After returning from London, Felicia Day has made a video showing her trip through the eyes of a geek. It’s been just about a year since I made that same trip with those same eyes, so I thought I’d share the geekery I got out of London myself. 

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Inside the Tower of London, I found this dragon.

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I did not burst into song when I accidentally found myself on Fleet Street – 

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– or when I purposefully found myself in Hyde Park.

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I saw The Brett Domino Trio at this comedy show, and was fairly sure I was the only person specifically there to see them.

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Since I went alone, I got to see Westminster station after midnight, totally empty. 

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Waiting in line to get a free takeaway poem was a thousand times worth it.

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A week later, I saw Bang Said The Gun standup poetry – loud and crowded, possibly my favorite thing I did on the whole trip. Also, two different poets made throwaway Doctor Who references.

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On a trip to Stratford Upon Avon, I tried to join Shakespeare’s hometown bowling club.

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In Brighton, this door found itself slightly startled – 

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– and Pierre Bear nicely reminded me where to throw away my trash.

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Things got literary again at Sherlock’s house.

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Joss Whedon’s Much Ado About Nothing came out while I was in London, and there was obviously no better place to see it.

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I stared at Harry Potter blueprints for way too long.

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(Concept art, too.)

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Of course I couldn’t leave without seeing the place for myself. 

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