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Aug. 17th, 2009 01:00 pmIn 4 weeks I will be wandering Hadrian's Wall. :D
I had a rather productive weekend, if by productive you count the number of photographs taken(212). And, best of all, I didn't spend a dime on any attractions. The tourists in London have yet to figure out that if the admition charge is £12, it's not worth it. I have such information on good authority. So instead of spending the £8 to get in to the HMS Belfast, I took pictures of it from all side. Instead of spending £6 on the gramped and very crowded Tower Bridge exhibition, I avoided it and took pictures east and west along the Thames. In order to not go broke I didn't shell out £14.50 to see the Crown Jewels, because wgaf? The Imperial War Museum is free (and the exhibition which wasn't didn't interest me). The que for Westerminster was too blood long, and Jewel Tower (or whatever it's called) looked boring in the 'I've hiked these archaeological sites before for free, why would I pay to see crumbling walls?'. And, of course, Whitehall is a road...so that's free. As is the National Gallery.
In total, I shelled out £2 to climb Monument. Worth it for the view, which is just as good as the Eye, and £13 cheaper. 311 steps. Holy Gods...it's near twice as high as Trajan's!
I did spent £4 of a smoothie from Starbucks because I was very hot and it was there. And I had McDonald's for lunch on Saturday because I had a craving, you know? Also because it was cheap, and it's the only thing around Trafalgar Square that is.
I am not doing work right now. I took a crack at writing a marketing paragraph for the newest CT project, but it's crap and I think it's going to take EL more time to fix it than it would have for her to write it in the first place. Only 14 other paragraphs to write! Shite.
Have exhausted the online episode availability of Highlander and Mutant X. Wondering what other crap Canadian sci-fi shows I can watch? Wait, don't answer that, there's things like Andromeda that exist. But I've watched some of that lately too, though only for certain actors (and not Kevin Sorbo). Have hit bottom!
In other news, I LOVE LONDON.
I had a rather productive weekend, if by productive you count the number of photographs taken(212). And, best of all, I didn't spend a dime on any attractions. The tourists in London have yet to figure out that if the admition charge is £12, it's not worth it. I have such information on good authority. So instead of spending the £8 to get in to the HMS Belfast, I took pictures of it from all side. Instead of spending £6 on the gramped and very crowded Tower Bridge exhibition, I avoided it and took pictures east and west along the Thames. In order to not go broke I didn't shell out £14.50 to see the Crown Jewels, because wgaf? The Imperial War Museum is free (and the exhibition which wasn't didn't interest me). The que for Westerminster was too blood long, and Jewel Tower (or whatever it's called) looked boring in the 'I've hiked these archaeological sites before for free, why would I pay to see crumbling walls?'. And, of course, Whitehall is a road...so that's free. As is the National Gallery.
In total, I shelled out £2 to climb Monument. Worth it for the view, which is just as good as the Eye, and £13 cheaper. 311 steps. Holy Gods...it's near twice as high as Trajan's!
I did spent £4 of a smoothie from Starbucks because I was very hot and it was there. And I had McDonald's for lunch on Saturday because I had a craving, you know? Also because it was cheap, and it's the only thing around Trafalgar Square that is.
I am not doing work right now. I took a crack at writing a marketing paragraph for the newest CT project, but it's crap and I think it's going to take EL more time to fix it than it would have for her to write it in the first place. Only 14 other paragraphs to write! Shite.
Have exhausted the online episode availability of Highlander and Mutant X. Wondering what other crap Canadian sci-fi shows I can watch? Wait, don't answer that, there's things like Andromeda that exist. But I've watched some of that lately too, though only for certain actors (and not Kevin Sorbo). Have hit bottom!
In other news, I LOVE LONDON.
