- I live next to Shakespeare’s Globe and yesterday I saw “The Winter’s Tale” in true groundling fashion, with my elbows propped on the stage. I can now die a happy person.
- I can spend the rest of my life walking by the Thames (and even if I do that, I will not lose one gram of weight, thanks to the cheese and potato pie I had for dinner tonight.)
- That text in parentheses reminds me that it is very easy to lose pounds in the UK. I’ve been losing about £15 every day since I came here.
- There are people playing bagpipes on the road, people juggling while perched on a unicycle, people sketching the London Bridge, and people taking pictures of the Thames with their cameras perched on dustbins. All these people exist on the twenty-minute walk to college.
- There is a notice I saw on the fire exit of a building today. It said: “This door is alarmed.” I wonder why. The city as a whole is pretty unruffled.
- I’ve still not learnt how to be social and make friends. Now I am an international failure. :-)
- I am ancient, a “feminist”, a non-party person, and am not looking for a boyfriend. That is not really an exciting profile, so I can expect to be reading by the Thames even at the end of the term.
- The woman in the room next to mine is listening to a Kumar Sanu song. Do I really WANT to make friends here?
- I’d rather be walking along the Thames than blogging right now.
In other news, the “knock-knock” kid did knock, and so I have someone to bug if I am willing to suspend my disgust. And oh, a big hug to the character who thinks that knocking someone means killing them off. Blessed are the Innocent, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. Yours forever, Inky.
11 comments:
sigh sigh
a walk along the thames aint such a bad option it seems! and meet hugh grant yet?! :D
Aha.. images from a new world. :)
I KNEW you'd love it, I KNEW you'd love it... Admit it, Inky, I know know you better than you think.
Please get introduced to that nice gal next door; she sounds like just my type. Hope she likes Bappi Da and Anu Malik too. :-)
On the other hand, what a shame! Being in one of the friendliest cities in the world, and not making any friends. Stop and speak with the oldies walking along the Thames, and you might just make a lasting friendship with a couple missing their children. BTW, am pretty J. Just hope I can visit you soon, en route to the land of Joyce.
You seem to be having a good time. One suggestion, post heavy meals, weigh your purse rather than self...it's funny we want a light self and heavy purse but often it ends up being the opposite..such is life :-)
omg!!! Beware of ur neighbour!!!!
oh lovely. you lucky girl. you love that plqce don't you? spotted the olde curiosity shoppe arnd your college?
been on walks in that area meself - sigh... wish i was there again!
Inkie,
enjoyed your post-its --
it occurs to me there may be a general cultural shortage of the sardonic, while you're apparently getting the stuff 100 proof. What's up about that?
[came here via a link from what is evidently
Dinesh Iyer's poetry page)--http://thepoetsmind.blogspot.com/ ]
cheers, d.i.
The door is alarmed & the window is fainting in total shock. Mustn't worry our doors & windows like that, young lady.
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