I'm actually going to England!

[cosmolinguist]

Trip Itinerary:

7 Jun, 2004 3:00 PM Depart from Minneapolis-St Paul Int Apt ... 8 Jun, 2004 8:15 AM Arrive at Manchester Int Apt

Comments

[stealthmunchkin.livejournal.com]

8:16 AM meet up with slavering ugly fat man and think "Why the hell did I do this?"

*KIDDING* for those of you who take offence at my occasional self-deprecation...

Do you know what airline you're going to be on, BTW?

And you think *you're* shocked? I'm the one who managed to persuade you to come over here. I can't even normally persuade someone to put the kettle on and make me a coffee, let alone relocate to another continent.

I miss you, BTW.

[cosmolinguist]

It does say in the e-mail which airline I'm flying, I believe, though I can't remember it now and am too lazy to check. I do imagine that would be useful informtoin to include.

And I told you I'm highly suggestible. Though usually not on such a grand scale...

[scarletdemon.livejournal.com]

w00t!

[kalieris.livejournal.com]

WOO HOO!!!

Helga
-doing the happy dance for her friends

[comradexavier.livejournal.com]

I am indeed rather impressed.

[davmoo.livejournal.com]

First, a congratulatory w00t to you!

And second, does this mean your parents didn't disown you for wanting to go?

Oh, I expect a post card :-)

[cosmolinguist]

It does mean they didn't disown me, but remember, they think I'm going for "two weeks." This is what my mom claims I told her.

[cosmolinguist]

Oh, and since I forgot: I would happily send you a postcard, but you'll have to tell me your address first.

[ihavemanyskills.livejournal.com]

Have fun and enjoy yourself!

[gurdonark.livejournal.com]

Rock n roll! and Manchester. Does this mean you'll be a 24 hour party person, like in that movie about the Manchester sound?

[stealthmunchkin.livejournal.com]

I'm afraid the closest *I* come to being a 24 hour party person is owning a copy of that DVD, so I suspect the same will apply to Holly too ;)

[gurdonark.livejournal.com]

Oh, but I'd bet you'd have signed the Smiths!

[stealthmunchkin.livejournal.com]

Actually I wouldn't. I think Morrisey is the most overrated man in the universe - he has no sense of melody, can't sing, and all his lyrics boil down to "It's terrible being an alienated insecure articulat person like what I am, I hate my life"

Although my old band *was* going to be produced by Andy Rourke, before we split up...

[gurdonark.livejournal.com]

I was just reading about the old lawsuit, in which Mr. Rourke prevailed in arguing that the partnership should be 25/25/25/25, because nobody had actually written down the MorrisseyMarr position that it should be 40/40/10/10.

I think the Smiths were a good group, but it IS hard to imagine that Factory wouldn't have signed them, as Factory was so much about trying to show a Manchester spin on things, and the Smiths, for better or worse, came to be seen as quintessentially mancunian.

It amuses me, a bit, that Morrissey seems to be inspiring a new generation of worshippers. He's got the talent, I suppose, but the Smiths were always very much a band of their time. But maybe I'm missing their timeless appeal :).

[offensive-mango.livejournal.com]

Amen! Finally, an English person who doesn't refer to Morrissey as if he's some sort of god.

[cosmolinguist]

Andrew has, I believe, told me I have to watch that movie on the first day, since I haven't seen it before. But he's also told me about 3000 things that will be done on my first day, so we'll see.

[angel-thane.livejournal.com]

I fail to see a stopover in Toronto in that itinerary!

[stealthmunchkin.livejournal.com]

Not unless Toronto has changed its name to Philadelphia, no :-/

[cosmolinguist]

True. There is a stopover but it's not in Toronto. It's not even in New York. It's in Philadelphia. I told you I wasn't in charge of this sort of thing.

[angel-thane.livejournal.com]

boo hiss. =P

[toastedtuna.livejournal.com]

WOO! You gonna look up Scarlet's skirt while you're there?

[kratkrat.livejournal.com]

HUZZAH!!!

[dawgdays.livejournal.com]

Since I haven't been following very closely, I'm probably missing something. However, something seems to be missing from that itinerary - like a return flight.

[cosmolinguist]

True. There is no return flight as yet, because I'm not sure how long I'm staying. I'm going to visit stealthmunchkin, who I haven't met before, so it's possible that he may be a scary rapist and murderer, or just someone I don't like as much as I think I do, or the place he lives might turn out to be horribly awful for me, so we're leaving open the possibility of me leaving any time I want. Though the more-or-less concrete plan is for me to spend the summer there, just because I think that would be cool and fun and he offered to let me. Though his real plan is to never let me leave the UK at all. :-) So, thus, no return flight as yet.

[stealthmunchkin.livejournal.com]

Don't go giving her ideas! I was hoping she wouldn't notice that!

[gentleman-lech.livejournal.com]

Woo hoo! I hope you enjoy it! Send postcards! And pictures!

(If you don't have a copy of the Tour de Love email with my address in it, let me know and I'll give it to you.)

[paninogirl.livejournal.com]

Yay for England! I hope you have a lot of fun, and, like the others, send me a postcard. :)