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It looks like I'm down to just one blog post a week. Normally my photos encourage me to blog right after I upload them, however I still can't get them to upload so I'm less enthusiastic about blogging without those photos. So now, all the way back to last Thursday...

Thursday was our flatmate Kristin's last day in London because, as I think I've said before, she was doing a different program than our internship program. So we went to work and we had a picnic lunch in the park with our editor, assistant editor and news writer. It was quite a lot of fun, we all brought some food items and talked about everything from places to go out to Michael Jackson and his kids.

After work, we went home and got ready to go out to this dessert/hookah bar that Kristin had picked out for her last night. It was an interesting experience. First, the tube line that we needed was suspended because there was a person stuck under the train. Then when we finally got there the hostess told us we had to be 21 to be there, but then talked to the manager who said we were all close enough to 21. So we found some couches outside and ordered some drinks and hookah and eventually some dessert. It was really fun, but once we left we were very away that we were pretty far away from home and in a rather sketchy part of town. We also went out of our tube zone, meaning we had to take the time to add extra money on our card while feeling uncomfortable, but it was a fun night.

Friday night we finally found a club that locals hang out with nearby where we work called the Underworld (not a gothic club, just a club owned by the pub above it called At Worlds End). They played 80's music all night long and we had a blast. It was a ton of fun.

Saturday I went out to Portobello Market with Claire C. to pick something up that she had bought, then we were going to picnic in the park for the 4th of July but it started to rain instead so we did a bunch of shopping on High Kensington Street because of all of the sales. That night we picked the most American thing we could think of to do - we went bowling at a 50's themed alley. It was a bunch of fun as well, I guess fun is the general theme of this blog.

Sunday Linden and I went back out to Brighton since she couldn't go last weekend because she had a friend visiting. It was very nice, but she looks like a lobster right now, so I've been teasing her calling her the Linder Lobster. I only got a little burnt, but it's all better now.

Monday was life as usual. Work was the same as always, and during class we went to tour The Guardian, which is a newspaper here. They have a very cool building, with lots of multi-media rooms and appear to be very into using technology so it was really interesting to see. They also had an amazing interior decorator.

Tuesday. Tuesday Claire and I got off of work early for two reasons - 1. we asked to get off at 3 to make it to the Harry Potter premiere, 2. there were no desks for us to use because the designer was in so we actually got off at 12. Then Claire and I made our way down to Leicester Square for the premiere and got there at about 2:30. It was not as fortunate as the others. People had been arriving since very, very early in the morning and it was packed. We had a horrible spot which we were eventually moved from into only a slightly less horrible spot. Then the rain came. At first it was your typical London sprinkle.

Then it turned into a torrential downpour with heavy winds. There were rivers of water running through the square, and even wearing my rain coat I got soaking wet and was freezing. This persisted for quite some time, and we even tried to leave but were trapped because they closed the gates. Eventually they started letting people out and Claire decided to leave but Linden and I stayed. A lot of people left so we got up quite a bit closer, but still not very close. Of course the rain damaged my video camera so that stopped working and I'm still hoping it will magically work again, and since I don't usually take pictures at the premieres my camera battery died. So I didnt' get any good pictures or footage or autographs - but we were there. I saw Dan Radclife, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Michael Gambon, AND JK Rowling. So despite the wet and cold, it was still really fun.

Today at work Claire and I had to clean out some filing cabinets and then call salons, spas and nail salons to ask the monthly insider questions. Basically we had to ask them about business in the last month and what they think about certain trends and beauty products. It isn't too bad, most people are used to it and willing to talk but they are difficult to get a hold of.

Hopefully I'll get my technology fixed soon so I can get up some pictures for you guys. Only four weeks left! I'm really sad, but trying not to think about it and just enjoy my time here. And at least I get a week in Italy with my mom to soften the blow!