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English Weather

I have to say, English weather leaves a lot to be desired. Just sayin’, your weather sucks. And to think that I used to live on the strand (literally looking out of my front window onto the beach) in Hermosa Beach – Los Angeles, California. I must be crazy.

English Weather

Pah. Fie even. I hate English weather. Not that this makes me unique, pretty much everyone does here, even the ones who were actually born and raised here. It’s mid-June, and the weather is cold and grey, with a real mean wind blowing. It’s threatening to rain at any moment. This is a problem for …

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Straightheads

We watched an interesting (if not totally successful) movie last night, Straightheads with Gillian Anderson. It really made me think about the perceptions of class, and the difference between viewing the movie with American eyes vs. British ones. The basic plot concerns a career woman who picks up a bit of rough in the form …

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