Assigments and being ill (again)
I realise I have left everyone in suspense for nearly a week now.. this is because I have been tackling the killer Assignment One essay that I handed in to the school office about... 15 minutes ago.
At first, we knew we had an essay, but no-one had told us what it was. THEN, a week before it was due in, we were finally told what it was: via the internet. Which, of course is not ideal when you need a 20 minutes bus journey to get to an connection. So, we finally learn what the question is, and NO-ONE understands it. It was so completely obscure but open ended that everyone had their own interpretation of what we were supposed to be doing, which led to mass confusion whenever anyone wanted to discuss it. But anyhoo, i've basically been researching for this assignment and dying due to confusion and sheer frustration over the last week. But finally.. I am free! And I just have another assignment to hand in in a month's time, and a practical assessment on Thursday. So, no pressure.
In smoking news (which is relatively old news nowadays), the Lodge has been made a smoke free area (apart from the Pool Room, but we're all ok with that). So yay for the people in charge who make all the decisions.
In internet news.. I now have a land-line phone number! So you can all call me at home when you feel like contacting me instead of just writing or emailing. (If you want this number, either email me, or speak to my mum or dad) We have registered everything with Tiscali, and I should be hearing from them some time soon about receiving my broadband package, hopefully within the next couple of weeks. So soon I will be able to come and talk to everyone too!
I promised some pictures of High Voltage at the Light Nights event, so here are a couple:
I would have liked to have had some more photos, but unfortunately they came out all grainy (like my ones from America), so I used the clearest ones we had.
Speaking of performance, although I auditioned for the Bretton panto and didn't get in (losing a fiver in the process), I WAS able to get a place on the crew for the biggest show in Bretton this year (working with external peoples too) - Midsummer Night's Dream. I should be Deputy Stage Manager for the show, which is launching in January and is being performed in the middle of March - just before I come home for Easter, which means there's no excuse not to come up to Leeds and watch it! I'm sure I'll be able to tell you more about it once it has launched :D
And finally, having gotten over the cold I had when I last posted, I have come down with YET ANOTHER cold since yesterday, and feel really ill again. I blame (this time) lectures - since everyone has to sit close to each other and everyone who has a cold passes it round with ease.
Anyway, I need to go and rehearse for this practical assessment, which I'll tell you a bit about next time.
At first, we knew we had an essay, but no-one had told us what it was. THEN, a week before it was due in, we were finally told what it was: via the internet. Which, of course is not ideal when you need a 20 minutes bus journey to get to an connection. So, we finally learn what the question is, and NO-ONE understands it. It was so completely obscure but open ended that everyone had their own interpretation of what we were supposed to be doing, which led to mass confusion whenever anyone wanted to discuss it. But anyhoo, i've basically been researching for this assignment and dying due to confusion and sheer frustration over the last week. But finally.. I am free! And I just have another assignment to hand in in a month's time, and a practical assessment on Thursday. So, no pressure.
In smoking news (which is relatively old news nowadays), the Lodge has been made a smoke free area (apart from the Pool Room, but we're all ok with that). So yay for the people in charge who make all the decisions.
In internet news.. I now have a land-line phone number! So you can all call me at home when you feel like contacting me instead of just writing or emailing. (If you want this number, either email me, or speak to my mum or dad) We have registered everything with Tiscali, and I should be hearing from them some time soon about receiving my broadband package, hopefully within the next couple of weeks. So soon I will be able to come and talk to everyone too!
I promised some pictures of High Voltage at the Light Nights event, so here are a couple:
This is the set that the circusey people (Urban Angels) use. I'm glad I got some people in the picture as well, because then you can appreciate just how high up this structure actually was. The performers were actually climbing around all over this thing, and were using the trapese (which I'm not sure whether you can see because it's tied to one side) to swing about all over the place. Oh, and just so you know, this is the Sheffield Winter Gardens that the show was being performed in. It's a really lovely (but very cold) place.
I would have liked to have had some more photos, but unfortunately they came out all grainy (like my ones from America), so I used the clearest ones we had.
Speaking of performance, although I auditioned for the Bretton panto and didn't get in (losing a fiver in the process), I WAS able to get a place on the crew for the biggest show in Bretton this year (working with external peoples too) - Midsummer Night's Dream. I should be Deputy Stage Manager for the show, which is launching in January and is being performed in the middle of March - just before I come home for Easter, which means there's no excuse not to come up to Leeds and watch it! I'm sure I'll be able to tell you more about it once it has launched :D
And finally, having gotten over the cold I had when I last posted, I have come down with YET ANOTHER cold since yesterday, and feel really ill again. I blame (this time) lectures - since everyone has to sit close to each other and everyone who has a cold passes it round with ease.
Anyway, I need to go and rehearse for this practical assessment, which I'll tell you a bit about next time.
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Hey that performance looks cool. Well dont on finishing the essay, I know it was causing un-due angush!
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