Mind the Bloody Gap

Soooooooooooo. My parents are absolutely amazing and as an early birthday present they are FLYING ME HOME TO COME VISIT IN 3 DAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am beyond ecstatic to be able to come home for a little while and see everyone...I just cannot wait. Since I found out that I've been coming home I'm pretty sure that Joel thinks that I've acquired acute Tourette's because every so often I randomly shout out things that I've missed and I'm can't wait for again. Other than friends and family of course, here is a list of things that this little lady is very excited about.

1. Cheddar and Sour Cream Baked Lays - best freaking chips in the universe. Bar none.

2. Sprecher Root Beer - they attempt to make "root beer" over here. Do not be fooled people, it is brown cough syrup in a bottle.

3. Crispy Bacon - Bacon in england is like thick fatty ham. Dis-gust-ing.

4. TARGET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I miss Target so much. I miss massive american stores that have everything you want in them. None of this going to 10 stores to get what you need malarkey.

5. La Fuente, Cafe Hollander, P. F. Changs. How I have missed thee oh bountiful restaurants. It is only but days til we dine together again.

6. Pre-made dessert in a tube/roll such as cookies and pillsbury cinnamon rolls. These are both non-existent in england and to me that is a crime punishable by a stern slap on the wrist.

7. Pancakes or french toast for breakfast - English breakfast consists of the following. Sausage, fried mushrooms, hash browns (in a weird triangular shape), gross thick bacon, fried tomato, toast and baked beans. I do love me a full english but I cannot wait to douse everything in Aunt Gemima.

8. Minute Rice. Previous to coming here, I had never made rice of the non-minute kind and good lord, why walk the steps when you can zip on up in the elevator.

9. American Television - mainly TLC, Bravo and the Food Network. My life has been miserable without you and I may develop carpal tunnel from flipping between these 3 channels.

and last but not least

10. Having people understand the meaning of what I say. No more calling french fries Chips, chips Crisps or zucchini Courgette. No more mentioning the romantic subleties of the Humpty Dance and having people stare at me with no knowledge of the booty shaking groove. No more having to give the definition of a douche bag or having to explain what Preparation H is and why it "does feel good...on the whole" :)

See you on tuesday America!!!!

So I don't know if any of you know about my slight obsession with a little english show called Dr Who. I couldn't describe the show better so I stole a synopsis from Wikipedia "The programme depicts the adventures of a mysterious, humanoid alien known as the Doctor who travels through time and space in his spacecraft, the Tardis, which normally appears from the exterior to be a blue 1950s British police box. With his companions (hot young ladies) he explores time and space, faces a variety of foes and rights wrongs." Basically a science fiction lovers Mecca and I have come to accept my science fiction nerd status with pride.

This love affair started when I was a little girl and my dad introduced me to the show on PBS. The Doctor that I grew up on was Tom Baker. I remember him with a curly afro, a red scarf, and a pocket full of Jelly Babies (kinda like gummi bears). The whole family loved the show and my sister and I even have Dr Who shirts from back in the day. I remember driving around and pretending that the big cylindrical traffic cones were Daliks (the doctors mortal enemy). We used to duck down in the car so they wouldn't see us and exterminate us :)

The show started on BBC in 1963 and so far has gone through 11 different actors playing the Doctor. Conveniently, when the doctor is "dying", he regenerates and comes back with a different face...hence the 11 different doctors. Yesterday started the beginning of a new doctor named Matt Smith and I have obsessively been waiting for this for months. We get a local paper and right on the front page, there was an article about how BBC was promoting the new series in Woolwich. So Joel and I hopped on a train and headed there to see what they had going on. As suspected, everyone there was an adult...accompanied by their young children but we still had fun. They had 3D previews of the new show, free stickers and tattoos. Then one of the coolest things ever happened, they brought out a scarecrow and a CYBERMAN!!!! And yes, other than a mom, I was the only adult to get my picture taken with them bit I don't care. IT WAS AWESOME!!!

We actually had people over for a roast dinner last night and whether they liked it or not, we all sat in silence and watched the series begin with an awesome episode. I'm really liking the new Doctor (pictured below) although no-one can replace my David Tennant. Really looking forward to this new season (especially because his companion is a red head..and we rule) Its on the Sy Fy channel in the states so please watch it if you get a chance. You will wait for the Tardis to show up in your backyard too!