Quite a week

Hi all,

Sorry for the lack of posts lately other than about the bombing. Obviously that was a big deal, but things are starting to get back to normal now. Been taking the tube this week and so far all seems pretty much fine.

I've had quite a time in the past week or so. Went like this:

Live 8 (Sat, July 2)
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This was such a cool event! I was in the free part in the south of Hyde Park, so we weren't by the stage, but there were 10,000 people there and it really felt like you were part of the concert. I got there at 1pm and left at around midnight. Makes for a long day, but the music was so great and we really had a blast. I really feel this event helped raise awareness about what we should be doing for Africa.

Anyway, here's my American friend Stephen ruining a really nice picture

Independence Day (Mon, July 4...duh)
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Went to an American place called Bodean's BBQ for Fourth of July. I think there was only one other American there actually....the owner of the bar. He bought us a round. People there didn't even seem to know what day it was! Well, I suppose it's understandable.

Here's me and my roommate Natalie at the bar

Bombing (Thurs, July 7)

Pretty much said everything there is to say about this. But clearly it was a scary and difficult time. I took this picture that morning before I really knew what was going on. But it's got a bus like the one that had the bomb on it and Big Ben in the background. Makes you think about how much worse it could have been. So this weekend pretty much just chilled out and stayed away from the city. My Irish friend Susie came to visit and the weather turned nice on Sunday so we headed to the park and had a really nice time. Hoping to make it there again soon and jump into a frisbee game, we'll see!

Bright Eyes and The Faint concert, last night (Mon, July 11)
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The Faint is a sort of 80s rock, dance, punk band. Really cool. Bright Eyes is Conor Oberst and whatever group of people he's decided to play with this week. Conor is amazing. And the venue was incredible. Don't have places like that in the states for sure. Here's me and my friend Tim at the concert.

Thanks again for all the prayers and kind words. They have really helped during this difficult time.