it’s just a spell, but anyone can tell….

June 25th, 2009

still in London, and it is still fabulous!

hmm, what have i been up to for the last few days? Monday i went into Central London to meet up with Amy and Mathew for lunch, but lunch didn’t quite happen as Amy and i spent the time looking for Mathew at like six different Starbucks in the area! when we finally found him, Amy had to leave, so it was just Mathew and me in the streets of London. we went and sat for awhile and chatted, which was very fun, then strolled around for awhile. caught the train home and split from him at Lewisham :) following day, i went up to Brockley Cemetery where i spent two hours wandering around some very very old graves and feeling quite peaceful. it was beautiful!

yesterday i did what i call the “silent tourist” deal, went up to Westminster and saw the Eye, Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace, etc. it was so nice to wander along at my own pace and see everything. St. James Park was lovely. also got up to Piccadilly Circus, then met up with Amy in SoHo where we went and had a few drinks. i simply adore Amy, we chatted for hours! she’s the sweetest person alive. i love how all my friends here feel like i’ve known them my whole life! :) anyway, then it was off up to Hackney and Old Street for a photo exhibition where i met her friend Lauren, who is very nice :) The East End of London is awesome! :)

got in about half past midnight after being kinda freaked out about travelling around that late at night, but i totally managed. my boyfriend here  refused to go to sleep untill he knew i’d gotten in safe, which i thought was really cute.

today, my legs hurt so bad that i think im only going to manage to make it to the chip shop for some lunch, if that far. nap, nap!

it’s my birthday tomorrow, zomg. where did the time go? haha :)

and, as always, you can see the rest of the photos of my trip into Westminster along with all the photos from London 2009 at this link : http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=39944670&l=e1cedea87b&id=26705211

hullo from London! :)

June 21st, 2009

london is FABULOUS! after a rough start getting here (stuck on the tarmac in Chicago for 2 hours due to inclement weather, it cleared up just enough to get us on the plane and then it just pissed down rain so we couldn’t be pushed back, then had to wait behind several other international flights to take off! then i got stuck sitting next to this really awful guy from Greece who had like the worlds worst BO and kept asking me the same question fifty times, then decided he liked me and kept patting my arm and trying to touch my tv screen etc. “will zey be able to get me on anozer flight to azens??” i kept trying to convince him that YES THEY HAD TO, but he didn’t believe me and kept touching my wrist and stuff asking. ugh. then, he decided he wanted to sleep and twisted and turned in his seat and squished me. UGH.)

but made it here, Anna and Andy were waiting for me, and it’s been perfectly fantastic since. hamburgers here are made of love. i looooooove them. met up today with my lovely mate Mathew, he’s FANTASTIC. (got lost on the way to pick him up, as i was going down to Lewisham Station on the bus by myself, and missed a stop and went up to Lampshead Rd, but i quickly recovered, crossed the street, and took the bus back to Lewisham, where a guy was asking me if i was waiting for someone, quite dodgily, to at which point i hissed at Mathew over the phone “WHERE ARE YOU THERE IS A DODGY GUY HERE!!!”. he was on the other side of the station, gah. i practically threw myself at him so the guy would know that yes, this is the person i was meeting!!!) There is an awesome pub just half a block up called the Jack, and it’s so nice to just sit there and chat. and everyone does it here! woo! no drinking till you’re blue in the face, just sitting and chatting!

London is not built for wee faeries that are five feet tall…. when we went to the wine bar last night, the top of the bar came UP TO MY CHIN. everyone here is tall it seems! Mathew is wicked tall at 6″2, and anna and andy are both taller than me. but i love it all the same!

Tomorrow it’s off to Oxford St/Soho to meet up with Amy and Mathew for lunch. :) and coffee. Mathew wants me to come into work and yell at people for him, lol. :)

despite all the noise here in London, i slept quite well last night. :) the bus comes every 5 minutes and there are sirens and people in the street at all hours! but it’s nice :)

birthday party saturday at the Jack. very excited to see everyone!

oh, yes! photos can be seen at facebook, at this URL : http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2301883&id=26705211&l=ea32d6d5d4 hope you enjoy them!

Almost there!

June 17th, 2009

been in chicago for the past few days, waiting untill Friday when i take off for London. in the meantime, here’s a photo i took in Schaumburg today! :

this is a giraffe made entirely out of Legos in front of Legoland! :) very cool.

leave for London tomorrow, excellent! :)

for those of you following “Absolution Rising”

June 11th, 2009

here’s a little tidbit that is in the “outtakes”, or what have you. something that brought about the characters, might show up later, who knows :

on the day they said goodbye, the wind was blowing. not just in one direction, but in all. she looked at him with spite in her eyes; spite to hide the hurt that she was feeling. his eyes were locked to hers the same way they always were, a dark chocolate brown ocean where she used to find herself sinking now reflecting the hurt she had caused him; the hurt that spoke volumes and yet didn’t say a word.
“it can’t end this way,” he whispered, watching as the wind blew her strawberry blonde hair across her face, blocking his view of her clear amber eyes.  he longed to reach out and pull the strands away, but knew that she would frown upon this tender action.
“it has to…” she said, more sharply than she’d meant to.  ”it’s the way of things.”
he shook his beautiful head. “no,” he whispered. “it’s your way of things.”
she looked into his eyes, then averted her gaze to the sea.  they stood on the beach, barefoot, their toes digging into the sand.  she watched as the waves crested and fell to their deaths at her feet, then looked back at him. his curls were shielding his eyes now, the wind having blown them across his forehead.
“its what has to be done. ” she muttered, more to the wind than to him. “i have no choice. If i don’t let you go, i’ll go mad. I am already mad for holding on this long to something that can never truly be.”
he reached out to take her hand, but she brushed him away. “all i ever wanted was you,” he whispered, tears in his voice but not yet in his eyes. “you must know that.”  he looked at her with his penetrating eyes and she nodded, unable to look back.  she took a step towards the ocean, the swelling water pooling at her feet, her hair flying behind her now as the wind continued to blow.
“i wont say goodbye,”  she said, turning to look at him.  ”but we cannot go on, you must agree to it.”
he shook his head.  ”it is your way of things,” he repeated, lifting one hand and tracing a line on her face with his index finger.  ”we could have more time…” but she shook her head once more.
“that is what i fear the most,” she said, taking his hand away from her face. “any more time and there will be nothing left for me to feel.  i’d rather feel the pain of letting go than feel nothing at all. too much has been lost already.” she held his hand in hers for a minute, then carefully let it go, looking back at the angry sea. she took another step.
“but not this way,” he pleaded, tears beginning to fall down his cheeks, softly.  she smiled at him slightly, then took his hand and kissed it gently.
“the ghost of you will follow me always,” she whispered, breaking her gaze from his.  ”this is the only way.” she stared out at the crashing water before her, stretching her arms out to feel the mist spray upon her hands.
he was weeping openly now, his shoulders quaking.  she heard his quiet sobs, and turned back to look at him. “in my whole existence,” she said, “i have never loved anything else as i have loved you.”
with that, she turned and marched firmly into the troubled sea, letting the current drag her under, untill she was naught more than the torrental water itself.
on the day they said goodbye, the wind was blowing. not just in one direction, but in all. she looked at him with spite in her eyes; spite to hide the hurt that she was feeling. his eyes were locked to hers the same way they always were, a dark chocolate brown ocean where she used to find herself sinking now reflecting the hurt she had caused him; the hurt that spoke volumes and yet didn’t say a word.

“it can’t end this way,” he whispered, watching as the wind blew her strawberry blonde hair across her face, blocking his view of her clear amber eyes.  he longed to reach out and pull the strands away, but knew that she would frown upon this tender action.

“it has to…” she said, more sharply than she’d meant to.  ”it’s the way of things.”

he shook his beautiful head. “no,” he whispered. “it’s your way of things.”

she looked into his eyes, then averted her gaze to the sea.  they stood on the beach, barefoot, their toes digging into the sand.  she watched as the waves crested and fell to their deaths at her feet, then looked back at him. his curls were shielding his eyes now, the wind having blown them across his forehead.

“its what has to be done. ” she muttered, more to the wind than to him. “i have no choice. If i don’t let you go, i’ll go mad. I am already mad for holding on this long to something that can never truly be.”

he reached out to take her hand, but she brushed him away. “all i ever wanted was you,” he whispered, tears in his voice but not yet in his eyes. “you must know that.”  he looked at her with his penetrating eyes and she nodded, unable to look back.  she took a step towards the ocean, the swelling water pooling at her feet, her hair flying behind her now as the wind continued to blow.

“i wont say goodbye,”  she said, turning to look at him.  ”but we cannot go on, you must agree to it.”

he shook his head.  ”it is your way of things,” he repeated, lifting one hand and tracing a line on her face with his index finger.  ”we could have more time…” but she shook her head once more.

“that is what i fear the most,” she said, taking his hand away from her face. “any more time and there will be nothing left for me to feel.  i’d rather feel the pain of letting go than feel nothing at all. too much has been lost already.” she held his hand in hers for a minute, then carefully let it go, looking back at the angry sea. she took another step.

“but not this way,” he pleaded, tears beginning to fall down his cheeks, softly.  she smiled at him slightly, then took his hand and kissed it gently.

“the ghost of you will follow me always,” she whispered, breaking her gaze from his.  ”this is the only way.” she stared out at the crashing water before her, stretching her arms out to feel the mist spray upon her hands.

he was weeping openly now, his shoulders quaking.  she heard his quiet sobs, and turned back to look at him. “in my whole existence,” she said, “i have never loved anything else as i have loved you.”

with that, she turned and marched firmly into the troubled sea, letting the current drag her under, untill she was naught more than the torrental water itself.

found that amongst my old writings. :) enjoy! busy still with the londonstuffs :)

i’m going out to see what i can sow.

June 11th, 2009

8 days till London. im excited, im nervous… but mostly excited. :) i’ll have my birthday over there and meet several of my friends. and maybe… a date or two? we shall see.

i’ve set up a blog for when im there, mostly for photos and the like (though you can probably see everything via my facebook, click the link to the right), it’s at http://ohkamikaze.net/london :) i is a hoopy photo taking frood.. if i can get the photo widget to work right!

which reminds me, i’ve got to update wordpress. must do that before im off to the UK! :)