Status of the Squid
Apr. 10th, 2011 07:50 pmThink I'm with several other people when commenting that I keep meaning to post here, then forget or do little things, and owe a big post.
So, the Highlights.
Back in January,![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
savvyliterate and gigabahamut666 invited me to visit them in Liverpool, England in July. and after some flailing and figuring of finances, I said yes.
Friday, I hit the halfway point of my budget, also the price of a roundtrip ticket from Tucson. (and no, it's not cheaper from Phoenix or LAX, already checked)
And as it was pointed out to me, it's not gonna cost me more to leave the UK a week later than previous planned, something which I already cleared with work.
.... Which means I have a week spending time with friends I don't get to see often, and a week kicking around England by myself on the cheap. Hence, the question of what to do.
Definitely doing: Tower of London, Sherlock Holmes Museum, watch Catherine Tate & David Tennant in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing. (WE HAVE TICKETS, BITCHES!!!!)
Want to do: Bath, Stonehenge and/or Avebury, Staffordshire Hoard and/or Sutton Hoo, Victoria & Albert Museum and/or The British Museum -both with an emphasis on ancient history.
If I can: London Eye, which would make the best locked room murder mystery EVER, Sherlock Holmes Pub comes recommended, and a Jack the Ripper Walking Tour.
Not open to the public, dammit: New Scotland Yard's Crime Museum, aka 'The Black Museum'. 2 wings, historical and current, the first having the original Jack the Ripper letters.
Don't really have an itinerary, just kinda making it up as I go along right now. Do know that I'm going to be bloody cold, London averages 20c during the day in July, while Tucson is about 39c. ^^;
In other news, my laptop Kuroba died, which has been an ongoing saga. Went to take a shower, came back, dead. Will not turn on (it is beyond tier one tech support), and the guy at OfficeMax says it's likely the internal power supply.
-Acer will fix it for free once he's sent to them, but the first thing they'll do is completely wipe the harddrive to 'protect my privacy'. Including the fics that were in progress when it unexpectedly died. (according to their cust service, the fact that I didn't have those backed up is totally my fault. am totally not amused)
So need to back it up first, which I'm working on. In the meantime, using the Old Lady (approaching 11 years old!), who is slow and unexpectedly quits the internet, so I'm not doing as much online right now.
Kabuto's up and running, and it's nice to have transportation of my own. ^__^
So, the Highlights.
Back in January,
savvyliterate and gigabahamut666 invited me to visit them in Liverpool, England in July. and after some flailing and figuring of finances, I said yes. Friday, I hit the halfway point of my budget, also the price of a roundtrip ticket from Tucson. (and no, it's not cheaper from Phoenix or LAX, already checked)
And as it was pointed out to me, it's not gonna cost me more to leave the UK a week later than previous planned, something which I already cleared with work.
.... Which means I have a week spending time with friends I don't get to see often, and a week kicking around England by myself on the cheap. Hence, the question of what to do.
Definitely doing: Tower of London, Sherlock Holmes Museum, watch Catherine Tate & David Tennant in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing. (
Want to do: Bath, Stonehenge and/or Avebury, Staffordshire Hoard and/or Sutton Hoo, Victoria & Albert Museum and/or The British Museum -both with an emphasis on ancient history.
If I can: London Eye, which would make the best locked room murder mystery EVER, Sherlock Holmes Pub comes recommended, and a Jack the Ripper Walking Tour.
Not open to the public, dammit: New Scotland Yard's Crime Museum, aka 'The Black Museum'. 2 wings, historical and current, the first having the original Jack the Ripper letters.
Don't really have an itinerary, just kinda making it up as I go along right now. Do know that I'm going to be bloody cold, London averages 20c during the day in July, while Tucson is about 39c. ^^;
In other news, my laptop Kuroba died, which has been an ongoing saga. Went to take a shower, came back, dead. Will not turn on (it is beyond tier one tech support), and the guy at OfficeMax says it's likely the internal power supply.
-Acer will fix it for free once he's sent to them, but the first thing they'll do is completely wipe the harddrive to 'protect my privacy'. Including the fics that were in progress when it unexpectedly died. (according to their cust service, the fact that I didn't have those backed up is totally my fault. am totally not amused)
So need to back it up first, which I'm working on. In the meantime, using the Old Lady (approaching 11 years old!), who is slow and unexpectedly quits the internet, so I'm not doing as much online right now.
Kabuto's up and running, and it's nice to have transportation of my own. ^__^
