Today was all about Tate Modern. We were going there for class to give presentations about two installation pieces. I decided to run there. It was only 3 miles but it took me 45 minutes because I had to slow down to a walk to maneuver large crowds of people. The pieces we looked at were very cool. The first was made to look like the detritus of a studio or construction site but all the pieces are actually hand sculpted out of polyurethane. It is hard to discern...

So it is now November which to the Brits apparently means it is now Christmas. Any and all Halloween decorations have disappeared and storefronts are covered with Christmas displays. So I went to NYU before class today to meet with Andrew to work on our presentation for class at Tate Modern tomorrow. After that we made our way to St. Pancras area where we were meeting for another field trip. Today's trip was of churches all over London. My favourite by far wa...

Halloween weekend = pretty good time. So I got up early on Friday and caught an 11:30 train to Windermere (every time I say that name I feel like it's some mythical place). Since I didn't have to work that day I decided to go early so I could get a short hike in before sunset. The train ride was not great. There were no seats until the first stop (an hour and a half into the trip) so I was on a little fold down seat for quite a while. Then I kept shuffling arou...

Not a very exciting but I was very productive. At work I came up with a new way to work on the maps, which made it go by much more effectively and efficiently. Felicity told me to have a nice weekend, so I am now going to go to the lake district earlier tomorrow. I have a lot planned including a short hike, boat rides, park exploration, Beatrix Potter attraction etc. It's going to be a lot of fun. Now I really need to go to sleep because I am getting up ea...

Good day. I had a really hard time getting out of bed. It's just so dark in the morning. I got a letter from Shea, including royalty themed Silly Bandz, and a Halloween card from Mom, telling me about a spooky surprise I'll be getting on Friday. It was really nice to get those. Work today wasn't too bad. I did a couple different tasks and we got out a little early. I went to the store to try to find yellow cake mix and pumpkin but apparently those items don...