Sorry everyone..weekend + job update

Hey everybody, sorry I haven't written a blog lately, there really hasn't been too much going on so I didn't want to just be writing anything boring. There is one new really good development here in London. I had an interview last Thursday for a customer service position for an advertising agency called Ogilvy (http://www.ogilvy.co.uk/) and it went really well. Pretty much the job entails helping with all of the catering/hospitality events for the company and its clients. The interviewer called me the next day to say I made it to the "trial period", which is pretty big over here. Pretty much it means you are a definite candidate for the position but they want to bring you in to make sure you can actually do the job for the day. So, if you do good then you get the job. He is supposed to call me this week sometime to set up a time for the trial, so wish me luck!
The past weekend was eventful as usual. Friday, Brendan, Blake, and I went to a local bar called Belushi's and hung out there all night. It had a good DJ and it ended up getting pretty crowded. At one point in the night when I was waiting in the line for the ladies room (which can be very eventful on its own sometimes), a couple of Aussie girls behind me were talking and one asked where everyone was from. One girl behind me said she was from Sydney and the other, in an obvious Australian accent, said she was from California. For most of you that know me, know that I couldn't let that one go, so I turned around to nicely correct her,
"There's no way your from California", I stated, "I'm from the States." She immediately shhed me, which I wasn't sure why. And then she said, "Well I was going to go to the University of San Fransisco." (Yes, I emphasized the going for a reason) "Ummm not exactly the same as being from California," I said, and for some reason they thought that was funny although I wasn't exactly intending it to come out that way. I just thought it was funny, because for years on this continent you were half embarrassed to ever admit you were from the US, but here's a girl who is obviously Australian to pretend she is from the States. Of course, I immediately gave Blake crap for that. I guess things are changing..
Saturday, Blake, Brendan, Ellen, Jamie, and I all went down to Twickenham, where England's Rugby stadium is, and watched England vs Italy at a local pub there. It was actually really cool to be right in the center of it all and although I don't know a whole lot about rugby I caught on fairly quickly with Blake's help (he played rugby in Australian). After the game, we stayed to watch Ireland vs France and the pub we were at immediately became swamped with English fans from the stadium. It came to a point where you could barely move in the place...and then when we headed home the crowds of people were endless as everyone was trying to get on a train. It was funny when we finally got up to the train to get on because we literally were being pushed inside the train, something like you seen on one of those subways in Japan or something. I think I laughed a little too much over the whole thing, but you kind of have to be pretty easygoing with it all, especially when there are drunk English rugby fans all piling up to get on a crowded train.
When we came home most of our housemates were still out because it was Waitangi day, or New Zealand's national holiday, similar to Australia day. The Kiwis pretty much shut the city down, usually on this day the whole circle line (which is the part of the tube that makes a circle around the city, kind of like our outer belt but much smaller) is practically packed with them because they get off at each stop and go to a pub until they've gone to every single one. But, London officials actually closed it on that day due to past events....I guess it gets a little crazy. But, they were still out and I think they made due, at least it seemed that way when everyone got home later.
Anyways, I'm still waiting to hear back for the trial and I have another interview tomorrow for an office assistant job. Miss everyone back home!

O and for an FYI my housemates kindly told me that I keep referring to our backyard cow as "Bessie". Correction: NOT "Bessie", it's "Daisy". Sorry for the confusion. :)