So. How's everyone doing, first off?

I suppose I should start by explaining the topic title - I am (provided I can get the student loans for the trip, which should be no problem) coming to London March 12-20 (tentative dates, I think) i.e. for spring break. I'm coming with students from the English dept. of my school, so I'll be busy during the week, but we WILL have free time (I don't know when yet though).


... So yeah, it's like six months till then but I was really excited! I had a choice of Ireland or London and I jumped at the latter because it would give me the opportunity to harass in-person certain members of this forum and do other neat things like visit Canterbury (because I'm a nerd) and the other nerdy English-major stuff that I'll get to do.


ANYWAY! I hope there's still a few people here that would like to meet and have a few drinks with an old friend.


On another topic, since I'll cover a long period of time with a broad sweep of examples, I got my eigth tattoo this weekend (morning glories on my foot, never ever get a foot tattoo, it's the worst pain I've ever felt. I almost fainted, and I have a rather high tolerance for tattoos...) and some new piercings. I met Ralph Nader and Brooke Smith at the Democratic National Convention. I'm in a wonderful relationship, almost a year now. And I never ever use the internet for social purposes anymore, as working on the newspaper and school have sucked the life out of me (plus, by the time I get onto the computer for non school-related purposes, I have to feed my SIMS 2 addiction... =_=). Spore sucks a bit, by the way, if anyone was wondering.

I miss you guys. Heart hug.


ps.
If anyone has advice on weird/interesting/perverted/fun stuff I can do, see, and eat in London, pray tell. ^.~

"advice on weird/interesting/perverted/fun stuff I can do, see, and eat in London, pray tell. ^.~"

There are quite a few fetish clubs where all 3 can be done at once RAWR


Ohoh, and hai. I live in London and I am sure there will be a meet for you when you come over. Erm.... There is all the touristy stuff. I think I wrote out some things for someone else a little while back- but I am too sleepy to dig it up now. But yay! Go traveling 'Mericans. Prolly best to let us know whet you are into. Also might want to check if any bands you are into will be playing around then?

I think that sounds like a darn fine excuse for another meet up. Saa, we need to see photos of all the tattoos

I will try to post some asap. It's hard to get good pictures of me. Cause I'm anal.

Oh. Well, here's my sixth and seventh, pictures of anyway.



My seventh tattoo



A crap picture of my sixth tattoo, a swallow.

and I got one of our photographers to snap one of my ugly foot and the tattoo I just got on it.

convenience of being in the office on monday nights.

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATTT???

First the excitement of seeing you back in these parts, and now you're coming to England? Fetch the smelling salts, I think I'm having a funny turn...

Nice tatts, by the way. The foot pain was worth it.

Ayy, foot ink is purdy

It's peeling right now.

Arrgh! I need to go to the student loan office. What kind of fetish clubs? I'm down for anything, but we must keep in mind I'm only 20... but isn't the drinking age 18?

I have to make sure my passport hasn't expired yet too.

Drinking age is indeed 18, though some places are getting harder on the ID front. If you look under 25, it's best to carry something that proves you should be there. In my case, a beard. No 16-year-old could carry off this epic face-fuzz.

You carry a case everywhere with your beard in it?

It's my face case.

I'll have my id...

Actually, Monty still gets ID'd. And his facial mammal is similar to yours...

I haven't got ID'd in months though, and my fuzz is no-where near the standard of Monty's or Inky's...

From memory, Monty's face fungus always struck me as thin and squirly, which sets the barman sense tingling to someone trying to look older than they are.

On the club front, it's usually 21 these days. Unless is certain clubs where I live, then it's 21 for fellas and like, 16 for girls...
That said, I never had a big problem with getting ID'd, but then, I am a big f@cker.

It's pretty thick, only it's very curly and only grows in certain areas. Silly Celtic facial hair.

I used to have that problem, but I could now probably pull off a full-chin beard if I felt like it. Something you could lose a small rodent in.

I don't think I've ever been asked for ID. Shortly after my 18th, I asked a barperson to ID me, just so I could thrust forth my proof in a manner that says "Why yes! I can prove that I'm 18!"

They refused, but gave me beer anyway.

No-one's ID'd me for years

Then again, for some reason I seem to often have people guessing that I'm between 22 and 25, so that's quite nice. I suspect this is due to temporary blindness, 'immature' interests and behaviour, or possibly the fact that I don't bore everyone silly with discussions about cars, mortgages, and babies. (I bore them silly about other things instead.)

I only have one of those three things, and I don't feel a pressing need to discuss it. Therefore, I tend to be lumped into a similar bracket. Sometimes slightly older, but that's the beard working its magic.

I have none of those things! However, I have recently been faffing and complaining about taxes, rates of interest and housing prices.


Yeahhh.

I've also seen you sporting facial hair!

Hahahaha, very true!

And I must say, I feel that my moustache> any of your beards.

Your tache is excellent, Daria. I envy and respect it.

I never used to like my beard, but it's grown on me.

Ba-dum tisshhh.

*giggles at the lame pun* Lame joke FTW!

I have tried cultivating a moustache in other areas, to no avail. Sigh.

Geographical areas? Does it grow in Aberdeen but not in London?

Up here it grows into a beard.