Amazingly enough, I now have internet at home! Wheee!!! Having my own internet at home is so unreal to me - I don't even know where to begin. Ok, I know, actually posting more here, which I will do tomorrow.
(And, the cable TV guy comes tomorrow to set that up for me - where does the fun end?)
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Books
Currently Reading:
--Gilead, by Marilynne Robinson
--Gilead, by Marilynne Robinson
--Jan - June 2009 National Geographic Magazines
--A Year in the Merde, by Stephen Clarke 5*
--a few of the "Death In..." books, by JD Robb 4* (as airplane reading)
--The Adventure of English, by Melvyn Bragg 5*
--Shipping News, by Annie Proulx 3*
--Confessions of an Economic Hitman, by John Perkins 5*
--Duma Key, by Stephen King 5*
--Beasts, by Joyce Carol Oates 4*
--Skin Privilege, by Karin Slaughter 1* (HORRIBLE writing)
--Plain Truth, by Jodi Picoult
--Kafka on the Shore, by Haruki Murakami
--The Road, by Cormac McCarthy 5*
--Oil!, by Upton Sinclair 2* (good writing, a bit long, didn't flow well)
--Out Stealing Horses, by Per Patterson 4*
--Stumbling on Happiness, by Daniel Gilbert 3.5*(interesting, not as good as Tipping Point or Blink or Paradox of Choice)
--Speaker for the Dead, by Orson Scott Card 4* (but not nearly as good as Ender's Game)
--Beasts, by Joyce Carol Oates 4*
--Skin Privilege, by Karin Slaughter 1* (HORRIBLE writing)
--Plain Truth, by Jodi Picoult
--Kafka on the Shore, by Haruki Murakami
--The Road, by Cormac McCarthy 5*
--Oil!, by Upton Sinclair 2* (good writing, a bit long, didn't flow well)
--Out Stealing Horses, by Per Patterson 4*
--Stumbling on Happiness, by Daniel Gilbert 3.5*(interesting, not as good as Tipping Point or Blink or Paradox of Choice)
--Speaker for the Dead, by Orson Scott Card 4* (but not nearly as good as Ender's Game)
Things I've Done in London
Tourist Sites
--Sir John Soane house/museum
--Whitechapel Bell Foundry Tour
--Kensington Palace / Last year of the Deb exhibit
--Tower of London / Crown Jewels
--Tate Britain
--National Gallery
--Annie Leibovitz exhibition at National Portrait Gallery
--National Portrait Gallery
--Cabinet War Rooms / Churchill Museum
--Kew Gardens (Royal Botannical Gardens)
--British Museum
--London's Transport Museum
--Victoria & Albert Museum
--Tate Modern Museum
--Bath (Roman Spa; Abbey; Gravel Walk; etc.)
--Greenwich (National Maritime Museum, Royal Observatory...)
--Tourist Walking (Buckingham, Westminster, Big Ben...)
--Borough Market
--St. Martin-in-the-Fields
--Camden Market
Plays / Shows
--Cirque-du-Soleil's Quidam @ Royal Albert Hall
--London Parade (New Year's Day)
--Handbell concert in Westcliff-on-Sea
--Spamalot
--Advent Carols by Candlelight @ St Martin...
--Lord Mayor's Show (parade)
--The Lion King (musical)
--Carmina Burana @ Royal Albert Hall
--Manon (ballet) @ Royal Opera House
--Wicked (musical)
--King Lear @ Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
--Twelfth Night @ Regent's Park Open Air Theatre (rained out after 40 minutes)
--The Phantom of the Opera @ Her Majesty's Theatre
--Strictly Gershwin @ Royal Albert Hall (National Ballet)
--Avenue Q (musical)
--Romeo & Juliet @ Opera House (Royal Ballet)
--Bruce Springsteen (concert)
--The 39 Steps (play)
--Sir John Soane house/museum
--Whitechapel Bell Foundry Tour
--Kensington Palace / Last year of the Deb exhibit
--Tower of London / Crown Jewels
--Tate Britain
--National Gallery
--Annie Leibovitz exhibition at National Portrait Gallery
--National Portrait Gallery
--Cabinet War Rooms / Churchill Museum
--Kew Gardens (Royal Botannical Gardens)
--British Museum
--London's Transport Museum
--Victoria & Albert Museum
--Tate Modern Museum
--Bath (Roman Spa; Abbey; Gravel Walk; etc.)
--Greenwich (National Maritime Museum, Royal Observatory...)
--Tourist Walking (Buckingham, Westminster, Big Ben...)
--Borough Market
--St. Martin-in-the-Fields
--Camden Market
Plays / Shows
--Cirque-du-Soleil's Quidam @ Royal Albert Hall
--London Parade (New Year's Day)
--Handbell concert in Westcliff-on-Sea
--Spamalot
--Advent Carols by Candlelight @ St Martin...
--Lord Mayor's Show (parade)
--The Lion King (musical)
--Carmina Burana @ Royal Albert Hall
--Manon (ballet) @ Royal Opera House
--Wicked (musical)
--King Lear @ Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
--Twelfth Night @ Regent's Park Open Air Theatre (rained out after 40 minutes)
--The Phantom of the Opera @ Her Majesty's Theatre
--Strictly Gershwin @ Royal Albert Hall (National Ballet)
--Avenue Q (musical)
--Romeo & Juliet @ Opera House (Royal Ballet)
--Bruce Springsteen (concert)
--The 39 Steps (play)
1 comment:
Woo hoo! Cable and internet! It's like you were a grown up or something!
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