My brother randomly came through town today to drop his dog Loki off here so we can dogsit for a few days. So I was woken up with "COME HUG YOUR BROTHER" and then my mother took me shopping for hours
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Awesome, that all sounds very good! I know you would basically be the authority on all things London, apart from people who live there of course ;) It would be pretty damn awesome to catch a glimpse of Vince... I'll keep an eye out...
I think the Globe will definitely have to be on our list. I couldn't really consider myself a self-respecting Shakespearean scholar or acting without at least poking my nose in. The Ghost Bus sounds more like our thing than the Dungeon, though it really depends on how full our schedule gets. Erin and I are walking our left-hand spiritual path together at the moment, so I'm sure we'd have some interesting experiences. (Remember the phantom light bulb in Sydney?)
I think I'd really enjoy Sherlock Holmes, but unfortunately I've never had a chance to read any of the stories, so Baker Street would probably be wasted on me. Though I wonder if there's any sort of Jack the Ripper tour around Whitechapel? There must be, surely...
I'd definitely love to hit up Slimelight, as far as clubs go. Apparently that is THE Goth club in London. Speaking of which, I will hopefully be having my first session as a DJ at Cab Noc next month, as they now run a thing called "So You Think You Can DJ." Naturally, my name will be DJ Crowley ;)
Forbidden Planet... sounds interesting. I'll keep it in mind...
I DO remember that lightbulb. So creepy. And yeah, just walking around London is fricking awesome. All the arcitechture and history is just *squeals*
And OH YEAH! http://www.jack-the-ripper-walks.com/ They have lots of them and I am not sure which the best one is. But I am sure you could suss one out. It would be awesome to go on one! I think Sherlock Holmes would be your kind of thing, but yes if you haven't read the stories, it'd be a pointless venture :D Whitechapel though *drools* There wasn't time for me to do that but I want to some day. If you go you'll have to tell me how it is!
Awesome! DJ Crowley :D Tell me how that goes too!
And it's basically THE gaming/comic book/Whedonverse/Sci-fi shop. And again, even if you want afford to spend money there (I didn't) it's AMAZING. Minotaur times 1,000. :D And once, Amanda Palmer did a ninja gig inside there!
And they do say the walkways on the top of My Bridge are haunted and there's a morgue under it (though you can't go in that I don't think) and I believe it's free to go up in the top of it. So you could give that a go even on the same day you did the Tower since it's right there. It'd be a nice view even if you didn't meet any ghosties :D
Bridge and Tower on the same day sounds good. Even though we'll be there for two weeks, I'm sure it'll end up a bit of a struggle trying to squeeze in everything we want to do. It's a big city, after all, and I just remembered I also would like to go to Whitby because there's apparently some Dracula related stuff there, and I'd like to see the spot where Dracula is supposed to have fed on Lucy Westenra.
I was reading about the Sherlock Holmes tales while researching detective fiction, and I do want to read them someday. Just another thing to add to the list... I'm reading some H. P. Lovecraft at the moment, and then I finally want to read The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings.
Speaking of Amanda, apparently she and Neil Gaiman are doing their New Year's thing in Melbourne this year! So can't wait...
Tis a big city! And yes, finding the places where awesome things happened is always fun! That was why I was so gleeful walking down Baker Street. THIS IS SHERLOCK-LAND, CLARE!
OOoh yes, all good things to read! Is it nice to read for leisure again?
That should be amazing! She is trying hard to get to CHCH too, but since we lost most concert venues, that'll make it hard!
I just remembered Jess interned at The Globe, I think! So if you couldn't afford a tour, you could probably get ahold of her and see if she would be up for a meet up and an informal tour! And I am sure she would love to see you and meet Erin. She's so lovely! Do you have her as a friend on Facebook? She doesn't check LJ often, but I think she is on FB more.
Yeeeees, very good to read for leisure again. I've been reading a few autobiographies actually, like Dave Mustaine's and Ozzy Osbourne's, both of which were highly entertaining. I read The Day Watch and The Twilight Watch too, and I have to say the book series is even better than the movies. You should check them out sometime, I think you'd really enjoy them.
Yeah, I read that Amanda is trying to get to Christchurch. She seems pretty determined, I think she'll figure something out.
Anyway, we just booked! We're going from the 2nd to the 15th of February, and staying in an awesome Victorian Gothic mansion! It's called Oakfield Estates. I don't suppose you know of any supernatural craziness attached to it? A bit of amateur Most Haunted wouldn't go astray... (Who am I kidding? Compared to us, they're the amateurs.)
And yes, I do have Jess on Facebook, so I might have a word. Good plan :)
I hope so for the sake of the people who would love to go! But it might be difficult!
AWESOOMMMEEEE YAYYYY! You will have the best time. I will look up Oakfield Estates. In the meantime, off the top of my head I think the most famous paranormal spots are Highgate Cemetary (The Highgate Vampire and Spring-heeled Jack) and of course, the Tower. And a lot of the underground tunnels, actually. And there's the theatre on Drury Lane, but I don't know if you can go in without like...going to a show.
If you want, when I get home in January, I can go through my ghosty reference books for you! I even have more now MUAHHAHAHHA! And most of them are about the UK. Even if you don't go to the places, it might be interesting to know where in London is reportedly haunted even if you just hear about those places in passing! And the idea of ghostly research makes me incredibly giddy :D I can send you an email list!
And Most Haunted are amateurs compared to everyone. But they are fun to watch scream like babies.
Highgate Cemetery... Perhaps we'll look into it. The theatre sounds awesome too. We might actually see Scary Dave performing while we're over there! Anyway, it'd be awesome to know what to look out for, so thank you :)
Oooh, Scary Dave! That'd be awesome! If you do see him, send him my huggylove! I'll send the list to you in January! I get home on the 19th so that's plenty of time to get it to you before you leave!
Also, it'll still be chilly there! Be sure to bring warm clothes so your back doesn't hurt!
Yes, we've been looking into the weather statistics. Thankfully, at that time of year, it's only a little bit colder than the dead of Melbourne winter, so I should be able to survive, at least.
Lucky! And if you need me to send you the down coat I totally stole from you, let me know! I could absolutely do that when I get back to CHCH in January.
I'll let you know if I feel I'm going to need it, but I think I should be okay. From what I can gather, London won't be half so bad as the conditions I went through camping at the Southern-most point of Tasmania with Ele. We were at the foot of a snow-swept mountain, and for my part at least, woefully under-prepared...
And thank you, I did have a good birthday! Erin made me pancakes in the morning, then we went to my place to play Guitar Hero, had dinner with my parents at Nardee, and then came home and watched Silent Hill. Then yesterday most of the posse went to the Tutankhamun exhibition at the Melbourne Museum as a joint birthday outing for me and our resident Egyptologist Shane, whose birthday is on the 30th. That was a pretty amazing experience; lots of relics from the tombs of Tutankhamun and his ancestors, including a golden ceremonial dagger, and the most beautiful scarab bracelet. The detail was exquisite. Some pretty cool deity statues, and an almighty sarcophagus, too; no mummies, though. Then after the exhibit we had a Middle Eastern dinner on Lygon Street, and though the food was pretty average, we also smoked some sheesha, and that was a lot of fun :)
Yay! Good birthdays are awesome. And Leah went to that exhibit too a while back and she said how awesome it was. I would love to go see that stuff sometime. I'll have to see where it goes next in the world! What's sheesha? I suppose I could google it...
I'm not sure if I spelt it right, but you smoke it from a hookah, and it comes in all sorts of flavours. We were smoking the apple stuff. It kind of tasted like spicy toffee apple. There's no narcotic effect or anything like that, which is why it's perfectly fine to smoke in the middle of a restaurant.
I think the Globe will definitely have to be on our list. I couldn't really consider myself a self-respecting Shakespearean scholar or acting without at least poking my nose in. The Ghost Bus sounds more like our thing than the Dungeon, though it really depends on how full our schedule gets. Erin and I are walking our left-hand spiritual path together at the moment, so I'm sure we'd have some interesting experiences. (Remember the phantom light bulb in Sydney?)
I think I'd really enjoy Sherlock Holmes, but unfortunately I've never had a chance to read any of the stories, so Baker Street would probably be wasted on me. Though I wonder if there's any sort of Jack the Ripper tour around Whitechapel? There must be, surely...
I'd definitely love to hit up Slimelight, as far as clubs go. Apparently that is THE Goth club in London. Speaking of which, I will hopefully be having my first session as a DJ at Cab Noc next month, as they now run a thing called "So You Think You Can DJ." Naturally, my name will be DJ Crowley ;)
Forbidden Planet... sounds interesting. I'll keep it in mind...
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And OH YEAH! http://www.jack-the-ripper-walks.com/ They have lots of them and I am not sure which the best one is. But I am sure you could suss one out. It would be awesome to go on one! I think Sherlock Holmes would be your kind of thing, but yes if you haven't read the stories, it'd be a pointless venture :D Whitechapel though *drools* There wasn't time for me to do that but I want to some day. If you go you'll have to tell me how it is!
Awesome! DJ Crowley :D Tell me how that goes too!
And it's basically THE gaming/comic book/Whedonverse/Sci-fi shop. And again, even if you want afford to spend money there (I didn't) it's AMAZING. Minotaur times 1,000. :D And once, Amanda Palmer did a ninja gig inside there!
And they do say the walkways on the top of My Bridge are haunted and there's a morgue under it (though you can't go in that I don't think) and I believe it's free to go up in the top of it. So you could give that a go even on the same day you did the Tower since it's right there. It'd be a nice view even if you didn't meet any ghosties :D
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I was reading about the Sherlock Holmes tales while researching detective fiction, and I do want to read them someday. Just another thing to add to the list... I'm reading some H. P. Lovecraft at the moment, and then I finally want to read The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings.
Speaking of Amanda, apparently she and Neil Gaiman are doing their New Year's thing in Melbourne this year! So can't wait...
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OOoh yes, all good things to read! Is it nice to read for leisure again?
That should be amazing! She is trying hard to get to CHCH too, but since we lost most concert venues, that'll make it hard!
I just remembered Jess interned at The Globe, I think! So if you couldn't afford a tour, you could probably get ahold of her and see if she would be up for a meet up and an informal tour! And I am sure she would love to see you and meet Erin. She's so lovely! Do you have her as a friend on Facebook? She doesn't check LJ often, but I think she is on FB more.
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Yeah, I read that Amanda is trying to get to Christchurch. She seems pretty determined, I think she'll figure something out.
Anyway, we just booked! We're going from the 2nd to the 15th of February, and staying in an awesome Victorian Gothic mansion! It's called Oakfield Estates. I don't suppose you know of any supernatural craziness attached to it? A bit of amateur Most Haunted wouldn't go astray... (Who am I kidding? Compared to us, they're the amateurs.)
And yes, I do have Jess on Facebook, so I might have a word. Good plan :)
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I hope so for the sake of the people who would love to go! But it might be difficult!
AWESOOMMMEEEE YAYYYY! You will have the best time. I will look up Oakfield Estates. In the meantime, off the top of my head I think the most famous paranormal spots are Highgate Cemetary (The Highgate Vampire and Spring-heeled Jack) and of course, the Tower. And a lot of the underground tunnels, actually. And there's the theatre on Drury Lane, but I don't know if you can go in without like...going to a show.
If you want, when I get home in January, I can go through my ghosty reference books for you! I even have more now MUAHHAHAHHA! And most of them are about the UK. Even if you don't go to the places, it might be interesting to know where in London is reportedly haunted even if you just hear about those places in passing! And the idea of ghostly research makes me incredibly giddy :D I can send you an email list!
And Most Haunted are amateurs compared to everyone. But they are fun to watch scream like babies.
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Also, it'll still be chilly there! Be sure to bring warm clothes so your back doesn't hurt!
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Yes, we've been looking into the weather statistics. Thankfully, at that time of year, it's only a little bit colder than the dead of Melbourne winter, so I should be able to survive, at least.
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I hope you had a good birthday! :D
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And thank you, I did have a good birthday! Erin made me pancakes in the morning, then we went to my place to play Guitar Hero, had dinner with my parents at Nardee, and then came home and watched Silent Hill. Then yesterday most of the posse went to the Tutankhamun exhibition at the Melbourne Museum as a joint birthday outing for me and our resident Egyptologist Shane, whose birthday is on the 30th. That was a pretty amazing experience; lots of relics from the tombs of Tutankhamun and his ancestors, including a golden ceremonial dagger, and the most beautiful scarab bracelet. The detail was exquisite. Some pretty cool deity statues, and an almighty sarcophagus, too; no mummies, though. Then after the exhibit we had a Middle Eastern dinner on Lygon Street, and though the food was pretty average, we also smoked some sheesha, and that was a lot of fun :)
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Yay! Good birthdays are awesome. And Leah went to that exhibit too a while back and she said how awesome it was. I would love to go see that stuff sometime. I'll have to see where it goes next in the world! What's sheesha? I suppose I could google it...
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I'm not sure if I spelt it right, but you smoke it from a hookah, and it comes in all sorts of flavours. We were smoking the apple stuff. It kind of tasted like spicy toffee apple. There's no narcotic effect or anything like that, which is why it's perfectly fine to smoke in the middle of a restaurant.
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