"ARE PEOPLE LEAVING?!"
Sloot Journal
1904 hrs.
Mary Elizabeth aka Lizzie (LizDub.blogspot.com): Are people leaving?
Me: Yes, because they're done.
Today was one of the most enjoyable days ever.
I woke up at eleven - which is always wonderful - and then I went and got ready. I heard a bunch of people in the kitchen so I went there. I had some cereal (Frosties!). Tagz and Alecia came in - Alecia was going to be leaving, so she said good bye. the next thing I knew, Tagz, Amy, Ed, and Ruby were in the kitchen, too. Amy made garlic bread and Tagz made rice. We had a feast of rice and garlic bread (HAHAHAHA), and took pictures of food that had gone back - look for that photo album - coming to Facebook soon.
Tagz, Amy, and I went to get some stuff at Iceland. We brought our groceries home and went looking for a router in Curry's - for when we get wireless internet tomorrow. Curry's didn't have what we needed - so Amy and I branched off from Tagz (who needed to go to Sainsbury) to go to PC World to get the router. Well, we went to Asda first and each got a new purse (I got a black and white should bag for class!). We went to PC world and got a G+ MIMO Router for 54 quid - 20 quid less than usual. SWEET!
We came home and met up with Tagz - who left Sainsbury the same time as us. As we were walking back to Goldsmiths, Mary got off the bus - amazing - and we all had a reunion in the middle of the street . . . by the toilet on the corner . . . yeah . . . Good times.
We went to the flat, dropped stuff off, and then Mary, Tagz, and I came to the library to check our mail, MySpace, Facebook, and to post on BlogSpot (Mary has a blog, too! Check it out! She updates hers more than I do).
I'm really starting to appreciate this city a lot more and it's gonna be hard to leave it. :(
Here's a funny story - although it might just be funny to us given the people and circumstances: Ed thought he could be macho and amazing and step on a coke bottle to crush it - but what Ed didn't expect was to slip on the bottle, roll backwards, and hit his elbox on a chair. Ruby ran out to get John becase she thought Ed was really hit - oh no. He had just hit is funny bone... well, it was hilarious at the time!
Ed told me he was going to come to NJ one day so he could be a hot Jersey boy on the beach. Everyone, mark your calendars when he comes.
I really feel like I'm not doing any work - which is bothering me. We hardly have any work as it is, so I'm just not motivated at all yet. It still seems like we haven't gotten into the swing of things since we've only had two or three classes - crazy, huh?
Well, we're getting the internet in our rooms tomorrow. Watch out. I'll be on the inetnert 24/7 again! YAY!
So, the girls have been watching Sex In the City lately. Usually it's just Tagz, Mary, Amy, and me - the MATA girls as we call ourselves (Mary, Amy, Tagz, Amy). I've decided that we could all also pull off the Sex in the City gang. Legit. We always have girls talk on Sun. and we are always there for each other. I'm gonna miss that.
We watched an episode called COVER GIRL last night which dealt with negativity and optomism as a single girl. It was so interesting, for me, to watch, considering I'm still single. Hahaha. I'm really glad we've been watching this show together, and I look forward to our Sex in the City parties every night! And I definitely think that I'm most like Charlotte, because, no matter what, she always finds good in other people and looks for that special someone. Good times
Well, I'm gonna get going. It's 7 PM and I'm kinda hungry. I'm gonna see how Mary's doing and then see if she wants to go back for dinner!
"You should get on the bus BEFORE it leaves" - fabulous tour guide
A lot has happened - let's be real.
Tuesday - Tricia and I finally booked all our various trips to Scotland, Italy, Paris, etc. LoL. We decided that we needed to have a little fun, so we went to Central London to go book our tour to Stonehenge and Bath, and then go run to see BENT (starring Alan Cumming). We had heard BENT was an emotionally draining play - but nothing could have prepared us. The show was incredible, as I think it's one of the most powerful Holocaust plays. It took the point of view of a man thrown into the concentration camps because he was gay - and it really showed how the gays were treated the lowest in the concentration camps - even lower than all the Jewish people. It was incredible. We met Alan afterwards and I started crying talking to him. Yeah. I'm pathetic.
Wednesday we had class. We saw Piano Forte that night - wow. How many people can go nude during one show?! For the first time, I wasn't feeling the show. I was extremely tired, and it seemed too verbose after a while - there was such a complicated family history that they needed to explain to you prior to the real events happening, which bored me. The ending was extremely dramatic and sad, especially since it ended with Abigail playing the piano. The ending was beautiful, but as a whole, I didn't really feel the show.
Thursday I finally had my first RACE AND REPRESENTATION class. I just tried to take everything in. Our teacher is German and really knows his stuff. I was really impressed - I think this class will be awesome.
Friday started off my insane weekend. I got to Shakespeare, and we read a piece of Elizabethean/Jacobian erotica called MY LUTE AWAKE. Oh yes, that was how we started our morning. Then, we went on to talk about THE WINTER'S TALE. Tidmarsh told us lots of stories about him and his life, and I think that, officially we can say, every girl has fallen for him. Hahaha. He has the most amazing outlook on life and love, and he really should write a book. He'd make millions.
On Friday night, Tricia, Cameron, and I met at 6 and went to the Greenwich Theatre to see VERTIGO. We first went to the pub - the Gipsy Moth (which I LOVED), and then went to see the show - which was HORRID for many reasons. The characters were flat and the lighting wasn't effective enough to show the shift between the memories of the character and real life - but it wasn't the actors' fault. It was a poor script because a thriller like this is hard to really put into script form.
BUT, the worst part was the animal cruelty that took place. Oh yes, you heard me right - ANIMAL CRUELTY. A poor yellow monarch butterfly flew in 3/4 of the way into the show. It knew it was trapped, so it landed in the middle of the wet stage(oh, there was a LOT of water). When a butterfly's wing gets wet, it can't get away - so here is this trapped butterfly on stage. The four actors either pretended it wasn't there or really didn't know because they kept stepping on it - and it kept trying to escape! The audience would cringe everytime someone stepped on it. Then, as it gave some of its last flutters, the main actor stepped on it with his bare foot - ripping off a wing (which stuck to his foot) - as he walked to take his curtain call bows. Tricia started crying and we bolted out of there.
Saturday we went to Stonehenge and Bath with the RoHos - Josh, Matt, Tia, Krista, and Shell. It was like a dream. We went to Stonehenge and got there around 1:06 AM. We had a half hour to circle Stonehenge and just enough time for Tricia to run into a meadow of sheep to try and pet one - but she got scared and ran out. We had lunch at the Stonehenge Inn (AMAZING place) and then went to Bath. We went to the Roman Baths, which was so relaxing. Tia and I drank some of the healing spa water - it was WARM! WE came home and I crashed.
I woke up early today. Trish and I went to the Tate Modern - which left me speechless. We saw some Warhols, a Monet, and some other really beautiful things. We went for lunch and discussed about how depressing it was to be in London without a boyfriend - EVERYONE IS EITHER KISSING SOMEONE OR HOLDING HANDS. And the fact that I've been watching SEX IN THE CITY with Tagz and Mary isn't helping! We went to the Globe to see a BBC Radio Recording of KING LEAR, starring some amazing people - such as Fiona Shaw. We came back to the flat, ordered Indian food, and watched some SEX IN THE CITY - and here I am!
We get the internet on Tuesday - I'm SO excited!
And for your viewing pleasure, here are pictures from Stonehenge, Bath, and the Globe!
http://muhlenberg.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2009964&id=29500889&l=14ec7
Have fun! TTYS!
Alan Cumming
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1211 hrs.
Tricia and I just met Alan Cumming...
...that is all...
Until Next Time!
Cheers
BENT - the most powerful straight play I've ever seen - read it NOW
More pictures!
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Yep. More pictures!
http://muhlenberg.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2009209&id=29500889&l=7ddd0
Pictures
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Want to see some of my pictures from London?
http://muhlenberg.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2009523&id=29500889&l=c908d
More pictures to come!
A new way of life...
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2124 hrs
So I was talking to the sloots the other night, and I told them of a question my mom had posed to me on the phone the other day. She asked if I was really happy in London.
The truth is: yes and no. I mean, yes, oddly enough I am kinda homesick for the first time. It's weird having all your flatmates going home or having their parents come up, knowing that you can't do the same. And it's hard living in South East Londond - the ghetto - where people try to rob the local grocery store at gunpoint, or where your tube station smells like Holmdel Park (interpt as you wish...), or where you witness a drive by hit and run (of a car smashing into a parked car - NOT a person) walking home from the Freshers Ball or where you DON'T HAVE INTERNET IN YOUR ROOM. I guess I'm also not accustomed to all my friends getting wasted every night and waking up at 2 PM because you banged on their doors with your flatmate from Beirut because they were supposed to go shopping with you ...
But at the same time, I think of all the things I did this week.
Monday I bummed around (not something I can do while at Muhlenberg).
Tuesday I went to Greenwich Pier with my best friends and hoped on a boat on the Thames that went around London - and then got legit fish and chips at 12:30 AM.
Wednesday I had two classes and at night I saw our acting teacher's self written and self directed play at Covent Gardens (titled HOMESTEAD - which is amazing). On
Thursday President Helm came up and we went to the Tower of London - took a tour, had dinner at the Youman Warders Club, saw the Key Ceremony, and then drank with 7 of my friends and 4 British soldiers...
Friday I was late to class because I woke up at 10:04 and the class started at 10 (DAMN you alarm clocks!) - but Tidmarsh didn't care. He honestly didn't give a shit. Tidmarsh IS SHakespeare, let's be real. After class, I literally hoped on the Tube and went to Waterloo and just walked around. I went to the National theatre (aka their BOOK SHOP) and bought £30 worth of scripts - mainly for class...I FINALLY saw Big Ben in person and the London Eye. Later, the RoHos (Royal Holloway kids) came up, and we went to Leischter Square to go clubbing - that was a disaster.
Saturday we went to the Globe, took a tour, went to the Exhibit, and then were front row center groundlings for IN EXTREMIS - amazing. We were there when they were doing publicity shots...maybe we'll be on the Globe website next season! Then, we went home and got ready for the Freshers Ball. I took many pictures for the 007 themed party. It was also casino themed. Alice and I played Black Jack for about an hour and then I just kinda sat at the side and chilled with Muhlenberg people. I left early because I still wasn't feeling well.
Today I woke up early, had a turkey sandwhich, and then Tagz and I banged on people's doors to bring them to the land of the living (it was 2 PM) - then we all went to Sainsburys. I called my mom to talk to her about making Pop Pop's macaroni for the flat (it was John's and my turn to cook). I read the rest of the HIS DARK MATERIALS script (LOVE), and then went to the kitchen to cook. It was amazing - there were all eight of the flatmates there (and we also had Jade's twin eating with us). We spoke about getting the internet and washing dishes (aka keeping the kitchen clean), and then everyone else did dishes because John and I had cooked. John *made* the salad, garlic bread, and bought cheesecake. I made Pop-Pop's macaroni and cheese (yeah three generations using the recipe). It was so nice to have a nice, alcohol feel meal with my flatmates. Hahaha.
And now, here I am with Mary (who's from Kansas) and Tagz (who's from Beirut) in the school library, talking to people online, checking MySPace, and checking Facebook - the others went to buy alcohol...Life is crazy, but I'm going to miss it in a few months. I'm gonna miss being with these wonderful people and going to see all these wonderful, historic places. As much as this place can be really intimidating and scary - because for the first time, I really AM in the real world - it's really starting to grow on me and I'm really starting to appreciate being here in London. I'm really starting to love it.
"You're so petite, I wish I had your boobs!"
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1806 hrs.
Thursday - I woke up and felt like crap. I think I had the "Freshers Flu", which is a 24 hour bug that you get in which your throat is killing you and you're achy to the point where you don't want to stand. I had my PACE class meeting (for Race and Representation) and then my drama meeting. I slept before and between the meetings (NO, NOT DURING THE MEETINGS). I had met Rosalind for breakfast before the PACE meeting, went to the meeting (we got lost on the way because no one knew where the room was), I went home and slept, woke up for the theatre meeting, went home and slept, ate something, and then ended up going to Royal Holloway with John and his friend Rosie. I met up with Matt, Josh, Krista, and Shell at their club/bar MEDICINE. Tia was sleeping. We all had a drink, and then I went to Shell's room. I met her flatmate Matt, and then we went to her room. I took a 2:30 AM shower, and then Krista came over. We went to bed around 3ish or 4ish.
Friday - John and I got up early to run back to the Freshers Fayre! WOAH! Craziness there. People bombarded us to join all these clubs and stuff. John and I met up with Amy, and then we went back home. We walked to Aldi's and Staples, had KFC for lunch (Um...the only dipping sauce they have is BBQ - AND YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR IT - AND YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR KETCHUP!), and then went back to the flat. I went to the drama welcome party, and Doug ended up coming to school. We decided last minute to run to see if we could get cancellation tickets for THE LAST FIVE YEARS. Tricia and Tori came with us - but we didn't get them. We went to Leischter Square and the best coffee house ever - we also went to a bar in which I got a glass of pudding wine for 7 pounds. WHAT?! THANKS bar! But we ALSO went to Cafe Vergnano - which is my favorite coffee place ever. They sprinkle their logo in chocolate powder on your hot chocolate! We all went to bed and decided to try for tickets the next day.
Saturday - I got up early to run to a theatre forum at the Royal Court Theatre. Tori came with me. It was all about the vision for the Royal Court theatre, what European vs. british theatre was, and if the theatre has lived up to expectation. It was SO interesting. We ran to the LAST FIVE YEARS theatre to try for tickets - it was the last day. We waited an hour and a half for the box office to open - I met a friend of Jay G's (from Phoenix) named Max - and we put our names on the list. We got the tickets - I cried - and saw the show - WHICH WAS PHENOMENAL. Their use of space was breathtaking. We met the girl who played Cathy and she was so much fun. We ran to Oxford to meet up with tricia and the bunch from Royal Holloway. We went to a pub, and then I went home. I played RING OF FIRE at our neighbor's flat, and then my flatmates and I went to the Union. Doug stayed over, and we all grabbed chips at around one. We were dead, so we all went to bed - at around three! ARGH
Sunday - I woke up at 11 AM today and went to the Vintage Fair at Camden with John. We had such a great time. I bought the cutest vintage dress for 25 pounds - but now I need a bag and shoes (THANKS JOHN, YOU BAD INFLUENCE YOU!). The title of this post comes from what one of the workers had said when I came out in the dress - and this is according to John, because I didn't hear her say it. The girl reminded me of a mix between Lauren and Kerry. She was dressed completely in vintage, but she was taller and thinner than me. I heard her say how this dress is only made for a certain type of person - more petitie. But supposedly she also said that I was so lucky that I was so petite, yet I had "big boobs". Yeah. I laughed at that. hahaha. We spent most of the day in Camden, and here we are now!
Hope all is well in the US!
