Had a wonderful week! I started with 70 days in London and today I am offically down to 47. Time is flying by! Here is what I did this week.
On Monday we had class. I honestly zoned out a little/a lot during his class indoors. So dont ask about it. I have notes, but dont really remember. Anyways, for our out of class time he told us to meet him on the south bank of the river "under the lion's balls". I am going to start a new portion of my blog...the Alan Hertz quote of the week. This week's featured quote goes something like this, "Now just close your eyes and imagine with me, because I know you all wanted to at one point or another..(long dramatic pause)..imagine that you are the pope." Random. We were talking about the creation of the church of England and Henry the VIII and repercussions of it. OH!
I guess I did remember something from in class! Success! Out of class, we met "under the lions' balls" which he thought were very impressive, while I thought we must look like tourists now, staring at lion's balls as he is talking about them. Nice view of Big Ben and such though. Of course the days that I am down in that area, the clouds are around too. One of these times the sun will be out, and then it will pay to follow my rules. Rule #1-never leave the room without my camera (never know when I'm gonna see something weird, cool, funny, etc.) and rule #2-never leave the room without my umbrella (never know when its gonna rain, seriously) The one cool story I remember from out tour part of class was the mysterious story of Codestone. Codestone was developed by a chemist and it was a type of statue/building cement that had very unique qualities that made everyone want to use codestone above anything else at that time. The man who created it, passed away and his wife took over the company. Although codestone was in such high demand, the woman still managed to plow the company into the ground. Here comes the mystery...which should be started as "the story goes..." the only written formula for codestone, the wife hid in a lion statue and has never been found. The craziness continues, the lion is a very popular statue in London and England, so if the story is true, it could be ANYWHERE. To put the cherry on top, even with all of today's technology the formula to remake codestone has never been figured out. So what did I learn? To become a millionaire...figure out how to remake codestone STAT!
I guess I did remember something from in class! Success! Out of class, we met "under the lions' balls" which he thought were very impressive, while I thought we must look like tourists now, staring at lion's balls as he is talking about them. Nice view of Big Ben and such though. Of course the days that I am down in that area, the clouds are around too. One of these times the sun will be out, and then it will pay to follow my rules. Rule #1-never leave the room without my camera (never know when I'm gonna see something weird, cool, funny, etc.) and rule #2-never leave the room without my umbrella (never know when its gonna rain, seriously) The one cool story I remember from out tour part of class was the mysterious story of Codestone. Codestone was developed by a chemist and it was a type of statue/building cement that had very unique qualities that made everyone want to use codestone above anything else at that time. The man who created it, passed away and his wife took over the company. Although codestone was in such high demand, the woman still managed to plow the company into the ground. Here comes the mystery...which should be started as "the story goes..." the only written formula for codestone, the wife hid in a lion statue and has never been found. The craziness continues, the lion is a very popular statue in London and England, so if the story is true, it could be ANYWHERE. To put the cherry on top, even with all of today's technology the formula to remake codestone has never been figured out. So what did I learn? To become a millionaire...figure out how to remake codestone STAT!
That night was Erica's 21st birthday (one said thing about this country, the don't get hyped about a 21st as much as we do since they can drink at 18....and NO free drinks for any birthday. sad) We had dinner at an Italian place on the southbank of the Thames called Strada. Delicious. I had Rigatoni Siciliana. Afterwards we went to bar inside a college that looked over the Thames River. It was alot of fun. I came home early because I had skype plans and I had to work the next morning.My week at work....this week at work I am fitting in much better and got to do some new stuff. I am really enjoying my time there and every day flies by faster. On Tuesdsay I did my regular things like upload photos, update web pages, and emailed servers for information. Wednesday we had a short day....so I uploaded videos and then we went to check out our new offices. Our new location is about a 15 minute walk from where I live now. Good thing that when I wont have much money for the last few weeks of the trip (at least a budget from school) I will be able to hopefully walk to work. We are scheduled to be in there by August 1. It felt like we were going on a class field trip, it was a good time. Following that we all went to Potion bar and had a grand old time watching the 
England match. I got to meet and get to know more people from the company including the trifecta owners/managers of the company. Very nice and hospitable people who would not let me drink go dry during and after the match. By 6 most of the people there were intoxicated or at least feeling it. I now know that rum and cokes, champange, and wine will give anyone a headache...and it did, but I had a blast. The atmosphere at games in a packed pub was fun to experience. I think I surprised my gentlemen co-workers about how much I knew about soccer and such. Ah it paid off playing soccer for so long. As I was explained to by my co-workers "if you want a class in British life and culture....this is it. Drinking and football" Fair enough. I had a fun time. On Thursday I did my normal things but in the afternoon I got to shadow a producer, Alex. Working with him was so much fun. We worked on and finalized 3 projects that day. We chatted alot about Wisconsin (which is where I got the title of my blog from. He was unaware that Wisconsin was a state, even though he has visited Michigan...odd) the states and alot of random stuff as things were rendering. Putting my ideas towards videos is fun to do and see. Bouncing ideas off of each other was alot of fun and made the afternoon fly by. When putting my ideas forward I told him "if you ever want me to stop, just tell the intern to shut up" but that didn't happen. Good day...good day.
England match. I got to meet and get to know more people from the company including the trifecta owners/managers of the company. Very nice and hospitable people who would not let me drink go dry during and after the match. By 6 most of the people there were intoxicated or at least feeling it. I now know that rum and cokes, champange, and wine will give anyone a headache...and it did, but I had a blast. The atmosphere at games in a packed pub was fun to experience. I think I surprised my gentlemen co-workers about how much I knew about soccer and such. Ah it paid off playing soccer for so long. As I was explained to by my co-workers "if you want a class in British life and culture....this is it. Drinking and football" Fair enough. I had a fun time. On Thursday I did my normal things but in the afternoon I got to shadow a producer, Alex. Working with him was so much fun. We worked on and finalized 3 projects that day. We chatted alot about Wisconsin (which is where I got the title of my blog from. He was unaware that Wisconsin was a state, even though he has visited Michigan...odd) the states and alot of random stuff as things were rendering. Putting my ideas towards videos is fun to do and see. Bouncing ideas off of each other was alot of fun and made the afternoon fly by. When putting my ideas forward I told him "if you ever want me to stop, just tell the intern to shut up" but that didn't happen. Good day...good day.After work on Tuesday I decided to walk off some energy and explore Hyde and Kensington Parks. The
weather this week has been unseasonably warm and sunny, so I figured it would be a good time to get some nice pictures in. While there I found the Princess Diana memorial fountain. It was super cool. A round loop of flowing water that wasn't too deep but deep enough to wade in slightly....and that is exactly what they invited everyone to do. So when in Rome...or in my case London...you wade in the memorial. It was lovely. Unfortunately one individual took the wading too seriously and came in a very tiny speedo swimsuit and was asking the park worker if his outfit was "too much" I was disturbed, so you all know my answer.
weather this week has been unseasonably warm and sunny, so I figured it would be a good time to get some nice pictures in. While there I found the Princess Diana memorial fountain. It was super cool. A round loop of flowing water that wasn't too deep but deep enough to wade in slightly....and that is exactly what they invited everyone to do. So when in Rome...or in my case London...you wade in the memorial. It was lovely. Unfortunately one individual took the wading too seriously and came in a very tiny speedo swimsuit and was asking the park worker if his outfit was "too much" I was disturbed, so you all know my answer.After that I wanted/needed to find the Peter Pan statue. A tribute to a writer, a character, and the idea that we never really have to fully grow up. I feel like that should be my new motto since age is only a number. I digress....finding it seem to take forever because I was so excited to see it. When I did my child like side of me took over and all I kept thinking was one of my favorite quotes from that movie...not because its classic, but because Peter says it like it's common k
nowledge and doesn't sound bizarre. "There's it is Wendy. Second star to the right and straight on till morning" I think of that scene when I'm looking at Big Ben as well. Not only did I think about that movie, my mind flashed to Winning London (darn those Olsen twins). Makes me miss my girlfriends back home....you know who you are :)
nowledge and doesn't sound bizarre. "There's it is Wendy. Second star to the right and straight on till morning" I think of that scene when I'm looking at Big Ben as well. Not only did I think about that movie, my mind flashed to Winning London (darn those Olsen twins). Makes me miss my girlfriends back home....you know who you are :)After that I discovered the Italian Fountains, wrote in my journal, and then walked promptly home. I left the house at 6 and got back around 930....new rule no being out by myself after 9. I just dont feel right for reasons I will not share. The whole walk was about 5-6 miles. Good workout AND exploration if I say so myself. Most importantly got home safe and sound.
Will write about my weekend later today after some shopping, writing and laying out in the sun. Lovely Sunday afternoon...gotta get the sun now, I checked and the clouds/rain is coming back next week.
Cheers!
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