Strikes and Shakespeare

Photo: Alyssa, Pam, and Anja at the Globe

I just got back from Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, when some other girls and I played the role of peasants, standing in the "garden" about two feet away from the actors. For 5 pounds, we got standing room only tickets for "Love's Labour's Lost," which was pretty funny when you could understand what was going on. This is the last week the Globe is open, so we were really lucky to get tickets, even if it did mean standing for three hours.

As I don't have class on Friday, my school week is officially over. The last important message my cognitive psych teacher left us with was that next week we would not actually be meeting, due to a teacher strike. Turns out London Metropolitan is in a bit of a financial squeeze due to faulty management, and to protest their proposed faculty cuts, the teachers are all going on strike next Thursday and Friday. Bizarre, I know. I was instructed to get my lecture on YouTube.

Strikes seem to be a pretty common occurrence over here. Not only are the London Met faculty on strike, but so are the garbage men (= stinky streets with heaping "rubbish" bins) and the postal workers (= delayed letters :( ). As long as the tube workers don't strike again any time soon, I should be okay.

I should mention, I had my first fish and chips experience the other day. It was satisfactory, but I think I'll try it again some place other than Chip Inn Fish...