1. Owl City – Fireflies 2. Replay – Iyaz 3. Don’t Stop Believin’ – Glee 4. Starstrukk – 3OH!3 featuring Katie Perry 5. Riverside – Sidney Samson 6. Won’t Go Quietly – Example 7. Don’t Stop Believin’ – Journey 8. Broken Heels – Alexandra Burke 9. Bad Romance – Lady Gaga 10. One Shot – [...]
Entries from January 2010
January 30, 2010
Highgate Cemetery
I read Audrey Niffinger’s book “Her Fearful Symmetry” which was set mainly in and around Highgate Cemetery, a working Victorian high Anglican cemetery. It took a bit of a while to get there–I live in west London and the cemetery is far North–and to actually find the cemetery I had to walk out of the [...]
January 24, 2010
How Jane Austen Ruined My Life
Okay, so Jane Austen really didn’t ruin my life. I didn’t come across her novels until I was a freshman in college. I never had to study her works during my British Literature class in AP, or had seen any of the film adaptations. My exposure to Austen had been a half an hour with [...]
January 22, 2010
Stonehenge and Bath
Today, I went on a coach (bus) to visit Stonehenge and the town of Bath. It was such a dreary day weather wise-cold rain and overcast-so not the best day for sightseeing but I still had a really nice time. Me at Stonehenge. It was smaller than I expected, and visitors aren’t allowed to go [...]
January 18, 2010
Just Touched Down in London Town
I’m spending the semester abroad in London, in the Earl’s Court neighborhood of the Royal Borough of Kensingston and Chelsea. I’m doing an internship at the European Bureau of a news outlet and taking classes about international journalism and British Life and Culture. I arrived this Wednesday–an atypical snowy day in London.The cab driver was chatty, but [...]
January 18, 2010
The Top Ten UK Singles for January 17, 2010
1. Replay – Iyaz 2. Fireflies – Owl City 3. Riverside (Let’s Go) – Sidney Samson featuring Wizard Sleeve 4. Starstrukk – 3Oh!3 featuring Katy Perry 5. Don’t Stop Believin’ – Glee Cast 6. Don’t Stop Believin’ – Journey 7. Bad Romance – Lady Gaga 8. You’ve Got the Love – Florence and the Machine [...]
January 17, 2010
That bizarre kid called ‘Keith’
Think about your life now. What’s going on with it? What’s the best thing? What’s the worst thing? Who is one person that you’ve met that totally turned your life upside down and you were never the same? For Natalie, that person was Keith. I was up late organizing my room after moving back with [...]
