Day Four: Out and About
I meant to wake up at ten in the morning. I woke up at seven. I went to bed at two. After finally figuring out where to put my laptop so as to not burn/melt/crack anything I played TFTwo for about an hour completing an entire game (getting two hundred and eighty nine points) without the internet cutting out. Although my ping was at a near constant one eighty to one ninety, it played smoothly. I’ve now determined that the router resets whenever a computer connects…or when it feels like it. I had planned on going out, but I had no money and by the time I was done with the game, my mother had fallen asleep. When she did wake up I helped her with her laptop and we eventually went shopping. The city does not smell very nice. I took some pictures on our journey to Marks and Spencer. The first thing I wanted a shot of is what is called the gurken, a large, pickle-shaped office building:
We walked through the place where (according to my mother) the Diagon Alley scenes of Harry Potter were filmed. I couldn’t give a shit, but I figured Emma would be mad if I didn’t take any pictures:
When we got to Marks and Spencer I found this:
Then there was Lloyd’s Tower which looks like something from a dystopian mining facility, but whose picture is currently sideways. When we got home I fiddled around on the computer for a while and then Princess Mononoke was on and having never seen it I felt I should watch it. I did. It was of course very good and trippy. Then I fiddled on the computer some more. We’ll see how sleeping goes tonight.



September 2nd, 2009 at 8:18 pm
I am soooo glad you finally saw Princess Mononoke. I was worried for your health, really.
Also that pickle building is awesome but also resembles a giant dildo, though I suppose pickles and dildos look pretty similar already.
And, OMFG I AM SO JEALOUS. THAT PICTURE IS AWESOME.
What is that hedgepig’s purpose?
September 3rd, 2009 at 4:44 pm
My dad sad this morning that when recommending me for an internship, he looked at my blog and decided it better to not mention my website…I hope he didn’t see this.
September 3rd, 2009 at 5:04 pm
And the hedgepig is a cake.