Magic Things and Butterfly Wings...

People are strange. Just generally speaking. Most people should realise how strange they are, and have realised how strange they are by now, myself included. This thought popped into my mind as I was catching the train into the city to meet up with ice cream (for a productive op shop and very sophisticated lunch). I just think it's odd that we crave constant attention from other people, we need relationships, we need each other, and yet we push each other away all the time. On the train, people go straight to the empty seating section so that there is one person in each four-seater, all on their own. And everyone seems to be constantly weary of everyone else. If one person is speaking too loudly, or making conversation with a stranger, we strike them as odd and keep away. We put our earphones in or lift our book up and try to make ourselves as invisible as possible until our stop finally arrives and we can hurry off the train once more, only finally coming out of the 'public transport shell' when we are amoung those we are comfortable with. Just a thought. Just the strange way we live.

I saw Alice in Wonderland yesterday, and loved it. I understand why some people are disappointed with is but I can just not possibly be disappointed with anything Tim Burton does. Johnny Depp was as brilliant as ever, along with all the other members of the cast (cheshire cat had to be a favourite character for me) and it was simply great. On an added note, I think I am quite addicted to Danny Elfman's music. Odd, I know, as he mostly does movie tracks but it's just so magical and unique. I bought the album, as well as the album to the movie Coraline which has some great music in it by Bruno Coulais.

I was contemplating a well-known question the other day and I decided to pose it to any of you who are interested. It's the old "If you could invite three famous people to dinner, who would they be" question. I couldn't quite decided with mine. I figured: Julie Andrews, Stephen Sondheim, and either Tim Burton, JK Rowling or Terry Pratchett. I couldn't make up my mind.

So if any of you want to answer, go ahead in the comment section, just for the fun of it. I'm sure you have some interesting ones.

Busy Busy Busy and a little bit more Busy

It's blog time!

Sorry for the wait, I have been quite busy and that's not just an excuse, it's the truth. So busy that I have not written a chapter of my book in a few days!! Here's what's been occupying my time:

Work: I had two days of work with CPCA which was strange considering for so many years I was one of the little kids coming in for a t-shirt and bag. You may have guessed I was on t-shirt sales. I wouldn't say it was fun, but it was fine, and money's money right? I also had a night shift at work which went nice and quickly.

YABC: had another session on friday which was good fun. We're being taught tap by an original tap-dog (!!!) and Polka and I had a good chat to him after class just about the industry. We seem to be having these conversations a lot at the moment, all about what we should be prepared for, whether to go to WAAPA or NIDA or VCA or do short courses... it goes on and on and on. Who knows if we're making the right choices? Anyway, we learnt some more of Turkey Lurkey and that song is starting to grow on me.

Classes: started Tap on saturday with the more advanced girls. I was a bit out of my league and I felt quite frustrated that my tap education had been so patchy. Also, I started to wish that there were classes for people like me who are starting things late but want to get to a high level. If I want to start from scratch, I'm with either the very very little kids or the middle-aged people who do it just for fun. So, as neither of these classes are right, I am time and time again the worst girl in class struggling to do those wings! But you have to start somewhere, right? Despite my complaining, I did enjoy tap (the bits that I could do anyway).

Auditions: I had my Spelling Bee audition on sunday (which made me miss the YABC workshop and therefore a good chunk the dances, as well as solo auditions!!) which went really well. I ended up singing 'Two Peas in a Pod' from 'Grey Gardens' and 'Unusual Way' from 'Nine'. I also did my monologue from the YABC drama workshop and they seemed to enjoy it! I got a call yesterday saying I have a callback for two of the roles on thursday so fingers crossed :)

Movies: Went and saw 'The Blind Side' with dracula (whose codename is still not totally permanent) and enjoyed it. It was a good movie and it was nice to see dracula again after a very long gap.

So there you have it. This is why I have been terribly busy.

OH. Also wanted to recommend some good books to you. I've been a long time fan of Terry Pratchett, but have recently discovered Neil Gaimon. They both wrote a book together called 'Good Omens' which is fantastic. So go get some books by these two brilliant authors! They're very funny and their stories are incredibly unique, so off you go!

On another note, I'm seeing Alice in Wonderland this weekend and am absolutely dying of excitement. I cannot wait. Tim Burton + Johnny Depp + Helena Bonham Carter + Anne Hathaway + classic story = very happy Emily. (brilliant math skills? I think so.)

Well that's all from me for now!