this is the thread where i will discuss my activities in london. you can read it or you can not read it. it's a thread. you know how to use them.
soooooo, i made it! i have arrived in jolly old england. i can't believe i'm actually here. i actually did this. it's so wacky. the subway system is very easy to follow. i'm at an internet cafe near where i'm staying. i have been upgraded to a studio apartment, so i get my own bathroom and kitchen. ooooOOOOoooo however, the people are still cleaning it out and they are giving me a new bed, so it won't be ready for another 2 hours. i'm exhausted. i couldn't sleep on the plane even though i took a lot of klonopin, so i'm basically full of drugs right now. the flight was so nice. there were practically no people on it, so everyone basically got their own row. we also got our own tv sets. i watched knocked up and i was laughing so hard out loud because i felt so high. i did a laugh/clap combo when paul rudd put his hand in his mouth. they also had games on the screens, so i played a racing game and a weird version of snood with fruit instead of monsters for most of the time. remember snood? the food on the flight looked very unappetizing so when i told the stewardess that i didn't want anything, she freaked out and tried to get me to eat. i settled for an orange, but that orange was so good that i eventually had 5 of them. i have wireless internet access at the apartment, but if it doesn't work, there are a million internet cafes all over the place. i got an email from bank of america saying that i have suspicious activity on my account. i have to call them and justify why $600 was taken out of the account from london. these are just some things you should know. i can't wait to get into my room and nap. i feel like i'm about to pass out. i can't wait to go around london and look at things. tomorrow i have to go to an orientation for my program. it's at 10:30am and in the middle of london, so for the rest of the day, i can just walk around. thursday i'm going to the taping of QI! i bought bright yellow leggings just for the occassion. and then friday, i can officially start looking for jobs. oh also, when i was in line to get on the flight, one of the employees walked up to me and showed me a picture of his son and asked if i thought he was attractive. it was really weird/awkward. i just laughed and said i don't know. i am like a magnet for weirdos. you know how that is.
but OMFG i'm here!!! i feel so much more calm now that i'm almost settled in.
Sigur Ros are going to be playing a concert/party to release their new cd on june 24 in london and tickets are going on sale today I think. You should go. It would be amazing.
the subway system is very easy to follow. Duuuuuuuuuuuuude. I just had Subway. The place closed at 9 and I got there at 10:05, but I made a puppy face, and the guy let my puppy ass and made me a sandwich, oh man, I love that place now. I tipped him handsomely.
GOOD LUCK mandee!! If you see my friend "Taylor" over there, tell him "sup", he's there right now with his class. He's tall and tan and blonde, you can't miss him.
bguirk, you are already partially correct. here's my new update for the day.
last night i decided to take a stroll around the neighborhood to find a converter for one of my plugs, so i found a home depot type store called wilkes or something. i went in and found it (ta da) and i started talking to the cashier and i told her(?) that i just got here and didn't know anyone so she gave me her phone number! ka ching! i put a question mark next to "her" because she said her name was fred. she's an obvious lesbian though, like this girl with a weird name from my art class. she may have been hitting on me.
ok, now we get to the eeeesh part of this trip. this morning, i woke up at about 6am and i didn't know what to do because my orientation didn't start until 10:30. so i walked toward the train station, since where i was supposed to be was far away and i figured i could find something to do when i got there. on the way, a black man (my age) came up to me and asked if i had a lighter. i said no, but he continued to follow me and talk to me. he seemed pretty nice and asked if i wanted to go get a beer. remember, this is 6am. i said ok and we went to this little convenience store and got beers. we were trying to find a place to sit, but couldn't so he was like we should just go back to your place. this should have been a huge red flag. but, i'm stupid and i was like ok good idea. so we got there and we were sitting on my bed. eventually he started saying oh can i take off my shoes, my socks, my sweater. then he says i really feel comfortable if i take off my pants. so i was like whatever. then he kissed me and he put his tongue so far down my mouth that i gagged. and he was like oh i love your lips i can't wait to have sex with you, so i said i'm not going to have sex with you. eventually i was pressured into giving him a blowjob. by pressured, i mean he basically pushed my head down and wouldn't let me back up. when i wriggled away, he was like oh come on, i was almost there. i settled for an hj, but it was taking so fucking long i had to stop. i kept saying are you almost done. my arm was hurting so badly. i said i'm really uncomfortable with this, i refuse to do anything else. he basically stuck his dick in front of my face and tried to hug me. i pushed him away and said i'm not doing this. he kept acting like i was being so unreasonable because he hadn't cum yet. oh, i should mention that he said he had access to weed, which is why i had invited him over in the first place. i told him i needed to leave, so he needed to leave too, but instead he just laid naked in my bed until i basically started yelling and pushing. he was like why you gotta shout at me. i eventually got him to leave, but it was so frustrating and i was so upset that i couldn't get to the orientation, so i'll have to go on friday. this is like high school relived. i'm so going to get raped one day.
my mouth tastes like dick. i'm going to call the company i'm staying with and ask if i can get new sheets. i need to febreeze my room because it has a bad omen in it and i think getting rid of the current smell will help.
anyway, so that's what i've done so far. i hooked up with a black man! also sexually molested by one, but those are just details. jeeez this is just the first day!
from now on, i'm just saving myself for celebrities.
also, anyone who comes to visit me gets free klonopin.
and guys, i don't want to brag, but seriously, every guy i meet is so fascinated that i'm american and hits on me. i just went to the pound store (like dollar store) and the owner started talking to me and i told him how much rent i'm paying and he offered to drive me around to find me a cheaper rate. i declined that offer. he also gave me a free bottle of apple juice, which i totally took. there's so much walking around here. tonight after i rest i'm going to go to the middle of london and look for celebrities.
Jeez, mandee if you wanted to spend your summer blowing homeless black guys you could have just stayed home. Well, though I suppose the QI taping offsets that.
I've only tasted three dicks, but none of them tasted like anything or left a bad taste in my mouth (unless there was jizz, which is a different story).
I'd even go so far as to say a. sucking on my own skin in general results in no bad taste and b. neither does sucking on my boyfriend's.
can an expert on these issues elaborate this? seems too crazy to be true.
talmudic teachings with exact sources:
Jews must always try to deceive Christians. - Zohar (1 160a)
Jews are not to prevent the death of a Christian. - Choschen Ham (425 5):
Christian birth rate must be diminished materially. - Zohar (II 64b):
Even the best of the Goim [Christians] should be killed. - Abhodah Zarah (25b)T
Make no agreements and show no mercy to Christians. - Hilkhoth Akum (x,1):
15. "A Gentile girl who is three years old can be violated." -9boda Sarah 37
16. "A Jew may violate but not marry a non-Jewish girl." -&ad. Shas. 2:2
17. "A Jew may do to a non-Jewess what he can do. He may treat her as he treats a piece of meat." -Hadarine, 20, B; Schulchan 9ruch, Choszen Hamiszpat 348
It's the lead in your town's water supply. It's pretty hard to have skin be completely tasteless. When you've just washed it has some kind of taste or smell of soap; when you haven't washed for ages there is sweat or deodorant or perfume or mud or whatever. The neutral zone between these two states is pretty small. Also, new t-shirt idea:
I don't know about that stuff specifically 000 but all those religious texts are crazy. Anyone who has respect for them, either as a "faithful" person or an atheist or agnostic with that ole belated respect for that stuff, has no idea what they're talking about.
I can't be bothered digging out a bible but I just found this stuff online:
What did Jesus have to say about slavery? Well, in the cherished Sermon of the Mount, allegedly given by him and recognized as a prescription for Christian living, the institution of slavery, so prevalent at the time, is never mentioned. However, in Matthew 8:5-13 Jesus heals the Roman centurion's slave while praising the centurion for his exemplary faithfulness. Why didn't Jesus seize this opportunity to condemn slavery and forbid it? In Luke 12:47, the parable of the faithful and unfaithful slave, Jesus even recommends the beating of slaves. But the most astounding pro-slavery statement in the Bible is made by Jesus himself in Matthew 10:24-25. Here Jesus not only reminds slaves that they are never above their master, he actually recommends that they strive to be like him. http://www.inu.net/skeptic/slavery.html
something tells me they think all american girls are sluts.
perhaps the experience with guy who wasnt actually african american with the dick will drive u to lesbianism and u can call the girl from the homo depo
Wednesday, June 4, 2008 at 1:12 PM Edited Wednesday, June 4, 2008 at 1:14 PM
It must be nice to be on your own in a different county and do whatever the fuck you want. - abm
Man, are you oppressed. you don't actually have to leave the country to do "whatever the fuck you want." I'm pretty sure the freedoms of London more or less match those here.
something tells me they think all american girls are sluts.
I've heard that this is true from others. And gee, I can't image why...
mandee are you okay? i want to give you a big hug and hold your hand and maybe get ice cream and watch tv. please stop being so fucking stupid. i'd be really sad if you got hurt or worse.
Wednesday, June 4, 2008 at 4:09 PM Edited Wednesday, June 4, 2008 at 4:12 PM
mandee how's the accent coming along? Do people around you speak the Queens' accent, or the Amy Winehouse accent?
It must be nice to be on your own in a different county and do whatever the fuck you want.
the accent hasn't really improved yet. i have to give it a few more weeks. most people are more towards the amy winehouse accent. i think only really rich people talk like the queen.
and you can probably do more of whatever you want in america than you can here. the libel laws here are pretty strict, so people are always suing other people because of what they say about them. even on comedy shows.
mandee are you okay? i want to give you a big hug and hold your hand and maybe get ice cream and watch tv. please stop being so fucking stupid. i'd be really sad if you got hurt or worse.
awwww thanks. i'm ok now. i washed my sheets and febreezed and took a shower, so i feel much better. i also bought ice cream but no where has coffee heath bar crunch.
i will never ever talk to strangers again. — mandee
Well, that's a little reactionary. Talking is fine, how about you stop short of inviting them into your bedroom after a few minutes? Or maybe the part where you okay them removing their clothes? Or, I don't know, perhaps even the blowing? You know, establish boundaries.
so,today was pretty awesome. i'm basically copying and pasting this update from my livejournal.
today was the big day. the day i saw qi. i'm still on a high from it. i was in the second row and i was so close up, i could practically touch alan davies. ronni ancona was there too and previously i didn't really like her, but now i love her. some of you may remember her from the christina ricci vehicle, penelope. she was the american tutor, but she's not actually american. anyway, i honestly think that i'm funnier than her, but she's funny enough to be my friend. here's some bad things about her and then i'll get to the good points. she's an impressionist. i hate impressions, unless they are really obscure and accurate. at one point during the recording, she did an impression of renee zellweger as jane in tarzan. i don't know if she's ever heard renee zellweger speak before, but all she did was an american accent and emphasized some words and i'm pretty sure renee doesn't do that. she moved onto other people, who i had never heard of, but they were funny voices and that was fine. she can do voices and there is nothing wrong with that, but there is something wrong with saying something like "if drew barrymore worked in a shoe store, i think it would go a little something like this." but, at one point she gave an obscure fact about dustin hoffman's brother and then revealed that she knew this because she had an obsession with him. that's when she stole my heart. and i found some of her comments funny, but the rest of the audience didn't and i did laugh out loud and i usually don't laugh out loud in public. i think we would "get" each other. plus, she's really pretty and i wish i looked like her. did i mention that i think i'm funnier than her? oh girls and competition, amirite?
ok, david mitchell was also there which totally made me cream my jeans (i wasn't wearing jeans, i wore my yellow leggings). i truly believe that we are soulmates. i've thought this for so long. we both have similar senses of humor, we aren't very good looking but can sometimes make friends because of our personalities, we seem to hate everything, people make fun of us and sometimes it can be endearing, and we have kind of low self-esteem. i'm probably more self-hating than he is because he's successful. he's the fatter one in 'peep show', which i love. he looks like he's lost some weight though, which means that i have to step up and shed some pounds. i'm walking so much now and barely eating, so i can do it. he's just so funny and so smart. and i could never live up to him.
alan davies just embodies everything that i would consider to be my type, but without glasses. but he likes pretty girls and he's married (i noticed he's still wearing the ring ;__;) and i've heard he's mean, but i just want to cuddle with him and watch tv and comment on what we're watching. and then obviously do it. when i get more money, i'm going to hang out around the area that he lives and go to bars there and see if he's there and if he'll talk to me if he's drunk enough. i just don't want him to bite my ear off or yell at me. that's creepy, but that's me. i'll need a friend at that point to come with me because i'll be too nervous to even look in his direction. part of the reason i came here was to find all of the men i'm in love with, but i can't even ask where the bathroom is in a restaurant. (i say restroom btw and you all should too).
and stephen fry, ovsly. he's so perfect. i want to hug him so badly. i want him to pet my hair and tell me he thinks it's nice. i can't believe i saw him in person. i was so fucking close to him, you guys!
before the show started, i was talking to this older couple sitting next to me and they were asking me where i was from, etc. when the warm-up guy came out, he asked if anyone was here from another country and i wasn't going to respond and draw attention to myself, but the couple shouted out "america!" and pointed to me. it wasn't that bad though. he made some kind of terrorism reference and then moved on. also, i'll admit, i post on the qi message boards and a lot of the researchers go on there too, so on one of the screens, it said "Hi Mandee, other people, etc", which was cute. i met a few of the people who post there too, which was weird. they seemed nice, but definitely homely. in fact, the whole audience was pretty homely. it's because they're nerds. i fit in well with them, even though i don't want to and i tried to pretend that i was better than they are, but i'm not. one girl had a qi tattoo on her arm. that's probably a bad idea. she could grow out of that phase. i'm glad i didn't get that whose line is it anyway tattoo when i was 13.
it's so nice that the people on that board have these little get togethers all of the time when they go to see tapings of the show. if only loveline was a live show and we all lived near there. i'm only saying that because i think seeing all of us together would be so funny. we're also so much cooler than the people at the qi message board. reading their posts reminds me of how much i love you all. (awwwwww)
something i noticed is that while i was in line, we saw alan davies walk into the building. i wanted someone to scream something to get his attention and maybe he would wave or whatever. but no one did anything. in the us, everyone would have screamed and waved. from talking to people, it seems like the us is known for having very enthusiastic audiences, which you can see at brandeis when everyone is cracking up and cheering at nothing. the point is that i wanted someone to yell something out. i wanted him to see my leggings. but no one would help a sista out.
there is so much to do here and so much that i want to do, but i just need some moneysss!
one girl had a qi tattoo on her arm. that's probably a bad idea. she could grow out of that phase. i'm glad i didn't get that whose line is it anyway tattoo when i was 13.
lol. That's crazy. is there a site that has the clips from this show?
the red head from sex in the city is a lesbian and that's her girlfriend.
this is all very exciting but i have no idea what QI is . i would get so fat if i went to london. the candy stores are so amazing and i'd be downing beers every evening. (probably) the first time i went to scotland i was hanging out with this girl and i said "i need to use the restroom" and it was so awkward because she had no idea what i was talking about. she thought i needed to lay down and rest.
Yeah that was a great post, but wtf is QI? I just wikipediaed it and all the people that you mentioned in your post. Mandee you can do better than these old guys!
on MLB '07 THE SHOW for the PS2, giants slugger barry bonds was the only major league player not in the game (for some licensing reasons). the guy the game put in there to replace him (same height and weight, same stats) was named reggie stalker.
i don't think you have a choice. someone had to make that "joke".
Mandee, I was skimming your post because goddammit i'm too tired to be bothered but then i forced myself to read it properly. i remembered i only skimmed the opening post so i read that properly first. you are good and sad. ? okay.
-she's ok -she met all of her idols on QI -sat near an elderly couple who shouted "america" and pointed at her -her yellow leggings didn't get her noticed by the producers -she saw alan davies but didn't get his attention -needs more money
no more black people unless he's a serious negro gentleman like blair underwood.
cynthia nixon's lesbian lover looks like a little boy.
Mandee you can do better than these old guys! i've always loved much older male celebrities. if i have sex with one, then maybe either i'll realize that it's an ok age range or that it's too old. but there's only one way to find out.
mitchell raper. like i'd go out with someone named raper. <3
-she met all of her idols on QI i didn't meet anyone.
-her yellow leggings didn't get her noticed by the producers this is true, but i didn't exactly intend to get noticed by the producers. what were they going to say? 'oh she's got yellow leggings, put her on tv immediately'? i just thought someone might be like oh hey nice leggings. people said it, but these people weren't famous, so it doesn't count.
Mandee, I was skimming your post because goddammit i'm too tired to be bothered but then i forced myself to read it properly. i remembered i only skimmed the opening post so i read that properly first. you are good and sad. ? okay.
It's mildly amusing that the two posters who are most given to writing comically protracted multi-page diatribes can't be bothered to read a few paragraphs.
-she's ok -she met all of her idols on QI -sat near an elderly couple who shouted "america" and pointed at her -her yellow leggings didn't get her noticed by the producers -she saw alan davies but didn't get his attention -needs more money
whooooa, someone's been practicing their bulleting skills! =p
It's mildly amusing that the two posters who are most given to writing comically protracted multi-page diatribes can't be bothered to read a few paragraphs.
anobody, you've hurt my feelings. i want you to read it now. read the whole fucking thing.
mandee, keep this in mind, and you will have a better life..
everyone would like to give everyone else the benefit of the doubt, but the reality is that we live in a world full of scoundrels in all shapes, sizes, colors and backgrounds. because of this, all people should be considered guilty until they prove their innocence. trust must be earned, not given out freely. you must assume people you don't know may mean you harm, have a hidden agenda and are capable of horrible things until they jump through a series of hoops/tests to establish, beyond a shadow of a doubt, otherwise. this is how you must approach anyone you or any of your friends/colleagues don't have any history with.
basically, you make sure the dog doesn't bite before offering your hand out to pet it. how do you reach that conclusion? strong visual evidence and/or testimonial of someone who has already won your trust.
i know you're just going to blow off this sexual assault, and bury it with benzodiazepine next to everything else that has ever caused you pain, but for fucks sake! i would have reported the crime, but you won't because that's what victims do.
victims blame themselves (that's easier), minimize the situation (it's over now, it wasn't *that* bad), suppress their feelings (becoming a time bomb) and end up paying in personal turmoil which usually results in some sort of self destructive behavior - acting out sexually, cutting, drug abuse, etc.
trauma survivors grow up sans (common sense) defense mechanisms to support their well being. so.. why are you such a good victim?
get pissed at me if you want, but i write this because i give a shit. take care of yourself, and watch the fuck out for (men) people you don't know.. no matter how much weed they claim access to.
you must assume people you don't know may mean you harm, have a hidden agenda and are capable of horrible things
This is how I am irl, and that's why most people find me to be cold and unfriendly. I agree with you though, don't build trust with anyone.
I also learned that if you don't know your professors very well, they are NOT willing to help you out with an internship or a good letter of recommendation.
Friday, June 6, 2008 at 5:02 PM Edited Friday, June 6, 2008 at 5:04 PM
right. the idea is to make people jump through hoops and pass certain tests before they get anywhere with you. an old, applicable adage would be, "time will tell".
i can't imagine rejecting *everyone*. would make for a long, lonely life.
i got to know all of my gf's personally (one way or another) for months (in some cases years) before we started dating. even with that, there have been a couple train wrecks.
with relationships, don't take random chances, take well calculated risks.
Friday, June 6, 2008 at 5:06 PM Edited Friday, June 6, 2008 at 5:16 PM
granted i've undoubtedly had plenty fewer girlfriends than you plurry, but my experience is always the opposite. i tend to start dating right away; in fact the longer i get to know a new girl without dating her the more she becomes a friend and not on my date radar. my datar.
maybe it changes as you get older?
and since this is a thread about mandee being in england, mandee - you should know that i can fed-ex you cali green, y'know, da bomb shizz. you wire me money, i send you nugs, you don't get raped by random brothas. it'll be a win-win-win.
i just like to know the water temperature and what may lie within before i do a cannonball.
on the other hand, if an obviously well adjusted, beautiful "girl of my dreams" ever appeared in front of me out of nowhere, and i knew i had the chance to date her, i would.
but that's never happened.
this is somewhat because i'm not the type to go to a bar or club or wherever and strike up a convo with some girl i don't know that i'd like to. it feels creepy to me, like i'm imposing myself which is an awful feeling to anyone with any dignity. being involved with day to day life provides people with plenty of opportunities to meet others and get to know them.. dare i say "naturally".
my experience is: i encounter someone that is available and up to par physically, so i go out of my way to get to know them. once i know them, it becomes obvious if i/we have a chance or not. then i consider, if given that chance, could we actually co-exist? if no, i'm cool with friends. i don't want to have sex because it will lead them on and potentially become a problem. i don't like hurting people's feelings unless they really bug me. then it's game on. : )
i think this is more a 30 year old mindset than teen-20 year olds because it's a stance born of experience.
and hold up.. you can fed ex weed out of the country legally, but not to states within america?
as far as i know, you aren't allowed to fed-ex weed ANYwhere. i, using a bogus return address, do it anyway and have never had a problem with it reaching its destination.
because, as we know, there's not enough manpower to check EVERYthing. what do you want us to do? we just don't have the manpower. there's no manpower. *CHP & DPT NOW HIRING* we just don't have the manpower.
granted i've undoubtedly had plenty fewer girlfriends than you plurry, but my experience is always the opposite. i tend to start dating right away; in fact the longer i get to know a new girl without dating her the more she becomes a friend and not on my date radar. my datar.
This probably speaks badly of me, but with only one exception, I've never successfully started dating anyone who I've known for any significant period of time (if I don't act immediately, I always seem to lock myself into friendville).
Saturday, June 7, 2008 at 10:13 AM Edited Saturday, June 7, 2008 at 10:14 AM
Anyway, what was this sexual assault thing? I must be missing something (unless you mean my post).
you didn't read my post, anobody. i'm still hurting. summary: i was stupid and invited a black stranger back to my room where he almost raped me. but you not reading my posts is more upsetting than this!
OMG! i can't believe i forgot to tell you guys, slightly more than modestly sized. i would say averagely sized.
