It will always be called the Junction.......

I'm thinking blog entries will be an weekly event from now on. I'm trying to have as little online distraction as possible when I'm in college- no msn or skype what so ever, minor usage of email and Facebook. It does help that college's wifi  is pretty dire at the mo.

Going back to academic life really  does feel like I made the right decision. It feels like slipping on my fave hoody- secure and warm bit patchy in places but great. Obviously there has been few changes since I was last a student.

1. College canteen and cafe have changed hands. I never was a fan of canteen food but was mildly impressed when the Asian counter cooked my lunch from scratch in front of me. I admit it wasn't the healthest option available but it wasn't saturated in old grease as it would have been six years ago. The cafe have changed hands a couple times when I was in college last. It started off as the Junction and now it's Starbucks. Oddly enough it is only during college that I have the urge to drink coffee. My favorite beverage is hazlenut latte.
2. Student  id card is more then a way of issuing books and getting a discount from New Look. You can now use it as swipe card if you are privileged enough to enter restricted areas. You now can buy print credits online ( good job I have an O2 money card) and you use your id card to print/copy/scan. The SU have this card that acts like a loyalty card to be honest I'm not 100% how it works but will figure it out.
3. Even though I have the same student id number from ten years ago my college email address has changed.

Despite these changes some old characters are still around ie weird guy from modern dance soc who came running into the college radio couple years back saying the aliens are coming to get us, little green little red man still in the college bar and of course the WONDERFULLY FANTASTIC Hubie who technically retired last year but hasn't and hopefully will never leave campus. All in all it was a good first week! :D

D-day tomorrow

After years wishing I was back in college It's finally happening tomorrow. I must admit it does feel pretty surreal going back but i know it was the right descision to make. Recession was the final push I needed to do this. I have been lucky in getting 'real' jobs since graduating but I couldn't see myself  being happy to stay in those places twenty years time. Theatre is my passion and getting the opportunity to do  research  on this topic for two years hopefully more. I'm also a tad nervous as I'm venturing out of the comfort zone of making theatre and re-entering the world of academia.


Don't get me wrong I'm more then capable adapting to this newish world but after six years out of it I'm bound to be rusty.  I hope I don't 100% leave the world  of making theatre that I will always have a foot or two in proceedings. My goal/aim is to bring the practicalities of theatre making into academia. Not to disrepect any theatre studies lecturers  I have had  and who I meet in the future I'm not much of a fan of productions being dissected too academically. During college last time round I had to sit through two hours academic debate about how a theatre company had a stone wall for a keypoint  of the set for one of their production.  My answer is and still remains: The play is set in an area where you literally can't go around the bend without seeing same wall. Anyhoo wish me luck tomorrow.........

Holy Monkey Brains

I was in middle of writing blog entry yesterday about The Pink One and I going to the cinema and  how ads for films are not relible when I got an email saying I could proceed to register for college online. Blog immediately forgotten and straight into the first stage of registering. GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAK.............Username and Password Not Valid!!!!

I immediately went straight to the college I wasn't going to bother try fix situation from home.  Luckily the first person I bumped into was my  supervisor we quickly arranged a meeting for later that afternoon. Got registered (wasn't recognised by computer services), paid fees *sobs*  and got SU card (yaaay will finally get paid from ALIVE). Had meeting with supervisor. Got first mini deadline............EEEEEEEEEErk. Will hopefully be getting a pod in the post grad room soon.

HOLY BATMAN I BETTER KICK ASS