Day 4: Today! We went to a musical! Les Misérables! And every line was sung! And every line was the most important line that had ever been sung ever ever ever in the whole world! It was very intense! For over 3 hours! Which, you know, for me, is too much intensity! Because if every single line is delivered with life-or-death import (!), then there is a plateau effect and you become desensitized! If everything is important than nothing is! Plus there’s no time for subtlety or character development! Instead, they have to sing out every interior moment! My name is Jean Valjean! I was bad! Then ashamed! Now I’m good! Plus, there were a bunch of potentially interesting conflicts that fizzled out! I’m the young heartthrob guy who’s name is not important, and I love the beautiful pure virginal chick I’ve only met for thirty seconds, but I also care fore the sexily-scruffy hardknock girl who loves me! What to do?! Oh wait, scruffy girl just died! That certainly makes things easier!
3 hours of that. You know what I’m saying? !
Map and Photos for Christmas in London 
