17 September 2008
woeful wednesday
This afternoon I visited Canary Wharf...
But before that I went to the JobCentre in Woolwich (no, not for me, not yet, not yet). Opposite the building is a Funeral Home, now closed. It had this notice on the shutters.
Next door is a giant building site where they will apparently build a Tesco. Some signifiers had gotten mangled in the rush for construction.
Then I went to the 'Wharf. The atmosphere was tense. I wanted to try and find some weeping bankers. I didn't quite manage it, though there was much swearing, which I failed to capture on camera. One man said 'it's a carcass', though Bat later pointed out at our Keynes reading group that he had probably actually said 'car crash'.
The now infamous 'Slug and Lettuce' where unemployed city types go to get drunk. They were offering 50% off all food on Mondays.
The many clocks in the station area of the 'Wharf now appear to be counting down rather than up.
Where? Into the ocean? Into the ocean!
There was some strange competition to win a car going on. People seemed interested in the car, but unsold tickets covered the ground.
This one needed no caption.
But before that I went to the JobCentre in Woolwich (no, not for me, not yet, not yet). Opposite the building is a Funeral Home, now closed. It had this notice on the shutters.
Next door is a giant building site where they will apparently build a Tesco. Some signifiers had gotten mangled in the rush for construction.
Then I went to the 'Wharf. The atmosphere was tense. I wanted to try and find some weeping bankers. I didn't quite manage it, though there was much swearing, which I failed to capture on camera. One man said 'it's a carcass', though Bat later pointed out at our Keynes reading group that he had probably actually said 'car crash'.
The now infamous 'Slug and Lettuce' where unemployed city types go to get drunk. They were offering 50% off all food on Mondays.
The many clocks in the station area of the 'Wharf now appear to be counting down rather than up.
Where? Into the ocean? Into the ocean!
There was some strange competition to win a car going on. People seemed interested in the car, but unsold tickets covered the ground.
This one needed no caption.
