First of many updates (this one is boring)...

So my morning was spent wandering around the Soho area with my friend Marcy (who strangely enough, is also from Idaho), searching for a decent (and by decent, I actually mean cheap) pub to get some fish n' chips at. So, while we're seeing the sights, we finally come across a suitable candidate for food, and stop in. Okay, so I didn't actually get the fish, but I did get chips alongside my main dish of mushroom and goat cheese pie. Eh, it wasn't too bad, but the topping was more like a pastry, and not as bread-like as I hoped. I wanted something, oh, I don't know, more substantial, yes?

Ah well...Anyway we stopped by the Virgin Megastore and looked at some CDs and DVDs, but didn't buy anything due to my abject poverty. Something I've noticed is the phenomenal heat everywhere in London stores. I think they are trying to sap the strength from the shoppers who come in, wear them down, wilt them until they can no longer resist reaching out of the sea of overpriced crap around you and clutching at least one piece of merchandise like some life preserver. Haha, but jokes on you, Virgin Megastore, and you too, London shopkeepers! I'm from the quasi-desert of Idaho, suckas, you can't beat me with your mild Northern England heat. It's gonna take a hell of a lot more than that to put the whammy on me, punks.
Anyway, went to class after that, "Migrations and Diasporas", and got our book assignments. This guy Charlie and me went to the book store and got the last two copies of a required text. Uh-oh classmates, looks like the early birds get the worms.

Finally, went to a local museum and saw and exhibit of Chinese porcelain throughout the ages. It was actually fairly fantastic. Although I've seen serveral exhibits like that in the past, I'm always astonished by the craftsmanship that I see in those pieces, as well as by how well they are preserved, despite many being over 600 years old. Yeah.