i heart london

Now that it is August it is finally warm and dry (for the weekend at least - rain is back from Sunday night). Last night I met my friend B, an absolutely lovely chap, for after work drinks in Camden. His flatmate then turned up, with his german girlfriend and we lounged in the sun on the deck of Lock 17 in Camden with beverages. We then moved onto the Hawley Arms for one drink, then trecked up to Enterprise, where they had a DJ playing motown. B's flatmate and girlfriend left, by this time it was about 10pm and we had been drinking from 5:30 with no food, so we went and searched out a fantastic chinese dumpling place, where he ordered another bottle of wine.

M and my conclusions from the morning were confirmed when I told Barry that I had a urinary tract infection and he had no idea what it was. "You mean you have never had a girlfriend who has had one?!" "No, not that I was aware of" "Ahhhg. Men have NO idea."

We finished our meal and couldn't finish our wine, parted ways with affectionate words for each other and went to our respective homes to sleep.

This morning M and I went to the Hayward Gallery to see the Antony Gormley exhibition. I can't describe it other than to say that it was fucking amazing. Blind Light blew our minds and we loved the sculptures. Standing on the roof of the Hayward counting the castes of his body that were perched on buildings and bridges. We found about 17 - there were 31. It was surreal.

Down below on the ground were at least a dozen young, fit men doing flips and jumps to the cheers of a crowd. It was a beautiful sunny day and everyone was happy.

We then wandered over to the Tate Britain to see The Way We Are photography exhibit that E got me free tickets for. Again, it was fantastic and I bought a postcard and a book detailing the origins of all the names of Underground stations. woo!

Back home for a rest before going out for the last round of T's birthday drinks, again in Camden. Another plus to the day, a very cute girl on the online dating site messages me saying she wanted to get together. On the off chance that she got the message in time and that she had not plans for tonight, I've invited her out. I won't hold my breath though.

Today has been a great day, and its not even over yet.