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Study abroad blog

2009-03-02T01:26:15Z

You can currently find me at londonland.wordpress.com

Just in case you forgot.

Expect an epic post about Scotland very, very soon.

Writer's Block: Back to School

2009-01-14T17:14:19Z

What fictional high school—from tv, film, or a book—would you most like to attend? Or would you rather never go near high school again, fictional or otherwise?

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DUH! Hogwarts.

Just had to break out of my hiatus to answer that one haha...

ENGLAND!

2009-01-12T15:17:44Z

So instead of Leonoreland, I'm now in London(land)!!

My LJ will be on hiatus for awhile, but NEVER FEAR! You can still read my hilarious blog entries and chronicles of my time abroad over here (aka londonland.wordpress.com).

ladyleonore @ 2008-12-31T18:47:00

2008-12-31T23:48:16Z

Almost a new year!

ladyleonore @ 2008-12-24T00:17:00

2008-12-24T05:17:44Z

There's so much I want to say, but it's hard to figure out how to say it.

You know?

?

2008-12-12T20:07:22Z

Did I miss something?

"Presents on the tree'??

I've always wondered...did people actually used to put the presents on the tree? It seems like the tree would fall down. Well, I guess when my uncle used to visit, he'd leave our cards (which were presents) on the tree tucked in the branches, so I guess it's not entirely out of the question.

ladyleonore @ 2008-12-12T12:49:00

2008-12-12T17:56:49Z

When I see 9 degrees celsius (The temp in London today according to guardian.co.uk) I have no idea how cold/hot that is. Obvi it's above freezing, but, like, how much, relative to this cray cray American elitist system?

Ok, so I know to convert from celsius to fahrenheit you have to like multiply by 1.8 and add your mom, but that's so complicated.

What I want is a chart or something, so that when my new awesome British friends are like "Aw 'ell! It's gonna be like 9 bloody degrees today!" I can be like "Oh ok, that's approximately 48 degrees in America. This time difference is so confusing because now it affects the weather. I should bring a sweater."

Also WHOA HELLO did you know you can just type "9 celsuis to fahrenheit" into google and it tells you the conversion?? Well I need that for my brain. Or I need a chart.

So, get on that, dear friend.

ladyleonore @ 2008-12-10T23:44:00

2008-12-11T04:48:21Z

In an effort to buff up on my UK current events, as per the suggestion of the Study Abroad Dean at tonight's pre-departure meeting, I was cruising on the internets for british newspaper websites.

On The Guardian's website, I stumbled across this: Actor slits his own throat after prop knife switch. Doesn't that sound like the plot of a bad murder mystery?? Cray cray.

ladyleonore @ 2008-12-08T00:11:00

2008-12-08T05:12:42Z

Someone had to point this out to me, but anyways...

I LEAVE FOR ENGLAND ONE MONTH FROM TODAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!

Leaving on a jet plane...

2008-12-04T02:37:43Z

From: Orlando
To: Gatwick (London)
Depart: 7 Jan 2009 18:35
Arrive: 8 Jan 2009 07:35
Class: World Traveller Plus
Operated by: British Airways
Booking status: Confirmed

From: Gatwick (London) Terminal N
To: Orlando
Depart: 13 Jun 2009 13:30
Arrive: 13 Jun 2009 17:45
Class: World Traveller
Operated by: British Airways
Booking status: Confirmed

AHhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

Just spent a jillion dollars on a plane ticket to England!!

It’s getting so much closer to Really Happening!

Oh Twilight.

2008-11-23T23:56:53Z

Reminds me of like Kings of Leon/Willy Mason/Jeff Buckley?

But seriously dude. Wash. Your. Hair.

Parts that were hi-larious: Basically anything with Emmitt (the purple velvet track suit, riding on top of the car on the way to school, the baseball, etc etc), basically anytime they showed Jasper's face, the scene in bio where Edward literally looks like he's going to puke, "you can google it", the Cullens cooking in the kitchen, Edward sparkling (looked like light shining on glittery felt), Edward's mountain top hissy fit, Charlie and Billy in the street, Charlie with the gun, Jacob's wig, Edward's stunt driving in Port Angeles, the flashback scene with the wolves and the Cullens in old fashioned clothes and everything all sepia tone, Stephenie Meyer's cameo, the highspeed running/climbing/jumping, and probs other things I'm forgetting.

Parts that were adorbs/I liked/enjoyed: Edward's peacoat, the scene with the sunglasses, anything with Carlisle, anything with Esme, the pretty scenery, Mike/Jessica, the Cullens in the kitchen, and probs other things I'm forgetting.

Ahem.

2008-11-23T23:32:25Z

Dear University of London Royal Holloway,

Signed, sealed, delivered. I'm yours!

Love always,

Leonore

Writer's Block: If Wishes Were Horses

2008-11-12T13:39:30Z

From shooting stars to stray eyelashes, there are a lot of ways to make a wish. What's your preferred method for asking favors from the universe?

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Throwing pennies in fountains and blowing out birthday candles.

Writer's Block: Fellow Libras

2008-11-09T01:48:32Z

Bram Stoker, author of Dracula, and Vlad the Impaler, the original Dracula, have the same birthday. Coincidence?

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I THINK NOT!!!!!!

Bram was all like, hmmm...ima be a author. Who should I write about? Lemme wikipedia who has the same bday as me, and then I will write a story about that and become famous and go down in literary history for my awesomeness and how coincidental that my inspiration and I have the SAME BDAY. Holla.

Writer's Block: Secret Ballot

2008-11-04T20:31:22Z

It's hard to ignore the fact that today is Election Day in the U.S. If you went to the polls today, tell us what it was like. Long line? Free stickers? Hanging chads? We want the details.

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My whole family sat down last night with our sample ballots and the voting guide from the newspaper and had a Discussion about the Issues and the Candidates. Then we all went together to vote at the Langford Park Community Center. There was no lines. It was staffed by a troop of Boy Scouts. It was adorable.

Look how wholesome and American we are!

I love democracy:

I'm feeling oddly excited today. Like it's a holiday or something.

Yay!

Writer's Block: A Conspiracy of Beards

2008-11-04T01:04:00Z

November is National Beard Month. Muttonchops, Van Dyke, goatee, soul patch, ZZ Top–style—tell us about your own wild and woolly facial fuzz. Even better, post a picture.

Submitted By cwcsonichu

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I don't really like beards. Or facial hair. Of any kind.

Here are a few execeptions:

I kid, I kid.

But seriously...this I don't mind so much:

and we can't forget this:

Writer's Block: Novel Ideas

2008-11-01T19:29:32Z

NaNoWriMo starts today. Give us a one-sentence description of the novel you plan to write.

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In a post-overthrow-of-the-US-government very near future/alternate reality world, a boy fights to save his brother and himself from the evils of their society and finally learns the truth about what happened to his family and his country.

Or something like that. That's more or less the gist...

I've been thinking about it for a long time, but that's the first time I thought about summarizing it.

Yay NaNo!

I am old.

2008-10-29T04:41:34Z

Yesterday was my 21st birthday!!!!!! I was drunk the whole day, and I'm still hungover.

Just kidding. Obviously.

We tried to go to dinner at Havana Outpost in BK, but the whole block was closed because FIVE PEOPLE GOT SHOT earlier in the afternoon. So that put a weird damper on the evening, and we ended up back at Toast and things got better after that.

In other news, COLDPLAY WAS AMAZING!!! I love Chris Martin and his nerdy dances of nerdiness.

In other other news, I GOT STUCK ON THE SUBWAY AT 1:30 AM!!! We had to do an emergency evac that involved getting as close as possible to another train as possible without colliding, and squeezing out half of one door on to the very end of the platform. But it was not as exciting as any of the ones depicted in the mta.info videos.

La la la lalalalalala Yay

2008-10-24T14:17:43Z

I got into Royal Holloway yesterday!! Yay!

My mom is visiting today! Yay!

My birthday is Monday! YAY!

Good times.

ladyleonore @ 2008-10-21T00:56:00

2008-10-21T04:56:29Z

My brain is broken.

Hahahahahah have you seen this?

2008-10-21T03:40:23Z

Democracy in action

2008-10-17T22:08:42Z

YA for Obama!

2008-10-12T22:29:52Z

Whoot!

Redeeming myself

2008-10-12T15:45:57Z

Yesterday, I was on my way to the admissions panel and good news, I did NOT fall down the stairs. Check. Also, I went to the right room and was on time and all that jazz. Basically, I rocked. The panel was surprisingly good, because we all kind of knew each other. I told charming anecdotes about choosing Barnard. And during the inevitable "relationship between Columbia and Barnard" question, I made a hilarious reference to West Side Story Sharks v. Jets (snapping included).

The most awkward thing in the world happened last night. Well, I suppose I could imagine more awkward things, but still. It was pretty darn awk-town (to bring that back from summer). I saw Thomas from Trees Like Nails at this CUPAL speakeasy thing for performing arts people, and he kept awkwardly walking by our table, and I was like, ok, I'll say hi to him. We worked on a play together all summer, so I should say hi.

ME: Hey, Thomas.
THOMAS: Hey! Um... (looks confused).
ME: Leonore.
THOMAS: Um...
ME: From NOMADS? Trees Like Nails?
THOMAS: Um, right. Did you work on it this summer?
ME: Yes. You may have seen me. I was the one cleaning up your prop puke? We definitely saw each other several times a week during the month of August?
THOMAS: Um, wow. Sorry! Thanks for saying hi.
ME: (dies).

I wasn't even expecting him to know my name (though all of the other guys from the show did...) because he always seemed kind of out of it, but I was sure he would at least know where he knew me from. Whatevers.

In other news, people were yelling at me in the subway on Thursday to make sure I was registered to vote because it was almost the deadline for NY. But I was like "Yes. I'm registered. In FL. where it counts, so please stop shouting."

By which I mean, I listened to my ipod and ignored them.

ladyleonore @ 2008-10-10T18:27:00

2008-10-10T22:28:11Z

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh em gee.

this sounds amazing.