23 Feb

I didn’t get to see the NC State vs. UNC basketball game last night because I had class today at 11. I was very pleased to see the ESPN headline “UNC Tramples NC State.” YES!! UNC all the way. I knew it was going to be cold today, but it was still surprising to see SNOW outside! Granted, it wasn’t heavy snow or even very distinguishable from sleet, but it definitely had snow elements.

Court Cultures was fun as usual and it was unfortunate that our seminar was interrupted by yet another fire alarm. I swear, I seems like we have one almost every week at this school! After class I decided to be adventurous and crossed Waterloo Bridge on the way to the Tate Museum of Modern Art. Professor Zim told us in class that while she was crossing this bridge the other day, she was afraid of being blown off of it1 She’s a tiny British woman and considering the kind of wind I faced while crossing, I can well imagine her concern. It was dreadfully windy and rather painful for the face. It reminded me of what we went through at the Outer Banks a couple of years ago.

With modern art, either you get it or you don’t. I really doubt there’s a halfway point here. Me, I don’t. There were a couple of exhibits that were kind of neat, especially the white blocks one. The rest of it baffled, bored, or frustrated me so I finally left after just half an hour. I walked across Millennium Bridge to get back to the north bank and it was a decent view if rather windy and a bit foggy. This bridge was completed in 2000 to commemorate, obviously, the millennium. I walked for a while to get to Blackfriar’s station then caught the Tube back to Temple. I didn’t have to wait too long for a bus near King’s and I made it back to the dorm just before 16:00.

More Olympics were on so I watched that while I thawed. Dinner followed shortly afterwards and the conversation was quite pleasant. After dinner, I watched more Olympics before some of my friends came over to talk for a while. We watched some Games and talked until 12:30. After they left, I did some more reading for class before going to bed. Cheers!