills where the outlines are clear

Bring on the wonder
Bring on the song
I pushed you down deep in my soul for too long

I fell through the cracks at the end of our street
Let's go to the beach, get the sand through our feet

Bring on the wonder
Bring on the song
I pushed you down deep in my soul for too long

Bring on the wonder
We got it all wrong
We pushed you down deep in our souls for too long

I don't have the time for a drink from the cup
Let's rest for a while 'til our souls catch us up

Bring on the wonder
Bring on the song
I pushed you down deep in my soul for too long

Bring on the wonder
We got it all wrong
We pushed you down deep in our souls, so hang on

Bring on the wonder
Bring on the song
I pushed you down deep in my soul for too long

Top 10 Movie Kisses

Stu sent me a link about a 70 year old man who's looking for his long lost love. Now, that's true love. Of course, whether the woman actually reciprocates is a whole other matter.

And, true to form, I'm now sitting here thinking of that story, and that led me to "Hmm, if he finds her, it would make an amazing movie."

So, of course, I started thinking about movies and the ever-pivotal love/ kiss scenes.

So, I'm gonna compile my 10 favourite movie kiss scenes. I'm supposed to be doing some work, so of course I'm doing this instead. :)

No. 10 - Casablanca



Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman) and Rick (Humphrey Bogart) kiss in the amazing Casablanca. After Rick says the famous line "Here's lookin' at you, kid!", Ilsa says "Kiss me. Kiss me, as if it were the last time."
How romantic!
The clip is pretty crap, but the whole point is to just see the kiss, so whatever.

No. 9 - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs



It's a Disney princess. Happily ever after, and all that. 'Nuff said, really.

No. 8 - Lady and the Tramp



Yes, I know they are DOGS, but still, incredibly sweet! :) Obviously, it would be kind of gross to push a meatball with your nose across the plate to your date. BUT STILL.

No. 7 - The Sound of Music



Oh, to be sixteen again and have that first kiss!
The clip doesn't quite show the full effect of how Liesl feels after Rolf kisses her, but squealing and dancing in the rain after that is probably how most people feel anyways. :)

No. 6 - Tristan and Isolde



Passionate, I-need-you-right-here-right-now kisses. DUH.

No. 5 - You've Got Mail

Argh, I can't put up the clip. Oh well, here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPA8v06EsIY

How sweet is that?! And that line! "I wanted it to be you, I wanted it to be you so badly." Sighhhh....

No. 4 - Spiderman



Kissing a superhero? Now that's HOT.

No. 3 - Never Been Kissed



Can you imagine putting yourself out there like that? I suppose it's kind of symbolic of what everyone feels when they're unsure if the person they like actually likes them back.

No. 2 - Twilight



If you thought Twilight wouldn't be on this list, you're seriously deluded. This kiss is the epitome of teenage passion and desire. Plus, a hot vampire who is willing to control his thirst to kiss the girl he loves? Mmmm... :)

No. 1 - The Notebook

Rarrrr, everyone disables embedding!! So annoying.
Here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9JTfU7YtGQ&feature=related
It's in HD, so even better. :)

Kissing in the rain is so sexy.
Don't think I'll ever do that, since it's only in movies that makeup will miraculously stay on, even in torrential rain. I will just resemble some kind of bedraggled creature from a swamp or something.



So there you have it, my 10 favourite movie love scenes.

What are your top 10 love scenes? :)