a fair summer's day

it's been absolutely gorgeous this weekend in londontown - gloriously bright sunshine with the freshness of a summer breeze. perfect.

give londoners an inch of good weather and they run a mile, as exhibited by the sudden cropping of clothing, both in number of pieces worn and length of said item(s)! lily-white skin was on full display in greenwich park this past saturday, with pale arms, legs, chests and backs revealed for the first time this year in all their pasty glory. spots of moving white dotted the green landscape, requiring the wearing of sunglasses.

there is something to be said for the beginning of summer; everything feels fresh and alive. colours are more vibrant, smells are more pungent (both good and bad, eew), and everyone (including myself) seems to be in heat. boys checking out girls in short skirts and tops, girls checking out boys with their bare chests and knowing grins; the whole city's a veritable meat market! grrr...

friday was my market day - i swear i've lost count the number of times i blog about going to spitalfields and kinetica museum - but as always they failed to disappoint. i bought a silver and abalone brooch for five pounds, and some photographs of london as a parting gift for kiwigirl's sister, who returns to new zealand today. she will be missed in londontown very much!

dinner on friday was at marvin the martian's flat (aka "martina" on kiwigirl's blog). he was the quintessential host, plying us with a delectable dinner of choice filipino dishes, cloudy vodka shots and copious amounts of wine. oh, and one must not forget the viewing of a questionable girl-on-girl porn scene midway through the evening, hmmm...

spontaneous dancing erupted after dinner on his living floor, helped along by the continous flow of alcohol. marvin even moved his bottom to the beat a few times (which i've never seen before and which apparently is something he does quite rarely); surprisingly, he was not half bad! i took some videos of the shenanigans; a future screening must be arranged.

needless to say, saturday was "recuperating-from-hangover" day for both vij and i, not to mention kiwigirl and everyone else who was present at that dinner party. i'm surprised i was functional enough to go to greenwich park with e-mail, who was in london on a stopover on her way to south africa. as always it was lovely to see and spend some quality time with her, which is pretty hard to come by as she lives so far away.

tomorrow is the start of term again for me; i think i'm past this melancholy funk/laziness/whatever-you-want-to-call-it, and am ready to tackle the endless nights of study that lie ahead with gusto! at least i hope so...

CET :o)