remember, remember, the fifth of november...

wow, so many things to post about today!! well, really, just three. slash that, four. work, the election, and guy fawkes day (okay, not so much posting and just mentioning it) and tonight at the tron.

work. eh, not as cool as i thought it would be. i went yesterday, just to make sure i could find it (super easy.) and got there today with no problem, with time enough to pick up a latte before i got there. i get there and they tell me what i already know (aka what i'll be doing) and then another girl walks it (katherine. kathryn. catherine. catheryn. i don't know the spelling, but she has the same name as me. you choose.) and apparently she's helping me. we start stuffing the dvd cases with the dvds and the paper thingy in the front until we run out of them. "oh, well they should be coming in soon today. why don't you two take a wee lunch? take an hour or so, if you like," we're told by the receptionist. okay, sure! however, i've taken my lunch and so i hike my way up to the fourth floor to use the microwave (mmmm, our untasty minestrone soup! okay, not untasty, just not tasty.) and then...well, eat it. until the rest of the dvd cases come in. which there are like twelve boxes of them (108 dvds in each box...you can do the math.). so i start putting the paper covers in the cases until this guy walks in and says, "well, f*&% [this is completely normal, btw], black cases. great." apparently, they wanted clear cases. sooo, i'm told to go home and that they'd be in touch with me...or rather office team would. but either way, i didn't meet many cool people. i met katherine/kathryn/catheryn/catherine. who is nice, but not necessarily the cool scottish person i was hoping to meet. oh, well. however, i'm going back tomorrow at 1, and then all day friday. so woot. more work!!

election. i can't express to you how excited i am that our country finally has someone in office that isn't white. i mean, for a country that boasts that we're all democratic, and equal opportunity, and not racist, it's been a while since segregation, people. why hasn't this happened before? the outcome was truly amazing. i can't wait to see the change that is going to happen within our country. so many backwards things have happened in the last eight years that just aren't necessary. we have screwed up foreign policy. we're in a war that completely isn't necessary. we're not at all a country that is equal opportunity or understanding of people who are different (come on, people...this is 2008 we're living in. where is tolerance? an open mind? we're way past civil rights, here...are we grown ups or what?)

guy fawkes day. basically, today is novemeber fifth, the day that guy fawkes tried to blow up parliament in 1605. fireworks are included...it's cold in november in scotland, so we didn't stay out to watch them. that's all about that.

the tron. finally, tonight is wednesday and on wednesdays, we go to the tron for pound pints night. we eat dinner and then have pound pints. it just so happens that tonight, as well as two weeks ago when we went, there was a football (soccer) match on, and so the place was absolutely packed. firstly, yaaay! soccer. it's so nice to watch a game where its really appreciated. and to make it even better, it was manchester u vs. celtic...who are kind of rivals. really, the scottish just hate the english and so anytime an english team is playing, it's going to be grand. as can be expected, there are some pretty trashed guys there. one guy in particular, came up to me with a sketchpad and said, "can i draw you?" completely taken aback, i stuttered, "uhhh, suuure?" well, it turned out to be a complete mistake because the guy wouldn't leave me alone after that, insisting that i buy him a drink for his drawing (which i didn't ask for in the first place). he also kept telling me that i would be a great nude model (ummm, EXCUSE ME?!? i told him he was unnecessarily cheeky...) which he apparently draws a lot. sick. luckily, he momentarily left to go smoke outside, and we took the opportunity to get the guys beside us to hide the stool the guy was sitting on (someone took it, so the evidence was gone, luckly.) and then finally when he came back and i refused to buy him a drink/ignored him, he tore the picture up into four pieces ("ha, lady! this is what i think of you! take that....) to offend me, maybe? and stomped off, finding other suckers to draw. he was a weirdo....claire thought it was hilarious and reveled in the moment since i "get all the attention from guys." (okay, whatever. i don't ask for it by flaunting anything...) it was quite the interesting night. if i find a chance, i'll tape my portrait back together and post a picture of it on here. it's quite ugly, actually...

oh, also made two new friends today. they're cousins from canada--the guy's name is ross and the girls name is brandy. both very cool...look like prospective real friends!!