In which Helen is sad b/c she'll be in class during James Bond premiere

It is so hard to be able to do so many wonderful things in a great city when you are so afraid that you're going to muck it all up somehow. That it is going to be taken away from you, or that you won't make the most of it. I worry about my classes because I don't think I have the skill to get through them, but more so because I'm afraid it'll end up so bad that it will mar everything else I've got. But I'm not going to whine anymore about my classes; I'm going to do the work and hope for the best, and if I fail, then I fail. In the meantime, I'm just going to enjoy London.

I love watching tv shows and mini-series here when at home I would have to wait for someone to upload them on youtube (and then often they would never show up or be taken down by the BBC) or wait for PBS to broadcast a mini-series a year after it broadcast in England.

I love reading newspapers here, seeing shows in the theatre, reading about british celebrities, seeing interviews on the tele, reading magazines, watching British television shows....I just feel like I'm taking a lot in, although it may not be the most "intellectual" things.



Tonight is the British premiere of the new James Bond film in Leicester Square. I will not be able to attend as I will be in class. Very sad. May run down there when I got out at 6:00 to take a photo or two, though I won't be able to get close enough to see anyone famous as they walk on the red carpet before entering the theatre -- Prince William and Harry will be there, Dame Judi Dench who plays "M" in the film, and of course Daniel Craig who has been doing loads of publicity in London all week. People will start getting spots near the carpet at around 3:00 in the afternoon. A lot of security all around; the James Bond movies always brings in a greater amount of people than the "average" movie. James Bond is like a national theme song for the British. It will be cool to be here while it goes on even if I don't go. I was here when Casino Royale came out and went with a few friends of mine at the time. Last time they had lights in the sky above the area (as they do for all movie premieres) and the soundtrack for the movie playing on speakers as the actors came in and the VIP people went into the theatres.