Wow. Are you kidding me? That looks gorgeous, Gillian.

Congratulations, Pointy!!!

Anyone with a cure for an extremely cranky husband? I mean, it's my "special time" but someone else is acting like he has PMS...

Good morning UK

I think he is having sympathy PMS. Perhaps poke him in the groin area a few times so he can truly experience nature's majesty. I find wine helps too. And karaoke. There's nothing so bad that it can't be cured with a good song.

good morning everyone.


i can think of a few suggestions.

Gillian that place looks amazing! I'm glad you're enjoying Charlotte! Any chance of getting a unit there with a guest room so we'll all have a place to crash we come visit?




Congratulations pointy!!!



Good, cos then you'll be closer so I can finally sell you that life insurance policy!!

julez - are you actually in the insurance business? I wanna know if my dreams are psychic or not.

Gillian - that is what we are paying (well, we pay $725) for the same thing but yours looks soooo much nicer... AND a personal trainer I am sooo jealous


Hmmm - give him $100 and send him to Home Depot???

No. I'm actually involved in anti-money laundering compliance for a bank. So watch what you're doing with all your money!

My dad, however, is in the insurance business and I was, many years ago, licensed to sell all types of insurance, including life insurance.

Oh no - so you found out about all my profits ifrom my cocaine in the cayman islands? I'm gonna have to be more careful.

So I was a little warm with the insurance thing. Though if I'm going to be all psychological about it I'm sure in my dream you represented the visa process and the insurance was anxiety about removing conditions. Yes, that must be it.

Nope, him and Edge live in Killiny. I want to say it is Larry who lives in Howth but don't quote me on that one.

Speaking of Howth, there is a Mexican restaurant there called El Paso. It's the only place in the British Isles I've come across with somewhat authentic Tex-Mex type food...the few others that I've come across are very anglicized (the ones I've seen in Edinburgh and Carlisle).



There was a bunch of people waiting outside the venue to see if we could meet anyone after the show/lecture. Ashley Judd, though she didn't meet and greet at least smiled and waved to people. When Lance came out, he passed by a little girl who said something like "you are my hero Lance" and he just looked at her and kept on walking. I have no respect for him to this day.

Just because someone eats cherry pie doesn't mean they don't like a sausage roll...terrible analogy but it's all I could come up with!




Tom seems to always be searching for the answer. He was going to be a priest for a while...he even went to a seminary for about a year. Then Scientology got a hold of him and he the way of Jacko sans surgery. Though Tom seems to hide it better there are lots of Travolta gay stories out there...in the gay community it is the biggest secret everyone knows about.

I've heard about Jada Pinkett Smith, but it seems like she keeps that pretty much on the DL too. These guys make the Beckhams look like the Cleavers!

breaking news..........

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=147085

Robin -- you ARE psychic! Or is that psychotic?

Wow - Charles, that is great news!!! When are you due!?!?!

I replied on that thread...but I'll say it again here yay for the happy news!

Although I admit I'd probably stand in a corner and cry if I found out I was preggers!

Mexican food in the UK ranges from bad to meh. I found one exception - a place called Mexi-Fresh in Mortlake (SW London) that did a kick-a$$ buritto. and they delivered. It was my lunch every Friday - then they closed for lunch. A very sad day.



Possibly both.



btw - congrats Charles

There's a great place called Mestizo just north of Warren Street tube station. Real Mexican food, and the freshest corn tortillas I ever had in the UK. I got talking to the owner and bemoaned the lack of real corn tortillas in the shops in London, and the next thing I knew she was pushing about 100 fresh ones on me for about 5 quid.

I will have to check that place out next time I am in Londonium.

I had tamales over the weekend out of a taco truck that were so delicious I wondered if I could ever stand to live so far away from great mexican food again.

Congrats to you both!!! That is wonderful news! When are you due?

The Mexican place on Clapham High Street is/was pretty good.

There was also a place in Greenwich High Street I used to go to a lot -- amazing fajitas, but full of tourists.

I think I know the one you mean - the one where you have ladders to get to the high up tables? Not good to have a pitcher of margarita if you get sat at one of those tables - just sayin.

No, actually I think I meant the one in Nelson Road (god, my geography is getting terrible). I have been to the other one -- High Chapparal, I think. The one I used to go to was on the corner with the Church Street, with the plate glass windows, Cafe Sol? It was literally around the corner from my flat.

I could be the one messed up - but yep, that's it, Cafe Sol. H and I used to go for river walks from the Thames Flood Barrier to Greenwich (taking in some fine pubs along the way) and always seemed to wind up there.

I have an American friend in Glasgow and we thought we could make a killing selling tamales on street corners after the bars close like the ones in the US do.

good morning everyone, happy hump day.
thank you for the kind words and well wishes. nessa's due sometime in april.

I've had enough with those people in the "What to do tp pass time when you're bored" thread. Idiots.
Just needed to vent.

Is it just me or are they playing a lot more British artists on American radio these days? Not complaining, I think it's awesome, but just something I noticed more this summer. They're playing a lot of Duffy, Estelle, Leona Lewis, etc...
It's pretty cool though, I like their music!

-Shan

ginger and julez - gotta say I luv ya


I think I need to limit my VJ time to only the UK section lately




I hadn't really noticed. I don't follow the latest music so much any more. I liked Leona Lewis at the closing ceremonies.

I ALMOST posted that the sexual repression must be what was making them so short-tempered and crabby...but best not to go there!

I've not noticed the british artists thing, but I have noticed all the British TV formats that have come over. I nearly fell off my chair when I saw Ant and Dec on a late night talk show! WTF!?!! Why oh why would the US be importing all that is cheap and crappy about British TV (I know, I know, because it's cheap).

So far there's been Strictly Come Dancing, Big Brother, Deal or No Deal, the Idol show, America/Britian's got talent... I don't know, there are loads more. And then Ant and Dec themselves!!?! Why why why.


Actually I do know the reason why, but I just wanted to rant. grrrr

I shuddered myself at them. That show SUCKED.

Fearne Cotton is already on Last Comic Standing & now them....make it stop. Isn't there some other Brit chick on the Dancing w/ Stars show?

If Jordan comes, I'm leaving. Or Jade Goody.

I saw. You made me laugh!

Irony much?

Moving Here and Your New Life In America
Post your experiences after arriving in America. How has your life changed? Share things like if you got work authorization; is it what you thought it would be; are you happy, etc.

I was told by a British producer friend that all the reality shows are the UK's revenge for us sending them McDonalds

I hate to break this to you but Jordan has already been here Katie and Peter: Unleashed was on E! last fall.


So far America has been safe from Jade Goody, however

And no one liked them!

And no one adores Posh & Becks...

yeah, I unfornately know that it's a recent (2002ish) change in the way that programs by independant producers are licenced to Broadcasters. It used to be that when Noel Edmunds sold Deal or No Deal to Channel 4, unless they had a really special deal, C4 not only owned the acutal episodes, but also the format. The change in the rules means that the independant companies can make extra bucks by selling their crappy formats to the rest of the world, and hence the stupid-show-from-britain phenomenon that we are seeing. I really hope the novelty wears off soon for American audiences

If people stopped watching these shows they would go away! I mean, why do I want to see some washed-up Z-list star do ballroom dancing? It boggles my mind.

They are idiots. I really hate that Hannyperez keeps bring up a certain body part on her husband, but wants to say that Ginger1981 is gross. Whatever. Glass-lickers.

I couldn't resist and had to post on that very topic. I feel so light and happy now!

I just saw that and it was completely awesome!

Thanks! I followed it up with another smackdown. Though Julez beat me to it whilst I was busy typing...

Seriously, if these women think using a vibrator means their sex life is in trouble... WTF?

No kidding. You noticed that too, huh? I mean, the hypocrisy is too much for me.

Maven, I was trying to do the very stringing together that you managed to do, but the site is hanging rally badly for me. You did a better job than I would have anyway! You go girl!

ohhhh I'm way behind. When did you lot start posting in the big scary OT anyway?

It's hanging for you too? It's driving me mental! I finally get up the nerve to throw some punches and then it gets slooooooow.

What really bothers me is that they don't care that they are being wilfully ignorant, hypocritical, ugly, rude and, frankly, misogynistic, a trait I despise in women as much as men.

Or, you could ask Poiteen, Robin and dev for the unexpurgated version of my thoughts on these "ladies"...

Not OT, pointy, but in the Moving Here forum.



Not OT, pointy, but in the Moving Here forum.

OIC... going there now...