London Boredom

London Boredom is slightly different than regular boredom. See, when you are bored, you usually still have a plethora of items to devote your attention to. TV, videogames, the internet... or God forbid, your homework. Yet in London, boredom works a bit differently. TV? Nope. We have one TV in the floor's lounge, but there are always people in there. Videogames? Only if you count what I have on my iphone, the majority of which I have played ad nauseum. Internet? Hahahaha, nope. It takes about 30 minutes load a 5 minute music video. Thats how bad the internet is here. So here I am... In my room... with nothing to do.

"But Matt! You're in London! Surely there are things to do in the city!"

Ah, a valid point my friend! However, in London, once the sun goes down, you're slightly limited in your choice of activities. Options generally include: A pub, a club, a movie, or a show, all of which cost money. Money that, unfortunately, I don't have.

Now most nights, London Boredom isn't an issue. When I do have money, I'll go out to a show or spend the night on the town. But usually once or twice a week, London Boredom sets in, and its enough to drive a person nuts.

I've read more books for pleasure since being here than ever before.

I've whipped through 3 seasons of Weeds in a very short amount of time.

I've stumbled upon. And stumbled upon. And stumbled upon.

In short: I'm ready to be busy again. A job. A show. A library to go to to do homework that is open 24/7 with a coffee shop that isn't 45 minutes away. The gym. Friends with a space to hang out in. ANYTHING.

I mean really, you can only play water pong so many times before its just no fun anymore.

A lot of people would use this time to write their final papers for class, but I've known for a very long time that unless i'm at the library with a cup of coffee, I can't do school work at night. I don't know why, but if I try to do school work in my room, I am extremely unproductive. But if I go to the library, I can get tons of stuff done! Unfortunately, as I mentioned before, my school's library is A) only open until 11pm during the week and 6pm on the weekends, B) 45 minutes away, and C) until recently didn't have a coffee shop. LAME. The other time of day that I'm really productive is during the morning and the day. I love getting up early to work on assignments. For whatever reason, I get so much more done in the morning than I do at night! Weird, I know.

Also, I'm real tired of being broke. And this exchange rate is killing me. Every time I spend 60 pounds (and they spend the pound like we spend the dollar), I'm actually spending $100. Not cool. I need an income. BAD. So if anyone's hiring when I get back home, please let me know.

16 days until I jet outta here. And besides the boredom and being constantly broke, I'm gonna miss it.