Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow!

So it's been three days since my last post, and I though I should probably update.

I've been very busy the past few days with revising for my Intro to MT exam (which is tomorrow). My problem is the questions are very generic and could be interpreted and explained in a million different ways...but oh well. I'll get there.

Monday was Christmas pub quiz night. We came third. Again.

Sigh.

It was good fun though. We all got a 50p mince pie each and answered questions like who sang whatever line from Do They Know It's Christmas? in all three versions of Band Aid.

Yesterday was spent revising, except in the evening when I felt a bit funny. So I didn't go to the Christmas party at the SU but instead watched Oklahoma! (ohmygod HUGH JACKMAN), The Nightmare Before Christmas and part of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, before going to bed and having an early night.

And today was VOCAL ASSESSMENT DAY.

My group was at 2pm and I was going to sing MY BROTHER LIVED IN SAN FRANCISCO (from Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens) and WHAT MORE DO I NEED (from Marry Me A Little)...but I changed my mind.

At 11.30am this morning.

I didn't know the words to WHAT MORE DO I NEED, and I didn't like how I was doing it AT ALL, so I swapped to WISHING YOU WERE SOMEHOW HERE AGAIN (from Phantom of the Opera). I'm actually very happy with how it came out.

Danny and Ben and Sam and Dom and Harlie were all AMAZING and lucky me got to be last one to sing...Just build up the pressure why don't you!

And then when we came out...IT WAS SNOWING. Cue girly shrieks with Dom and Anna and Kirsty!!! It was quite pathetic snow. That sleet-y, rain-y snow that isn't really snow but actually is. But still...

SNOW!!!

It made me very happy.

Kinda makes up for the freezing temperatures and losing one glove so my hands were numb from the cold...

And now I'm gonna go do some more revision before dinner.

Ho ho ho!

Rock on,

KATY xxxx

LISTENING TO:
Winter Melody - Donna Summer

Lock-outs and Love Stuff

MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG.

That's the show we're doing. Or rather, the song we're doing is FROM that show...

Yup. One song. OK it's a ten-minute-long one plus dialogue but still... People aren't very happy! Apparently we're not going to do a full-length show until the second year. Nobodies very impressed by that...

(But I bet nobody mentioned it in the Course Evaluation forms we filled in this afternoon!)

I locked myself out again this morning. It wouldn't have been so bad if it weren't for the fact that I didn't realise until I got out of the showers and was clothed in little more than a towel...

Had a small panic attack when I realised. Then freaked out even more when I knocked on Rosies and Shivers' doors and they didn't answer. Luckily I saw the cleaning lady just coming out of the corridor cupboard and she let me in (even though she's not supposed to). She felt sorry for me because of the whole towel thing... That woman is a LEGEND.

So yeah...

Only 22 days left until Christmas! And I'm still waiting for my parents' Christmas lists! (hint hint if you're reading this, Mum!) I need to sort myself out. I'm currently in the process of writing/posting 20 Christmas cards to various family and friends spread over two countries (and slowly losing the will to live) as I wait for Mum to email me everyones addresses...

Christmas shopping next week with my auntie Sandra. Maybe after that I'll feel more organised! (By the way, apparently I'm not going to see SISTER ACT. Once again, Mum knows where I'm going, but I don't. I never get to know anything!)

Ooh! I'm going to post a video for you people to watch here. Just because it reeeeeally made me giggle. We were sitting in Andy's room waiting for dinner to open when he discovered it... It's pretty self-explanatory.



So once I finish writing these Christmas cards, I'm gonna go hang out in Shvonnes room with the girls and investigate Barney's (Emma B.) Ann Summers loot. She and Joey (Jodie D.) and Chonty (Chantelle) have become Ann Summers reps and are due to receive their merchandise stuff tonight. We stopped at Tesco's on the way home and stocked up on alcohol (and in my case, yogurts) so should be good fun!

Then I'll probably go out with Harry and Dom and Tom etc. I say "probably" because I'm not sure I will. I'm quite tired and quite fancy a few drinks followed by watching "Bridget Jones" and then bed.

But I'll blatantly end up going out.

I haven't gone to Mud/Sheiks for several weeks now and I won't go next week cos I'll be revising, and I might go out on the 17th, for Joey's birthday shindig, but if I do, it won't be for long as I've got a 8.30am train to catch to the airport!

And talking of going back home, I should mention I won't be writing anything here while I'm away. For the pretty obvious reason that this is a blog about my life AT UNI.

And I won't BE at uni. So I won't BE writing either.

Rock on,

KATY xxxx

LISTENING TO:
Just A Dream - Carrie Underwood

A Night of Drama and Bananas

Yes! The assessment is over! We are FREE of Hired Man!

(And I bet you anything that now we don't have to sing it, we'll have it in our heads until New Year...)

It went well. A small group of the second years came to watch and they said it was good. I enjoyed doing Sweeney Todd very much!

There are rumours going round that that's the show we're going to be doing in May, which would be AMAZING seeing as Julian was Musical Director for the show in West End... But realistically, I doubt it will be that.

It's more likely to be a revue thingy, like the second years have been doing...

Whatever. We'll find out soon enough. We've got a course meeting with Julian at 3.30pm and he'll be telling us what show we're doing and other info about next term. I'll let you know.

Had a bit of a boring night really. Watched a film (Ella Enchanted), had a very quick chat with Marc, played a few (a fair few) rounds of Bejeweled Blitz...

I went into hysterics around midnight when I heard Steph outside shouting: I've lost my banana! I think I left my banana in the club!! Noo! I want my banana!!.

Then I had a very interesting conversation with her on facebook about it. She said the banana was her gun (yesterday was Army Night at the SU) and she'd left it upstairs and couldn't climb back up the stairs to get it. And I promised her I'd buy her a banana to replace it.

Steph. You are amazing.

Oooh! I know what else I was going to say! I have a new first-cousin-once-removed!! My cousin Alex had her baby girl last night: Ella Mae, weighing in at 7pounds 11oz. My mum forwarded me my aunt and uncle's email, they'd attached pictures to it, and she's huge! I'm looking forward to going to visit them all!

Welcome to the world Ella!

Rock on,

KATY xxxx

LISTENING TO:
Give Him A Great Big Kiss - The Shangri-Las

CHOON!

YOUR WELCOME!

If there's one thing I've learnt today, it's that you should ALWAYS say thank you to Shvonne for opening doors. Because otherwise she is a scary person.

Love you Shivers!

Busy rehearsal day today: Hired Man, Sweeney Todd and we're back in half an hour for a full run-through. I am SO looking forward to kissing Hired Man goodbye and NEVER having to sing the damned thing again.

Sorry Mr Goodall, I'm sure you're amazing and everything. But that Opening number might just be the most complicated and horrible-to-sing thing I've ever heard. Sorry.

Changing the subject, I've finally managed to translate my posts. I've started another blog, EXACTLY like this one, except it's in Spanish. And the colour scheme is purple, not blue. Check it out if you can't understand a word I'm saying here (the link's in the list to the right)

WELCOME TO UNIVERISTY in Spanish

Cleaning day tomorrow. I need to go put a mountain of clothes away, so I'm abandoning with a very short update again. Sorry.

Rock on,

KATY xxxx

LISTENING TO:
Lucky - Colbie Caillat ft. Jason Mraz

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