Meeting John Hannah at the Spartacus launch.

heidi and audrina eat your hearts out.

I've had a good couple of weeks since I last posted - been really busy with loads of different things. The movie premiere I attended was quite cool and the film itself wasn't too bad - it was basically Bring it On meets Save the Last Dance (pretty much right up Lindsey's alley). It was definitely cool to walk down the red carpet. Hoping I get a chance to do that again!

This week I've gone to a couple different events - on Wednesday, I went to a launch party for the new TV series Spartacus with work. It was amazing! There were people dressed as spartans everywhere, a pig roast and other cool "Sparta" stuff. I even met one of the actors from the show, John Hannah, who you'd probably recognize as Johnathan from The Mummy franchise. All in all it was a very good night!

On Thursday, me and some friends went out to a little event in promotion of Sex and the City 2. It was a very girly evening with cocktail making lessons, makeovers and highly amusing dance lessons.

This weekend has had beautiful weather but Lou and I are spending it indoors catching up on the entire last season of Lost. They're airing the series finale simultaneously with the US premiere so we're getting up before work (at 5am!) on Monday to watch it. It's all very exciting!

The only last bit of news is work related. Last week, I went through the grad day recruitment process for a promotion at work. I've been working as an administrative assistant but I've come to a point where I need to be a bit more challenged. I found out that they were recruiting for broadcast assistants and threw my name in the hat. The grad day went really well and I've just heard yesterday that I officially made it through! Now they just have to figure out which team to put me on and find my replacement and I'll be movin' on up! I'm really excited - I'll actually start buying campaigns and overall have a lot more responsibility at work - not to mention, a pay rise!

That's my news for now. Hope you all are enjoying the long weekend - hopefully your weather is as good as ours right now! Love you all and miss you more!

x

north of america, hard to ignore

I've been back for almost a month now and I haven't posted! The jetlag was horrendous coming back, made that much worse by the simple fact that I worked the following day! About 2 days after I got back I caught a really bad cold (which I think is due to a combination of jetlag and weather change) which was not fun.

Work has been incredibly busy - but that's always a good thing! I'm going to be interviewing for a job within my company - basically a step above what I do at the moment. I really hope it goes well because I'm craving something a bit more challenging than admin at the moment. So wish me luck with that!

One of the saleshouses is coming in today and giving us a few of us broadcast lot free massages and manicures. So in 1/2 an hour, I'll be getting my nails done all pretty! Right after work I'm heading over to Leicester Square where I will be attending my first premiere! It's for a British film called Street Dance - so I'm sure you probably won't ever see it, but I'm really excited!

To polish off this week, one of the girls from work is leaving so her leaving drinks are on Thursday. And then on Sunday, Lou and I are heading over to the Globe to see MacBeth! So busy busy busy!

Hope you all are well. Miss and love you. x

lou got herself a ticket to the remember me (new robert pattinson film) premiere tonight. she was only able to get one (despite her best efforts to get two!) so i went to keep her company before she had to walk the red carpet in.

it was insane! there were crazy twilight fans just about everywhere. i stuck around long enough to catch a glimpse of robert pattinson (couldn't manage to get a photo though...boo) and thought that was enough to go home. he was beautiful.

first time i've seen a premiere in the flesh though - despite living here for 9 months! it was very cool. i'm thinking that sometime soon (i'm thinking the sex and the city premiere in may) i'll take a half day and go be one of the crazies waiting for the stars to arrive.

just another cool thing about living in london. premieres just round the corner from work. amazing.

(i'm home in a week!!! can not wait!)

time won't let me go..home

Wow, it's been a while since I've last posted! Probably been the longest break in between posts. I've been a busy girl with work which has been nice. But there's good news attached to that - my contract has been renewed! So I'm excited, not gonna have to look for a new job. This also solidifies my trip home! My flights have been booked for a couple weeks now, but just to say it out loud, I'm coming home March 24th! I'll be staying until April 12th, so it'll be a nice visit. Gonna be home for Easter, which I'm also happy about.

There hasn't been much to report in terms of what I've been up to. Work, cinema, etc. Not a whole lot. One cool thing that I got to do though was attend a BAFTA (the British Academy of Film and Television) event! Lou won tickets to their Silent Picture House event. The BAFTAs are the British equivalent of the Oscars and the awards ceremony was a couple weeks ago. Two days before the awards they held this event where they played all the films nominated for Best Picture. You got a headset, picked a screen, and watched the film of your choice. It was amazing and the hospitality was phenomenal. We basically got to go in, have a bunch of hors d'oeuvres and champagne. Good times.

Anyway, I should get back to work. But I can't wait to come home! Tim Horton's, dim sum, perogies, family and friends. Just a few things I'm excited to have in my life again!

Miss you all and see you in a few short weeks!

another day, another year older.

Yesterday was my 23rd birthday! And as I'm a bit cynical about birthdays and the singing in general, it all went really well! I hadn't told anybody at work about it mostly because I didn't want people to make a big deal out of it. But Lou went ahead and informed my boss and my friend Karl. And go figure, round 4:00pm there was cake and singing. I'll admit now that it was nice. I was more interested in the card to be honest!

Then Lou was gracious (and awesome) enough to take me out for dinner. Katie came and met us here and we all headed off to T.G.I.Fridays (yes, TGIFridays, the same as in the states - they serve "American" food). We had a great meal and loads of cocktails.

Finished off the night with a quick stop at our local pub in Tooting. We mostly just wanted to reassure the landlord (Lindsey met him while she was here!) that we were alive. Had a couple birthday shots and headed home.

All in all it was a great birthday. Just like Christmas, it wasn't the same as back home. But it's a new year, I live in a new country and have some wonderful new friends. At the end of the day, you just want to be with people you love on your birthday and I got just that - so I'm not complaining. (Don't think that means I didn't miss you all!)

ringing in the new year.

me and lou at carat's christmas party.

hello 2010! i hope everyone had a great new year's, because i surely did! me, lou and some friends went out for a nice dinner in covent garden. we then did a bit of dancing and then round 11:00 headed off to waterloo to catch the fireworks. unfortunately, we didn't really get to see the fireworks because the bridge was far too full with people! nevertheless, we brought bottles of champagne and were surrounded by people and patiently waited for big ben to strike 12!

i frantically called everyone back home to wish them a happy new year's! it was a great time. the journey home was ridiculous but was well worth it. it was by far one of the best new year's eves i've ever had. lots of fun.

here's to hoping that 2010 is as good as 2009.