One Week, Two Articles

So when I said the first day that I was being given a lot of responsibility, I had no idea what an understatement that was. I didn't know that I would be given an article to be written--and published--on my third day. Yup, you read that right. My third day on the job and I already wrote an article, published later on Thursday afternoon. The article is about the EBA stress tests. Don't know what those are? Don't worry, I didn't either until I wrote the article. If you want to learn something (or just read it because it's 2 AM and you have nothing better to do) you can check it out here. My next article will not, unfortunately, be online, but will be published in the August issue of the magazine, a subscription to which I won't even bother plugging since it's $750. (!!!!!)

As exciting as being a published author (who, me?) is, it's also exhausting. After spending 8 hours a day at a computer screen reading the news and then writing about it, the last thing I want to do is come home and write about writing about the news I've read. But hey, now that I'm a seasoned professional, I think I can handle blogging a little more frequently (I hope). Not that there's much going on in my life outside of the sovereign debt crisis. Now, if you don't know what that is, it's actually NOT okay, and you should read this video, which, not only will it teach you something but it's also hilarious. Also the accents give you a little taste of what my life is like.

Besides the accents, my other favorite thing about London are these:

If it looks to you like that bus is freakishly tall, then you're actually right: it is! It's a two-decker bus that, no matter how many times I take it (every day, twice a day), never fails to make me happy. It's just so...tall. My favorite thing to do is to sit on the top floor, in the very front, and stare out the window at the London streets, which in the City (where the Euromoney offices are) look more or less like this:

 Yet, as much as a tourist as I feel in London, and as much as I feel self-conscious about my American (Brooklyn) accent, I can't help but feel as though there's something familiar about London. I think it's probably this:

The waves and waves of people walking to the subway tube after work, all rushing to get home for a hot shower and an episode of Gossip Girl  and the evening news. Which is actually what I have to get back to now, since I missed the season finale.