Nothing brings an audience to life like bagpipe

Status: Ow. *cries*

Yesterday I got so burnt on the bus tour, I spent the rest of the day soaking in a DEEP tub of cold water. If there's one thing I adore about this flat it's that the tub is one of the deepest I've seen in a long while. I can soak my entire body into it. It's a glorious way to cool down in this heat.

One thing was positive about yesterday, though. I think I might have seen a Tardis. It's a really tiny one, but it's sitting on one of the railings on the River Thames. The boat operator/amateur tour guide (who was very funny) explained that, for one reason or the other (can't remember), that is the one existing blue box and it cannot be moved. But it doesn't look like it has the Police Box markings on it. I'll have to investigate if I'm ever there again.

So, I guess found a Tardis. Alas, it was not on Platform 9 & 3/4

Today, my brother, mother and I decided to stay in for the hottest part of the day. My padre went on a HUGE walking tour all around London. I felt a little bad about not going with him, but as sunburnt as I am and as hot as it was, there was no way that I would be able to go outside. All the Londoners say that this weather - 90 degrees everyday - is extremely unheard of. That's why no one has air conditioning anywhere. Except the museums. They have air conditioning. I appreciate them more than words can say

So instead of going out, I began to write my screenplay. I have to add in camera directions and all that, so it's a bit different than what I've done before. Considering I've never filmed anything in my life, this might be a big challenging. But, I've got film theory on my side, as well as a fantastic imagination, so here's to hoping it all goes well.

At 8, my mother and I took the tube on over to St. Paul's Cathedral to see the English National Ballet Company. They performed a new ballet by Senior Principle Thomas Edur to music by Estonian composers Eller, Lemba, Kapp, Arvo, Part, Oja, and Suda as well as The Dying Swan by Saint-Saens and Les Sylphides by Chopin. The orchestra also performed a piece on their own: An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise (and with Pipe Major Iain MacDonald on the bagpipes)

I, personally, enjoyed watching the corp a good deal more than the principle dancers. Don't get me wrong, the principles were absolutely beautiful and I couldn't have asked for more, but I really love watching all of them dance together, especially in Chopin's piece when they were all dressed in white. With the inside of St. Paul's - the architecture and all that jazz- it made for a fantastic show. It was the perfect venue for this collection of ballets and music. The orchestra made fantastic use of the cathedral's organ. Blew my mind.
The new ballet was also very good. Not your classic ballet, but that was perfect. It made for a very well-rounded evening of ballet.

And I got to have a glass of chianti with my pasta for dinner. This is not anything spectacular, but it's kinda like the anisette in Delicate Balance - I had to try it because of the reference. Now I can say that Hannibal Lecter and I have both had Chianti ( "I ate her liver with some fava beans and nice chianti")

Pip pip, cherrio and all that rot. G'night!