<3 New York New York <3

Was fabulosa

So we got up at 4.30am got our taxi to the airport. Me and Tom spent about 30mins people watching and deciding their life stories and why they were at the airport. We even discovered 2 long lost brothers who didn't even know they were at the same airport!!!!they both had creepy moustaches!
Then on our flight we tried to sleep but we were all so excited. I told Immy to tell the flight attendant that it was my birthday to see if we got any free stuff or upgraded to 1st class. So i dozed for a little then over the tannoy was the following:

"Hello passengers, today we have a very special person on board...Alyssa Nicholls in seat 17A....wave your hand alyssa so everyone can see....Yes today is her birthday............say happy birthday...happy birthday Alyssa.......AND....everyone congratulate her as she is getting married in two weeks!!!!Congratulations Alyssa!!!!!"

I kid u not. The strange woman beside Tom turned and congratulated me, as did the passengers infront...whilst Immy snickered behind me...indeed i went slightly red! but i had to accept the congratulations cos it was too embarassing otherwise!So we created the story that i was going to meet my fiance and get married in NY and have my hen party etc.
Good times.

So we got to JFK airport and went to get a taxi...and what a taxi we ended up in...it was a shiny black SUV/escalade type car with rimms....we arrived at our hotel in STYLE!!!!!!....but when i say hotel i mean hostel type place! pah it was perfect for what we needed though...4 bunks, an ensuite, nicely decorated, clean.perfect.


So then we went to times square and 5th ave, and Tom went to go pick up his girlfriend Alex from the airport as she was coming to stay too.

Me and the girls went to Tiffany's to get my 21st birthday present...and wow its pretty :-) Then Tom called us to go meet him and Alex in Times Square so off we went.
We got to times square and started climbing the red stairs when i heard Tom call my name. I turned round to see Tom and Nicola stood behind a statue/monument!!!! for a split second i just saw Tom, then i realised it was Nic i ran down the stairs and nearly knocked her over with the biggest hug ever. Over the moon is an understatement....i was soooooo suprised and pleased she had come all this way, i couldn't let go of her all day, i just couldn't believe she was there i was so so happy it totally made my birthday. i couldn't ask for anything else!So we went back to the hotel/hostel and got ready for our night out in the ibiza new york club pacha in my birthday dress and present :)
So the next day, my actual birthday...it absolutely POURED down, we went and bought our top of the rock tickets for tues morning, and then went down 5th ave to buy boots as my toes had gone numb in the rain! we had new york bagels too yumm! i couldn't find any nice shoes at reasonable price...and i had some leftover birthday money...so if im gonna end up spending money...i might aswell get designer ugg boots. chocolate brown with buckle's :-D my feet were warm yay! and i got them from bloomingdales in the big brown bag :-D
so we went to the toy shop with the big piano, and grand central station which was pretty and got our first tube. awesome.

When we got back to the hotel we got ready and proceeded to chinatown for a chinese which was nice and then went to a comedy club - Ha! in times square which was well funny!!!!!good times.

The next day we went into manhatten and on the way the BEST THING EVER happened to me. This japanese woman stopped me in the street and requested to take my photo for a japanese magazine, and then interviewed me about what i was wearing...and what my look was, and wear i bought everything. chuffed isn't even the word. I WAS STOPPED COS I LOOKED GOOD IN NEW YORK FOR A MAGAZINE. yeah baby!
So i floated over to central park with Immy Nic and Tom, whilst Rick and the girls went to take the S.Ferry to statue of liberty and ground zero. We went to the zoo...which by the way has NONE of madagascar animals...and i fed some goats :-), then me and Nic rode the carousel and we were going to go ice skating but the ice rink closed at 2.30. So instead myself tom eleanor and nic went up the empire state at night which looked AMAZING. all the night lights :-D
So then we all met back up at the hotel and went to the NYU area for clubs and stuff. AMAZING...i think...not quite sure.
So on our last day we took the lift 69 flights up the rockafella center...not good after the night before with alcohol, and we all felt pretty ill that high up, but the sights were amazing :-DThen we all made our own way to Central Park for Ice Skating. However me and eleanor got lost and ended up about 20 blocks in the wrong direction then struggled gettin the right tube. eventually we got there FINALLY!!! and went ice skating. Now tom had complained that he was crap at ice skating...but he was a proffesional compared to me. SERIOUSLY. i was awful. i would NOT let go of the side. after 3 laps i had a rest...and when i went for my fourth lap, they dragged me to the middle for a nice picture...then left me stranded...so i tried to make my way to the edge and of course bounced off the floor and cut my knee. i felt like a little kid it hurt an bled :-(
but still...i ice skated at central park :-D
(check out my tight grip)

Then we had to go back home...in our flashy ride again!

It was sad to leave but i got some fab pics on the plane of New York...better view than empire state anyway!

I had a near death experience...

its true. my whole life flashed before my eyes!!!!

So, I was walking to work yesterday, and was walking across the bridge above the I4...minding my own business..when all of a sudden i just heard this ALMIGHTY BANG! i looked down and seen a truck carrying cars.

The first thing that went through my mind was there was a crash, and after seeing the truck i thought...oh lord....the fire is gonna explode right up here and burn me to death. Totally blacken me to a crisp...i am going to die here on this bridge. and if its not the fire that kills me, its the shrapnel and pieces of car blown up that will strike me down and pierce right through my torso. I am going to die. I could see it happening right before my eyes, a tyre will come flying through the air and hit me right in the face, clean me right out. or a car door is gonna fly up and squish me.

literally my heart was in my mouth...i nearly vomited.

I swear ive never been so scared.....

....i squeezed my eyes shut, clenched my fists, took a fast deep breath and prayed to God, thought about my family back home....

......



.....

was i still alive?

....

.......

i could still feel the breeze and hear the cars below me on the I4....

.........

...

I opened one eye..

...

i felt ok.... opened the other eye, and peeked over the bridge.

I've never been so happy with the image i seen.....

.....

there ws a small piece of rubber flying through the air....and the truck had pulled onto the hard shoulder....one of his tyres had burst.

that was it.

just a popped tyre.

the driver and truck were fine... as were the 6 cars on top....

....as was i.

Thank God.





I composed myself and began breathing again...chuckled to myself and continued my walk to work.



I hope nobody saw my expression...and nearby drivers probably didn't even hear the bang!!!I woulda looked quite funny randomly stopping on the bridge and holding myself together with a look of sheer horror on my face.

bluh...im just happy to be alive!

I live to see another day, i cannot wait for NY on sat morning....WOOP

RIP Sticky

Im afraid we have some awful news.

It was Tom, Amy and Becca's day off today, so they went out and got Xmas decorations and a tree. Woop.

So i came home from work, to see the house half decorated - woop, thn Becca helped me dye my hair for NY... (3 DAYS PEOPLE, 3 DAYS!!!!!!!)

But then Amy broke the news to me. When they were moving the Tv...they found him....the remains of him. He had lost so much weight his body was the same thickness of his tail...u cud see his ribs :-(



RIP STICKY, you will be missed :-(

We shared so many good times, you even spent thanksgiving with us. We will remember you always

Macy Day Parade

So today all us lucky english interns got to join in the Macy Day Parade at Universal! We were going to have one balloon with us all one, but we were divided into the parade.
I got to be an escort for the one and only Santa Claus himself at his sleigh at the back of the parade. WHOOOOP!










So we all arrived signed up and put our most amazingly attractive various coloured jumpsuits on and wandered around the park to recruit guests as fellow balloon handlers. During this time all the TNA wrestlers were preparing for filming...and i bumped into THE kurt angle. I have no idea who he is, or appreciate how famous he is, but i've been told people would be jealous so i thought i would share my blind dumbness when meeting a celebrity.




It was pretty awesome to say the least. Although i didn't have a balloon i felt well special standing next to santa's sleigh. As we walked through the park, just watched the excitement on the little kids faces to see THE father christmas HIMSELF, they were all frantically waving and shouting his name it was SOOOO cute. There was even this adorable lil girly trying to copy the dance moves that santa's lil helpers were doing. It's the first time i felt christmassy and felt that xmas was coming.

So it was all excitement and fun....


(this uniform is better than my shrek uniform anyway)


But now, 6 hours later...i feel a lil homesick, and i just been reflecting on past xmas's, and what ill be missing this year.

• The annual christmas meet with my school friends at St Bees on xmas day to play on the swings.
• Falling asleep on xmas eve to the noise of my mum stuffin presents into my stocking on my bedroom door.
• Waking up with my bro and sis and sitting on my parents bed to open our stockings
• After opening presents downstairs, trying on all my xmas presents and stuff, and then after gettin ready , being with my family, smelling the turkey cooking and listening to old fashioned christmas carols. My mum in her silly tartan pinny.
• Going out in Whitehaven in silly fancy dress on the friday before xmas, xmas eve eve, xmas eve and boxing day, and then new years!!!
• Getting ready with my friends before our nights out, drinking and chatting in spoons or cat, then ending up dancing the night away in galls and senny's after cocktails in shakers, shots in jpjs and browns, and meeting everyone in north.
• Sitting with my sister, stealing her clothes and joking around
• Fighting and shouting with my brother about stupid stuff that means nothing
• Opening the first of the xmas presents at the sunday church family service, and watching the xmas play.
• Fancy dress at the church xmas party, playing the games, the buffet and sophie singing and dancing

Its pretty depressing i won't be at home for this stuff....stuff that i took for granted. Christmas Day will be horrible without my friends and family, and i will deffo appreciate it more next year!!!!

So...i need a mission....all suggestions are appreciaited!
My apartment are probably all working over xmas day, so we are going to go out or cook a meal together in the evening afterwards, and we are getting a tree to decorate and tings. We are going to have a great day together and be each others family for xmas day.

Also when my family get here we are having our own xmas day.

The only thing missing is my friends from back home.



I hope you all enjoy ur holidays and get what u asked for, but don't take it for granted, enjoy every second, including the arguements.

I should take my own advice...

So i think all of you that read this should deffo read my housemate tom's blog - ethnictom.blogspot.com
its HILARIOUS, everytime i read his update im like crying in total hysterical laughter to the point where i think i may vomit, so i deffo reccomend it. the most recent of his posts had me just about roll off the sofa cos i physically couldn't keep upright i was laughing so hard i actually couldn't take air into my lungs. the one with the bike. if any of you know tom, it just makes this story way more funnier! so read the one with the bike.
After reading it i found his misfortune so funny i repeated this story at work. finding his pain funny.

Now another thing you should know for you to understand this story is the following:
At work the queue line for shrek goes right down the side of the building - visible and accesible to guests on the sidewalk, so frequently once we are loading a show, or when we are quiet, some guests climb over the bars/chains to avoid walking all the way to the actual enterance to then walk back on themselves. Normally we used to turn a blind eye, but we have been told to enforce that the guests walk all the way to the main enterance, for health and safety issues AND to make it fair on the other guests.

So today, i had some guests want to enter the last show, and they were at the front of the queue line, and some of their party wanted to ride Rockit, which had just gone down, so i offered to come and get them if rockit started running again before the park closed. Now most of this party entered shrek, whilst one of their party waited outside as they didnt want to ride shrek.
So i continued letting guests into the attraction and then noticed the rockit was running again, so i went inside to get the party, doing so by opening the wheelchair line as there was none in the line. Now after these people had gone to rockit, i noticed the other member of the party sitting on a bench, so i ran back inside to ask the party if this member had wanted to ride rockit or not. in the process i decided to hop over the wheelchair line chain. i got one leg over...but didn't lift my other leg high enough, which got caught on the line. In that same moment i KNEW i was going down. i made the LOUDEST smack on the floor, my glasses and hat went flying and i only just saved my face from a broken nose. that would have been perfect for New York.

Now when i said a loud smack on the floor, i mean loud enough to stop the preshow. i felt the blood rush to my face as i got up off the floor as fast as i could, to notice that the guests beside me pretended they hadn't seen and turned away...to save my embarassment. pfffft didn't matter then, i was already embarassed.
however it got worse.
the guests beside me were guests i had told off for trying to hop over the queue line cos they could hurt themselves. so i told them i was ok, and that was the reason why they should never climb over the lines.

then when i got to the party i was looking for, i asked if their other member had wanted to ride rockit...and of course they didnt....so all that for nothing.



but oh no. it wasn't over just yet.

not even

about 10minutes later we closed the attraction and i opened the chains to exit out my position...then walked to another way i could get into our theatre, and opened only one chain of the queue line...and climbed over the bottom chain.

but of course only one foot made it, and i caught my foot AGAIN.

not even 10 mins later. seriously.

luckily, i didnt land on the floor but my NEAR fall caught all the guests attention.

SO.

the lesson learned from this is DONT CLIMB OVER THE QUEUE LINES/CHAINS. not even if u work here.
my personal lesson - dont laugh at others misfortune...it will come back to you.

pffffffffft.


side note - i have bruised knees and a bruised wrist. i bet they dnt fade in time for NY.


bugger.

Zombie's

If the world was taken over by zombies...would you survive? if not...how long would you last?

That's what me and tom have just been discussing.

Recently our apartment has slowly been getting lower in numbers, to just me and tom, but we are still having fun. Amy is spending this time with her mum whose out to visit. Becca has moved in with some friends from work....and Immy dissapeared just over 24hours ago and has not been seen....however we do know he has been back whilst we have been sleeping. So me and Tom have been creating our own fun and company.

So we have just been talking about zombies. Dawn of the Dead is on. We have come to the decision after much deliberation the following -

Amy - would survive for a short amount of time...but then get bitten and tell everybody, but none of us want to kill her...cos she hasnt turned into a zombie yet and we like her, but immy would go in and shoot her...so all of us would hate him.

Immy - would be the antagonist at the beginning who nobody really liked...but then turn nice and save us when amy gets bitten and then saves me when i try to save the cat by letting it in but then all the zombies would start coming in, and he'd go to fight them off but die in the process.

Me - I would be the hysterical woman who has somehow miraculously survived until the middle of the film, even after immy has saved my life....but then end up getting myself killed by doing something stupid and selfish. My pussycat was still alive after immys massacre, and the cat gets scared and jumps out my arms and i chase it but the zombies kill my pussycat....and then i go insane and take a machine gun and start shooting all the zombies, but they all crowd me and kill me

Becca - would survive till the end....cos she's hot and clever.

Tom - would be a surviving hero. He would save becca by giving up his own life, and take petrol and a match into a huge area where all the zombies are and there would be a massive explosion...and becca would look on from a far distance with a tear in her eye...look away...and then get a strange feeling...turn back and coming out of the smoke...tom is limping...becca runs, they embrace it fades to black and roll credits.

this would be a good zombie movie.

me and tom have spent the last hour discussing this.

:-)

Thanksgiving

mmmm yummy yummy turkey in my tummy. Thanksgiving is also known as Turkey Day here! Its also the official start of XMAS IS COMING!!!!!!

so us english all worked the thanksgiving day...as we really don't care that much about the holiday...although it was fun to celebrate at work as we all got a free turkey dinner YUM!
But the lovely people at Universal Stdios gave all us lovely employees a FREE TURKEY wahoooo! so as there is 5 in our house...we weren't greedy...we just took 4 of the turkeys LOL! and we got one at someone's house, 2 in the freezer and then kept one for our very own thanksgiving dinner which we had 2 days before the actual thanksgiving...as we were all off (except Amy, who spent the holiday in the bahama's with her mum - JEALOUS!!!!)
However, i needed to go shopping to get things for NEW YORK ( 15 DAYS TO GO!!!!) and immy was gymming and doing his usual stuff, and Becca had stayed overnight at a friends, so Tom cooked the thanksgiving (huge roast) dinner all by himself.

For the first time.

ever.

IT WAS AMAZING!!!! he did the turkey (giblets and bacon and everything) AND THE BEST OF ALL.....HE COOKED YORKSHIRE PUDS FROM SCRATCH! amazing it truly truly was! even the gravy. mmm i could eat it all over again - take a looky -


















Doesn't it all just look so scrummy!!!!




but guess what.




We had a friend join us.





STICKY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

he came back for some turkey dinner a woop!


so it was utterly amazing. and scrummy. and we had cookies and cream cake for desert. mmmmm!!!! :-D

not as good as xmas dinner tho, definately not. Shall be awaiting that for when my family come :-)

So that was turkey day celebrating!

The Adventure's of Sticky

This is the morning we woke up and found sticky. He seems to like our bikes. Can u see him!?

21st Dress

Eeeeps

i didn't wanna write this in that other post cos that was all new moon focused.

I got my 21st dress!!!!

this is a funny story.

So i been looking online, and i wanted a LBD, but was open to discussion. So i decided i was gonna have a little look around yesterday in millenia mall, and Immy was going shopping too, so we went together but actually went into the shops together and everything giving each other advice on our clothes.

Now im not too bad at shopping, im a bit of a skimmer, so i told Immy i wouldn't be bad!

We did really well for about 2 hours, and then we went to a girls only shop, and i said i wouldn't be too long in side. then the shop assistant informed me that it was buy 2 get one free on EVERYTHING inside. EVERYTHING. uh oh.

I made my way all the way round the shop until i had covered everything, and we were about to leave empty handed. until i saw it. It was beautiful. It was my 21st dress. i just knew it. right there and then. we'd been in the shop for 5 minutes, and been shopping for around 2 hours and i found my dress. it was just exactly what i wanted, sophistication whilst being sexy. Even Immy agreed, and it was up high so he grabbed it down for me. He looked at the first one and said, that'll fit you, it was a size 4 so i was like PAH! im not that tiny, i need a 10 or 12, so he started getting them down, n when he got the 12 down i was like...thats huge, then remembered the sizes are different here! So i said oh no, put the 12 back, this 4 might fit me, its ok. So i went with the 2 dresses in my hand, believing i had a size 4 and 6 to try on. so i put the 6 on first, and it was a bit big, and didn't cling to me properly, so i SQUEEZED the 4 on, and managed with the help of Immy and the shop assistant to get it on. I tried shoes on, and the shop assistant picked out the most amazing earings that matched perfectly! We discussed how the 4 was a bit too tight...seing as i couldnt walk properly, but the 6 was too big and there was no inbetween. After much deliberation we decided that Immy was gonna be my trainer and get me to loose a little weight in time for New York, cos the other dress was way too big.

So i went back in the changing room and put the dresses back on the hangers...when i discovered that the size 6, was still a size 10. Uh oh....Immy.....please can u grab me a size 6.....i thought u already had one?....um....it was a size 10, we had the wrong size. deathly silence. U owe me a subway. THANK YOU IMMY!!!!!!! the size 6 fit perfectly :-D
but then i still needed my get one free, so i jst grabbed some jeans, and then got a shock at the checkout....at this point i was gettin death stares from immy as we had been in this shop for an hour and a half nearly. so ill return the jeans on monday.
I did buy immy a subway too :-D

No photo's of the dress till my actual 21st though :-D

New Moon

So last night was an experience i'll not forget in a hurry.

Some of you know, some of u don't, i am a Twilight addict....atleast i thought i was, but apparently im nothing compared to the masses here in America. Today is the 20th November and the release of the Twilight Saga's new movie New Moon. So a few weeks back i scheduled this day off, as i knew this film would be released a little after midnight and did not want to be scheduled for work at 8am after watching a film til 2am!

So me and some friends got to the cinema at 9pm, after already purchasing our tickets for $9.50 each, and joined a short queue outside the theatres that would be showing the film. we made sure there was 2 of us keeping our place in the queue at all times and went off to do various things, such as find my glasses that id left in the car, but retraced our steps to find it, go buy food and drinks, go to the toilet etc. and they had entertainment too, a small band with a male guitarist and female singer dressed as bella and edward and playing the songs from the soundtrack, and they had character lookalikes wandering around as well, so it didn't feel like we were waiting too long.

Now when we got there at 9pm, pretty early i know but we had nothing else to do, there was about 20 of us in the queue, and we were probably the only ones NOT in twilight tee shirts and things. By 10.30 there was a 100-200 of us, and we were still the only 5 out of maybe 10 not in twilight gear, so we bought the drinks tht cme with free cups lol. We couldn't decide wether we were the only cool people in there, or the only uncool people....

So anyway, they finally opened the theatres and i swear, the whole room started to feel different. I know it sounds strange but we were just very AWARE of the craziness that could and would erupt. the atmosphere totally changed and ill be honest...i felt a little scared.
We were loudly declaring within our small group "if they start running i swear down, we are all here in the same line wanting the same thing, if they start running and screaming we swear blah blah blah" I think this was our own personal shield and by doing this we felt a little safer and maybe the people around us wouldnt turn crazy.
It sort of worked.

The line started moving into the first theatre, and we were following everyone inside, when 2 girls, started pushing past us. Well you know me, i wasn't having any of that, so i walked right down the center of the corridoor so they couldnt pass me, started climbing the stairs and picked a row to sit on ( u dont get designated seats like in England) so i moved half way down, so we had seriously good seats and turned to see these girls following me down the row and stopped beside me. So i said oh, im sorry, these seats are saved, and the cow turned and said oh. sorry. and sat down anyway. i just stared in utter disbelief. This sad cow in her team edward teeshirt was so selfish, childish and obnoxious and just sat down anway, even though if she hadnt have pushed she wouldn't have got those seats. the steam started to leak out of my ears, and my hands turned into fists, and i knew i would have to move down the row away from them or i would say something that would get me kicked out of the theatre. i seriously could not believe she had just done that. so i moved all the way down the row and tapped my foot, concentrating on regulating my breathing, whilst grinding my teeth and shaking my head.

seriously, the attitude of people REALLY bugs me. I know it sounds like i was overreacting but it just infuriated me so much that people think the world revolves around them and are unaware of the people around them and so inconsiderate.
So me and my friends started talking about what had just happened....only i decided the only way i could safely let off steam, would be to talk LOUDLY about how inconsiderate and childish the people beside us were. (yes i know that is childish too, but trust me, i was sooooo pissed off i needed to vent so i wouldnt explode in their faces) And i know they could hear me, as the people infront and behind us were sniggering at my comments! Until i took it a step too far and said "Seriously, just cos america is a big country doesn't mean they own the world, so selfish, god!"
That wasn't such a wise move, seeing as we were surrounded by americans. I kept quiet after that :-s
So my bitching only lasted 10 minutes while i calmed down and vented, and so it was about 11.30pm, and the film didnt start till 12.15 (well the trailers started at 12.15) so for the next 45 minutes i then had to endure long legs behind me who obviously didnt have enough leg room and kept kicking the back of my chair. I didn't complain about it as i thought i probably deserved it after my last remark, and it wasn't too bad. Plus as angry as i get at people, im really a wuss and would do bad in a confrontation of physical attack. Im all talk, and ill tell people what i think of them, but if it ever came to fighting, im already running away!
So the theatre was full by midnight, but only the crappy seats at the front were available from around 11.45pm, so at around 12.13 people started shouting out a countdown till edward/jacob. guh. the idiots obv didnt remember there is such thing as trailers, and the trailers then started at 12.15 and went on till around 12.30 ish. One of the first trailers had kristen stewart (bella) in, and the last trailer had rob pattinson (edward), and when he came on screen all the crazy twilight addict kids started screaming and cheering and wooooing and me and my friends all turned and looked at each other. One of us loudly remarked, they better not do that all the way through the film. tsk!

Ok and then the film. was amazing. deffo a better director than the first film, it matched the book better and was sooooo good, just amazing. i decided i was team jacob anyway...edward is a lost cause, bella has him, i could happily fight for jacob if it wasn't for renesmee...but anyway, jacobs bod was FA...HIT! yummy, i couldnt care less he is younger than me!

***side note: a burger king advert has just come on the tv, and they have free new mooon merchandise...so im having burger king for tea tonight :-D***

Oh, also, not sure if you guys know, but here in america, when u go to watch a film, everybody reacts to what goes on, so the whole theatre will cry/laugh and comment on whats happening. its not like in england when its silence so u can watch/hear the movie.

so anyway during the film, the first time edward came on the screen, everybody gasping and ooed and aaahed and pathetic stuff, which was annoying, and then the same with jacob. and then when jacob took his top off. and all the way through the darned film. GRRRRR. and for some strange reason everybody laughed at really random places, they laughed all the time at bella's dad....when there was nothing funny happening. and when funny stuff did happen it wasn't small sniggers, it was loud hysterics so you couldn't hear the next line that was said in the movie. and then they laughed at other random scene where bella and edward were running together, and other random places. me and my friends were very confused. And then there was a scene were jacob says to bella "and you think im kind of beautiful" and some girl in the audience said "I DOOOOOOO" and everybody laughed at that so you couldn't hear the next line. that really pissed me off too!!!!

So from what i could actually hear of the film, it was AMAZING, and i will be first in line for the DVD!!!!!

As we left at the end we were all a bit pissed we had paid $10 to listen to a loud of crazy ass teenage american girls with their high pitched voices ooooing over rob pattison. look girls, u r nowere near his league, ur pathetic, grow up and get a life. I think its pathetic they went to the film just to see the actors/charactors. I know your laughing right now, but i didnt go to see the film for the men, they were an added bonus, i went cos i've read the books and enjoyed them, watched the film and enjoyed it, and i wanted to see this film for what it is as a whole, not to see a celebrity actor im heavily in love with.
GROW UP.

but yeah, im still really pissed about the whole stealing the chairs thing. if i'd been more prepared for that i would have kicked their ass!

Im off to read the book now anyway :-D

Questions

people are stupid. and you wouldn't even believe how stupid.

ok, i know your thinking, well duh, you already work there, of course you know whats what and whats going on....but sometimes it's really just common sense! However, most of the time i answer these questions before a guest has even finished asking them, as its obvious what they are about to ask me, So read this before you go to Shrek. Then you wont need to annoy me.

So....when I am at Greeter, these are the most commonly asked questions:

Guest: Which way do i go?
Answer: Down the line that the other 100 people are going down?
Guest: Do i go this way?(points to line that is chained up, away from the enterance)
Answer: No, go down the line everyone else is going down.

Guest: FastPass?
Answer: Express?
Guest: Fastpass! (whilst nodding)
Answer: Express!! (whilst furiously nodding)
Guest: Fast....Pass?!
Answer: EXPRESS!!!!!

Guest: Where is the express line?
Answer: (Point at the sign to my right) Right here
Guest: Where is the regular line?
Answer: (Point at the sign to my left) Right here
Guest: Which line do i go down?
Answer: If you have express, go down the express line. If not go down the regular line.
Guest: Is this enterance ticket express?
Answer: No its your enterance ticket.
Guest: How do i get express?
Answer: You can purchase an express ticket from either Nicktoons Store or the Universal Studios Store for $20 for one park each, or $26 for two parks each, which gives you a less than 15 minute wait on all attractions aside from our new red rollercoaster, the Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit or the P fliers in Islands of Adventure.
Guest: I have to buy one?
Answer: Only if you want to purchase an express ticket
Guest: Should i buy one?
Answer: Its your own decision - Today is pretty busy/Today is pretty quiet
Guest: Can i get a fastpass?
Answer: we only have express
Guest: Can i get an express?
Answer: Yes, you can purchase them from nicktoons store or universal studios store
Guest: purchase?
Answer: yes, for $20 for one park each or $26 for two park each
Guest: no fastpass?
Answer: no fastpass, only express
Guest: Is Fastpass this way?
Answer: yes, Do you have an express ticket?
Guest: no, fastpass?
Answer: No, go down the regular line if you don't have express
Guest: There is no fastpass?
Answer: there is only express
Guest: What is express?
Answer: its a ticket you can purchase which will give you a less than 15 minute wait on all attractions except for hollywood rip ride rockit or the p fliers in islands of adventure.
Guest: But i have this hotel room key card
Answer: :-| that also acts as express....come right this way....but next time show this card at the front of ALL ATTRACTIONS! (eye twitches)

Guest: Is this the express line?
Answer: Yes it is
Guest: All these people have express?
Answer: Well actually, this is the loading line, it means you will get into the next showing
Guest: But i have express
Answer: thats ok, you are in the right place
Guest: But look at all these people?
Answer: Ok, basiclly this is our loading line....it means you will get into the very next show, we let in 300 people into each show, so everytime those doors open, 300 people go inside....and there is only 100 people in this loading line, so you will get right into the next show.
Guest: But i have express.
Answer: Im afraid you will have to wait in this line until the doors open...then EVERYBODY will go inside. There is already 300 people inside those doors, so we cant let anymore in, until they have exited
Guest: But i have express
Answer: :-|

Guest: What is this?
Answer: Shrek 4d
Guest: What does it do?
Answer: its a 4d movie, you sit in a movie theatre, wear those funny glasses, the seats bounce up and down, there is other special effects.
Guest: Does it move?
Answer: the seats bounce up and down like a bumpy carriage ride
Guest: So its moves?
Answer: yes
Guest: is this a rollercoaster?
Answer: I dont think they could fit a roller coaster in this building....
Guest: Is this like jimmy neutron?
Answer: Not quite, jimmy neutron is a simulator, this is a 4d movie
Guest: Is this like Spiderman?
Answer: No, you wear the glasses the same, cos its 3d, but it doesnt go anywhere, its a movie.
Guest: Is this like the Simpsons?
Answer: No, the simpsons is a simulator, this is a 4d movie
Guest: Is this like the Mummy?
Answer: No, the mummy is a rollercoaster, this is a 4d movie
Guest: Can my baby come inside?
Answer: yes, we have no height restrictions
Guest: Can my grandma come in?
Answer: if she wants to
Guest: is it scary?
Answer: no....its shrek. some small children may be scared of the dark room and the loud noise, but its not scary
Guest: What is Shrek?
Answer: hes a big green fairytale ogre
Guest: Are you Shrek?
Answer: :-|



You wouldn't even believe how many small children say "Hi Shrek" at me. its really annoying. espeically when the parents snigger. The first time this happened to me i was mortified. I waved at this tiny lil kid, musta been about 4/5 years old as he walked into the preshow, and he waved back and declared "HI SHREK!" and his mother blushed a little and ushered in, and apologized. and i was just like staring in disbelief. then i found it a little funny and laughed about it.
Until it happened a few days later...only this time the parents giggled. and ever since i have loathed all these children! IM NOT SHREK! im not green, and im not an ogre(although my mum might say im different in the mornings), im not fat and huge, i dont have those strange little ears, and im wearing something totally different!

IM NOT SHREK!

this only tends to happen to me once a week, or once a fortnight, but last week i got it 3 TIMES IN ONE DAY. your kids are stupid. and cruel.
:-(



I will continue the annoying questions thing another post...as this one is pretty long now.

For You <3

STICKY IS BACK!!!!!

Indeed, he decided to come back and pay a visit. I woke up yesterday and started to get ready for work, and came to get my bike and here is Sticky coming to stay for a little while again. I said it was okay, as long as he doesn't do a repeat of the jumping off the bin onto me trick he tried last time....as i will not find it amusing. I dont really mind him staying...cos he eats all the small bugs and things, but it makes me slightly uneasy not knowing where he is....I've not seen him since yesterday...which worries me and makes me think he could crawl on me in my sleep. hmmmmmm

Ill keep y'all updated on his adventures here in 101!

Thank You for Concern :-)

Im a shrekie, yes i am. I will get a better photo of me in my uniform, but this is a photo of me with some of my collegues. Im in the middle by the way!



So those of you who like to keep updated about me and my life here on facebook have been concerned about me recently, due to negative status updates and what not. Well I'd like to put all your minds at rest, it hadn't really been brought to my attention that although i am in a different country, any negative comments would be percieved as me wanting to come home as i dislike it here. Well everybody, i still bloody love it here, im having the time of my life and i love my work, i love my home here and everything. It wouldn't be natural though for me to be 100% happy ALL THE TIME, while i was here now would it? Everybody has there ups and down, and not many people would bat an eyelid if id had all the same status etc when i was living in england still. So i want to thank you all for your concern, i really do appreciate it, it means people do care even though im so far away, im perfectly happy here, im not gonna jump on a flight home any time soon, but honestly i do miss people which makes me a little homesick from time to time! Also november is a pretty boring month, and december will be very exciting what with new york, my 21st, christmas and my family coming out to visit, so i believe this is nothing out of the ordinary for me to get little dips now and again.
Not only that, but unfortunately I've been a little ill recently, which of course makes me a little homesick, and i also discovered that i don't like/trust american men either. English men, i'll be marrying one of you HAH!

Also, apologies for the delay in posts, been pretty busy when im working all the time, but i will try harder, i promise!!!!

Im so very excited for the new twilight film coming out on 20th november 2009 - New Moon, i will be at the cinema at midnight for that one :-)

Multi Cultural

So working here im experiencing may different cultures, and have come to appreciate some....and maybe not so much others.

I find certain cultures such as the English are very polite, don't complain much, are great at queuing, they're patient, listen and join in the Preshow.
However there are other culture's that don't appreciate the reason for queue's, are unaware of others around them, cannot follow basic norms of human behaviour....and thats my english politeness coming through...!

I dont know sign language...not much anyway xcpt for the usual wave for hello and goodbye, and some obscenities....but i would assume furiously shaking my head or finger would account for No, and pointing at someone's camera, or making pretend camera taking positions with my hands (button clicking included) would be obvious to most that i am trying to communicate with them that you are not allowed to take photo's. Someone please correct me if i am wrong.

I appreciate that when i am far away from people who may not understand english...or my newly aquired americlish accent, that it would be difficult for a person to understand my instruction to "move down to the end of the row"....and it may even be difficult to notice everybody around you moving down to the end of all the other rows......and especially when there is about 50 people to your right standing up waiting for you to move down, and gesturing you to move down. And maybe even after 3 minutes of being sat there and realising that all the lights in the theatre are still on, the movie has not started, there are 50 people stood up with nowhere to sit...there are 50 seats to your left unoccupied and there is a Shrek employee furiously waving infront of you, red in the face, gesturing you to stand up, and move down to the end of the row....and there are around 230 other people around you watching....and laughing.

maybe its just me.

Maybe I should learn some new languages.

I bet they would understand if i used my obscene sign language though.

Cold!!!!!

So it got cold.
Really cold.
So cold, as I stepped outside on sunday, i walked straight back into the house, put my jeans and sweater on (yes i said sweater...its easier to just say american phrases for now at all times!) before setting off on my bicycle.

However....skinny jeans and riding a bicycle, most deffo do NOT go together well! WHATSOEVER, it felt like i was riding in 5th gear instead of 2nd, and i could hardly move my legs. Up the bridge i was ready to cry. And the icy wind in my face was NOT helping either. So i finally got to work, and i was pretty warm, probably because of riding my bike, as i normally arrive at work in a sweaty mess, so i didn't even think about checking out a coat. Now what I probably havn't shared with you all is how wardrobe works. We arrive at work, go to our desk, and request our size and themed uniform. In my case its size 12 pants, and XS tunic for shrek 4d. When i need them i get the spats, hat, belt and whatever other accesories ya need...it's were you would request a coat from too! So i got my normal uniform and walked over to my work location......

I walked into the building shivering! Luckily there was a coat left there from the day before...in a large....even the XS coats are huge at shrek, so i put the large on, and wrapped it round myself twice, and jazzed it up with my belt over the top to keep it in place whilst giving myself a better figure!!!!!
But really, thats how cold it was, i had to wear a coat...and i left my coat on indoors until 2pm as well!!!!!no lie!!!! twas freeeeezing!
I struggled on my skinny jeans and bike ride home aswell. shame.

So the next day, once again i had my layers on...espeically as i set off on my bike at 6am, to start work at 7am! it really was ridiculously cold! i was shivering all day. Tom said it was 3 degrees warmer than the Isle of Man that day. only 16 degrees! and IOM was 13!!!!!no lie!!!

Anywhoooooo, yesterday me and Becca went shopping to buy jumpers and cardi's n things to keep us warm....and the temprature decided to warm up again. gutted! And then we came home to discover our AC was broken! it was 80 degrees! i sweated all night, it was horrendous! So we went to get it fixed today, and thankfully its back to a nice 70!!!!So yeah, thats about it for the updates me thinks! Another day off tomorrow, then back to work on friday yea baby!

Im sure there will be a rant soon enough though!

First ever Shrek mini-rant

Indeed.

unbelievable i know...i <3 Shrek

and i do...even though i watch the same 15minute film like 15 times a day or something ridiculous
i love it.

Its the guests im gonna rant about.

What part of the following speech do people not understand?
" Rule number 2 - ABSOLUTELY, UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WHATSOEVER IS ANY KIND OF FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY OR VIDEO TAPING ALLOWED AT ALL, so put away your camera's...including those secret kind you think we can't see you hide behind your hand, that's right put them away or you will recieve a flogging!!!!!!!!!"

I normally accentuate this even further when many people have been flashing away with their camera's...and im not sure why but this SERIOUSLY bugs the HELL outa me, i've never gotten so wound up about guests before, but when they continue to ignore me and take photo's it really twists a nerve.

So the last couple days I have had stupid guests who have decided to annoy the hell outa me, so instead of getting my guests to shout "oh no" when i say flogging, i have had them say "no camera's" instead....seems to be working a little i guess, but people are so stupid....im gonna actually flog one of them someday!!!
stupid people!!!!!!!

mini rant over for now....will probably come back to this topic though!

New York and Xmas

Also wanted to let you all know my entire excitement at the fact I will be celebrating my 21st birthday in NEW YORK baby yeah!!!! i have booked flights for 12th-15th december....and i am so excited....currently saving up as much money as possible so i can enjoy myself :-) Black tie and LBD night on the sunday of my actual birthday...and bedtime will not be till 6am at the very earliest.

totally cannot wait :-)

some more exciting news is that my family - mum, dad, bro and sis are all coming to visit me on 27th dec - 9th jan so i will be able to celebrate new year with them (hopefully in epcot :-D...) and am utterly excited for this 2. November will be boring and December will be exciting :-D

HHN

So, its october, the scariest month of the year...and here at Universal Studio's we deffo celebrate this terrifying time.
So to assist in my duties here, i have been watching scary movies. Now i love horror films anyway, they are my favourite, i like to be scared and jump whilst watching a movie, gets the blood flowing and the heart pumping...

However, i just went to watch Paranormal Activity.

Has to be THE most HORRIFYING film I have EVER seen in my entire life.

My family and close friends will be the first to tell you all how i tend to narrate films and tv programmes and what not, not delibrately, but my mother likes to say that she needn't watch anything anymore, she'll just listen to my reactions....But when im in a cinema i can hold it in pretty well, remain calm and quiet aside for the few odd gasps.
This was something totally different, other than myself EVERYBODY in the theatre were reacting to what was going on. I screamed about 3 times...one of which was a prolonged hysterical scream..joining others in the cinema, after about half way through every time the scene switched to the evening/night i cried....cos i was so scared, i couldnt even control it my eyes were just leaking....the last 20 minutes of the film i was watching through my fingers, and jumping and repeatedly saying i wanted to leave the cinema. If it wasn't for my company i would have walked out. im not even exxagerrating, quite a few people left the cinema during the film. It is definately the scariest thing i've ever watched, i cant even get it out my mind, im totally freaking out right now and i don't think i am going to be able to sleep for a while....not without nightmares anyway. I can't get rid of the images in my head im literally terrified! When i left the cinema i could hardly put my glasses in my handbag i was shaking so much!

So...if any of you out there wants to be utterly scared by a film i fully recommend it...however there is no way ill be able to sit through that again i physically cant, i am mentally and emotionally scarred for life.


HHN = Halloween Horror Nights here at universal studios is on thurs -sun evenings with scary houses and scare zones with people chasing you with chainsaws etc, the most popular halloween event in orlando/florida possibly even america....and it is pretty scary. If you have ever been to the scary house/dungeon thing at madame tussauds or outside blackpool pleasure beach - it's similar to that...only its an entire theme park not just one room/floor/building. One of the houses - SAW I have yet to accomplish, I am an utter wuss, and so scared when going through the houses i literally hid my face in poor Tom's T-shirt so i couldn't see what was happening and screamed at every puff of air nearby or loud noise. He was deaf and his shirt was stretched and he probably had nail marks dug into his arms/shoulders from this ordeal on Preview Night. As preview night went on i managed to become more brave....espeically throught the apocalypse scare zone, as this was ugly topless men, and i just focused on their fit 6-packed chests (even if it was make up) and ignored their scary faces as this made it less scary.
I figured one day when it was just me and Becca we could survive this without the boys...and we would do the SAW house alone. Boy was I wrong. As we entered it was only around 30-60 seconds before we decided we couldn't do it and escaped through the first possible exit. Not even lying...epic fail!!!!

This house is awaiting my return and i WILL finish it. Even if i don't technically see anything through the house cos my face is buried into some guys shirt.

beer for breakfast?

yes indeedy, on monday morning at 10.33 breakfast was dry cereal and a bud light. in bed. now thats a breakfast i've never had before!

followed by getting my nails done french manicure style, a subway...which looked even more delicious with my newly made up nails around it and then a mini shopping spree for pool inflatable toys!!!!! Me and Becca got a tyre and lilo and foam tubes :) the tyre has a built in cooler and cup holder, so we kicked back in the sun with more beer yea baby!!!
We then took a very short bus journey to Orlando Alehouse for yummy teriyaki chicken and chocolate brownie. We then rolled ourselves home!!!!

Im still really enjoying work! I got to shadow my supervisor on sunday aswell which was sooooo cool. Deffo helped towards me deciding what i actually want to do with my life!!!!!! It was so much fun just running around and "putting out fires" across the park... I deffo wanna do something like that. Im hoping ill be able to do that kinda thing!!!!!


Felt a lil homesick the other day aswell....just craved mothers cooking and some hugs from my friends and family. Its all good though, i gots my friends here and im enjoying my time here so much aswell!!!!!
I've felt really creative today i wanna do something, like design bikini's or draw something, or do uni work...LOL!!!! yes thats how i feel. strange i know!

I love Shrek :-D

indeed i do,

its brillianto!

so yea, my work hours have changed, when im in work im in open till close, which is making me sooooo tired in the evening, im ready for bed at like 10pm seriously, im pooped! but it means im getting more hours *yipee* cos that means more money obviously!!!!
now if this was turnstiles....as much as i loved turnstiles...it would be awful in the heat aaaaaaaall day with little breaks and moody guests. na-ah! no thank you ma'am!
at shrek :-D im in air con for atleast half the day and i get breaks sooooo often its amazing, everyones so much happier and the guests are happier as well.

you know whats even better....some of you would probably hate this but i love it...

I GET TO SPIEL!!!!! yay! yip spiel infront of 300 people every 15minutes :-) well thats when im in preshow. theatre i get to spiel but its booooooring cos i have to watch the 3d movie over n over n over, but its air con n i normally go there after being outside so its nice to cool down :-D

so i finished training well early, cos im just that good :-) obviously....nothing to do with how good my trainers were just me haha! so im in full rotation which means im trained to do all the jobs as a shrekie :)

the only thing is after ive done spieling i just talk in an american school disco dj accent. i sound ridiculous! ill come out of preshow n speak to guests who ask where the nearest restroom is and im like "weeeeell, heed strrraigh o'er to tha soundstayge an tha restrooms are waaaayyy o'er theyar to yuuuur left" however i do it in a school disco dj way

but its all good y'all, ya'know o'er thurrrr at shrek!!!!!

:-D

i don't really have much to write bout on here atm, cos im so busy with work n stuff nothing else happens.

its really quiet here in twelve oaks with half the english people gone, but it means we gotta get to know the americans better i guess!!!!

it was halloween horror staff preview night last night which was IMMENSE!!!! i've never screamed so much, it was soooo scary, like being in a real life horror movie!!!! i had people chasing me down the street with chainsaws and half their face mauled it was soooo scary! We did nearly all the haunted houses (which are scary ass tent type things all done up n u walk thru the diff rooms with people jumping out n scaring u!! it was hilarious seeing everyone crap themselves but was still scary. my throat was killing me from screaming. poor toms top was reasonably stretched as i hid behind him with my face in his back he's probably got bruised arms too bless him!!! think it woulda been hilarious to have gone with nicola n hear nicola's screams - replay of the bat hahaha!!!!!!!!

anywhooooo bedtime me thinks :-)

sorry i aint put any rants up recently...nothing much to rant about!


GO SHREK!

Shrek training

is actually quite scary and difficult.

im terrified im gonna be late for work cos im in early mornings, and there's a lot of health and safety to remember!

argh!

but i dont half look sexy in my uniform. I will upload photo's as soon as i can, here's something for your imagination...a brown wooly hat, brown boot covers, enchanted oak green felt trousers that are 3 times too big, a large baggy beige top with a shoelace through the v neck and enchanted oak green sleeve and collar with a brown belt to hold it all on...cos its so oversized it wont stay on otherwise!

infact its 10pm now...and im off to bed :)
don't want to be late again!

biscuits

one thing that confuses me here is the difference in meaning between english words and american words.

for example

biscuits. first thing you think of is digestives or rich tea's or a yummy hobnob...(we all love hobnobs)
you associate it with a cuppa tea or glass of milk!

so when i came along KFC and it said on the sign - CHICKEN AND BISCUITS.... i thought....thats a weird choice of desert.....okidoki then ill give it ago...these americans are weird but whatever.

I opened my box...and i discover a scone. a scone. an actual scone....just a plain scone, quite soft in the middle, hard on the outside...whatever....still quite strange...scone and chicken...but y'know these people have croissant sandwhichs with cold meats in it so ok i took it.
Then i started looking for my biscuit.....well i couldn't find it anywhere in the bag...then i realised. Americans call scones biscuits! biscuits! BISCUITS!
and you know cookies....well here all biscuits are cookies, even oreo's are a cookie!
and scones...they're rock cakes...hard inside and out!

strange americans.

oh yea and here chocolate is candy.

chicken and biscuits....PAH!

the world is out to get me!

Nicola is currently wetting herself laughing at me.

Right where do i start!

You know when you go thru a short period of time thats really sucky.
Im in it now.

Guh!

I dont know where to start.

I need a beer.



Right. Flippin eck. what a bad few days. since the greyhound. argh!

So on sunday i was scheduled to work 7.30am-2.30pm. Fair enough, i like working morning, im not complaining. However when i bought my bike i was determined to not buy a bike light cos i refuse to cycle at that time of night where its gonna be dark. I did not put morning shifts into this equation where i will be cycling to work so early that the sun has not risen.
So i got to work, had breakfast and had a ridiculously busy day at work (Labour day weekend) got home and chilled by the pool.
Half of the summer people were leaving on monday so everyone was having a few goodbye drinks, so i showed my face, had one drink and left at midnight as i was scheduled 8.30am and had only 5hrs sleep before, as i wasnt used to sleeping early for early shifts.

So i woke up at 8am. shit. shit shit shit. shitty shit shit shit. within the same 30seconds of me waking up and seeing the time I was out of my pjamas and toothbrush in mouth whilst pulling my shorts on. no lie.
Some people know what my sleeping is like. the world would end around me whilst i slept in my bed, and i would wake up on a pile of rubble and wonder what happened. At uni i have 8 alarms, 5 different songs on my phone, a beepy alarm and a radio alarm, all around my head full blast which would wake the entire house and they would bang on my bedroom door and it still wouldn't wake me up. i swear its a medical condition of some kind, i dont think i sleep at night, i just fall unconcious! seriously!
So after 5 alarms all 3 i slept through, and woke up late, i called work to let them know i might be late whilst riding my bike. this was a suicide attempt, i was trying to ride so fast up that stupid bridge whilst talk on the phone is deffo not recommendable! I abandoned my bike at gate 2 and ran through wardrobe, to get to my work location so i could try and clock in on time.
I was a sweaty horrible mess, i hadnt eaten breakfast or drank any water, i couldn't breath and was virtually hyperventilating to try and get air into my lungs, and seen i clocked in at 8.40. ten minutes late. i tried to find a cup so i could get some water and couldn't find one, then one of my favourite team leaders came in and said oh, there you are! in a nice smily way. I turned around and had an ultimate emotion explosion. Just couldn't control the tears. I was so upset that I'd lost 0.5 point but i didnt want to make a fuss and my poor team leader didn't know what to do with me and tried to hug me....which doesn't help at all, so i whacked my sunglasses on and hid my tears and got to work. I was so dissapointed in myself all day i felt so sad, and i refused to take it out on any guests or plead with supervisors, Im an adult, all grown up, and I have to deal with the consequences. Its my own fault. Even though there's nothing i can do about it. Gah!

I dont remember if i blogged about the other occasion where i lost a full point for being 10 minuets late but I thought i started at 12.30 as me and nicola always have the same shifts, I got to work at 11am, sat down in bistro and had my lunch leisurely, when nicola walked in at 12 and said - dont u start work at 12? and I was like WHAT!!!!! ran to turnstiles, but couldn't do anything about it, even though i was onsite. i was so upset! lost a full point. a full bloody point!

:(

So whilst i was working, and may I say i deserve an award for how hard i tried to get to work on time, and even whilst i was riding my bike i was hoping that a car would run me over so i wouldn't lose the point! and i was serious! ridiculous i know! but i pedalled so hard and i ran and I nearly died and i still bloody lost the half point! And i was excetionally happy with guests that day aswell, i bit my toungue and even when i got the horrible guests that shout at me cos they dont understand how to put a finger on a scanner so blame me, I dealt with them in a friendly manner and just accepted the abuse! someone pat me on the back please!
Then a guest collapsed in my line, i was like AAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and loadsa people were surrounding him so i had to get everyone to move, and move my entire line up a few turnstiles just to give the poor man some room and for the medical team to get in. I think i did pretty well in that situation too. And then i stayed in work cos they were busy (this is partly cos i felt bad for being late and was hoping i might not loose the point cos im such a nice person and i had extended 3 or 4 shifts in a row for them!!!!!!)
garh
least ill get paid for it!

although knowing my luck the clock in machine will die this week so ill only be paid what i was scheduled instead of the extra hours ive done. seriously bet that happens!


Anyhoo, so i felt shitty last night and miserable with myself, and then today I found out some shitty news so that put me in a bad mood, and I've just found out where i'm moving to next at work.

Shrek

Shrek.

Shrek...

Yes

I said Shrek.

I dont know wether to laugh or cry. You may think why is this bad but you havn't seen the uniform. I will have to wear a wollen hat. In florida heat. My poor head.
I actually dont know wether to laugh or cry.
Nicola has chosen to laugh.

And there is a big mess with accomodation at the moment, which looks like i may have to move into the smelly boys bedroom with all the bugs. Well im not moving into it until they get rid of the cockroachs. I feel considerably sulky right now.

I think its all due to the previous work stress related stuff, and the stress from back home, and the fact everyone is leaving and we are all moving apartments, and moving jobs and now Nicola moves back to england on sunday and its just a shitty time.

I called this post the world is out to get me, as i said it aloud and thats when nicola started wetting herself laughing. I am so overdramatic sometimes.

ok most of the time.

Normally i try not to be, but currently i dont care that i am being overdramatic, its my only outlet for my frustration so there.

:(

Although i finally have my sisters CD, im gonna try and upload the songs so you can all become fans and together we can make her music famous!

:-)

I'll probably love shrek...i just need to buy brown shoes with the money i don't have.
Argh.

Bloody Shrek.

I bet you're all imagining me in a shrek outfit....yeah thats basically what i will be wearing just without the head.

I'll upload a photo as soon as im in my uniform so you can all point and laugh.

Its gonna be awesome :-D

contact me

im probably missing out on news at home...

possibly...

i wouldn't know though

you know why?

cos nobody is telling me!

im only in USA

If you're reading this, you obv have internet acces!

so wheres my email updates then?

where is everyone?

where are you?

what are you doing?

i dont know cos none of you have bothered to tell me or keep in touch much at all.

shame on u all.

fine, ill just stay here and not even come back if none of you care!

C'MON GUYS!!!!!!

email - catwoman_aly@hotmail.co.uk
cell - 407-451-4566
landline - 407-297-9044
address - collect from a family member of mine please
skype me too!

i like post

i also like you guys, so let me know how you are...you know....if you're alive or anything?

is there anyone left in whitehaven/preston or the UK anywhere, has there been a massive explosion that has wiped out the entire british population, but hasn't reached the USA????

and dont think, its ok, somebody else will email her or get in contact with her....cos as suprising as it is....THEY HAVEN'T!!!!! so YOU pull your finger out and get in touch.

YES YOU!!!!!





mini rant over

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WARNING...... MINI RANT!

Ok, so i've had a lovely meal with Matt, we went to TGI fridays, which btw was GORGOUES! i managed to get a meal that was healthy, tasty, and the perfect size. this is virtually impossible in america, i mean u cant even get a salad in america that doesnt stuff u silly!

So we came back, bought ice cream and coffee, and decided to watch a nice film!
it was 11pm, and green mile was just starting. perfect, i may be a bit late going to sleep when i gotta be up by atleast 10am for work, but its a good film. worth it.

or so i thought.

Im still watching it, and its 2am, and its only just past the half way mark of the film. GAAAAAAAH!

commercials come on every ten minutes or so, and last an average of 3 minutes. seriously. ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS! i just wanna watch a decent film that doesn't take 7 flippin hours! seriously! what on earth!

and the commercials are ridiculous too, random adverts about orlando woman you can call to make "friends" and a new pill you can take to stop you getting pregnant with a list that lasts 2 minutes long of side effects, a film trailer that is played 3 times in the same set of adverts.

SERIOUSLY!

stupid


now im trying to decide wether to cut my losses and go to bed, which is the sensible thing to do, or see if i can push it till 2.30 or even 3am....

hmmm......

i feel like ive come so far and i do love this film....however ill be nakered at work tomorrow.....

gah!

Take me out to the ballpark...

Take me out to the game...

i went to St Petersburg for a few days and went to watch the boston red sox play the tamp bay rays at tropicana baseball field in st Petes.

My ex-housemate Matt has come to stay with us in orlando for 10days, and is addicted to the baseball, he supports red sox as his sister lives in boston and took him to a game once upon a time. So he requested the company of myself and Nicola to one of 3 baseball games, and he went to one alone.

So we woke up on monday morning very early and caught a taxi to the greyhound bus station, caught a bus to tampa, then a bus from tampa to st pete. We arrived in what i would describe as the ghetto area of st pete, and walked quickly to the tropicana field to pick up our baseball tickets for that evening.

We then took a taxi to our motel/hotel in a lovely place called treasure island, which was virtually on the beach. How lovely....may i say how rainy and crappy this day was, so the gulf of mexico did not look so attractive. Any road, we swam a little in the pool and got some gorgoues food with real chips, not fries, like crinkly oven chips from the hotel restuarant called sloppy joe's. well nice.

Then we took our taxi to the basball field, readily kitted with borrowed boston red sox gear from matt and had a wander round the ground before finding our seats and being told the rules of baseball.

yes indeedy, i now know the rules of baseball, and understand a game. Happily we won 8-4, and it was a pretty good game, we even made some new american friends who joined us later on and hung out on the beach at night.
it was a beautiful view, i love the sky, espeically when its soooooo long you cant take all the sky in with one look, and you have to move your entire head, it was gorgoues, with the lights on the coastline was beautiful truly was.

The next day i got nicely sunburnt and we ate at sloppy joes again, this day the weather was beautiful, with a nice breeze, great tan seriously great!

However our last day, was a journey and a half....laugh or cry seriously!

we started off requesting a free late checkout then ate at sloppy joes, again, and decided as the weather was crap and thers utterly nothing to do in st pete or treasure island without spending a lot of money, that we would see if we could get an earlier bus home, so we took a taxi who was 30mins late pickin us up, to the ghetto greyhound station.
we missed the bus by 5minutes! so we had a lovely 4 hour wait in the ghetto.
Nic n Matt had books...i had minimum credit and battery on my phone, so after 40mins we took a lil walk to a nearby shop to top my phone up n get a lil picnic or crisps.we hurried as we were pretty sure we were gonna be mugged raped or murdered in this drug addicted neighbourhood! SERIOUSLY! and the greyhound buses are used mainly by homeless people i swear its awful, i will never take one again!

So anyway, after waiting 2 hours, and making friends with a strange guy in a cowboy hat, a woman who talked to herself n a guy with no legs, the only woman who worked in this little station waiting room came in from the back guns blazing screamin and shouting at her "crack addict partner" calling him a thief n what not and threatening to kick him out and shoot him in the head. We were terrified, and then thought we were all gonna be shot by her for giggling uncontrollably at our situation!!!!! during her domestic she answered the phone and put them on hold, to continue screaming at her partner, and then began selling a ticket to a new guy in the waiting room, and continued to throw things at her partner.

after 10mins i turned to nicola who was still giggling and asked if that person was still on hold, and then the woman stormed out, er partner running after her, and the guy at the counter said he hoped som1 else wud sell im a ticket. HILARIOUS!!!!
anywho, later on after shed calmed down n got back to the phone, a crack addict customer sat outside would not leave the property, and she asked him to leave and he got up with what looked like a gun and started on her, well we thought we were gonna die, seriously, the guy in the cowboy hat ran outside n pushed him over. turns out the gun was just his hand and he left.

SCARY!

so eventually the bus came and we were like thank goodness for that! We got on, and firstly i put my hand in something. i dont know what but i refused to do anything with my hand until i had hand sanitizer on it! then nicola went to get some tissue from the bus toilet....omg she came back with ehr hand over her mouth and said " under no circumstances, go over there. for no reason whatsoever. u wud rather hav dioherra in ur knickers seriously" well i was wetting myself laughin, and then as the bus set off i discovered my bus window was ready to fall off. I dont think ive laughed so much in my entire life. seriously hilarious. oh yea and then there was a screaming child the entire journey!

wonderful!

we got home eventually, and i was glad! seriously glad!!!!!


never again!

never ever again!

Me in my uniform

A better photo of me in my uniform. I look like im going on safari!

picture for you

This is me in uniform at work. Taken by my dear friend Caz, who was queuing up to ride the Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit. I was sulking cos she was off work in that queue and I was stuck in the rain at hard rock....all alone.
Thought you guys might wanna see me in my uniform anyway!

Sticky has been evicted

Also,

I can't remember wether i wrote about sticky....the lizard. he moved in a couple weeks ago, and went missing...

i found him.

of course it was me.

of course it was me that had to find him.

tsk.

anyway, i was cleaning as per usual, and was sorting the bin out, and a grapevine stick thing stuck to my hand, and i tried to pick it off, but it crawled up my arm.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!"

greg was in his room...but didn't come to my rescue.

he jumped of my arm onto my shoe and stayed there.

Greg refused to evict sticky. I rang Tim our neighbour to come and throw him out.

And now all my housemates want me to move out for evicting sticky, cos they would rather have the lizard than me.

I have bad spatial awareness

I have decided from riding my bike, that my spatial awareness of controlling any kind of machinary/vehicle/bike still remains the same as when i drove a car. So when I am riding my bike down the sidewalk....yes sidewalk, i feel there is not enough room for me and my bike to pass other people. And i dont have a bell. I feel i should push these people into the grass so i have enough room.

For some strange reason as soon as i am level with another person on the sidewalk, i suddenly shake on my bike and can't ride in a straight line. I need more space people.

MOVE OUT MY WAY WHEN IM RIDING!

Walmart tried to kill me

So on wednesday i went to buy a bike.
i stopped complaining about the transport for a while, but its still awful. my last 3 shifts at work---bus didnt turn up and had to get a different bus which in turn made me have to walk half the way. missed the bus by about 5 seconds because omgoodness....it was early! bus was 25 minutes late....the bus is supposed to come every half hour - nearly late for work.

So i've had enough of the bus, im going to buy a bike and ride to work. takes less time anyway.

So off i went to get the bus to wallmart, and i went inside, had a quick look at bikes, then went and picked up everything else i needed - trainers, helmet and bike lock.
Ok, got somebody to help me pick out a bike, and she was trying to make me buy the 26" purple bike, which was about $10 cheaper but i dont want a girly purple bike, I wanted a more neutral bike...like the nice orange and silver 24" one. So she pumped up the tyres and everything for me so i could ride it home. awesome.

or not.

got to the door after paying and someone asked to see my receipt for the bike. ok. hopped on and realised it was raining. ah well. rode to the end of the sidewalk and there was a car, so i braked.

or tried to.

the bloomin back brake didnt work, i thought i was going to crash so i pulled on the front wheel brake, which in turn made the entire back end of the bike try to flip over my head, i stumbled off and managed to miss the car.

turned around and walked straight back to walmart, excuse me....THE BRAKES DONT WORK!
"its just cos its raining"
NO, THE BRAKES DO NOT WORK!!!!

so this guy went and got a screwdriver, and sat down with the bike, and realised it didnt even have brake pads, so went and took them off another bike to screw on. got it sorted, and i asked him to test drive it for me, and he discovered the back wheel was wonky.

bloody brilliant

so he took the brake pad off and went and attached it back to the other bike. at this point i did not trust any of the orange and silver bikes, so i went and exchanged it for the girly purple bike.

atleast the brakes work on it.

got to the end of the road and some black ghetto gangsta said " hey white gurl, can I speak witchu?" - i said no thanks, and rode off. thank you bike.



only problem now is i desperatly need a cushion, my butt is killing me. I did manage to get to work and back nearly in one piece yesterday! itll be reet.

Clearwater beach!

My family know how much i hate beach's...

...

...i do.

however... i have grown up, and become more independant....i mean c'mon, I moved to america!

but sand....and fish....and salt water....and heat....and sunburn. WHO WANTS THAT!

but, everyone was going so I sucked it in and went with everyone, i didn't want to miss out...and its been 8 years since i went to clearwater, maybe the beach isn't as bad as i remember!

So getting up at 8am wasn't too bad.... and the 2hour bus journey wasnt too bad, and getting a place on the beach was fine too.
So far so good.
Then everyone went straight into the sea.
OK alyssa, its fine, the water is fine, the shells hurt ur feet a little, but its fine, its fine.

OH MY GOODNESS ME THERE IS FISH EVERYWHERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!EVERYWHERE!!!!!

but everyone was in the sea posing for a photo, and i so wanted to be in the photo, i looked straight ahead and splashed as much as possible to get the fish to stay away from me and ran into the photo.

not so bad

not so bad

photos over, fish everywhere, touching my legs, GET ME OUT!!!!!

so i ran out and virtually hyperventilated and got myself into a quiet state.


Luckily another girl Jo was terrified of jellyfish and didnt want to get in the sea and we persuaded each other to go in.
I did become a tad hysterical as there was literally schools of fish swimming around us. and they were huge too.
But as we got deeper the fish dissapeared. Thats what im telling myself anyway cos i couldnt see them!

I recovered well and we all played girls v boys catch the wilson ball.

it was fine.

i even sunbathed for a grand total of about an hour whilst we were there! Although it did become unbaringly hot so i went back into the sea (with my eyes closed) and stared at all the fit bodied men.

There were a few of them :-)

took my mind of the fish anyway!



Then the massive storm came so we left an hour earlier. we seen the lightning hit the sea - it was incredible....y scary!!!!



I managed like 6 hours on a beach - Mam you know your proud. I will impress you yet!


and i survived the fish :)

sorry its been a while...

...
well my days off this week have been fun.

On tuesday i went to seaworld, its so amazing there :-D
First we went on Manta - google the ride, its amazing, i think i dribbled though, cos ur hanging upside down sort of, and i was screaming, and gravity etc, and then we went on Krakin, on the front row aswell, that was amazing, felt so good on the front row, its just not as good in any other row! and then we went to the dolphins, and me and lucie stood over the wall for about an hour waiting to stroke the dolphin. everyone left us cos they had got a stroke, but we were persistant and managed to get a full blown head to fin stroke :-D I also threw a ball for it to catch. dolphins are amazing.

then we went to see the polar bears, and got some food, then watched the evening sea lion and otter show, and then shamu rocks, which we got soaked at, and then went to ride manta again, and then when we got to krakin, because they were closing everyone got on it 4 times, I went on it 3 times, i had to have a break in the middle cos i felt dizzy lol.

On wednesday we went to the universal orlando resorts, you should google all of these! first we went to see our english friend ian at jaws - hes the very first international skipper on the jaws ride!!!! the very first non american skipper :-D and he was so funny, really good at it. apparently he recites the script in his sleep, he lives and breathes jaws cos he has to say the same script 30 times a day lol. then we got the water taxi to the lowes royal pacific hotel, and hung out at the pool, then transfered to the portofino bay hotel and then to the hard rock hotel, then went back to universal to watch the cinesphere 360 which was more impressive than hearing it whilst im at work lol.

i love it here.

OMG BAT IN THE FLAT!!!!

seriously. it jst flew out of the air con or a cuboard or something, hit the fan and then fell behind the tv. Me Nic and Tom wer jst sittin in the living room on our laptops and jst seen something in the corner of our eyes fall behind the tv. We were like huh...what on earth. so Tom went to investigate, and stood on a chair beside the tv n started tapping the tv n it just crawled out from under the table.
Me and Nic promptly stared screaming and pushing each other down the corridoor as it started flying round in circles and shut ourselves into the bedroom. Nic was absolutely hysterical, and i was nearly weeing myself laughing.
Tom opened the screen and front door and had an umbrella out trying to get it out, and then nic started taking photo's and video's whilst letting out random screams of hysteria everytime the bat flew near her. I hid in the bedroom n was peeking through the gap n all i could see was tom spining round in circles with an umbrella, and nic ducking and diving in the corridoor. It was pure hilarious!
Then Tom threw me my phone and i rang our friends and all they could hear was me scream "THERES A BAT IN THE APARTMENT....ARRRRRRRGGGGHHHH" so they came running over and could hear me and nics hysterics from down the street, and then they started screaming when they came to the door and seen the bat flying around in circles. then the bat flew towards Nic, and she jst rolled backwards onto the floor. I was laughing so hard and screaming I couldn't breath!
Tom opened the umbrella and managed to get the bat out. Im still recovering from laughing so hard. They'll be a video on facebook!!!!

funny :)