http://www.uppercasef.com Proof that librarians are, in fact, pretty cool. Sun, 31 Aug 2008 22:43:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This week I started my new job at the Natural History Museum. I'm working on digitizing those books within the collection that are out of copyright, so that people will have access to them on the internet. I'm technically working for the Internet Archive, which I've used many times at ... http://www.uppercasef.com/2008/08/31/busy-work-week/ I went to the Notting Hill Carnival today. I can post pictures of it here, but it'll be fairly impossible to convey the insanity. The carnival is kind of like the Brazilian Carnaval, but planned and executed by British people. So less sexy. The whole area of Notting Hill is ... http://www.uppercasef.com/2008/08/25/carnaval-in-london/ This weekend I went up to Scotland with my friend Danielle. I took the train to meet Danielle in Milton Keynes- where she lives- and then we drove up to East Kilbride with her dad. I hadn't done this drive in a really long time, but I promise you that ... http://www.uppercasef.com/2008/08/25/cheerleaders-in-scotland/ Yet again I completely overestimated my ability to tolerate ickiness. Today I decided that I should go to the Wellcome Collection to check out their exhibit on London's skeletal remains. As expected it was completely morbid and extremely interesting. They are displaying the remains of about 30 Londoners, mostly from ... http://www.uppercasef.com/2008/08/20/yuck/ This weekend I went to Brighton. It was the first time I had been outside of London (with the exception of Scotland) since arriving here three months ago. As soon as I stepped off the train I found I could breath all the way in without falling into a hacking ... http://www.uppercasef.com/2008/08/17/brighton-is-nice/ I promised pictures of my neighborhood and room, so here they are. I'll post more pictures of the area as I find good ones to take. This graffiti is on a building on the opposite street to mine. The construction is for the East London Line, which is being extended ... http://www.uppercasef.com/2008/08/10/my-hood/ This weekend has been a wonderful weekend from heaven. Yesterday I was lucky enough to go to Field Day with my friend Melody and her sister Vanessa. It was a rainy and nasty day, but a surreal and great one too. The festival took place in East London (in Victoria ... http://www.uppercasef.com/2008/08/10/field-day/ There once was a girl who lived in London. One Wednesday evening she found herself in the Hill of Notting around a half past the eleventh chime. She breezily jumped onto the underground train to make her way home. At that very moment, a crazy woman also jumped on the ... http://www.uppercasef.com/2008/08/06/a-london-tale/ This- friends, Romans, and countrymen- is a Jack Daniels Coke Float. I bet you didn't think that something so delicious could actually exist. But, oh, it does. In London. Dangerously close to my house. Ilovemyneighborhood. http://www.uppercasef.com/2008/08/04/the-diner/ I haven't uploaded any pictures yet, but I'm now officially in my new pad. Dalston is pretty great. There's oodles of people around all the time, and always something going on. Today on my way to Sainsbury's there were people on microphones rapping outside of McDonalds. That's when I knew ... http://www.uppercasef.com/2008/08/02/new-pad/