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So a bit has gone on in the past few weeks since I last blogged. I really should do this more often. Anyways, here's just a recap of what I've done since Bath and Stonehenge, and sorry if I repeat anything, I just don't know. I saw a talk by Moazzam Begg (?), he was imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay. It was pretty interesting to hear his story. That Friday I went to the Saatchi Gallery. There's an exhibit of contemporary Chinese art. It was a great exhibit, my favourite so far I'd say. The link to the pictures of the exhibit is below. Check it out. Then that night I saw Jenny Lewis. It was amazing, right up front.

The next day I woke up and headed to the British Museum to see the Hadrian exhibit but sadly I didn't see it because of timing so I walked around the museum a bit. They have this exhibit going on called Statuephilia and they had 3 different sculptures throughout the museum by various artists. One was a solid gold sculpture of Kate Moss, another was by Damien Hirst. It was quite neat. Then after that a group of us walked around trying to find a place to get a tattoo but we weren't very successful. After the unsuccessful search we went to The Diner and I got a hard shake which was tasty. The next day, Sunday, Kallie, Meredith and I went to see the comedian Sarah Silverman. I wasn't sure if I'd like her since I've seen some of her stuff and was kind of bleh about it but she turned out to be hilarious. I laughed the whole time, it was a good way to top off a great weekend.

This past week started off pretty mellow, Tuesday I just went to Yo! Sushi which is a pretty cool place. They have the food on different coloured plates and they just go around on a conveyor belt. After that I just came back and watched Love Actually and got really excited about being here around Christmas and seeing the decorations. Then on Wednesday I went to a private viewing at the National Gallery for the new exhibit about Renaissance and how the art changed during it. Then I went to the Syon House instead of going to work. My boss took me there. It's a huge house right outside of the city. It used to be a country house but the city closed in on it. It was cool to see though. Then that night I went to see Avenue Q again.

Thursday was fun. I worked then I bought some shoes for 4 quid then I went to karaoke at ISH and hung out with Jon Marx and a few of his friends who were pretty cool. It definitely was a fun night. Then Friday a group of us went to Brick Land and went to a ton of vintage stores and just wandered around. There also was a ton of cool street art in the East end as well. Then Meredith, Becky and I went to a snowboard fest/expo. It was a bit less that we thought it was going to be since it was really hyped up but it was cool. There was in indoor jump and there was a competition so that was neat. After we came back to MTH and played beer pong. I lost horribly. Then a group of us went out in Soho, we ended up going to The O Bar. We drank and danced and had fun for a while. Then we tried to go to The Diner but it was closed so we just came home. It was a fun night full of ridiculousness.

Then yesterday Meredith and I got tattoos in Camden. I got a Tudor Rose on the back of my arm. It was exciting. Then we went to a store across the road and I found some awesome shoes and they actually had my size so I snatched those up. Then we just wandered around Camden all day. Then we came back and hung out for a bit then I went to Soho and met up with Jon Marx and friends. It was an interesting night but quite fun. We started out at some bar then we went to Ghetto which I liked quite a bit. It's been a great weekend and today should be good as well. That's all for now, hopefully I'll post again soon.


Saatchi pics http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2098338&l=2fb6a&id=219703240

Jenny Lewis video of the show I was at http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=J1u-hrZn73Y