Homesick For A Clock That Told The Same Time

Heather (properly renamed Heathcliff) and I have arrived! Liverpool is boss! It is quite lovely and there is so much to do and see...liked Manchester...but WOW! We enjoyed our last day in Manchester by going to the Man United Stadium tour and took many a coaches around the town which was quite fun! Even though MU isn't my favorite, Peter Wright sure knew plenty about his team.

We arrived in Liverpool around 19:00 (that's right!) for the best Chinese dinner I have ever had...I cannot ever do Chinese takeout. I'm loving the tea in the mornings as well. Did you know that they call the three courses of the day Breakfast, Dinner and Tea. So wild.

Anyway...Sarah took Heather and I into Liverpool today and we walked around the waters edge and went to Liverpool Center where it was like a HUGE town full of shops that just went on forever and they were all modern looking. Heather and I will be making our way back on Friday when it is a free day for us...and we will get to venture out on our own. We may even take the Duck Tour to explore the water. It was cool seeing that Liverpool dedicated the whole city to The Beatles...they seemed to be everywhere. I can't believe that Sarah lives down the road from Penny Lane. Pretty Cool.

Now we are watching Saint Trinians (a proper English film on school girls. It's quite funny..although Mischa Barton's attempt at the English accent is horrific). With that...I'm out. TRAAAAA.

The Long And Winding Road

I feel that the title is appropriate...since I will in fact begin a long and winding journey (I mean 9 months can really fly by, but I pray it doesn't.) ohhh and for the sheer fact that I'm going to the UK baby and will be making a quick stop in Liverpool where those Beatle boys began!!!

So anyhow....I cannot believe that I will be finally beginning a new chapter in my life. I mean completely BRAND NEW.

Heather and I are sitting at the Burger King in the Orlando Airport waiting to get on our 10 hour flight to Frankfurt, Germany. I got this $7 neck pillow that I have to inflate myself, I'm sure I will not come across looking at all falac (sp?) while I blow all my hot air out to sleep comfortably.

It has not even hit me that I will be actually living and supporting myself fully in another country. Another language. Another mind. I cannot wait to lose myself in the culture and the people.

As soon as Heather and I get off the plane from Manchester we will be seeing the sights for the afternoon (I really should have brought that black jacket...which is quite appropriate for the English rains..and chill...but I felt I had to leave it begind. Kind of silly really.) From there we will be playing soccer (errr football) with Heather's friend Sarah, who is on a club team.

I can't believe I have to meet people in a foreign land with this shit on my face (I waxed my eyebrows for the first and LAST time I can promise you that). After I told Heather my horror story with my own face, she and Rahera decide to wax their upper lips and how Heather not only tore skin off the sides of her lips but her actual lip. Being a woman is so stressful and expensive.

Well the plane is leaving in 15. Ciao. See you in Britainland!

I Want to Keep My Soul

A serendipatious happening while I was looking for Erykah Badu remixes. I came across Troublemakers today, a French electronic band. I am absolutely enamoured with "Lemon" which is off of this now-duo's 2004 album "Express Way". They are totally rad and I admire their powerful lyrics.

So I leave you with how I am feeling on this beautiful day and with shared thoughts of the Troublemakers....

"Forget about your money. I want to keep my soul. My soul. Time after time and day after day I'm feeling more and more free. I want to keep my soul. Free like Marvin Gaye. I want to be free. For once in my life. Try to reach the sky. Like a bird. Free. Like the morning sun. I want to be free. Like my heart. Free. Like the moon at night."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9L28qMqFgg