Back from London

And normal life's a bitch. Got back yesterday evening and already I'm expected to do stuff around the house. Woe is me!

On the other hand, I had a great time in London. We went to a lot of museums (the Science Museum, the Natural History Museum, the British Museum and the National Gallery, although we didn't spend a lot of time in the last two). It's really awesome that they are all free, especially considering the amount of money I spent on other things *shamefaced*. In fact, we bought so much that the single bag we'd brought as cabin luggage couldn't hold all of the stuff we had to take back home. That caused the only real fight we've had, which is a miracle in itself; my sister and I don't always get along very well. We did have a few disagreements throughout our stay, but on the whole it was a very enjoyable trip!

Look what I gots in the Natural History Museum:

It's a stuffed, 1,000,000x enlarged neuron. I call him Gregor. He's just so cute!

We also went on an evening walk through Westminster (Well, I think. We started out in Westminster, anyhow), along Westminster Bridge and then we traversed the Millennium Bridge, which was really awesome but had my sister complaining that her feet hurt. Most of the time, I was the one complaining; I didn't feel very well and I kept having headaches and being extremely hot or cold, it was annoying. For both of us. But we made it through (mostly) unscathed.

Here's a gratuitous picture of Ben at night (I'm a really bad photographer):

Also, on a completely different note, I accessed my mail yesterday night for the first time in four days and had 45 emails. I was like "What?!", but then I saw that somehow, 20 people had felt the need to post congratulations on my Facebook wall. >,<. I felt very appreciated, though, also by the various people who braved the 13-cents overseas cost of a text to wish me a happy birthday. Thanks to all you guys. And Paul, I laughed really fucking hard from your awesome text. So tell me, what dictionary did you swallow? x'DD.

So yeah. Why is it that, as you get older, birthdays just lose all the magic? It's just so sad. :/. Or am I the only one that doesn't feel special on their birthday anymore? I must be getting old...


_AND DUDE!_ FFXIII-2 ads in the Underground stations!

On the very first day. I was all over the place from Awesome.

~

ZELDA UPDATE (x'DD): I continued to the Castle (turns out it's really called Ganon's Castle, so I wasn't far off :'D), and was amazed at how ridiculously easy the final dungeon was. However, I got to the face-off with the Great King of Evil Ganondorf (what a title :'D) and ran out of magic power (and therefore Light Arrows) before I'd finished him off. Turns out sending his energy blasts back at him stuns him, but doesn't actually do any damage. I was stuck in a perpetual cycle. That is, until my sister (the very same) started rage-vacuuming because we hadn't done it yet (nobody had asked) AND SWEPT THE NINTENDO64 OFF OF THE TABLE. It crashed into the floor and my gameplay suffered a horrible, sudden death. Actually, I haven't tried it again after, so I can only hope she hasn't somehow fatally wounded the poor thing...  To Be Continued. Dun Dun Dunnnn.

(Also, Ganondorf was dramatically playing an organ when Link entered the room. AWESOME.)



~Levyathan

Going to London, baby

TOMORROW BITCHES. In fact, our flight is at 8:30 AM tomorrow, and we need to check in at least 70 minutes before. That, coupled with the time it takes to reach the airport and the morning-rush traffic jams, means we have to leave home at 5:45 AM. That means I have to get up before 5 in the morning. THE HORROR!

I'm actually getting kind of nervous about this trip, because it's just me and my sister going and I can only hope we'll be able to survive. No, I'm not really worried about that at all, but it's just really weird to think I'll be in London tomorrow. I haven't even packed yet! Can't really decide what to take with me, I have too many clothes and too few at the same time... Oh well, guess I'll just cross that bridge when I reach it.

I'm definitely taking my Game Boy Color and the book I'm currently reading: The Name of the Star (Shades of London #1) by Maureen Johnson. I started reading it yesterday, am about halfway through and I think it is really awesome. It's just kind of... scary? It's about the 1888 Jack the Ripper murders being reenacted in modern-day London (with fresh victims) BY A GHOST. It's kind of strange, but I love it. It also made me afraid to close my eyes and go to sleep, but that's not important. Anyway, I'll be bringing that on the off-chance I'll find time to get some reading done.

On the other hand, I'm not sure I'll be able to post anything in the coming four days. Not, y'know, that I've been posting at all regularly lately, but just a heads-up. I might do a scheduled "Happy Birthday to Me" post but I'm not sure yet, because I'd have to write that now. You'll just have to wait and see.

But I don't honestly have much else to s-

OH MY GOD. I almost forgot. A good friend of mine was over for the day and she brought her Wii. Now, I don't own a Wii and have never much regretted that because I think the Wii sucks as a serious gaming console and mostly just has merit for playing things like Mario Kart at parties and with lots of friends. BUT. There is one reason I have always secretly wanted a Wii: The Legend of Zelda. Now, I doubt any of you are surprised by this, but still. Anyway, she brought her Wii- and Twilight Princess. I've been dying to play that game since the moment it was announced. I got to play it today for a full three hours (and then some) and I loved it. And now I'm once again brokenhearted because I don't own a Wii, even though I stand by my opinion about it as a gaming engine and I just so wish there was just a fucking BUTTON for swinging your sword. And then. SKYWARD SWORD.

TL;DR: I might just end up buying a Wii at some point in the future.

(Also I beat the Spirit Temple on OoT and Sheik revealed his (her) real identity and Princess Zelda was kidnapped by Ganondorf. So now it's off to Ganon's Castle to rescue the Princess and save Hyrule!!)

Now, I wish you all a very good night, I'll be off packing my bags.

Adieu,

~Levyathan