Hi Diddly Dee, an Actor's Life for Me
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Cullen Hightower
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It never rains but it pours...
Well, having spent the last couple of months pretty much twiddling my thumbs with nowt to do, suddenly everything is happening... The other night I went for an audition for the follow-up project to the singing nun extravaganza. I didn't think that it had gone all that well, but I was obviously wrong, as I've just been offered the job - hurrah! Then tomorrow I have an audition for a gender-reversed version of The Tempest, which is one of the first Shakespeare plays that I ever read, aged about 9, which I'm very excited about - if you could think of me at about 12pm and waft some good luck vibes in the direction of Deptford it would be much appreciated ;o) Plus I have some rather exciting interviews to transcribe for my journalist friend Simon. So all in all, I'm going to be quite busy over the next few days - excellent stuff. |
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2.8.05 21:06 |
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Calling all budding travel agents
So, The Architect and I want to go on holiday in late October. We want to go somewhere warm and sunny (when I say 'we' I mean 'I', but as I'll probably be the one who gets off my arse and organises it, I think I should get the final say on what goes) where we won't be surrounded by either screaming children or chavvy tourists. Somewhere romantic, if you will, but not one of those dreadful-looking couples holidays. Not looking to spend stupid amounts of money but equally don't want to go completely cheap and nasty. Anyone got any bright ideas or recommendations?
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9.8.05 14:05 |
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Smokin'...
Hold onto your hats, girls - a fire engine just pulled up outside my office *swoon*
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9.8.05 15:21 |
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Books 11-18
So, I've been distinctly lax on the old 50 books in 12 months thing. Well, I've been reading 'em - I just haven't put pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard) in terms of actual reviews. So here's a cheaty, catch-up blog to put that to rights (sort of...) What Katy Did/Did at School/Did Next Harry Potter 6 Harry Potter 1-4 8 book reviews in one blog - that's not bad, eh? Normal service will be resumed shortly, once I've finished Kate Atkinson's Case Histories (very good so far...)
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16.8.05 13:58 |
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Book 19
Case Histories by Kate Atkinson For my birthday last year I was given a book by Kate Atkinson, a collection of short stories called Not the End of the World, and was assured that I would LOVE it. Usually when I am given a recommendation like that, I am dubious and prepare myself for the worst. However, in this case the recommendation was spot on. Therefore when I was stuck at a train station over the weekend with the prospect of a 2 hour train journey and only one chapter left of HP4 to read, finding Case Histories on the shelf at Smiths was a welcome bonus and I snapped up the only copy. The book opens with 3 crimes in and around Cambridge, in the years 1970, 1994 and 1979; a missing child, a girl murdered seemingly at random and the axe-murder of a man by his wife. We then fast forward to the present day to follow Jackson, a retired Cambridge police officer, now turned private eye. When we first meet him, his cases mainly consist of following suspected adulterers and finding lost cats for old ladies. However, he is shortly drawn into the 3 cold cases and finds himself digging up unexpected links. This is not merely a detective novel. It is a complex dissection of human nature with lifelike characters that leap off the page at you. Language is used skillfully and to great effect - the horrors of murder and assault are described without ever becoming unnecessarily gory. Despite the fact that the book is based around 3 instances of unbearable loss, the story becomes more about life and how the survivors of those losses adapt and carry on. Often we see one story from 2 or 3 different viewpoints, which only serves to highlight the fact that the truth is rarely as simple as it appears. Despite the fact that the 3 stories at the beginning of the book seem to be very clear in their sequence of events and probable causes, by the end of the book all 3 have been turned on their heads and what we thought was true is, in fact, not. This is not a book that you skim through lightly. It requires concentration if you are not to lose the thread entirely. However, this can only be a good thing, in my opinion; I, for one, loved it and will be reading it again very shortly - quite possibly even tomorrow.
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16.8.05 22:27 |
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Stinky
I made chana masala last night. Now, despite having all the doors and windows open, the kitchen still bloody stinks of curry. Looks like I'm spending the day scrubbing the kitchen again *sigh*
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17.8.05 12:18 |
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I spent my morning in a convent. It's been educational... |
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20.8.05 17:37 |
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