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Update! Still in Essex!
Sep. 25th, 2010 04:56 pmStephen Fry live was excellent: he told stories from his childhood, talked about how he almost never met Hugh Laurie, went on at great length about how Oscar Wilde is even more relevant to today's world than ever before, and ended the evening with a penis joke. All in all, a perfect evening.
The free ticket upgrades to much closer seats didn't hurt matters either. :D
Earlier that day Mum and I went on a tour of the Royal Albert Hall, hit the Science Museum and the Natural History Museum, and experienced the once-in-a-lifetime joy of an under-construction Oxford Street in the heavy rain while I made my SIM card half work (the other half was today) and bought power cables. Exciting London!
Yesterday we went up to Coventry and back in one day (lots of driving, lots of highways called M-Whatever, lots of marvelling at my cousins' ability to spend hours talking about M-Whatevers without interruption), and today I put all of my clothes in the wash so I have to spend the day inside, in my pjs.
Coventry Cathedral was an odd experience. There's all this messaging about peace and reconciliation, but the overall effect is rather like someone yelling at you to relax. It still felt very raw and angry.
On our way back from Coventry we drove past my soon-to-be-home (this time next week I'll be all moved in) and then detoured through Stratford-on-Avon (because... we could!). My pictures from Iceland got as far as Facebook and I am still planning to do a proper post-with-pictures on Tuesday when I have full run of the school wifi. Woo!
The free ticket upgrades to much closer seats didn't hurt matters either. :D
Earlier that day Mum and I went on a tour of the Royal Albert Hall, hit the Science Museum and the Natural History Museum, and experienced the once-in-a-lifetime joy of an under-construction Oxford Street in the heavy rain while I made my SIM card half work (the other half was today) and bought power cables. Exciting London!
Yesterday we went up to Coventry and back in one day (lots of driving, lots of highways called M-Whatever, lots of marvelling at my cousins' ability to spend hours talking about M-Whatevers without interruption), and today I put all of my clothes in the wash so I have to spend the day inside, in my pjs.
Coventry Cathedral was an odd experience. There's all this messaging about peace and reconciliation, but the overall effect is rather like someone yelling at you to relax. It still felt very raw and angry.
On our way back from Coventry we drove past my soon-to-be-home (this time next week I'll be all moved in) and then detoured through Stratford-on-Avon (because... we could!). My pictures from Iceland got as far as Facebook and I am still planning to do a proper post-with-pictures on Tuesday when I have full run of the school wifi. Woo!
