i'm having difficulty figuring out how to archive correctly. damn blogger, i think i may switch to a different web-based blogging site, one that allows a guestbook or something. but that's a project for when i return -- if i return, that is. i'm digging my time here.

the only thing really throwing me a curve ball is the sun setting so late. i forget how far north london is. my cousin said that if you get a globe and put your finger on alaska and spin the globe about halfway, you would land on the UK. thankfully, it's not as cold, but daylight ends at around 9:30 pm and resumes at about 4 am. this can be a problem if sunlight peeking through curtains in the mornings wakes one up prematurely (as it does me) or if the sun setting acts as a signifier that it's time to mozy on home on weeknights. last night, i left the pub with the sunset, shocked to find that it was nearly 10 pm by the time i came home. i guess that could make yet another good argument for getting a wristwatch, something i've avoided for years despite my chosen career path of becoming a deadline-driven journalist. i just figure that someone around me will have the time, and you know what, someone usually does.

otherwise, i've been urged to include more dirt on this site. i figured that the picture of my drunk boyfriend's head between two bottles of wine below would do the trick, but the public demands more salacious goodies. so on that note, two of my flatmates found themselves with a raucous group of brazilians at a gay nightclub last night, where they had an unpleasant experience with stinky poppers (perfectly legal here), there's one person on my program who's rumored to be quite the slut and another whom everyone hates, and we're only a week into this journey. see, it's no fun to mention when you can't really go into these things. but rest assured, it's not as boring as my blog makes it out to be.

and in news more appropriate for my professor (hi judith!), i've noticed that the british read a ton more than americans. and what's weird about the morning news shows is that their hosts just go over the headlines of each major paper and of the tabloids as well. this happens on virtually every show, just so people can get a feel for which papers they should buy that day. there are plenty of big stories today, here's one that i found especially interesting.