Another Week in London and Paris Tomorrow

As a means of blatant procrastination from my homework, I felt the need to write a blog entry. The last week was a blur, as were the previous weeks. On Monday I worked at my internship and spent the day finishing up and presenting my ideas for the company's identity, then set to work on a website. It's a ton of work, and I'm almost positive everyone else's internships are much more low-key. That is completely fine with me however, I absolutely love the position I'm in.

The other day I had a conversation with one of my supervisors about international design. It was such an eye-opening experience! I had always thought good design, is good design, well that's only partially true. Different cultures value design elements and principles very differently than the West and this is evident in their design preferences. I was so excited from the conversation I went to tell my roommates about it and was met with blank stares and boredom, I guess this subject is only interesting if you're a designer, anyway I loved it!

Tuesday, Anna and I went out for a lovely English evening. We met up on Fleet Street for a dinner consisting of meat pies (beef, not human like Sweeny Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street) and mash with vegetables. Then we crossed the river Thames to the Globe Theatre to see As You Like It. It was hilarious and so, so, so, so, good! As with Romeo and Juliet, we stood on the floor as groundlings, almost got stepped on by the actors a few times. After the show we went for drinks at a small pub literally on the river across from St. Paul's Cathedral and watched the sun set. It was an amazing day, I was exhausted by the end but that's somewhat of a theme for me here.

I am headed to Paris tomorrow! It is such an opportunity to be in Europe, let alone getting the chance to travel a bit. I'll be there for the weekend and am going to try and see as much as possible. I've made a list and it seems feasible, however I don't speak any French, so we'll see. Anna speaks a little so we aren't totally lost (well, she won't be totally lost).

I should really get to this homework, I have about 5 papers to write for my internship class that are due next week. I just don't understand the point of the class. I'm already learning so much from my work in my internship. All we talk about in the class are business practices that one should already know if he or she has EVER worked in a job before. I think it's designed for students with internships where they don't really do anything, like imputing data or making tea. I, however, am constantly busy and these assignments are mind-numbingly frustrating. I just have to suck-it-up and do it because ultimately my grades transfer and therefore affect my GPA.

Wow, my posts just keep getting longer and longer, just so much to say!