Sunshine and Screaming

March 18, 2010

I SAW ROBERT PATTINSON LAST NIGHT AND I TOUCHED HIS HAIR!!!

I just couldn’t hold that in. I’m still dying. Ahhhhh.. Can I have a moment to breathe? That man is gorgeous. What a dreamboat…

Okay, my rant is over. For now. I’ll get to more on that adventure soon. My week started out relatively slow here in London. The weather has been perfect – like no coat, sunglasses and possibly sandals weather. I’ve been walking everywhere just be outside, even if it takes me twice as long to get where I’m going. I think I’ll wear shorts today… maybe.

On Tuesday morning we just sat around, did homework, and cleaned up our room a bit, which was getting quite dirty. Then, I had class in the basement of the building all our classes are in. While the sun was shining outside, I was stuck watching a movie about Henry Moore. Not cool. But before I knew it, class was over and I raced outside to take some pictures around the neighborhood and run to the grocery store. Here I thought Europe was going to have daylight savings time end like the US, but apparently not. What the heck? I was so excited for my extra hour of daylight everyday… no sunset until 7pm! But no, we don’t do that for three weeks! Bummer.

Anyway, the sun set too soon and then we left for our second play of the week. Just off Piccadilly Circus, we saw ‘Jerusalem’ and I absolutely loved it. Set in the present day, it’s about this band of hilarious gypsies that are getting kicked off their land. The entire show was very tailored for a British audience. If I hadn’t have been living here for the past three months, I don’t think I would have understood a single joke. Oh, all the quirky British things I’ve learned! And so much more to learn. I was very confused at some parts, but laughed anyway. Mostly at the guy with the funny laugh behind me. Our professor, who ended up sitting right beside me, said it was the best production he’d seen all season. He tried to help out when we were confused, but couldn’t stop laughing most of the time. It was great. But the absolute highlight of the night had to be when I dropped Hal’s binoculars that she rented for the show. The entire theatre was silent after a really sad, serious monologue on stage ended and then everyone heard this loud clanking as the binoculars fell down the stairs of the upper balcony… awesome. I think everyone heard me swear, too. My face was so red… good thing it was pitch dark. Vivian could not stop laughing,

When I got home, I uploaded a bunch of pictures to Facebook and Hal decided to change the song lyrics of every song that had the word ‘girl’ to ‘squirrel’… ‘One Less Lonely Squirrel’, ‘Good Squirrels Go Bad’, and ‘I Kissed A Squirrel’. Oh the stupid things we find to entertain us… what am I going to do without Hal and Viv when I get back?!? They aren’t staying in Madison for the summer! I’m going to miss them so much.

Wednesday, started off rather dull. I didn’t have any class, but Hal did. We headed out for the “Remember Me” premiere in Leicester Square at around 3pm. We planned on just feeling it out, because if there were too many people we didn’t want to stand around for hours and not see a thing. A bunch of girls from our flat were already there, with awesome spots, but the security guards wouldn’t let us into the area they were standing in. So, Hal and I decided we wanted to go to the Aquarium. On our way out of Leicester Square, we got the call that they were letting more people into the good standing area. We booked it, nearly running across the square. From that moment on, I became the crazy fan girl that screams and faints and possibly cries. Yep, that was me.

After about three hours of standing, which went my remarkably fast, the premiere started. And it was crazy. So many people and lights and screaming. When Robert Pattinson got out of his car, the place came alive. Literally, these girls turned into animals. But he was awesome about the whole thing. He signed autographs, took pictures, and gave interviews for almost two hours. All this while crazed teen girls chanted and screamed his name. And I was one of them! It was great. The girl beside me couldn’t stop crying.

After the premiere, Hal and I scanned through all the pictures we took and then we went online to look for more pictures. There is this great one of Rob and his costar on the carpet. You can see Hal and I in the background. It’s on my Facebook and it’s hilarious. We also watched the videos Hal took while we waited around the three hours. We made one every hour, on the hour. Slowly the crowd grows and everyone gets a bit more excited as we get closer to the start.

Also, there was a group of girls in front of us that had been standing in line for 32 hours… Geez, I thought my three was a bit fanatical. They are diehard. But, conveniently for us, they made a sign saying “We Waited 32 Hours for Robert Pattinson” and everyone wanted to interview them. It was insane. I think we were even on the BBC at one point. Now, that I look back on it, it all sounds so ridiculous. But it really was so much fun. Just to experience a movie premiere. And see Mr. Pattinson, of course. Did I mention that he is gorgeous.

Overall, a successful St. Patrick’s Day. I’ve been sitting around all morning studying for my history exam. No fun. But we are going to an Iraqi restaurant for dinner tonight with our program. I think we are heading to Harrods after to check out their 3D television. So excited.

I’ll be back soon!! We have entire weekend free here and we have so much planned!

Love,
Kelly