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December 10, 2003
Arch de Triumph
Sunflowers on Stone.
Yesterday I had to make a choice between going to a new yoga class two blocks down the road, or attending another Bookcrossing bookswap, at a pub a bit farther away in Central London. I'm glad I got up enough energy to get out and meet some people at the Bookcrossing event. They only meet once a month, whereas the yoga class meets every week, so I have another chance to get all stretchy at relaxed next week.
I went to last month's Bookcrossing event, and had a good time, and this one was just as good, maybe a bit better even. The people were really interesting and it's amazing how many things you can talk about when you get a bunch of readers together. Sometimes I am afraid to go out and meet new people because I don't have a job. I feel like I don't have much to say about myself. So many people define themselves by what they do for a living. With this group however, we had far more interesting things to talk about, which was great. I brought a few books, which no one took however. I think the books I brought were either too thick, too American, or both. I picked up a few books too, however I doubt I will read them anytime soon, my reading list is very full at the moment since we picked Neal Stephenson's Quicksilver for my book group next month, and its HUGE, nearly a thousand pages. And that’s only at the top of my list.
After the book swap, I left a bit early so I could get a picture (seen above) of the Wellington Arch, which is being specially lit in an attempt to cheer dreary Londoners in the wintertime. This afternoon with the sun out, the temperature was near freezing. I'm not even going to check what it is now that its dark and I need to hit the park and go running.
Posted by shannon at December 10, 2003 06:05 PM
Comments
this is so perty. and a very nice photo. last night i saw something similar in SF: giant falling snowflakes projected on the side of one of the big buildings downtown. heartwarming in an "i'm easy to impress at this juncture in my life" kind of way. didn't have my camera with me or i would have taken a photo to share.
Posted by: ert | December 16, 2003 10:32 PM
very nice photo. if i didn't know, i would have thought it were summer. and i too have seen the snowflakes on the chevron buildings here in SF. i will grab a photo tomorrow, since i work across the street, and share. funny how we strive to create artificial atmospheres evoking opposites of reality. it doesn't snow in SF.
Posted by: tommy | December 17, 2003 03:56 AM