my moral standing is lying down

Had an amazing time in London. Did touristy things with Liz and Juliet, and then Judy when she arrived after several days in Paris. Tower of London was by far my favorite. Also, standing in the middle of traffic on Tower Bridge. In no particular order:London Eye, National Portrait Gallery, Victoria and Albert Museum, Kensington Park, Hyde Park, Parliament, Westminster Abbey, The Strand, Oxford Circus, Piccadilly Circus, Covent Garden, Camden Markets, Portobello Market, Tate Modern, British Library, Metallica concert at the O2 arena, warehouse club in Shoreditch!

WE SAW A FOX IN SHOREDITCH AT 2AM! =D It came out, paused, then darted across the street into another alley. IT WAS AWESOME -- I grabbed Liz's arm and screamed, "WHY ISN'T MARYANN HERE?!?!"

Went to Glasgow for a day with Liz and Juliet. Lots of fun, lots of walking, lots of rain. Though it wasn't a hard rain, so it didn't muck things up. Lots of orgasm-inducing accents. <333! And haggis! Which is perfectly fine -- tastes like sausage, people! =D The night we stayed there happened to apparently coincide with the night that Metallica played in Glasgow, so we ran into many groups of guys wearing Metallica tour shirts. It was great! Our hostel was attached to a bar that ended up staying open til 3am, so that was great too. ...until we were woken up at 9:30am by the fire alarm! (But then I got to see cute Scottish firemen, so maybe it wasn't so bad.)

I had gotten very little sleep just before London, and after stepping off the plane, I basically jumped right into walking around for several hours, then later that day flying again to Scotland, so after the first couple days I was beat. Bypassed jet lag completely as I usually do (as I don't have a regular sleep schedule normally anyway), but slept a good 10 hours the night after we got back from Scotland. Then I was good to go for the rest of the trip, as I don't think I went to sleep earlier than between 3-5am on any night thereafter.

So the day I flew back to NYC was a Thursday -- arrived at JFK at 10:30pm, picked up Jim's car at my parents' house, went home, repacked a smaller bag for Tekkoshocon, and then drove over to Canarsie at around 1am to pick up Anna, Sean and Rymel, then to Pittsburgh. We were on the road by 2am, and arrived in Pittsburgh around 9am. WHEW! Even though I got about 4 hours of sleep on the plane, I'm still kind of amazed that I was able to do that.

I HAD AN AWESOME TIME IN PITTSBURGH. Yes, chances are, if you're reading this, you've already heard me rave about it. I think it's beautiful -- I've never seen such a cool combination of mountainous region and urban cityscape. AND THE BRIDGES! So many of them! And several of them are YELLOW! OMG, they're cute. And the inclines! SO MUCH FUN! And the roaming around empty school buildings at 2am! Long hallways with repeating sconces and huge spiral staircases! And the basement at Bartko's house is AWESOMELY CREEPY! I had an awesome time being creeped out. His whole house is actually kind of creepy. SO GREAT! =D

Also, can I just say, I love tequila?

[edit: I just realized, there were way too many exclamation points in that last paragraph. I apologize.]

Tekkoshocon. In Pittsburgh. It was pretty fun, considering I didn't really do much but drive and work. Still, I really enjoy hanging out with friends, even if its while we work. I also really enjoy seeing cosplayers and talking to them. Nice ones, anyway.

People are weird. And funny.

Anyway, we left Friday night, picked up Jim's car, and drove the 7hrs to Pittsburgh. Got there sometime around 2 or 3am. Of course, when Jim suggested going out to a restaurant (think Denny's-but-better), I jumped at the chance. Since when have I gone to sleep when there's even a sliver of resistance left in me? So I think I finally went to bed at like 4:30/5am. And then up again at 9am to work.

Worked all of Saturday, played in the pool and jacuzzi, which was sweeeet~! Danced at the rave. (Let me just interject here and say that Judy had to hold me back from screaming at the 16-yr-old couple who were dancing dry-humping on the dance floor.) FOR OVER 2 HOURS! Christ! Get a fucking room! Actually, it didn't completely work. I said something really loudly and then they moved away from my line of sight. So that worked out.

Then up again on Sunday for a few hours of work. Then on the road by 2:15pm!

I actually had A LOT of fun. I think I just like travelling with my friends. I must be crazy.