Iminent Departure

Well, maybe not so iminent. But less than 24 hours. I'm going to London in approximately 15 hours or so. I guess I haven't really gotten excited about it until tonight. Researching stuff to do, places to eat, how to navigate the Underground has gotten me psyched. It's overwhelming though, as it is a huge city, and I have only a weekend to explore it. Obviously this won't be the only trip, but it's the first experience, so you want to have a good one. The only for certains are as follows.

1- Monty Python's Spamalot at the Palace Theatre- Friday at 8
2- Wicked at Apollo Victoria Theatre- Saturday at 2:30
3- Eat at Yo! Sushi

Other than those three events, anything goes. I'm excited for the sushi place. I heard about it thanks to Rick Steves, lord of European travel, and I haven't had real sushi since Japan. Apparently this place is awesome. The sushi travels around the restaurant on a conveyer belt, and the price is color coordinated to the plate it's on. And it's supposed to be really good sushi, not the crap you usually find. And I have a voucher for half off, since I'm a student. Plus, they have Kirin Ichiban beer, which is quite amazing. I'm ready. There's another Asian/Japanese style place I sort of want to go as well. It's a noodle bar, which is a chain, but it has really good food. Might try to hit that up. Anyways, I'm a little nervous, as we are traveling via bus. Traveling by bus always comes with certain connotations. Like for instance, if you travel Greyhound in the States, that is a statement of some sort. I don't know whether the National Express has that reputation, but I'm going to find out. Just have to make it through a typically boring Rise of the West seminar and an American History lecture and I'm home free. Well, free to get out of this city I guess. Whatever. Anyways, many of the Luther folk here are very much TV fans, and have been pining over certain shows that cannot be seen as easily here, such as Lost and Grey's Anatomy. Although not a huge TV fan myself, I do have a vice known by the name of 24. All this talk of TV this and TV that has made me realize that I will not be able to watch the upcoming Season 6, without either spending $1.99 an episode on iTunes or illegally downloading, which I'm not very prone to do. Needless to say, that is depressing, as the trailer looks awesome. I have taken flak from the flatmates about my insistence that 24 is the greatest show on TV, and was eager to prove them all wrong. Might have to wait on that though. In other news, congratulations to Minnesota Twins lefthanded pitcher Johan Santana for winning his 2nd AL Cy Young Award today. Johan was unanimously chosen as the best starter in the league. Being a Twins fan, that made my day better. My blue alternate Twins jersey is going to be sent to me soon, and I'm looking forward to wearing it around and attracting all the strange looks. Anyways, I need to pack my bags and figure out what I'm doing. Watch for photos and an entry sometime on Sunday upon my return. Later folks.