Last weekend, I was hoping to see the Tower of London. I did not see it. Too many people were disinterested or too busy or too tired to go. This is a common theme. Many people in the program have an "Oh, I'm tired, let's just go back to the dorm" attitude. I like to go out and do things, and I put experiences in London first, with writing a paper all weekend second. So ultimately, I jumped into the group going to Highgate Cemetery and I saw the graves of George Eliot and Karl Marx. It was a very pretty graveyard in the way creepy, tree-lined and shady graveyards can be. I took lots of pictures. I'll one day soon put some on here when I have time. We also had lunch at a pub, courtesy of Emily, but unfortunately this whole day trip was accompanied by an unwelcome companion who is quite obnoxious, and that made it difficult to enjoy thoroughly. Also, a few of us went up to Hampstead Heath and climbed Parliament Hill to get the view of London. It was quite magestic. Pictures don't capture it as well. The other unfortunate thing about walking around beautiful parks like this is you start thinking about who you would have liked to be there with you.
Saturday night there was mad fun playing Apples to Apples for 3.5 hours, and some of that time was accompanied by wine. Always helpful.
Anyhoo, Sunday was supposed to be big fun because it was World Zombie Day and I was going to get snapshots of all the people dressed as zombies, but thanks to the rain and other barriers, I missed it and I was quite upset. But I did visit Borough Market again and I had more chips that burned my mouth, and I also had a delicious brownie! In addition, I found where The Leaky Cauldron's exterior was filmed for Prisoner of Azkaban. Later that evening was all about the paper and posting pictures to Facebook.
Which brings me to Monday, also about writing a paper. I took a while. But I also visited 12 Grimmauld Place's exterior and also King's Cross! There are pictures of me in front of the Platform 9 and 3/4 sign with the cart. I will get more tomorrow since we'll be at King's Cross again.
Tuesday was a mental health day/sleep recovery day/avoiding three hours of poetry discussion with Helsinger day. I read some Wuthering Heights and sent postcards into the mail (which already arrived today, actually!) and also got my absentee write-in ballot out too. Good show. I'm such a good citizen, electing my leader and all *cough* Obama *cough.*
We continued with Doctor Who as well, at night, finishing season three. We also learned last night that David Tennant is going to leave the show in 2010, which isn't much since there isn't a 2009 season and he's only doing five episodes in 2010! Just when I've developed a raging David Tennant crush, he's gotta go and do this to me! I'm gonna try like no other to get a ticket to see him in London when they come here!! I want to meet him! Lol. Stage door alert.
Anyhoo, I went to Leicester Square last night for the Quantum of Solace premiere. Totally skipped reading for today's Royce class to go. I was so tired after standing for 4 hours in the same squished position. It wasn't worth the troubles of going alone and standing around just to see some famous people walk by, and to find yourself pretty much attacked in the process of a mob of girls launching an attack towards Daniel Craig. A little scary. And my camera is crap. Not that great of pictures, a lot of blurry ones or shots of famous people with their backs to me. But I have a few decent Daniel Craig pictures, because he was like two feet from me at one point. And so was Hagrid! Robbie Coltrane ambled by. Very cool. And Judi Dench is the bomb. As one guy near me said loudly, "Oh man, Judi Dench ... what a woman!!!"
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