Update!

This is today's "Overheard"..

This is what Kassy's missing at the UA:

 

My coworker John and I were talking about how we really wanted a cookie and then he asked me "You know what a pizookie is right?" "YUM!!" And my other coworker Brittney asked "What is a pizookie?"

SO that conversation sparked an adventure where Jessie and I are going to educate Brittney on what a pizookie is... we're going after work to eat dinner at Old Chicago and eat... PIZOOKIE!!! Then we're going to watch The Princess and the Frog. It'll be fun! :)

back to the daily grind.

well, it's back to the tucson routine... so what did i learn from my trip to europe?

europe = home.

everytime i go to europe, i feel like i'm getting closer to 'home' rather than leaving it. i really want to move there.

this semester i'm only taking 4 classes... a 6-unit german class, 2 french classes and an islam class. all four have fantastic professors (for once).

this is going to be a kickass year! i'm really excited... it has already started with a bang!

oh... here are some more pictures from my last days in london...

the chipmunk is a joke...

this french guy kept calling everyone 'old',

so they nicknamed him 'junior'.

then, when they all headed to mcdonald's,

they bought him a happy meal since he's a 'kid'.

and lo and behold, a chipmunk toy

came with his kid's meal.

these guys were wearing sleeveless plaid shirts

and yellow booty-shorts with suspenders.

had to get a picture!

that's jessica on the left and mary on the right.

 

dana (guy) randomly found one 5-inch heel...

and decided he wanted to try it on.

 

kalo neo etos!

Fireworks at the Eye!! :)

This is when we first got to Thameside

about 4 hours beforehand. COLD!

Ashley and Kassy.

FIREWORKS!

 

COLOURS!!

 

Me, Richard, Darren and Kassy afterwards.

 

Trafalgar Square 30 minutes post fireworks.

WoW!

 

so... met a guy...

It was on December 30th that Kassy and I took on London! We went exploring around the city. Lots of fun! We got off at the wrong tube station, so we decided we'd watch London from the top of a double-decker bus, which was Kassy's first time on one of those. Then, we were passing a TON of music shops and I looked at Kassy and asked "Wanna get off? Yeah? K, let's do it!" We discovered all kinds of music shops and I bought a couple flute books. Good stuff.

Then we hopped back on the bus and drove towards Westminster Abbey, since that was one of those "must-see" places. That's where we got off the bus and met... Ben.

We ended up taking a ton of pictures and let me tell you, Ben is beautiful in real life (of course), but he's even gorgeous on camera! I have a ton of pictures now. You know me, I like tall guys and I'd say he's definitely, definitely over 6 feet tall. I don't even come to face when I'm on my tiptoes (not that that's saying much). We're going to meet up with him again, probably the day we go to Shakespeare's Globe theatre to watch a Christmas Shakespeare jab, but I don't really think Ben's coming along, but that's ok... I can just look at him the whole time.

See you Sunday, Ben!

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This goes out to Kassy... who is currently on a plane.

3 stars!! Finito!!

DH - 2 Days Late...

... but a great idea nonetheless.

Berlin Zoo!

I went to the zoo, but I didn't really take any pictures, but I have some funny stories.

In the giraffe house, there were these really large deer-like animals. One of them was sitting close to the gate and chewing away like a cow. I told Melz, "Wow, he eats exactly like a cow..." So I made cow noises. Then he stopped chewing... and his eyes got bigger... and I kept mooing... and his ears went back... We left before he rammed his head against the gate. Haha! :S

We went inside to see the monkeys and there was one that was so funny!! Everytime we tilted our head, he would tilt his head the opposite way. He was so confused!! And then he would make a noise that sounded a LOT like a cat. We named him Bobby.

Also in the monkey house were mongooses. We saw a ringtailed mongoose and he got all the way up to the glass, so I put my finger back and forth along the glass and he chased it like a cat. It was so cute! He kept following me until I left.

We went to the petting zoo, where you could put in 10 or 20 cents and get feed for the animals, but those little goats attacked the machine before we could get any feed!! They just swarm and bite! It was scary! Ha, not really, but still! I can see why kids are afraid of goats!!

Pictures from the petting zoo part:

 

 

Lastly, Melz wanted to see the hippo, so we spent the better part of 2 hours looking for the hippo. In the end, the hippo house was literally 100 yards from the entrance of the zoo!!

And that's it.

Masked Ball

Kassy and I have an invitation to a masked ball for a New Years Eve Eve party (oh yes, I wrote that right). We're going to do the London Eye for New Years Eve, but for the night before... MASKED BALL!!

So I found a mask for her, and I'm gonna make my own, but Melz and I tried it on and played with the pink gloves that came with it. Have a look-see!