May Day Weekend

Great weekend! Yesterday (Monday) was a bank holiday here in the U.K. for May Day, which was actually on Sunday. I had four girls visiting and staying with me from Saturday evening to Monday morning. I gave them a tour of the whole of London on Sunday, and had a great time with them. They were a good lot.

Yesterday I went and saw The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which was a lot of fun. I don't want to spoil anything for those who haven't seen it, but I'll say this: It wasn't just like the book, or series of books, but I didn't expect it to be. The characters are the same, and most of the storyline(s) came from the book, but there were things added. Kind of interesting, really. Contrary to many adaptations, they were true to a lot of the details and smaller points of the book while giving the overarching story a bit of a makeover. I'm fine with this, though, for a few reasons. First, the screenplay was written by Douglas Adams. Second, this is just another of many forms the series has taken (originally a radio series, it has evolved into a series of books, a televisions series, a board game, and even a towel). And while it's a bit disappointing to see it hijacked to fit in for an "American" audience, I do appreciate their efforts to keep it British, and think they did a good job. Let me be clear: this was a very enjoyable film which I liked immensely.

Today I had my last lecture of the year, as well as one of my last classes, which was a very helpful two-hour revision class. With a couple of exceptions, the next few weeks will be filled with unstructured, individual studying.