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Tuesday, November 14, 2006

Sunshine Vitamin Deficiency

So I've gotten sick quite a lot since coming to London because I've had trouble adjusting to the weather. I finally bought my first blowdryer. I've never needed one before but have learned the hard way that you can't go outside in the London cold with wet hair! So I've started taking vitamins lately. (They pronounce vitamins with a soft "i".) So I'm getting my Vita C and zinc and all that, but I think what I'm really lacking is my "Sunshine Vitamins." I think it's Vita D or E that comes from the sun, and without it you get depressed and sad. I never realized how sad you get when you go without sunshine for long periods of time. I guess I took it for granted living in Cali my entire life, but DAMN, it's really depressing here with the dreary skies and it getting dark at 4:30pm!

Anyhow, I finally learned how to Bluetooth my pictures from my cellphone into my computer, so here are some random pictures from London, out and about.


Me and my friend Magda at a bar in Soho where the cocktails were 10 quid (equiv. $20)


Me and Magda at CC Club.


I think this picture today. This is my school, King's College Strand Campus. Look at the shit weather...


My friend Jiajia and his friend Darren. I don't know if any of you recognize him from my China blog, but I met Jiajia and some of his friends in Shanghai this summer. I met up with him and Harry and some of their friends from art school in Covent Garden last night.


Here's me drinking a Coors Light! It's really funny, but it's like somewhat classy to drink imported American beers in London...like Bud or Coors, which is TOTALLY not cool to do at a proper bar in LA. I mean, we drink Bud and Coors at home, at BBQs, etc. but at a nice bar out, you try to look cooler and get an imported beer. BUT...in UK, Coors Light is imported beer!


This is the Christmas tree up at Somerset House, which is next door to my school. Christmas starts really early here. Oxford Street has already been lit up and they're putting up Christmas trees and the Starbucks cups are red. It's weird because I'm used to Thanksgiving coming first, but there's no Thanksgiving here.


This is a Degas painting from the Somerset House. I took a picture of it to text message to my sister, but I don't think the US phones receive my text messages. My sister really likes Degas ballerinas.


And this is a Monet I took a picture of for my mom. She likes Monets. The Somerset House has a pretty great collection of impressionist paintings and since I'm a King's student, it's free to me! So I walked around there one day between classes. They have an ice skating rink there during the winter. Should be opening soon.

I was wondering, how come no one ever leaves comments on my postings? You guys can you know...

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