Day 34 aka Mexican Fiestaaa
I took the opportunity to sleep in on Wednesday after so long and all those papers. It was nice. I'm starting to get worried that I'm not doing enough while I'm here... but I literally can barely function. So after putting off grocery shopping (yet again) and watched this wonderful montage Khyre made from footage and pictures of RENT. It was so beautiful and he made exactly the memories I have of that show come alive-- family, love, sadness, but like a bittersweet sad, HOLY SHIT WE'RE IN RENT, etc.
Except none of the pain of my bruised finger! Which is still purple and yellow under the nail. I pretended to start working on homework for a while (aka facebook) and actually did work on some Lord and Taylor logistics for the Back to School fashion show I'm helping Lana put together. Then I CLEANED. I cleaned my room, I threw out all the papers I kept for posterity and knew I wouldn't read again. I cleaned my closet. I cleaned the living room with the girls. Why all this cleaning, you ask? BECAUSE IT WAS FIESTA NIGHT AT THE MAD HOUSE. :) Actually this evening was one of my favorites of being in London simply because of good friends and good food and lots of laughs. After the roomies got home, it was time to start prepping our house and dish (we were hosting because of our huge, beautiful common room and proximity to the lobby of the house). We were to cook the tacos. Sarah to the rescue! She basically ran the kitchen as the four of us worked to make the meat, veggies and sides for these bad boys, and to make enough for 28 people. Each floor had a different job. So we had the main dish, flat a had chips and homemade salsa, queso and guacamole dips, flat c had rice and beans and brought some chilli peppers, flat d made san gria (alcoholic and non alcoholic) and flat e made chicken and cheese or just cheese quesadillas. 
Now, Mexican food is not normally my favorite, but with so many options, no matter what, everyone was satisfied from the vegetarians to the gluten free to the people who did not want alcohol but wanted yummy sangria. It also was Alissa's 21st birthday, so a bunch of people went to a club afterwards. I didn't really feel like going out since I had class in the morning and Emily was feeling sick so I stayed in and cleaned the pots and counters so we wouldn't have a gross mess to deal with in the morning. Good thing I didn't go because they ended up not finding the club and walking a mile away from it.
Day 35 aka coolest (non)outing ever.
In Culture by Design, Jay left and brought in a friend and colleague who is a television writer and playwright named Stephen Lally. He did a masterclass with us on TV shows. We examined the visual components of the teaser (the opening part of the show, after the previously on... and before the opening credits) and the differences in some real life examples, comparing British and American directors. After that, we got the opportunity to create our own tv show teasers in groups, using a brainstorm session from the whole class. It was so much fun. I think Haylie even said she had found her calling. It was fast paced, we got a lot of feedback, and it was really fun to create entire rules about these people's personalities and behavior within like two hours in order to create a three minute sequence. After class I finally went grocery shopping and bought enough food to hopefully last me until we go to Edinburgh on the July 8th. At 7:30 we went to St. Martin in the Fields, which is a church that is really a music venue for classical musicians. It was very plain and Protestanty inside but the music was nice... the concert was super long though. Afterwards, Sarah and I watched the second Harry Potter movie, since we are attempting to finish watching all seven before the midnight release of the final movie. And then we made some plans for the upcoming free weekend!
Day 36 aka Camden take 2
I have to be honest, I do not really enjoy Camden as much as Sarah does. But I went because I wanted to go see what it was about besides when we went in Jay's class. I think mostly because all the clothes are either really weird, really tiny or really expensive. I did get some cool and cheap jewelry and used my boss haggling skills to lower the prices. We also bought some Chinese food, which was better than what we've had around the rest of London but definitely not as good as in the US... so July 24th I am definitely getting some sesame chicken or something. I got back around 3 and actually started my homework for Monday, which is a review of the production of Macbeth we saw in Stratford. I am about a quarter of the way done with it.. oops. Emily started feeling sick today so we're hoping she doesn't have anything too bad and that the rest of us don't get sick. :( I met up with Catherine, Gina, Jessica, Courtney and Allison for dinner at a place called Spaghetti House, which was awesome. I had sun-dried tomato noodles with chicken and asparagus. Delish. After dinner, a few of us went to a pub called The Crown, which has its own off-site brewery. I got cider, which was good but really strong... I felt tipsy after one pint. Although, I did drink it in only about 20 minutes and I usually take longer than that. After the pub, Sarah and I finished watching the second Harry Potter movie since we didn't finish it the night before and got excited about dressing up as Harry Potter characters and going to the London Film Museum's special, one day Harry Potter exhibit in the morning.
Now, Mexican food is not normally my favorite, but with so many options, no matter what, everyone was satisfied from the vegetarians to the gluten free to the people who did not want alcohol but wanted yummy sangria. It also was Alissa's 21st birthday, so a bunch of people went to a club afterwards. I didn't really feel like going out since I had class in the morning and Emily was feeling sick so I stayed in and cleaned the pots and counters so we wouldn't have a gross mess to deal with in the morning. Good thing I didn't go because they ended up not finding the club and walking a mile away from it.Day 35 aka coolest (non)outing ever.
In Culture by Design, Jay left and brought in a friend and colleague who is a television writer and playwright named Stephen Lally. He did a masterclass with us on TV shows. We examined the visual components of the teaser (the opening part of the show, after the previously on... and before the opening credits) and the differences in some real life examples, comparing British and American directors. After that, we got the opportunity to create our own tv show teasers in groups, using a brainstorm session from the whole class. It was so much fun. I think Haylie even said she had found her calling. It was fast paced, we got a lot of feedback, and it was really fun to create entire rules about these people's personalities and behavior within like two hours in order to create a three minute sequence. After class I finally went grocery shopping and bought enough food to hopefully last me until we go to Edinburgh on the July 8th. At 7:30 we went to St. Martin in the Fields, which is a church that is really a music venue for classical musicians. It was very plain and Protestanty inside but the music was nice... the concert was super long though. Afterwards, Sarah and I watched the second Harry Potter movie, since we are attempting to finish watching all seven before the midnight release of the final movie. And then we made some plans for the upcoming free weekend!
Day 36 aka Camden take 2
I have to be honest, I do not really enjoy Camden as much as Sarah does. But I went because I wanted to go see what it was about besides when we went in Jay's class. I think mostly because all the clothes are either really weird, really tiny or really expensive. I did get some cool and cheap jewelry and used my boss haggling skills to lower the prices. We also bought some Chinese food, which was better than what we've had around the rest of London but definitely not as good as in the US... so July 24th I am definitely getting some sesame chicken or something. I got back around 3 and actually started my homework for Monday, which is a review of the production of Macbeth we saw in Stratford. I am about a quarter of the way done with it.. oops. Emily started feeling sick today so we're hoping she doesn't have anything too bad and that the rest of us don't get sick. :( I met up with Catherine, Gina, Jessica, Courtney and Allison for dinner at a place called Spaghetti House, which was awesome. I had sun-dried tomato noodles with chicken and asparagus. Delish. After dinner, a few of us went to a pub called The Crown, which has its own off-site brewery. I got cider, which was good but really strong... I felt tipsy after one pint. Although, I did drink it in only about 20 minutes and I usually take longer than that. After the pub, Sarah and I finished watching the second Harry Potter movie since we didn't finish it the night before and got excited about dressing up as Harry Potter characters and going to the London Film Museum's special, one day Harry Potter exhibit in the morning.
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