March 28, 2010
On the Floor
Date: December, 2001
Location: London, England
Description: It isn’t a big surprise that I wasn’t a fan of London, the town or the experience. I had some issues going on at the time, having left a girl just after we finally got together after three years, having a class full of people I wasn’t friends with, and being in a city that was cold, impersonal and perpetually overcast. There were small nuggets of reprieve, such as my trips to Scotland and Wales, stage combat class, and working on some acapella harmonies in our singing class. One other release for me was reading my journal to Stacey, one of the few people who seemed to care that I was miserable for months at a time. Whether it was just listening to me or trying to convince the girl in the London gift shop that I was a fantastic poet (sorry, cousin), she was a great friend the whole time. With only a few days left of our journey, I read her the remainder of my entries and we put a camera down on the floor and snapped this photo of us. I have a number of beautiful photos from my 3 months abroad, but very few of people. This is my favorite people shot.