I got an 80% on the test, so says the internet. Better than the average. I dunno if he’s curved or anything, and I dunno that I can’t get some more points once I’ve actually seen what’s been marked wrong.
For the record, I did not lose 8’s character sheet.
Played D&D today. Wasn’t long enough and not enough happened. š We need to play the evil campaign more too.
Have some London.
1-14-06
Free Day
So I went on my own to that Sir John Soan Museum. I paid a pound. Iām so nice.
The house was pretty sweet. All the mirrors and color skylights were very original and uhā¦ interesting. Takes some architectural skill to make it all seem useful.
The guy had a lot of stuff. I liked the sarcophagus of Seti I and itās placement. He also had this cool statue of Hercules fighting Cerberus. I canāt spell anything. Iām writing standing up on the tube at the moment so pardon the handwriting. I also noticed Soan had quite a few stone flower carvings. Had them up all over the place.
The Hoggart paintings were very entertaining. I wanna see the Harlot series they mentioned. Says that the paintings were criticized as being vulgar. I think itās good that Soan saw the satire. Itās curious, however, that I only saw one intact penis on all his statues. Maybe he had limits, or maybe that wasnāt his doing. He got one of the Hoggart series from the Garricks. So maybe he knew Johnson. Didnāt see Johnsonās Dictionary anywhere though. There were a lot of books, though. I didnāt look at them all. He did have at least three sets of dictionaries.
I saw a drawing/painting that possibly not everyone else saw. It was behind the main paintings in the room upstairs. It was of one of his designs for a palace. It would have been a pretty sweet palace. Had cool statues all over it. I think it would have been pricy.
The train is stopped for some unknown amount of time. I should investigate how to get somewhere interesting.
Went to the Natural History Museum. Itās quite the impressive building. Monkeys climbing the walls and large cats for gargoyles and the like. I liked the building more than any of the exhibits.
The collections were quite inclusive, though. Especially the mineral one. They had a lot of rocks. There was nothing wrong with the exhibits, really, they were just too elementary for me.
I was quite impressed by the crowds. Good to see people interested and such. The museum has about 4 cafes and at least 3 gift shops though. Guess they have to pay for it, but it kinda detracts from the academic atmosphere.
One of the ancient ancestors of the elephant looked really pathetic. About two feet off the ground at itās dorsal point, itās ventral side barely raised. Itās ātrunkā was just a nub. It was round like a worm, but w/ legs. Plus the flabby gray skin didnāt helpā¦ or the modern elephant as comparison.
