normandy. that's my new name.

i have officially turned into this arbitrarily set stage in my life known as 23. i think it is just a cause for a party. like a personal national holiday. i quite like it, since i will at least remember it for a while. and every country i go, we can always celebrate my birthday.

this year my flat mates in cambridge threw me a nice big party with lots of people, fun and most definately wine. it seemed like the fridge was never empty. like a dream come true. so we had fun that night eating the salmon that they cooked and the cake. yeah a nice cherry cake.

here are a few highlights of the evening.
1. i discovered the trees in the garden outside are full of blackberries

2. when you dance with a full glass of wine you actually might spill it

3. bob was upset with his phone, so he took a hammer to it [yeah regretted it the next day]

4. i won a cappucino from pete, since we bet on some dating situation that was unfolding before our eyes

5. learned how to salsa.

6. some how decided that i REALLY did not want to dance hula in front of peole. odd yes i know.

7. i learned some useful life skill points. how to roll a cigarette. i just figured that i would learn in case i was in the hood by accident and the way to save my life would be rolling a cigarette, then i would be fine. i dont plan on starting to smoke, so don't worry about that.

8.lost simon's shoe somehow

9.i decided to wear this little backpack and people would fill it with presents and i wouldn't open it til the morning. and i didnt. [the contents: 50p, lollipop, 2 books, cd, boomarang, canary island cigars, 2 heavy rocks and string] i think it was a brilliant idea. and it was great in the morning.

10. i some how managed to stay up til 4 even when i started drinking at 4 in the afternoon. i think that is a new personal record

the next day was equally fun. i leaned how to ride a unicycle (slightly hungover). another life skill. we took the boomarang to the park. that was fun. til bob broke it on a fence. had my cappuccino ;) went to the gorgeous botanical garden. oh yeah i went to the museum the day before. it was amazing. i find that i am amazed by totem poles and their construction. there was a really cool maori exhibit and it reminded me of amy and our deep talk about indigenous people under my kukui nut tree.

oh yeah and the title of this blog is normandy, since i have a new name now. bob was a bit drunk and kept calling me different regions of france until he decided to settle on normandy, which some how caught on with everyone there. i like it. its kinda sexy.

tata for now. i am done making excuses on why i dont have any pictures up. truth is they are not there.

-normandy