It's been a while since my last post.....
the only big changes within my life is that I got a new job in October, working at HMV Oxford as a sales assistant, I was then moved to the stockroom and worked as a stockroom assistant/ Then after being handed the responsibility of organising the january sale stock, which I might add is a lot! Management was impressed by my organisation skills and I was then promoted to Cashier of HMV. They also let me either work in the stockroom or on the shopfloor when I finnished cashing up. I look after all the money we make and have to make sure it gets to the bank alright. It's a big responsibilty, as so Im told everyday, but someone has to do it. Im one of the few employees at HMV who can work anywhere.
On top of all that, I'm currently in the process of getting a show on the way. I've nearly got the venue sorted, I've got the rights to the play and I'm going to audition people soon. So that'd be fun. Hopefully the play will be ready by mid-july which is when I've hired out the venue.
So.....................
Yeah................
that's the last few months summed up in two paragraphs. I have done loads more but there isn't really any point saying. I may say in my next post if I feel up to it but right now, I don't give a flyng monkeys. So....so....so.....
Seeya.
xxx
Wednesday, 16 April 2008
Wednesday, 29 August 2007
Edinburgh Fringe...Fringing Awesome!
This blog is a bit late but I'm still writing it.
I returned from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival after performing in it for 7 days with people from the Cherwell School. We stayed there for 10 days but only performed for 7, but still, 7's a lot. I performed, if you don't know and I haven't already said, in a play called Red Demon by Hideki Noda. It's a Japanese parable in which an outsider is washed up on the shore of a village; the villagers see this outsider as a stae beast, due to it's appearance. They mistreat it and end up sentencing it to death due to it being an outsider. The play was pretty racist but it was not as bad as it seemed, it involved some elegant and stunning movements involving tai-chi and tai-chi fanwork. We got 5 star reviews from friends and members of the public and a 4 star review from an actual journalist, which is pretty cool!
While not performing we advertised in Waverley Gardens just below the Scot Monument; we performed tai-chi movements in the park which attracted 100's if not 1000's of spectators, however, as awesome we looked not everyone came to the show, but still, we had over 50% of the venue filled out everyday, which is pretty good for first time performers at the fringe.
When we weren't performing or advertising, we went and saw pieces of theatre; some were awesome, some were good and one was bad. The first piece I saw was a piece called State of Matter which invloved 8 guys dancing around performing awesome stunts, it was pretty cool. When we bought our tickets we only had 5 mins to get from the fring box office to the Zoo venue, which was at least half a mile away, so we legged it there. I hadn't run that much in that short amount of time in ages, I got my first stich in ages, but we still made it!
Another piece we saw was a piece of awe-inspiring theatre called Fuerzabruta. This was literally the best piece of theatre I have ever seen. It was like a mini rave adn theatre mixed together; our senses were constantly bombarded, in a good way, no, in an awesome way!by the end of it, we walked out completely soaked, that was mainlly because we were told to stand in the middle in order to get the best view, and we did and we were drenched; but the piece was so awesome it didn't matter, it made us all that much happier! At the end everyone was dancing around to the amaizing music, I was dancing/jumping with everyone else. I somehow found myself with my arm around one of the performers jumping around with him, it was the best show I've ever seen and experienced, I would go back and see it in a heartbeat!
When we had to leave, everyone was sad, no one wanted to leave. We had so much fun with each other, we were so happy with one another. Before we left for Edinburgh, I didn't really know the cast, I knew all the people my age and the main characters and one or two year 12's but after Edinburgh, I feel like I've known everyone for years, because we've had so much fun together and went through such an experience together. I would gladly drop everything if I had the opportunity to go through it all over again.
And that's where I'm finnishing this blog, another will e posted as soon as I feel like it, or when I have time.
Seeya, Thom
I returned from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival after performing in it for 7 days with people from the Cherwell School. We stayed there for 10 days but only performed for 7, but still, 7's a lot. I performed, if you don't know and I haven't already said, in a play called Red Demon by Hideki Noda. It's a Japanese parable in which an outsider is washed up on the shore of a village; the villagers see this outsider as a stae beast, due to it's appearance. They mistreat it and end up sentencing it to death due to it being an outsider. The play was pretty racist but it was not as bad as it seemed, it involved some elegant and stunning movements involving tai-chi and tai-chi fanwork. We got 5 star reviews from friends and members of the public and a 4 star review from an actual journalist, which is pretty cool!
While not performing we advertised in Waverley Gardens just below the Scot Monument; we performed tai-chi movements in the park which attracted 100's if not 1000's of spectators, however, as awesome we looked not everyone came to the show, but still, we had over 50% of the venue filled out everyday, which is pretty good for first time performers at the fringe.
When we weren't performing or advertising, we went and saw pieces of theatre; some were awesome, some were good and one was bad. The first piece I saw was a piece called State of Matter which invloved 8 guys dancing around performing awesome stunts, it was pretty cool. When we bought our tickets we only had 5 mins to get from the fring box office to the Zoo venue, which was at least half a mile away, so we legged it there. I hadn't run that much in that short amount of time in ages, I got my first stich in ages, but we still made it!
Another piece we saw was a piece of awe-inspiring theatre called Fuerzabruta. This was literally the best piece of theatre I have ever seen. It was like a mini rave adn theatre mixed together; our senses were constantly bombarded, in a good way, no, in an awesome way!by the end of it, we walked out completely soaked, that was mainlly because we were told to stand in the middle in order to get the best view, and we did and we were drenched; but the piece was so awesome it didn't matter, it made us all that much happier! At the end everyone was dancing around to the amaizing music, I was dancing/jumping with everyone else. I somehow found myself with my arm around one of the performers jumping around with him, it was the best show I've ever seen and experienced, I would go back and see it in a heartbeat!
When we had to leave, everyone was sad, no one wanted to leave. We had so much fun with each other, we were so happy with one another. Before we left for Edinburgh, I didn't really know the cast, I knew all the people my age and the main characters and one or two year 12's but after Edinburgh, I feel like I've known everyone for years, because we've had so much fun together and went through such an experience together. I would gladly drop everything if I had the opportunity to go through it all over again.
And that's where I'm finnishing this blog, another will e posted as soon as I feel like it, or when I have time.
Seeya, Thom
Monday, 2 July 2007
End of School and new job
Hey there, this is my first ever blog entry and let me just say I can't be bothered to write a really long one, if I do then woop-de-doo for me.
Anyway, back to the subject at hand... END OF SCHOOL! Well, I finnished school about a month ago, give or take a week, I don't know, can't remember. But Yeah, NO MORE SCHOOL FOR ME!!!! WOO! I did my last exam about two weeks ago, Theatre Studies, and it went alright, Im not gonna say it went well or it was awsome because that would jinx it and I would get a crappy mark, so shh! After the exam, My friends, Josh (Jan), Joel, Toby and myself got a wee bit drunk on Frideswide field, just to celebrate, that was awesome. Joe than came along and got a bit tipsy, we then cycled to Ralph (Reg)'s house. Whilst cycling there, Joe, SOMEHOW, had an accident, he fell off his bike and bent the front wheel. He was fine, just a bit dizzy.
We then went into town for a party at Thirst, by this time we had sobered up. However, an hour, or two, people without I.D were kicked out. I had I.D but went with the people who didn't, jsut incase they wanted to buy alcoholc drinks and needed someone with I.D. So I left the main party and went with them, out of kindness and generosity, because I'm like that. Anyway, we had a good time travelling from pub to pub untill we finnaly settled at the Turl, we spent about two hours there, talking, drinking, and playing pool, t'was good. Then we left for home.
A week later, and two or three more parties later, I'm now working, right now, while I'm writing this blog; I'm working in my Dad's office as an office clerk, getting paid £5 an hour, which is quite good, I think. I've been doing conveyancing, photocopying, banking, mailing, and other things; it's hard but at least I'm getting paid for it.
Better get back to work, I'll post some more stuff later, Seeya.
Anyway, back to the subject at hand... END OF SCHOOL! Well, I finnished school about a month ago, give or take a week, I don't know, can't remember. But Yeah, NO MORE SCHOOL FOR ME!!!! WOO! I did my last exam about two weeks ago, Theatre Studies, and it went alright, Im not gonna say it went well or it was awsome because that would jinx it and I would get a crappy mark, so shh! After the exam, My friends, Josh (Jan), Joel, Toby and myself got a wee bit drunk on Frideswide field, just to celebrate, that was awesome. Joe than came along and got a bit tipsy, we then cycled to Ralph (Reg)'s house. Whilst cycling there, Joe, SOMEHOW, had an accident, he fell off his bike and bent the front wheel. He was fine, just a bit dizzy.
We then went into town for a party at Thirst, by this time we had sobered up. However, an hour, or two, people without I.D were kicked out. I had I.D but went with the people who didn't, jsut incase they wanted to buy alcoholc drinks and needed someone with I.D. So I left the main party and went with them, out of kindness and generosity, because I'm like that. Anyway, we had a good time travelling from pub to pub untill we finnaly settled at the Turl, we spent about two hours there, talking, drinking, and playing pool, t'was good. Then we left for home.
A week later, and two or three more parties later, I'm now working, right now, while I'm writing this blog; I'm working in my Dad's office as an office clerk, getting paid £5 an hour, which is quite good, I think. I've been doing conveyancing, photocopying, banking, mailing, and other things; it's hard but at least I'm getting paid for it.
Better get back to work, I'll post some more stuff later, Seeya.
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