Thursday, September 2, 2010
Last night we went to see The XX. I have discovered that young band earlier this year, so I kept a sharp lookout for the tickets for their performance.
The venue was the Somerset House, our quite favorite one as a matter of fact, as we’ve been to a few event from their summer series before. It’s a central London, open-air, nice place, good sound and good crowd. What else would you need?
And just when you thought it’s all over, the whole buying of Bioshock memorabilia quest, here comes another brilliant piece - a Sinclair Solutions syringe pen. Yet another syringe.
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Our ‘cheap Eurostar tickets‘ saga continues. And the last weekend we spent in Paris, the city of [please insert your most favorite cliche here...].
The last (and let’s be honest, the only) time we were in French capital, it was a few years ago. It was July, it was very hot and in he course of three days we got very exhausted trying to attend as many touristy places as we could. This time we are going to take things slowly and easy. That was the plan.
Not everything went according to plan. The trains were delayed for a couple of hours that morning, so we had to sit around at London’s St.Pancras, patiently waiting for the boarding signal. So we started taking pictures. I must say, I really like King’s Cross train station, especially the top level - bright, airy and tranquil…
So there you go - me with a tin man, Veronika, some old man, clearly not from our time and a couple of London’s bankers (or something), not looking particularly pleased I am violating their privacy…
We love our city, London, we really do, but sometimes you just want to get away from it for a while. So, when we had a chance to get hold of cheap Eurostar train tickets, we were quite excited about the prospect to spend a day on the continent, in a different city, see soemthing new and…treat ourselves to some nice food (sorry Britain ;).
We went to Lille, a rather small city in the north of France (suprisingly though, it has got metro). I don’t think it’s famous for anything, but you don’t get many destination options with the Eurostar, and we did not mind, really.
We arrived in the morning and walked to the town centre. We had a city guide with us, borrowed from a library, where, earlier we found a coffee shop receipts, left by the previous owners, so we find that place and also had our coffee there, near the Grand’Place. And from there we started our walk around the town, visiting most of the places of interest and buildings mentioned in the guide (well, there were not that many of them). We also found a rare example of Art Nouve architecture preserved to these days, and it was like reading a book on the history of arts. It looked really cool.
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I am happy to announce I have got a new and a very special addition to my Bioshock and Bioshock 2 collection - a Big Daddy plush doll.
I saw it first in the Bioshock 2 teaser trailer. The ‘Sea of Dreams’ was stunningly beautiful and it was probably the first official announcement of the game sequel to be released in the following few (very, very long) months. It made the wait almost impossible (especially in our ‘instant culture’). Watch See of Dreams trailer on vimeo.
I wish I knew about it earlier. I wish there were a tweed jacket in my wardrobe. I wish I had a single speed bike.
Why? Because then I could have been a part of that cool bunch of people, cycling through central London on a hot and sunny spring afternoon, wearing vintage clothes and enjoying themselves.They call it a Tweed Run.
I found out about it only a day before and said to myself I would definitely have to see that. I arrived at Kensington gardens about half an hour before the procession to arrive for a tea-break (obviously ;), found a great vantage point opposite the table with cups and refreshments, got my camera ready and started waiting.
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Apparently the wall in our flat need some decoration, well, at least this is what my girlfriend keeps talking about for the last half a year and I should really agree with her. But I find it extremely hard to decide what to hang on them. It could probably be some of my own photos, but it’s either there are way to many of them to choose from or I just am too critical about my masterpieces, but the walls still mostly stay as they are - beige and boring.
So while I’ve been so indecisive, I had an idea to put a A1 size poster of my all time favorite Bioshock (well, Bioshock 2, to be more precise). Surprisingly, Veronika did not mind at all (she is quite understanding and supportive of my obsession with the ‘tin people’ - thank you Veronika!).
And so I walked the talk. Found original poster on ebay and got it shipped from Australia. It took a a while to arrive, but here it is now, proudly hanging on our staircase wall. I guess I could start splicer meetings in my flat now or something… :)
The rest of the walls are still bare…
Ok, these must be my geekiest moments. Ever. And I would never do this if it wasn’t for Bioshock. I promise.
My new toys have arrived. Looks like I am slowly becoming Bioshock memorabilia collector :) I guess we all need to collect something. The only thing though is I can’t stand to keep toys in boxes. I know I know, the value drops down once you open the box, but I’d rather enjoy, not just keep them.
I have never been impressed with any other game and their story that much, so it’s very satisfying to have all these things at home, reminding me of Rapture, an awesome city in the bottom of the Atlantic ocean.
With the game sequel out more related stuff is released to, presumably, make some people richer, but some others, freaks like me, a bit happier.
So what have we got today?
Three figurines: a Big Daddy, a so called Subject Alpha, a character you are playing in Bioshock 2, then a Big Sister, another new character and your biggest and strongest adversary and a Little Sister, a spooky little girl with yellow eyes who calls you daddy.
The toys are top quality. Very steam punk beautiful, very detailed, with movable limbs. You can even play with them (not that I am going to :) Maybe I will do some stop motion animation one day… Maybe…