October 2003 Archives

I’m becoming increasingly cruddier at actually writing this weblogg! I have been rather busy of late, so please forgive me.

Things have been going really well here in Deptford/Greenwich! Making lots of new friends but working pretty hard at the same time. Living alone in student halls is taking its toll. I’m surrounded by ruddy music students.

It’s not that I don’t love music, because I do, it’s the fact that they ONLY play scales ALL DAY!

Just have to grin and bear, since I was stupid enough to sign a years contract, which I can’t get out of! Oh well! Life goes on!

I had my very first Laban assessment today for Cunningham. Is it just me, or does everyone else always have an awful class when it matters! The whole thing was a bit of booboo, but hey, I gave it my best shot….well, I gave it a shot! I did manage to scrape back some dignity with the last jumps sequence. I do love my legs!

Last week was a reading week, as Laban(Stirling Prize winner 2003!) was hosting the IADMS conference. Had to make a ‘self portrait’ for choreography! FUN! Making paper mache mask and painting it with reflective colours! How posh is that! Didn’t actually do much reading, did drink a lot though! Shenanigans ahoy! Met (and drunkenly!) chatted to Alex and Alistair from Fame Academy, then Terry from The Salon. A Reality TV show fan’s dream come true! A tad ashamed but times a healer. To top my splendiferous week of insanity, I went to China White! Exactly as I expected it to be! Full of pretentious losers. Had a great time though, and saw Heidi from Sugababes going into the ladies!

Feel like I’m getting on quite well here. Met up with Cat last week, and she asked me if I had any regrets about coming here. Without even having to think about it, I said “No!” I feel really at home here already. I do sometimes get pangs for Scotland, especially when I heard Flower of Scotland at the start of the Scotland v USA Rugby match. Shocker! Allan watches sports! Well not so much, I just couldn’t find the remote. It’s nice reading Lewis’ weblogg and getting Dundee updates. I do miss those guys much, but hey I live in London! Why wouldn’t they want to come and visit!

Selfridges is going goodly too! Giorgio Armani came in to visit his denim collection and I served Phil Spencer from Location, Location, Location. All you Heat readers will understand my excitement. Everyone’s really nice to me which is fab.

I promise not to leave it so long next time updating you on my latest celebrity sightings...oh, and how the dancing thang is going!

Byee!

Havin' so much fun it's not even funny (apart from my illness over the weekend!) (Which I now think may have been caused by some dodgy cranberry schnapps on Friday night! I thought I was onto a great deal!)

Everyone is so nice and have taken me under their giant 'Year2' wing!

Back to the beginning! First day was scary, but not so bad because I had someone in my group from Dundee (Remember I was in the Year1 class for a week!), registered and had my ID card given to me! I felt so special! It's got my picture on it!

That weekend, went to see Smallpetitklein, After the show, I went out with them and got absolutley hammered! HAPPY BIRTHDAY ME! When we left the place we were in (at about 4 am!) This girl I had been befriended (she was one of the dancers friends!) started going up to these foreign peeps and asking them to sing Happy Birthday to me in their mother tongue! It was so good, I got about 9 different languages! City of Culture or what!

First week was good, really nice, easy start, getting to know the building and stuff!

That Friday I joined Year 2! Was so nervous I almost pee'd my pants! Everyone was really sweet to the new boy! That night I got absolutley hammered again at the local pub, which was home to the Labanites that night! I went to meet Cat and teacher Cath from Dundee for drinks at 3, and didn't stop drinking until I passed out in bed! I payed the price the following day! I sang on the bloody Karaoke for cryin out loud! Made a bit of an clown of myself, but it well and truly broke the ice with me new classmates!

Got a really good timetable, Tues and Wed, don't start til 10.30 and Fri I finish at 3pm! Crakin! It's because I didn't choose any electives this term as I have to catch up with Labanotation! (EEK!) Have Classical Ballet and Cunnigham every day for a while then I switch to Graham, thank god! Met a girl called Alex who went to Northern with my friend from home. She lived with him in his foundation year! She's my new friend!

Back to the here and now, as I said I was off Mon and Tues due to a mystery(!) illness! But back to work today! Did a small scale Site-specific project this afternoon which was fun! Going to see a MA performance in about 26 minutes, so I should really wrap this thing up!

Start my new job in Selfridges on Saturday which I'm most excited about! I saw Sarah from Girls Aloud on my 'on-the-job' evaluation day!

Anyhoo, I'm off to watch the movement we like to call dance!