Corinne's Blog

so I’ve been absolutely terrible at blogging these last few days…

it’s just that so much has been happening and so many introduction sentences pop into my head that I never write down that I’ve had a hard time getting on my blog and having anything interesting and good to say.

I was in the middle of watching eternal sunshine of the spotless mind while I hangout in Heidi’s basement waiting for her to get off of work and it came to me that like Jim Carrey’s journal in the movie my blog has become my memory box.

So I’ll write an update while I sit down here to remember what was going on in my head about a month before I moved to Scotland.

First off: I spent the night at Heidi’s last night because she picked me up and forced me to buy a hampster cage. This makes me nervous because I think that makes it so that my account is now negative.

Negative a month before I will be leaving the country is totally bad news for me. definitely something I don’t want to be hearing. Hopefully I’ll be able to make ‘some money before heading out’.

When it comes to Scotland though I won’t be staying there very long now that I’ve gotten the letter from the cruise company that they want to offer me a job. I’m assuming I’ll only be in Scotland for a short amount of time…at which point I will be staying with Craig and maybe joining him for a family outing.

In order to get money I was considering selling plasma, or maybe hoping that someone would offer to throw me a going away party so that I could invite my loaded friends and get a little spending money. I’m hoping that everything with the cruise line goes well this next month because I’ll be up a creek without a paddle if things don’t go well.

Chat

∞ 18 Jan
A tale of diy surgical adventure

Me:Where is it?

Corinne:I think it fell on the floor.

Me:What the hell? You dropped my precious mole ON THE FLOOR!?!?

Corinne:It just came off so fast I couldn’t control it!

Chat

∞ 25 Jan
a night of quotes

Corinne:What’s behind those lights? The city across the water? Do you know?

Me:Nothing.

Corinne:Really?

Me:Really. See those lights out there? Beyond that is the edge of the world.

Later on…

Corinne:Wow, these mangoes are like an orgasm in my mouth.

Me:Yeah, fruit is a lot better here. You haven’t tasted a strawberry until you’ve tasted a Scottish one!

Corinne:Repeat after me. Scotland is NOT better.

Me:Scotland is better.

Corinne; Repeat after me.

Me:Scotland is better.

Corinne:That’s not fair, I don’t go around saying that America isn’t better.

Me:Well, it’s not.

This happened about 2 weeks ago…on July 29th

16amCorinne

you won’t believe what just happened!
3:24amHeidi

wat!?!?
3:24amCorinne

I was applying for my visa

to go to Scotland for the next year
3:26amCorinne

and I was all the way done with my application which was said to be free when all of a sudden I was making my appointment for my international interview when the application told me that there was no center near me that could accept my payment and that I’d have to pay online just then and there

but I have no credit cards now because I closed all my accounts for the summer

so I was scared and stuck and I even asked Julie to use her number

card*

because I called my mom 4times and she wouldn’t be up at 3am

lol

so I panicked and had to press the panic button after asking everyone I could think of a calling 500 random numbers

then I get this notification saying that my application will be saved but not processed for 7 days as long as it is not paid for.

CRAZINESS

and LUCK!
3:29amHeidi

couldnt u just click out of it??
3:29amCorinne

no

I had the option to cancel or submit payment

on a free application

lol
3:30amHeidi

umm..interesting lol why would julie pay for ur thing tho?
3:31amCorinne

she was the only friend I had online it was only 100 and I could get that to her this afternoon

I just didn’t have a credit card

desperation
3:34am
Heidi wrote the note i ♥ uuuu.
3:34amHeidi

what did she say??

she said no..?
3:34amCorinne

yes
3:35amHeidi

thats soo dumb
3:35amCorinne

of course…she said she didn’t have 244 on her card and that she didn’t want to overdraw it

then she told me good luck by that point I was like FUCK MY LIFE…I’m going to have a heart attack

the application took me an hour at least maybe I’m not going to push what I CAN’T GET I even said please and she said no so I’m luck it gave me 7 days…I can go ask my own mom.
3:37amHeidi

i would have done it if i had money lol
3:37amCorinne

lol

thanks Heidi

I just wanted to tell someone Crazy situation thus the crazy status message..Fuck my life!

Over that past month and a half I’ve had a chance to pick many desserts, These are just a few I enjoyed:

Jimmy Chungs: Soft Serve Ice Cream, Mango Pudding and cake.

Jimmy Chung’s Dessert

Taza’s Lemon Cheesecake, Rice Pudding and Indian Ice Cream.

Taza’s Dessert

And looking back I’d like to list some of the things I’ve had an opportunity to Eat in the last month and a half.

1. I’ve Eaten at  fine/not so fine restaurants such as:

-Tonic: Home of great Milk shakes and the best Burgers…ever! 141 Nethergate, Dundee, DD1 4DPTel: 01382 226103

Tonic Burger

- Burger King

Burger King Food

-KFC

KFC

- Greggs: Brilliant and I’m upset that America doesn’t have it.

Greggs

-The Pancake Place: Was a bit over priced but was good

The Pancake Place (Highland Pancake) @ bottom and (American) up top.

-Da Vinci’s Pizza: 1 whole pizza with a ton of toppings for a about 5 dollars…and 2 big pizzas for 10 awesome!

Yum Da Vinci’s Pizza

-Anima Italian Soul Food

Anima Pizza

-L’Alba D’oro   :  The Best Haggis Supper in the UK I’ve tasted so far

Haggis Supper from L-Alba D’oro

- Taza Indian Buffet Restaurant

Taza Indian Food

-Jimmy Chungs

Jimmy Chung’s Chinese food

Today I was woken up by the knock of Craig’s landlord going from room to room for some reason. Scary as it was Craig’s door was unlocked and I was laying on his floor in a sleeping bag practically right in front of the unlocked door. I’m not sure that my staying with Craig over the last month has been the most legal of acts in his flat situation. But I am nervous to bump into his landlord every time I walk out into the hallways. I know that Craig’s neighbors know that I’m staying with him, or I assume that they know because Craig has ‘brought in’ food to me on more than one occasion. This morning though Craig’s landlord was going door to door knocking and asking something and he has yet to get to this room…How will i explain my presents in Craig’s room at 9am…or at 10 am or any other time? I was thinking the whole ‘This is my boyfriend I spent the night’ thing might work if I was to bend the truth…I don’t think Craig’s landlord is one to ask too many questions anyway. But I’m still on edge about being in this flat 24/7 and having people see me. Back home a person is allowed to stay in a dorm/apt with a student as long as they want as long as the student’s roommate agrees to the arrangement. I wonder if things are different here.

Packing up all my things and putting them into the closet this morning was kind of scary like when Craig’s flat cleaning lady had to come to clean the bathroom.

idk…It’s like since I left Belfast I feel like everyone is out to get me. Since I have to leave by the end of January I feel like everyone now that the end is coming is out to get me more than ever. Plus I’m kind of freaking out because I can’t find my passport :(. Hopefully the landlord isn’t looking for non authorized guests and my waking Craig up this morning wasn’t in vain.