Gammy Eye (and other ailments)

That week when nothing was fun.

More contemporary art: Picasso

Continuing with my last minute exhibition-going, I took a break from being ill to see the Picasso "Fired with Passion" exhibit at the Royal Museum. This exhibit was neat-o and quite unexpected; not what comes to mind when you hear "Picasso." One thing I learnt whilst there: Picasso's love life was c-o-m-p-l-i-c-a-t-e-d. Let's just say he wasn't a one-woman-man. More like five or six.

It was raining quite hard when the museum closed, so we dashed to the (now world famous, alleged "birthplace of Harry Potter") elephant house to escape the rain.

No J.K. Rowling sightings this time, but I'll keep an eye out.

I Want to Ride My Bicycle!

22-Oct-07

People and Planet bicycle day.

I love bikes. I didn't realize how much I loved them until my mom bought me an awesome cruiser at the end of my freshman year. It was big and beautiful and shiny and white. I loved to feel the warm breeze in my hair as I lazily pedalled around campus. And then it was stolen :-(

But enough about that. At the People and Planet meeting last Monday, we learned all about bikes! There was a tandem, a unicycle, another one that you had to keep pedalling (I forgot what it was called), and lots of cool old bikes. We learned about bike routes all through the UK and basic maintainance. Now I can change a flat tire!