Our host (who's not here, he's at my dad and Step-mom's place in San Francisco) has excellent taste in videos, by the way. X-Files, Simpson's, Futurama, Family Guy and.... BUFFY! Among other things.

He also has excellent taste in beer, except..... Okay, keeping your Guinness at room temperature, fine. But keeping your Stella Artois at room temperature???? COME ON!

Forgive him Sean, it's a British thing. Put a couple in the fridge, and drink them later.

So I am finishing up season 2 of Mad Men. It's really creepy how women are treated in the show, and I'm guessing, back then.

I really don't wanna come home, but I have a show I have to tech on Saturday, and then another one on Sunday.

Foo.

and a game of BSG with us friends.

And a cute new puppy to play with!

(Yes, I'm still awake. My body decided to just stay on West Coast time the entire two weeks I've been here.)

and a game of BSG with us friends.

Not playing fair!

And a cute new puppy to play with!

REALLY NOT PLAYING FAIR!!!!!!

Chorus 3 and I have seen each other 7 out of the last 10 days. Tonight, I convinced her to come out and see our director perform even though she was a little sick, promising to take her home if she didn't feel up to it. When I took her home, she told me about a couple things going on next week that I should also attend.

"I don't want to stop seeing you," she said.

This is too good to be true.

all is fair in love and war. And. well. We love you dude!

Sean, I'm so sorry to hear that my city did not treat you well. For what it's worth, I know *very* few Londoners who are anti-American (we mostly think your country is exciting and appealing, like I do). I think you just ran into our generally very brusque attitude. Especially if you were travelling. We're not known for being nice on the tube. I've had the worst behaviour I've ever encountered on the tube, including people refusing to give me a seat for quite some time while I stood there being held up only by my walker and sheer force of glare. Ignore the people and go and see some sights. All the ones that people have recommended above are awesome.

Here in London, I was almost startled at how many Middle Easterners and Indian Subcontinenters come to the UK.

That's what I love most about London. It's fantastically multi-cultural. There have been people from the Indian subcontinent and Caribbean living here for years, for historical reasons, and now we're getting increasing numbers of people from other places. I love all the signs of different religions you can see on a walk down any street in the city.

Oh, and find any place to get a real scone with clotted cream.

How much are you willing to spend? My favourite tea place is the cafe at Fortnum and Mason's, which costs the earth, but has incredible afternoon tea with scones. I *think* there's cream. You might have to call ahead and ask!

But keeping your Stella Artois at room temperature???? COME ON!

Welcome to England.

My Girl is doing the Knowledge. It's taking years. Since we're about to leave London, I don't know if she's going to finish, but I hope so.

There's some press that there's some tension because of the whole BP thing [...] I don't know how prevalent or true this is though.

It's frustrating a few of us - but again, I doubt people are connecting that with ordinary US visitors. We're not that canny.

You ALL have to come to London. And have a drink with me while you're at it.

Bit of a rubbish couple of days. The worst thing being, The Girl's father has new tumours in various places. They have no idea what the prognosis is at the moment. I'm shit at the supportive thing and generally feel like I should go away so I can be less of a burden on her. Blah.

Sean, I'm so sorry to hear that my city did not treat you well. For what it's worth, I know *very* few Londoners who are anti-American (we mostly think your country is exciting and appealing, like I do). I think you just ran into our generally very brusque attitude. Especially if you were travelling.

Yeah, between Heathrow and the tube, I'm not all that surprised. Heathrow workers have to deal with a billion people a day, all of whom are tired and cranky and just got off or are about to get on a plane.

And the tube? Yeah, I can see that just being what it's like on the tube.

You ALL have to come to London. And have a drink with me while you're at it.

I *really* wish I had more than today, Seska. I would love to meet you, but that's just not gonna happen this time. We're about to head out, and I'll be out of touch for the rest of the day.

But I'll be back, and for longer, and if you're not in London, well I'll just have to include a trip to wherever to make it happen.