Although we didn't do much, I really quite liked it. :)
I liked the people I met, the people I was with the majority of the day and just generally being around people who are more like me.
When I say we didn't do much, I mean we didn't do anything. xD Well, anything that we said we would. We were meant to go ice skating and to the science museum and most probably an arcade but ended up eating lunch from leicester square after saying we'd meet up elsewhere, meeting back to do the secret santa and then getting the train to hyde park to walk around a fair we didn't do anything at. Then we went to Harrods and sat outside of it (good times) and I left at 4:30 because I didn't think that anything else was going to happen. They ended up going to the Tate Modern I believe. :)
I got picked for the secret santa by Paul (thetreeorthebear) and he gave me a Thomas & Friends advent calendar and a playlist of a bunch of completely different songs, most of which I really enjoyed and hadn't thought to look for before which was his goal. Thank you Paul. <3
I picked out HelloLivvy out of Charlie's spiffing santa hat and she got a Cadburys advent calendar and a 24 box of ferrero rochers which I thought was very nice of me. ^_^
It was a lovely day and I can't wait to see everyone again! Gatherings rule!
<3
Sunday, 7 December 2008
Friday, 5 December 2008
Performing Arts
Around May 2007, I was in Year 9 and choosing my GCSE's that I would study during years 10 & 11. Me and 14 other people in my year out of 150 were offered a Performing Arts A.S Level Applied course to do two years early. I happily agreed, not realising that the teachers who would teach us through the 6 A level units knew as much about this course as the students. The first year went well. It was all about personal skill analysis and improvement and nothing to do with achieving higher than the next person. For example, improving from skill 1 to 4 for flexibility is better than improving from skill 2 to 4 for posture. We then dropped either Dance, Drama or Music and focus on the two subjects that we had left. After doing 2 assessments in Music, I dropped it and focused on improving the two I had chosen to keep to finish off the unit.
The next unit was about applying these skills that we had improved on to form our own company, distribute jobs (e.g. Artistic Director, Set Designer) and plan for an event/a show that would be organsied completely by the students with little guidance from our teachers. We were given an imaginary budget for things like hiring the venue and band, and a real budget of around £200. After a few lessons of discussion, we decided that we would not use a piece already made because along with songs that we would add in, this could go over our budget as we needed rights. We chose the theme of a boot/brat camp called 'And That's Why I'm Here' in which we would be in the camp for our own reasons, hopefully conveying this to the audience. A girl in the camp is there for burning down her 3 of her past schools and attempts to set the camp's tents on fire, most of us escape but 3 die: the girl who started the fire; a girl who found true love at the camp and a girl who was innocent all along. The show did not go according to plan and we received plenty of negative feedback from our teachers and needed to sort it out. We have been doing so for the past 2 weeks and have our performances on Thursday 11th & Friday 12th December.
Why am I telling you this? Because I've been more patient than I ever thought I could be. The boy whose role is Artistic Director is very controlling and fails to see when him and his closest friends are incorrect. If there is anything wrong with the show then the blame gets passed on to my friends and I which I find unfair and ridiculous, especially as him and his friends are the main problem. He is very popular in the Performing Arts area of my school. I admit he is a very good dancer and can act, but I feel that his abilities and character & dance vocabulary is limited. When I see him act, well, I don't. I still see him saying lines of a story he is pretending is his. I'm not saying I'm a fantastic actress, but I feel I am trying harder and doing a better job than he is. When he has the cheek to tell the rest of us apart from his precious friends that we need to act more and the next runthrough he is pissing about, that is where I draw the line. He can't sing a note in tune but I don't want anybody to tell him this. I'd rather he embarrass himself on stage next week. This will sound harsh I know, but his personality is awful (and his singing).
Anyway, we had an all day rehearsal today and apart from that fool, the show is pulling together and we actually received mostly positive feedback!
Hope you're all doing well. <3
The next unit was about applying these skills that we had improved on to form our own company, distribute jobs (e.g. Artistic Director, Set Designer) and plan for an event/a show that would be organsied completely by the students with little guidance from our teachers. We were given an imaginary budget for things like hiring the venue and band, and a real budget of around £200. After a few lessons of discussion, we decided that we would not use a piece already made because along with songs that we would add in, this could go over our budget as we needed rights. We chose the theme of a boot/brat camp called 'And That's Why I'm Here' in which we would be in the camp for our own reasons, hopefully conveying this to the audience. A girl in the camp is there for burning down her 3 of her past schools and attempts to set the camp's tents on fire, most of us escape but 3 die: the girl who started the fire; a girl who found true love at the camp and a girl who was innocent all along. The show did not go according to plan and we received plenty of negative feedback from our teachers and needed to sort it out. We have been doing so for the past 2 weeks and have our performances on Thursday 11th & Friday 12th December.
Why am I telling you this? Because I've been more patient than I ever thought I could be. The boy whose role is Artistic Director is very controlling and fails to see when him and his closest friends are incorrect. If there is anything wrong with the show then the blame gets passed on to my friends and I which I find unfair and ridiculous, especially as him and his friends are the main problem. He is very popular in the Performing Arts area of my school. I admit he is a very good dancer and can act, but I feel that his abilities and character & dance vocabulary is limited. When I see him act, well, I don't. I still see him saying lines of a story he is pretending is his. I'm not saying I'm a fantastic actress, but I feel I am trying harder and doing a better job than he is. When he has the cheek to tell the rest of us apart from his precious friends that we need to act more and the next runthrough he is pissing about, that is where I draw the line. He can't sing a note in tune but I don't want anybody to tell him this. I'd rather he embarrass himself on stage next week. This will sound harsh I know, but his personality is awful (and his singing).
Anyway, we had an all day rehearsal today and apart from that fool, the show is pulling together and we actually received mostly positive feedback!
Hope you're all doing well. <3
Tuesday, 2 December 2008
Well hi. (more than an intro :x)
A place where I can post my thoughts & feelings and can be as boring as I wish? How nice!
Firstly, I have to say I like this font. It's nice. It makes me want to type more which means you have more to read. Muaha.
I was going to do a little introduction but then I realised that you probably only read this if you know me, so there really isn't any need.
...
What the heck. HI I'M AMY. Or Amycakes as I'm known as on blogtv.
People often recognise my name and not my face, because I'm not awfully popular on youtube. This doesn't bother me at all. ^_^ I make videos for my own amusement and I am happy with where I am. I didn't set out to become 'internet famous' and have eleventy billion subscribers (cheers for the number Hatti <3).
Being where I am has made me very happy, and I would not change one thing. Not everything is perfect, but I'd be afraid that one change would alter the good that I've got out of being on here.
I have met a bunch of great people who I do love, and I really do not wish to lose any of them.
After every youtube gathering I'm only thinking about them and how I can't wait to see them at the next. That may sound silly but not to me. Gatherings make me very happy! I've only been to two in total but both of them have been some of the best days I've had in a long time.
I used to be a timid little girl who was afraid to talk to anybody outside of my own form at school because I didn't know how to just make conversation with them. I began my GCSE's at the end of year nine and I was out of my comfort zone. This anxiety disappeared almost instantly and I now find myself thinking back wondering what I was worried about. I was about to face bigger challenges in my life and could not afford to be afraid of talking to others or being alone. It was only about five years from then that I could be on my way to university, getting out and trying to make it on my own.
How I turned from that timid little girl who didn't like to socialise to a girl who travels to London to meet up with people she's never met before with nobody by my side, I don't know. But it's an amazing feeling.
I feel safe with you lot. I was scared of my own town because of the idiotic teenagers and whatnot, yet I find myself wondering the streets and tube stations of London without a care in the world, just knowing that I am with some of the best people I'll ever meet.
I love you lot so much, and I am so appreciative that you are now a part of my life. <3
I feel I'm drifting from my best friends at school and but knowing that I have people that I am even closer to is a nice feeling. Plus, I don't see you as often so it makes it really special when I do. :)
Interesting first blog, eh? Not.
It just kinda poured out. I feel better now though!
If you read until the end, thank you. :D
'Til next time! Peace & love. <3
Firstly, I have to say I like this font. It's nice. It makes me want to type more which means you have more to read. Muaha.
I was going to do a little introduction but then I realised that you probably only read this if you know me, so there really isn't any need.
...
What the heck. HI I'M AMY. Or Amycakes as I'm known as on blogtv.
People often recognise my name and not my face, because I'm not awfully popular on youtube. This doesn't bother me at all. ^_^ I make videos for my own amusement and I am happy with where I am. I didn't set out to become 'internet famous' and have eleventy billion subscribers (cheers for the number Hatti <3).
Being where I am has made me very happy, and I would not change one thing. Not everything is perfect, but I'd be afraid that one change would alter the good that I've got out of being on here.
I have met a bunch of great people who I do love, and I really do not wish to lose any of them.
After every youtube gathering I'm only thinking about them and how I can't wait to see them at the next. That may sound silly but not to me. Gatherings make me very happy! I've only been to two in total but both of them have been some of the best days I've had in a long time.
I used to be a timid little girl who was afraid to talk to anybody outside of my own form at school because I didn't know how to just make conversation with them. I began my GCSE's at the end of year nine and I was out of my comfort zone. This anxiety disappeared almost instantly and I now find myself thinking back wondering what I was worried about. I was about to face bigger challenges in my life and could not afford to be afraid of talking to others or being alone. It was only about five years from then that I could be on my way to university, getting out and trying to make it on my own.
How I turned from that timid little girl who didn't like to socialise to a girl who travels to London to meet up with people she's never met before with nobody by my side, I don't know. But it's an amazing feeling.
I feel safe with you lot. I was scared of my own town because of the idiotic teenagers and whatnot, yet I find myself wondering the streets and tube stations of London without a care in the world, just knowing that I am with some of the best people I'll ever meet.
I love you lot so much, and I am so appreciative that you are now a part of my life. <3
I feel I'm drifting from my best friends at school and but knowing that I have people that I am even closer to is a nice feeling. Plus, I don't see you as often so it makes it really special when I do. :)
Interesting first blog, eh? Not.
It just kinda poured out. I feel better now though!
If you read until the end, thank you. :D
'Til next time! Peace & love. <3
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