My day started off running a bit late to meet up with Derek so that we could go to the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace. We missed it, so I decided to eat breakfast and he was going to finish his coffee. As I was waiting in his apartment, I rubbed my nose and saw that my hand had blood on it. As I reached up to check my nose, it really started to drip. 25 minutes later of trying to get it to stop, we decided to walk to Boots, the pharmacy here. Pharmacists hold a lot more power here so I thought something cool would happen. He said I just needed to wait for it to clot. It had been 45 minutes at that point so we just decided to start our day. We got on the tube and headed for the Tate Modern Museum. I went back and forth all day on whether I liked the art there. Certainly, there were things that I enjoyed. Some highlights were Dali, Picasso, and Warhol. But there were MANY pieces that I disliked. A mirror, most of the performance art, white canvas with 2 drops of white paint and many other things similar to this. It did cause me to start a discussion. I have never discussed art with so many people or for so long. Sure, it is similar to John Cage's 4'33 which I do not hate. Someone said that music always followed the art-so we wouldn't have stuff like that Cage music without this kind of art. I don't buy it. I am not into it. I like a few pieces but the majority I find stupid. Despite me disliking most of it, we did (Josh, Kody, Derek and I) enjoy coffee on the stop floor restaurant. We had a great view of St. Paul's Cathedral, the Thames and lots of other stuff.
After we finished our coffee, we hopped on the tube at the Blackfriar's station and headed to the Natural History Museum. I LOVED this place. I love animals, and water so it was great to walk around and read. There are some really cute goat looking things. I loved the sloths. I loved the ancient giant sloths. There were lots of shells and sea creatures. I disliked the rock room. The giant sequoia was eye opening. We also stood on the earthquake simulator. It was pretty cool and I could imagine that an earthquake would be terrifying. I want to go back to the Natural History Museum, it has been my favorite museum so far apart from the Imperial War Museum.
After I came back and relaxed, ate some pasta (ok a ton of pasta) and relaxed more. Later, Kristy, Brandon, Tara, Marisa, Derek, Kody, Michael, Charles, Sheldon and I went to a pub for a drink. I got a pimms with lemonade. It tasted like ginger ale. It was good. The music there was fun. It was a great day.
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