So, a plague has hit us writers here in London. The flu started going around slowly, and now all of us have gotten it but Sonia, who's still holding out on being healthy. She'll beat it, I'm sure.
The only thing that really sucks about being sick here are-- well, being sick-- and that you have to walk everywhere. It's okay, though. I think we'll all be fine soon. I hope.
I want us to all get better so we can do stuff together again! I miss it!
Anyway, we had Intro to Theatre class at the Victoria and Albert museum today. It was really cool. They had this theatre exhibit and they had costumes and headdresses and signs and all sorts of cool stuff. They had Mick Jagger's jumpsuit, one of Chris Martin's costumes, an Elton John one, and more. They also had models of stage plays and a place where you could dress up in some of the costumes. It was really, really cool. And it was free, which makes it even better!
Then we had half an hour where we had to pick something in the museum and sit by it and write about it, using it for inspiration. It was really relaxing. I feel so European here! So artistic!
Classes are going well. It always seems like I haven't been to class in forever, because we have 4 day weekends every week! Which is a good thing!
Things have been going well, and they'll be even better when we're all feeling tip-top again. We're going to the Tower of London, Dover, and Ypres, Belgium this weekend! I can't wait! And hopefully to 3 plays this week! Woo hoo! More on those after they actually happen.
One more thing I learned to day: jewelry is spelled "jewellery" here. As if I didn't have a difficult enough time spelling that word before...
Monday, January 28, 2013
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Snow!!!
It snowed all weekend here, and apparently the Brits hate it, but I love it!! It makes everything even more beautiful and vivid. We went to Buckingham Palace on Sunday and we walked through all this snow and slush, and past this park where everybody was making snowmen. So on the way back, we stopped and built a snowman. But ours was so bad, people were walking by and taking pictures of it.
So, we built this awful gimpy snowman kid, and then we had a snowball fight. It was so much fun. I felt five years old.
Classes have been going well. We've been doing some group brainstorming in Intro to London Theatre class so that's fun.
Wednesday I think we'll start talking about our features, and I'm actually excited. I've decided I need to stop being afraid to talk about my work. We'll see how that turns out.
Brandon and I worked on our popcorn film for a long time last night and got pretty far. We really know our characters already. I can't wait to start writing!! All the planning we're doing is killing me!! But I'm really excited about it and I think it'll be amazing!! And writing with someone else is extremely fun!!
So, we built this awful gimpy snowman kid, and then we had a snowball fight. It was so much fun. I felt five years old.
Classes have been going well. We've been doing some group brainstorming in Intro to London Theatre class so that's fun.
Wednesday I think we'll start talking about our features, and I'm actually excited. I've decided I need to stop being afraid to talk about my work. We'll see how that turns out.
Brandon and I worked on our popcorn film for a long time last night and got pretty far. We really know our characters already. I can't wait to start writing!! All the planning we're doing is killing me!! But I'm really excited about it and I think it'll be amazing!! And writing with someone else is extremely fun!!
Friday, January 18, 2013
LONDON SO FAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My blog has now turned into "My London Life" temperarily. But I don't wanna make another blog. So, anyway, you can read about London here, because it is, technically, still part of film school.
Anyway, London is awesome!!!!!! Absolutely incredible!!! And I actually recognize where I am in the city, which is an incredible feat for me.
Anyway, here's a run-down of the past week.
We got here last Thursday, and we walked around a lot. We got groceries, went to orientation, and then went to Leicester Square, a square with tons of "theatres" and "cinemas" and watched the celebrities arrive for the "Django Unchained" premiere. That was awesome. I didn't see very well, but I did see Tarantino up close. So that's cool.
The other female writer, Sonia, and I have our own flat, and all 4 guys are downstairs. Our flat is really nice, and we have 3 red British phone booths right outside our window. And when it snows, the snow looks awesome next to the red color! Colour, actually.
My classes are awesome. We have a lot of writing to do and a lot of watching movies, and they're just incredible. I forgot how much I love writing until now. I realized how incredibly much I've missed it!
So far, we've been to the British Museum, the London Bridge, we've seen Parliament and Big Ben, Westminister Abbey, and Hampton Court.
We went to Hampton Court today, which was Cardinal Wolsey's palace in the time of Henry VIII. It was absolutely, incredibly, beautiful!! It was snowing all day, so everything was covered in snow, and big fluffy flakes were falling. It was great!
Walking around the palace made me feel like I was living in the 1500s. The sound of the floor. The gardens. The snow! Everything! It was like going back in time. It was so, so awesome!
We've also gone to our first play for our class, The 39 Steps, which is a book and a Hitchcock film, so the play was a hilarious murder/spy mystery, and also an homage to Hitchcock. It was amazing. There was a part where the characters were on the run, and the Psycho theme started playing. And the play had 4 actors, and they all (except the main character) played every character, which was I guess like 100 characters or something. If not 100, then a lot!
Umm, what else? We've been taking the Tube. It's awesome. It's the Underground, which is the subway system here. It's really fast and I feel cool cause I'm taking the Tube. I feel like a proper Londoner.
So, yeah, it's been great. And I kind of want to move here! Seriously.
So here's some things I learned: there are these crossings that have black and white striped lights by them, and you just cross. And the cars have to stop for you. And these are called zebra crossings. But Brits say zebra like Debra with a "z." So that's cool.
Some slang I've learned or words that are called other words are:
Advice- which is a receipt
Lead- a leash. Like "keep your dog on leads."
Spitting- drizzling rain
"Give me a bell"- Which means call me. Cute!
Note- A GBP bill
And that might be it so far. And I love "You're winding me up, aren't you?" Which is like, "you're messing with me!"
Oh, and we have tea breaks in our class. Where we take fifteen or twenty minutes and go get tea. Seriously! I love this place!
Anyway, London is awesome!!!!!! Absolutely incredible!!! And I actually recognize where I am in the city, which is an incredible feat for me.
Anyway, here's a run-down of the past week.
We got here last Thursday, and we walked around a lot. We got groceries, went to orientation, and then went to Leicester Square, a square with tons of "theatres" and "cinemas" and watched the celebrities arrive for the "Django Unchained" premiere. That was awesome. I didn't see very well, but I did see Tarantino up close. So that's cool.
The other female writer, Sonia, and I have our own flat, and all 4 guys are downstairs. Our flat is really nice, and we have 3 red British phone booths right outside our window. And when it snows, the snow looks awesome next to the red color! Colour, actually.
My classes are awesome. We have a lot of writing to do and a lot of watching movies, and they're just incredible. I forgot how much I love writing until now. I realized how incredibly much I've missed it!
So far, we've been to the British Museum, the London Bridge, we've seen Parliament and Big Ben, Westminister Abbey, and Hampton Court.
We went to Hampton Court today, which was Cardinal Wolsey's palace in the time of Henry VIII. It was absolutely, incredibly, beautiful!! It was snowing all day, so everything was covered in snow, and big fluffy flakes were falling. It was great!
Walking around the palace made me feel like I was living in the 1500s. The sound of the floor. The gardens. The snow! Everything! It was like going back in time. It was so, so awesome!
We've also gone to our first play for our class, The 39 Steps, which is a book and a Hitchcock film, so the play was a hilarious murder/spy mystery, and also an homage to Hitchcock. It was amazing. There was a part where the characters were on the run, and the Psycho theme started playing. And the play had 4 actors, and they all (except the main character) played every character, which was I guess like 100 characters or something. If not 100, then a lot!
Umm, what else? We've been taking the Tube. It's awesome. It's the Underground, which is the subway system here. It's really fast and I feel cool cause I'm taking the Tube. I feel like a proper Londoner.
So, yeah, it's been great. And I kind of want to move here! Seriously.
So here's some things I learned: there are these crossings that have black and white striped lights by them, and you just cross. And the cars have to stop for you. And these are called zebra crossings. But Brits say zebra like Debra with a "z." So that's cool.
Some slang I've learned or words that are called other words are:
Advice- which is a receipt
Lead- a leash. Like "keep your dog on leads."
Spitting- drizzling rain
"Give me a bell"- Which means call me. Cute!
Note- A GBP bill
And that might be it so far. And I love "You're winding me up, aren't you?" Which is like, "you're messing with me!"
Oh, and we have tea breaks in our class. Where we take fifteen or twenty minutes and go get tea. Seriously! I love this place!
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