Notting Hill, pt. 1
Today was a cloudy overcast day, with a high of 67 and a low of 55. COLD.
Anyway, today was a pretty lazy day. It was, afterall, after a night at CAMDENTOWN, which is the craziest place on earth. In Camdentown, Rocky, Gak and I went to the world famous Jazz Cafe and saw an exclusive DJ set by none other than ?love, the drummer for one of my favorite bands, The Roots. It was a loud, fun time, and one I wouldn't trade for even the 15 quid I had to plunk down to get into the venue. After ?love's set, Rocky went up on the stage to slap five and say "what's up," but ? was busy and wouldn't show love. He said he would in a minute, but we were pushed out by the patrons. Oh well.
We got home on a night bus and I slept till 1:50pm this afternoon. After I got up everyone was gone xcept for Rocky. Everyone had left for the Notting Hill Carnival already, so we decided to head out.
We walked to Carnival in around 30 mins. Not too bad. It was pretty wild but not as wild as I expected, what after all the hype leading up to it. We went to a steel drum competition the night before and it was pretty big, but I wasn't that excited by it because the competition was amongst steel drum students, and not professionals. I mean, they were good, but watching a bunch of white 14 year olds bang out calypso just didn't seem that genuine.
Anyway, we got to carnival (not THE carnival; that is what the tourists call it) and there were huge crowds, expensive food, and no bathrooms. We missed the mas (masquerade), so there wasn't that much excitement. Tomorrow, however, is supposedly the REAL day for carnival, the day that parents are told to keep their kids home for, so hopefully it'll be the truly wild experience that all the hype has been building up to.
After Carnival, I fell asleep and didn't get up till 8:30. Now it's 1:53am and I haven't done much besides chat online or go to the Tesco Express for some milk and eggs. I also found tobasco, which should be a huge help with the grilled cheese.
So I noticed on the way home from the Tesco a place call "Modern Books" closing down. That was like the 5th bookstore I've seen in London closing down! I wonder why. There really aren't any Barnes and Noble or Border type places I've come across, and all the corporate chain stores are little narrow hole in the wall type spots. Also, the stores have very little literature and fiction -- mostly just art, self-help, and biographies. Weird.
Anyway, it's 2 am now and I'm not tired at all. Got British Humour tomorrow at 10:30, so I should probably think about trying to sleep soon. I also need to find a song to present to my Music in London class on Tuesday. Thinking "Tikvah" by Sabliminal. Nice and Hebrew.
Cheers!
Anyway, today was a pretty lazy day. It was, afterall, after a night at CAMDENTOWN, which is the craziest place on earth. In Camdentown, Rocky, Gak and I went to the world famous Jazz Cafe and saw an exclusive DJ set by none other than ?love, the drummer for one of my favorite bands, The Roots. It was a loud, fun time, and one I wouldn't trade for even the 15 quid I had to plunk down to get into the venue. After ?love's set, Rocky went up on the stage to slap five and say "what's up," but ? was busy and wouldn't show love. He said he would in a minute, but we were pushed out by the patrons. Oh well.
We got home on a night bus and I slept till 1:50pm this afternoon. After I got up everyone was gone xcept for Rocky. Everyone had left for the Notting Hill Carnival already, so we decided to head out.
We walked to Carnival in around 30 mins. Not too bad. It was pretty wild but not as wild as I expected, what after all the hype leading up to it. We went to a steel drum competition the night before and it was pretty big, but I wasn't that excited by it because the competition was amongst steel drum students, and not professionals. I mean, they were good, but watching a bunch of white 14 year olds bang out calypso just didn't seem that genuine.
Anyway, we got to carnival (not THE carnival; that is what the tourists call it) and there were huge crowds, expensive food, and no bathrooms. We missed the mas (masquerade), so there wasn't that much excitement. Tomorrow, however, is supposedly the REAL day for carnival, the day that parents are told to keep their kids home for, so hopefully it'll be the truly wild experience that all the hype has been building up to.
After Carnival, I fell asleep and didn't get up till 8:30. Now it's 1:53am and I haven't done much besides chat online or go to the Tesco Express for some milk and eggs. I also found tobasco, which should be a huge help with the grilled cheese.
So I noticed on the way home from the Tesco a place call "Modern Books" closing down. That was like the 5th bookstore I've seen in London closing down! I wonder why. There really aren't any Barnes and Noble or Border type places I've come across, and all the corporate chain stores are little narrow hole in the wall type spots. Also, the stores have very little literature and fiction -- mostly just art, self-help, and biographies. Weird.
Anyway, it's 2 am now and I'm not tired at all. Got British Humour tomorrow at 10:30, so I should probably think about trying to sleep soon. I also need to find a song to present to my Music in London class on Tuesday. Thinking "Tikvah" by Sabliminal. Nice and Hebrew.
Cheers!
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