"Would anyone like...a peanut?"

(Ok, let's get this one thing straight...I don't have time to write a blog post after I get home from all the great London activities n' such, so this whole posts-actually-being-about-the-day-before-their-posted-date thing is going to be a regular thing. If you don't like it, then this is the time to just walk away. Don't let the "back" button hit you on the way out, ok pal?)

The 6th of November was dedicated to one thing and one thing only...going to the filming location of one of my favorite movies, Shaun of the Dead!

Shaun of the Dead is a British comedy about an ordinary London bloke trying to get back together with his girlfriend...oh, and also the zombie apocalypse is happening at the same time. The plot of the film revolves around them all trying to get to their favorite pub, The Winchester, in order to blockade it like a fortress, wait out the End of Days, and mend their relationship over a few pints.

I went to go see the Winchester!

It's a good thing that was the only thing I had planned, because getting there was a major pain. I had to take the "Overground" (a subway that runs above ground, rather like the Chicago "L"), which was very, very late. Apparently this is a common occurrence, because there were signs around the station promising that "the Overground runs on time now more than ever before!"...Don't let them see your desperation, London.

The Overground took me down south. Turns out, down South is not the nicest of all possible neighborhoods.

How bad could it be? This car is made of gold!

Also, there was no internet to connect to, and the streets are impossible to navigate, mostly because street names are only posted once every eight blocks or so. So what should have been a ten minute walk took easily forty-five.

Was it worth it?

YES!!

                                      Look, here are the actors...                                                  And here's me!

Sadly, the building was all closed down and empty and sad and in a sketchy neighborhood...

But still. Awesome!

Well, as I said...that's all that really happened that day.

So, to pad this post a bit, let's have fun with more British signs!

Ah, the postmodern vandal.

A little tact and diplomacy won't hurt YOU, sign.

This would make an awesome album cover.

Bye, folks!