Well, it's that time again when I update this old chestnut. I think this will be a smaller blog as I haven't been doing as much but still been having fun.
I would like to start with a very common theme. Work! Yes, it's back. I finished my job in the National Pandemic Flu Service on the 25th August. Unfortunately I couldn't stay on there and continue college as the hours had changed from 7am - 11pm. This would mean on a Saturday or Sunday I would need to get up and into town for 5.45am something that would be horrendous or get home at about 12.30am. I didn't want to do either of these as I wasn't sure how my college timetable would shape up and if I was working late on a Sunday and then had college at 9am the on the Monday I would surely not enjoy either work or college. So I felt it was in my best interest that I left. It just so happened that on the same day they were announcing who would be let go as we were so quiet everyday that they were reducing the number of staff. I have since learned that they have cut the numbers again so it would be likely that I wouldn't have been kept on. But on either the Tuesday or Wednesday I was offered the chance of a job for John Lewis Direct. So I phoned them on the Thursday after I left NPFS and was given a phone interview. I passed this and was scheduled for an assessment thing for the Friday. I was so glad of this because on the Wednesday I was unsuccessful with a phone interview with Sky. So I went to the assessment, which was 4 hours in town. I was with 3 other guys and we had to do things like spelling tests and stuff like that. We also had to do a lot of writing, which got very sore on the hand. So I left there not feeling too great about it but had already decided that I wasn't going to do the job if they offered it to me as I would need to start at 8am, which would be fine on a Saturday but on a Sunday it would prove impossible without my dad taking me in and I don't want to have to get him up that early to take me in. So a bit more than a week later I was called up and informed that I had passed the assessment and was offered the job (how ironic) so I had to inform them that I was unable to take the position due to the working hours and they took down my preferred hours and told me that they would inform me if any shifts that suited me came up. So that was another job that I was offered that I had to decline. This really irritated me because it showed me that I can get these jobs if I am given a chance except the Sky job of course but that was a sales role and my experience has primarily been in customer service. So it was bitter sweet but it was experience that I can now use in the future. So I am back on the hunt for a job and I'm relying on this St Enoch Working to get me something. 700 news jobs, surely I can get one of them? I must say though that I have been applying to some big name companies and they haven't gotten back to me at all, which I believe speaks volumes of their recruitment service. All the same I wouldn't turn my nose up at a job if it suited me haha. So for now I'm going to keep applying to everywhere I can and hope I get something within the next month.
Next, I have just started back at college and I have enjoyed the three weeks I have been back. We have a new building, which is in the Paisley Centre, which is better for us to go get lunch as the canteen is smaller and very warm. We haven't gotten too much into the nitty gritty of the course yet but I can tell that it will be a challenge which I welcome. However, since I have been back I was told by one of my lecturers that I have changed and another lecturer has also said I have changed. They haven't informed me of this change being good or bad but I believe that I have just come out my shell more with people. I think I am also trying to shake off this "Ronald is so innocent" idea people have of me because I am not and they are fast learning this. I would not say I'm a bad ass but I'm no angel. I hope that it isn't a bad change and people are seeing that I have a bit more versatility to me than they once thought. I think it also has a lot to do with me being told that I was still given a student performance when I was told I was into HND. I think I'm trying to be bigger and better than I was and prove that I am more than a student performer. Hopefully I can prove this by the end of the year.
So in general life is quite good. I very rarely complain about my life because I believe that there are others worse of than me. Don't get me wrong I strongly advocate people moaning about their lives if they feel they are hard done to somewhat but only to a certain extent. I believe that if people don't think about themselves then they will be walked over and taken advantage of. But I try not to complain because even though some crap things happen to me I am still alive and I am believe I am of good health. I very rarely get ill and when I do it isn't anything serious. Also, I have an excellent family and excellent friends who I am glad to have because I would be very lonely without them. However, I sometimes wonder who is a friend and who is just being nice for the sake of it. That's me just being somewhat paranoid but in the long term I don't give a shit because the people whom I know are friends I wouldn't give them up for anyone. Also, as of the 17th September I am a godfather to a little boy called Aidan. It feels weird to call him my godson but I like it. I'm not going to go mad and be overbearing about it because at the end of the day it's only a title. In other news, I have gotten the piercing bug and I have been toying with the idea of getting my eyebrow pierced. I think it would look good and I have asked some people and they agree but in terms of being an actor it may be detrimental to my progression as an actor because it's all about looks now-a-days. This really pisses me off because it is unfair to say you can't be in a film because your fat or your not attractive. Ok, I understand that casting directors having a certain look in mind but why does it always have to be a look of "perfection". I use that term loosely because I don't believe there is the perfect look, I believe it differs from person to person and that people in the acting industry should be judged on their acting ability. But I do agree that they have to have certain look because it has to be realistic. For example, if you were casting the stereotypical hot girl/guy then they you would have the stereotypical hot looking girl/guy cast in that role because that is what it asks for. Also, if your casting a family then they would have to resemble each other so that it is believable to the audience that this is a family. However, if you have a character that is vague and doesn't require a certain look to be believable then you can cast someone for their ability and not think about how they look. I don't mind too much about my looks but I hope that I look good enough to cast in a film or play because although it pisses me off the industry has they standards and I am very passionate about acting and I feel that if I want to pursue this career I will need to somewhat conform to their attitudes but only what I happy with I'm not going to go get plastic surgery because they aren't happy with something.
Anyway, that's my rant over for now haha. I'll be back in a month to write the next chapter. I have been watching videos on Youtube recently and some users are doing a vlog everyday, which generally involves them going about their day but filming it and then putting it on Youtube. Now I am not a big person on Youtube as I don't put up videos at all but I would like to do something like that for myself to document my life and see what I have been doing in my life. So essentially it is just to help me remember what I have been doing because I forget a lot of the time what I have been doing day-to-day. So when I get my iPhone 3GS (next month hopefully) then I might start filming stuff and putting it on a private account just for myself.
So until next month.
Bye bye
Ronald
Sunday, 20 September 2009
Monday, 24 August 2009
Work (once again), Uni, Piercing, College!
Well, it feels like an age since I last posted. Well, I think I should start with a common topic of my blog posts. Work. The thing that has haunted me for a while due to the lack of it. However, as of the 22nd July I have been working for the National Pandemic Flu Service! Yes, finally I found some work, or should I say that work found me. You see I was contacted by the agency who employed me in Orange over the Christmas Period. They told me of the job in Greenock, full-time with £7 an hour pay. How could I resist? The only problem was the travelling to Greenock. You see I live in Glasgow and I would be finishing work at midnight some shifts. This being a time where there are no trains running back to Glasgow. So essentially I would have been fucked. However, during our "training" day I was informed of a free bus service that was being put on by the agency employing us. This was a saviour. I was quite pissed off at the fact that the person who was telling about the job from the agency failed to mention any bus. But I knew about it now and it has been great. Well, not great, handy is more the word I would use. You see the buses are uncomfortable and we are on them for about an hour, ish. There was more trouble when I realised we wouldn't get into George Square until 1am. This meant that I had missed all the buses around at that time (well from Sunday to Thursday anyway). However, this was sorted by being offered a lift by someone from my work from town. This has been a god send and a life saver otherwise I would have to stay at my sisters every night I was working, which isn't that bad but I would rather be in my own bed. So anyway about the work side of things. The job is as simple as just reading from a script. It is quite easy if you get a good caller who can understand what you're saying. But at the beginning we mostly got about 10 calls a night and by the end of the night shift rotation I was getting about 2 calls in a 7 hour shift. Now I'm in the day shift and getting about 6 calls a day. However, tomorrow is my last day of work as I'm going back to college and I feel quite sad but relieved to not have to get up at 5am to start at 8am. Also, on the work side of things I also have a telephone interview on Wednesday 26th August for the Sky call centre in Uddingston. I'm hoping to god that I get this as it would mean I would have a regular income and not have to saver every little penny of money I have earned over the last month. So please pray I get the job! On another note, I missed a week of work due to going a university course. This leads nicely (although maybe obviously) onto my next topic.
I had a week at the University of the West of Scotland. I was doing a course in TV Presenting. This was really, really fun. At the beginning we weren't very good at it as we had to do a piece to camera improvised. This was quite daunting as it was the first day and we were just thrown into it. However, it did show me the purpose and importance of a learned script. My last piece was my favourite. I was doing a piece on location that was like Most Haunted. Although mine was called Ghost Hunters. I enjoyed this part the most because my locations were excellent. My opening shot was me standing outside of a large building with boarded up windows. It was an excellent background for my opening shot. After we had finished filming this first shot we found a way inside. It was incredibly creepy and would have been perfect to film the rest of it in there. However, the lecturer said that he didn't want to do it in there as it may not have been very safe and there was pigeon shit all over the floor. It wasn't nice and I was sad that we couldn't film there but I understood where he was coming from. So we filmed the rest of my piece and I really enjoyed it. I could be much more creative with how the shots would look as I had a script and had learned it completely. When I watched it back I was really excited to see the final cut when they had edited it all. I have handed in the essays we had to do for it but I don't think I will pass but I'm not too bothered as I really just wanted the show reel to give to agents I try get work with. I'm happy with the end results and really glad I took part now. I also met some great people there and got to know some people from college better than I did before. However, the Saturday before I started university I got something done that I had wanted to do for a bit but wasn't too sure whether to get it.
I got my nipple pierced. It was nothing major as I had wanted it done and decided that I would get it done now as I really wanted it done. So on the Saturday I met my sister in town and we went to the Glasgow Piercing Studio to get it done. I wasn't nervous or scared despite being asked by my sister. So when the piercer came out she was talking to my sister, as they know each other. So we went through to the room to talk about what would be happening. There is a sign up saying that no one is allowed to come into the room with you unless you are under 16. However, Rachel (the piercer) allowed Claire (my sister) into the room because she knows her. She then asked if it would be ok realising that it was up to me but it didn't bother me. So we talked about what would happen and I signed some forms. We then went through to get it done. I lifted my top and mark the area for the needle to go through. At this point I was still pretty much unfazed by it all. She explained that I should take a deep breath when she tells me to and then release it when she said. So she got prepared and told me to take a deep breath. I did so. She then said to release it. I did so. It was at this point that she plunged a needle through my nipple. She then fiddled about with it and put the bar in. Within a minute it was done. Usually they would offer to freeze it and clamp it. However, I didn't get offered. To be honest though I would prefer not to have wasted time doing that cause it didn't hurt that much and any pain was bearable. So when it was all done Claire and Rachel sat and chatted for a bit and then I paid for the piercing. I was happy with everything and was glad that I had gotten it done. However, now I have been infected by the piercing bug. I now want my eyebrow pierced lol. I really want it done but I am waiting to see what job I get next as they may not be too happy about me having an eyebrow piercing and I would prefer the job to a piercing. So we'll see what comes of that.
As I said earlier, tomorrow is my last day in the National Pandemic Flu Service. This is because I am returning to college from the 31st August. I can't wait. But first I have my induction on the 26th, which I am really looking forward to. I can't wait to see everyone again. I am starting my HND year, which is quite scary, but I am very excited about it. I was a bit annoyed at the end of HNC as I was told that I was still giving "student performances". Now what they meant by this I don't know, as it was never explained to me and the fact is, I am a student. But this has spurred me on and I really want to try prove them wrong so I’ll work my arse off this year. Not that I haven't other years but this year I'm going to make a conscious effort to do so. I hope that they notice an improvement and they will be saying I am giving a "professional performance" soon. But only time will tell.
So that is all for now. I will post again next month. Hope everyone is ok (if many (or any) people read this lol).
Cheery bye!!
I had a week at the University of the West of Scotland. I was doing a course in TV Presenting. This was really, really fun. At the beginning we weren't very good at it as we had to do a piece to camera improvised. This was quite daunting as it was the first day and we were just thrown into it. However, it did show me the purpose and importance of a learned script. My last piece was my favourite. I was doing a piece on location that was like Most Haunted. Although mine was called Ghost Hunters. I enjoyed this part the most because my locations were excellent. My opening shot was me standing outside of a large building with boarded up windows. It was an excellent background for my opening shot. After we had finished filming this first shot we found a way inside. It was incredibly creepy and would have been perfect to film the rest of it in there. However, the lecturer said that he didn't want to do it in there as it may not have been very safe and there was pigeon shit all over the floor. It wasn't nice and I was sad that we couldn't film there but I understood where he was coming from. So we filmed the rest of my piece and I really enjoyed it. I could be much more creative with how the shots would look as I had a script and had learned it completely. When I watched it back I was really excited to see the final cut when they had edited it all. I have handed in the essays we had to do for it but I don't think I will pass but I'm not too bothered as I really just wanted the show reel to give to agents I try get work with. I'm happy with the end results and really glad I took part now. I also met some great people there and got to know some people from college better than I did before. However, the Saturday before I started university I got something done that I had wanted to do for a bit but wasn't too sure whether to get it.
I got my nipple pierced. It was nothing major as I had wanted it done and decided that I would get it done now as I really wanted it done. So on the Saturday I met my sister in town and we went to the Glasgow Piercing Studio to get it done. I wasn't nervous or scared despite being asked by my sister. So when the piercer came out she was talking to my sister, as they know each other. So we went through to the room to talk about what would be happening. There is a sign up saying that no one is allowed to come into the room with you unless you are under 16. However, Rachel (the piercer) allowed Claire (my sister) into the room because she knows her. She then asked if it would be ok realising that it was up to me but it didn't bother me. So we talked about what would happen and I signed some forms. We then went through to get it done. I lifted my top and mark the area for the needle to go through. At this point I was still pretty much unfazed by it all. She explained that I should take a deep breath when she tells me to and then release it when she said. So she got prepared and told me to take a deep breath. I did so. She then said to release it. I did so. It was at this point that she plunged a needle through my nipple. She then fiddled about with it and put the bar in. Within a minute it was done. Usually they would offer to freeze it and clamp it. However, I didn't get offered. To be honest though I would prefer not to have wasted time doing that cause it didn't hurt that much and any pain was bearable. So when it was all done Claire and Rachel sat and chatted for a bit and then I paid for the piercing. I was happy with everything and was glad that I had gotten it done. However, now I have been infected by the piercing bug. I now want my eyebrow pierced lol. I really want it done but I am waiting to see what job I get next as they may not be too happy about me having an eyebrow piercing and I would prefer the job to a piercing. So we'll see what comes of that.
As I said earlier, tomorrow is my last day in the National Pandemic Flu Service. This is because I am returning to college from the 31st August. I can't wait. But first I have my induction on the 26th, which I am really looking forward to. I can't wait to see everyone again. I am starting my HND year, which is quite scary, but I am very excited about it. I was a bit annoyed at the end of HNC as I was told that I was still giving "student performances". Now what they meant by this I don't know, as it was never explained to me and the fact is, I am a student. But this has spurred me on and I really want to try prove them wrong so I’ll work my arse off this year. Not that I haven't other years but this year I'm going to make a conscious effort to do so. I hope that they notice an improvement and they will be saying I am giving a "professional performance" soon. But only time will tell.
So that is all for now. I will post again next month. Hope everyone is ok (if many (or any) people read this lol).
Cheery bye!!
Saturday, 18 July 2009
Work (again), Hayfever (again), London and College!
Well, it has been over a month since I have posted. I would say a lot has happened but that would be lying slightly. I have been active, just not that active. Anyway, first of all I have an update on my work situation (or lack of, as was the situation). Well I am still unemployed BUT I have applied to 2 places who I know are looking for staff. The first place is The Black Bear beefeater place in Mount Vernon. I would really like to work there, as it seems a really nice place. I went up today to get an application form and the woman was really friendly, which was a great thing because I would rather not work in a place where the staff are as miserable as anything. However, maybe my first impression wasn't as good as hers as she asked me my age and I said "18". This is not the case as I am, in fact, 19! This was quite stupid of me but a similar thing has happened before: I was watching the TV and a competition came on to win a car and it said you had to be 17 or over to enter and I said "I wish I could enter" [Insert sad face], then it came to me, I AM 17, therefore I could enter; needless to say that I didn't enter, so therefore didn't win but the fact I could enter if I had wanted to was nice enough. Anyway, so The Black Bear is looking like a good place to work so I may be seeing some of you there (that, of course, is assuming you frequent there on occasions). The second place is The King's Park Hotel. They will be recruiting near the end of the month (or so they told me). This would be very handy in terms of location as it is about a 15 minutes walk from my house, so I would never be too far away and less likely to be late. Again the reception people all seemed nice enough and it also seems like a good place to work. However, I am a bit worried as some of my old High School teachers go there when they are having Christmas nights out. That is all I would need, all my old teachers going about drunk and telling me what they really thought of people and possibly me. It would be better if I were still at school and saw this as I could then blackmail them but c'est la vie. The good thing about both of them are that they are opened on Christmas day so I might get a Christmas shift, which means overtime, meaning more money! That would be good as I want a new camera as my current digital camera isn't that great and it eats batteries like it's nobodies business. It's not that great as a lot of my London photos are blurry but I couldn't tell that on the LCD screen so they are pretty much useless. I am hoping to get a really good camera with a rechargeable battery. That would be good but of course needs the money for it, which I don't have. Oh, and I also need the money to get a new phone contract. See, my current contract ends in about December and my dad (who foots the bill for it) is cancelling it so that means I now have to pick up the bill. So I have decided to go for the iPhone 3GS. So hopefully by the end of the year I will be working and have a nice new phone.
In other news, my Hayfever is being kept at bay. Some of you may not get this but my hayfever is a son of a bitch and usually ruins EVERY summer I have had. However, this year, not so much. When it was very warm outside and there was no air getting in our house at all it was bad but now it is fine. As long as I keep taking my tablets, everything is fine. I have tried new things this year so I am wondering if they have been paramount to it calming down. Irregardless, it is not making much of a fuss now, which meant that I was able to enjoy London SO much more than I did at points last time due to feeling like a train had crashed into my face and being on strong sedatives.
That leads very nicely (I wonder if I meant to do that, who knows, well I do) onto London. As I said this time was much better not only due to lack of hayfever but also because it just was. First I got to go to Harrods this year. Last year we tried going but we were on Oxford Street trying to find it when it is actually located in Knightsbridge. This was very handy for us this time round as we the "hotel" we were staying in was close to the Gloucester Road tube station, which has the Piccadilly line running through it and it's next stop is Knightsbridge. So I finally got to see what all the fuss was about. When I went in it shocked me. It was like your average, run-of-the-mill shopping store. It was like a palace. Each area was designed magnificently. My particular favourite was the Egyptian room. Also, they had a sale on. You would never have known it with some of the prices on items. I saw a watch that had the miniscule price of only £126,000. That is not much less than my house at the moment! Who the hell would pay that much for a watch? It was an okay looking watch but at the most I would pay £20 for it, not £126k. So we wondered about more. We went to the LG lounge. This was amazing. Small. But amazing. It had LG Renoir demos and the most amazing TV I have ever seen. It was a TV that showed things in 3D (what it was showing had to be filmed in 3D first of course) without the use of they very uncomfortable glasses. It wasn't so impressive up close because you could see the effects they use to make it 3D that is sorted when you have the glasses on. But when you stand back a bit you can see how impressive it is. There was no price tag funnily enough and to be honest I would rather not know the price for such technology. Also, they had a Sony Centre. This had my favourite thing in it. It was the Sony Rolly (I have just discovered that it was an MP3 player). This was moving about in a glass bowl. It was funny to see this as I am called Rolly by some friends and family because that is what either my gran or my great gran (on my mum's side) used to call my dad Rolly (his name is also Ronald) so this name has now been passed onto me. Before we left Harrods we decided that we should get something to drink from it. So I bought two bottles of water that were buy one get one free at only about 89p. This was the best bargain I had seen in the entire place. So I got my coveted Harrods bag. The next day we attempted to go see Madame Tussauds. However, the queue was massive so we decided to try again on the Monday before we left. So on the Sunday we went to visit my cousin Charlene, her husband James and their daughter Kayla. This was really good as the last time we went down to see them we didn't get to spend the whole day there as we had to go get our flight home. However, this time we stayed all day. We took Kayla to the park and had much fun there. I had to help Kayla climb up something and ended up on the top of the thing myself. I then slid down a pole to get down and then went on a zip wire just for the hell of it. There is photo evidence of this but I will not be releasing it as I don't want to. So then we went and got a Chinese take away and watched a programme about Michael Jackson (apparently he died, I don't know if anyone heard as it hasn't been reported much). So we left about 10pm and got the 40 minute train journey to Victoria station, in which we saw some random guy walking through the station in only his boxers and shoes. This was very surreal but didn't faze me as the previous night I had seen two guys dressed as Freddie Mercury. This was when we went to see Blood Brothers (this was my 4th time seeing it and my 3rd time seeing it in the West End). It was amazing. The best performance I have seen of it. It starred Niki Evans (from X Factor series 4, she was the one whose dad died and she found the X Factor application form in with his belongings). She was amazing at the part. She has a big powerful voice and she used it very well. The final song, Tell Me It's Not True, was the best I have ever heard it as Niki put so much emotion into but still had the power in her voice. This was the first time, that I remember anyway, that the crowd gave a standing ovation. I was really pleased for all the cast as they were all incredibly strong in their roles and it just cements my determination to become an actor as I see the sort of reaction you can receive if you work hard in your role. So on the final day tried Madame Tussauds again but the queue was still too long so we decided to not bother as we didn't want to have to rush through everything and then maybe have to rush to get our bags and then go to the airport. So we decided to just go get a Starbucks and then get our bags. Then we were off to the Airport to catch our flight home. The funny thing was that we flew down and back with easyJet, transferred from the airport to Fulham Broadway and then back on an easyBus and stayed in Kensington in the easyHotel. Everything was "easy" with this trip but the swines don't give any sort of discount for using so many of their services. But overall I really enjoyed my trip. Oh, we also went to the London Transport Museum, which was fun as we had to go through Covent Garden market to get there and there were men standing on podiums painted silver and standing like statues. I felt like going up and pushing them a bit or to try make them laugh but I didn't bother. My last point about London is that everyone rushes there and their are crowds everywhere, especially in Primark: you would have thought that they were going to stop selling clothes the way everyone was rushing about.
Lastly, I would like to talk about college. I am due to start back on 31st August. I can't wait. I am really excited to see what production we are doing. I am hoping that I get a role that I like unlike Jim Heeler who I really could have done without as I didn't like the character. But oh well, we will just have to wait and see. Before I go back to college though I will be attending a TV Presenting course from the 3rd - 8th August. I am looking forward to that as at the end you get a video reel of your performance to keep, which you can show others if you were trying to get a job in presenting. I feel like this will give me some excellent experience and will help open my horizons.
Oh, I forgot to mention that on Friday the 26th June, Kayla (college pal, lol) turned 21 and I was there at her party, which I was really happy about. I had a great night, even though I wasn't out that long. I spent most of the night chatting with Jenna about Lost and her latest mobile James T, which is a Blackberry. However, I regret to announce the sad passing of James T and mourn his loss. But I am sure Jenna will find a worthy replacement.
So I will say goodbye just now and hope to god that this gets posted because if it doesn't then I will be very unhappy as it has taken me about half a century to write it. So, until next time...
Sony Rolly: http://www.sony.co.uk/hub/rolly-dancing-mp3-player
In other news, my Hayfever is being kept at bay. Some of you may not get this but my hayfever is a son of a bitch and usually ruins EVERY summer I have had. However, this year, not so much. When it was very warm outside and there was no air getting in our house at all it was bad but now it is fine. As long as I keep taking my tablets, everything is fine. I have tried new things this year so I am wondering if they have been paramount to it calming down. Irregardless, it is not making much of a fuss now, which meant that I was able to enjoy London SO much more than I did at points last time due to feeling like a train had crashed into my face and being on strong sedatives.
That leads very nicely (I wonder if I meant to do that, who knows, well I do) onto London. As I said this time was much better not only due to lack of hayfever but also because it just was. First I got to go to Harrods this year. Last year we tried going but we were on Oxford Street trying to find it when it is actually located in Knightsbridge. This was very handy for us this time round as we the "hotel" we were staying in was close to the Gloucester Road tube station, which has the Piccadilly line running through it and it's next stop is Knightsbridge. So I finally got to see what all the fuss was about. When I went in it shocked me. It was like your average, run-of-the-mill shopping store. It was like a palace. Each area was designed magnificently. My particular favourite was the Egyptian room. Also, they had a sale on. You would never have known it with some of the prices on items. I saw a watch that had the miniscule price of only £126,000. That is not much less than my house at the moment! Who the hell would pay that much for a watch? It was an okay looking watch but at the most I would pay £20 for it, not £126k. So we wondered about more. We went to the LG lounge. This was amazing. Small. But amazing. It had LG Renoir demos and the most amazing TV I have ever seen. It was a TV that showed things in 3D (what it was showing had to be filmed in 3D first of course) without the use of they very uncomfortable glasses. It wasn't so impressive up close because you could see the effects they use to make it 3D that is sorted when you have the glasses on. But when you stand back a bit you can see how impressive it is. There was no price tag funnily enough and to be honest I would rather not know the price for such technology. Also, they had a Sony Centre. This had my favourite thing in it. It was the Sony Rolly (I have just discovered that it was an MP3 player). This was moving about in a glass bowl. It was funny to see this as I am called Rolly by some friends and family because that is what either my gran or my great gran (on my mum's side) used to call my dad Rolly (his name is also Ronald) so this name has now been passed onto me. Before we left Harrods we decided that we should get something to drink from it. So I bought two bottles of water that were buy one get one free at only about 89p. This was the best bargain I had seen in the entire place. So I got my coveted Harrods bag. The next day we attempted to go see Madame Tussauds. However, the queue was massive so we decided to try again on the Monday before we left. So on the Sunday we went to visit my cousin Charlene, her husband James and their daughter Kayla. This was really good as the last time we went down to see them we didn't get to spend the whole day there as we had to go get our flight home. However, this time we stayed all day. We took Kayla to the park and had much fun there. I had to help Kayla climb up something and ended up on the top of the thing myself. I then slid down a pole to get down and then went on a zip wire just for the hell of it. There is photo evidence of this but I will not be releasing it as I don't want to. So then we went and got a Chinese take away and watched a programme about Michael Jackson (apparently he died, I don't know if anyone heard as it hasn't been reported much). So we left about 10pm and got the 40 minute train journey to Victoria station, in which we saw some random guy walking through the station in only his boxers and shoes. This was very surreal but didn't faze me as the previous night I had seen two guys dressed as Freddie Mercury. This was when we went to see Blood Brothers (this was my 4th time seeing it and my 3rd time seeing it in the West End). It was amazing. The best performance I have seen of it. It starred Niki Evans (from X Factor series 4, she was the one whose dad died and she found the X Factor application form in with his belongings). She was amazing at the part. She has a big powerful voice and she used it very well. The final song, Tell Me It's Not True, was the best I have ever heard it as Niki put so much emotion into but still had the power in her voice. This was the first time, that I remember anyway, that the crowd gave a standing ovation. I was really pleased for all the cast as they were all incredibly strong in their roles and it just cements my determination to become an actor as I see the sort of reaction you can receive if you work hard in your role. So on the final day tried Madame Tussauds again but the queue was still too long so we decided to not bother as we didn't want to have to rush through everything and then maybe have to rush to get our bags and then go to the airport. So we decided to just go get a Starbucks and then get our bags. Then we were off to the Airport to catch our flight home. The funny thing was that we flew down and back with easyJet, transferred from the airport to Fulham Broadway and then back on an easyBus and stayed in Kensington in the easyHotel. Everything was "easy" with this trip but the swines don't give any sort of discount for using so many of their services. But overall I really enjoyed my trip. Oh, we also went to the London Transport Museum, which was fun as we had to go through Covent Garden market to get there and there were men standing on podiums painted silver and standing like statues. I felt like going up and pushing them a bit or to try make them laugh but I didn't bother. My last point about London is that everyone rushes there and their are crowds everywhere, especially in Primark: you would have thought that they were going to stop selling clothes the way everyone was rushing about.
Lastly, I would like to talk about college. I am due to start back on 31st August. I can't wait. I am really excited to see what production we are doing. I am hoping that I get a role that I like unlike Jim Heeler who I really could have done without as I didn't like the character. But oh well, we will just have to wait and see. Before I go back to college though I will be attending a TV Presenting course from the 3rd - 8th August. I am looking forward to that as at the end you get a video reel of your performance to keep, which you can show others if you were trying to get a job in presenting. I feel like this will give me some excellent experience and will help open my horizons.
Oh, I forgot to mention that on Friday the 26th June, Kayla (college pal, lol) turned 21 and I was there at her party, which I was really happy about. I had a great night, even though I wasn't out that long. I spent most of the night chatting with Jenna about Lost and her latest mobile James T, which is a Blackberry. However, I regret to announce the sad passing of James T and mourn his loss. But I am sure Jenna will find a worthy replacement.
So I will say goodbye just now and hope to god that this gets posted because if it doesn't then I will be very unhappy as it has taken me about half a century to write it. So, until next time...
Sony Rolly: http://www.sony.co.uk/hub/rolly-dancing-mp3-player
Wednesday, 10 June 2009
Summer Holidays, Hayfever, Work and The Sims!
Well, that's me on my Summer Holidays (not officially but this week is only remediation, of which I have nothing to take part in) and to be honest it's been ok so far. I have been playing Sims 3 a lot, which has helped take the edge off those long days of mostly doing nothing. I am quite far on in it. So far I have created myself, gotten married, had a child, gotten to the top level of my career, had my baby grow to a toddler then to a child then to a teenager then to a young adult and she is now in the Law Enforcement Career, which I'm sure I (my Sims me) or my wife am not happy about I am the Emporer of Evil and my wife is a Thief. Anyway, so my wife died and everyone was sad but then my daughter was given an offer of resurrecting my wife. Naturally we took the lab that gave the offer, up on it as we want our wife and mother back. However, it didn't go as well as expected. She is back but she is in ghost form :S not the greatest thing that could have happened but I believe we can work round it. Anyway, we were living in a floor house with only one bedroom, which I then added a bedroom in the upstairs so there was space. This extension only cost a couple of thousand § (Simoleons), which I was glad of as we were still quite poor at this stage. However, we started to make more and more money as me and my wife moved up through our careers and then I decided we needed to move so naturally I evicted a family from their house because it was the one I wanted, which is fair seeing as you can only have one active household. So we are now in this amazing house, which I think I'm in love with as it is the type of house I want when I can afford one (but doubt I'll ever get ;( - oh, well). So the family are now in this new house and I'm hoping to my daughter will move out soon and start having her own life because she is forever getting in my way haha. I have also noticed that the real me and my Sims me have something in common in that we both eat cereal a lot.
However, my Sims 3 experience is being slightly hampered by my hayfever, which has reared its ugly head once more and causing me months of displeasure. I must say that near the beginning of the hayfever season I was fine with very little symptoms, which is unusual for me, but this time was different and I was extremely happy. However, my being happy soon ran out when it started to get very bad, very quickly. I feel that it ruins my summer, which I was hoping that I could enjoy due to it not being as bad at the start. However, I have a new hope as this morning I received a little parcel from a certain Pharmacy company that contained a gadget that you stick up your nose and uses light therapy to stop cells producing histamine which is causing my eyes to nip. This could help me enjoy my summer. This as well as the ioniser I am hoping to receive tomorrow from aforementioned company. This will help get rid of any pollen in the air in my room and may also help me get a better sleep (this is not high up on my list of priorities right now as I get a fairly good sleep but find I go to bed at 12 and wake up at 9 and will still be tired because I haven't had a good sleep). So I'm hoping to god that these combined with my tablets and my nasal spray which I suppose I should use even though it occasionally gives me the most putrid taste in my mouth when I stupidly put my head back and the spray goes into my mouth. It's not nice but if it would help then I'm willing to take on the taste for the sake of not sneezing.
I really hope this will work because I am wanting to work and I don't believe I would be able to if I had my hayfever badly. I would rather not go into work with eyes red and nose running and generally looking like I am coming down from being high on something. That is another sore point, work. The fact is I have none. I am genuinely wanting to work but will anyone hire me, no! Why? Because I don't have experience, that's why! What I would like to know is how I am expected to get experience when no one will hire me because I have no experience. It baffles the brain. Maybe also because I'm 19 with no experience. Well I say 'no' experience, I had a job over Christmas in Glasgow City Centre which was not the most amount of fun but I am very greatful for the chance as it meant I earned money that I could then spend. But now I am relying on my parents for money. I am not able to buy anything and when I do it has to be something I really need/want otherwise I say to myself that I will have to wait. This is intensified by the fact I am going to London in July and need spending money but currently only have about £75. Well I have £46 on the way from a post office account and I am hoping to god that I get my tax rebate, which, if I do, will give me enough money for London. It is booked, so therefore I am going but I would like to make sure that I am comfortable down there and have money for food. I hope not to rely on my overdraft which, of course, is there if I need it but I would really rather not use it. I can't wait to go to London if I have enough money or not because I really enjoy being there and find it so much fun just travelling about. I am hoping to go see Woman in Black whilst I'm there. I seen it when the touring company came to Glasgow but I expect a West End version to be of excellent quality.
Anyway, that is my update so far. It has been quite a long post but I just wanted to get all this down as I have nothing better to do and it is always nice to come back to it and see things I have done in the past that I have forgotten (however, it might not be viewed in the future if I forget about the blog as well :S).
Byeeeee
However, my Sims 3 experience is being slightly hampered by my hayfever, which has reared its ugly head once more and causing me months of displeasure. I must say that near the beginning of the hayfever season I was fine with very little symptoms, which is unusual for me, but this time was different and I was extremely happy. However, my being happy soon ran out when it started to get very bad, very quickly. I feel that it ruins my summer, which I was hoping that I could enjoy due to it not being as bad at the start. However, I have a new hope as this morning I received a little parcel from a certain Pharmacy company that contained a gadget that you stick up your nose and uses light therapy to stop cells producing histamine which is causing my eyes to nip. This could help me enjoy my summer. This as well as the ioniser I am hoping to receive tomorrow from aforementioned company. This will help get rid of any pollen in the air in my room and may also help me get a better sleep (this is not high up on my list of priorities right now as I get a fairly good sleep but find I go to bed at 12 and wake up at 9 and will still be tired because I haven't had a good sleep). So I'm hoping to god that these combined with my tablets and my nasal spray which I suppose I should use even though it occasionally gives me the most putrid taste in my mouth when I stupidly put my head back and the spray goes into my mouth. It's not nice but if it would help then I'm willing to take on the taste for the sake of not sneezing.
I really hope this will work because I am wanting to work and I don't believe I would be able to if I had my hayfever badly. I would rather not go into work with eyes red and nose running and generally looking like I am coming down from being high on something. That is another sore point, work. The fact is I have none. I am genuinely wanting to work but will anyone hire me, no! Why? Because I don't have experience, that's why! What I would like to know is how I am expected to get experience when no one will hire me because I have no experience. It baffles the brain. Maybe also because I'm 19 with no experience. Well I say 'no' experience, I had a job over Christmas in Glasgow City Centre which was not the most amount of fun but I am very greatful for the chance as it meant I earned money that I could then spend. But now I am relying on my parents for money. I am not able to buy anything and when I do it has to be something I really need/want otherwise I say to myself that I will have to wait. This is intensified by the fact I am going to London in July and need spending money but currently only have about £75. Well I have £46 on the way from a post office account and I am hoping to god that I get my tax rebate, which, if I do, will give me enough money for London. It is booked, so therefore I am going but I would like to make sure that I am comfortable down there and have money for food. I hope not to rely on my overdraft which, of course, is there if I need it but I would really rather not use it. I can't wait to go to London if I have enough money or not because I really enjoy being there and find it so much fun just travelling about. I am hoping to go see Woman in Black whilst I'm there. I seen it when the touring company came to Glasgow but I expect a West End version to be of excellent quality.
Anyway, that is my update so far. It has been quite a long post but I just wanted to get all this down as I have nothing better to do and it is always nice to come back to it and see things I have done in the past that I have forgotten (however, it might not be viewed in the future if I forget about the blog as well :S).
Byeeeee
Thursday, 21 May 2009
HND
I'm scared for tomorrow.
See, we find out whether or not we make it into HND. I'm confident about getting in but at the same time I have a bit of doubt.
However, I just want to find out now and if I do get in, find out who will be in the class with me.
It's a shame they are only having one class bit at least it will have mostly people who work hard and have good attendance which means it will be easier to rely on them during production.
Well wish me luck for tomorrow.
Byebye
Thursday, 9 April 2009
First Post
This is my first post in my new blog. I am hoping to use this to keep track of my daily activities. This is quite a private blog mostly for myself.
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