Getting Cultured.

Well, there's not a whole whole lot to blog about. Lucky you! Really, I think I'm far more interested about your lives than you are about mine. But here's the goings on anyway.

• Laura and Devon and I saw our first show at the National the other day, entitled Blood and Gifts, which was all about US and Afghan relations from 1981 to 1991, and how we were giving them weapons in order to fight the Russians. It was very interesting to see this at a British theatre and from a sort of British perspective, even though the protagonist was American (played by a Brit). Overall I thought the play was very good, very poignant, and very well done.
  
  From an artist's prospective, it was interesting to see government funded theatre! The set and sound design were both fantastic, and were much more elaborate than what you would see at many professional theatres back home. As well, the majority of the acting was also very good. This theatre has a reputation for getting outstanding performers because they know they will only be there for a short time, as apposed to the big West End productions, where who knows how long they might get stuck doing one show.
  
• We also visited the Tate Modern museum, which is full of modern art! Although We did not get to see much of it, it had a lot of neat items on display, and i would very much like to go back and see the rest of it.
  
• Yesterday, I went on a solo mission to the Science Museum of London, which was also very neat (The majority of museums here are FREE). They had a great exhibit called "Who Am I" which was all about genetics, and how you develop, and what makes you YOU personality-wise, and how all humans are different and why that is. They also had a fantastic space exhibit that was full of information on space exploration, journeys to the moon, and our solar system.
  
• And finally, last night, Laura and I went to see Les Miserables on the West End. I've never seen this show and wasn't super pumped about it, but I ended up really liking it! Very epic. Good music. Good fun. Best part is, we're sitting in the theatre, and over the loudspeaker just before the show began, the announcement was made that Nick Jonas (of the Jonas Brothers) will be playing the part of Marius. And we had NO IDEA when we bought the tickets. He ended up being quite good, and rounded out a solid evening of good entertainment.

Had my first class today (London in the era of the Victorians) which went well, and have three more this week. Yay school and reading....

Cheers.