February 3, 2012

A pretty dang good day.  First off, we went to the Mecca of all Mecca’s.  The TARDIS.  Luckily Mikelle appreciates Doctor Who like I do and was just as excited as I was to investigate the last TARDIS in London with me.  It was beautiful.  We basically squealed like the obnoxious American tourists we are when we walked out of the tube station and saw the stunning blue box just waiting for us.  It’s actually used now as a surveillance camera (CCTV is alllllwwwwwaaaayyyyys watching you….) and is nestled beside a fantastic little outdoor magazine stand which attracts only the smelliest kinds of people.  Mikelle and I took about a hundred photos and attracted much attention from confused onlookers who decided to mimic us and take pictures of the blue box too, because if these two girls were making such a big deal out of it it must be a pretty important box.  And they are right.  I even got egged on by some passers-by to kiss the TARDIS and to hug it.  I really do need to consider hiring a creative director for my pictures, I feel the need for more variety in my poses.  I should have hired on one of these on-lookers as my intern to see how much they improve my image.

Basically the best moment of my life.

Soooooo cool!

TARDIS hugs :)

"it's bigger on the inside!"

Maybe if we knock the Doctor will let us in?  Nope.

Later that night a huge group of us went to the single’s ward dance.  I’m sure those Brits had quite the shock when 30-odd wild, loud American girls burst into the cultural hall and started taking over the dance floor.  Sometimes I feel ashamed of how loud and un-British we act out in public, but other times it reminds me of home and how much I love Americans.  Even though Londoners might consider us to be a rude, loud, outgoing people I love how happy, open, and excitable we are.  It makes life so much more enjoyable.  And as the night went on at the dance more and more people showed up (so we didn’t outnumber the attendees of the dance, thanks goodness) and the place was packed.  I’m not sure they knew what to do with us, but we all had a great time overall.