Am I Famous?!: February 23rd - March 1st

Monday, February 23rd:

I had to turn in an assignment today so I had to get up and turn it in. Afterwords I had made some plans with myself to do some things around town but I literally just stayed in bed all day watching Friends because I was still so tired from traveling home from Wales and working on stuff yesterday.

Tuesday, February 24th:

Today I went to class. Not super exciting, but next week we’re seeing Assassins so next week will be SUPER exciting.

Wednesday, February 25th:

Today was the day that I’ve been waiting for since December. Lauren and I were going to the Brit Awards! It was hard to concentrate on anything beforehand but I managed to get it done when Lern came I was so excited.

We got to the O2 at around 5! We could hear some people screaming from the red carpet, which we tried to scope out but there was a line of people and we figured we might not even get to it, and figured that we were seeing the show anyway so it wasn’t worth it. So, instead, we walked the peasant red carpet and took some great pictures before heading to five guys for dinner.

We got to the O2 so early there was a lot of time to kill before the doors opened so I went to the Game of Thrones exhibit which I was convinced you had to pay money for but, pleasant surprise, you didn’t! Lern and I had a blast walking around the exhibit and sitting on the iron throne (a true dream of mine). 

Before we knew it the doors were open so we rode the escalator up to our floor but the doors weren’t open yet. Instead, we were given some preshow entertainment from a very talented Tom Butler before finally the real doors were open.

The show was amazing! Taylor Swift was pretty good (compared to other performances though it wasn’t exceptional) if you want a good performance of hers: Blank Space at the AMA’s was literally incredible, also Brits 2013 was excellent.

Overall I thought the show was good and it was incredible

to watch the winners accept their awards! Ed Sheeran won twice, Taylor Swift won her first Brit, Mark Ronson was adorable when he accepted for Uptown Funk (literally the ultimate jam, I can’t stop playing it).The one place I thought that this award fell short was that they were far more understated than the blow out performances they usually have. They had Ed Sheeran, Sam Smith, George Ezra, and Paloma Faith who were outstanding performers but they have very simple productions. Paloma Faith’s was beautiful with the falling rain piece, but hers along with the other 3 required on pure vocals and background. Royal Blood’s set was cool too, but once again was cool because they had cool lights and background. Where
 were the huge productions like Katy Perry, One Direction, and the Arctic Monkeys? Also, The Brit awards are famous for putting together amazing combo performances and this year there weren’t any. They seemed to put too much faith in Madonna to carry the evening and it (pun intended) fell flat (get it? Because she fell?).

But, I feel like I’m being a little too critical. It was an amazing night! I loved it so much and I’m so excited that I got to go and all I want to do is come back next year (that’s a casual weekday trip from Des Moines, right?).

Thursday, February 26th:

Today I was thrown back into the school atmosphere with a trip to the Victoria and Albert museum to have a talk there with my entrepreneurship class. The V&A is a beautiful Museum! I definitely plan to go back and see more of it, especially because I could take a lot of inspiration from it for one of my papers due at the end of the month!

Friday, February 27th: 

I had early morning class today where we just had presentations all day so it was a nice break from real learning and was cool to see just how much everyone else had done on their projects.
 That night a couple people hung out with some people downstairs before heading out to a pub down the street, which might not have been the best idea because we had to leave New Cross at 8:30 in the morning tomorrow.

Saturday, February 28th:

Today we went to Oxford! Oxford is such a cool town and the way that their school is set up is AMAZING. I would love to go to a school like Oxford in the states, even though prob wouldn’t make it in, lol.
 Afterwords, we had lunch and did some shopping downtown. I bought these really cool vintage rail promo posters that are now proudly displayed in my room right next to my huge union jack flag. You all really should be here; it’s like a giant promo for the UK but also a dorm room. Crazy. 

Sunday, March 1st:

I woke up today to the sound of the fire alarm. What a beautiful wake up call, right? But I had to wake up close to then anyway because I attended London Fashion Week today! 

I didn’t spend that much time there because most of it was shopping for clothes that I couldn’t afford. But I did buy a cute handkerchief and found a new love for the designer Emma Shipley! Also, the interior designer Anna-Grace Davidson gave a talk which I attended, it was very interesting to hear what she had to say about interior design. I possess a secret love of interior design and after the talk all I wanted to do was buy a cute London apartment and design it for myself.

I was going to spend the rest of the day doing homework but I decided to give myself a break because the rest of the week was so action packed. 

London Fashion Week -- Somerset House