Jump (For My Love)
One thing I forgot to mention about last Friday night was absolutely magical! The DJ at Siglo played the song Jump (For My Love) which is the song that Hugh Grant dances to in Love Actually - you know the one! Well, I was taking a dancing break with my friends at that point and we were just standing by the bar when the song came on. So I start doing all the cheesy Hugh Grant dance moves and bump into this insane guy doing the same thing - we had a total Love Actually dance-off in the middle of the club - it was FANTASTIC!
Speaking of music, the whole scene is quite different here. Indie music is REALLY big (seems like an oxymoron, that sentence) as well as really cheesy music, i.e. Queen and Meatloaf. In fact, Queen's Don't Stop Me Now is like one of the hottest songs - I hear it all the time when I'm out - it really is a marvelous song though - I encourage everyone to start listening to it right away. Also, I heard a terrible remake of a Pink Floyd song today, I forget which one, done by the Scissor Sisters - dear lord someone please murder them for that. Jesus, sacrilege!
I really don't sound like an intelligent person in these blogs. I read over them earlier, and I sound like a 16 year old girl just babbling. It's hard though, to form a cohesive entry when really I have no point - it's all just the things I would e-mail friends anyhow. But I am constantly surrounded by teenage girls (haha, if only I were a guy) so maybe that has something to do with it as well.
I actually suppose that not many of my friends would truly recognize my behavior here. Yes, I am the same old Melinda, deep down, but there's a new conservative and quite reserved aspect to my actions nowadays. It's difficult to explain, but the feeling that not only you are being judged when you're out in the outside world, but also your country is being judged by you as a representative of it (this is the world's most awkward sentence!) can really have a large effect on your attitude. You all know me, in America, I'm loud, quite brash at times, arrogant, etc. I don't really give to much thought as to what others think. Here, I often feel quite restricted in my actions and speech, I'm very sensitive and self-conscious as well. Then I feel like I'm becoming boring. So, here is the question I pose to you: better to be boring and not offend others, or be loud and (let's face it) American and possibly send a bad (although accurate) message about the behavior of Americans?
It doesn't help that I absolutely cannot explain the George W. Bush phenomenon. So many Brits have asked me, how did this obviously stupid man get elected? What am I supposed to say - because our country is full of idiots who vote for the party, or because Al Gore is a tremendous bore, or because America is just full of idiots, or what? I suppose the 2000 election wasn't that bad, but if he gets re-elected, I'm just going to die of shame. Maybe I'll be sure to keep a Scottish accent when I return, lie, change my name to Kaelin McGregor, change my citizenship, and start a whole new life without an asshole as my president (although there is Blair to consider...) tough choice.
Alright, now I have to figure out which places in the UK I am going to visit. I would appreciate ANY help or opinions on this matter, so please e-mail or post your thoughts. Here are some of the places I've been considering:
Glasgow, Liverpool, Dublin, Ft. William, Stirling, Sherwood Forest/Nottingham, London, Aberdeen, Isle of Skye, Inverness, Speyside Trail (whisky distilleries), York, Loch Ness, St. Andrews, Loch Lomond, any suggestions? Especially good would be other places in Ireland, I'm hoping to spend my fall break there.
Well, thank you any help and thank you for reading all of my babble. Miss you. Cheers.
Speaking of music, the whole scene is quite different here. Indie music is REALLY big (seems like an oxymoron, that sentence) as well as really cheesy music, i.e. Queen and Meatloaf. In fact, Queen's Don't Stop Me Now is like one of the hottest songs - I hear it all the time when I'm out - it really is a marvelous song though - I encourage everyone to start listening to it right away. Also, I heard a terrible remake of a Pink Floyd song today, I forget which one, done by the Scissor Sisters - dear lord someone please murder them for that. Jesus, sacrilege!
I really don't sound like an intelligent person in these blogs. I read over them earlier, and I sound like a 16 year old girl just babbling. It's hard though, to form a cohesive entry when really I have no point - it's all just the things I would e-mail friends anyhow. But I am constantly surrounded by teenage girls (haha, if only I were a guy) so maybe that has something to do with it as well.
I actually suppose that not many of my friends would truly recognize my behavior here. Yes, I am the same old Melinda, deep down, but there's a new conservative and quite reserved aspect to my actions nowadays. It's difficult to explain, but the feeling that not only you are being judged when you're out in the outside world, but also your country is being judged by you as a representative of it (this is the world's most awkward sentence!) can really have a large effect on your attitude. You all know me, in America, I'm loud, quite brash at times, arrogant, etc. I don't really give to much thought as to what others think. Here, I often feel quite restricted in my actions and speech, I'm very sensitive and self-conscious as well. Then I feel like I'm becoming boring. So, here is the question I pose to you: better to be boring and not offend others, or be loud and (let's face it) American and possibly send a bad (although accurate) message about the behavior of Americans?
It doesn't help that I absolutely cannot explain the George W. Bush phenomenon. So many Brits have asked me, how did this obviously stupid man get elected? What am I supposed to say - because our country is full of idiots who vote for the party, or because Al Gore is a tremendous bore, or because America is just full of idiots, or what? I suppose the 2000 election wasn't that bad, but if he gets re-elected, I'm just going to die of shame. Maybe I'll be sure to keep a Scottish accent when I return, lie, change my name to Kaelin McGregor, change my citizenship, and start a whole new life without an asshole as my president (although there is Blair to consider...) tough choice.
Alright, now I have to figure out which places in the UK I am going to visit. I would appreciate ANY help or opinions on this matter, so please e-mail or post your thoughts. Here are some of the places I've been considering:
Glasgow, Liverpool, Dublin, Ft. William, Stirling, Sherwood Forest/Nottingham, London, Aberdeen, Isle of Skye, Inverness, Speyside Trail (whisky distilleries), York, Loch Ness, St. Andrews, Loch Lomond, any suggestions? Especially good would be other places in Ireland, I'm hoping to spend my fall break there.
Well, thank you any help and thank you for reading all of my babble. Miss you. Cheers.
posted by Melinda at 8:42 PM
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