Posts Tagged ‘London’

Smogsmell.

Posted: November 29, 2011 in Uncategorized
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The smell is in the air, its the smell of approaching London. I can’t really describe it as anything other than the smell of London. It always hits you when you are getting close to “town” on the train.
You don’t notice the smell when you are there, only when you arrive.
It’s a smell I would rather not know of, because I don’t like London. I prefer to stay outside of this place. We just spent the weekend there, I got back on Sunday and now I am almost there again.

The place is full of bloody nutters. Tourists. Knob-heads.

We spent the bulk of the weekend fighting crowds. It’s so stressful, I don’t know how the people who live there can stand it. We saw a show, it was Wicked. No, really, it was Wicked, the show’s name. I should invoke trade-descriptions as it was basically mediocre, far from wicked. I would say it was “sick” but these days “the kids” have decided that “sick” is a good thing. “I got that sick new iPhone 4S” for example. Really? Sick? FFS!

The good news about being in London, there are going to be numerous opportunities for me to post. That’s a good thing for the four people per day on average who look at this thing.

Perhaps I can find something to photograph to spice things up. Test out this new phone on my camera. Introduce you to some new people. I bet you can’t wait.

06:59 – there is nothing quite like heading into a city of unrest to help you wake up in the morning. Fingers crossed the thieving idiots are too knackered to show their faces until the working day has passed, I’ve got enough to be thinking about today without considering starring in my own action movie “Escape from London”.

07:43 – people I am now eyeing with suspicion:

  • people younger than me
  • people in hoods
  • people who look tired
  • people carrying shopping bags
  • people using blackberrys (to be honest, I’ve long been weary of blackberry users, though typically it’s the ones in suits not the ones in hoods that bothered me).

These looters couldn’t get enough milk:

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Some more Blackberry users making plans for tonight…

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I know they look like business suits, don’t be fooled. They are tracksuits darkened by the soot from the fires they set last night.

15:37 – I’m hearing one too many sirens, seeing one to many riot vans stuffed with frightened looking police and staying one too many hours more than I would like in Central London. I hope they don’t start on Hammersmith, my car and only means of escape is there.