Me again.

[webbgirl]

Had a wonderful afternoon with wadjet_theperv today wandering around Bristol (some of it unintentional). We had some lunch and wandered through the market in town. We're off to Cardiff tomorrow and according to the news the weather may even clear up a bit. I tried mushy peas for the first time and they were actually better than I thought they'd be.

She asked me how I was doing with the accents and I told her for the most part I can understand folks fine. I do feel a little like I'm in the middle of a Harry Potter movie though. I'm also getting used to different phrases and idioms that are used. I've almost gotten passed giving folks the "confused dog" look when they ask if I want something "for here or take away". I understand the words, but for some reason my brain has had issues processing them.

I've also noticed that the emphasis is placed in different spots in words than with Americans. The one that I heard a couple of times on the news broadcast was controversy. It seems like the emphasis is placed more on the middle syllable than the first one. It takes a few second to work out what certain words actually are because of that.

Anyhoo, tomorrow night will be Cardiff and TW related pics!

ETA: I also just read a rumor that Steven Moffat has asked Neil Gaiman to write an episode of Who for the season year after next! How completely AWESOME would that be?? Need to check if Gaiman is going to be at Comic Con again this year.

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[wadjet-theperv.livejournal.com]

ETA: I also just read a rumor that Steven Moffat has asked Neil Gaiman to write an episode of Who for the season year after next! How completely AWESOME would that be?? Need to check if Gaiman is going to be at Comic Con again this year.***

OMG completely made of WIN. Neil Gaiman wrote my fave episode of Babylon 5 ever, 'Day of the Dead'. It would be fantastic :oD

In other news, I found the location map, and there are seventeen recognisable locations. The main ones like The Hub, the sekrit escape lift and Ianto's Tourist Booth are all down by the Bay (but not where the watermelons grow) and close to the DW exhibition at the Red Dragon centre. The others seem to be within streets of each other so they should be easy to do as well. Some of them (I'm thinking the bars and restaurants) may not be open, and you might not want to be bothered with places like the bank of the Taff or the Tredegar St Car Park, but I've got them all listed and where they are, and time permitting we can do the lot if you like.

Mermaid Quay and the Bay area of Cardiff has been extensively redeveloped and is filled with Yuppy apartments, so it's actually quite nice.

And hopefully we won't get the magical mystery tour this time!

Now, where the devil is Tim Horton's...

Oh yes, and it really ticks me off when the English pronounce contraversy with the emphasis on the middle syllable, because it comes from two Greek words IIRC, one of which being 'contra' so how the hell they work out the emphasis being in the middle escapes me. They don't say conTRAband, they say CONtraband.

Fuckwits. ;o)

YAY to less soggy weather. See you tomorrow!

[webbgirl.livejournal.com]

I'm so excited about the prospect of Neil Gaiman writing a script. He's an amazing writer. I just started reading his comic book series Sandman

The big spots by the Bay sound good and we can wander a bit. I do actually want to get a souvenir for me tomorrow. I really want a Wales t-shirt of some sort (I can wear it for Comic Con *g*).

Can't wait! See you in the morning.

[wadjet-theperv.livejournal.com]

England vs US soccer "footy" ***

And we're back to David Beckham's exhaust pipe again...

[szeretni.livejournal.com]

NEIL GAIMAN!!!!

[nebt-het.livejournal.com]

Cardiff!! Woo hoo!!!