Lawrence has quickly become my closest friend in this country and the thought of him meeting the Barrister made me beyond nervous. With my best friends another continent away, I have had to rely on my opinions of him without any input from others. The Barrister and I headed to Earls Court to go see an acoustic show at the Troubadour with Lawrence. Within minutes of meeting each other they found comfort in one thing, mocking and joking about me. The conversation was spurred by Lawrence's earlier Facebook comment about me "You're like a tiger, fun to watch, but I would never get in a cage with you." The Barrister thinks this is very accurate but is willing to "get mauled"....
Besides having to put up with and feed me constantly, they have another thing in common in being law students, so I didn't have to worry about a lack of conversation between them. The venue was very small and dark, we grabbed a table and I was immediately in love with the night. The first two women up were wonderful, I even bought one of the girl's CD, she was amazing. The act that followed was not as amazing but it was certainly entertaining. A skinny guy in a blue tight leopard print shirt and glitter face paint (he sounded like the people who sing Du Haus and The Darkness), the boys took to making fun of him within seconds. Before I had a chance to shut them up, they were singing to each other and laughing. I tried to stop their new friendship but they both pulled out their blackberries and Facebook friended each other. My London worlds are getting smaller and smaller, CURSES!
Earlier in the day, the Barrister offered to take me away for the weekend to Bath. As much as I want to go to Bath, the idea of spending a whole weekend together was too much for me to handle. I lied and said I had plans and could only do a day trip. I knew he saw through my lie so after a couple of drinks, I admitted that I lied and it was too soon for us to go away together. Feeling guilty, I explained how easily I get freaked out and how I have the urge to run away from situations I think are becoming to serious. Not surprisingly, he said he knew and that I have nothing to be nervous about. As I suspected, he told me he was not seeing anyone else and has no intention of doing so but he realizes he cannot expect the same of me. Apparently, he told Lawrence he knew I was hooking up with other people and didn't care. This may or may not have been before Lawrence threatened his manhood if he hurt me. And then The Barrister said something that made me respect him, "I am not trying to tame you or push you into a situation, you will be tamed when you want to be, that's what I like about you." With that we left the bar. Lawrence liked him a lot, despite his innocence, he went as far as saying that he would be good for me. The meeting of my men was a success! I am very lucky to have two really good guys in my life over here!
After getting my drunk eating fix at McDonald's (I know typical American, but I made it almost a month without fast food, I should get points for that!) we headed home. The rest of the night went great, I found myself being affectionate and sweet with the Barrister. I woke up today and decided I wanted to go away with him. Fuck it, go big or go home right?
Today was by far the nicest and warmest day in London in a month, I made plans to go to the park and get some grub with Lawrence but first stopped to pick up some stuff with the Barrister. The nice warm day turned into my UK nightmare! England is determined to shit all over my parade today.
Debit Card declined and pin locked. I may need to wait for a new card...awesome no money for another week!
My key card to my flat declined, apparently I owe them 1000 pounds. Another fun piece of information was that they are charging me a extra 20 pounds more a week than I was orginally told. I either have to move out by March 20th or pay those bastards more money. Oh and I have 3 days to do it before I'm kicked out. My iPod officially kicked the bucket today and if that wasn't enough I also lost my school ID two days ago (1 week after I got it). FML! London is trying very hard to get rid of me.....
Besides having to put up with and feed me constantly, they have another thing in common in being law students, so I didn't have to worry about a lack of conversation between them. The venue was very small and dark, we grabbed a table and I was immediately in love with the night. The first two women up were wonderful, I even bought one of the girl's CD, she was amazing. The act that followed was not as amazing but it was certainly entertaining. A skinny guy in a blue tight leopard print shirt and glitter face paint (he sounded like the people who sing Du Haus and The Darkness), the boys took to making fun of him within seconds. Before I had a chance to shut them up, they were singing to each other and laughing. I tried to stop their new friendship but they both pulled out their blackberries and Facebook friended each other. My London worlds are getting smaller and smaller, CURSES!
Earlier in the day, the Barrister offered to take me away for the weekend to Bath. As much as I want to go to Bath, the idea of spending a whole weekend together was too much for me to handle. I lied and said I had plans and could only do a day trip. I knew he saw through my lie so after a couple of drinks, I admitted that I lied and it was too soon for us to go away together. Feeling guilty, I explained how easily I get freaked out and how I have the urge to run away from situations I think are becoming to serious. Not surprisingly, he said he knew and that I have nothing to be nervous about. As I suspected, he told me he was not seeing anyone else and has no intention of doing so but he realizes he cannot expect the same of me. Apparently, he told Lawrence he knew I was hooking up with other people and didn't care. This may or may not have been before Lawrence threatened his manhood if he hurt me. And then The Barrister said something that made me respect him, "I am not trying to tame you or push you into a situation, you will be tamed when you want to be, that's what I like about you." With that we left the bar. Lawrence liked him a lot, despite his innocence, he went as far as saying that he would be good for me. The meeting of my men was a success! I am very lucky to have two really good guys in my life over here!
After getting my drunk eating fix at McDonald's (I know typical American, but I made it almost a month without fast food, I should get points for that!) we headed home. The rest of the night went great, I found myself being affectionate and sweet with the Barrister. I woke up today and decided I wanted to go away with him. Fuck it, go big or go home right?
Today was by far the nicest and warmest day in London in a month, I made plans to go to the park and get some grub with Lawrence but first stopped to pick up some stuff with the Barrister. The nice warm day turned into my UK nightmare! England is determined to shit all over my parade today.
Debit Card declined and pin locked. I may need to wait for a new card...awesome no money for another week!
My key card to my flat declined, apparently I owe them 1000 pounds. Another fun piece of information was that they are charging me a extra 20 pounds more a week than I was orginally told. I either have to move out by March 20th or pay those bastards more money. Oh and I have 3 days to do it before I'm kicked out. My iPod officially kicked the bucket today and if that wasn't enough I also lost my school ID two days ago (1 week after I got it). FML! London is trying very hard to get rid of me.....
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