I went to London for my birthday and all I brought back was another puke story....

So this past weekend -- what did I end up doing?

I said that my cancelled plans had been uncancelled, but that was a bit of a lie. Instead, I WENT TO LONDON FOR THE WEEKEND! A friend gifted me with plane tickets to London to visit my sister, and made me promise not to tell ANYONE until after I got there. INCLUDING MY SISTER. OMG, it was THE MOST HYSTERICAL THING EVAR! <3

My sister was completely surprised. I just showed up on her doorstep -- I literally woke her up Saturday morning at 9:30am by knocking on her door. =D It's a good? thing that security is so lax? Well, I also look like a student, so it's not like I raise any suspicion... also, coincidentally, I had excellent timing. I was worried I'd have to wait a long time to get into her building, but a bunch of guys were going back into the building at the same time I got there so I didn't have to wait at all. Then, as I approached her flat door I heard someone coming out of the bathroom as I knocked; one of her flatmates just opened the door for me. Haha, then I knocked on her door. She told me she came to the door all angry because she thought it was the cleaning lady and that "it was so unnecessary for the cleaning lady to be knocking on my door at 9:30am on a Saturday morning!"

HAHA, SO GREAT!

I left Friday after work, so to those who may have called to wish me a happy birthday after around 6pm New York time, my phone was off as I was on an airplane to London by then.

We had an awesome time hanging out, going around. The weather was GORGEOUS! We went to Ministry of Sound and had some issues with American swipe credit cards and UK ATMs... which resulted in Elizabeth getting in for free! HAHAHA! (Unfortunately, the music there is mostly boring...) But on the way back... someone puked on the bus we were on. The guy totally tried to act all nonchalant after, too. Pretty funny.

Liz and I would intermittently turn to each other and ask what I was doing there.

It was a great weekend, and an awesome birthday gift. =D

Catching up on TV (no spoilers)

So, having come back from London, I, for some reason, have dived back into the world of TV shows. In the last several days I have caught up on:

The Mentalist. Finished all of season 1 -- I had only seen the first 2 episodes as they aired. It was a good thing I didn't try to continue watching as episodes aired because the individual episode plots are WEAK and sometimes amusingly lame. Having said that, the main character (Patrick Jane) is pretty interesting. Kind of like House, but without the medicine, and with less exposition, I think (which I think it could use more of, for credibility). Still, he's interesting, and that's what's holding my attention. One of the other team members, though, is extremely adorable. I swear, he's Heero Yuy. He's even Asian. It took me a while to realize, because I don't think they focus on him for the first half of the season, but he gets more screen time later, which is when I realized. HE'S SO CUTE!

I'll watch the second season, but only once it's all aired.

Supernatural. Finished season 4. WOW. A couple of "revelations" at the end that weren't completely surprising. This was not the best season, though it certainly had its moments. The last moments left us on a high note, though with disaster looming ahead. Which is alright by me, I suppose. It can't compare to that first season finale, but can anything, really? I'm curious to see where season 5 will go and whether that will be the last season. I would rather it not end, but I do agree that the longer it goes on, the more potential for crap writing there is. I wouldn't want to see it go too far downhill. I'm glad at least, that they've gotten rid of a certain actor/actress that I think CANNOT ACT HIS/HER WAY OUT OF A FREAKING PAPER BAG.

In one of my youtube-browsing moments, I came across this. HAHA, MUST WATCH: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQptF_iCfok

House. I'm now right smack-dab in the middle of season 5. I remember coming across someone's comment that they weren't thrilled with what was happening. I'm not sure exactly what point in the season that was, so it may refer to something I haven't seen yet. However, I will say that so far, I've been entertained by all that's going on. I have no issues with anything just yet. None of it has been particularly deep, however, so I'm hoping something interesting will happen. I have to say, I really miss the clinic visits -- they were one of my favorite parts of the show -- and there was a brief return to that in one of the episodes I just saw -- maybe 9 or 10? That was highly entertaining.

I can't wait to finish watching the rest of the season. I have to remember to buy the 4th season on DVD sometime when I have an extra $40 or so.