Well that sucked because Wednesday is my early day. I laid in bed Wednesday morning after my alarm went off and wondered if it would really be that bad to skip another class. I obviously decided it would be a bad idea because I finally mustered up the motivation to get out of bed and drag my butt to the tube station. Luckily, it wasn't really that packed and I enjoyed the company of my Ipod for a while. Once we go to Baker Street though, (I was supposed to be the next stop, Great Portland) everyone got off and I just sat there, rockin' out. After realizing that we weren't going anywhere and EVERYONE got off, I realized it wasn't going any further and got on the Bakerloo line to Oxford circus which is actually closer to school, but I prefer the walk from Great Portland, it's nice and get my some fresh air for a while. We only had lecture for about a half hour before leaving for the Victoria and Albert Museum. It was pretty cool. When you first walked in, you could see a huge and i mean huge blown glass sculpture suspended from the ceiling, it was hard to look away.
Our next stop in the museum was the room of statues, which was far more interesting than anticipated. I really didn't think it was going to be very interesting but to see random life-size sculptures of people on pedestals was pretty sobering. I'm not really sure why, but I know I liked it. This museum also had different 'feels' in each room, and I liked the ambiance of that one as well as the next one because it only contained an old spiral staircase and the front molding of a building that was preserved from a fire. 
But the room itself was kind of skinny and L-shaped and if felt like you were outside because the walls were brick and the ceiling was glass. It might not sound like anything special but you had to see it for yourself I suppose. We viewed lots more paintings and such as well and went into a room of "Raphael's Cartoon" which weren't cartoons at all and there was about six massive framed tapestries by him. Kinda cool. But my favorite thing was the statue 'David'. I had learned about it in my Aesthetics class freshman year at RWU so it was cool to actually see it even though it was a copy. I had absolutely no idea how big it is! I thought it was just a life-size replica. 
Nope, it is WAY bigger. So I was glad I got to see that. We then went to a "camera-less photography exhibit" which I also really enjoyed because I have actually taken pictures using this technique before at a summer camp in a dark room. The pictures were really pretty and the photographer experimented with nature, using things like rivers and leaves and lightening. I know it may sound weird, but it was beautiful and different. He than gave us the opportunity to look around at our leisure but the problems is when you've been on a guided tour for two hours, you kinda just need a break. I don't know how to explain it but it's like I wish we could go explore the museum on our own from the beginning. So Brian, Ginny and I left and I grabbed a sandwich and waited for Erin to get out of class for our coffee date.
It was really nice to talk with her like that, just the two of us. Because Natasha and Erin and my really good friends from school, it would be nice to get more alone time with them, just the three of us. But that is not why were here and it's really difficult, so having the opportunity to catch up with her like that was really nice. And we went to the cutest cafe, Joe's Juice or something. After a nice day, we parted ways in the tube station and I went back to Harrow to top up my phone. It was great because it was such a long ride back and it was just me and my Ipod. Yeah, I am constantly listening to music in my room but I'm usually doing something else. It was so nice to have the music directly into my brain and just my thoughts. Yesterday really was great. It was peaceful and much-needed. Once back in Harrow, Kristin and I decided it was time to crack down and schedule more of our spring break. So we finally booked Rome and Milan which is really exciting because we'll be staying in Milan for free because a family friend of Kristin lives there! After finding all of these cheap flights and book everything, we couldn't stop smiling because it's been stressing us out, so it was nice to have that done. All we have left to do is Greece and Ireland which we will hopefully do this weekend with Erin and Natasha. The only thing that sucks is that we can't go to Florence because it is nearly impossible financially to get there from Amsterdam. It would have been nice to see Liz, Gins, Rockett and Winkler, but Erin told me they are coming to London soon, so I will at least get to see them while being abroad.
As soon as we finished booking everything, I received and e-mail from one of the internships interested in a phone interview with me! So of course, I was freaking out with excitement. I then came downstairs and chatted with Nick for a few hours about music. I love when I find someone that agrees with me about music and all of the greatness across broad-spectrums. It's like finally someone that doesn't just like one genre and hates everything that doesn't fit into it. I find that really annoying. Or the kind of people who won't listen to a certain band or song simply because of who it's by. If it's a good song, it's a good song. But whatever. This is about London, not music, if it was I could go on for weeks and no one would read it—not that anyone is necessarily reading this, but you know what I mean. So Wednesday I was pretty much just bursting with good feelings. It was so nice to feel like that again. It's like hello, Lauren still does live is this body/brain.
Today was a little different, the whole high-on-life thing quickly went away when I woke up. I felt awful! Worse than I have, so I decided to turn off my alarm and sleep as long as I could—yes mom & dad, I could afford to miss it, especially since when I e-mailed my professor she herself told me I didn't miss much, haha! So I woke up around 1, went to the nurse who was very sweet, but not much help, which made me homesick and miss America but whatever. So basically if I am feeling EVEN worse on Monday, I will go back and see her because I can't see the doctor tomorrow because of the whole 5 hour lecture thing. Once I came back, I made some soup and fell back asleep for a few more hours, woke up and ate dinner. I really feel like a bum but I'm sick! I also then receieved an e-mail back from the possible internship but she didn't realize I was abroad and I would have to do some training in April, so that idea's out the window. Oh well, it just sucks because having and internship will be a huge weight off my shoulders. So that was pretty much today. Unfortunately yesterday was better but you can't have ALL good days. And I'm waiting for a package from home that still isn't here. Boo.
Anyways, tomorrow I have to go to class so if anything, it should be a better day because it will at least get me out of this room. Also, I think we have dinner reservations. If you remember that place, 'Loop Bar' that messed up our reservation a while back, they're comping us free drinks and an appetizer or something like that, so I suppose I'll jump on that, also on Saturday we are going to 'China White' which is suppose to be a really fancy night club, and apparently Kate Moss goes there a lot? I don't, but it should be interesting. So hopefully the rain and whatever I have goes away soon so I can continue enjoying London. Goodnight.
Song of Wednesday- Brother Ali, 'Fresh Air'
Nope, it is WAY bigger. So I was glad I got to see that. We then went to a "camera-less photography exhibit" which I also really enjoyed because I have actually taken pictures using this technique before at a summer camp in a dark room. The pictures were really pretty and the photographer experimented with nature, using things like rivers and leaves and lightening. I know it may sound weird, but it was beautiful and different. He than gave us the opportunity to look around at our leisure but the problems is when you've been on a guided tour for two hours, you kinda just need a break. I don't know how to explain it but it's like I wish we could go explore the museum on our own from the beginning. So Brian, Ginny and I left and I grabbed a sandwich and waited for Erin to get out of class for our coffee date.It was really nice to talk with her like that, just the two of us. Because Natasha and Erin and my really good friends from school, it would be nice to get more alone time with them, just the three of us. But that is not why were here and it's really difficult, so having the opportunity to catch up with her like that was really nice. And we went to the cutest cafe, Joe's Juice or something. After a nice day, we parted ways in the tube station and I went back to Harrow to top up my phone. It was great because it was such a long ride back and it was just me and my Ipod. Yeah, I am constantly listening to music in my room but I'm usually doing something else. It was so nice to have the music directly into my brain and just my thoughts. Yesterday really was great. It was peaceful and much-needed. Once back in Harrow, Kristin and I decided it was time to crack down and schedule more of our spring break. So we finally booked Rome and Milan which is really exciting because we'll be staying in Milan for free because a family friend of Kristin lives there! After finding all of these cheap flights and book everything, we couldn't stop smiling because it's been stressing us out, so it was nice to have that done. All we have left to do is Greece and Ireland which we will hopefully do this weekend with Erin and Natasha. The only thing that sucks is that we can't go to Florence because it is nearly impossible financially to get there from Amsterdam. It would have been nice to see Liz, Gins, Rockett and Winkler, but Erin told me they are coming to London soon, so I will at least get to see them while being abroad.
As soon as we finished booking everything, I received and e-mail from one of the internships interested in a phone interview with me! So of course, I was freaking out with excitement. I then came downstairs and chatted with Nick for a few hours about music. I love when I find someone that agrees with me about music and all of the greatness across broad-spectrums. It's like finally someone that doesn't just like one genre and hates everything that doesn't fit into it. I find that really annoying. Or the kind of people who won't listen to a certain band or song simply because of who it's by. If it's a good song, it's a good song. But whatever. This is about London, not music, if it was I could go on for weeks and no one would read it—not that anyone is necessarily reading this, but you know what I mean. So Wednesday I was pretty much just bursting with good feelings. It was so nice to feel like that again. It's like hello, Lauren still does live is this body/brain.
Today was a little different, the whole high-on-life thing quickly went away when I woke up. I felt awful! Worse than I have, so I decided to turn off my alarm and sleep as long as I could—yes mom & dad, I could afford to miss it, especially since when I e-mailed my professor she herself told me I didn't miss much, haha! So I woke up around 1, went to the nurse who was very sweet, but not much help, which made me homesick and miss America but whatever. So basically if I am feeling EVEN worse on Monday, I will go back and see her because I can't see the doctor tomorrow because of the whole 5 hour lecture thing. Once I came back, I made some soup and fell back asleep for a few more hours, woke up and ate dinner. I really feel like a bum but I'm sick! I also then receieved an e-mail back from the possible internship but she didn't realize I was abroad and I would have to do some training in April, so that idea's out the window. Oh well, it just sucks because having and internship will be a huge weight off my shoulders. So that was pretty much today. Unfortunately yesterday was better but you can't have ALL good days. And I'm waiting for a package from home that still isn't here. Boo.
Anyways, tomorrow I have to go to class so if anything, it should be a better day because it will at least get me out of this room. Also, I think we have dinner reservations. If you remember that place, 'Loop Bar' that messed up our reservation a while back, they're comping us free drinks and an appetizer or something like that, so I suppose I'll jump on that, also on Saturday we are going to 'China White' which is suppose to be a really fancy night club, and apparently Kate Moss goes there a lot? I don't, but it should be interesting. So hopefully the rain and whatever I have goes away soon so I can continue enjoying London. Goodnight.
Song of Wednesday- Brother Ali, 'Fresh Air'
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