So, it was an interesting thursday of last week. I got up and went to class and had some fish and chips with KT and Kristin before heading back to Faraday for some serious reading time. School is fun.
I met up with Megan and Nina (my mag girls and partners in crime) outside the camden markets to grab some delicicous food at this place called Silks and Spice which was Thai and various other Asian-type foods. It was amazing to catch up and chill with some friends after a long week of school. We talked about everything that girls talk about and it was nice to just unwind. Also had amazing sweet and sour chicken something something and my first Dim Sum …delicious. What have I been doing with the past 20 year of my life. The world may never know. The girl talk was amazing I have to say. We chilled out for about an hour and a half and then headed to The Roundhouse Theatre to see La Clique.
La Clique was byfar the biggest surprise for me show wise this semester. As Linda (our SU guide) said, “you probably have to be a bit pissed to fully enjoy it” thats pissed british (drunk) not american (mad). I had no idea what to expect but it was amazing and really different. It really fit the feel of Camden…definitely a show that belongs there. Anyway, the roundhouse (appropriately named) is a big round theatre with a small round stage maybe maybe 7 foot in diameter in the center. It was part comedy, part raunchy variety show. It was also a first for me for many reasons. First time I have had the opportunity to sing “We are the champions…no time for losers cause we are the champions of the world!” in a crowd full of people out of their seats waving their arms about in the air. There was also a VERY attractive man performing on chains hanging from the ceiling. Think acrobats twirling from ribbons hanging from the ceiling thats what it was basically. The most surprising act by far was a woman who came out dressed in a very professional suit with a skirt. She pulled out a red piece of cloth and made it disappear and pulled it out of her suit jacket. Which she then took off. Then she pulled the cloth out of her skirt. Which she also took off. Next was the bra. Finally..when we thought she was done…she pulled it out of her panties…and…took them off….at this point I looked over to see how Nina was reacting. Then i reached over and closed her mouth as her jaw had basically hit the ground. I had more or less the same reaction. We just were not expecting that! The naked woman the pulled the cloth from her…well…i’ll leave that to your imagination. This is a PG blog. For the kids.
Anyway…so the show was fantastic and really funny. Exactly what I needed a show where I got to laugh and wolf-whistle and holler…not that I did I’m just saying the opportunity was there. It was a good stress reliever. After the show was over we all hopped on the tube together and after looking into the next car saw one of our favorite SU people in the car. Poor Charine. We made faces at her and then waited until she was no longer paying attention to us for all 7 of us to crowd around the window facing her. Basically, when she looked up she just saw a window with all of our heads crammed into the frame. Hilarious. THe people on the car def. were rolling there eyes thinking silly americans but we had fun. We all headed to the Christ-makah party at prearranged housing for some legal drinking and holiday cheer.
Friday was pretty tame. KT, Nina and I spent our entire day working on a powerpoint for GRA 345 about the representation of femininity in magazines. I got cosmo. Woo! That night we headed way out into zone 2 to meet up with Dom for the last time (sad) and have a few drinks with him. For the first time, I was ignored for like 10 min by a bartender. Not cool.
Saturday and Sunday were both work days but we made sure to have Kristin over to watch The Holiday as promised!
It has been an exhausting few days of late nights. I’ve been at Faraday till about 9:30 three nights in a row (cept for when they kicked us out at 9 on Sunday) and its made for some cranky Kc. I’m headed to Harrods tomorrow with Nina however so that should be fun.
In other good news, I got the assitant editor position for an on-campus mag for next semester. I am now the official assistant Bitch editor. Not kidding…the name of the opinions section is Bitch. Perfect for me or what?
Cheers.
Kc
