Despite my laziness, this past week has been very eventful and fun. First of all, Harry Potter was adventerous and awesome!! The book, of course, was 500 xs better, and I actually got to read it because we borrowed them from Laura's aunt! (We went over for Sunday dinner at their house, and I even got to go swimming!) Then, on Monday Laura and I went to see a play called Mrs. Warren's Profession by GBS which was really good and some guy said "I love the way you lot talk". Tuseday I didn't leave the flat or my PJ's except to go to The Globe. On Wednesday we had class at the V&A, the boys were back from their weekend in Amsterdam, and we enjoyed wrecking havoc on the interactive displays (I designed a lovely bookplate). I think Tom missed Laura because he randomly tackled her in an intersection near High Street Kensignton. They both went down but luckily were unharmed and people driving by in taxis seemed very amused. Yesterday, after watching St Lawerence do their secnes in the FREEZING COLD, we had our first rehearsal for Shakespeare which went very well. Today I am going grocery shopping.
It's amazing how time flies. 5 weeks from tommorrow I'll be going home! 1 week from yesterday Mom and Leonard are coming, the day before that, Wednesday, is our big Thanksgiving celebration, and we have our friends from Spain staying with us until Tuesday. Crazy. crazy times.
Here are some notable quotes: "Way to Djahonaly (sp?) Gallery"- sign in V&A "How do you say that word?"-Marissa "Diagonally"-Rachel "Oh, is that how they spell it here?"-Tom. "Toot your support"- sign outside our firestation "But I don't have a tooter!"-Rachel. (While crossing the Millenium Bridge)"Is it safe to drive the boats when the tide is so low?"-Rachel "It's probably the Coast Guard, unless they're on strike to!"-Laura.
Just so everyone knows, esp. those who are planning on coming for a visit soon, England is going through a peroid of relative civil unrest. The firefighters are striking, and so various other groups are also striking either to show their support (as is the case at UCL) or because they think it's dangerous to work while there are no proper fire fighters on duty (as is the case in the Tube). Although the tube had their own strike a few weeks ago, so I don't know. The monarchy is getting a lot of criticsism because of this Diana Butler thing, but I really don't understand any of that and I think I missed a big revealation or something because all of a sudden there are all these inquiries and they are talking about how the Prince of Wales is selling off official gifts and I really don't see how that relates. Not to mention, most of England doesn't want to join the Euro or this dumb war the Americans are starting, but a few of them think for various reasons that they should. I think that Tony Blair is the man to sort it all out, even if the firefighters don't.
Fri Nov 15 2002 15:32:
So, its been a while, and I have nothing to blame except the lazy spell I have been going through where I had no compelling reason (class)to walk all the way to the study center for almost a week and so didn't. This also means that I haven't been the the grocery store so the contents of my cuboard consist of: a jar of olive oil, half a package of spagetti, 3 packettes of instant oatmeal, and a can of soup. Its pretty sad. Hopefully my lazy phase passes soon enough for me to get my act together on the 3 papers I have due in a few weeks!