A quick update on the tube strike: It was Fucking Awful. I spent 3 1/2 hours on a bus in traffic jams trying to get to a class it normally takes me 30 min to get to by tube. And I found out that the layoffs they were all upset about were actually 2 people, both of which were doing the exact same job as someone else.
Luckily the strike ended yesterday at 7 PM. So after work everybody from the office went out to the pub around the corner to kill time until the tubes started working. It turned into a few of us staying there until 10:30 (or "half-ten" as they say over here). I'm starting to get to know the guys I work with pretty well, and I'm having a blast with them. On the tube home, I was one of only two passengers in my car. Naturally, I fell into conversation with the other fellow, who happened to be an exiled Tibetan Buddhist (not a monk, but a lay buddhist). Over the roughly 30 minute ride, we had a very profound philosophical conversation. I left with some interesting thoughts to ponder for the rest of the night, and I believe he left having had many of his preconceived notions of Americans.
Work this week has been pretty fun. I've been working on licensing for a Fatboy Slim DVD from a couple years ago that's getting released in Japan. While I was trying to find the owner of the publishing rights for a particularly troublesome sample, one of my coworkers sauntered over with Fatboy Slim's MTV award for the video for "Weapon of Choice." If any of you haven't seen it, its pretty awesome (it stars Christopher Walken) and since it's today's "song of the day," you can check it out here:
Of course I couldn't resist getting my picture taken with it (eat your heart out, Jay):
I'm off to see The Anomalies play tonight, which I'm super psyched about, so I'll have to tell you all about it tomorrow...
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