Nights out

I have had crazy homework to do. So I am at the library til late. But I always have my camera on me. So I took the picture of the outside of parkinson hall
and the inside of Brotherton library...its round...and old...and really really cool.
Otherwise I go out with my flatmates: Dennis, Vivi and fotis. Fotis got his picture taken with these two. We arent sure if they were collecting for charity or their personal beer fund... And than I have been experimenting with recipes. This night we had Ethiopian ginger vegetables. I didnt boil them long enough b/c I didnt factor in the suckiness of our electric stove- so a bit aldente but still good. And than I made it again today! Oh my goodness SO GOOd!
(I have also started buying an organic local veggie box which has really good roots and vegetables) -made it taste even better probably.

Ceilidh

For thanksgiving we had a ceilidh (pronounced kay-lee). It was quite fun. just like line dancing but with scottish music. Alot of fun and huge grins all around.



just press play, and than again to pause to let it load all the way (watch the red line).

personal rendition

finally figured out how to upload videos!
so here is a little car excitement with keegan, olivia, andrea and i singing a techno from a website we all knew in kathy's car coming home from san francisco.



just press play and enjoy!

college x2

So this is just a little thing for dad. Made me chuckle. seemed rather appropriate. (In family joke!)
Doonesbury kinda grows on yah.

super-men

Halloween is such a bizarre time of year. Especially when you dont need halloween as an excuse to dress up here.

Leeds Film Festival

So from Nov.2 to Nov. 12 was the Leeds INtl. Film Festival. I went to see a silent German film in a church that had organ accompiment to the whirring of an old film projector. Classic.

The next night I saw a documentary film on writing and graffiti throughout the world. That was in a small club where I drank cherry Beer from belgium. That shtuff is good.
After those two movies. We took a break and than Dennis and I went to see two Japanese movies this weekend by the same director. The Taste of Tea and Funky Forest:The First Contact. The first was rather nice. Although 2 hours, the time slipped by comfortably.




The second movie on Sunday was Funky Forest. Many of the same actors actually. But this movie was distorted, random and 'different'. Also 2 hours long, we were captivated by the uniqueness and overall anticipation of what would come next.

November 5th

Remember, remember, the 5th of November

The Gunpowder Treason and plot;

I know of no reason why Gunpowder Treason

Should ever be forgot.

Admittedly. A little late for such a post. but who said this would ever be on time?! So guy fawkes night, I had Bri-anne visiting form Edinburgh. Quite fun, but we managed to miss the bonfire due to early revelering. Oh well. Went to the carnival. ANd than we all trooped over to the Moroccon restaurant and drank more banana and cinannamon smoothies and mint tea.

I had pictures of the leftover bonfire. Nothing spectacular. So i have kids with swizzle bonfire sticks.

The Moroccon Cafe was much fun. And good all-round.

Brok'd

Well, I admit that my blog has been long in coming, and admittedly, it is half realizing that i cannot procrastinate on my studies as much, and half that the wireless was down in Mary Morris. Apparently they have fixed that. We will see tonite when I try to write another blog. But for now, lets do a little cap of my parent's visit.
You have all seen their return, not exactly laden with gifts, but with stories. Well they came into Leeds and didn't listen to my suggestion to take a taxi. I had to go fetch them from where they had gone. But it all went rather well after that. They took a nap while I went to lecture, and than we got together for a little coffee and than a walk into the city centre for dinner (1.8miles). They did rather well!
I took them to the Thai restaurant above the asian market in China-block. They liked it. one meal down, a few more to tackle.
Thursday was to be a day out, but rain threatened...and than it was sunny. No matter. They got to see my university, and we had sandwiches mom and dad had made with cheese from the italian cafe. (i got left-0ver Acme bread-YUM!)
I'll fast forward. That night for dinner we bought some food at the market and ate it with my flatemate Vivi in my kitchen. That was quite neat. And very fun. Following that, I brought them to my favourite bar-Arcadia. Non-smoking. I think my mom enjoyed the atmosphere.
Dad and mom partook of some lovely beer. (belgium...non-alcoholic)
The next night, or the one after, my parents treated a few of my friends to dinner. I got a suggestion for an Indian restaurant from an Indian guy who knows his way around Leeds. And than to top it off, he had a frequent buyer's card that got us 10% off the bill.
Everyone enjoyed it, and there was enough to go around. (mom and i took over the ordering). After that, it was suggested to go see the morrocan cafe across the way. Mint tea and banana and cinnamon milkshakes. Delicious. We all piled into a corner and enjoyed the conversation and the atmosphere. two greeks (Fotis and Vivi), one belgium (Dennis), and a german (Julia).
Sunday we went to visit aunt Lily and met her son and his two sons. Lily is quite a woman. I hope I am that charismic when I get to that age. It was all quite good. Yet there was much drama with getting to and from there. (My parents had difficulty navigating the British roads.) It was fun having them there, and quite overwhelming almost (took time off to study for a bit.) One of the days they went to Harrogate. I think they enjoyed it, mom got her clotted cream fixing.
And than I went off to Amsterdam to meet them at Miker's on Friday. Next post.