So this week has been an absolute whirlwind! I'm just catching my breath now.
Monday was interesting because it was the first time in two weeks I had Renaissance Literature and Culture. I remembered the roomnumber, I was so proud of myself. Of course, I showed up two hours early to class. I am such an overachiever. To solve my problem I went ahead and went to EAT where I had a tuna and cheddar sandwich as well as a cupcake. It was freaking fantastic. When it was time to head to class, I climbed three flights of stairs again just to sit down in class and feel the need to fall asleep. My Renaissance class is from 4-6 so I hit a slump from 4-5 and don't catch my second breath till 5. After that was over, I stopped by my latest addiction, Cafe Nero, and got some amazing coffee before heading home to study.
Tuesday was the busy day. Nekol and I had classes from 10-4. Writing London was easy enough but in Contemporary British Authors, I had a tough time. We were talking about our latest book we read, Sheepshagger by Niall Griffiths. This book is very graphic in both violence and language which are normally things I can take but the very first scene has to deal with the death of an innocent lamb. This class was also not as talkative as other classes because we have no Welsh/Cymru in class. Our teacher is of Welsh decent and he did most of the talking. I'm thinking race is going to be a huge issue in this class and it kind of worries me since my "valued opinion" as a white, American, female is zilch in that class. Oh well, we'll see what happens when we talk about our book next week which has "black on black crime" as our teacher and the class put it.
After this class, Nekol and I ran home to get ready for that night. We had foolishly bought tickets for Mother Courage and Her Children at the National Theatre for the same night we had a free ticket to go on the London Eye. Of course the ticket was with our social programme with University of Westminster and so we had a specific time we could get on. Our show was at 7:30, it takes 30 minutes to make a full rotation on the London Eye, and we didn't queue up until 6:30. Nekol and I stood in line, not really hopeful, saying that if we didn't get into a carriage before 6:45 (the queue was quite long) that there would be no chance of us getting to ride and we'd have to bail. Nekol and I board a carriage at 6:47 and are immediately transported to a different world. I found my second favorite spot and it resides in a carriage in the London Eye. It's gorgeous, seeing the city lit up completely at night and being able to spot places. I could barely breathe it was so beautiful.
Of course, it's 7:20 and Nekol and I are at the front of the carriage ready to break down the door as soon as they open it. There is a sign over the exiting ramp that says "No Running," and Nekol and I can't help but laugh at the irony of this. As soon as we clear the ramp, I yell "GO!" and we bust out running along the Thames to get to the National Theatre. Luckily for us the National is along the Thames just like the London Eye but normally it's a 20 minute walk. Nekol and I made it to the theatre and in our seats in 8 minutes flat. I was beyond glad too because Mother Courage has to be my favorite straight play that I have seen as of yet, ever. It was absolutely fantastic. I don't want to ruin it but here a couple of things. Fiona Shaw as Mother Courage is brilliant. The boy who plays Swiss Cheese, Mother Courage's son, is also Dudley Dursley. The young woman who plays Katrin is deaf and my friends and I still cannot believe how this is because she reacted beautifully to everything. The signs of true and amazing acting.
Wednesday was fun. Nekol, Lavinia, and I went walking around Seven Dials where we went through many shops. It was as if we were in pure girl mode. There are two stores I absolutely loved: Octopus and Forbidden Planet. Octopus is a store where everything is beyond cute. I found a pair of Alice in Wonderland earrings that I really wanted but they were twenty quid which I couldn't cough up for a pair of earrings even if they are Alice in Wonderland. If they had been fifteen quid, maybe, but not twenty. We then found Forbidden Planet which is a gigantic store of nerdom. Nekol and I freaked over the size of their Dr Who memorbilia section and all three of us just wandered through, awestruck.
Later that night I made Dumplings, glazed carrots, and dinner rolls. It was an awesome dinner. Nekol and I got ready and left to go see Warhorse. This is a play that focuses heavily on puppetry which was half cool and half very "wtf?" The goose was downright hilarious. The horses were kind of creepy, rather Thestral looking. There was one review that said this play would affirm our love of life...they couldn't be more wrong. Nekol and I bawled during the second act. We were so depressed we bought ice cream on our way home.
Today has been a blah day. I woke feeling as if I had been hit by a semi. I dressed in my gauchos, which is universal sign of "don't push, I will hurt you badly." I then went to the British Library (for the last time mind you) with Nekol to read a play that I, again, didn't like. Go figure. Nekol and I then headed home where I found out someone had knicked my pizza...not cool but whatevs.
My flight for Dublin leaves in six hours. I cannot wait to go. This weekend is going to prove to be fun, I am downright sure of it.
<3,
Dre
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