I used to make decisions ...

[blamebrampton]

But then an article on the internet convinced me of the benefit of cloud decision making ;-)[Poll #1473195]I have convinced myself that two and a bit weeks is more than enough time for a quick Sydney/London/Paris holiday given that I want to see only about 15 people, 10 museums and 13 shops. This involves me talking myself out of running away to Oxford. Totally doable. I need to lose weight anyway, and so steamed veg can be consumed for a few months in order to pay for such frivolity! It will be FINE![Poll #1473195]

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[pushdragon.livejournal.com]

Changi has free internet, a Guylian cafe (slightly better service), little machines you can put your feet in for a massage, and a butterfly garden, and you have to ask????

From my recent experience in London, only do a one-day international trip if the rewards are incontrovertibly unsurpassable. In my case, they SO were. But Antwerp??

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Antwerp is the Barcelona of the North! Well, in truth, it is the home of a dozen or so paintings I would like to spend some time studying. But I can do that next year. Unless the unthinkable happens and I grow bored of Paris and want to get away for a day. Probability of 2% there.

Changi is splendid, but Dubai has Emirates with a 100 minute layover (long enough to not be rushed, short enough to not be fussed) and a 30kg economy baggage allowance. I CAN BUY BOOKS! Not that that is the deciding factor in any of my adventures. Not at all.

[pushdragon.livejournal.com]

At Changi airport I bought Twilight for cheap.

Nuff said.

Dubai.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Oh honey ... Though I am half inclined to read it one day, when I am a little drunk, and have people around to share the dramatic readings with.

[pushdragon.livejournal.com]

When you come down to watch Black Sheep with me and Mer we will do readings from Twilight and put on amusing voices.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

I want to play Edward! I am pale and inappropriate and I could cover myself in glitter gel!

[pushdragon.livejournal.com]

We will all play Edward.

Shall we play him with a Speedy Gonzales accent and a stutter?

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

I was thinking Larry Olivier circa 1932, to go with Bella's Vivien Leigh-esque sense of self preservation ...

I vote Speedy for Jacob, and Gomez for the vampire father.

[pushdragon.livejournal.com]

OLIVIER?!?!?

No way. Can not do.

Trust me, the dialogue is so inane that over-the-top British will not cut it. You will not be more than a couple of chapters in before you need the distraction of a challenging accent.

How about bad Russian spy accent with terminal hiccups?

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

I am totally up for that. Though I take it from your comment that you have never seen Q-Planes, in which is accent is nothing short of astonishing ;-)

[pushdragon.livejournal.com]

Never seen it. What sort of accent does he do?

[thisgirl-is.livejournal.com]

At least they weren't flogging it at Real Book prices. I don't think it's a deal-breaker...