DC

In the lab again at the minute. Should really go and blog elsewhere, but in my head I've finished for the day so I suppose it doesn't make a difference whether I'm blogging here or in my room. To be fair, In my head I haven't really been at work at all today, which may be why I appear to have accomplished so little today. Oh well.

I promised that I'd talk about DC after the weekend, so here you go. DC is probably the most un-citylike city I've been to, apart from MK*. Everything seems very white and very open, not like grey, cramped London at all. It's all very regal, very dignified, very land-of-the-free-home-of-the-brave, which I guess was the point really. Being in a place where the most potent symbols of a country and its government come face-to-face with one of the greatest educational institutions on the planet can make anyone, even someone as cynical as me, feel inspired. It's just a shame that the awe wears off, replaced by the reality of what such a great country founded on such beautiful ideals is in danger of becoming, and how my country seems to be mindlessly following the same path for no good reason.

How bizarre. I was having similar thoughts when actually in DC, especially when looking at the Vietnam veterans' memorial, but in articulating them they seem to be having much more impact. I'll try and update later, when I've got out of my shouting-at-the-radio mood.



*and yes, it does count as a city. Maybe not the capital, but a city nonetheless :-p