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.