ATHLETE!!! :D ^_^ :D ^_^ :D rar!

ooook so i did get to go to the concert; wasn't feeling so miserable as allllll that skipping business (luckily...it was a close call) how amazing...how supah :D how ridiculously awesome!!!!!! XD it was really funny cuz they thought we were doing such a great job singing that they let the crowd take over for a bit and actually it was funny cuz just about everyone blew it o_O i, however, did have the right words and was proud to at that moment...they loved everyone just the same :D their new stuff is awesome too...i'm really pumped for the new cd o_o http://athlete.mu

so what else i also got a sweeeeeet t-shirt that is uber cute and BLUE (of course) with the spray logo on it which is supah groovy XD

also when i bought the t-shirt was the first time i really appreciated the "cheers" that follows transactions probably more often than a "thanks" (altho to be fair it's the same thing)

other interesting ukisms:

bangers and mash (sausage and mashed potatoes)

chips are i think sometimes chips but usually fries (which are sometimes called them fries, esp when curly); if you really want chips you should shop for crisps

ok here's something SUPER interesting: northampton on road signs is first reduced to n'hampton (nampton lol) and then to n'pton (nipton XD)

birmingham becomes b'ham (BAM!!!)

and wolverhampton (where the concert was) becomes w'hampton (WHAMpton)

man if you put the whams and the bams with the bangers and mash you could get a black eye o_o

also i learned the difference between british and english today which had always been a minor source of confusion for me (because honestly it doesnt' really come up all that much in wisconsin)...i guess i was confused because english people had a british accent...soooo ok the island is Great Britain which includes all the stuff on it the uk also includes northern ireland (ireland right?) so anyone on the island is basically british but they've all got they're subnationalities and they like those...so i guess it's kind of like saying that anyone in the americas is american including the mexicans and the candadians and everyone TECHNICALLY true...but not really (and admittedly it is extra complicated cuz american is ACTUALLY the usa's nationality marker...but the point is still made)

OH i also learned that in england what make a city different from a town is that a city has a cathedrale...so you could have a HUGE HUGE HUGE "city" but if it doesn't have a cathedrale it's still a town...but of course you can also have really tiny cities who do have them...

yay didn't we learn a lot

what else happened...the apt inspector came today and a man about the oven

annnnnnnnnd i dunno

time for bed soon lol