Yeeehaaa!!

Last night a few of us went for a drink to the funnest bar ever!! Cowboys is a bar that plays country music. Pretty cool already?! well it gets cooler, they have a massive dancefloor and everybody line dances all night long!! Quite possibly the best fun in ages! We felt so American it was unreal! The dances are very very hard but you can pick them up. Its so cheesy and they serve free beer!!!!!! We had an absolute ball and they give lessons on Saturdays at 8pm.. My day off!! so i reckons im gonna go get me some line dancing lessons.. ill be a pro in no time! pics: Top 2 are random folks line dancing! Below Kerri and I being true americans by looking all serious with our beer and Kerri stood in front of a fan being a thoughtful cowgirl! Such a good night!!

Merry Christmas

Hey guys just turned christmas over here and ive just left a party!! Hope you are all having a fab christmas.. really cant wait to be reunited with everyone i think this is the hardest thing ever being away from Kate, Kerry and Emma at christmas!! I miss everyone loads though wish i wsh there with the cap bank lot, living with the Boswells, seeing my family and waking up christmas morning and popping over to see Kate and then Emma and Kerry popping over or giving me a call!! Being away from home right now makes me appreciate what ive got in England and i wouldnt give it away again for anything!! Have a fantastic christmas and get very wasted guys!! I plan to!! I miss you all loads and loads.. its not the same without you!!

Christmas Dinner

So christmas day for me was December 23rd although i didnt open my presents coz im a good boy!! Jo and I decided to treat ourselves and some of our friends to Christmas dinner. We headed to Walmart early (you know how competitive it gets) with Deborah and Bettina, jo's roomies. We got sooo much stuff including a big turkey and a duck and loads of booze and other random junk, the bill came to $165! thats for christmas dinner which in the end fed 12 people!!! Sooo freakin cheap!! So we set to work straight away when we got home i was potato monitor while jo looked after the sprouts veg and birds and then we knda just shared it the longer we got into it. Deborah cooked a lovely pasta dish to start and she made cookies which James and i decorated (he did most of em) We ended up with a full on traditional christmas roast.. we were sooo worried it'd be really bad but it was a massive success.. very pleased!! The best part was spending time with the guys from the interviews who i was talking to right up until i came but when i got here didnt really do all that much so it was kinda like a mini reunion!! Hope they all had a good night as it was definatly a good night! Just to prove we actually did it see below for pics!!

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haha some bad photos of my buddies!! sorry guys just made me laugh!!! hahaha! i especially like the one on the bottom left look at Nicci's eyes!! teehee im sooo bad!! if you click on the photo grid it goes bigger by the way!!

More christmas stuff!!

So im still without a camera :( however Jo has very kindly used my laptop for her photos because hers is broken o ive decided to steal some of her photos teehee!! Last week Jo and her roomies decided to begin decorating their lovely apartment in time for christmas and they asked me to help (although i just sat there on my laptop making fun of Candices 'snow' scented candle). It made me feel very festive and with christmas just around th corner it made me get a move on with sending cards etc! The tree looks better in real life.. these photos dont do it justice! Its very weird not buying you guys back home some christmas prezzies and arranging meals and nights out. Christmas is gonna be hard for all of us here without our families and friends so please keep in touch guys!! 

Wills last Bennigans!

Another legend leaves us to head back home. These are a few pics from Wills last night with us all!! So the obvious choice was bennigans.. i hadnt eaten all day so went next door to Walgreens (like tesco metro) and bought loadsa crisps and chocolate to fill myself up!!Was a fun nite sad to see Will go ashe was a fantastic lad he was always positive and never had a bad word about anyone!! legend! pics : Gaynors friend, kevin, gaynor, me, jo and amy randomly smiling and loooking the same way and then somebody andomly took a photo.. what a coincidence!! a pic of the usual games goin on at bennis!! kev looking less than impressed as im a bit wasted... Graham the beer monster, Will and Jess in the cab home!! If you're wondering why i havent updated this for a while.. my camera is broke!! :( so im stealing pics from people!! hehe!! 

Christmas at Disney

Christmas is really in the air over here!! Its crazy!! Even now im sooo in the mood for christmas and im not the biggest christmas person usually! Disney just have this way of making everything perfect and magical its sooo weird. You walk around the world showcase and each pavillion has (besides Morocco for religous reasons) has its own version of Santa and they act as a storyteller and tell the story of christmas from their own country the Canadian one is a bit random.. hes a lumberjack (!) but the UK is Father Christmas and hes sooo cool i want to hug him all the time!!
When i walk to and form work everyday all you hear around Epcot is christmas music and then at night theres an archway leading to the World Showcase that lights up and has Dancing lights which dance to the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy. Its awesome!! Every park has a tree they are all awesome. My favourite park for christmas is Disney MGM. It has a show called the Osbourne lights... Based on a family who years back went all out at christmas when decorating their house and then i dont know the full story but the dancing lights actually send shivers down my spine they are sooo perfect! I wish everyone could see it because you would all be in the most christmassy mood ever!!!
Does make me sad that i ont have people at home who i can share christmas with but my friends here are looking after me. 

Fantasmic

Ok so one of the best Disney shows here is Fantasmic! If your a bit of a Disney geek you will love it! Its awesome and really clever! Its basically the story of mickeys wishes and dreams but then those evil nasty villains turn it into a nightmare... naughty villains!! Theres many Disney songs and practically all the Disney characters are in it.. its a must see for anybody visiting!! So if anybody comes to see me you are going!! Theres a pic of Ariel there for Jo and Emma!! xx 

Seaworld

Seaworld was the heme park i was most interested in going to when i got here! So today me, Grace, Kevinand Lucy took a little trip down the I4 (the longest road i have ever seen) and went to see what all the fuss is about. I found out that i probably live closer to seaworld than i do Epcot!! Although i dont agree with the whole captivity and animals trained to perform thing the animals did seen genuinly happy. I had a fantastic time though!! can i just say Florida is freezing right now!!! i swear!! We saw the new believe show which has been put on because there is a new Shamu... The shows are fantatsic!! I would definatly go again! 

Mine and Nats bday!!

Im no longer a youngster anymore.. ive passed into the realms of pension books and bus passes so im just gonna be 21 again this year!! 22 years eh?! Not bad for some of the stuff i get up to!! So it was Nats and my birthdays this week!! Thanks to everyone here and at home for their cards, prezzies, emails and texts. If you know me you will know im such a birthday person so its much appreciated!! For my birthday on Thirsday i went to the coral reef restaurant in Epcot which is awesome its like a theatre design.. kinda and at the fornt is a massive fish tank filled with cool fish... i loved it!! such an animal geek!! After that we went to Disney-MGM studios and saw fantasmic which is the only Disney show ive not seen and its awesome.. soo clever. If you're a Disney fan you will love fanatasmic!! In the evening we went to Pleasure island and got wasted which was fun!! We did the cha cha slide at midnight so as i turned 22 i was doing the cha cha slide!! yay!! Ill take a second at this point to say my camera is gay and i hate it because it wont turn on!! so thats whay theres a lack of pics!! OK so on Friday, (MY BIRTHDAY!!) Gaynor kindly offered to take a few of us to Busch Gardens. It was a fab day and would have been even better without a hangover!! My fave ride was sheikra it shits all over Oblivion!! In the evening there was only once place i wanted to be on my birthday JELLYROLLS!! I had a fantastic night there.. absolutely fantastic!! Thanks to everyone who came out! I was up on stage twice.. the first time i had to do heads shoulders knees and toes drunk and then the tree song which nobody will know but its fantastic!! Overall besides yesterdays hangover i had a marvellous birthday and loved every second!! im off out tonight again for it too! 

Transvestite lads!

I never thought id do it but on Monday night i did!! Transvestite lads!! Oh dear!! Such an effort to actually get to lads this week!! I spent about half an hour doing my make up i had to run around the commons and find a wig!! Then i had to run to lads in heels!! But it was all good fun!! I was 20 minutes late and had to do a beer bong which isnt all that bad at all!! Its like a funnell and you pour beer into the top and it just goes straight in through the pipe.. its a lot worse than it looks!! Everybody ( except Will) went to such an effort this week it was good fun! Plus i got soo many compliments as a woman! Shocking!! Pics : Chris (who won best dressed lady) and his very feminine pose! Paddy in his granny dress! Lee and Dom.. although dom looks more gay than female! then the winning boat race team Paddy, Dom, Chris, Dave, Me and Michael. Mooch and a very un- ladylike pose. Jo-Anne, me and Jenna, Me whoring myself with Tessa from Canadia! and half of Lucy's head, Me and Kerri!! It was a fun lads! And next week scuzz lads in my place!!
 

Blue Martini

Last night we went to this really cool martini bar called Blue Martini. Its like the best bar ive seen since ive beenhere although Jellyrolls is still my favourite! Its quite a posh place so Jo, Candice, Bettina and I threw on some nice clothes and headed down to get elegantly wasted! The place has i think 4 bars one of which is outdors which is sooo cool. Its such a well designed place and the music is awesome.. proper society tunes! Plus girls get drinks for $6 and u get a lot of alcohol in the USA and they are proper martinis too! I stayed on Bellini Martinis all night!! Pics : Me, Jo, Bettina and Candice at the beginning of the nite. Jo Candice and Bettina after one or two!! Me declaring my undying love for Bettina and Bettina and her lemon drop shot.. sooo nice!! Candice and Bettina. sensible pic of Bettina, me and Jo then the other 2 were just silly ones!! Loved the place and definatly want to go back.
 

Pi after lads

So in my drunken state i managed to get myself to PI in one piece and get some serious boogying done in Mannequins. They played sooo many good songs and all of my mates were there which is a firstfor a Monday coz everyone usually splits up but all the people i wanted to hang with were there!! yay!! Fergies new song rules by the way guys as does Gwen Stefanis.. just get ready for the yodelling!! I finally pulled you'll be glad to know!! pics : Fernando from Brazil and myself. Me and Alex (who ive decided is Peter Pan in the Magic Kingdom). Natalie lookin all pleased with her candy watch and JJ, Hannah and Aisling back at the commons!! woulda taken more pics but i was sooo drunk!! 

Blindfold lads!!

These are some pics from UK lads. This weeks theme was blindfold lads which basically entailed being blindfolded and drinkin many concotions unaware of what is going in your mouth! it was a really good lads a lot of people turned up and a lot of the newbies were there too. I randomly threw up after not much at all and cant figure out why but oh well!! EVERYONE throws up at lads so its fine!! here are a few pics of the madness!! Me in lads attire. Then random pictures of blindfold lads! Below: Michael and Ross gearing up for a beer bong.. Andrew throwing up. Ian and myself. and Michael doing his second beer bong.. can i just give Ross credit for his time for his beer bong.. 2.9 seconds for a can of beer!! good stuff!!
 

raccoons!!!!!

Rememebr the tv show?? well raccoons exist here in Florida but they dont drive like they did on tv!! i said id try and get as much random stuff as possible onto this blog and raccoons deserve a mention. They are vermin and most likely have rabies. But they are black and white and for that deserve some respect! 

Chefs De France

How did i ever live without French food??... dear god this meal was beautiful! Chefs De France is in Epcot in the French pavillion (obviously). We went back to the commons after universal and got a little glammed up and headed down. The food was amazing, the service was fantastic and the company was excellent it was the perfect end to our day! I had snails to start they are surprisingly good i recommend anybody to try them, for my main i ate cod in a lobster mousse served on a bed of spinach and zuccini it was cooked to perfection it was delicious i ended with a creme brulee.. sooo good. Our server Valerie was brilliant she knew so much about the menu and made us feel so welcome. Pics: Us outdside waiting for our table and Lucy, Valerie and me (love Valerie!!) It was a fab day all round so thanks guys for cheering me up and thanks for a great day!! 

Islands of adventure

After speedboating we went to guess where... Universal!! Again! I really dont love the place but its all i seem to do!! This time we went to Islands of Adventure. It was such a fun day, ive decided The Hulk is the best ride ever, its soooo cool!! Also the water rides are really cool there! Ooh and Spiderman is cool too its soo clever!! We saw all of the Marvel characters except Galactus :( ( private joke ). I was dissappointed with Duelling Dragons though, there was only one scary bit! We had a totally fab day though i loved it!! Pics: Me CAPTAIN AMERICA! and jo! Us getting attacked by a T Rex.. scary stuff!! Me and James being all manly outside the Jurassic Park ride! James, Dave and I after the Jurassic Park ride we were sooo wet! 

Speedboating

So last Thursday morining we all decided to go speedboating! So we headed down to the Polynesian which is a Disney resort not too far from the Magic Kingdom. Oh my gosh it was sooo needed it was actually the best thing ive done since i got here!! You get this cute little boat which does about 35mph but it was so nice to be doing it it really really chilled me out. I learned a valuable lesson about dangerous driving as i was on my mobile and sped out in front of a barge!!! But seriously if any of you guys come over we are soo doing it because its such a nice feeling. Pics: James and I getting ready to go. The Polynesian Hotel. Jo going crazy in her speedboat. One of the lakes we boated on! 

update

Jut to let you know im not dead or anything.. my camera has gone missing presumed stolen at this point! fuckers!! Had a bit of a bad week and have considered coming home a few times but im not gonna quit im just gonna stick at it!! But yeah just so everyone knows its not all smiles and pixie dust! people can be shit here too!
This week i did what we call magical moment which is a scheduled time every night where we let a youngster in the restaurant start the fireworks.. Mickey can't make it for whatever reason. I did it for a little kid form Liverpool called Olivia and it was such a good laugh i really enjoyed it because she was sooo happy to be doing it! Her parents were awesome too very friendly and it was nice to speak to people from Liverpool too. I got a big kiss from her mum and her dad took photos of me and stuff which was really cool. Otherwise its just been a run of the mill week.
Except halloween which i will try and get pics of but yeah that was the night that pissed me off so we dont talk about that!

Monday after Lads

Monday nights out here we have UK Lads and UK lasses. This Monday i couldn't go beacause Lads have initiations (which is basically eating a bunch of gross stuff and doing really dumb things and getting wasted) because im not initiated yet i cant know what happens at an initiation. So Chris, Dom and myself had a few drinks and headed to PI afterwards to meet the rest of the gang. I had a great night!! Lasses theme for the week was write on white so all the girls had white tshirts and marker pens and then you just write a bunch of randomness on their tops.. i felt left out so let people write on my underwear!! Afterwards there was a party at my place which was very fun but it got a bit crazy and security were called and we got a reprimand. I'd left to stay at my friends at that point. Pics: Dom being his usual cheesy self. Irish Nic, Jen, Jenna and Laura in their lasses tops en route to PI!! My apartment before the party got into full swing and me and my roomie Marius from Norway both very very drunk!!! Had an awesome night.

Sundays are House of Blues

Sundays are officially House of Blues... This week it was Doms birthday so we took him on his first trip to House of Blues. He was wasted!! If i could describe house of blues or compare it to somewhere at home id say it was similar to society but the music is a little harder, plus they play hip hop. its a massive bar with the rudest bar staff in the world!! Its good fun otherwise. Between 11 and midnight its $1 beers 50 pence a pint!! pictures Jo's roomies Bettina (from Germany) shes sooo pretty!, Deborah from Italy also sooo pretty and me also quite attractive (only messin). Jo and me close up! Jo and Bettina and lastly but not least Jo,Colin, Nat and Hayley. It was a really good night!

Chillers

Last night we went to Chillers in Downtown Orlando. It was another of Craigs leaving do's although the poor chap wasnt feeling too well!! Me and Jo were debating whether to go or not but im sooo glad we did! The bar itself is nothing special but its $1 a drink!! I tried Jagermeister for the first time which was fun! It has 3 floors one is like R&B, one is Rock music and the top floor is on the roof and is a mix of everything its soooo good on the roof! They played My humps though!! which is like one of the songs that really reminds me of home!! Had a fantastic night was a little bit wasted too!! pics: The view from the roof top!! the sign to prove i went haha! Graham and Amy. Me and Paddy hes trying to lick my nipple! and me jo and my scary eyes make a comeback. 

Craigs last Jellyrolls

These are pics from my housemate Craigs last night at Jellyrolls before he leaves us on Friday! Hes an awesome guy i dont even know him very well but ill miss the dude loads hes fantastic! There are a few traditions here when people leave and they are amazing.. things you will never forget! First we have throw outs.. a throw out is where you give away all of the stuff you have accumulted over your year to people who still have time left. Some things are passed down for years which i think is really cool. I got a sombrero and posters and a pink ball so i was well chuffed! We have UK Lads ( i will get pics from lads i promise) then we got to The beach lub at pleasure island and have the 'last song' basically the majority of people from the uk try and make it and we all stand in a huge circle while they play Greenday - Good Riddance. The leavers stand in the middle and we sing at them and they say bye and stuff... really emotional! and then we just have seriesof nights out. Last night was Jellyrolls where we had the last song again but it was sang live by the players at Jellyrolls which was supercool. It was a very very good night i really enjoyed myself. Pics : Gaynor and sally, Gaynor and Craig (they are a couple and shes staying makes it even more emotional), Samera and Paddy and Jilly, Jo and Mooch. Pic of the stage at Jellyrolls, Jo and Jenna pouting (trying to turn me on), Craig and some of the gang during Greenday we all got in a circle and finally.. meee pissed!!

Animal Kingdom

Last week Di and myself went to Animal Kingdom for the day.. it was such a nice day and it was really cool doing things on a one to one instead of everyone trying to figure out what to do next.. very realxing! We go there and the first thing we did was go on Expidition Everest the newest ride at Disney at the moment. Its brilliant i loved it. We rode at the front and Di was petrified.. soo good!! We also rode Dinosaur which was also good and we went on safari and saw a cheetah but my camera packed in :( Also i know im gonna sound like a loser now but the carpark for Animal kingdom is probably the size of Garston seriously!! Its immense!!

We met some characters too which was nice because ive not met any characters yet.. all i seem to do is go to universal (grr) so t was cool to meet disney characters.. we met the pilot from duck tales Launchpad and friar tuck which was v cool! pics: Di and I with funny lookin tongues, Di me and Duck tales guy, Expedition Everest from afar, and Di friar Tuck and me!! It was a fab day so thanks to Di for being such good company.

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