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Frozen
#768 | Posted Saturday 3rd May 2008 at 03:53pm by Andi Smith
Liverpool Street, April 30th 2008 18:24
On the last day of April, I headed over to Liverpool Street station after work with a bunch of my workmates to take part in the latest London Freeze.
A freeze is one of the more popular forms of a Flashmob, where a large group of people assemble suddenly in a public place, perform an unusual action for a brief time and then quickly disperse.
In the case of a freeze, everybody stands exactly still for four minutes normally in a ridiculous pose before returning to their daily schedule. And for an activity that involves standing deadly still for 4 minutes, it's actually a lot of fun.
Our own freeze involved a 'slippery floor' cone, with Adam laying on the floor in the pose shown on the cone, while Karen and I ran to his assistance.
Now, there's a couple of basic rules you should follow when freezing:
- Don't stand there with your mouth open. You'll begin to dribble.
- Don't try any kind of silly balancing as you will find it hard to hold for 4 minutes
So what did I do? I stood there with my mouth open shocked Adam had fallen over, while standing on one foot. Four minutes has never taken so long! The best bit, however, was the American walking around me trying to figure out where the camera was.
You can see some of the best photos of the freeze on Flickr by clicking here, although the only person from work who seemed to make it into photo form was Stewart.
And the event found its way onto ABC News
In other news, OMG! this is awesome!!11one
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The Dark Night in London
#767 | Posted Tuesday 29th April 2008 at 07:27pm by Andi Smith
I think I may be going a little Batman crazy, I spent a couple of hours last night running around Westminister and Chinatown as part of an interactive Dark Knight teaser thingy searching for Joker clues in anticipation of the new trailer.
It seemed a bit insane to run out and do that at 9 o' clock in the evening, but I'm only in London for a little bit longer and should make the most of the area, so why not?
I think in my head I've hyped up The Dark Knight a little too much. I honestly seem to believe its going to be the best film ever made. Let's face it - it's never going to beat that much hype, but I know in my heart of hearts that I'll happily settle for it being as good as the first film (Batman Begins).
What films are you looking forward to this summer?
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Final Flat Party
#766 | Posted Monday 28th April 2008 at 11:11pm by Andi Smith
On April 19th, Dave and I held our final flat party, sensibly not at the flat but down the road at The Bridge Bar with a scenic view of Tower Bridge.
Photos follow!
Dave and me
Amy, Gemma, Verity, Heather, Pam, and Sinead with closed eyes
Tammy and me
Anthony and Robin
Shel, Amy and Charlotte
Me, Rob, Tom and Jimbob
Kev and Gemma
Shel, Heather, me and Verity
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Special Guest Starring
#765 | Posted Friday 25th April 2008 at 08:02am by Andi Smith
I took the Thursday and Friday off work as a couple of days holiday last week, but my plans for the Thursday got cancelled when Tammy was unable to take the day off too.
As Dave was between jobs, and awaiting the start of his new one on Monday, we decided to go to the park and fly the radio controlled pterodactyl that his sister had recently bought him. For something that just flapped it wings, it flew pretty well in Southwark park but there was an incident with it getting stuck in a tree which took a while to solve and we realised if we ever did fly it off the balcony, it would be unlikely to make it back.
In the evening, we went for a couple of drinks and a gourmet burger before getting an early night ready for our busy day on Friday. Kev drove over on Thursday night and stayed over so we were all ready to get up early in the morning.
So we arrived at Heathrow Airport bright and early the following morning, ready to greet our special guest... flying all the way from the United States for one weekend only (crazy girl)... Miss Heather Rudd!
Unfortunately, things didn't go quite to plan. Her plane was a little late, but that was the least of her worries. Her luggage didn't turn up. And before you ask, it was Terminal 3. Somehow Air Canada had managed to get London and Vancouver mixed up and had sent her suitcase there. Not good.
So, unusually for a tourist in London, our first stop was Primark on Oxford Street to try and grab a couple of cheap outfits with Amy and Pam able to bring some clothes with them later in the day.
The lost luggage and our trip to Primark didn't dampen our spirits too much. Heather was still smiling and glad to be in London; and we still went out to have lunch at Giraffe (where I had blueberry and banana pancakes ... yum) and we still went to out to dinner as planned at Strada in the evening.
To this day Heather's luggage still hasn't turned up...
You can read more on Heather's travel blog
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One Month
#764 | Posted Tuesday 22nd April 2008 at 07:35pm by Andi Smith
May 17th
So, we're in to the final month of living in London. It seems like only yesterday we moved here, but it's actually been two years.
I'm going to be moving back to my parents' house in the sunny O.C for a little while before finding somewhere nearby to move in to with Amy, while Dave is going to be moving into Pam's flat near Bluewater.
It feels like it's the right time to move back from London. The experience feels complete, and we've had some fun times in the city.
So what follows is the story of the final month of living in London. And it begins with a flying dinosaur...
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