this is me...

So if writing in my blog and sharing info with all of you is the internet equivilent to getting together for coffee then I am fashionably late. :) Sorry about that but life has taken over here and it seems I have fewer and fewer days where I am bored and deciede to go sit at a internet cafe. That's a good thing, right!? If I'm not working 5 days a week, then I'm at the cinema, browsing in town (i have no money to shop, so i just browse) or enjoying a pint or a coffee with friends. The weather hasn't been that bad lately either so I've enjoyed some nice walks around. Some films I've seen at the cinema lately that I highly recoment seeing are "The Holiday" with Jude Law and Cameron Diaz. Such a cute film by the writer of Something's Gotta Give and Father of the Bride, Nancy Meyers never dissapoints me. This last week i've seen "The Last King of Scotland" and "Pan's Labrinyth". "The Last King of Scotland" is based on a true story of the brutal Ugandan dictator Idi Amin's regime. It's a bit gorey at times but has a captivating story line. Pan's Labrinyth was a film I didn't innitially want to go see, but after reading rave reviews about it, and having the company of Kevin, I decieded to give it a shot...and I'm so glad I did. It's in Spanish so the subtitles intrigued me from the very beginning. (My favorite film is "Life is Beautiful" so any film with subtitles I give a shot.) It's a dark fairytale set against the Postwar repression in Spain. If you loved fairytales as a kid, i would recomend this "older fairytale" to anyone.

Other than the occasional film, I've been at work, which has been good. It became aparent to me today that my first couple months working at the cafe has flown by because not only do i know everything to do there and rarely need anyone to tell me what to do, but today I trained someone. I remember when i was a "newbie" there and struggled with things that are ingrained into my mind now. It's nice to have adapted so well. Some exciting things have been happening there lately as well! Working in the tinderbox is the British equivilent to working at the Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf on Santa Monica Boulevard I would think....today alone i served Malcolm Middleton (lead singer of Arab Strap - hugely famous Scottish band over here) and Gary Lightbody (lead singer of the band Snow Patrol - hugely famous band EVERYWHERE). A week ago Robert Carlyle( famous Scottish actor) came in, but supposedly he comes in all the time because he lives around the corner. Along with famous footballers, rugby players and other british sports elite (most of whom i do not recognize at all) it's the best place in Glasgow to see and be seen.

Also, we're supposed to have a monthly mix cd with about 90 songs on it that plays on repeat in the shop, but the "october mix" had been playing until about....umm, yesterday! Thank God we got a new one because it was becoming really hard to listen the same songs over and over and know what's coming next. The new mix is great because it has The Cure's "Just Like Heaven" song on it and that's one of my all time favorite songs. Kinda cheesy...yes, but I can't help but dance around when that song comes on.

This is my first blog after the new year so happy new year to everyone! I hope you haven't broken too many resolutions yet. I usually do because as long as I can remember, my resolution has been to "work out on a daily or weekly basis" but here i am, making that my resolutions again! oh well. My resolutions are also to read the newspaper more, eat breakfast every morning and a few other random things that come to my mind daily. So far I've read alot and I've also been really good at waking up a bit earlier to have breakfast. The pooridge oats (oatmeal) they have here are incredible and the organic fruit is as well, so it's worth it to wake up with a yummy breakfast. I've also started drinking more green tea as well because I heard it's good with your digestion, skin, body, and over all health. I drink about 3 or 4 cups of tea a day so it hasn't been hard to incorporate green tea into that system.

the weather is changing here...less rain, more wind, and chillier nights, but i don't mind. It suits me. I have this coming saturday off so I'm looking forward to a walk through the park with a warm coffee in hand. So until then my friends....