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São e Salvo

Am now in London. Flight was boring and painful. I sat by the window for eleven hours without getting up. I almost lost my right foot due to bad circulation. I watched Collateral, with Tom Cruise, and was entertained. I ate the food the air stewards served me; I drank the white wine even though it tasted rough. I thought to myself: Ollie, if you ever own an air company, hire only drag queens and drag kings to be the air stewards. You`ll make millions.

In Milan, I got stuck in the airport`s bathroom. I went into one of the cabins and the lock got jammed. Because I didn`t want to call for help (embarrassment) I kicked the door and it opened. A fog descended on the airport and my flight got delayed. Other flights were being cancelled and a cold sweat broke out all over my body: if I were to be stuck in Milan, I`d have only 5 euros to survive. Images of me drinking bathroom water to survive the days in an unfriendly airport rushed through my mind. But, thank the gods, my flight was not cancelled and I made it to London.

My boyfriend was waiting for me at Arrivals (but where was everyone else? Where were the banners?) When I tried to draw some cash out of a machine, I found out that my card had expired. Thank the gods, again, that my boyfriend came to the airport and could lend me some money! When we got back to our apartment, there was a banner saying "Welcome Home" with three little munchkins drawn beside it, hanging by the living room.

Seeing The Sissys was nice. They liked my gifts and entertained me with tales of what they`ve been up to since I`ve been gone. Both of them are now dating (Jennifer is seeing Tim, from Essex; Allison is besoted with Giorgio, from Italy.)

It doesn`t feel like I`ve been gone from London for 7 weeks. And I do think the British public would improve immensely if they had tans and smiled more often. But, nevertheless, I`ve learned to like London and I`m looking forward to finding a job (*cough cough*) and having more adventures here. Talk to you soon, you bunch of chipmunks!

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WELCOME BACK, my dear!

THANK YOU, sweetie!

MOVIES!

YES! HOUSE OF WAX OUT YET?

Dunno - wait, is that the one with the bad person in it?!

Yeah... hehehe!

That's some weird routing to go from Brasil to Italy.

It`s because I flew with Alitalia. Go figure.

Tis lovely to have you back! I hope you brought some Brazilian sunshine with you :-)

By the sound of the weather woman on tv today... not! But I think it`s because I have to readjuste first before the beams of light come pouring out of my body.

Nice to be back too and will be great to see you guys soon! (I hope?) :)

Yep, definitely see us soon! We're doing wine tasting tomorrow evening if you're interested, or failing that I'm sure plenty of other stuff will crop up soon :-)

Oh yeah, I hope you guys have fun today at the wine tasting! Won`t be going because I need to find a job before I spend anymore money... what i have in my account is enough to cover my rent and expenses, etc, so I`ll see you guys in the next excursion. ;)

I guessed you wouldn't be - it's not cheap! Still, we'll be doing other cheaper things at some point, so there's always opportunities! :-)

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Wow, that was a close one it sounds like. Running out of money while travelling, not priceless. EEkk. You made it! Welcome back!

Good luck with the job search.

XOXOXO

Thanks babe! :)

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I`m just kidding! :)

I`m the first to slap on protection 50+ when there`s sun outside.

And I do think the British public would improve immensely if they had tans and smiled more often.

People up North smile more often. I like to smile on the tube -- it unsettles people. It always makes me smile to visit london because everyone looks so comically gloomy.

People up North smile more often and chat more too! I particularly like people from Glasgow. Everytime I see someone smiling to themselves in the Tube I always think they are a bit of a nutter. :)

I hope Kevin gave you some hot welcome back lovin'!

Oh yes! We had the apartment all to ourselves for the afternoon since the Sissys were at work. ;)

ahhhhhhh...fun times!

You know it sister! ;)

happy to hear you made it safe and sound!

Deep down I knew nothing bad would happened. :)

Milan never fails to surprise and scare you! so you are a natural-born kicker?

I only kick if I`m in a panic and need to save my skin! Otherwise, I`m very mellow and quiet.

(but where was everyone else? Where were the banners?)

I waited for you all day at Victoria, but I didn't see a single plane land!

Lots of trains though...

And next time you`ll go to Standstead?

Welcome home!

Glad there were no "Twilight Zone"-y encounters en route.

Let's do movies soon. :D

For sure... let me just get my job situation in order then I`ll be able to splash about on movies and fantas! But it will be cool to see you guys soon. ;)

you made it back in one piece! told ya.

You must be psychic.

i'm part gypsy, you know.

I think drag queen airline hostesses are a genius idea. You should write Richard Branson.

I know! Seriously, flights would be entertaining and more bearable. I leave this idea out here in the open and I hope someone spreads the word and one day it becomes reality. :P

london, milan, drag queen stewards...the life you lead amazes me [and makes me jealous cuz i love to travel]

by the way, been meaning to get around to adding you, finally got smart and did it

cool! Added you back...

My adventures are really just my mind squeazing things out of nothing. I`m sure you must lead a life more amazing than mine!

*goes read your journal*

hey Ollie!!
Yay!! You're back in London! Not that I can see you or anything, but who knows, I might go for a holiday or something, and and we can hang out....:D Do you have a photobucket with pics of you and friends in Brazil?

I do have a photobucket, but I haven`t uploaded my photos yet! I will do very soon and let you know. ;)

You must definetly let me know when you come to England. We`ll go out dancing or drinking, or simply sit in a park and talk.

I'm sososo glad you're back here in the UK with us Ollie! <3333

I'm also extremely dissapointed of you - first you go to Brasil, then to add insult to injury your return flight includes a stop-over in Milan, AND YOU STILL NEVER MANAGED TO CAPTURE KAKÁ FOR ME?! =o\

Haha! I did see Kaka in the airport! But he said he didn`t want anything to do with you and that he is now only interested in me. Sorry to break these bad news...

;-)

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! NÃO PODE SER!! ODM!!

Oh well, at least I still have Smithy. Our baby is due any day now, yis. =oD

ei Ollie ^_^
tava ficando preocupado com você ;__; caramba quanta coisa chata aconteceu x_x
mas ainda bem que você tá inteiro :D

Com certeza! Tudo esta bem... pena que esta cinza e frio aqui - ja estou sentindo saudades do Brasil! E voce, como esta?

eu tô bem ^_^
nossa... agora aconteceu uma polêmica na faculdade com a nossa sala, hahahahaha
vou postar mais tarde os detalhes :D

Se joga, nada melhor que ver a caminha denovo.

Huh? Nao entendi!

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Oh, didn`t know about Morcheeba`s show! Will have to see if there are still any tickets available.

No worries about the game! Just send it when you have some time.

Karla... oh my god... they are having some crazy discounts for Gamecube stuff here. You can buy 3 games for 20 pounds in GAME (used games, but whatever.) Very tempting, as you can imagine...

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