Hollywood Memorbillia/Chinatown/ Easter!
On friday, on the way to pick up delicious BK after we found out the Muesum was closed, me and my American flat mate happened upon this little shop with TONS of classic photos, albums, and posters. I am such a classic film buff! But, I have learned from the age of 13, when I first began watching it, how to differentiate between bad classic films and good classic films. SO now, I only like the movies of the great classic people:Cary Grant
Elizabeth Taylor
Ingrid Bergman
Katharine Hepburn
Audrey Hepburn
and Paul Newman.
I like other actresses of the time, but really they are a waste b/c they contributed nothing to the art form...these people's works are undeniable. So, I digress.
So, of course I have to BUY something from this little shope right? Well, I decided to wait until Saturday to come back and browse (a.ka. buy something) and believe me I was determined!
I picked up pics of Garbo, Hayworth, Grant and Stewart, Bergman, Taylor....and in the gbp terms, they weren't very expensive, but there is that PESKY conversion rate! Damn I hate Bush! Anyway, I couldn't but 5 pics! They were as cheap as 3.50 gbp to 5 gbp.....so I picked the one of Taylor in Giant and Ingrid Bergman in Spellbound ( I LOVE Hitchcock as well-my fave director!) anyway, their pics are hanging right above me as I write. I think it was a good purchase...$20 dollars in total.......
Next was Chinatown...I was also determined to buy something specifically chinese from here......so when I got back I could say, when someone asked of course, "Where did you get that from?"
"Oh, Chinatown in London" I could respond nonchalantly, but with a generous smile.
LOL.
But I didn't see anything I really wanted, except these little pocket purses that had chinese designes on them....I should probably pick one up for Victoria (she is asian but will appreciate it nonetheless) and my friend Maryann, who likes pink, and would probably think the purse was cute. But at 3.50-$500 bucks? Amazing how I will not think to spend 7 gbp on a Martini, but not 3.50 on a present? Yup. But I will get them something-all of them before I leave, but I think it is best to browse to find out where the cheapest deals are....there were some cute trinkets at Portobello rd too......I will have to go back.
Anyway, I continued on in Chinatown, marveling at the chinese language translations of everything, in some things-like signs there was no eng. translation at all! And all I saw where characters. I think the Chinese langauge may be the hardest to learn ever in history. But anyway, when I get my digital (I PRAY tomorrow-too bad they don't deliver today b/c it is Easter) I will go back and take cool pics, but not before I spend the entire day learning the ends and outs of the camera. lol.
Today is Easter, worldwide. I miss my mom. I miss my church-St. Patricks. I miss the choir, my guitar. :sighs: palm sunday is always the best, because I always bring back tons of palms for my mom and she hangs them around the house, shaped as crosses to bring good luck. I think it does. My mom is supposed to be home from the rehabilitation center this week. I cannot wait to hear her voice. I miss her so much. I wish I could have been there for the opperation, but I think that maybe it was best that I wasn't because it is teaching me how to deal with life-you cannot attempt to stop things, or have things your way all the time. And even in the midst of crisis, you cannot wallow...you must go on. During the week of the opperation I learned this. I had a big paper due for History and amazingly, I think I wrote it very well. Proving to myself that I could be strong enough for both her and myself and let life continue on. So, on that note, thank God for all our blessings, and Happy Easter!!
posted by The Eternal Student @ 1:49 PM
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