Camden, Pete Doherty, and a man named Garth

Alright, so I have a crazy tale to tell. This tale can only be fully appreciated by well my flat mates, and Jenna, but I will tell it.

Monday I went into London with Elyse and Jenna. That was nice, we went to Camden Town. I wanted to see the pub that is used in Sweet, and the other one where Noel hangs out in. Jenna and Elyse wanted to shop. Okay. So we went, and it was raining a little bit throughout the whole day, not enough to really annoy me. Anyway, when we got to Camden, we went right to food. I ended up getting a burger, the pizza places weren't open yet... it made me very sad. Jenna and Elyse got Thai, I think. Anyway, we ate, and then looked around. One of the shops that Noel Fielding probably shops at was closed, and that was sad. We did go into a lot of the shops though, and I could see Noel in them having a good time picking out some cool clothes. I wouldn't wear any of them, but whatever. I did buy something for myself, something that has not come off since buying it. A hat. Pic's below.


I messed up what Noel Fielding does in Sweet, when he is front of The Elephant Head, aka the pub behind me. Sigh, I know... I should have watched it more. Sweet is a ten minute movie, aka the best ten minutes of my life. It stars him and Julian Barratt. So I bought a hat, Jenna got a cool Mod jacket.. it's so cool. We had a good time just walking around, quoting the Boosh, and looking at all the stuff. It started to rain a little harder, and we decided to leave. We went down to Oxford Circus, and to Carnaby Street. We went for the Mod stores basically, and well anything that could help us with Elye's Halloween costume. She is going to be Vince, and though he's King of the Mods, she is going more Electro... He dresses in tight jeans, fun, colorful shirts, and his hair is always amazing. So she going for his costume when he's in the zoo. I'm going to be Howard, but I can get his costume anywhere. So anyway, she did pick out a cool shirt, something like one that he wears in the show.

After she got the shirt, we went to a little cafe for a snack. There the European Chocolate Tour continued. I fell in love with this piece of chocolate cake... it looked like my piece from Norway. We sat down at a table, and I ordered the cake, but they brought me something different. It was still really good, but not what I was expecting. Elyse got it too. We were a little sad, but the cake was good. It had white chocolate chips in it, so omg wow. They really didn't like us there, we just got water since we were really thirsty, and that insulted them somehow. Argh annoying. But the cake was amazing.

After cake, we walked around a little bit more, went to the Pic, but then it really started to rain, and we called it a day. I went with Jenna to Surbiton, and then took the bus to the Bridge House.

That was Day 2.

The next day, Elyse and I went back in. She had a problem with the shirt she bought, it was green, and her jacket will probably be green, so big screw up. I think she got the pink one instead. We decided to go to Covert Garden, and I had a brain freeze for a little bit. I was in Oxford Circus thinking, where the heck is Covert Garden. We walked to Tottenham Court Road, and Elyse asked where the big screens were. She thought we were in the Pic, and then I thought it was near there... I'm still questioning that line of thinking. So I got us to the Pic, and then realised, no I'm an idiot. So we walked to Leicester Square, got gelato, and then made our way to Covert Garden. It was a pretty nice day so far... yeah to that. So we walked through the market, Elyse was considering getting a present for someone, but it was too expensive. I saw someone who looked exactly like Johnny Depp while we were there. I did about three double takes. I don't think it was though, there would be a mob. Johnny Depp cannot just walk around Covert Gardens... no way. He did have on like ripped jeans, and a weird shirt... but no it wasn't Johnny Depp. Or I will tell that to myself for the rest of my life.

After Covert Gardens, we took the Underground to Tower Hill, and did the walk from the Bridge to Waterloo. It was a nice walk, Elyse and I talked to whole way, basically about how we don't want to go home. Oh well. It is a long walk, and we were getting a little tired, but the clouds overhead were gathering, and we did not dare stop. We just got a look at The Eye when it started raining, and we tried to run to Waterloo. Elyse was wearing sandals, so she couldn't really run. The wind was unbelievable too, it was so not our friends. But we got to Waterloo in one piece, a little wet, but hey it's London.

As soon as we entered Waterloo, the sun came back out. Er London. Oh well, we had a full day of London so it was all good. I think I said good bye to the Tower of London, and the Bridge. I'm not sure I will see them again before I go, I don't usually go down that way. I don't think I'll ever forget the day I was walking along the Thames, and I saw this castle on the other side of the water. I thought what is this castle doing in the middle of London? I realised it was the Tower of London, but it made me very happy to see it. I was so lost in London then, now I know it pretty well. Seems that it was just yesterday that I had that day in London by myself. What a fun day that was.

So the next day in London was back in Camden. I went in with Jenna, and met Kathleen, her mom, and Mary there. Mary was here, she left about 4 hours ago. It was cheaper for her to fly from Prague to here, and then she stayed a day and a half, and then flew home. It was great to see Mary, she is really nice. In Camden, Kathleen's mom and I were human hangers for Kathleen and Mary. They were trying on everything, and in most places in Camden there isn't dressing rooms, but they would take off their jackets, and try on whatever dress caught their eyes. It was fun. Mary got a few things. Jenna got another jacket, this one is so her. It has a skull on it, skulls are cute to her. It was so funny. It was raining though, so after shopping in Camden we went back to Kingston. We did find Noel's pub, and Kathleen and I looked lovingly at it for about a full minute. It was pretty funny.

So the next day in London was today. Um. Jenna and I went in, and we went to Brick Lane, tried to find Graham Street and failed. Graham Street is where Julian lives... we aren't stalking, we just want to see it. But we failed miserably at that, and found ourselves around Liverpool Street. When we got off the bus, there was this church to our left, so we went down that way, and found this cool market. Well we went in, it had a lot of antiques and stuff. We were walking around, when all a sudden, Jenna told me to look to my right. I did, and there was this guy in a suit and hat. I thought he looked familiar, but I couldn't place him. Jenna said that it was Pete Doherty, which didn't click, and then she said, it was the guy that Noel made fun of in the Live Show. Then it clicked. So we kept looking at stuff, though Jenna did ask for a photo. We were very unsure of approaching him... he's not exactly nice to people. So I took a picture of him when he was looking at stuff, and then Jenna took one of me with him behind me. Oh Jenna.



We were so scared of approaching him though, and we never did. We opted for the pictures, though I heard some people talking about autographs. We actually went back to try and find him, but he was on his cell phone, and then he left. Oh well.

So after this market, we still had an eye out for Graham Street, but after doing a full circle... we just went toward the first Underground we could find. We ended up where earlier. Same Underground station. I'm still wondering how we did that. Jenna asked if I had been to Russell Square, and I said no. The front of the store in Black Books is in Russell Square, so we went to see if we could find it. We didn't, but we found something even greater. We went past the British Museum, and were walking back to Tottenham Court Road, when Jenna and speeching did not mix. Finally she blurted out that Moss was in front of us! RICHARD AYOADE! We just saw him at the Matt Berry concert! With him was Matt Holness aka Garth! In this show that Matt Holness wrote, it's a spoof on 80's horror TV shows. It's so creepy, but it is growing on me every time I watch it. Julian Barratt plays a priest in it, Matt Berry plays a doctor, and Richard Ayoade is the boss. It's not a very well known show, and was canceled, but Jenna found it. She was searching for anything that Matt Berry and Julian were in, and she came upon this show. So we met Matt Holness... wow. We doubled back, and watched them, because Jenna wasn't sure if it was him or not. I remember him from the show has having weird big glasses, and darker hair, so I wasn't sure. But she did approach him, while Richard Ayoade was in a store buying lamps, and he seemed so happy that we approached him. We told him a few times that we love his show, and think he's brilliant, and his smile just got wider every time we said it. It was so brilliant!

He told us that Richard was inside, and we were like, yeah cool, but your show is amazing. And then we got our pictures taken with him...

Yeah I'm still wearing the hat... maybe one day I might take it off. I like it though. But what an amazing day. We were just walking down the street, and we saw two of our favorites. Where is Julian and Noel??? Those two are the jackpot, but I like what we have been seeing so far. Elyse saw Michael Fielding, but she didn't get her picture taken with him, or a picture of him. Amateur. It's so weird that I am into all these TV shows, and I'm seeing the actors around London. I mean... WOW! I wish I could have gotten a picture with Matt Berry, or an autograph. Oh well, that would be amazing to meet him, I would def point in any picture with him, since he wins the prize at pointing.

So that ends my time in London. Tomorrow I am going to spend around Kingston, just taking pictures, taking it all in, spending time by the river. I think I'm spending my time left wisely.