Oh don't be sorry, I felt bad earlier when I took a while responding!
Oh the sign thing would be amazing, some sort of secret signal would be great. To be honest I doubt it'd even be that hard to think of one - surely there are loads of things gays would get that other people wouldn't?! Nothing comes to mind, but I imagine there is. And yes, even I'd just like to have a more relatable friend group right now. Really I barely see the one gay I know and there's a bisexual girl who thinks she "gets" me but she really doesn't. She's always going on about really stereotypical gay guy things like "fat black woman talk" (you know, "guuuuuuuurl" etc) and I just... don't care for that sort of thing at all. It's really awkward. But about that guy at uni, I would still totes approach him! Even if you have to hid outside your lecture hall and follow him inside, saying hi can't hurt! :) And yes, totally. The funny thing for me is that my parents are so old fashioned that they sometimes wonder if I'm dating female friends. Like, I was getting a Christmas present for a girl one year and they assumed we were going out. I just... let them think that, haha!
Directionism video is this, I think! And yep, I thought the sitch might be like that tbh. Their songs are popular but I don't think the boys themselves are really. And their EP/album/whatever totally flopped in the US, too. Hmm, other music! Well my taste is very pop for the most part, I think my fave of all time is Britney Spears. I listen to lots of pure pop, a bit of dance, a bit of RnB, some "adult contemporary" stuff, "alternative" (aka Lana Del Rey and Florence & The Machine), a tiny bit of rap, and I gues some stuff that could be described as "quirky pop". My taste is very messy! Also I listen to a fair amount of French + Asian music. How about yourself?
Yep, that's it! The Wanted are like the only relevant UK band who weren't on X Factor, but their career beginnings are actually very shady. They were signed by a label that has links to one of the biggest radio stations in the UK, so they were given massive airplay from the off and also they were given X Factor performance slots because the radio station threatened to stop playing X Factor-related acts if they weren't! It's crazy.
Well if you have any good examples, feel free to share! I would like a laugh. Omg drinking is a "tradition" of ours now hahaha. The media in Ireland is actually very negative about our image - there was one time when our Prime Minister got a picture taken of him drunk and it was shown on some US TV show and everyone was saying we were a laughing stock etc. But, we're not all bad! I barely drink at all to be honest, I don't like the thought of being dependent on it to have a good time.
That sounds so scary! Where did you stay during the hurricane? When our winds are at their very worst they are pretty terrifying but they're still barely a fraction of what hits you lot sometimes, I couldn't imagine being in a hurricane! I guess that's one advantage of not living in a glamorous US state, haha.
I'm used to long replies already, haha!