british invasion

i've come to the conclusion that i, perhaps, was supposed to be British.
i just love everything that comes out of that country!
a large portion of the music i listen to comes from the UK:

Adele, Alphabeat, Amy Winehouse, Arctic Monkeys, The Beatles, Bloc Party, Calvin Harris, The Clash, Coldplay, Corinne Bailey Rae, The Cranberries, David Bowie, Duffy, Estelle, Franz Ferdinand, The Fratellis, Friendly Fires, Goldfrapp, Imogen Heap, Kate Nash, Klaxons, The Kooks, Lily Allen, M.I.A., The Pipettes, Queen, Sam Sparro, The Ting Tings, U2...

that's a lot!
also, has anyone noticed that Paris Hilton seems 10 times smarter on the British version of her find-a-"friend" show? she never puts on that weird baby voice, she formulates sentences that actually make me nod in agreement, and she comes across as... HUMAN! she's actually - dare i say it? - likable. and the contestants aren't weird. you know? i actually desperately want Samuel, the only boy, to ditch Paris and be MY British Best Friend. the American contestants were these weird characters that made me wanna turn off my t.v. forever. "Back home, everyone calls me Bikini Corrie because I earned it! *SOB*"

my third reason for believeing I should've been British:
Skins.
Skins is a British teen drama, the UK's answer to The OC or Gossip Girl. but it has something more. it's fucking hilarious, for one. i die from laughter at least once per episode. it follows a group of British teens living their lives, each with their own interesting storyline. hey, did you know that on British tv, teen dramas have swearing and nudity? i'm not talking about "damn" or "hell", nor "nudity" meaning a quick shot of some random's bum. on Skins, Tony's dad utters the sentence "SODDING MOTHERFUCKER WANK TITS!" at his own children, and you see full-frontal nudity from the hilariously naive psychology teacher, Angie, among others. this show happens to star a young Dev Patel (my lover) as Anwar, a horny Muslim boy. just yet another reason to watch. Alex and I are hooked on this show, you should be too:
http://www.watchskinsonline.org/

cheerio!