Someone please let everyone know Freshers Week (Welcome Week, officially) is over. Since Monday I've wanted to go to sleep at about 10.30pm, which I regard as an early night compared to most nights being somewhere between midnight and 1am. Monday, I forgot it was my flatmate's birthday this week so we planned to go out to Gatecrasher. I engaged in the pre-games but then realised how tired I was and slipped away to my room when everyone had gone. No 10.30 sleep. Tuesday night was probably my fault because I just stayed up on Facebook and Youtube, browsing nothingness. Wednesday was a certain in my head because I planned out everything I needed to do and was ready to go to sleep at half 10. The problem was, one of my flatmates decided to hold pre-games for her tennis team's night out. They left at about 11.30pm, leaving a lovely mess I briefly tidied then proceeded to sleep at just gone midnight. Thursday didn't happen because I went out for a meal with my boyfriend and we stayed up a bit longer playing Articulate (best game in the world ever) and I eventually fell asleep at about half past midnight. Last night I was determined! I would finally get my 10.30pm sleep. It didn't happen. Due to an extremely busy and stressful week, my eyes grew heavy at about 8pm. Deciding there was no point browsing nothingness or getting any work done, I got ready for bed and shut my eyes at about 10 past. At quarter past, just when I had drifted into near-sleep-state, one of my flatmates made a loud noise. This wasn't intentionally to wake me up, it just happened that there was a bunch of them in the kitchen waiting to go down to the Hub, I assume to play a game or two of pool. Then my phone rang. Then I got a text. I rebelled and stayed up past midnight again. Bad times.
The moral of that story is: you should probably come to University armed with earplugs or if you end up with considerate flatmates, appreciate it like its the last thing on earth you'll receive.
Another thing to warn aspiring Uni folk is about the noise around halls. It's common sense that if you live in a densely populated area it's going to have some kind of noise. TC (Tennis Court) has noise in the form of large groups of boys chanting various songs about either TC or Mason (our rivals across the road) and several (and I mean the LOTS kind of several) groups of people waiting for taxis in the car park outside the window. They don't wait quietly, for sure. Last week, when the snow was still abundant, I had to shut my window with a little bit of anger as I had just drifted off to sleep when a snowball hit the glass with some force, waking me up. They got the message. Unfortunately, people who 'get the message' are few and far between in halls. It generally works on a majority vote. If one person is going to sleep, that person is insignificant. Obviously this isn't a valid general rule. I most definitely take into consideration if one of my flatmates wants an early night and I'm still awake. It's just basic politeness.
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Saturday, 23 January 2010
Saturday, 5 December 2009
Week 10: Sleep, Work, Jedward, Jamie Afro, Equus
Pretty much all through this week I have been in a fowl mood. I have too much work to do and have somehow managed to put off doing most of it. Don't believe what the student representatives say: University is not all about going out and procrastinating! It is harrrd work. Emerging from the week of no spare time, I thought I'd feel much better and have no problem about getting my work done. It turns out that isn't true. I tried to do work but managed to keep on putting it off half an hour at a time. That is a very bad idea because even if by the end of the night no work is done, the relaxation you would normally feel after a night off is not felt due to the dark cloud of work hanging over. I've come to realise that a day is either a work day or a day off.
Yesterday I managed to get down to work and complete the Technical Rehearsal Project (basically: an essay explaining what the technical rehearsal is and who does what) for the costume allocation (see previous posts for more details). I did have an invite to go out for a drink with the person I may be living with next year. I told myself that I would only go out if I finished all the work I needed to do. I did finish the work but settled for the reward of getting into bed at 10pm, watching some ice hockey and the backstage footage from the new Stereophonics album and chatting to my friends from home on msn. I proceeded to have the best sleep in the entire world ever, infinity plus one. In the morning I woke up thinking it must be the afternoon already but found it was infact 10am. Such a lovely time to wake up. Not too early, not too late, the whole day ahead of you if you get up straight away. I even cleaned the fridge before breakfast!
One thing I forgot to mention last week was X Factor Tuesdays at the Guild. The Guild of Students has managed to book three of the X Factor's finalists to play at the Underground. Jamie 'Afro' Archer played in Tuesday of Week 9, Jon and Edward played Tuesday of Week 10 and next week the Guild is host to Lloyd. I bought a £12 ticket that allowed me entry to all three weeks. It's £5 for a single ticket. On the night, the act plays three or four songs then there's a chance to meet them in a private room in the Guild. For Jedward, there was a photographer already in place to speed things along. For Jamie, fans could take their own pictures and get his autograph. You can imagine what the demand was like for Jedward!
I promised one of my coursemates that I'd go and see him in Article 19's (a University of Birmingham society) production of Equus. I also knew the director from doing the costume for Vinegar Tom so I was intrigued. On top of that, Equus is my favourite play. When I was in year twelve, I had to do an exam about it so went to see it with my classmates. It was so good that I bought two tickets for me and my brother to see it again a mere week later. Having seen the official touring production, Article 19 had high standards to meet. They most definitely met them. I was very impressed! It was performed in the Deb Hall, above Joe's Bar in the Guild and the whole team managed to transform the space into something pretty awesome. The acting was above par, for sure.
Yesterday I managed to get down to work and complete the Technical Rehearsal Project (basically: an essay explaining what the technical rehearsal is and who does what) for the costume allocation (see previous posts for more details). I did have an invite to go out for a drink with the person I may be living with next year. I told myself that I would only go out if I finished all the work I needed to do. I did finish the work but settled for the reward of getting into bed at 10pm, watching some ice hockey and the backstage footage from the new Stereophonics album and chatting to my friends from home on msn. I proceeded to have the best sleep in the entire world ever, infinity plus one. In the morning I woke up thinking it must be the afternoon already but found it was infact 10am. Such a lovely time to wake up. Not too early, not too late, the whole day ahead of you if you get up straight away. I even cleaned the fridge before breakfast!
One thing I forgot to mention last week was X Factor Tuesdays at the Guild. The Guild of Students has managed to book three of the X Factor's finalists to play at the Underground. Jamie 'Afro' Archer played in Tuesday of Week 9, Jon and Edward played Tuesday of Week 10 and next week the Guild is host to Lloyd. I bought a £12 ticket that allowed me entry to all three weeks. It's £5 for a single ticket. On the night, the act plays three or four songs then there's a chance to meet them in a private room in the Guild. For Jedward, there was a photographer already in place to speed things along. For Jamie, fans could take their own pictures and get his autograph. You can imagine what the demand was like for Jedward!
I promised one of my coursemates that I'd go and see him in Article 19's (a University of Birmingham society) production of Equus. I also knew the director from doing the costume for Vinegar Tom so I was intrigued. On top of that, Equus is my favourite play. When I was in year twelve, I had to do an exam about it so went to see it with my classmates. It was so good that I bought two tickets for me and my brother to see it again a mere week later. Having seen the official touring production, Article 19 had high standards to meet. They most definitely met them. I was very impressed! It was performed in the Deb Hall, above Joe's Bar in the Guild and the whole team managed to transform the space into something pretty awesome. The acting was above par, for sure.
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