10. I'm knackered.
9. We got smashed.
8. Pardon? (this one more has to do with inflection)
7. Hiya. (again, it's the way they say it. it's adorable)
6. In America, things are so big!
5. Off to Uni today?
4. Mind the gap.
3. It was shocking, mate!
2. That's the badness.
1. All my days!
I am so lucky to be living with such a great family, a little wacky at times, last night I walked in on Nathan, the youngest son painting himself green to go out, I asked if it was for Halloween, and it wasn't. Obviously, he was dressing as a frog to go to a club. I don't think his mom was too excited about all the green body paint in the bathroom. They are great though. Louis, my age although he's already graduated, has a two friends that practically live here, Ben and Rich. They are as much a part of this family as anyone. Rich even buys milk and sugar because he drinks tea here so often. And it wouldn't be complete without Oliver, the cat. He's ornery and fat, but I like him. He's my buddy even though he knows I won't feed him, he never gives up. I'm the last one to leave in the morning, if he's not outside sunbathing on his favorite plank of wood, he's outside my door meowing. He doesn't really do this with anyone else that I've noticed. Maybe it's because I talk to him.
I really love getting a cup of coffee and just sitting on the Thames in Kingston. I like to watch the people feeding the swans, I haven't yet. I have an irrational fear of large birds, and you can't feed the ducks without getting the bully swans involved. They are beautiful to watch even though they beat up on the other birds. As you can see, I do this quite a lot.
Embarrassingly, one of my favorite things about Britain is the TV. It's awful, I know!! But look, they've got great television. Don't despair, I don't plan my nights around my television schedule. I have internet catchup and I don't spend hours just watching anything, cause they have weird TV as well. I am loyal to X-Factor, Law and Order UK, the Inbetweeners, and Downtown Abbey. I'm learning a lot from them. X-Factor here is bigger than American Idol back home. It's everywhere, and it's brilliant! This probably isn't the best clip to show off the X-Factor but it's been my favorite performance so far: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4mfUyjfuA0
It's great because the judge also count as mentors for the contestants so they have a battle going as well. No, this is NOT the show that Susan Boyle was on. Law and Order UK teaches me loads about the British government system...sort of. Give me a break, it's good writing and the younger detective r is cute. The Inbetweeners is about a group of guys in sixth form that aren't jocks, they aren't popular, but they aren't outcasts or geeks, they are just "inbetween" It's hilarious, but the language is vile. In England they have the watershed, so after 9pm you can say and do pretty much whatever you want. They are flabbergasted that Americans don't have that. "What about comics?" they ask.
"They bleep certain words out, sometimes they dub."
"Right mate, so when you are watching Chris Rock on the tele, every other word is BEEP BEEP."
"Basically, unless it's on HBO. Premium channels you pay extra for."
"So you are telling me, you pay to get the cursing channels."
I had never quite thought of it that way...
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