First of all, it's frickin' freezing in here, Mr. Bigglesworth. The English summer has waned, and the autumn is beginning to rest its cold hands on my cheeks. There is still some sun, which is nice, and should be just enough to hold me over until June 2005, when I next see it. Still, I must admit that there's something kind of cozy about wearing a coat all the time.
Regarding culture shock, a fortuitous event has actually facilitated a smooth transition into the English lifestyle. Last night, the motion picture "Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey" was broadcast on television. Excellent!
London is as bustling as ever, and I'm enjoying the hell out of wandering about. Here is a little Q and A with MYSELF to fill you in:
Question: Have I been to the pub yet?
Answer: Yes, about four different ones so far.
Question: What is the most beatiful sight you have seen so far?
Answer: The Underground, mang. Who cares if there are no trash can's in the entire system because of IRA bombings past, that's just pure excitement every single time. The idea that you can walk down a flight of stairs in the middle of town and come back up anywhere on the map has far too much appeal for anyone of the video game generation to resist.
Question: Have you seen people that are weird or perhaps nuts?
Answer: Not really. There was this one really old Irish dude in a pub called "Bradley's Spanish Pub" (marvelous in and of itself) that started dancing to a jukebox recording of some motown song in the middle of the really crowded room with a catatonic smile affixed to his face. Okay, it now occurs to me that that was awesome!
Question: Weekend highlight?
Answer: Went to see the Santa Barbara band Sugarcult. It was the all-ages show, so the place was crowded with teenagers. Sound creepy? Well, it certainly was not, because I fit right in! I wasn't the only guy who was thirteen years old. And to top it off, I have not been asked for "ID" yet!
Well, I'd better get on with it. Best regards to all the homies in the U.S. of A. England and I await you all.
Juan"Wrinse"
6 comments:
Wrince! Most excellent to hear from you! I'm very pleased you found the time to join the blog and provide us with an update on the happenings. As always, I'm looking forward to hearing more of your anecdotes from across the pond.
Johnny Bourbon, so glad to hear you made it over there ok. You must immediately work to obliterate your American accent and replace it with a British punk rock accent. There is none better. Just remember, when you come back to visit, we can put another shrimp on the barbie just for you. Have a g'day, mate!
Gah, just realized I don't know how to spell Wrinse. Ah, there we go. Wrinse. My apologies, I'm still learning how to speell.
Barns, I am totally stoked that you got to see Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey. It's totally rad-face! God, I love these blogs. I disagree with Grownzi about the whole accent thing. I think you need to pick up an English accent and hit it with a little bit of the Cuban accent, then add a touch of the "pub jibberish." That's how I want to hear my barns talkin'! Grownzi, I'm thinking about camping on the weekend November 5-7. Yorgi, is there any way we can show that "new" comments have been added to the posts and responses? Hmmmm. I'm trying to think that one through. Maybe some kind of dating system on the "comments posted" deal to track if we've already read the comments or if there are any new ones.
-SHIDOG
Hmm, I know what you mean about the comments. It would be nice to have some sort of indicator of comments that haven't been read, but as far as I know, there's no way to do it. I could maybe display all of the comments on the main page. Or I could just go back to having the comments display only on the permalink page of the comments. What do you think would be better?
Okay, I've written some custom code to notify you when there are new comments. Pretty cool stuff. I think I'm actually going to submit the info to Blogger as a Blogger Hack. If you click on all of the links to expand the comments, then the next time you load the page, it will not give the new comments message. The next time you visit the page and comments have been added, the page will let you know.
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