Sugar High

As the title would suggest, I am on a bit of a sugar high.

I was hyper enough already because, after a long tiring day of rehearsals of Sweeney Todd and Hired Man, Maria (our director) let us finish half an hour early (!!!)

Then Rosie and Shivers and I went straight to pub quiz at the SU (which we came second in AGAIN by the way!!!) and I had a pint of coke. And then Rosie and I went and got (what was left of) our B&Js ice-cream and I finished that. And then I had another pint of coke with the quiz Shivers owed me.

Plus, the mystery round was Disney songs. Which just sent me over the edge. I feel a little bit drunk.

Drunk on sugar...is that possible?

Rehearsals for the assessment are going good. I think it will be fine for Wednesday. Not too keen about the idea of the second years coming to watch though! And I really really wish I'd been put in the Beggar's Opera group. They seem to have so much more fun than we do in Hired Man...

Maybe it's the whole "we're drunk prostitutes" thing...

And now I'm gonna go finish skyping my boyfriend and then sleep for hours and hours before I have to get up and rehearse "Here us coming o' running" again...

Rock on,

KATY xxxx

LISTENING TO:
Summer of '69 - Bryan Adams

Christmas Bells Are Ringing

RENT fans will recognise the title to this post. I went to see the show on Thursday and it was amazing. The guy playing Roger also had the best arms I've ever seen.

Had a fab day out with Lucia today. One of the best I've had in AGES.

I had trouble tracking her down at first because her phone wasn't working but after ringing both Mum and Ches to get her Spanish number we got there in the end.

I helped her sort out her CV and then we hit Tesco's for supplies.

I had a sudden urge for mince pies. They were on offer. I bought mince pies. And a couple of cheap but beautiful DVDs. And sushi.

Back at Lucia's place, had a nice international lunch of Spanish omelette, American corn on the cob, Japanese sushi and English pudding before heading out into town. Me being clever I'd forgotten to take a coat. So I borrowed Lucia's (way too small for me) black leather jacket.
Note to self: do not leave house without gloves ever again.

I got a phone call from my auntie Sandra while we discovering the HMV store. We're going Christmas shopping in London next week (VINTAGE!) and she's taking me to see a musical. She won't tell me which one though! I really hate not knowing this sort of thing... It drives me bananas! But hey. Musical. Who am I to complain?!

Lucia and I then got a couple of hot chocolates (with whipped cream and marshmallows) and sat in Costa's to watch the Christmas lights go on. They had fireworks too. But I don't think the lights are as nice as the ones back home... They're too plain.

I can't wait to see the ones back home!

Merry Christmas to one and all, and too all a good night

Rock on,

KATY xxxx

PS. Anyone else get the feeling that Christmas is coming round earlier each year???

LISTENING TO:
I Won't Be Home For Christmas - Blink 182

Big Meh Mood

Didn't go to Ann Summers in the end. Too tired.

OH WHAT A LOVELY WAR was good. I didn't really like the show itself, but that's no fault of the actors. They didn't write it. But they were amazing. Great voices all of them! And it was quite funny. And the staging was spectacular. I especially liked the red rose petals falling from the ceiling in the finale. And the accents. SO MANY ACCENTS!! Scottish, Australian, Cockney, German, French, English, Yorkshire, American, Russian and (my personal favourite) Irish. Love it

Short because I'm tired and hungry. Sorry! I'm just not in a very good mood at the moment.

Rock on,

KATY xxxx

Just Life...

Just back from our last acting session of the term. Interesting. We had a hot-seat interview session where we had to answer questions as a member of our family. I did Ches. It would have gone a lot better if Drou and Harlie and Andy and Rosie hadn't gotten the giggles over my hair. Because Ches pushes her back from her face A LOT. So I did too. Except I've got a short fringe. So I just looked like a turkey...

I've had a few boring days really. Had the most intense body conditioning session EVER on Monday morning...IT BURNED. A lot. We learnt RHYTHM OF LIFE from Sweet Charity in the afternoon. It was good. Weird and a little bit random. And VERY HIGH FOR THE SOPRANOS. But good.

AND WE CAME SECOND IN THE PUB QUIZ! That may not mean much to you guys but ohmygod is it a big deal for us. We've been last or before-last for the past 3 weeks... The mystery round was musicals which is always fun cos our team consists of MT students and a singing teacher (Zoe, Tom's girlfriend).

Yesterday I got told off for going to breakfast in my PJs. Apparently it's not allowed. Health and Safety regulations. AGAIN. People are getting way too anal about this sort of thing nowadays...

I love tap dancing. It's one of my favourite classes. And yesterday I learnt triple timesteps! (Check out the updated list of stuff I've learnt at uni). The problem is I can't seem to stop doing them. And tap springs. And shuffles. Just non-stop. Whenever I'm standing around waiting for people. I just start tapping...Is that bad?

What else happened?

We had an interesting conversation at dinner yesterday. I swear they get more random every day...This one was about pineapple rings.

So yeah. Time to go do that musical timeline...

Rock on,

KATY xxxx

PS. Going to watch the MT second years in OH WHAT A LOVELY WAR with Sam tonight, and then joining the girls for the Girls Only Ann Summers Party at the SU!!! Fun times!

LISTENING TO:
Everything - Michael Buble

Being Children

It was Open Day yesterday. I got paid to trail possible-2010-Freshers around campus I showed Business possibles the IT centre, Teaching possibles the primary school-style classrooms and Musical Theatre possibles the Assembly Hall where we rehearse.

And I loved it.

Especially hanging out with the possible MTers. Rosie and Shvonne planted themselves in Daisy's room (Daisy is our brilliant 3rd year hall rep and has to open her room to visitors on Open Days as part of her job) so we had a great time name-dropping, telling tales of agony in dance classes and hyperactive accounts of our free time spent together.

If I remember correctly, we specifically recounted the second night we were here when we all played Twister at 2am on the grass outside our halls.

It was fun and I got paid for it. AND I got a free lunch courtesy of the uni. As well as an ice cream Tom gave me when I had a quick pit-stop at his kitchen window for a chat.

Good times.

Been looking up vintage thrift stores in London. Awesome stuff. Looking forward to having a look round if/when I ever finally get up there!

Last night was pretty good. I don't think I've eaten that much junk food since well...forever. Turkey dinosaurs, chicken nuggets, potato smileys, a big bowl of ketchup to dip into, alphabet soup, Nesquik banana milkshake and to finish off: mini strawberry and mandarin cheesecakes.

I like remembering what it felt like to be six.

Rock on,

KATY xxxx

PS.The sun is coming out from behind the rain and the grey clouds. This makes me happy!

LISTENING TO:
Here Comes The Sun - The Beatles

Cider, Pool and a Brilliant Idea

Just got back from the pub with Tom, Rosie, Andy and Shivers. Fun times. We had a couple of pints/cider and blacks, ate a couple of packets of peanuts (which OMG Tom and I discovered actually taste like peanuts! Sorry. Inside joke), played a couple of games of pool, lost a couple of pounds at Pub Quiz and then Monopoly on a games console thingymajig...

And then, as we got back to campus we found Dervan and had an awesome conversation with her. And then it happened.

WE HAD THE MOST AMAZING IDEA EVER.

Won't say anymore now. Surprises. I really hope this one gets off the ground though. Because our last "most amazing idea ever" hasn't actually been done yet... Neither has the one before.

On another note, I'm working at the Open Day tomorrow. On this campus this time. Which is good. I had a funny but bit embarrassing moment last time I had to get the bus over to BOC for Open Day... But I'll save THAT story for another day as it's quarter to twelve now and this is my second post today and I've got to get up at 7am tomorrow.

So I think I'm going to go clear off all the junk and clothes and songbooks off my bed and get into it!

G'night y'all,

Rock on,

KATY xxxx

The Greatest Thing You'll Ever Learn Is Just To Love And Be Loved In Return

Yeah right. Tell THAT to the long-term couples who are breaking up left, right and centre because of the long-distance thing.

Worrying times for some in Couple-Land at uni...

Watched Moulin Rouge with Rosie and Shivers and Andy last night (hence the quote). I'd forgotten how much I love it. And how AMAZING Ewan McGregor is. I fall for him every single time I watch it. Also decided Satine (aka. Nicole Kidman) looks a HELL of a lot like Amy Adams...




Had a fun morning with Rosie burning CDs for her car. Cos we're all getting a little bit tired of Spelling Bee I think (even though it's brilliant)... Also had my third singing lesson of the term. A double one. Very pleased with myself as I sang something I thought I couldn't and Mike actually complimented me on it!

After, I waited for the bus back to BRC and overheard a conversation that made me giggle so I thought I'd share - a girl was telling off this guy (not sure whether it was a boyfriend or a friend):

Well I think it's ridiculous. You should make her pay rent. Just tell her: you're cutting your hair in my kitchen and having sex on my sofa, why don't you just MOVE IN???

So yeah...made me giggle anyway.

Also had a lot of giggles at dinner. Harry normally doesn't eat in the canteen (he's on the "Harry diet" where all he eats is rice and fish 4 days a week) but today he did and he was telling us that someone had gotten into their kitchen (he lives in the same block as Evan and Dave and etc) and stolen two ipods, some ipod speakers, a couple of bottles of booze and (wait for it): a mackerel.

Yes. A mackerel.

A whole fish. Out of the freezer. God only knows what they wanted to do with a mackerel...

Rosie was getting all stressy with Andy because her fags were in his room and he was refusing to give her the key to it.

Their solution? Extreme Thumb War.

10 seconds later - a chair had been overturned, Andy and the rest of us were in hysterics and Rosie was lying flat on the floor.

I love uni.

Rock on,

KATY xxxx

LISTENING TO:
Dory from Finding Nemo speaking whale

Of Turkey Dinosaurs and Ice Cream...

Woke up early(ish). Started on essay. Got stuck on essay. Again.

Gave up (again) on essay at 600 words about 10.30am and started surfing the net...

So. Random fact about me. I'm a big Sarra Manning fan. She's the British author of GUITAR GIRL, LETS GET LOST, PRETTY THINGS and new novel UNSTICKY. She writes a blog the link to which you'll find in the website list to the right. Her books are brilliant. Read them.

Anyway, when I started reading her blog I listened to some of her recommended music and loved it. Hello Saferide, The Priscillas and Belle and Sebastian are high on that list. So I went back to her blog today to find some more (recommendations).

Which in a very, long, complicated and rambling way leads me to: SPOTIFY.

Possibly the best invention ever after hash brown sandwiches, Google and peanut butter. Not necessarily in that order.

I finally managed to get it. Took me a long time. But I did it. And I got a few bands and singers to listen to as recommended by Sarra M: The Boy Least Likely To, Pixies Three, Lucky Soul and Shangri Las.

Old-school 60s girl bands are amazing.

And I did (eventually and after two coffees and a lunch break where I discovered that the leftover rice from our Saturday curry had turned blue in its tupperware) finish the essay in time for my lecture.

While we waited for it to start, Rosie and I sat at the piano in our lecture room (yes. There is a piano in our lecture room. Love it) and learnt how to play an A, an A minor, a C, a D and an F chord. We were quite impressed with ourselves.

On a side note, I wore my pencil skirt today. I've only worn it twice, so I felt guilty and thought I should. And it was pretty strange remembering what it felt like to wear something that wasn't trackies or jeans...

Oh and I just got back from a Tesco's trip with Rosie, Andy, Tom and Shivers. It's always exciting when we go to Tesco's. We never know what we'll come home with. This time it was orange juice, turkey dinosaurs, Ben and Jerry's strawberry cheesecake ice cream and a box set of five romantic comedies for £10. Good ones too. NOTTING HILL, BRIDGET JONES, SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE, MY BEST FRIEND'S WEDDING and THE BREAK-UP.

So I'm happy.

Rock on,

KATY xxxx

LISTENING TO:
Rooftops - Lostprophets

Anything to escape the dreaded One Thousand Word Essay...

Essay's irritate me. I have three full pages of notes on what to write. But I just CANNOT find the way of getting started. Once I'm going I'm fine. But it's GETTING going that I reeeeeally don't like...

7pm and I'm on 0 words. Not good.

Acting was OK. I was off ill with a fever last week so hadn't done the prep. Oops. Quite interesting though watching the others. Maria had told them (us) to concentrate on themselves during 2 minutes of their daily routine and then re-enact it in class. It was cool. Not sure about me doing it next week though!
The acting part of the course is actually what I have the hardest time with...I'm just not good at improvising at ALL. And that's all we do. Can't wait till we get on to script work next term...

Had an interesting Masterclass session with a smaller group of just girls today and now I'm stuck in my room listening to people having fun outside and wishing I'd started this 1000 word essay before today... And I really want to go watch GUYS AND DOLLS.

Have I mentioned that I love being able to watch DVDs and call it "studying".

Rock on,

KATY xxxx

Welcome to University

So. Here we are. We've arrived. Uni life has begun.

Friends, musicals, Sheiks, noodles, worries, the beach, Caribbean Twist, Facebook, Sweeney Todd, essays, chips, relationships, parties...

It's all there.

Let the blogging begin.