British Comedy.

So, I am currently watching a show called "Russell Howard's Good News" on BBC three.

It is pretty much like the American show "Tosh.0" but its more politically fueled.

Basically it takes the news...and messes with it by making comments and using the worse news possible....even Fox News....thank you for using crap news to entertain me.

Also, I just watched a mouse use a mousetrap hinge to weightlift to the 'Eye of the Tiger".

You Americans Love Jumping in the Air, It Must Be A Cultural Thing. (Assignment #5)

Today I experienced a British breakfast today. It was a Bacon Roll. It was basically a bun....with bacon in it. But, the most extreme part was the "brown sauce". It was basically A-1 Steak Sauce. I want it for steak.


We started at 10 a.m.
I am barely awake.
We get on a boat. Honestly, I hate boat tours. Boat tours are overrated and are only good while in Paris...I need to go to Paris.

When we got to Greenwich (Gren-itch) it was sunny and beautiful.

We decided to walk up this hill...that I dubbed "The Hill of Death".

On top of this hill, there was a marker that separated the East and West Hemispheres. So, I was in two places at once....AMAZING.

Royal Observatory. Pretty view of Greenwich itself. They had an impressive collection of telescopes and timekeeping devices.

Visited the Queen's House. It's a gallery. It had some AMAZING portraits.

Maritine Museum. Boats and shit. 

We visited the Old Royal Naval College. They had a Painted Room. It was GORGEOUS!

We visited the Greenwich Market. Its quite fascinating. It's quite a great place to get artsy stuff such as paintings and jewelry.

We went under this janky tunnel...which went under the Thames River. The view on the otherside was breathtaking. The Thames is quite beautiful despite the 1000 years worth of sewage, trash and dead bodies in it...

We got on the DLR....not really a fan...its slow and stops way too much.                                               

Library Card.

I went to the library today. Got a library card. I can check out books on my own...it was Harry Potter :)

Also, there is a machine that I can use to actually check it out myself w/o using a librarian. so chill.

Jack The Ripper

You were a mystery.

I took your tour today. You killed a lot of people. I want to commend you for never being caught...you were very sly in what you did.

It's people like you who make me love the gruesomeness of death/murder.

Just wondering about your symbolism and what/why you murdered all of those prostitutes.

I wish I could just meet you...and ask you why...and your meanings...and etc....

wow. that was morbid.

The East End (Assignment #2)

So, Matt, Ashley and I decided to travel to the East End. The main interest for me was the Whitechapel Bell Foundry, where the Liberty Bell was cast.

The passage their lead through the Indian/Pakistani shops...mainly barbers and restaurants. It was odd, because the places that we walked through were really sketchy...yet the restaurants that we saw were rather ritzy...

Here are examples to help you realize what the path sketch factor was like:

 Also, the food smelled delicious...but this was no time to stop and eat. I WAS ON A MISSION!







We got there and it was marvelous....in a petite sort of way.
The parts that weren't gift shops were very small and limited.

Yet, one of my favorite parts was the diorama
 of how bells were cast. It was quite interesting. Apparently they have to make sure they are carved out completely even after using a mold to make them.

I didn't get a lot of pictures because a good portion of the Bell Foundry was information and a lot of it wasn't for public view...which is rather depressing.

But just being in a place where American iconography was produced while in a foreign country was quite cool.

Family, Children, Marriage and Religion. (Assignment #7)

So, as instructed for my British Experience class, I needed to interview some people about the family situation here in the UK.

As Matt and I were walking through St. James Park looking for our 'victims'.

I found a small family in the child's playground area of the park. So, I stopped and asked them for their opinions.

I asked them about their children's schooling.They told me that their children, being 5 and 7, are both in school.

I informed them about No Child Left Behind and then asked if they had anything like that here in the UK. They replied saying that they have a program known as Every Child Matters. Instead of the school losing funding due to low test scores, the school receives additional funding in order to correct the problem of low test scores. It also focuses more on the individual student rather than the class.

We then went on to talk about the schooling systems and how their children ask about the family system and what not...

Maybe too quick...

Today was rather an adventurous day...I guess.

I was woken up by my favorite neighbor Matt....at 3:15 pm. I was not happy. I wanted to sleep more...but I guess I had enough sleep. So, I decided that I would do a little grocery shopping. I went back to Brixton. I guess I was too fast to judge it. I got some amazingly giant grapes from one of the fruit stands for about £1 and 6 seedless oranges for the same price. I then walked further into the stands and found a fabric shop on the side. It was rather awkward having the owner follow me around...its like there never has been a male within a fabric store before.

Anyways, I got back and made a pizza that I had bought...

Talked with some fierce chicks in the kitchen...

We talked about how we are starting to hate our wardrobes due to the fact that we have a limited selection of clothes to choose from. This is a big change for me...because if any of you have realized....I have a large variety of clothes. However, my mom is sending me a shirt or two....I should have her send my see-through trenchcoat....I miss it dearly....and my platform boots....i can't wait to slip those babies on when I get home.

Almost a month has passed since I have arrived. I shall write a special blog reflecting and stuff....so yeah....