Wednesday, December 21, 2005

OMG PICTURES!!!!1!!1!!ONE!!

All right, so this picture page is actually ridiculously late, and for that, I'm sorry. Especially to Mims and Hugo, since they were so much better about getting theirs up. I just suck. There will be a moment of silence in which I will cry softly (you may laugh or sneer or whatever it is that you do), and then we will get to business as usual. No, no, not that business. Put your pants back on, thank you very much. [insert moment of silence here. you will imagine that I am dutifully crying and so forth, but really I'm just typing this and sipping my delicious gingerbread latte, contemplating the life of someone who would devote so much time and effort into a simple aside in a blog] Ah. Yes. Good cry. Moving on. PICTURES OF THE INFINITE GLORIOUSNESS AND MAJESTY OF THE MEETING OF THE THREE CHOSEN ONES!!!! (I made that title up. We didn't actually refer to our meeting as such, but I'm starting to think we should have. It's kind of catchy.) (In case you're starting to wonder, I'm also doped up on cold medicine, so it's not just the caffeine.) Museum of Britishness ... This is what they should have called it. But to stop a tangent before it begins, these are all from that there place. BEHOLD. Temple thingy. Statues With Pretty Rippley Dresses. I made up a word right there.. "rippley"... use it now, before it becomes too trendy. HORSE HEAD FROM THE SKY! My favorite part of the parthenon is the sun god ?????'s chariot coming up over the horizon - thus, the horse head. It's fabulous. Ten points if you know who that god is. I will send them to you. In the mail. Like confetti. Rameses II. Statue from Egypt. The British were really good at stealing things from Egypt. Come to think of it, everybody was. Probably still is. Canterbury Oh, we made some of our OWN Canterbury Tales. How do you like them apples? Magic Carpet Ride! All right, this is technically on the way to Canterbury, so it's a small lie on my part. Also, we're on a bus, not a magic carpet, so that's also something of a lie. Canterbury Cathedral. We stood in a triangle and took pictures of us taking pictures of us. Cause we're cool like that. Awesome Fire Dudes! They were doin their thang, yo. It was pretty funny to watch. I think we enjoyed it a little too much, actually. Obligatory Random River and Old Building Shot Crazy Bicycle Man. We stopped to take the above pictures and to make cute noises at the ducks and the lone swan below in the river, and this guy starts to tell us about the history of the swan. While Mimmi made very polite conversation with him, I took this picture and tried not to die laughing. Yeah, I'm a good friend. Taking a Break. All three kids, chillin' on a park bench by another random river. Probably that same random river, actually. Otherwise Canterbury is very river...y. Rivery. >_>; GIANT TREE! Pretty damn cool trunk, I gotta say. Prettiness. An alley/street/thing in Canterbury.. I'm a sucker for the christmas lights. Dover Castle Very old, very cool, probably very haunted, with all kinds of nooks and crannies to crawl into. It got so dark in some place, especially when I climbed up in that passage way/large hole in the wall. Dark and creepy and extremely fun. Good times at Dover, y'all. Dover from a Distance Sneaky Pictures. We are a sneaky, picture-taking lot, as Badness so aptly proves. Aforementioned Dark Place. Which is why the quality is not so hot. Kind of a cool effect, though. The Lovely Swedish Sisters. Badness looks so nice and innocent here. ....not that she isn't entirely innocent and pure and the epitome of all that is right and good in the world! She was certainly not mischievous at all. ^_~ SCARF ATTACK! My scarf.... attack her. It was so out of control, it just flew at her head and there was chaos, but Badness was so cool and collected. She's a trooper. She was like, "Scarf, chill." And then there was peace. THE END! So thems my pictures. It was an awesome time, I assure you, and I had an absolute blast. More fantastic memories to add to an already fantastic semester. I love you guys, you ROCK. Speaking of the semester... it's over. I'm home. I miss London. I miss the parks, I miss the history, the architecture. I miss the drag queens in soho, I miss pastry shops at every corner, I can pretend to miss the pound but I really don't because the conversion rate was just awful, I miss the hobos, I miss that light drizzle, I miss walking along the Thames at night, I miss pints.... I even miss the cold. But I've got it all still, in pictures, in my journals, and of course in memory. I've got new friends and new ideas, and a new appreciation for life in general. Studying abroad has been a life-changing experience for me - if you ever have the opportunity, DO IT. Don't wait one second. It's worth every penny. So I'll try and put up some choice pictures of my semester some time soon. I took tons. Over 1000, I believe. So you guys will probably get the abridged version, if you don't mind. Otherwise, I put up a lot of them at facebook, so if you're at university somewhere you might be able to get a look at more that way. Anyway, I miss the boards. I heart you all.

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