“Live long, and Prosper.”
- Star Trek

Ahoy mateys!

So shortly after my post a few weeks ago I was left without an internet connection so thus my lack of communication and no updates on my sites. But after some downtime, I should be back now, yippie!

And it couldn’t have come at a better time! Yesterday of course marking the Bright Star premiere in Cannes. Miss Cornish looked absolutely marvelous, what a v-i-s-i-o-n ladies and gentle viewers! She’s getting rave reviews for the movie and I’m so anxious to see the film already. It’s so good to see Abbie back and promoting a film again. I know it hasn’t been that long since Stop-Loss but since she didn’t exactly do much promoting for it per say (given the drama) but given she is one who brings me such joy I want more! All the time!

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“And all that stands between the souls release
This temporary flesh and bone
We know that it’s over now
I feel my faded mind begin to roam”
– The Killers, Goodnight, Travel Well

Well I’m now back stateside, let the post travel depression kick in: now.

But honestly, where to begin? I suppose I can start off by saying I had the absolute most amazing time, ever! Truly, this is the case where you can’t put into words just how amazing everything was and such a wonderful experience!

Scotland was so beautiful, the land was so truly breathtaking and the sea, places like Stone Haven were almost to gorgeous to be real. Plus the city itself is gorgeous. It really makes me angry how much our city truly sucks, haha! The churches, graveyards, roads, buildings everything were so pretty. And I’m really smitten with Aberdeen University.

We did so many fun things in Scotland despite running out of money to venture to other cities there. Right before we left for Paris I got to attend a Director’s presentation event with the very funny David Mackenzie at Riikka’s Uni. We watched one of his films Hallam Foe before attending and I really loved it. It was such a cool experience listening to someone speak about their career, struggles and her was really funny. It was all so fascinating. We had a few days before we ventured to Paris and to prepare we watched a ton of Paris themed flicks and then finally a few short days after arriving in Scotland we jetted off to France!

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“I’m old, Gandalf. I know I don’t look it, but I’m beginning to feel it in my heart. I feel… thin. Sort of stretched, like… butter scraped over too much bread. I need a holiday. A very long holiday. And I don’t expect I shall return. In fact I mean not to.”
– The Lord of the Rings

O.M.F.G.

I can hardly believe it! But it’s official! I am leaving for Scotland on Sunday to travel to see my buddy love, Riikka for a month!!! I’m so freakin’ excited about everything – even the plane ride, haha! This marks my first time on a plane, out of the country, let alone being solo! I’m so excited for all the places we’ve planned to go and of course ‘meeting’ Riikka. We’ve known each other for over 5 years now and she’s someone who is very special to me and important in my life and been there for the many crazy things that have happened to me. Ah! Love you girly!

We’re planning to go to the beautiful Stone haven, which is so freaking stunning. Loch Ness will be really cool too and Edinburgh is also really one that I’m sure to be stunning because of it’s Gothic style architecture. We’ll also just have fun watching tons of films and going to the cinema. There are a few films coming out in the UK we hope to see such as Lesbian Vampire Killers, Fifty Dead Men Walking and Let the Right One In; given they get released nearby. I wish Little Ashes would too. If not there is plenty of older films we will watch too.

In other truly amazing news, almost unreal to me still, we’ve booked a four day trip to Paris! Paris has always been in my top list of places to see but what makes this totally unreal is we’re going to see the goddess, the queen, the sensational Dita Von Teese perform at the Crazy Horse! (!!!!) It’s truly a dream come true to see her perform especially as her performances are quite rare, or almost impossible for someone average to go to. Crazy is also her favorite venue, so it will be so amazing!

I’m so excited to experience the Montmartre at night, see the iconic Eiffel tower in person. We will also definitely be going to Versailles, seeing the stunning Notre-Dame architecture will be amazing. We’ll also see several other museums such as Musée Gustave Moreau and hopefully the Louvre. Riikka is an art historian so there will be a huge appreciation to see things from her perspective. So bloody excited! It will be cool to also shop in general, I may look for some films with Mylène Jampanoï, she starred in Martyrs and I’m quite captivated by her and french horror at the moment.

Gosh, I truly can’t believe it! All of this kind of came up due to wishing and hoping because of some really upsetting things at the first of the month. Here’s to hoping my plane won’t crash and I don’t die of a heart attack from the excitement along the way.