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Monday, December 14th, 2009
12:57 pm	Awwww, no more performances! Well, until we (hopefully) get to do a kids versh of Rom and Jule for Great Ormond Street... Thursday: play/panto. Of joy! We had all the cast, we had technology (music and sound and powerpoint for backdrops), we had a brilliant audience, we had all the props (even the laundry basket, which didn't break until I got it home, huzzah) and we had a great time. And we raised £277 for charidee! (Take Heart India and Great Ormond Street). All went to pub afterwards and had tasty fud. The cast had got chocs for me and Liz : ) Bimbled to London Bridge, met bro at quarter past midnight, got home at ridiculously late o'clock. Friday: Stumbled through, thankfully only one class to bluff through. Nice quiet night in. Saturday: Well lazy. Did a spot of legal translation : D (I likes legal translation). Sunday: Carol service! Church first off though, almost didn't get there on time as didn't realise trains not running, how rude. Mind you, All Saints time is v similar to OULES time, lol. Came back, had lunch, went out again for rehearsal. Had to wait half an hour for the bus but not a prob. Had dressed in black and white (default concert colours), turned out dress code was black and red (must've missed that memo). Forch I had my ruby slippers, because I thought they were suitably festive (and not so I could click my heels and vanish if it all went horribly wrong). Service went well, though spent whole sermon playing with small children and toy cars. Whoops. Came home, had dinner, watched Epic Movie. There's a couple of hours of my life I'll never get back, lol. Tonight: Dinner with LAWLES and BPP Christmas Party. Yay! Bisous, Rose (Comment on this)
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009
11:30 am	Random On the train this morning, I got into the carriage and a guy was reading the exact same book as me, ie and vis, Neal Stephenson's Quicksilver. Did not shout "snap!" Bisous, Rose (Comment on this)
Monday, December 7th, 2009
5:09 pm	Let the thigh-slapping commence! Yes, I did get to some panto last week, though sadly not light entertainment flavoured. Went with Liz and George to giggle at Christine's panto. Was pleasing. Archbishop had many excellent one-liners. It's our panto-well-kind-of-a-panto on Thursdee. We have the dress rehearsal tomorrow night. I'm still searching for some red tights. Hmm. Otherwise everything seems to be in place. W00t! One of the cast has already guaranteed us a bigger audience than our last show. This pleases me. Other things happening... - finished Cryptonomicon and started Quicksilver - watched The Great Escape (biggest misnomer ever?) and Return of the Jedi for first time - had many tasty Fairtrade advent calendar chocolates. Nomnomnom - took part in record-breaker-attempt tree planting in Hillingdon on Saturday - met up with ALES for tasty tasty Christmas lunch on Sunday (got my hat back!!) - (closely related to the above) nearly crippled myself in my not-that-high-a-heel-but-a-little-on-the-elderly-and broken-side boots. Feet and calves are recovering though - started marathon training. Have got £40 from friends so far, which is joyous, but have a target of £500 to meet, so if you haven't already and can spare a few quid... http://www.justgiving.com/marie-rose : ) Bisous, Rose (Comment on this)
Monday, November 30th, 2009
5:29 pm	Also, my training for this starts tomorrow. http://www.justgiving.com/marie-rose (1 Comment |Comment on this)
3:48 pm	I have a pair of ruby slippers. Do you?!? Name that quotation. My bro came up to visit this weekend. Yay! Other pleasing things that happend this week... - got a fairtrade advent calendar. Nearly time for the first one... - watched The Breakfast Club, Wayne's World and Star Wars 2 (as I like to call the empire strikes back) - read some more of Cryptonomicon - LAWLES rehearsalage. Performance next Thurs! - got my very own pair of ruby slippers from Harrods (thanks to a contact on the inside who let me know the moment they were on sale. I have never been excited about a pair of shoes before!) - discovered I get a buzz from Bingo. Went along to a free night and had great fun. Hmm, I may well be my own grandmother. Except I suspect my grandmother has never played Bingo. - did my Wills and Administration of Estates assessment. 2 down, 7 to go. I finally gave in and returned War and Peace to the library, even though I have yet to get through Volume 1. Classicsreadingfail. I'll just have to get my own copy. And ignore that. Bisous, Rose (5 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, November 23rd, 2009
3:23 pm	I hereby name 16th-22nd November National Freebie Week So many freebies last week. I got 1200 bootspoints for doing my christmas shopping with said high street store, I got a free ticket to the utterly joyous "Change" by Arturo Brachetti, and I got three free DVDs from Lovefilm (1 for postal strike, 1 for being with them a year, 1 thru some random adlinky thing). There were other freebies but those were the memorable ones. Other stuffs what I has been doing -read the Count of Monte Cristo, aptly summarised by Cath as "swashbuckly joy!" -watched Evil Dead 2 and Les Diaboliques (the latter was vvg, suspect it influenced Thelma & Louise and The Shining) -stayed up till 2am Friday watching Children In Need show -choreographed the fight scenes for romeo and juliet are dead -went to the (allegedly) secret exhibition at the Royal College of Art -met up with london ALES for dinner and pubbage, which was lovely, let's do it again soon : ) Bisous, Rose (Comment on this)
Monday, November 16th, 2009
3:30 pm	I can has scuba diving? Yeah, so this weekend, this was my adrenaline junkie activity of choice. With my bro. Did you know you're not supposed to laugh while underwater? Mind you, I had to laugh, because it was either that or panic that my kit was conspiring to kill me. Start of lesson: Me: "Is it supposed to be hissing?" Instructor: (thinks: who the hell checked this kit last, they're so busted) "No" Instructor detaches all the tubes, gets me shiny new ones. Rest of lesson: Me: "Water keeps getting up my nose. I think my mask is on wrong or something" Instructor comes over and tightens/repositions mask for umpteenth time. I go under. It works itself loose again. I resign myself to getting water up my nose. It was actually quite fun though. But weird. But good. Al and I are going to try for open water diving qualificationy things when we can afford it. Other stuffs what I has been doing include reading the Hunchback of Notre Dame and the Time Traveller's Wife (both excellent: I'm now on the equally brill Count of Monte Cristo), doing some legal translation stuffs thru the pro bono dept and choreographing Romeo and Juliet are Dead. Oh and I've sorted my Christmas shopping. Huzzah. Bisous, Rose (Comment on this)
Thursday, November 12th, 2009
6:07 pm	Mmmm, memes. (thieved from other OULES Rose) 1. What is your first name? Rosemary. But no one ever calls me that : ) 2. Were you named after anyone? My middle name is my grandmother's. I think I was named for my eye colour, but I may be wrong. When I was in utero, I was named after king Xerxes. This was so my parents could "drink to XS". And you wonder where I get it from... 3. Do you wish on stars? No, I try and work out which constellation they are. I am rubbish at it. 4. When did you last cry? When I lost my railcard. Floooom! 5. Do you like your handwriting? Yeah, shame no one else does. How rude! 6. What is your favorite lunch meat? Beef. Tasty, tasty beef. 7. What is your most embarrassing CD? Probably the Now That's What I Call Music compilations. 8. If you were another person, would you be friends with you? Eventually! 9. Do you have a journal? Yep, since school. 10. Do you use sarcasm a lot? Less than I used to. I must be mellowing in my old age, lol. 11. What are your nicknames? RoRo. Any others have fallen out of use, je crois. 12. Would you bungee jump? Heck no. Would I throw myself out of a plane? It would seem so. I can has logic naow pls? 13. Do you untie your shoes before you take them off? Rarely. 14. Do you think that you are strong? Nope! I needed two ppl to help me climb out of a tunnel when I went potholing. No upper body strength whatsoever. 15. What is your favorite ice cream flavor? Banana and chocolate, nomnomnom 16. Shoe size? 5/6 17. Red or pink? Red. 18. What is your least favorite thing about yourself? My fear of wasps. 19. What do you miss most? My year abroad 20. Do you want everyone you send this to, to send it back? I guess! 21. What colour pants/shoes are you wearing? Black, white/blue trainers 22. What are you listening to right now? People having conversations in what is allegedly a silent study area, hohoho. 23. Last thing you ate? Eclair 24. If you were a crayon, what colour would you be? Turquoise 25. What is the weather like right now? Dark. With a touch of rain. 26. Last person you talked to on the phone? Rang round the family. Probably Chris, then. 27. The first thing you notice about the opposite sex? Manners, although in fairness this is one of the first things I notice about anyone... 28. Do you like the person who sent this to you? Yes. 29. Favorite drink? Any kind of milkshake or smoothie, though alas no longer Innocent. 30. Favorite sport? Table Tennis (suspect Air Hockey and Bowling don't count as sports) 31. Hair colour? Blonde. 32. Eye colour? Blue 33. Do you wear contacts? I wear glasses. Can't wear contacts. 34. Favourite food? Anything Italian or French or involving chocolate 35. Last movie you watched? Ed Wood. Utterly joyous. 36. Favourite day of the year? Probably Christmas : ) 37. Scary movies or happy endings? Happy Endings, though I've seen some quality scary films this year 38. Winter or summer? Winter. 39. Hugs or kisses? Both. 40. What is your favourite dessert? Apple pie with cream, mmmmmm. 41. Who is most likely to do this meme? No idea. Beth? 42. Who is the least likely to do this meme and comment? Probably one of the guys, but feel free to prove me wrong, chaps. 43. What books are you reading? The Time Traveler's Wife, The Hunchback of Notre Dame and War& Peace. Yes, all at the same time. 44. What's on your mouse pad? The famous snail in a bottle from Donoghue v Stephenson. Pleasing. 45. What did you watch on TV last night? Collision. Gd, but too many wasps, ie, any. Yet I am fine with the death and violence and stuff. Perspective? 46. Favourite smells? Cinnamony, christmassy smells are pleasing 47. Favourite sound? Music. 48. Rolling Stones or Beatles? Rolling Stones 49. What's the furthest you've been from your home? Rockford, Illinois 50. Do you have a special talent? Yes, I am remarkably clumsy. 51. What is your ring tone? Some kind of Clanger rave, I believe. (Comment on this)
Monday, November 9th, 2009
11:57 am	I can has church! Er, not that I have founded a cult or owt, what I mean is I've found somewhere to go to church. Which is pleasing. It's only taken me a year... Other stuffs what have pleased me recently - Johnny Depp in Ed Wood (Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind, on the other hand, just made me go WTF?) - Getting through The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Gulliver's Travels, Middlesex and Friends Like These. Om nom nom, books. I've got The Time Traveler's Wife waiting for when I finally finish War and Peace (which I swear I've had out from the library for, what, 3 months now?). - Harrods Christmas Parade with cute small children and performers and snow and music and balloons and horses drawing wizard of oz characters in carriages and real live reindeer (though less pleasingly they were all out of ruby slippers as advertised here http://www.harrods.com/HarrodsStore/GlobalPages/EventArticle.aspx?Id=20322b53-7882-4752-847f-25c65f08c0ad ) - going to Jailhouse Rock with Liz Samedi soir http://www.jailhouserockrestaurant.co.uk/ Bisous, Rose (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, November 2nd, 2009
4:02 pm	Guess who had no internets last week? I only just have them this week, as once again the fact that all the GDL kids have worked out where the computer lab is has crashed the system. Oyus veyus. I would quite like to catch up on work, honest. Hmm. Must submit "When I'm cursing Windows" for Eboro 2010 Comedy and Cake. So, I had a reading week last week. It was tasty times. Stuff what I did - Lost my railcard on the bus. No one has handed it in. No receipt to be found anywhere. Bobbins. - Had joyous evening in Narnia celebrating Toni's return to the UK. Moar fotoes pls. - Went home for 4 days (the only way to get hold of my post, lol) - Actually did the assignment I needed to do for LPC - Watched Armstrong and Miller (patchy), The Impressions Show (pacy), HIGNFY (good as always), Clash of the Titans (plasticine monsters and silly reworking of mythology. Plus Maggie-Omnipresent-Smith), Caddyshack (more pleasing than expected) and Groundhog Day (likewise) - Saw fireworks!! (a bit of one fell on my head. Obviously, I took it home) - Read Cloud Atlas (ace), Shadow of the Wind (also ace), The Corrections (gd but depressing) I have now taken out even more library books. - Quicksilver (not that I have read Cryptonomicon, that is on order ATM) - The Unbearable Lightness of Being - The Count of Monte Cristo (I really want someone to write a spoof called the Count of Monte Carlo) - Gulliver's Travels - Middlesex - The Hunchback of Notre Dame (it then says Notre Dame de Paris...can't decide if this is a clarification for the American audience, or the original french title) - probably summat else which I have forgotten When will libraries save me from myself? I still haven't finished War and Peace... Also I need to start NaNo. Already a day behind. How is it November already? Bisous, Rose (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, October 19th, 2009
3:29 pm	Stuff what I did on my "holidays" This weekend in numbers Books read: 4 TV programmes watched: 3.5 Beaches visited: 2 Brothers visited: 1 Meals provided for me by lovely churchy ppl: 2 Cream teas had: 0.5 Viruses caught: 1 Afternoons spent surfing: 1 Number of times tried to stand up while surfing and fell off: lots Number of bruises: 1 Dogs spotted digging for bodies on the beach: 1 Sleeper trains slept on: 2 Bisous, Rose (Comment on this)
Monday, October 12th, 2009
3:47 pm	I can has suit : ) One less thing to worry about. Also, having new pencil skirt is pleasing. Sadly, I still have the mock to get through tomorrow. Fun times. On the plus side... LAWLES auditions start tomoz. I already have 12 ppl interested : ) Bisous, Rose (Comment on this)
Monday, October 5th, 2009
3:46 pm	Nihao!! Squee, I have just had my first Mandarin lesson. Very pleasing. There are about half a dozen of us and the teacher is really nice. I've got a handout which I am practising phrases from (though not while practising my kickboxing for 2nd class on Thurs, obv). So I am now in my third week of the LPC. Woooo. Interviewing mocks next week, joy. Means tracking down a suit this week. Poss online as srsly do not have time to do real shops. This weekend was gd. I went and visited my oldest younger bro up in Thorrrrnabeeee. Went to dinner with friends Fridee, to a concert he was in on Saturday, and to church-and-brunch on Sundee. Also watched Blues Brothers : ) Right, off home to do Civil Litigation tute prep. And poss finish reading The Brothers Karamazov (not, as I jokingly refer to it, The Brothers' Kalashnikov). Bisous, Rose (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, September 28th, 2009
1:44 pm	Starting as I mean to go on... So, after a lovely weekend of doing no work whatsoever (instead I finished reading Winter's Tale, learned exciting magic tricks, went to Rocky Horror dressed as Janet, went to Bluewater for the first time - supporting Cosmo coffee morning for Macmillan - and went to my first ever recording of Hut 33. It was most pleasing), I managed to get into college shortly *after* 9AM stamattina, too late to sneak into 1st lecture of the day. So I've spent till now listening to lectures online. I think it may be the way forward : ) Bisous, Rose Now available in D cup, apparently. This is mildly disconcerting! (Comment on this)
Monday, September 21st, 2009
6:07 pm	Well, I've survived Day One... ...but I'm still hideously confused about the whole damn set-up. Lecture 2 before Lecture 1 on one module, Lecture 2 missed out altogether on another, two timetables, both alike in dignity...I mean, telling me two different times for the same lecture... It didn't help that I didn't bring my locker key or my memory stick in today. Whoops. At least I have shiny new stationery things. Ooh, and I met an old colleague frm the Balliol language "massiiiif", which was nice. Grargh, off home to "prepare" (hoho) first Business Law and Practice class. Bisous, Rose (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Friday, September 18th, 2009
4:19 pm	Well, that was the easy part... ...am now enrolled on the LPC (Legal Practice Course). Am also now terrified by 1) the mountain of papery things in my locker, all of which I have to read at some point 2) the 79 pages merely *describing* the pre-course reading (I still have no idea what the reading itself actually is) 3) the fact that our first day of lectures (and our first Small Group Session, or class as the normal might say...perhaps this name was chosen because they know that by the end of the year we will have turned to some kind of addictive substance just to get through it all) is a mere weekend away. A weekend which I have, in my infinite wisdom (where infinite means non-existent), booked practically solid. Well, the Saturday anyway (Treeathlon and WOMAD). I'm playing all next weekend too. And the three after that. Have I no sense of self-preservation? *wibble* Bisous, Rose (6 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, September 11th, 2009
11:01 am	Less than a fortnight... ...till my LPC starts. Assuming I get my registration stuffs sorted. Gah, always more red tape. 1.5 weeks since Edinburgh. Seems longer. No longer lurgified, though occasionally hayfeverish (seriously, wtf, english weather? Should we not be into the rainy season by now?)... Stuffs what I has done -been to an anime convention. Good fun, but next time I would go in a group. And dress up!! -visited Wedgwood museum, etc. Have thrown bowl. Well, I helped. Was a bit like GCSE DT, really, lol. -read many books. After finishing Wuthering Heights and Heart of Darkness in Eboro, have read Gone With The Wind, The Color Purple and Mrs Dalloway. Currently finishing off the Canterbury Tales (more than Chaucer managed, arfarfarf) and about to embark on Winter's Tale (Mark Helprin). -signed up for Paris Marathon. Yes, you read correctly. Is at beginning of April next year. Time to start training? Bisous, Rose (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, August 29th, 2009
2:45 pm	Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans... ...stuffs I did not plan Going to see Project Steve yesterday instead of later in t'week. Seeing Rent (for first time ever) instead of Showstopper. Getting some kind of cold type thing last night. Bleah. Oh well! Going to see Rent was *awesome*, and given have immune system of cardboard, was better did not go and see late night show. Also getting a cold type thing meant I stayed in bed this morning and finished rereading Wuthering Heights. (Hmm, was this a gd thing? Heathcliff is a right bastard). Bisous, Rose (Comment on this)
Wednesday, August 26th, 2009
4:56 pm	Edinburgh!!! So, here nous sommes! Cambridge Friday soir for dinner and party of joy at the Double Saturday was spent doing previews Sunday we arrived in Edinburgh and shoved everything into our flats Monday we went out flyering and Once Upon a Time had their first show Yesterday we went out and did even more flyering and Comedy & Cake and 1984 had our first shows and we had a very silly game of "I like your top" Today some people left and some other ppl arrived and Rocky Horrorage is happening this evening!!! Shows seen have been at a rate of one an evening as days have been manic, so... Monday: saw Dom being Merman on Broadway Tuesday: saw the most excellent Blues Brothers Live (courtesy of the Rack Pack) Tonight: as yet undecided Later I will be checking out the following Thursday: Frisky and Mannish Friday: Showstopper: the Improvised Musical Saturday: Filska After a day off on Sunday, I hope to spend all of Monday in the theatre seeing Captain Improv, Project Steve and Scrimshaw (it has many pirates! Yarrrrr!) Yayyyyyyyy! Bisous, Rose (Comment on this)
Monday, August 17th, 2009
2:13 pm	Monday Monday... Rebonjour mes amis. I am *still* making my way thru Guns, Germs and Steel. It is oddly fascinating for a book that is basically about farming...lol. My brother keeps shouting "anthropologist" at me (he encountered the book when doing medical anthropology), but surely many ppl are amateur anthropologists, just as many are amateur psychologists. What I mean is, many ppl are interested in people. Other stuffs: I got out *even more books* from the library the other day. Wheeeee! -The Mayor of Casterbridge -The Scarlet Letter -The Sound and the Fury -War and Peace -The Brothers Karamazov -Gone With the Wind Also, I am *still* sorting out loan stuffs with the bank for my course this year. Happy days. It is nearly time for Edinburghy goodness. I'm v excited. Bisous, Rose (Comment on this)