british for a day

bank holiday weekend...what fun.

saturday was a quiet one, but i finally bought some canvas and started painting. it seems the thing to do in the uk is to sell your art on ebay, so if i ever produce enough stuff that's what i'll be doing. canvas here seems quite expensive, but i was told yesterday that there is a chain of art stores, there just might not be one in liverpool.

on sunday i was officially british for a day...at least that's what it felt like! harriet, sofian and chris invited me to come with them to north wales for the day. we headed for abersoch amongst the holiday traffic and had a bbq on the beach. the guys were in search of a surf school and waves so we drove a little further to hell's mouth. now, i do have to say that it was quite cold (long pants, long shirts, shoes and socks) but sofian and i were crazy enough to put on our swimming costumes and run into the FREEZING cold ocean to go diving into some waves. chris was lucky enough to have a wet suit and harriet wore the top of a wet suit so i think they were probably a tad bit warmer. after noticing that my legs were quite red i ran out and dried off.

on the way home, we stopped in caernorfon looking for some food, but ended up in conwy eating fish and chips (with tea!) by the harbor in front of the smallest house in britian. needless to say, i slept very well that night.

on monday i slept in very late and then received a fab phone call from the wonderful j9...so good to speak to someone from home as i was having the "man, i just really want to talk to someone who knows me" moment. later on met up with jo and her excrutiatingly cute friend ian at the matthew street festival aka the largest cover band festival (think coldplace, the repeatles, and definitely mightbe). as we were leaving the u2 cover band was playing, which made me think of sweet j9.

someone please remind me to stop watching crappy romantic comedies; they're depressing.

off tonight to scalp tickets for the arcade fire. i'll tell you, i never thought i'd have to scalp tickets for a canadian band in this city. oh yeah, going to apply for a job at starbucks today too. wheeeee!