Hello, a post! with a chance of more!

So, I decided to write something. I don't have pictures today. I could probably pull some out of my camera and talk about them, but then this wouldn't post today. It would post...next week or something. I'm really bad at getting pictures and making blog posts. Which is probably why I don't blog more often. I like having pictures with my posts. And, that doesn't always happen.

Anyway, enough rambling. I am going to try to post more. I'm planning one about my granddads funeral. And maybe one about being in England (in general).

Hope your thanksgiving was good!

London! pt2

So, last Thursday, while you were all stuffing yourselves with turkey (well, it was actually probably a bit before that. But that is besides the point) I was gallivanting around London with my lovely family. Yay for gallivanting!

Here are some pictures from my travels:

First off, we went back to Big Ben. We saw it at night, but then my brother said none of his pictures turned out, so we went back during the day so we could get better pictures. So, here's mine. :D

And, on the opposite side of the Themes from Big Ben is the Eye. So, I got a good picture of it. I still like it at night though. But we'll get there later. :D

Then we walked down the street by Westminster Abbey, so of course I had to get a picture of it. I mean, this stuff's COOL. :D

And then it stopped raining, and there was a rainbow. This was the best picture I got of it. But hey, I saw a rainbow in London. Which is awesome. According to me at least. Which is what matters, right?

Then we kept walking, and here we are, Nelson's Column at Trafalgar Square. Which is cool. It's a giant roundabout, which wrecks havoc for all of the pedestrians. But hey, none of us got ran over. :D Oh, and I did climb up onto one of the lions that guard the column, but the picture's on my mums camera. Oh well, maybe one day I'll post it.

Then we took the tube to Bakers Street, and found this. :D It's Sherlock Holmes!

And this is where he 'lived'. Except he didn't, as we pointed out to my mum, when she started talking about how we could look him up in census records to see if he really lived there. Silly mum. :D

St. Paul's Cathedral! This place is awesome. I wish we could have had time to go in, but next time. At least I saw it, right? I also sat on the steps and got a photo, but again it's trapped on mum's computer. Poor pictures of me. I'll just have to do another blog post. ;)

Here's another one of St. Paul's. As we walk towards the river. It's an awesome dome.

And on the other side of the river is...the Globe Theatre! Again, I wish we could have gone in but we had no time. We had an appointment at 4:30, and we were going to walk the whole way. :D

The appointment was at the Eye! At night! I was excited. Because it's all cool and lit up, and the city's all lights, and I get to go all high and see it. Woot! Here's a picture of a capsule that you ride in. These things are HUGE. They fit like, at least 15 or 20 people maybe. It's cool. They're all glass, except for one big bench in the middle. Most people spend the whole time standing up though.

Behold! The City! (well, some of it at least...)

The Capsule at the top. Not ours, of course. Although it would be cool if I did get a picture of our capsule. It's just not possible people. I'm cool, but not THAT cool.

Big Ben! Parliament! River! Lights!

This is looking in at the centre of the Eye. on the right are the support beams that keep it up. It's really an awesome thing. If you're ever in London, you should try to do it at least once. But do it at night, it's cooler that way. Also: bring a REALLY nice camera. Mine just wasn't nice enough. Most of the pictures turned out blurry. No, change that: all of the pictures ended up blurry. Which was sad. But it was still cool.

So, that was my trip. Well, we did stop for lunch at the pub, and I got a falafel burger. Because of Liz. And, it tastes good. And half my brothers got Big Ben burgers, so I had to do something different. Because that's the way I am. Also: I don't like fish, so I couldn't get fish & chips.

So, I love chips. I'm going to miss them. Good thing I have two more weeks to enjoy them!

Miss you all, from across the pond.

Black Friday!

Amazon might very well persuade me to buy some music! Too bad I won't get it until the 14th, if I did buy some...


1. Wait! Wait, don't forget me while I'm in England.
2. Music followed at once by dancing.
3. The trouble is I'm really homesick. I think.
4. I am too many miles away.
5. With a faint pop the lights go out.
6. The room is shadowy and ominous.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to relaxing, tomorrow my plans include shopping and Sunday, I want to sleep!

London!

So, here they are. Pictures of my travel. With, maybe, some commentary. Woot!

British Museum. This place is Awesome.

Sarah, Michael, Philip, Elizabeth, Dad. Right inside the museum. Guess who took the picture...

The ceiling. Which is Amazing.

I don't remember who this guy is. Sorry.
Update: He is Lamassu. Thanks Chilly for helping me out with that!

Half of the East Pediment of the Parthenon

The other half. :D

The Flood Tablet

.The Queens Tower

Buckingham Palace! We went there for the changing of the guards. Of course, we ended up being miles away and didn't actually see much, but the music was nice. And we had a nice discussion about..something. I don't remember what we talked about. But it was interesting!

The Guards!

This is the Original stone from the Gate of the Tower of London. Woot!

See! I even took a picture of the Sign! (Yes, I want to capitalize random words. And, You can't stop Me. :D)

Tower Bridge. I need to alter the colour. But not today. Sorry. :D

Another shot of the Bridge.

So, I had a fun time. Well, except for all the walking. And the part where there were no seats on the train home, so I had to stand for 20 minutes on the train. And there was no wifi, so my ipod was lonely. But, the pictures are cool. I'm going back Thursday, so there might be a London! pt 2 in the future...

friday again! And London tomorrow!

So I'm going to London tomorrow. When I get back, I might do photos. But, next week's the funeral, so it might take some time.


1. We need more sleep around here.

2. I webchatted with a friend today, and it made me smile.

3. If you want I'll send you a postcard from England, just let me know...

4. I am really excited for tomorrow because I'm going to London. And I get to see my brothers. Yay!

5. Massachusetts has a proposed 5% sales tax on elective cosmetic surgery; I think that this seems pointless and I 'm so confused as to why this would be on here....

6. Any holiday that has good food, friends, and family makes for a happy holiday.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to going to bed early, tomorrow my plans include going to London and Sunday, I want to have fun with family!

Meme!

Since I'm currently boring, I'm going to do this. I stole it from my friend Sam. yay.

1.What's your current obsession?
Um, scanning stuff? Or maybe that's just what my mom's obsessed with, and has me do...

2.What's your zodiacal sign? Do you identify with it?
I'm a Scorpio. And I think it's a bunch of BS.

3.What are you wearing today?
Jeans. T-shirt. Brown Jacket. I had a scarf on earlier, but when I came inside it's warm enough to not need it.

4.What's the last thing you purchased?
Something in the US. I actually can't remember. Or maybe, I did use my mums money to buy some conditioner and hot chocolate over here. So I guess that counts. But it was my mums money. score!

5.What do you think about the person who blog I took this from?
He's weird. And a guy.

6.What's for dinner?
Elizabeth's cooking - yay! Except we don't have an oven. So, she's making speghetti. Go her.

7.What's your favorite decade?
Um, not this one. And I don't really know any other decades. So I'm going to say 1520's. But, um, BC. Because BC rocks.

8.What are your summer must haves?
A job. That's about it. I'd really love a vacation, but that's not a 'I have to go somewhere or else I'm going to die' thing. It's a 'I want to go visit family and friends, woot!' thing.

9.What would you love to do?
Um, I don't think you want to know...

10. What's your favorite item from your wardrobe?
My current wardrobe? Prolly my brown jacket, or my new BYU hoodie.
My future rock-awesome wardrobe? Prolly my rock awesome jacket. But I don't have money for one. Yet.

11.What's your dream job?
See, this is a problem. Because I still don't know. Which is why I'm on my third major and am considering ditching it.

12.What's your favorite magazine?
None.

13.What's the biggest fashion faux pas?
Wearing white socks with a black outfit.

14.Describe your style.
Usually jeans and a t-shirt. It's weird, because I constantly feel under-dressed in England. It makes me want to blow all my money on a new wardrobe.

15.Favorite Beatle?
What, the bug?

16.What are your proud of?
Currently? Nothing.

friday

Haven't done one of these in FOREVER but, I want to post something, and this is it.

I'm not really doing anything exciting over here, just going through my granddad's house. I'm put on scanning stuff - pictures, cards, random scraps of paper, all sorts of things my mom wants for geneology purposes but can't physically take across. Maybe one day I'll do a post on it, but don't hold your breath.


1. The last band I saw live was going to be Dave Matthews Band. I've actually never seen a band live..

2. What I look forward to most on Thanksgiving is family, which is the one thing I will have this Thanksgiving.

3. My Christmas/holiday shopping is non-existent. Or maybe I'll just bring everyone back british chocolate. .

4. Thoughts of going to London next week fill my head.

5. I wish I could wear more than just 5 different shirts, but my mom made me pack light.

6. Bagpipes rock. End of story.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to nothing in particular, tomorrow my plans include cleaning the house and Sunday, I want to sleep!