Once upon the same time, there was a girl named Milli. That's it--just Milli. If you asked Milli, she would tell you that it was short for a Milli-on Bucks, which is what she's worth. If you asked the matron of the orphanage in which Milli had grown up, she would have told you that she chose the name based on one of her favorite television ( Read more... )

Once upon a time, there lived a girl named Marjorie Tindle. Marjorie Tindle was the biggest (and best) liar I had ever seen. She turned a simple falsehood into a work of art. And even those who knew her well, and tried to disbelieve her stories, had only to look into her wide, innocent blue eyes to fall under her spell. To those who did not ( Read more... )

Hey, peoples. I'm home now (yay!!!) so that means no more posts, since this was only ever to tell family and friends about my doings in Britain. So you will all just have to talk to me in person now. Or cut off contact altogether. Your choice. Do you ever wonder where words come from? Like 'altogether'. It's probably supposed to be 'all ( Read more... )

Ok, today is a completely random post, because a couple nights ago I went to see 'Mr. & Mrs. Smith' at the movie theater.  Before you say anything, I'm not exactly spoiled for choice here, since the cinema shows only two movies a day, and we needed to escape the County College Extrav that was going on.  Anyway, if you haven't seen the movie, I ( Read more... )

I just finished playing in my last British band concert ever.  It will be sad when I think about it tomorrow, but right now, after sitting there for 4 hours, all I can think about is taking a nice, long shower and never ever hearing British patriotic songs again.  There were British flags everywhere!  I totally wanted to steal one, but I didn't ( Read more... )

Well, as Steph accurately pointed out, I really don't post very often.  I thought about it, and I decided that the reason is my short attention span.  I will think, "Oh, that would be great to put in the journal!" but then 20 minutes later, when I sit down to write, I've forgotten it all.  Oh, well.  The original purpose of this journal was just to ( Read more... )

Hey, people. I'm almost done with my school stuff, and I know pretty much everyone back in the States has been done for awhile, so I thought I'd give you all a heads-up about this summer, before you all start having fun and stop reading this thing (if anyone even does now). Anyway, I'm coming home on the 27th of June. I'd give you all my cell ( Read more... )

You know the song "America" from West Side Story?:

I like to be in America!

OK by me in America!

Everything's free in America!

For a small fee in America!

Well, minus all the money stuff, that's totally how I'm feeling at the moment.  I cannot wait to go home.  Only 7 more weeks.....  I think the fact that I ( Read more... )

Well, it's 2:30 in the morning, and again I am unable to sleep....I really need to get my sleeping schedule back on track, because it's wearing me out.  I have work to do, and I never want to do it at night, and I never get up early enough to do it in the morning.  Eventually, that's going to catch up with me.  However, it's very hard to get ( Read more... )

Hey, peoples!  Well, I just got back from my European Whirl, and "whirl" is the right word for it.  It hasn't all sunk in quite yet.... This will be quite a long entry, because I am going to talk about my whole trip, which was about three weeks long.  So, steel yourselves and clear your appointment books, 'cause here we go....

I left Lancaster on ( Read more... )