As mentioned in an earlier post, today is Thursday and our teacher let us have our own "field trip" day. =) And this was my last day with Sara so we had plans to spend the day together starting with the London Eye. London Eye is pretty much a giant Ferris Wheel by the Houses of Parliament and you go into a capsule with a small group of people and ride around. It takes about 25 minutes to go around and you see the city. We had a day and night pass, but I will tell you about the Day first. Pros of Daytime pass: you can see everything clearly, all details and whatnot, and...well...I think that is it. Cons: it's hot being in the sun despite the a/c, there is massive glare in the capsules so it's hard to take a good picture, and everything is pretty grey. I'm sure if I hadn't gone on the night one later my opinion wouldn't be quite as tainted.
After Sara, Jourdan and I did the daytime capsule, we went to see the 4D London Eye Experience which was pretty cool. This one had bubbles and smell which was cool. There was also wind and mist like the other one for Marvel, but in this one we had to stand. It was still nifty ;)
Jourdan separated from me and Sara and we decided to take our adventure day to Camden Market. That place is SO huge. You have no idea where you are going if you have never been there before and it is definitely overwhelming. And let me tell you, there are SOOOO many owls and pocket watch necklaces that I could have just lived there, but since I was so overwhelming and kept seeing things that looked shiny, I was distracted and didn't really buy anything. The only thing I did buy was an old photograph of a young chap sitting on a bench with a KLM bag. I was pretty excited about that so I had to snag it up for my mini collection. I also bought a couple of sodas because I wanted something fun and silly as a treat. One was called Dr. Cane and the other was Darn, That's Good, Rootbeer. Both were quite tasty.
The market was closing down on us so we decided it was time to go back to where I live and visit Byron's in Hoxton Square. We put in an order for take away and then went across the street to the park where it tells us what the weather was yesterday. We enjoyed our delicious burgers on a park bench and then it was time to head back to South Bank area for the London Eye part two.
We were there a little early so we wandered around and took some photos. We watched a band for a bit and a homeless man getting his groove on to their music. We walked on the Jubilee bridge and then sat in a grassy area across from the Eye until it was dark enough for our liking. The Night Eye was so great! There are lights everywhere and all sorts of colors. You can still see all of the landmarks but now they are highlighted so it is easier to spot them in pictures. There is no glare, but it is night so you need a steady surface for some pictures. Also it is much cooler at night when the sun isn't baking on you. We also rode in the red capsule, but I couldn't tell you why there is only one and what makes it special, but we did ride in it!
Once our ride was over, we wandered again and took some more pictures. I really wanted dessert b/c we had been talking about it throughout the night but it was now late and places were closed. That left us going to M&S (Marks & Spencer's) at the Waterloo station. I opted for key lime pie but later I discovered how terrible it tasted, so that was disappointing. Sara and I said our goodbyes at the underground and it was terribly sad. It was weird for it to all be over and so fast, though I knew it would happen like that. It just didn't feel like that was the last day. It was really surreal.
I got home and said my goodbyes to Emily too. We chatted for a bit and then I was off to pack up my stuff too. Even though I was staying the weekend I had to also check out in the morning with everyone else and move to my hostel. So once I was back in my room I packed all of my stuff for the most part and then feel asleep, deciding to finish the rest in the morning =) Always a good idea ;)
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
A Day in the Life
Wednesday was the last day of class. We had a short lecture on British design and then we had the Grate Kultcher Kwiz where we had twenty some odd questions over what we covered. I can proudly say that I got 14 correct which was the second highest! Oh, yea! Everyone got a Cadbury chocolate medal and it was delicious ;) Class ended early and we went over to The George where our teacher once again bought us all a round. We sat and chatted for awhile as we all enjoyed our drinks (I had the hard cider) and after some pictures, Emily and I went to ISA to use the internet. I didn't stay long since Sara and I had the Beatles tour to go on at 2.
I walked down Oxford St to meet Sara and she was very hesitant to do the tour and I don't blame her. The guy that was supposed to be the guide looked really nerdy in a way that he was just hoping to find some friends but everyone was just passing him by. We talked each other into doing it and it was somewhat worth it. Afterwards we decided that we could have just gone to Abbey Road on our own since that was kind of the highlight of the tour. It wasn't a bad tour per say, it just was bad timing and as mentioned our guide was a bit of a weird fanatic. It wasn't quite the fanatic where they make you interested even if you aren't and they just love what they do, but instead like I'm sure he has purchased every Beatles memorabilia that ever existed and lives in mom's basement. He was super nice, just awkward. And what I mean by bad timing is that there was a lot of construction going on and so buildings and streets were covered or blocked and it was difficult to get a great picture. Since this was in London, this was also a lot of what happened after the Beatles blew up. It was cool and all but I think I would definitely love going to Liverpool and doing the Magical Mystery tour more (and I plan on doing that next time!). It was cool to see where the Rooftop Performance was and where Hey Jude was recorded as well as Paul McCartney's studio and Abbey Studios/Road.
After the tour we had to get ready for the ISA dinner so we went separate ways. I ran home as fast as possible and took a five minute shower, changed my clothes, and ran out the door. I totally made it on time to the station where everyone was meeting but apparently I was on the wrong side. I found a Starbucks but not THE Starbucks. I was not even five minutes late but there was no one in sight from ISA so I called Sara and then talked to Maria and found the right path for meeting people. Tom was supposed to be at the Starbucks but I must have just missed him. At least at that point I knew where I was going. I rushed to Strada and found everyone. I was dying of thirst and drank THE MOST still water imaginable. At one point I had been waiting for water foreverrrr and the waiter finally came back and was giving it to everyone else but me and went to turn around with the last water and my mouth dropped and my eyes narrowed. I was about to attack but then he turned back around and I got my water. I think all the girls thought that was funny lol. Dinner was alright...we didn't get a choice and it ended up being the same chicken meal that I had at the other Strada with Sara, but this one wasn't as good and that is probably because of being in the group. It wasn't warm and pretty dry and not much sauce but oh well. The gelato afterwards was delicious though! So that made up for it all =) The view was great too- glass windows to look at the Tower Bridge.
After dinner we went outside to take pictures with Tom and Maria. And then it was just kind of over. It was weird. It didn't feel like the trip was basically done and that people were leaving in two days. Some people gave hugs and I hadn't even realized that that was going to be the last time I saw them. It made it really sad and I felt kind of bummed out. And the dinner wasn't quite what I expected. I thought it would be more of a social thing and kind of branch out from there but it was just like here is your meal and goodbye. No more excursions and no more friends for the most part...it was so weird.
After that realization, Emily, Sara, and I went home, but when Emily and I got home we were wondering what the heck we were doing. We still had a whole evening/night to do things. The sun was still up! So instead of just kind of bumming out about it ending in our rooms we decided to have some fun instead and go out. I still had not gone out to this pub that Tom recommended called Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese. I knew it was on Fleet St. and that is close to St. P's, so we went on an adventure to find it. After we went the wrong way the first time, we did stumble upon it. The entrance was in an ally and at first I was slightly confused to as if I was going in the right door so I even asked a guy that was outside smoking. When we went in the front bar was small and packed but the lady said we could go down to this other door for another bar. There were other rooms upstairs even but we never ventured in them. So we went downstairs and that place was HUGE. There are so many rooms in there and another jumbo bar downstairs. Everything was wooden and stone. It was dimly lit and rustic looking. And to top it all off they have stouts! The first place I had been to that served stouts (other than a few places that served Guiness but that doesn't count). It is mainly pale ales and hard cider in the pubs that I had been to. So needless to say I was excited and had two lol. It was the Samuel Smith Extra Stout. I was the MOST happy. Emily and I chatted for quite some time and had a lot of fun. I'm so excited that we decided to go out because it turned everything around and I found my new favorite bar. In the end it was a fabulous evening and my stout was 3 pounds 40. SOOOOO worth it. =)
I walked down Oxford St to meet Sara and she was very hesitant to do the tour and I don't blame her. The guy that was supposed to be the guide looked really nerdy in a way that he was just hoping to find some friends but everyone was just passing him by. We talked each other into doing it and it was somewhat worth it. Afterwards we decided that we could have just gone to Abbey Road on our own since that was kind of the highlight of the tour. It wasn't a bad tour per say, it just was bad timing and as mentioned our guide was a bit of a weird fanatic. It wasn't quite the fanatic where they make you interested even if you aren't and they just love what they do, but instead like I'm sure he has purchased every Beatles memorabilia that ever existed and lives in mom's basement. He was super nice, just awkward. And what I mean by bad timing is that there was a lot of construction going on and so buildings and streets were covered or blocked and it was difficult to get a great picture. Since this was in London, this was also a lot of what happened after the Beatles blew up. It was cool and all but I think I would definitely love going to Liverpool and doing the Magical Mystery tour more (and I plan on doing that next time!). It was cool to see where the Rooftop Performance was and where Hey Jude was recorded as well as Paul McCartney's studio and Abbey Studios/Road.
After the tour we had to get ready for the ISA dinner so we went separate ways. I ran home as fast as possible and took a five minute shower, changed my clothes, and ran out the door. I totally made it on time to the station where everyone was meeting but apparently I was on the wrong side. I found a Starbucks but not THE Starbucks. I was not even five minutes late but there was no one in sight from ISA so I called Sara and then talked to Maria and found the right path for meeting people. Tom was supposed to be at the Starbucks but I must have just missed him. At least at that point I knew where I was going. I rushed to Strada and found everyone. I was dying of thirst and drank THE MOST still water imaginable. At one point I had been waiting for water foreverrrr and the waiter finally came back and was giving it to everyone else but me and went to turn around with the last water and my mouth dropped and my eyes narrowed. I was about to attack but then he turned back around and I got my water. I think all the girls thought that was funny lol. Dinner was alright...we didn't get a choice and it ended up being the same chicken meal that I had at the other Strada with Sara, but this one wasn't as good and that is probably because of being in the group. It wasn't warm and pretty dry and not much sauce but oh well. The gelato afterwards was delicious though! So that made up for it all =) The view was great too- glass windows to look at the Tower Bridge.
After dinner we went outside to take pictures with Tom and Maria. And then it was just kind of over. It was weird. It didn't feel like the trip was basically done and that people were leaving in two days. Some people gave hugs and I hadn't even realized that that was going to be the last time I saw them. It made it really sad and I felt kind of bummed out. And the dinner wasn't quite what I expected. I thought it would be more of a social thing and kind of branch out from there but it was just like here is your meal and goodbye. No more excursions and no more friends for the most part...it was so weird.
After that realization, Emily, Sara, and I went home, but when Emily and I got home we were wondering what the heck we were doing. We still had a whole evening/night to do things. The sun was still up! So instead of just kind of bumming out about it ending in our rooms we decided to have some fun instead and go out. I still had not gone out to this pub that Tom recommended called Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese. I knew it was on Fleet St. and that is close to St. P's, so we went on an adventure to find it. After we went the wrong way the first time, we did stumble upon it. The entrance was in an ally and at first I was slightly confused to as if I was going in the right door so I even asked a guy that was outside smoking. When we went in the front bar was small and packed but the lady said we could go down to this other door for another bar. There were other rooms upstairs even but we never ventured in them. So we went downstairs and that place was HUGE. There are so many rooms in there and another jumbo bar downstairs. Everything was wooden and stone. It was dimly lit and rustic looking. And to top it all off they have stouts! The first place I had been to that served stouts (other than a few places that served Guiness but that doesn't count). It is mainly pale ales and hard cider in the pubs that I had been to. So needless to say I was excited and had two lol. It was the Samuel Smith Extra Stout. I was the MOST happy. Emily and I chatted for quite some time and had a lot of fun. I'm so excited that we decided to go out because it turned everything around and I found my new favorite bar. In the end it was a fabulous evening and my stout was 3 pounds 40. SOOOOO worth it. =)
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Trying to make some money
Tuesday's class was on humor. We watched this show called Twenty Twelve and I thought it was hilarious. It was like watching The Office/Parks and Recreation but British and completely about the Olympics. I want to watch the whole series. It is simply brilliant. While I was watching this show, I was also enjoying some espresso and a chocolate croissant which made the experience even better.
Our teacher asked us if we want to go to the V&A for Wednesday (I've already gone) and then he threw around some other options that either cost some money or once again we had done. Then he asked us if we would just like to have Thursday off to pack or do what we want and wrap things up tomorrow. Of course, that was a crowd pleaser. So we were going to have a short class and then our fun "Grate Kultcher Kwiz" in which we would win prizes, and then have a "field trip" to whereever we wanted to go or not go on Thursday. That sounded fabulous to me!
After class Emily and I went to the ISA office for some beverages and internet at legit computers. Jourdan ended up meeting me there and then we went to Madame Tussuads. We spent some time there getting in all of our celebrity wax-ness ahaha. It was fun though! MJ was there but the lighting was so terrible for his. So hopefully I got a good one. There was an A-list room, sports, royal family, world leaders, music, Marvel characters with a 4D experience (that was really cool), a ride, and a Scream room (we didn't do that though). In the 4D experience, wind blew, water splashed us, we were punched in the back, there were lights going off, and vibrating seats. It was really sweet. Plus you have the 3D glasses and you are laying back in a chair looking at the dome. I enjoyed it!
Afterwards we went to Chipotle for some quick food and then stopped at Sports Direct so that I could buy my Team GB shirt. We dropped off some stuff at Jourdan's and then we rushed to meet everyone for "We Will Rock You". I should warn you that everyone has seen me just love everything and they all got a kick out of how much I hated this. (During one of the slow numbers I closed my eyes for a nice little rest, other times I was eye rolling, shaking my head and being completely disgusted.)
I don't think it is justified to call it a musical.
I don't know what it should be called.
If they wanted to just sing music they should have just had a tribute band, because the actually singing wasn't bad. Shows have the capability to pull off musicals based around songs, such as Jersey Boys and Mama Mia...there is a legit storyline and it works. This, however, was just stupid.
One of the biggest problems with this show was the lack of motivation for anything. There was hardly ever a purpose for anything that was done. The "Killer Queen" would start to sing a song and there was nothing better to do for staging, I guess, so she would just go on this platform, rise in the air, and it would spin. This happened A LOT. Now that would be completely acceptable if it matched the tone in the show or happened once or twice, or even if it was just to go all out and rock, but to me it was just to be flashy, nothing built up to it, and it was a lack of creativity for it to happen so many times. We the boy and the girl were arguing on stage for a song's length, all they could do was point his/her finger at the other and walk after them. Once they were on the other side of the stage, the other would do the same thing back to take them to the other side. This happened back and forth for five minutes. I am so incredibly sure that the director could have staged that better. I am just so sure.
I should back track here and go to the beginning when I knew that this show was going to be terrible. The intro was on a screen, Star Wars style. Here let me just post what they have on their website and if that doesn't just make it sound dumb, then my opinion will probably have no affect on you anyway.
"The time is the future, in a place that was once called Earth. Globalisation is complete.
Everywhere, the kids watch the same movies, wear the same fashions and think the same thoughts. It’s a safe, happy, Ga Ga world. Unless you’re a rebel. Unless you want to Rock. On Planet Mall all the musical instruments are banned. The Company Computers generate tunes and everybody downloads them. It is an age of Boy Bands and of Girl Bands. Of Boy and Girl Bands. Of Girl Bands with a couple of boys in them that look like girls anyway. Nothing is left to chance, hits are scheduled years in advance.
Caught in a landslide, no escape from reality.
But Resistance is growing. Underneath the gleaming cities, down in the lower depths live the Bohemians. Rebels who believe that there was once a Golden Age when the kids formed their own bands and write their own songs. They call that time, The Rhapsody.
Open your eyes, look up to the skies and see.
Legend persists that somewhere on Planet Mall instruments still exist. Somewhere, the mighty axe of a great and hairy guitar god lies buried deep in rock. The Bohemians need a hero to find this axe and draw it from stone. Is the one who calls himself Galileo that man?
He’s just a poor boy. From a poor family.
But the Ga Ga Cops are also looking for Galileo and if they get him first they will surely drag him before the Killer Queen and consign him to Oblivion across the Seven Seas of Rhye. Who is Galileo? Where is the Hairy One’s lost axe? Where is the place of living rock?
Any way the wind blows."
It sounds like Mom and Dad are angry about pop music these days and they are just going to "show us" in their nostalgic, passive-aggressive way and make a show about it even though they don't know anything about theater. But don't worry, all of their friends will have the same passion and come to cheer them on and talk about "music these days". And they thought naming the main characters Galileo and Scaramouche was a clever idea along with Ga Ga cops and iPlanet which is also called Planet Mall.
The main boy, Galileo, for whatever reason is dressed as a 50's slicker, complete with jeans, a white tee, and leather jacket. Scaramouche is a "goth girl" with black hair and colors in it and some typical clothes. Everyone else has this ridiculous outer space look to them and if you ask me, if that is the norm then why would it ever make sense for these characters to look the way they do? How is this the only boy, or person, on the planet to find a leather jacket and jeans? Why would the girl color her hair if everyone else colors their hair too? And where does she find black goth clothes? It just doesn't make sense...they didn't commit to the world that they created.
And there is this one guy that just does karate moves for no reason at random. But he wasn't ridiculous enough to do it often enough or with a purpose or anything else that might be silly about him. If you are going to be weird, you need to go all out. If he is the comedic relief, then he better be funny and not just have you wonder "wait, what just happened? why'd he do that?"
When the show was done, they put these words on the screen:
"Do you want "Bohemian Rhapsody"?"
And you are supposed to say yes, I guess, and then it says "Oh, alright then" and then they come back out as an "encore". To me that is just a cop-out; that they couldn't fit it in to the rest of the show, so they just slapped it on the end. It could have easily been done in the show too! And I'm sorry but since when is he a poor boy from a poor family? You wouldn't know except we are told in the song. It is just not important information compared to everything else.
If I have mentioned this already, the story/plot/dialogue between songs is simply terrible. It's just like some people got together and tried to string it all together in a terrible fashion. I should also mention that the members of Queen that helped write this show had no interest in musicals before they started working on their own show. That should say something. That's like saying I had no interest in reading or writing but I'm famous and was told I should write a book because it would sell and then just threw in a bunch of pop culture references, ignoring all form and taste and other works. I guess lots of celebrities do that too.
And because I didn't like this show, many people asked if I liked Queen as if that would be the reason I didn't like the musical. So many people in our group only recognized a few songs! Of course I love Queen! I grew up listening to them and many other rock bands. I don't like the show because it is terrible theater. There was the cliche/pop reference in every other word crud, no motivation, no commitment, terrible staging, and a terrible storyline. It could have been good, it really could have. You could take this idea and make it into such a better show. I have never seen a show that I actually hated. I could have just stayed home and listened to Queen (which I had to do afterwards). Mind you, it was not the actors fault, they were good with what they were given. Though having an endless, five time bow was pretty ridiculous.
I'm sure Freddie Mercury would be so sad.
If not, I still stand behind everything I said.
Our teacher asked us if we want to go to the V&A for Wednesday (I've already gone) and then he threw around some other options that either cost some money or once again we had done. Then he asked us if we would just like to have Thursday off to pack or do what we want and wrap things up tomorrow. Of course, that was a crowd pleaser. So we were going to have a short class and then our fun "Grate Kultcher Kwiz" in which we would win prizes, and then have a "field trip" to whereever we wanted to go or not go on Thursday. That sounded fabulous to me!
After class Emily and I went to the ISA office for some beverages and internet at legit computers. Jourdan ended up meeting me there and then we went to Madame Tussuads. We spent some time there getting in all of our celebrity wax-ness ahaha. It was fun though! MJ was there but the lighting was so terrible for his. So hopefully I got a good one. There was an A-list room, sports, royal family, world leaders, music, Marvel characters with a 4D experience (that was really cool), a ride, and a Scream room (we didn't do that though). In the 4D experience, wind blew, water splashed us, we were punched in the back, there were lights going off, and vibrating seats. It was really sweet. Plus you have the 3D glasses and you are laying back in a chair looking at the dome. I enjoyed it!
Afterwards we went to Chipotle for some quick food and then stopped at Sports Direct so that I could buy my Team GB shirt. We dropped off some stuff at Jourdan's and then we rushed to meet everyone for "We Will Rock You". I should warn you that everyone has seen me just love everything and they all got a kick out of how much I hated this. (During one of the slow numbers I closed my eyes for a nice little rest, other times I was eye rolling, shaking my head and being completely disgusted.)
I don't think it is justified to call it a musical.
I don't know what it should be called.
If they wanted to just sing music they should have just had a tribute band, because the actually singing wasn't bad. Shows have the capability to pull off musicals based around songs, such as Jersey Boys and Mama Mia...there is a legit storyline and it works. This, however, was just stupid.
One of the biggest problems with this show was the lack of motivation for anything. There was hardly ever a purpose for anything that was done. The "Killer Queen" would start to sing a song and there was nothing better to do for staging, I guess, so she would just go on this platform, rise in the air, and it would spin. This happened A LOT. Now that would be completely acceptable if it matched the tone in the show or happened once or twice, or even if it was just to go all out and rock, but to me it was just to be flashy, nothing built up to it, and it was a lack of creativity for it to happen so many times. We the boy and the girl were arguing on stage for a song's length, all they could do was point his/her finger at the other and walk after them. Once they were on the other side of the stage, the other would do the same thing back to take them to the other side. This happened back and forth for five minutes. I am so incredibly sure that the director could have staged that better. I am just so sure.
I should back track here and go to the beginning when I knew that this show was going to be terrible. The intro was on a screen, Star Wars style. Here let me just post what they have on their website and if that doesn't just make it sound dumb, then my opinion will probably have no affect on you anyway.
"The time is the future, in a place that was once called Earth. Globalisation is complete.
Everywhere, the kids watch the same movies, wear the same fashions and think the same thoughts. It’s a safe, happy, Ga Ga world. Unless you’re a rebel. Unless you want to Rock. On Planet Mall all the musical instruments are banned. The Company Computers generate tunes and everybody downloads them. It is an age of Boy Bands and of Girl Bands. Of Boy and Girl Bands. Of Girl Bands with a couple of boys in them that look like girls anyway. Nothing is left to chance, hits are scheduled years in advance.
Caught in a landslide, no escape from reality.
But Resistance is growing. Underneath the gleaming cities, down in the lower depths live the Bohemians. Rebels who believe that there was once a Golden Age when the kids formed their own bands and write their own songs. They call that time, The Rhapsody.
Open your eyes, look up to the skies and see.
Legend persists that somewhere on Planet Mall instruments still exist. Somewhere, the mighty axe of a great and hairy guitar god lies buried deep in rock. The Bohemians need a hero to find this axe and draw it from stone. Is the one who calls himself Galileo that man?
He’s just a poor boy. From a poor family.
But the Ga Ga Cops are also looking for Galileo and if they get him first they will surely drag him before the Killer Queen and consign him to Oblivion across the Seven Seas of Rhye. Who is Galileo? Where is the Hairy One’s lost axe? Where is the place of living rock?
Any way the wind blows."
It sounds like Mom and Dad are angry about pop music these days and they are just going to "show us" in their nostalgic, passive-aggressive way and make a show about it even though they don't know anything about theater. But don't worry, all of their friends will have the same passion and come to cheer them on and talk about "music these days". And they thought naming the main characters Galileo and Scaramouche was a clever idea along with Ga Ga cops and iPlanet which is also called Planet Mall.
The main boy, Galileo, for whatever reason is dressed as a 50's slicker, complete with jeans, a white tee, and leather jacket. Scaramouche is a "goth girl" with black hair and colors in it and some typical clothes. Everyone else has this ridiculous outer space look to them and if you ask me, if that is the norm then why would it ever make sense for these characters to look the way they do? How is this the only boy, or person, on the planet to find a leather jacket and jeans? Why would the girl color her hair if everyone else colors their hair too? And where does she find black goth clothes? It just doesn't make sense...they didn't commit to the world that they created.
And there is this one guy that just does karate moves for no reason at random. But he wasn't ridiculous enough to do it often enough or with a purpose or anything else that might be silly about him. If you are going to be weird, you need to go all out. If he is the comedic relief, then he better be funny and not just have you wonder "wait, what just happened? why'd he do that?"
When the show was done, they put these words on the screen:
"Do you want "Bohemian Rhapsody"?"
And you are supposed to say yes, I guess, and then it says "Oh, alright then" and then they come back out as an "encore". To me that is just a cop-out; that they couldn't fit it in to the rest of the show, so they just slapped it on the end. It could have easily been done in the show too! And I'm sorry but since when is he a poor boy from a poor family? You wouldn't know except we are told in the song. It is just not important information compared to everything else.
If I have mentioned this already, the story/plot/dialogue between songs is simply terrible. It's just like some people got together and tried to string it all together in a terrible fashion. I should also mention that the members of Queen that helped write this show had no interest in musicals before they started working on their own show. That should say something. That's like saying I had no interest in reading or writing but I'm famous and was told I should write a book because it would sell and then just threw in a bunch of pop culture references, ignoring all form and taste and other works. I guess lots of celebrities do that too.
And because I didn't like this show, many people asked if I liked Queen as if that would be the reason I didn't like the musical. So many people in our group only recognized a few songs! Of course I love Queen! I grew up listening to them and many other rock bands. I don't like the show because it is terrible theater. There was the cliche/pop reference in every other word crud, no motivation, no commitment, terrible staging, and a terrible storyline. It could have been good, it really could have. You could take this idea and make it into such a better show. I have never seen a show that I actually hated. I could have just stayed home and listened to Queen (which I had to do afterwards). Mind you, it was not the actors fault, they were good with what they were given. Though having an endless, five time bow was pretty ridiculous.
I'm sure Freddie Mercury would be so sad.
If not, I still stand behind everything I said.
Friday, July 27, 2012
Go Big or Go Home
There were big plans for Monday...the first thing was my do-over for Hampton Courts. If you don't remember, or maybe I didn't mention, I lost a couple hundred photos from my SD card and one of the things that I had done was go to Hampton Court Palace with Lindsay. So for Monday Emily and I were skipping class and Sara didn't have class, and therefore it worked out that we could all go. Emily and I were skipping class because we had already done the National Gallery...twice, and that was supposed to be our field trip that day. We had seen all of the paintings and were content with not seeing them a third time. We met at Waterloo station again and hopped on the early DLR to go to Hampton Courts. On the way there we were delayed because of a passenger incident...probably someone under the tube. And then we had to wait on the other line because there was a train stuck on the tracks or something. But we made it with a little bit of time to spare. I grabbed a baguette from Upper Crust and we got on our train. It was about a 40 minute ride there and we were there right before it opened which worked out perfectly. We were able to breeze through it all because there was no one there so early. We still spent several hours there but this time we were also able to do the maze and it was sunny (no rain). This time we were able to get some great (and silly) photos too. It hasn't rained since last Friday, so we were feeling the sun in the gardens. It made me think about how I had been spoiled with cool breezy weather and I was suffering haha. That really made me not want to go hoome because I know it is way worse in Michigan right now. uuuugh...
We traveled back to Waterloo station and from there Emily separated ways from Sara and I. We decided to go to St. Paul's Cathedral (or "St. P's" as I've grown to call it) since we hadn't been able to fit that in yet. Once again we were in a building that was just gorgeous. There was so much to take in at St. P's. When you look up, it's like having vertigo...you just get dizzy and overwhelmed, and it is like an optical illusion with the dome and paintings. The biggest highlight for me though is walking up the stairs. The easiest way to describe St. P's is in layers. Below ground there is the crypt, ground levelish is the cathedral floor, then you can walk 257 steps up (30 meters or 90 feet) to the Whispering Gallery, 376 steps up (53 meters or 159 feet) is the Stone Gallery, and 528 steps up (85 meters or 255 feet) is the Golden Gallery. Sara and I went straight to the top! The Whispering Gallery is instead the cathedral and there is a thin wooden plank around and marble inside that...not much space. You can whisper on one side and hear it on the other =) The Stone Gallery is outside and you could take pictures there. A little more walking space and felt much cooler out there. Every stair up to that point was stone, some steep and others not. There were some tight spaces in many sections and you had to mind your head or you would knock yourself out. Going to the Golden Gallery is another story though. That was all steel spiral stair cases. At this point children were crying and terrified but their parents were making them do it because they wanted to. They were currently working on developing their child's fear of heights, so horrible. Because once you start going up, you have to keep going. There is no stopping because you have to get to the top to get over to the staircase that goes down. The kids fear and sadness was getting me upset! All of the sudden I was getting afraid haha. Sara kept saying that she thinks I'm afraid of heights but I'm definitely not; going down was fun! I liked seeing everything and I'm pretty sure people that are afraid of height get more upset when they look down. It was the children getting upset that was making me feel sad and I just wanted to get to the top for them. Anyway it was great at the Golden Gallery. We were so high up! You definitely had to shuffle to get around the top but it was an amazing view! I told Sara there was no way my mom would ever make it to the Whispering Gallery. She hates heights and ledges lol.
From St. P's we went to Wimbledon to see the torch relay. It was quite exciting! I felt all Olympic-y. First we had to go to Starbucks because it was so incredibly hot and we had been running around all day. I enjoyed a venti espresso frappicino and finished it in a matter of minutes. It was what we needed. At the torch relay people were dressed up and I got a promotional Coca Cola Olympic hat. It was a spiral that is flat until you put it on. Awesome. When 5:15 rolled around it was like a parade. People were waving from various sponsered vehicles, other athletes were in there, torch runners resting etc. There was some music and finally the dude with the torch. I honestly have no idea who was holding it or who he was passing it off to. There is no way you could unless it was someone famous (the only famous person I recognize anyway is Rupert Grint) because there are like 8000 people that are torchbearers. But we got to see the torch in person and as it was being passed. It was pretty exciting!
After the excitement we went back to the tube and I had to depart from Sara to go to a show with Lindsay. We were going to see "One Man, Two Guvnors". Let me tell you right now...this is the best show I have ever seen in my entire life. Hands-down greatest comedy. I was laughing the enitre time to the point of tears. I started writing down some of the funny things to remember for my paper that I had to do for class, but I was writing basically everything down. It was hysterical. There was audience interaction, and some tricks in there to fool you but you would never know. I am so glad Tom recommended that one to me because it was the best thing that ever hit the stage. I would see it a million times over. I haven't laughed out loud like that in such a long time. The story is about this man that is employed under two governors and he can't keep his jobs straight. There are other side stories that are about love and whatnot. The whole cast was amazing but expecially the guy that played Francis. I have so much love for that show!!! It can definitely have some inappropriate humor mixed in there so it's probably not the best for the youngsters. Anyway, I love that show with all my heart. If you ever get a chance to see it, it is completely worth it!
Since I forget to eat often, I realized that I should grab something to eat. Lindsay was hungry as well and wanted to go to the sushi place. I LOVE sushi. This was a restaurant that had the revolving plates. We happened to go on a good night because everything was one low price (usually the colored plates vary in price). I tried many different rolls and they were all amazing. It was a good choice! After that it was too late to go to do anything else without risking the tube closing on me, so I went home.
I know how to make the most out of a day, don't I?!
We traveled back to Waterloo station and from there Emily separated ways from Sara and I. We decided to go to St. Paul's Cathedral (or "St. P's" as I've grown to call it) since we hadn't been able to fit that in yet. Once again we were in a building that was just gorgeous. There was so much to take in at St. P's. When you look up, it's like having vertigo...you just get dizzy and overwhelmed, and it is like an optical illusion with the dome and paintings. The biggest highlight for me though is walking up the stairs. The easiest way to describe St. P's is in layers. Below ground there is the crypt, ground levelish is the cathedral floor, then you can walk 257 steps up (30 meters or 90 feet) to the Whispering Gallery, 376 steps up (53 meters or 159 feet) is the Stone Gallery, and 528 steps up (85 meters or 255 feet) is the Golden Gallery. Sara and I went straight to the top! The Whispering Gallery is instead the cathedral and there is a thin wooden plank around and marble inside that...not much space. You can whisper on one side and hear it on the other =) The Stone Gallery is outside and you could take pictures there. A little more walking space and felt much cooler out there. Every stair up to that point was stone, some steep and others not. There were some tight spaces in many sections and you had to mind your head or you would knock yourself out. Going to the Golden Gallery is another story though. That was all steel spiral stair cases. At this point children were crying and terrified but their parents were making them do it because they wanted to. They were currently working on developing their child's fear of heights, so horrible. Because once you start going up, you have to keep going. There is no stopping because you have to get to the top to get over to the staircase that goes down. The kids fear and sadness was getting me upset! All of the sudden I was getting afraid haha. Sara kept saying that she thinks I'm afraid of heights but I'm definitely not; going down was fun! I liked seeing everything and I'm pretty sure people that are afraid of height get more upset when they look down. It was the children getting upset that was making me feel sad and I just wanted to get to the top for them. Anyway it was great at the Golden Gallery. We were so high up! You definitely had to shuffle to get around the top but it was an amazing view! I told Sara there was no way my mom would ever make it to the Whispering Gallery. She hates heights and ledges lol.
From St. P's we went to Wimbledon to see the torch relay. It was quite exciting! I felt all Olympic-y. First we had to go to Starbucks because it was so incredibly hot and we had been running around all day. I enjoyed a venti espresso frappicino and finished it in a matter of minutes. It was what we needed. At the torch relay people were dressed up and I got a promotional Coca Cola Olympic hat. It was a spiral that is flat until you put it on. Awesome. When 5:15 rolled around it was like a parade. People were waving from various sponsered vehicles, other athletes were in there, torch runners resting etc. There was some music and finally the dude with the torch. I honestly have no idea who was holding it or who he was passing it off to. There is no way you could unless it was someone famous (the only famous person I recognize anyway is Rupert Grint) because there are like 8000 people that are torchbearers. But we got to see the torch in person and as it was being passed. It was pretty exciting!
After the excitement we went back to the tube and I had to depart from Sara to go to a show with Lindsay. We were going to see "One Man, Two Guvnors". Let me tell you right now...this is the best show I have ever seen in my entire life. Hands-down greatest comedy. I was laughing the enitre time to the point of tears. I started writing down some of the funny things to remember for my paper that I had to do for class, but I was writing basically everything down. It was hysterical. There was audience interaction, and some tricks in there to fool you but you would never know. I am so glad Tom recommended that one to me because it was the best thing that ever hit the stage. I would see it a million times over. I haven't laughed out loud like that in such a long time. The story is about this man that is employed under two governors and he can't keep his jobs straight. There are other side stories that are about love and whatnot. The whole cast was amazing but expecially the guy that played Francis. I have so much love for that show!!! It can definitely have some inappropriate humor mixed in there so it's probably not the best for the youngsters. Anyway, I love that show with all my heart. If you ever get a chance to see it, it is completely worth it!
Since I forget to eat often, I realized that I should grab something to eat. Lindsay was hungry as well and wanted to go to the sushi place. I LOVE sushi. This was a restaurant that had the revolving plates. We happened to go on a good night because everything was one low price (usually the colored plates vary in price). I tried many different rolls and they were all amazing. It was a good choice! After that it was too late to go to do anything else without risking the tube closing on me, so I went home.
I know how to make the most out of a day, don't I?!
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Date Day
For Sunday I would be on my own all day, for all of my friends were off either in Paris or traveling to other parts of the UK. I started my day by heading toward Leicester Square. I wanted to go to the TKTS booth to see if there might be a Sunday show that I could attend later. Unfortunately the shows that were posted for Sunday weren't ones that I really wanted to see, so instead I found a nearby cafe to have some breakfast at and come up with a game plan. I had a toasted bagel with smoked salmon and cream cheese along with some tea. I enjoyed my breakfast and made a plan for my day. Plus I paid with some coins so that I could lighten my load...there are so many coins here and they accumulate so fast. 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p, 1 pound, 2 pounds...it's hard to think that coins aren't useless like in the US. I always just want to pay with paper money and not worry about change. Plus it takes time to find what you need with 8 different coins.
Back to my day though...I then went to the National Gallery to finish the parts that I didn't get to the other week. I kind of went through it fast because my favorites were in the 20th century section. The previous centuries are boring to me. Sorry about it haha...I can appreciate it but I don't want to stare at it for hours. I ended up in the shop downstairs and found some cool books, one of which was a book on vintage/secondhand shops in London. I'm definitely going to put that to some good use this weekend. After buying several books, I had to make a quite trip home to drop off my purchases.
I felt like being adventurous and walking to one of the shops in that book because it was supposed to be close to where I live. I kind of underestimated the distance, not that I mind walking but by the time I would have gotten there the market would have been closed. So, instead I wandered and stumbled upon a festival. It was the Whitecross Street Party: Rise of the Non Conformists. There was music, food, crafts, and street art going on. I took many pictures of the unique activities and purchased some worry doll earrings for 3 pounds.
I love them.
From there my options were sort of limited due to the shortened hours on Sunday so I went to the Sherlock Holmes Museum. I had to stand in line for awhile but it was worth it. My favorite part were the letters that kids write to Sherlock. Some were just cute, others were hilarious. One was just honest saying that they were just doing this for an extra credit assignment and they knew he was dead and she felt so stupid and kept apologizing to Sherlock ahahaha. And of course I bought a pipe. That's the most important part. ;)
Afterwards I caved and had a dessert waffle with strawberries and whip cream from a cart by the tube. It was soooo delicious. Once again Batman was sold out so once I had my waffle I went home. I chatted with Sabi on skype and from there decided to go to Byron's by my place at Hoxton Square and get a take away. I had a cheddar burger and a chocolate shake. Best decision! It was fabulous.
That concludes my date day with myself =) I think I treated myself well...I'd go out with me again.
Back to my day though...I then went to the National Gallery to finish the parts that I didn't get to the other week. I kind of went through it fast because my favorites were in the 20th century section. The previous centuries are boring to me. Sorry about it haha...I can appreciate it but I don't want to stare at it for hours. I ended up in the shop downstairs and found some cool books, one of which was a book on vintage/secondhand shops in London. I'm definitely going to put that to some good use this weekend. After buying several books, I had to make a quite trip home to drop off my purchases.
I felt like being adventurous and walking to one of the shops in that book because it was supposed to be close to where I live. I kind of underestimated the distance, not that I mind walking but by the time I would have gotten there the market would have been closed. So, instead I wandered and stumbled upon a festival. It was the Whitecross Street Party: Rise of the Non Conformists. There was music, food, crafts, and street art going on. I took many pictures of the unique activities and purchased some worry doll earrings for 3 pounds.
I love them.
From there my options were sort of limited due to the shortened hours on Sunday so I went to the Sherlock Holmes Museum. I had to stand in line for awhile but it was worth it. My favorite part were the letters that kids write to Sherlock. Some were just cute, others were hilarious. One was just honest saying that they were just doing this for an extra credit assignment and they knew he was dead and she felt so stupid and kept apologizing to Sherlock ahahaha. And of course I bought a pipe. That's the most important part. ;)
Afterwards I caved and had a dessert waffle with strawberries and whip cream from a cart by the tube. It was soooo delicious. Once again Batman was sold out so once I had my waffle I went home. I chatted with Sabi on skype and from there decided to go to Byron's by my place at Hoxton Square and get a take away. I had a cheddar burger and a chocolate shake. Best decision! It was fabulous.
That concludes my date day with myself =) I think I treated myself well...I'd go out with me again.
Dorset Day
Now that I was staying home for the weekend, this meant that I could go to Dorset (it was a trip that was cancelled and we had gone to Stonehenge and Bath instead). Sara, Emily and I met at the Waterloo station (Em and I were late...due to our sleepiness we hopped on the line going away from Bank...whoops). We made it though and bought our tickets, at a group rated discount at that! It was going to be a two hour ride I believe. I needed some coffee, Sara wanted cards, and Emily wanted a drink. At Starbucks, I grabbed a sandwich and went to the counter. I said I would like a double espresso as well and handed the lady my sandwich. She handed it off to another girl and then I was only charged 1.75. I paid but looked confused. I met Sara at the end of the counter and told her they took my sandwich from me soup nazi style. It was a cold sandwich too so there could be no thought in warming it up. Sara laughed at me and I told her I don't understand why no one seems to understand what I'm saying. Two days in a row...just no good luck. It was fine though because I just got a croissant instead and that tasted splendid.
We chatted and played cards and acted silly on the train. We were going to have to get off at some point to get on the train behind us b/c the one we were on wasn't going to stop at the stop we wanted. The ticket guy didn't really tell us all of the correct info. We also talked about the Paris incident and these girls were flattering me too much haha. I was feeling some serious love from all of my study abroad friends. I have gathered that I am very nice and according to Emily I adapt to who I'm around. I guess that makes me a flexible friend ;) Anyway...
When we made it to Dorset, we had to take a taxi from the train station to Durdle Door/Lulworth Cove area. From there is was just exploring and hiking. It was incredibly beautiful. The water was a majestic blue and green that I don't think I could ever truly capture in a photograph. The beach was made out of stones; every single one was unique and gorgeous (I grabbed a handful). It was a weird contrast from the Great Lake sand. There were little caves along the side and it was a sunny, clear day...perfect for the beach side. There were a good amount of people out sun bathing and having picnics...more than I thought. I can't imagine just coming out to this beautiful area in the same manner that I would go to South Haven back home. After awhile we walked a mile in the other direction to Lulworth Cove. It was a quaint town with a couple of shops and restaurants. Once again it was a beautiful area to explore and we had some food there (it wasn't that good...a bit bland, but my peppermint tea was excellent. Sara had a bad experience with her burger...even after the second time they didn't get it right) and then we wandered some more. There was a helicopter and some emergency vehicles that came, not really sure what happened but obviously something did. We ran into this guy that painted seashells and stones. Everything was so beautiful with color and some had fine print writings on them. We all bought at least a little something and asked to take his picture...once again I wish I could post that right now...I don't want to spoil it! He was very kind and quite funny. He was glad we asked. He said many don't and just take his photo, then he pulls out his camera and takes theirs! He said they usually look quite confused but some just smile, completely oblivious haha.
We weren't able to go to Lulworth castle because they were doing some reconstructing of the sort. So after we had our adventure in the area we took a taxi back to the train station. We slept some on the train and when we got back we tried to see a movie but there wasn't something we could collectively agree on to see, so we went to eat instead. We ate at another Italian restaurant and I had this chicken with mushrooms and onions along with a salad. The girls had dessert but I needed some real food despite how tempting it looked.
Side note, we told a local directions to the tube before this happened. He said this was the most embarrassing day of his life because he lives here and had to ask foreigners for directions. It was funnier than I'm making it sound. He basically was looking for the Waterloo tube which is located under the Waterloo overground but you have to go in the overground and then down to the tube. In short, it's not located like all of the other tubes so I guess I could understand. He also didn't really seem like he would be in the Waterloo area often so it seemed legit. I don't think I have mentioned this in my posts yet but I have chatted with quite a few travelers and helped them with directions. Everyone approaches me because I seem nice and like I know what I'm doing from what I understand haha.
I forgot to mention how I told Sara and Emily all about me and the millions of things that I love. I think I'm pretty cool haha, hopefully they think so too. It started when I was trying to think of things that I love so that I could cheer myself up due to the recent Paris let down. I'm sure I seem really weird between my interests in owls to zombies to ballet. I think in the end I made it clear that I love almost everything and I'm pretty well rounded and open. Enough about me.
Well I think that is all for my Saturday stories. I wish I could describe Dorset more for you but really if you want to know, you should go yourself. =) Soon you will be able to see my photos!
We chatted and played cards and acted silly on the train. We were going to have to get off at some point to get on the train behind us b/c the one we were on wasn't going to stop at the stop we wanted. The ticket guy didn't really tell us all of the correct info. We also talked about the Paris incident and these girls were flattering me too much haha. I was feeling some serious love from all of my study abroad friends. I have gathered that I am very nice and according to Emily I adapt to who I'm around. I guess that makes me a flexible friend ;) Anyway...
When we made it to Dorset, we had to take a taxi from the train station to Durdle Door/Lulworth Cove area. From there is was just exploring and hiking. It was incredibly beautiful. The water was a majestic blue and green that I don't think I could ever truly capture in a photograph. The beach was made out of stones; every single one was unique and gorgeous (I grabbed a handful). It was a weird contrast from the Great Lake sand. There were little caves along the side and it was a sunny, clear day...perfect for the beach side. There were a good amount of people out sun bathing and having picnics...more than I thought. I can't imagine just coming out to this beautiful area in the same manner that I would go to South Haven back home. After awhile we walked a mile in the other direction to Lulworth Cove. It was a quaint town with a couple of shops and restaurants. Once again it was a beautiful area to explore and we had some food there (it wasn't that good...a bit bland, but my peppermint tea was excellent. Sara had a bad experience with her burger...even after the second time they didn't get it right) and then we wandered some more. There was a helicopter and some emergency vehicles that came, not really sure what happened but obviously something did. We ran into this guy that painted seashells and stones. Everything was so beautiful with color and some had fine print writings on them. We all bought at least a little something and asked to take his picture...once again I wish I could post that right now...I don't want to spoil it! He was very kind and quite funny. He was glad we asked. He said many don't and just take his photo, then he pulls out his camera and takes theirs! He said they usually look quite confused but some just smile, completely oblivious haha.
We weren't able to go to Lulworth castle because they were doing some reconstructing of the sort. So after we had our adventure in the area we took a taxi back to the train station. We slept some on the train and when we got back we tried to see a movie but there wasn't something we could collectively agree on to see, so we went to eat instead. We ate at another Italian restaurant and I had this chicken with mushrooms and onions along with a salad. The girls had dessert but I needed some real food despite how tempting it looked.
Side note, we told a local directions to the tube before this happened. He said this was the most embarrassing day of his life because he lives here and had to ask foreigners for directions. It was funnier than I'm making it sound. He basically was looking for the Waterloo tube which is located under the Waterloo overground but you have to go in the overground and then down to the tube. In short, it's not located like all of the other tubes so I guess I could understand. He also didn't really seem like he would be in the Waterloo area often so it seemed legit. I don't think I have mentioned this in my posts yet but I have chatted with quite a few travelers and helped them with directions. Everyone approaches me because I seem nice and like I know what I'm doing from what I understand haha.
I forgot to mention how I told Sara and Emily all about me and the millions of things that I love. I think I'm pretty cool haha, hopefully they think so too. It started when I was trying to think of things that I love so that I could cheer myself up due to the recent Paris let down. I'm sure I seem really weird between my interests in owls to zombies to ballet. I think in the end I made it clear that I love almost everything and I'm pretty well rounded and open. Enough about me.
Well I think that is all for my Saturday stories. I wish I could describe Dorset more for you but really if you want to know, you should go yourself. =) Soon you will be able to see my photos!
Sunday, July 22, 2012
My Boyfriend, Max
To carry on with the gorillas, well I fell in love. It was amazing. Sara knows all kinds of things about me now and I know random facts about her too! To shorten my post up some, the London zoo is great! I fell in love with the gorillas, and some owls (completely geeked out on that! Sara probably thinks I'm crazy) and the butterfly exhibit. My one love was an owl named Max and he is a Eurasian Eagle Owl. He was a cutie! I ran into him a couple of times. There were also a couple of screech owls that I came to know =) And (unfortunately) we didn't even get to make it to the actual Owl exhibit because it closed. But I got to know 3 owls which was very satisfying. The butterfly exhibit was AMAZING because there were so many and I took some really great photos. My favorite is, of course, the one that is camouflaged like an owl. I also say a couple of butterflies mating and some huge, scary, nocturnal moths (they only move at night, which is good b/cc I would be terrified if those were flying around). There was also a penguin exhibit and they were so adorable and once again photogenic.
Then there were the otters.
Oh my goodness.
The most adorable things that ever existed. First of all I have to say that Sara and I had great timing for getting to an exhibit and the animals coming right towards us for pictures. There must have been at least 10 otters all together (I have never seen so many together) and then came out together, swam together, cried together, sat on a log together, swam in another pond together...everything was together and they were so cute. I kept saying my sister would flip! My sister is going love this! So I took a bajillion photos of the otters for her...it's one of her favorite animals.
That about sums up the zoo. We saw more animals but those were the highlights. We also wandered around Regent's Park which is beautiful and then we when to an Italian restaurant for pizza. i had something that had artichokes. We also shared garlic bread. Then we went to another restaurant for dessert. We had meringue and I had vanilla gelato with espresso poured on top. SO delicious!!! After that Sara came over and we planned our Saturday. First we went to her place though to get her lap top, so I was able to see Marylebone. They have all these banksy copies up inside, that's why I point it out. Plus she has a great view and her room is small but it's like a spaceship.
That finally concludes my Friday =)
Then there were the otters.
Oh my goodness.
The most adorable things that ever existed. First of all I have to say that Sara and I had great timing for getting to an exhibit and the animals coming right towards us for pictures. There must have been at least 10 otters all together (I have never seen so many together) and then came out together, swam together, cried together, sat on a log together, swam in another pond together...everything was together and they were so cute. I kept saying my sister would flip! My sister is going love this! So I took a bajillion photos of the otters for her...it's one of her favorite animals.
That about sums up the zoo. We saw more animals but those were the highlights. We also wandered around Regent's Park which is beautiful and then we when to an Italian restaurant for pizza. i had something that had artichokes. We also shared garlic bread. Then we went to another restaurant for dessert. We had meringue and I had vanilla gelato with espresso poured on top. SO delicious!!! After that Sara came over and we planned our Saturday. First we went to her place though to get her lap top, so I was able to see Marylebone. They have all these banksy copies up inside, that's why I point it out. Plus she has a great view and her room is small but it's like a spaceship.
That finally concludes my Friday =)
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