Lots of new things

Its been a year now since I did this journal thing. The weird coicidence was that as I walked out of my scenograhy lecture today I heard the opening monlogue for 'American Beauty'. In the room nextdoor a first year film group were doing the exact same thing I did last year. Performed some of Journey's End today. Twas quite good however we need to work more in it. Birthday was amazing! Got lots of nice new things. Nicki got me a Batman duvet and a very rare production booket from the new film! Emily gave me enough sugar to make Sam weep. I also got lots of Wallace & Gromit stuff (The film is amazing!). Now to new stuff... I have apart from my bday things a new ebay account which I have been using a fair bit. Craig has a new laptop Sam has some Lucky Charms which he ordered of the internet for £10! Hes a lad. Jon has..a new haircut Cat has food poisoning, bummer. At the moment I am currently flitting between the essays that are due next week. I'm trying to find a time to see Chesh so I can change my module choices for next year. Also for the last 4 hours Jon has been trying to find the TV remote (the important one) which is somewhere around the house (still whatever keeps him entertained). This has meant that he has literally stuck his arm into every item of furniture in the house. We do however believe it to be in Sam's room. By the way it is very cold in fair aber. *PS since typing this Jon has in fact broken into Sam's room as drastic times have ultimately called fro drastic measures*

So Cold

Typing in gloves because of how cold it is at the moment. Also trying to get up to date with my working note book and doing some reading for my upcoming essays (yay). Saw Harry Potter 4 on Friday and thought it was rather good. It was however a poorly edited film simply because of how much they had to cram into 2.5 hours. Craig's lent me the music which is rather good as well. Family came and visited me yesterday which was great except that I had still got bad indigestion from the night before (Rushing to see HP4) which meant I just spent the day eating rennies and sipping hot water/whiskey. We all went to Newquay where we walked around the harbour and sat in a cafe. Afterwards we went to the Rhy-Pennau and had something to eat. Got some W & G mugs! Sorted out acting groups for exam. I'm with Bugsy, John (both who I did the acting course with) and Fivo. We are doing Journey's End and I am playing the part of Hibbert. I studied the play for A level and loved it and we are seeing it in London next month.

Vladimir

Just completed the most important course of my life. I can't effectively put into words the amount I have learnt in 4 days. Vladimir is a legend. I first heard of him last year when some of the second years who were in Twelfth night had him. I can't believe how lucky I am to be on a course with such talented individuals aswell. I have learnt alot from these people and have found it interesting to see how they have changed over the past 4 days. I'm never going to read a play in the same way again. We basically worked on scenes from 'Three Sisters' by Anton Chekhov. I played Chebutykin and Kelagin? and I had to do a drunken speech to the audience. Vladimir helped me alot though. This presents a turning point in my career I think. I had begun to become slightly disillusioned over the nature of practical acting, but this guy has shown me how limitless it is. Its even made me consider directing, and I have emailed Chesh to see if I could change my modules. I am adding him now to the list of the dramatists who have influenced me the past 5 years: Sue Rickman (Still teaching at Chantry) Pat Abbott (Same as above) Tom Knight (Teaching in Africa) Daniel Morgan (C&T) Pietro Cardillo (In Manchester) Allison Reeves (Still at WSFC) Paul Roseby (NYT) B (NYT) Dave Blumfield (Tom's Uncle(NYT)) Baz Steph Vladimir Boucher Me and Em wrote the panto in the end and my mate Steve (Practical group, Dogs on Tour and Russian Workshop) is playing one of the ugly step sisters. Went out for Halloween (Year since Craig's mate Becky visited). I hand-made my scarecrow costume and scared alot of people. Bumped into Owain, who has some projects lined up. Mentally knackered and worn out. Have to learn Macbeth lines for Tuesday.

Wireless!

Currently sat outside my room as close to the router as possible! This is the only way in which I can be sure of a consistent internet connection at the mo as its being a bit tempramental. Have one lecture today at llanbadarn and am meeting em to get a taxi up. My course this year already is shaping up to be really interesting. However, there is a lot of work for me to do (lots of reading) which means that I have decided to relax the amount of drama I do socially. At the moment I have this left to do: -Eat Breakfast -Read Hedda Gabla -Read up for Theatre in Society Seminars -Essays (yay) -Read reccomended stuff for my course -Go and see Productions (School For Scandal Tonight) -Pay For London Trip (which will be amazing) -Update Working Notebook -Write a pantomine (with Em for Jen) -Update the Curtain Call Website -Jon's Bday (We have bought him 'The Motorcycle Diaries' and 'A Buddha' Just got over a cold which wasn't very nice

Lost

I am currently on a computer in the Parry-williams building at the moment eagerly awaiting the opening of the student reception. I will therefore soon hopefully be able to purchase two module readers for my course this semester. Its great being back in aber, but I've had a pretty madcapped week (as usual).I lost my phone twice (but found it) and left my card at the sports centre (while getting my new card). This meant that when mum came to visit that I could not contact her a all. The house has got character though. We've (they've) installed a new phoneline and we are currently waiting for our broadband to activate. This will be brilliant as it will mean that I wont have to keep treking up the hill to check my e-mails. Rundown of Our House: Living room - Square cell-like thing that doesnt look as if much living has occured. Old fashioned style patterns apparantly tell a story. Although now Jon has put up a few posters thats makes it all look slightly modern. Kitchen- Tiny!!! Us 4 blokes cooked the other night together. We had Cajun coated chicken and hallucinagenic sour cream. Bathroom- Grubby but has a new toilet and shower. Bedroom- I like my room as I was lucky enough to get a nice bookcase and I have very a bright duvet and rug (thanks to Ikea). Went to a social last night for Curtain Call with all of us sporting ou brand new hoodies. For some reason they have gone from black to a blue very similar to that of my old year 11 jumper. I did some mingling but not really enough I feel. I essentially helped Mike and Adam cockneyerise songs (OOOOOOOO). Gawd bless em. Have got a seminar at 3, and have to read jup beforehand.

August

Had a fantastic two week holiday in Italy which was very nice. Twas pretty much a coldplay marathon throughout which made it a very chilled break away. We spent the first week in Tuscany at the same site we visited last year. This is essentially the sort of italy you see on pasta sauce bottles. The week after we spent in Lake Garda which was much more swissish (great word). We did the usual driving thing which was long but rewarding at the same time. Favourite places were Venice (where I bought a hat) and Lake Garda. Few days after I came back Nicki came to stay which was fantastic. I took her round worcester(not very exciting), showed her the commandery (which is full of weird models of people), showed her Grimley (not very exciting) and showed her the pretty woods at Shrawley. I showed her Messiah & Messiah 2 which she enjoyed (even though she could predict what would happen). Speaking of which Messiah IV finished last night and it was quite good although a little unbelievable. She showed me Cross-worlds which had some interesting ideas. Went to aber to see my house for next year. Took Loz with me, which was interesting. Turned up at the pub on Monday to find that my landlord had been injured in a car accident and wouldnt be back til wednesday. So slightly miffed at the fact that I barely managed to park in aber and would not be getting into my house that day; I went and visited Em in her giant yellow party house. Tis very huge indeed and leans to one side. On tuesday, Loz and I went for a walk around Tywyn and then went bodyboarding. The waves were huge and hit you from all directions. After that we went and picked up Em and we went to the chippy. On wednesday, I eventually met my landlord and managed to pick my room (upstairs). The house is nicer than I remember with the kitchen having more space. My room also has alot of useful furniture, although I may need a new matress. Current eta in aber is September 23rd. Have read a few books this month. - The Rats - Theo's Odyssey - Very interesting but hard going if your not religious - Harry Potter VI - Hmmm a very mature step for J.K. Rowling and feels more like a second part of the fifth book. I liked the fact that yet again I managed to survive a long time without knowing the ending. - The Dante Club - Just like Messiah IV - but a very interesting work of faction - The Return of Sherlock Holmes - The Shadow of the Wind - My favourite of all I have just started my annual Lord of the Rings marathon, and have nearly finished the hobbit. My current interest is sudoku and I have spent alot of time on miniclip.com playing it. Got the Dentist tomorrow. Yay.

July

Quite a busy month here. Went to stay at nicki's again and again it was amazing. What made it great aswell was that em was there as well so all 3 of us hanged out together. We watched Batman Begins and I also got to meet Nic's friends this time which was cool. We went to a pub called 'The Rat and Parrot' and had drinks there and basically watched dvds (Angel, Zach and Reba). The day I left was the day that London was hit by the bombs which meant that I was delayed on my train journey for about 2 hours extra. In addition to this my sister was also on a college trip to London aswell and had to be diverted back. I was dumped off at Shrub Hill station (a part of worcester I'm not familiar with) and had to leg it to the bus station to get the parish link with my sister. Saw 'The Descent' with mr fain and it scared the hell out of us. Went and spent the day with Nicki in oxford. Was quite wet and fortunatley she brought a map so we knew where we were going. We spent most of the time in the natural history museum. It was all together interesting because the book I was reading at the time was set around Oxford. Went and played golf with my brother. Went round to Kates for a BBQ. Was nice to see everyone from college again. Chivers and Harty who didnt want to drink and drive. Camped with Cumella in a tent in a field near the quarry. Bought some new DVDs (Hellboy, Big Fish, The Goonies [That Cumella loves],I Robot and Messiah 1+2). Finished Reading Instance of the Fingerpost, Finished 'The Rats' Bought my Harry Potter which I have not read yet. Took the dog to the kennels today. Grae's just told me that some film makers will be looking at his script tomorrow.

June

Well my first month away from aber has just finished and it has been quite a quiet one. I've been doing odd work really such as security for the funrun held here in worcester. In addition to this I'm doing a few shifts at the Wagon Wheel which gets me out of the house. My highlight of the month was my little venture down to visit Nicki for a week in Woking. It was one of the most relaxing times for me ever. At Aber I was always busy and at home I feel guilty if I have a lie in. So at Chobham it was very nice. She even took me to Horsell Common where in 'War of the Worlds' the spaceship crashed. Unfortunately this site is not in the new movie. We pretty much spent the week watching DVDs and stuff which was great fun. I've just done a talk today at my old college where I was part of a panel to inform AS students about the concept of University. I mumbled a few of my words and I think I came across a bit too strong as I was so excited about Aberystwyth. Watched Batman Begins with Mr. Fain and Ben and it is amazing. One of the best renditions of the dark knight I have ever seen. Probably watch it again. Started and well on the way to finally completing my portfolio of everything dramery I have done. Finished 'Altered Carbon'(the book Nicki lent me) and am now on 'An Instance of the Fingerpost'. Going to visit Nicki again next week and Ems there at the moment so that'll be a laugh. Got to start/finish the website for Curtain aswell as do something for Jon's birthday. Oh I also have a cameo in the new C&T play which I'm quite chuffed about. I play a mirror and a policeman. This month has been pretty quiet though compared to a month at aber.

End of Year One

I'm back in Worcester now. This was how my day went: Feng Shui-ed all of my belongings into 2 vehicles. Drove to Twywn. Realised that I had left all of my Pots and Pans in the kitchen. Text from Cat saying that I had left all my Pots and Pans in the kitchen (sausages). Received encouraging-abuse from my mother. Drove ahead to Aber. Rang the doorbell to find that Rich was there to let me in. Feng-Shuied a bit more. Drove into town and bought myself a new Buff. Drove home. It feels really weird to be back. My brother has somehow gained a baby guinea pig that remains trapped in his hoody pocket. The thing also apparantly urinated down his back at one point. The final exam was alright. Feels like it was ages ago though (due to the fact that I didn't sleep til 4 this morning). The night before we had a big revision session at Ems. This involved me sitting on a desk chair reading notes while she straightened my hair. A few nights before that Nicki came round and we watched some Star Wars and Family Guy. It was really good. Speaking of which, she has been very kind enough as to actually give me her original copy of Cube on DVD. This is due to the fact that she has just aqquired the trilogy. Yesterday Em solved an interesting equation: Penbryn bunch + Trefloyne = 42 = A jolly good plan (No Oven but lots of food) (Oven with No Food) So basically after me, Cat and Rich had cleaned everywhere the Penbryn bunch came round and we ate. Well, I am no longer a fresher. It seems strange to think that less than a year ago I was doing Sports week. That week was so important for me. Firstly it got me used to Aber but also it meant that I got to know Sam and Craig. Got to get a job. Don't want to but I have to.

Sprite Fairies and BBQ

Took Emily and Nicki to Dolgoch 2 days ago. Twas very good. Stocked up at Co-op on the way before heading there. Spent about 4 hours sitting around (did some revising) and paddling in the stream. We also constructed a make-shift fairy house in a little hollow. We also used acorn lids as bowls and filled them with the remains of the Kettle chips and Sprite. Weather was fantastic. Managed to have some honey ice cream on the way back. Went and had a BBQ with the Penbryn bunch today. I was elected as the person who had to show them where to go(?). I took them up to where I call 'The View' about halfway up the hill (Me and Jon discovered sometime back). It was a really good day. I went and grabbed Craig from constitution hill (revising) and brought him along. We had equally good sausages(emily) and burgers(james). We also toasted marshmallows (tom). I got a bit adventurous and tried to toast two at the same time. This meant however that it became difficult to eat. I ended up getting all over my face and arms. Carrying the BBQ things back was a laugh. They first started to melt there way through the plastic bag which made it hard to carry. And to top it off as I was walking mine caught alight again. I wouldn't have realised if James hadn't pointed it out. Luckily Emily doused it with a bottle of coke. However, it later started to show signs of starting again. More dousing finally put it out, and I was glad to finally dump it in the PJM bin. Craig came round afterwards and I ripped him the Episode III soundtrack. Its really weird/quiet not having Jon here. Hes probably luvin it back home though. Worried about my exam though. Have done bugger all revision. I'm just not in the mood really.

Revenge of the Sith, Football, Curtain

Me, Jon, Craig and Sam watched Revenge of the Sith on May 19th at the Commodore. The film wasn't too bad but was exactly what I expected. Amongst the geeks with lightsabres I spotted Grae, Adam and Mike. Adam said it was a beautiful film and that there was nothing more tearful than watching two wookies roaring up to space. Went to the Nomads awards last Sunday at the Cambrian. The amount of times that I have used that upstairs room is amazing. For Twelfth Night (Dress rehearsal), Ideal Husband, and the Walking Club. Here were the nominations. Best Actor Jim (Twelfth Night) Paddy (Twelfth Night) Winner Lee (Channel Hopping) Kris (An Ideal Husband) Grae (An Ideal Husband) Best Actress Ellie (Twelfth Night)Winner Rachel (Twelfth Night) Becky (An Ideal Husband) Hayley (Oleana) Best Supporting Actor Colin (Twelfth Night) Winner Joe (Twelfth Night) Charles (An Ideal Husband) Dan (24) Best Supporting Actress Lizzie (Twelfth Night) Winner I think Annie (An Ideal Husband) Natasha (An Ideal Husband) Best Direction Channel Hopping Twelfth Night Oleana An Ideal Husband Winner Best Production Team Channel Hopping Twelfth Night Oleana Winner I think An Ideal Husband Sexiest Boy in Costume Joe (Twlefth Night)Winner Kris (An Ideal Husband) Joe (Channel Hopping) Charles (An Ideal Husband) Sexiest Girl in Costume Lizzie (Twelfth Night) Hayley (Oleana) Becky (An Ideal Husband)Winner Annie (An Ideal Husband) Best Foreign Accent Colin (Twelfth Night)Winner Charles (An Ideal Husband) Lee (Channel Hopping) Best Idiosyncracy Charles' Accent?????? Tim and Ben, for showing up to rehearsals pissed Joe's realisatin that there actually is a rehearsal Winner Most Nomadic in the Nomadic Players Melissa Charles Anna Kris Catherine It was pretty much a clean sweep for Joe. Dan accepted the awards for the people who weren't there. Afterwards, we went to Spoons and ended up at Bens where we watched a really creepy Dr. Who episode (kid in a gas mask) and listened to Team America. Me and Jon got bored one day so we took Craig on a road trip after we bought cat's birthday presents. I took them to Tywyn (Jon pronounces it Taiwan) and to Dologoch Falls (My favourite place in the world). I also bought the Revenge of the Sith music that day aswell. We then dropped Craig off at Aber and me and Jon headed to Ynslas where we met some of the Nomads lot for a game of football. I hadn't been here for ages. Its basically a vast expanse of beach which you can drive on to. The others bought a really light Noddy ball. I knew what was going to happen to it as soon as it was kicked. One pass and it shot up the beach. We did however fond a bowl like place in which we were slightly sheltered from the wind. TEAM ONE - Joe, Dan, Me, Lizzie, The Wind (first half), TEAM TWO - Ben, Jon, Ben, Jim, The Wind (second half), I ended up doing in my ankle again (bloody rabbit burrow) and did the other one in later, which meant I couldn't walk properly. It was really windy though with the sand blowing in your eyes. Me, Jon and Chris slaved over Cat's birthday animation thing. Which we all believe to be the best of the lot so far. I am also now officially the web designer for the Aberystwyth Musical Theatre Society. I sent some logo designs to Al(who was fantastic in Pygmalion) and hes happy with them. Yesterday I made a book wish list for the summer:  An Instance of the Fingerpost  Grass for His Pillow  Brilliance of the Moon  Dead Run – PJ Tracy  The Ninth Gate  The Name of the Rose  Spirit Walker  Altered Carbon  The Treatment  The Half Blood Prince  The Hobbit  The Lord of the Rings  The Solomon Keys  The Shadow of the Wind  The Time Traveller’s Wife  The Alienist There will be more no doubt. Went round to Penbryn last night. Good laugh. Watching Cube and the Fifth Element today.

Playstation 3

Me and Jon have just watched the unveiling of Playstation 3 at E3 2005. Bloody hell. I am excited. I have a TV exam tomorrow. I'm still excited. My hand still hurts from when I scolded it. I'm still excited.

Who Bumped of the Baggage- Night II: Stewie Hat

Jacob Barnard did it. Done about 2/3s of my Film/TV revision. Sorry this is incredibly late. 2nd night of the show went well. Mucked up one of my lines though. During the performance I thought it would be good to put some of the Irish Stew in Tim's Hat. Jen had to throw it out afterwards though. Afterwards, because of the wet conditions we all went to Ben's and ate the BBQ there. Revison is a hell of a drag at the moment. So much has happened. Handed in my working notebook. Oh yeah the day of the second night was the same in which I had my performance exam. Me and Dom's duologue went really well (for the first time ever). I've kept the box of matches. We went first so it wasn't too bad. My monologue was alright but I wish that I was more relaxed when doing it. So for the first time ever I have no plays to do. Weird. Me and John walked to the cannon today. Fantastic day. Ate at Grae's last night, we had Mexican it was pretty cool. Talked to Alan about being their webmaster thing for the Aber Musical Theatre Society. Doing that at the moment. Took part in a Film thing yesterday aswell. Watched Ginger snaps II (good film) & Ginger snaps III (not so good film) and filled in a questionnaire. Bit miffed that I didn't get to meet Emily Perkins though. Craig got me Jon and Sam, tickets to Revenge of the Sith. Amazing. I personally cannot wait to see the light sabre scenes. How sad. Personally the film I am looking forward to the most is Batman Begins. I've been following this film for about 7 years. Just got over a cold. Bought Worms2, Tomb Raider 4 and Tomb Raider 5 for a tenner.

Who Bumped Off the Baggage - Night One: Wilko!

Just finished the first Night. Angela Stropfort did it. Been ages since I done this could not be bothered. Alot has happened. Got pulled over by the police (bit of a bugger) for a routine check. It was a because I had Chris, Jon and Craig in the back weighing it down. Past the breathalyser test though (still got the tubey thing). Unfortunately because I did not have my documentation concerning MOT and insurance, I had to go and see them on the saturday. Luckily my family were visiting. Did some filming with Owain on his new film 'Human Being'. I played the bastard boyfried who leaves a girl as the last survivor on earth. I think I will have to refilm a bit of it though due to the dance music upstairs. Currently nurturing the idea for a potential script at the moment. Just getting it on paper. Something for the summer I think. Grae has lent me the the entire series 7 of Buffy on DVD. I am currently wading through all the episodes whilst guilty to the fact that I have to revise for the oncoming exams. These include the performance exam I have to do tomorrow. Went to a mini-dinner party at Grae's a few nights ago. I was really good. Grae cooked Mexiacan but got bladdered on the absinyth (excuse the spelling, I am very tired). My family visited at the weekend for Laurence/Dad's birthday. Aber was really busy though. Went for a meal. This car thing has had quite an effect on me. I am more wary than usual now when driving. i dont know why though. I just avoid driving when I can. Not that I drive much anyway. Oh yes the play. Well we performed to a packed crowd of about 12. Not as little as 24 but that does not matter. As Peter Hall said (more or less) "A proud company plays to a half-full audience, a confused company plays to a half-empty one". Either way there was lots of chairs free. Lines were alright. I did fine in the end and got a few laughs. Helen said that I am to be nominated for the Ian McKellen award. I basically wanted an excuse to play Gandalf. The funnuest part was the end of the play. We actually hadn't rehearsed a way in which we signalled to an audience what the end would be. I said stuff like "Yes Barnard what are you doing this evening", "Do you want his number", "Do you want a pen?" Just leant Grae 'The Other Side' hope he likes it. Joe told me that the eagerly long awaited 'Twelfth Night' DVD's will be ready by Friday.

Ideal Husband - 3rd Night: The last line was said

Glyn remembered his last line. "I hope you will make this man an Ideal Husband" It was a good thing. Well its over now. I really did not get on with my character. 3 months of work. Learning lines whilst skiing. Its weird considering I was asked to do this job at the 24 thing. The audience loved it. Grae pocketed the watch he used on stage. While we were backstage we began talking about a script he's wrote called 'Aberystwyth'. Hes offered me the role of Dave that sounds pretty cool. After the play. I thankfully parted forever with Becky's trousers. We all then headed to the Bay, Rummers and then finally Ben's house. At Rummers we had a mini awards ceremony, where I got "Best replacement on the planet" and a carnation, which is on my window sill. Me still having an essay to do left quite early. Yesterday, I got up late and met Owain for filming on his film 'Human Being'. I basically played the bastard boyfriend who ignores the girl. There was singing involved though. Another song to learn this week! After that I went to a new rehearsal for 'Who Bumped off the Baggage?'We ended up on the beach with a large bottle of Brandy watching the sunset. I love this town. Today I handed in my essay and also handed a DVD in to the office so that 'Dogs on tour can be dumped down'. By the way, spoke to Joe who says that the 'Twelfth Night' DVD will be a double disc thing. Got a rehearsal tonight. Trying to perfect my Gandalf Voice.

An Ideal Husband - Second Night: Trousers and Apple Juice

We are going to have to ration the apple juice. That is our wine for the play. I can't help swigging the stuff. Second night was overall better than the first night. However, in act 1 I felt as if my acting was a bit off, I think I became lazy. However, it soon picked up. I liked the audience although they didn't outwardly laugh as much as the first night. Mike and Adam thought it was good though. Overslept this morning. Had half an hour to leg it down to the commitee rooms in the union to audition people again. Filming tomorrow with Owain for his film. Trying to do a drama esaay at the moment. Slow progress. Finished post-production for John and Sian's film yesterday, did some more voiceovers with them. Got to shop at some point. Tired as hell.

An Ideal Husband - First Night: The Timelord and Women's Trousers

Very Interesting day. This was how it went. Started with a 9.00 lecture that was cancelled. Bit of a bugger. At 10.00 I met some 3rd years to do filming with them. One of them was John's flatmate so I sort of knew her. What I do in their film is essentially start it. Its a music video which begins with a clown in the middle of the stage who sings to the audience the first 30 minutes of the song. This meant that I had to repeatedly listen to the song in order to remember it for filming. I was then made-up to look like a clown using the fingertips of the two 3rd years and some face make-up. I also donned an orange shirt, a suit with a dandelion and a bowler hat. Filming went really quickly and they were really pleased with it. At 12.00 I drove to the Arts College and met Tim and Catherine and together we eventually managed to cram the chaise-lounge into the corsa. It was agony. Eventually it worked, but the boot wouldn't shut completely. With Catherine riding shotgun we eventually made it to the museum (going the wrong way out of the oneway street, cutting up a white car and parking in a disabled spot). At 2.00 I had a film seminar and after that I went back to the flat and did my bloody hair. Ow. Incidentally by the end of the night Grae said that both our hair styles matched. At 3.45 I drove to a Drama practical at Llanbadarn for 4.10. Me and Dom worked on the Dumb-Waiter and its going to be quite funny (when we know the lines). I finished the practical at 6.00 and drove to the museum where I performed at 7.30. A few problems before I started: I didn't have any trousers until about 20 minutes before the performance. Ben went and leant me a pair of his but they were too big. In the end (sigh) I had to borrow Becky's (Mrs Chevely). This -combined with the braces- felt as if my area below the equator was wrapped tightly in gaffa tape. The worst was when I got up from sitting down, because the braces went taught and sent my trousers further upwards. All because Grae nicked my trousers. I was however able to salvage the shirt I wore in Twelfth Night which was quite cool. ACT ONE Fine - had to improvise slightly ACT TWO Fine ACT THREE Fine - felt as if I was not often drunk for the whole of it though ACT FOUR Fine - Although I was a little rusty. Forgot to take on my draft of the letter. Just realised that in both Twelfth Night and this one, I have been the bearer of a letter. Afterwards after extracting myself from the trousers (sorry Becky), we all headed over to Varsity where me and Grae were very tempted to order a Hock and Seltza. By the way Grae looked so much like Dr. Who

All I need is a hairclip

Havnt had time to do this for a while. Had a dress rehearsal this evening. Went alright. Stage is amazing. Things to do still: An Ideal Husband - For 3 Nights Who Bumped of the Baggage - For 2 Nights Dogs on Tour - Voice Over work - looks pretty cool Laura's film - Music Video - As a Gothic Clown Another 3rd Year Film - With people I did return of the Klems with Owain's film - As an extra Essay Made my choices today about what modules I will take next year. Today was me and Grae's great Subway escapade

Sunglasses

Nice day today. Had an interestingly-boring-thought-provoking lecture on German philosophy today. Started learning the Dumb-waiter amazing how much I know. Me and Jon met Craig in town (eventually) and we went off to play football. I didn't have too much time to kill as I was due at a rehearsal. After visiting the park and the castle, we instead opted to play on the beach instead. Bloody knackering but a good laugh. It ended up with us 'hoofing' (Jon's expression) the ball up the beach in the thick sand which made us move like the elderly. I got tons of sand in my socks as well as me shoes. At rehearsal I found out that we are performing a week Thursday. Magical. Got to go shopping tomorrow.

The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy

Back. 1st Week Did not do a lot. Converted 'An Ideal Husband' into 3D Movie Maker. Me and Fain went for drinks with Chivers, Harty, Jo and Gary for Gary's birthday. Unfortuantely Gary had lost his driving license the week before and as he looks quite young was refused from Lloyds bar. The bouncer-lady-thing looked at my ID and spent a while telling me that I looked better in the photo than I did now. When I went out to stay with Gaz she asked me for the ID again and passed to other bouncers to see if they would agree. My photo on the afformentioned driving license makes me look more like a dimented ferret than anything human. In order to compare my face to the one in the picture she actually had to lift up my bloody fringe. 2nd Week Went sking in Auvoriaz. Brilliant. Me and Holly were in the same group and we did lots of red runs and blue runs with our guide Hubert (I think his name was). I fell over a bit (mostly on the rabbit runs) but I was majorly taken out by a bloke who I now call 'Eddie the Eagle'. He basically ran over me as I lay crumpled on the slope, with my sadistic sister laughing. Skiied into Switzerland aswell and gravel (in which 'Eddie the Eagle's' skis abruptly stopped whilst he carried on running). Learnt Lines. 3rd Week Did bugger all. Fain has got mumps which means that he could not speak to anyone for 10 days. I'll probably get it now, bugger. Me and Chivers decided it would be good if we went and had a party in his front garden. Went and saw C&T2 who I have not seen for nearly a year. They are doing 'Animal Farm' at the moment and apparantly it is a bit of a nightmare. Hopefully I will be going with them to BYTF this year again. Had a pint with Dan afterwards before going out for a meal with the Sadlers which was really good (especially the fish head). Went and sat in a rehearsal for my old highschool's new show. This is the first one they have done since 'Tom Sawyer' back in 2001 which I was in. Halfway through though, I had to duck out and go for an interview at the job agency. Spoke to a nice receptionist who looked at my ID and told me how good the photo was. Bloody hell. Did a few tests on Microsoft Word and Excel. Then went back to the rehearsal for the 'Quest for Love'. Had a nice chat to the lads about british comedy afterwards. Nice to see that the legendary Monty Python is still being remembered. Was going to leave for Aber on Saturday morning but got quite ill on Friday. Came back today. Me and Jon went and visited Craig. Craig bought me a book because of the lift home I gave him. It is 'The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy & Other Stories' by Tim Burton who is one of my favourite directors. I read it all whilst he and Jon were playing footie on the Playstation 2. Finished the Life of Pi. Brilliant. Also read 'Bare Bones' and 'Birdman'. Now I am reading the 5th Harry Potter Book because the 6th one is out in June. Stuff left to do. - An Ideal Husband - Learnt 98% of the Lines - Azdak Monologue - Learnt 100% of the Lines - Dumb-Waiter Duologue - Learnt 20% of the Lines - Bumped of the Baggage - Learnt Bugger-All% of the Lines - Drama Essay - Set whilst away - tight gits - Dogs on Tour - Exams Found out how to spell Facetious

Craig, Jester and Invasion of the Body Snatchers

New Star Wars Trailer is amazing. Took me a while to find it. For Craig's bday me and Jon went and panic-buyed. We pretty much covered the whole of Aberystwyth, settling on a 'Hero' DVD and a New York collection poster. On the morning of Craig's birthday, we all sat in the kitchen taking photos and trying to create an end montage using Team America music. Craig liked it though. Had a crack at cardiac hill in the corsa though. Bloody Hell. Just done 99.9% of my film essay. Had to borrow Invasion of the Body Snatchers out of the library today in order to do it. Today carried on filming with Frozen fish. I thought that I had peaked the embarassement level with my running around in a dressing-gown. I was wrong. After filming the toilet roll scene with the brick wall, Sian and John thought it would be fun if we dressed up. Steve had already brought his Michael Jackson costume (with horrifying mask). I was left with John's Jester costume that he ordered for the Rocky Horror picture show thing last year. So there we hav Chole walking through town with a pack of toilet roll slung on her shoulder and Michael Jackson and a Jester coming in the opposite direction. We went down a treat with the locals. One guy took a photo of me and steve on his mobile. We got a few beeped horns aswell. It ended up with both me and Steve moonwalking in the middle of the high-street. Steve was OK cuz noone could see his face as it was hidden behind a bloody mask. I however, was dressed not only in bright red tights (which were strangely comfortable) but a stupid hat that would not fit my head. This meant that for each take I would have to drag this bloody thing down my scalp (restricting blood flow) before it slowly receeded upwards and fell off. Tomorrow, I'm filming the shop scene and will have hopefully finished my essay. In the evening I'm reading for a new play. Called 'The Death of Agatha Christie' i think.

Frozen Fish

Knackered. Did a two hour drama rehearsal yesterday where I 'slipped a disc' in my back. Oww. Me and Dom are doing the Dumb-Waiter now. Then Steve gave me a lift to the Old College where I did a rehearsal for an Ideal Husband. Oww. Went with Charles and Greek Ben to Ben's place with a few people. Got up this morning for filming. Weatherspoons has cleared up now. Somebody died there yesterday (sin city). We filmed the 'How to break into a car' sketch using Steve's mini and Henry's tools. We managed to clear open a closed car park using a wrench and Henry aqquired a new hubcap. Henry basically played the part of a presenter who shows the audience how to break into a car. Then him and Steve get in and drive off. I then run into shot and then after my stolen car. It was really funny and bloody cold. I decided just to wear a dressing gown and swim shorts. There were some shot that we filmed from inside the car with me running after them around the streets. My feet were frozen by the end. Pigeon also crapped on John. Went to the Old College afterwards to verify my presence at Aber. Went to John's and watched some of his and Sian's old films they had done. Doing my film essay soon on Formal-aesthtic and social-ideological. Finished for Easter (technically)

The Lost Burger King and Driftwood

Thursday was knackering. 9.00 film lecture on the history of cinema where the bloke said the word 'cinema' about 56 times in 40 minutes. Went with Pete to Llanbadarn and did the studio thing. I borrowed a shirt and tie from Jon. It was weird walking on to a set with all the cameras in front of you. We were not allowed to swear though because the women marking it would take offence to it. So we had to change the script. Unfortunatley I did swear in the end. Might be working with them again. Had a good laugh. After that I had my practical with Baz. Me and Dom are going to do 'The Dumb Waiter' now. After that got a lift with Henry to the Old College where I did my rehearsal for an ideal husband. Bit worried now as I am performing it next month and we havn't learnt our lines yet! Walked home. Friday is my early weekend. Craig came round and we went to the beach looking for drift wood. It was all part of my plan to make mum a mother's day present. We found loads of really cool stuff. Dropped it all off at Craig's and went and bought a vase from the florists. We then watched Resident Evil Apocalypse at Craigs. Went to the rehearsal and did Act 3. Went to get something to eat afterwards. Unfortunately, I had a massive mental block as I forgot where Burger King was. I actually had to phone Craig and ask him. Its opposite the train station. Went back to Craigs and finished RE2 and then walked back to the flat with the driftwood and vase. Today was really good as well. Me and Sam went climbing and had a go at some new routes. I then drove up to the caravan and met mum and dad. Mum liked the driftwood thing. We went to a cafe and had a baguette before then taking the dog to the beach. Dad kept leading us through the groins leaving mum stuck. Personal satisfaction though was due to the big bloody drift-log-thing that we managed to push down the slope. Afterwards we drove to the pub at Bow Street and had a nice meal before me driving back here. Got to sort out what I am doing for this film essay. Got a film meeting tommorow. Oscars meeting Tuesday. Got to photocop scripts for Baz.

Busyness

Got lots to do: 1)Short Performance- film thing. Filming tomorrow in the lift of the Arts Centre. Doing the final thing Thursday. Acting in it with one of Em's mates, Pete. 2)Short Film. Happening in the next two weeks 3)Oscars. Thankfully meeting moved to next Tuesday. Still got to find someone for the commitee. 4)Find a duologue for me and Dom by Thursday. 5)Got to learn my monologue. 6)Got to do a film essay. 7)Got to do An Ideal Husband Watched Once Upon a Time in the West. Good but bloody long! My Amelie CD and Birdman book came through the post today. Owain also gave me a copy of 'The Other Side' on DVD. Absolutely hilarious!

At 4.48

Quite a bit has happened recently. 1)I've still got this essay to do for monday. Its good fun doing it though. Is theatre a good forum for social debate? 2)I am currently rehearsing 'An ideal husband' with the Nomads. Its really weird Its not even been a month since twelfth night and I am already back in the same place. I'm playing Sir Robert who is one of the main characters and I've got 2 months to do it (lots of lines). So I went to a rehearsal last night and met the cast. They've already got through 2 Sir Roberts so far so they were a bit bewildered. One of the people who plays a main character is Gray who I knew previously from Drama. It'll be a laugh anyway. 3)Paddy phoned me aswell last night an asked me if I wanted to be on the Nomad's Oscar commitee. It basically raises money for funds in which students can apply for loans for projects of film or drama. I don't know what I will do though. 4)Saw Baz's play 4.48 Psychosis last night aswell. I really enjoyed it and it seemed quite surreal that we were applauding suicide. The play itself has no characters. Just lines with dashes before them. This means that it can be performed by 1 or 1000 people.

Engagements, Vampires and Artists in 24 Hours

Just finished 24 with the nomads. Quite knackered.We started at 9 yesterday evening at Greek Ben's. I thought I would just tag along and help out when needed. Joe, Dan and Ian were writing so I thought I might have a go as well. I was reading the Big Issue and happened to find an article about vampires that had been spotted in London and Birmingham. So from 9.00 till about half 2 in the morning I wrote the following script: 24 Scene 1 Two people Detective and Suspect sat in interview room Detective: So this is your statement? Suspect: Yes. Detective: Is this everything that happened? Suspect: Yes. Detective: Right. So Mr Koven… Suspect: Tim. Detective: Mr Koven, you were in Sparkhill at about 3.30 this morning Suspect: How do you know that? Detective: Its in your statement here. Now you were spotted by an eyewitness, who claimed that you were assaulting a person in an alley nearby. Suspect: Hmm. Detective: Now according to your statement here, you were in fact helping the person. Could you please explain? Suspect: Yes Pause Detective: Now please. Pause Mr Koven Suspect: Tim. Detective: Mr Koven could you please tell me your story? Suspect: Right. Well I was strolling down the street as one usually does… Detective: …at half three in the morning… Suspect: Yes, and I happened to meet a person who appeared to be very distressed. So I went over to them and said… Detective: …’Give me your money and you wont get hurt’… Suspect: Yes. What. Detective: That is what our eye witness heard you say. Pause Suspect: Right. Er, I actually said… give me your money and you wont get burnt. Detective: Burnt? Suspect: Yes burnt. Detective: Give me your money and you wont get burnt. Suspect: Yes. Detective: Why was this? Suspect: Er…well…He was smoking a fag…yes…and he was in a pretty bad way, choking and everything. And he had some notes in his other hand… Detective: As he was choking Suspect: Yes. Detective: And you were worried that they might get burnt? Suspect: Yes exactly that. Detective: So that is why you snatched the money from him? Suspect: Well I had to do something, otherwise it could have been burnt. Detective: So let me get this straight. You saw a man choking on the street, and the first thought that popped into your head was to deprive him of his money? Suspect: Now I can see why it may look like a mugging. Detective: Can you? Suspect: But I promise you that there is a perfect and rational explanation for all of this. Detective: I’m sure its just a huge misunderstanding. Suspect: Yes Detective: Now what did you do next? Incidentally did you return the money to the poor man? Suspect: Oh yes definitely, as soon I knew it was ok to. Detective: Which was? Suspect: Er, when you arrived. Detective: I see. So what did you do after you so caringly took this man’s money? Suspect: I tried to stop him choking. Detective: You tried to stop him choking. Suspect: Yes Detective: By forcing him into the wall. Suspect: Yes Detective: And repeatedly (glancing at paper), yes repeatedly punching him in the stomach and head. Suspect: Yes Detective: Why, may I ask? Suspect: Er.. to stop him choking and to er force him to breathe properly. Detective: What about the Heimlich manoeuvre? Suspect: Er, I didn’t think. Detective: Right. Now Mr Koven… Suspect: Tim Detective: Yes ok. Now I find this all very difficult to believe. Suspect: But its all written there, I’ve only written it how it was. Detective: I see so when you bit him, you were also trying to help him? Pause Suspect: Yes. I was giving him a Tracheotomy. Detective: On his shoulder? Suspect: Yes Pause Detective: Did it help? Suspect: It did yes. Detective: Good. So when our witness claims that you then began to suck the man’s blood, you were in fact giving him air? Suspect: It makes sense when you think about it. Detective: I’m sure it does. Now after successfully ‘resuscitating’ the man, what did you do then? Suspect: I tried to sort of position him in the recovery position… Detective: By trying to force him into a bin. Suspect: Yes Detective: Right. Now Mr … Tim Suspect: Mr Koven Detective: Ok Mr Koven, now can you please try and explain the logical reason for this? Some might say –and I’m merely playing Devil’s advocate here- that you were intending to dispose of the man without anyone noticing. Suspect: I don’t see that. Detective: You then see this as a perfectly rational thing to do? Suspect: Exactly. Detective: Do tell… Suspect: I read it in a book somewhere. There are special people who use confined spaces to feel calm and relaxed. Detective: Like meditation? Suspect: Yes. Detective: So you therefore felt that after reviving this person, the best course of action to take would be to force them to meditate inside a litter bin? Suspect: To be more relaxed. Detective: So when did you discover he was dead? Suspect: When I got to about his knees, and he sort of began to shake. Detective: Shake. Suspect: Yes. And I had to sort of lean into the bin to… Detective: …Check his pulse? Suspect: Yes… Detective: …Not to try and get his wallet? Suspect: No. Detective: I see. So what did you do when you found out he was dead. Suspect: Well I tried to get out to call for help… Detective: But you couldn’t. Suspect: No Detective: How long do you think you were trapped there for then? Suspect: About 45 minutes. Then you lot came and brought me here. Detective: Right well that clears up a few matters. Now we have two conflicting stories here. Suspect: Yes. Detective: One is that of a valiant rescuer, and the other is that of a cold-bloodied killer. Which are you Mr Koven? And yes, I know your name is Tim. Suspect: Oh. Well I suppose the first one. Detective: The valiant rescuer? Suspect: Yes that one. Detective: So you believe the witness’s report to be false? Suspect: Of course! I mean they probably made it up anyway just to cause a scene! You know how people can be. Detective: Yes sir, the whole concept of beating a man to life seems completely rational when you put it like that. Suspect: I mean a person who can make up a story like that has got to be sick! Detective: Even if they were the wife of the deceased? Suspect: Even if they were the wife of the deceased! Oh. Detective: In addition to all of this we also found some interesting items in the bag you were carrying. (reads)One black cloak, one pair of plastic luminescent fangs, a banana and a copy of ‘Interview with a vampire’ on DVD. Suspect: But you see… Detective: Now considering all the evidence here, would you sir call yourself a vampire? Suspect: Oh no…yes. Detective: So I might therefore be liable to have a wild stab in the dark and say that you were in fact trying to drink the blood of the deceased? Suspect: Sort of. Detective: Sort of. Suspect: Yes. Detective: So why dare I ask did you want to be a vampire? Pause Suspect: You wouldn’t understand Detective: Try me. Suspect: Its not something that’s easy to talk about you know, people get the wrong idea. Detective: I can imagine. Suspect: I always wanted to be different ever since I was a kid. I always wanted to sort of go against the trend of things. Detective: There’s nothing wrong with that. Suspect: You didn’t think that before. Detective: I meant about being different, not the whole vampire thing. Look, we all live our lives differently, it makes us who we are. You just chose to live your life a little more differently than others. Suspect: That’s your opinion. Detective: My opinion! This morning you assaulted and killed a man. That does not sound like your average human being. Suspect: We’re all capable of it. I just got caught that’s all. Detective: Be that as it may, I still have to convict you. Sergeant enters and goes to lead Suspect out. Suspect: You’ll get caught one day Inspector and you’ll be in the exact same position as me. Detective: Well until that happens I’ll carry on my job here, which at the moment is to put you in the cells. Sergeant and Suspect exit. Suspect: Crazy sod. Scene 2 Sergeant enters. Sergeant: Sir we need you to come quick. Detective: What is it? Sergeant: Its Koven sir. Detective: What. Spit it out man! Sergeant: He’s gone sir. Detective: Gone? Gone where? Pause Sergeant: We don’t know sir. Detective: What exactly happened? Sergeant: We put him in the cell and locked the door properly as usual sir. Detective: And? Sergeant: And when we went to check on him later sir, he wasn’t there. Detective: Did anyone else have access to him. Sergeant: No sir just me. Detective: And the door was locked properly. Sergeant: Yes sir, as usual. Sergeant recollects something Detective: What is it? Sergeant: Nothing sir. Just that I though I saw something outside of the cell window. Detective: What? Sergeant: I don’t know, a bird or something. Gave me a scare. Detective: A bird… Sergeant: …Or something like it. Detective: Could it have been a … Constable enters Constable: Sir, Pathologist on the phone, apparently there’s something you’ve got to see. Detective: (rubbing his neck) I’m coming. All exit. Whilst writing this, we also went out to the beach and played on Mario Kart. I got home and into bed at about 3 in the morning. I then got up at about 9.30 to type up my masterpiece and print copies. At 12 O'clock I turned up at the Joint. I then went with Dan to print what he had written and show him the pictures of 'The Other Side'. In the end we had 3 scripts. The first was Dan's which was my favourite as it presented alot of interesting characters. It tells the tale of a couple that go to restaurants and fake engagements to get free meals. The cast was, Aimee(Steph), Lewis(Dan), Melvin the Old man(Joe), Boss(Me), Jane, Craig(Me) and the Waiter(Kurt). I didn't need a script for this one but we all adlibbed a bit. The second was mine (see above) which I was surprised they picked. Detective(Roisin), Suspect(Me),Sergeant(Mel) and Constable(Ben). Got a few laugths. The third and final one was written by Joe who finished it about 3 hours before we went on stage. It inverts the idea of the Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles and instead tells the story of the famous artists who live in the London Underground. Michaelangelo(Joe),Raphael(Me),Leonardo(Ishmael),Donatelo(Kurt),Grand Master/Andy Warhol(Dan),Tracy Emmins(Helen) and Damien Hurst(Ben). We all practically read our scripts throughout this, but nobody cared. It lasted about 40 minutes, which is quite good. About 10 people came to watch but it was still good fun anyway, and something to say I've done. It felt weird performing a play you'd just written a few hours ago. Twelfth Night Social on Wednesday, yay.

Ashes to Ashes

Went shopping today. Walked to Iceland (for Pizzas) and Safeway (for everything else). I bought The Village today. Probably watch it with Craig and Sam tomorrow. Saw Ashes to Ashes today. The shortest play I've ever seen -40 minutes. Kind of bored at the moment. Did Owen's short film last Sunday, good laugh.

Twelfth Night: Very Good! The End of All Things

Its done. The show went really well, although I am still (too bloody late now) not happy with my character. The biggest shock/surprise of the night was glimpsing my parents through the glass windows (Jesus on a bike).With other Drama lecturers in the audience, the pressure was on. I knew that as long as I nailed the first scene I would be fine. After the show we all went to The Bay where most of us got pissed or addicted to the popcorn treats that Colin's parents had given us. By the way, while all this was happening the bloke we hired to film the play was still filming (he he). They hope to create a DVD with extras. Ellie and Rachel had also created awards for everyone. I won Best Shakespearian Actor and shared Best Cover Up with Rachel for our little blunder in Act V yesterday. They also appear to all like my stage voice and some say that they could listen to it all the time(?). I think I'll probably read audio books when I'm older. It was sad however that all good things must come to an end. Therefore I would like to say a little bit about the people in the play. Jim/Orsino: A crazy laid back bloke with a crazy sense of humour. Got completely pissed this evening. I had to go round his house afterwards where I borrowed his keys to get my bag from his car. I do not know whether it was a drunken whim or not, but he wants to put on The Long, The Short and The Tall of it next year (A play I briefly acted in at year 10)and he would like me to act in it. Owain/Curio Absolutely hilarious bloke who remains in the background and steps forward occasionally and delivers funny lines. I'm a big fan of his films and would like to act in one. Cannot catch chewing gum in his mouth. Ben/Valentine An eccentric man who is a big fan of books and was often found reading inbetween scenes. Ellie/Viola A fantastic person who undoubtedly has the potential to go far on stage. Like all the others in the cast she has a terrific sense of humour and a real passion for her acting. Lizzie/Olivia A crazy rock and roll chick who is equally commited to drama and creates performances that are mesmirising. She also introduced me to Strongbow and Black. Joe/Sebastian A man of the world with a witty sense of humour who looked like Errol Flynne on stage. He is also in the works of writing a spoof of the Hobbit and says that I can be in it. Kev/Sir Toby A fellow first year who remains spiritually and physically connected with his character. He is famous for his 'bolt-ons' (thanks JTA) on scenes as he is always willing to experiment with new aspects of his performance. We will hopefully be both directing Two Gentlemen Of Verona together later this year. A smashing bloke. Colin/Sir Andrew Bloody hell. Colin is and will always be a legend. He introduced me to magical Trevor. He is crazy, eccentric and American. He always has something genuinely interesting to say about everything and it is fascinating to hear him speak. He has a vast experience of theatre and performing and was a joy to work with. A man with a heart of gold. Liz/Maria Without Liz we would be nude on stage. Her organisation of costumes was fantastic. She organised everything concerning clothing and props such as the letter (one of which I've kept). She is a lovely girl with a down-to-earth sense of humour and I hope she has a good time in China with Chris. Paddy/Malvolio/Director A man who is beyond his years and naturally commands the stage. He is witty, hilarious and a fantastic director who shows compassion and professional understanding. It should be quite interesting to work with him on Art. Rachel/Feste As a last-minute addition to the cast, Rachel has done a fantastic job of dynamising the whole production. She was the one with the eternal optimism who always had a smile on her face. She has a wonderful sense of humour and her singing is incredible and gave the play a voomph. Damn you continuity. Hayley/Antonio Another extra addition to the cast who completely wowed us all with her performance during the duel scene. Another person who was always happy and hilarious to watch as she tried to put both her legs behind her head inbetween scenes. Amy/Everyone else A lovely girl with unflatering energy that dynamises all her roles. She is my practical group. JTA/Director With a firm knowledge of performance, we knew from the beginning that this production was to be in safe hands with Paddy and JTA. The two directors were a pleasure to work with. JTA created a strong sense of freedom within the group in terms of characterisation which allowed our characters to evolve more easily. I am ?

Twelfth Night: Damn you continuity!

Just come back from the play. Everything went really well, considering we only saw the space (ironic) at about 9.30 this morning! I had a lecture aswell inbetween which was quite interesting. Everything building up to the performance was rushed: We had not run through our lines We had to build a bench We had to organise cues We had to organise lighting We had to organise photos Makeup (Did not take as long as I thought to get my hair done) We were doing our tech run 20 minutes before the audience arrived. The bench scene worked really well However, Act V began with a problem, me and Rachel ran on too early and straight into Dan who was clearing the set away. Rachel pushed him away leaving the bench behind. Luckily, I managed to push the bench towards the wall in order to create space for everyone else. My Pizza is cooking now One down, One to go

Groundhog Week

I have become an Insomniac For the past week my days have consisted of getting up at 11-12 o'clock, doing bugger all for a bit and then rehearsing at 5 till 9.30. I just can't sleep properly. I think its because I am excited about this play, I really am. Its weird because its something I don't usually feel. I went to bed at about 12.30 and I still cant sleep. One of the main reasons is that the bastard in the flat above me is watching the Lord of the Rings, and as I am a big fan I know exactly where and when they are in the film. However, to pass the time when trying to get to sleep I have pondered over the following things: 1)My lines for Twelth Night 2)The Definition of God 3)The book I am currently reading (Murder Room) 4)Praying that they are not playing the extended version of The Return of the King Today I have got a rehearsal at the Cambrian for 1 O'clock, yay!

On top of the moon

Weve got the house! We just signed the documents this evening. We got them to rewrite the contract the night before though. I finished my exams today as well (bonus). The questions were good but I dont think I did very well.

The Blue Wrath

Just looked round the house again. Got to meet them again and put down an offer.

Witness

I am going to rename this town Sin City. Cumella arrived on Friday (same train as Jon's bird)and I showed him around Aber. However, in the evening I went to a rehearsal down at the Old College and left Mr C at the flat on chat. Afterwards we went to a few pubs with Craig before heading back to the flat. I walked with Craig back to the seafront and left at 2.30am. I made it back to the flat for 4.00am. What transpired between those times will be one of my most unforgetable and surreal moments of uni life. In short, me and two people I met (one of them a mate from Drama) witnessed an attempted assault with a sword. Interesting. The film Sin City -which is due to be released this year- has a trailer which I feel epitomises Aberystwyth. Please feel free to watch it. Trying to do practice papers at the moment. Exams on 19th and 20th. Wahoo. Still trying to read Murder Room by PD James, hard going though. Just tried on some of my costume in rehearsals. Not as funny as everyone elses. One girl looks like a baked Alaska. The icing on the cake is a letter I have just received stating that I have been randomly picked to send in my GCSE certificates as verification that I have not fluked my way through education.

Burnout

I am slightly pissed after playinf Burnout 2 I was not very good at the game which meant that I downed the most vodka which we bvough form spar. I dont know how I made it home at all. Hopefully I wonrt get a hangove t6omorrow. K HaF A DRAMA MEETIg discussed various forms of combat, rolled up maagaxzines I suggesred cricket bats hop[efullty that will najek IT. k

Slice of Fried Gold

Did a bit today. Got up went and handed in my video practical essay. Sorted out my library book fiasco. They had actually got the book which sort of takes the piss. I had to go and find the book and match with its bar code. Fortunately I was exempt from the fine. Watched Ice Age again, put some pictures up in the kitchen. Going out to Scholars later.

2nd Round

Just been and checked if the loan has been payed through. Pissing it down with rain. Christmas was good. Went to the Roman Baths, interesting and the Bull Ring, bloody howge!. Before Christmas went shopping with me brother in town. Saw Rory but he blanked me. Probably didn't recognise the hair (my arse) he he. Worked the Sunday after I came back. Nice to be back there. Been a mass inflation of prices on the spirits by 10p. Worked New Years Eve, absolutely mental! As soon as it hit 12 we did a massive conga line around the bar and restaurant. Still don't know the words to Aud Langs Syne?! Unfortunately the cat died which started the new year with positive optimism. Got new DVDs: Eddie Izzard: Dressed to Kill, Edward Scissorhands (Bull Ring), Ferris Bueller's Day Off (Bath), Ice Age (Bull Ring), Return of the King EE, Monty Python, Shaun of the Dead (Bull Ring), Withnail and I (Bull Ring). Walked the dogs with Chivers & Pip (Toto Anhilatation Chivers), Harty & Beu, Kate, Rob and Cumella in Shrawley woods. Like Homeward Bound 3. Buried Pip in leaves. She almost floated downstream. Had a drink in the New Inn Pub played Killer Pool (came 2nd). Had a meal with Fain and Benny in Chesters. Saw Emily in Safeways (shopping with Mum and Jon) said that Uni doesn't properly start until end of month (bollocks) because of exams. So I feel a bit I dunno. Don't know what to do. Might watch Ice Age later. Mum decided to rechange my room. Spent last half hour trying to find where the hell everything is. Craig is back and Sam will be here on Wednesday. Got a text from Cumella. He's coming on Friday till Sunday. Fuckadoodledoo