The Trip to England is ON!

After a year of setbacks and saving money, I finally have my flight and hotel reservations for London! My trip is from July 12- July 30th.

Due to financial constraints, my friend I was supposed to travel with can’t go. SO I’M GOING ALONE. (Heads up to all of you murderers and dirty people- Grandma is making me take a “rape whistle”; don’t make me use it.) During my stay I’ll be staying at a small bed and breakfast (cheap room, no en suite bathroom), and will probably go on a handful of the London Walks tours. (Definitely the Jack the Ripper tour, and most likely the Stonehenge and Cambridge tours as well.) I’ll go to museums and the like, and will be meeting my pal Jackie! (If she can get off of work.)

Any suggestions on places I absolutely shouldn’t miss this first trip? Let me know please!

IT’S HAPPENING! IT’S REALLY HAPPENING!

The English Flag

Also, look for a blog I’ll be writing for BritFancy, which should be up in late June!

Follow Friday

I’m pretty big into the website Twitter. It’s simple, there are no ads, and it’s free. I’ve made my fair share of friends on the website, and every Friday there is a tradition of suggesting people to follow. It’s called Follow Friday. I participate every week, wanting to help my friends get more followers, and they usually return the gesture. Sometimes it seems like a chore, and people may think I only do it because I have to, and don’t mean it when I suggest people to follow them. This isn’t the case. I mean it when I suggest people to follow someone. They may not have thousands of followers and be hugely famous, and they may not tweet about deep, philosophical subjects all the time, but they will engage you in conversation, be it silly or serious. They tweet about their life, and what’s happening in it. (Mostly.) They tweet about what music they’re listening to, what TV show their watching, what politician they’re currently disappointed in. Isn’t this the point of Twitter? I suppose Twitter means something different to everyone.

I have three people I’d like to recommend to you with a few words about why I’m such a fan of theirs.

1. @Harrisonfan aka Ann Bandolik. She’s in high school band, likes Monty Python and the Beatles, and a good book. How could I not be a fan of hers? We often tweet each other about random things, from politics to Monty Python, and it’s always a good time. She takes time to reply to everyone. Twitter BFF!

2. @ElizabethR1533 aka Jackie Crossley. She’s English, likes food, Monty Python and the Beatles, and once made me an “honourary Brit”. OF COURSE SHE’S COOL. She’s a nurse for the NHS, and is always fun to have a conversation with. We have plans to meet this summer. Woo!

3. @bobsteele777 aka Bob Steele. My favourite Canadian who isn’t Christopher Plummer. He’s a huge Monty Python fan, and is always a blast to “talk” to. I always have a smile on my face after a conversation with this guy. (We’re also having a “poke war” on Facebook. I will win. Eventually.)

Those are my 3 favorite people on Twitter. Everyone has their own favorites.

Dinner For Six!

If you could have dinner with 5 people, alive or dead, real or fictional, who would you choose?

Here’s who I’d pick, with some runners-up.

1. John Lennon- Why not? The man is a legend. Musically gifted, all about promoting peace, and just to speak to him would be an amazing experience.

People for Peace

2. J.K. Rowling- She wrote the books that made reading cool again. Screw Twilight.

JKR

3. Robin Williams- He’s interesting. He makes movies as different as “Good Will Hunting” and “Aladdin”. I’d love to have a chat sometime.

Cool Glasses, Dude!

4. Merlin- Fictional wizard… “Lived” during one of the greatest soap operas of all time. Here’s a picture of the current Merlin:

Colin Morgan plays Merlin on the BBC show of the same name.

5. Rupert “Ripper” Giles- Because I’m on an Anthony Stewart Head binge right now. But Giles= a sexy British librarian. Who has a dark side. How can you resist?

Love that smirk...

So those are my 5… Here are some runners-up though:

Anthony Stewart Head- Did I mention I’m on a high with this guy right now?

Tim Curry- How does such a fantastic actor get such crappy roles?

Mother Teresa- Why not?

King Arthur- Same reason as Merlin, except he was more of an idiot at times than Merlin.

Graham Chapman- Might be the most interesting (in my opinion) of the Monty Python group.

Emma Thompson- She’s lovely!

Stephen Fry- He’s lovely!

Any other guy on my “list”.

My List

Most people who know me know how much I love older British men. I thought I should just start a “list” here and give everyone some pictures… Granted these guys are old, but they’re so talented and *ahem* attractive The order changes each day, so here they are, in no particular order:

**EDIT** I have simply put all of the pictures into a gallery, since it’s easier to organize. This is one of my more popular posts, and I add to it often, so this gallery format is easier. Click on a picture for a larger image!

Yes, I have a thing for British comedians. Is it obvious? I’ll be posting more separate blogs about Peter Sellers, Sense and Sensibility, Being There, and the Goons. I have posted plenty of blogs about Monty Python. Feel free to leave comments!