I think my brain is full
Today marks two firsts for me here in London: the beginning of my academic journey at what everybody calls "The LSE," and in the culinary world I made my first attempt with red meat. Needless to say I spent the day in between classes wondering about how my sirloin steak would turn out. When I wasn't thinking about food though, I was frantically trying to teach myself how to take notes again. After nearly a five month break from studies my return to the classroom was less than stellar. I seemed to have revert to the attention span of a 10 year old during my summer at the bank, and it showed today.
Now I'm usually overwhelmed every first day of classes, but this place...the LSE...it's ridiculous. Syllabi are like 10 pages long, each week has about 15 suggested books for reading, of which you are to pick "a few" that grab your interest. Between four classes that's about 12 books-worth of knowledge per week that I'm supposed to pick up.
Unfortunately I think my brain is full. Any space that was left filled instantly with cooking recipes, which I hear are as much about tweaking to your liking as they are about following the actual directions. Either way, the onslaught of information that is coming in the next 9 months--both in the form of recipe analysis and economic analysis--will surely fry my brain. Next time you BCers and SF people see me I'll be a shell of my former self...prepare yourselves.
Since my dinner doesn't make for very good pictures, and neither does me sitting in class. Here are some pics from a day trip to Hampton Court Palace, a favorite residence of King Henry VIII, I believe. This place was ridicuously large, we walked around for about 3 hours and saw only about 50% of the place. Interestingly enough, one of the buildings was originally used for about 50 toilets, all in one room, for the palace's guests. The idea was that while you were sitting there shoulder to shoulder you could see your friends walk in and talk to them...classic.
Hampton Court Palace - a view from the garden
Clock in the inner courtyard, still has the same cogs as it did 500 years ago
An inner courtyard
A view of the gardens...and this was only about 1/8th of it
Now I'm usually overwhelmed every first day of classes, but this place...the LSE...it's ridiculous. Syllabi are like 10 pages long, each week has about 15 suggested books for reading, of which you are to pick "a few" that grab your interest. Between four classes that's about 12 books-worth of knowledge per week that I'm supposed to pick up.
Unfortunately I think my brain is full. Any space that was left filled instantly with cooking recipes, which I hear are as much about tweaking to your liking as they are about following the actual directions. Either way, the onslaught of information that is coming in the next 9 months--both in the form of recipe analysis and economic analysis--will surely fry my brain. Next time you BCers and SF people see me I'll be a shell of my former self...prepare yourselves.
Since my dinner doesn't make for very good pictures, and neither does me sitting in class. Here are some pics from a day trip to Hampton Court Palace, a favorite residence of King Henry VIII, I believe. This place was ridicuously large, we walked around for about 3 hours and saw only about 50% of the place. Interestingly enough, one of the buildings was originally used for about 50 toilets, all in one room, for the palace's guests. The idea was that while you were sitting there shoulder to shoulder you could see your friends walk in and talk to them...classic.
Hampton Court Palace - a view from the garden
Clock in the inner courtyard, still has the same cogs as it did 500 years ago
An inner courtyard
A view of the gardens...and this was only about 1/8th of it
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