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[fahye]

I have never tried to travel on a Christmas Eve before, and now I know why. Luckily we were at Dublin airport early enough that the crowds were only just beginning to form, but Heathrow is crazily busy. We have a couple of hours before our bus leaves for Birmingham so we're killing time at an internet station and listening to the piped warbling of ALL I WANT FOR CHRITSMAS IS YOOOOOOU and quite frankly I am beginning to worry that the world has forgotten the existence of any non-seasonal music. Every single building I have been in for the past couple of weeks, and every single radio station I have listened to, has been playing nothing else. I love carols! But I love CHORAL carols, not hideous poppy remixes with whiny vocal arrangements, and there is not a single secular Christmas-themed song that doesn't make me want to strangle the creator with a length of tinsel.

I hope you all enjoy your celebrations or peaceful times or days off or whatever you will be doing with yourself in the next few days. May you have comfort & joy & all that jazz :)

Comments

[spikeyboots.livejournal.com]

YOU! &hearts

I hope your travels are going brilliantly! Do you still think we might make a meet up in London on Monday 29th?

[fahye.livejournal.com]

UM. I would adore that, but the 29th may be the day in which all of my Aussie friends meet up in London. We're probably going to do the British Museum, and definitely seeing Wicked in the evening -- however, I'm sure I could escape for a couple of hours in the afternoon! We could have coffee somewhere near the Museum, perhaps?

[fahye.livejournal.com]

Scratch that! We are doing the Museum on the 28th, so the 29th is fine, though meeting somewhere in that general central area (we're in Holborn) would be ideal. Let me know.

[spikeyboots.livejournal.com]

Hey, just got back to London! :) Hope the UK is treating you ok?

Well - I have a few options for you ... more possibly pending - I can meet you at Leicester Square, and we can combine Chinese food with a gothy pub (or a regular one!).

Or I can meet you at Hyde Park Corner and we can head into the super cheesy winter wonderland for mulled wine and sausages.

... I will see if I can think of some other options ...

[spikeyboots.livejournal.com]

Oooh, another idea - would be to meet me for a drink after work - here:

http://www.pubs.com/pub_details.cfm?ID=216

History & beer - always good!

[fahye.livejournal.com]

That sounds good, what time? I need to be in the West End at 6pm for dinner, is the thing.