(Edit: I meant to leave at least an hour ago, but I found this site that... I can't really express how amazingly wonderful it is for me to have found this site. So wonderful in fact that I'm almost sad I really do have to go now and be gone for ten days because I want to get to know these people. This is, seriously, the most welcoming group of people I've ever "met" and the support is astounding. I didn't even think I needed a "support group" - I didn't; at long last I am comfortable with my [lack of] sexuality, but it feels so good to find others who feel the same way. I feel like I'm coming out of the closet or something! But if anyone I know could understand this - or at least want to understand this, since you take the time to read my diary after all - it's you guys, so I had to share my discovery. I cannot describe this overwhelming positive emotion I feel right now. AVEN. Take care, everyone!)

(Edit: I may be too proud to use a template on this diary, but this one RULES for afterlight! I wish I could update that diary from here.)

My first train leaves at 5:24 am. That means I have to get up at... 4ish. AM. Sick. But lord, I can't complain.

It's supposed to rain on every one of the ten days I'm in England. I really did not want to bring a coat. I might be dumb and still not bring a coat.

Did you know Fahrenheit is an "imperial unit"?

I think I might buy myself a Joni Mitchell cd at the airport. It will be ridiculously expensive, but I am dying without new music.

I'm also dying to make a new layout - this one is pretty crappily done, I now am kind of offended for the Dutch that people associate windmills and cheese with them, and my little inside joke is no longer even funny to me. I am too proud to take a template, though. I want to make "Chelsea Morning" into a layout... mmm. Three more months with this crap. I could use one of my old ones...

Anyway, I hate to leave you with this mumbling for ten days, so I've stolen the following survey from Angela, who stole it from someone else, &c.

A - Age: 21

B - Boyfriend/girlfriend: nope, just fine by me.

C - Chore you hate: all? dishes, maybe. I have never once cleaned a bathroom.

D - Dad's name: John Robert.

E - Essential everyday item: chapstick.

F - Favorite actor/actress: Alan Rickman/Katharine Hepburn.

G - Gold or silver: silver

H - Hometown: Somewhere deep in Ohio.

I - Instruments you play: I could probably still play clarinet at a 7th-grade level; I know perhaps two or three guitar chords. Oh, I miss music.

J - Job: none. I actually miss both my work study jobs. I have a ridiculous amount of free time here.

K - Kids: no, never. Although yesterday this guy challenged his son to rollerblade up this ridiculous hill and I had to give him the biggest smile, it was so cute. And and, two days ago I talked to Emma on the phone! Again, ridiculous how adorable that kid is. And she remembers her Lolo!

L - Living arrangements: a flat in the Netherlands with another American, a Danish guy, a Finnish guy, and an older Dutch woman who... doesn't realize how thin the walls are... gross.

M - Mother's name: Margaret Marie Veronica.

N - Number of people you've slept with: none.

O - Overnight hospital stays: none since I was a baby.

P - Phobia: I don't think I have any. Used to be spiders and the telephone and death, but I'm cool with all of 'em now.

Q - Quote you like: This is not really a big one, but it's right in front of me and makes me laugh out loud. "What is the use of my giving you our address before we went - as you know I did - when you go on amusing yourself by writing imaginary discriptions of a literary kind upon your envelopes. Only postmen with a taste for the higher kinds of literature will appreciate the task of making out your addresses." -a young Virginia Woolf. yes indeed, I am a dork supreme.

R - Ride you have: I miss my '92 Tangbaby! Oh the adventures we have...

S - Show you like: I am dying here without new TWW.

T - Time you wake up: usually around 9.

U - Unique habit: um, well one habit I wish I could stop is, anytime I am reading, or listening to a lecture, or writing, or basically anything that does not require the use of both my hands, I constantly play with my hair. And it all falls out. ug, it annoys me, but I cannot stop.

V - Vegetable you refuse to eat: mushrooms aren't vegetables, but they are GROSS. I'm not a real big fan of a strong taste of onion. But I've never met a vegetable I didn't like. I've actually acquired healthy tastes, it's kind of sick.

W - Worst habit: you can't ask two questions about habits. But I agree with Angela's, picking my zits. Preteens, believe your mothers: it will scar.

X - X-rays you've had: just teeth.

Y - Yummy food you make: I can't make anything.

Z - Zodiac Sign: scorpio.