27th June

JORDANA IS COMING ON MONDAY! Eeeeeeeeee.

XD I'm so excited I don't think there are even words to describe it. We're going to drive down to London (Gatwick) tomorrow afternoon so we have time to rest before picking her up, and then get to the airport for 5:30am. :D Then we've got a lovely long drive back to Derby in the rush hours traffic, haha. But, WHO CARES?! It's going to be so AWESOME it won't even matter!

Holy Jesus. It's all I can think about.

I'm going out tonight to Danni's birthday party. We went into town dancing for her birthday in May, and we're going to the British Legion for a proper party tonight. It's going to be good, though I won't be drinking because I only have a fiver left of my money. Oops!

Ah well, that's probably best. I don't want a hangover tomorrow when we go to get Jor, because that would be baaaaaaaad don't you think? :P

Anywho. I think I want a nap before I go out. So, I'm gonna nap for an hour, shower and get ready. I just hope that Dad can find the party place. >_> Silly.

Maybe I'll update during the next two weeks, but I doubt it. I'll be having far too much fun for the internet. =P

Toodles!
xx

11th June

Oh for goodness sake! I've been so busy I've completely forgotten about this place. I have SO much to update about! I think it's impossible to do it all. I'll have to try and be brief.

One: I'm in the middle of exams right now. These are my final exams at Sixth Form. Ever! Unless I have to come back next year because I failed, which I definitely hope will not be the case. Really, really truly. My exams finish on Monday (I have three exams in one day... >_o) but once they're over it means I can get on with writing the final few scenes for Medina's novel and starting Roboto for the SuWriMos which started on June 1st. :D I can't wait to get out of school, but at the same time I'm really nostalgic about it all, and I just know I'm going to miss it. :(

May Ball was a laugh, as was the after-party, at which I got so drunk I fell down some stairs! But it's okay. The teachers who went to the after-party were more drunk than me. Mr Murray, my history teacher, was so drunk he could barely speak by three in the morning, and he spent £150 on drinks without even realising it! He's insane, I swear. Mr Read, my psychology teacher, went around kissing everybody. He was really that drunk. X3

Two: As for writing, I can't wait to start the third novel in my trilogy. My MC actually has a name now (Minerva), and a backstory. And a surrogate daughter. Whodathunkit? =3 I'm at 124 with Medina's novel currently, and I think about another 10-20k max will finish her off. Then I'm all set for a summer of writing! :D

Three: JORDANA IS COMING TO STAY WITH ME HERE IN ENGLAND! Holy hell! I'm so psyched. The person I've been talking to, and who has been my muse for the last five years, is finally coming to England! We've got so much awesome stuff planned for the two weeks that she'll be here, such as a massive belated 18th birthday party for my step brother Isaac and me (it's a masquerade ball!); taking her to a theme park just after she arrives; taking her around where I live; and, finally, this leads me onto my last tanget: We're going to London to see The Phantom of the Opera!

Four: YES! That is indeed another musical I will be able to cross off my list! I'm super excited about it, as it's taken me a while to get my courage up to spend more money on another show (especially after I spent so much on going to see Kerry's last show in Wicked - more on that in a minute...). But the idea of Jor coming to England, and going to London, prompted me to ask her if she'd like to see a show. Of course she said yes. I'm very excited about it. Seats in row O of the stalls. I've no idea how good they are, but at this point I don't really care.

Five: Kerry's last show at Wicked. What can I say about that? Oh, my, god. Only that it was perhaps the best day of my life. Alisha, Becky and I went down to London on the coach on the morning, and spent the whole morning and most of the afternoon doing whatever we wanted in London. We went to Baker Street, and went into the Sherlock Holmes museum there - which was AWESOME - and then we went shopping for a little while. We went to Hamley's again, explored the whole store, and then stopped for a coffee. Then, we went to see Wicked. Again, I don't really have any words to describe how awesome it was. I mean, I've seen the show before, but this was just... Amazing.

Kerry's performance was stunning (I can think of no other word) and you could truly tell it was her last show. She really seemed like she was enjoying it, and whenever she came onto the stage or started or finished a song the audience went completely wild. There were some really hardcore fans there, too, all painted green and stuff which was amazingly funny to see. It was a heartbreaking moment when Kerry said "For the last time, I feel truly Wicked." All of the Wicked fans were crying because of that, because it really hit home then that she wouldn't be coming back. It was really sad. D: And then, there was interaction between actors that you don't usually see - usually it's hidden behind a mask of character, a face that they must put on whether they're feeling the music today or not. On Kerry's last show, the whole cast seemed to be in a strange combination of mourning and celebration. A celebration of Kerry (and other leaving cast members) time in the show, and how it had affected them, but a simple mourning for the show without them.

Oliver seemed so upset during As Long As You're Mine, he held Kerry so tightly in his hug that I'm sure she must have been struggling to breathe. They clung to each other, and then with plenty of teary-eyed smiles and characterised speech, they were on with the show. Dianne, on the other hand, had a little more of a hard time keeping herself together. During the duet For Good, and during the finale, she was crying so hard that she could barely keep herself upright, and had to walk the long way around the stage to make sure she was presentable for the final scene with her and Madam Morrible. It really added to the effect that the show is trying to portray at the end, and I have to say it really was the best I have ever seen.

At the end of the show there was a thank you speech, mostly spoken by Dianne who said goodbye to all the leaving cast members, and gave Kerry a big personal thank you. There were many tears here, from actors and fans alike, and it really was a moving moment. Dianne professed that Kerry had been a great friend since the beginning, when she joined the show in London two years ago, and in her own speech Kerry thanked Dianne for being so great, and for really helping her get into the role (I get the impression her first partner as Glinda wasn't so good... XD). It was a sad thought that she wouldn't be performing with this people again any time soon, since she'd performed with them pretty much every day for three years. :O

She thanked her fans, too, which was a real sweet touch. Somebody in the audience screamed out "Kerry! I love you!" And in the middle of her speech, she stopped, laughed, found them in the crowd with her eyes and replied with a not particularly hesistant "I love you too". XD It was amazing to see such willing interaction. She said that she couldn't look at Diane, or else she would cry. :P

And, guess who was in the audience? BRIAN MAY. He was sat so close to me, I could see his freaking HAIR (though you'd have to try pretty hard to miss it XDD). It was altogether an awesome experience - though I've probably gone on for far too long about it.... >_> Oh well.

You know my fangirlish is Wicked-related. :3

So, here's my updated list of shows. Hopefully I'll keep this blog more alive once the exams are over:

Wicked (4)*
We Will Rock You (1)
Mamma Mia
Chicago
Phantom of the Opera
Les Miserables
Avenue Q
Lion King
The Sound of Music
Blood Brothers
Oliver!
La Cage Aux Folles
Grease
Hairspray
39 Steps

Six: Finally, I'd like to throw a big hug out there to my boyfriend. He's a writer too, and has made me realise over the last three months that being single isn't so great after all. <3

I think it's time to go to bed, now. Really, I do. I promise to keep this place more up to date from now, though. Especially once I go to university. I don't want to miss out on getting down all these awesome memories. <3>

Toodles!
xx