Writing
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If you see Sid, tell him the future’s broken
Our phone line’s gone but it’s going to take BT a week to get round to fixing it. This is the future!?
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UK gig ticket alert service wanted
I want a service that emails me when a band I like are playing near me.
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The Method Studio Intensive Summer School, part 3
The course is over. A busy week of practicing our scenes but I think I maybe, just about, cracked it.
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The Method Studio Intensive Summer School, part 2
Half-way through the course and it’s been a mixture of mini emotional crises and a lot of fun.
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The Method Studio Intensive Summer School
I’m three days into a two week acting course, and it’s proving hard work.
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I got in
I’ve been accepted for the City Lit’s one-day-a-week, one-year drama foundation course, although not the day I hoped for.
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Slimming for August
I’m going to unsub from one RSS feed a day for the month of August.
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My first audition
Last week I had my first audition, for a place on the City Lit acting foundation course.
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Moving photos
I’ve moved all 500 or so of my old photos that were on my personal site over to Flickr. A laborious process.
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Technical Voice Production
I need to make my voice stronger for performing, but something didn’t quite click for with this class, and I still need to work on it.
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Ways Into Text
I’ve been spending my Saturday afternoons doing this class for the past six months, and it’s been surprisingly emotional.
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I’m OK too
I’m OK. You OK?
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Acting through improvisation
Last term I did a fun improvisation class.
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Working on evnt
I did some IA/design work on evnt a while back and it became visible a month ago. I’m a bit behind.
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Nice chart of my MP3s over time
I did a chart of what years my MP3s originate from.
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Royal Society of Chemistry’s new website
I built the templates for the Royal Society of Chemistry’s new website, which recently launched.
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‘An Actor Prepares’ by Constantin Stanislavski
Because I’m usually immersed in web stuff, it’s interesting to read a text whose ideas…
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The endless musical relay race
Dan Hill passed the musical baton on to me, an excuse to waffle about music I like. How could I refuse.
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Introduction to acting
I really enjoyed some of the Introduction to Acting classes I did last year. But some of it was excruciatingly difficult.
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The cast
I’ve been pleasantly surprised by the kinds of people in my acting classes - no overly-excitable, precious wannabes, desperate to become famous.
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Lorca: A Dream of Life by Leslie Stanton
I scanned a couple of biographies of Federico Garcia Lorca to look for information about Blood…
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Classic travel
Paul Theroux on why he travels, and Levi-Strauss’s definition of “mana”.
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Europa and Hackensack
The sadness of two “boy loses childhood girlfriend who then becomes famous and successful” songs.
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Royal Mail spam
I like the Royal Mail a little bit less every time it shoves its junk mail through our letter box.
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Acting classes
Last year I began taking a few acting classes. This is why.