The End/Beginning

As I'm sure you've noticed (due to the huge hole in your life) I haven't posted a blog in quite a while. Much unlike me, I have actually been busy and have had important things to achieve in life! Quite a shock to the system as you can imagine. But events have slowed down for a couple of precious weeks and so I thought I should document all the crazy goings-on before they all mould into one blur of utter fun,confusion and madness.

I am currently smack bang in the middle of my last week at college, a thought that both titifies and terrifies me. Today was the very last performing arts scheduled lesson. We all (or very nearly all) came into college to get our final grades for the course. I am so happy that I got the grade that I need for my uni (get to that later) and sooo glad that all the HARD work payed off. My teacher Jo told me my grade which I am glad about because I've always got on well with her and I think we are quite simular. She was extremely nice to me and gave me lots of compliments which made me so happy to hear. It's lovely to hear good things because during the process you can lag a bit and never really know what an outside view of what you're doing is and so getting this feedback has really boosted my confidence for the future. She said " Emma is a force to be reckoned with" and that I am "due for big things". It all makes me more excited for what I can do and more eager to prove them right. Getting my grade has made me realise just how brilliant my beautiful friends in Perfroming Arts are. We have all supported eachother throughout which has let us all achieve so much. SO yeah, we're great! We had a big farewell lesson last week. Joe burns told some jokes (some of them on and beyond the line), me and Hannah gave out special awards to everyone (including most likely to own a brothel and most likely to become and green grocer), Joe and Rosie sang just like Susan Boyle and Geraldine, we saw all the photos from our shows and I made a 20 minute long film for everyone including photos and very very funny videos then we went down t'pub. It was a perfect way to end the experience :D

Our last Performing Arts unit was Shakespeare retold. My group chose to tackle Measure For Measure. Our performances went better than we could have hoped for and the way people who came to see it talked about it afterwards made me so proud. I loved working with the group I had and  think we worked perfectly together. We had such a range of personalities and skills and we really focused on the job as well has having fun, which is what it's all about. I would love to work with my group again so if any of you are reading... M4M reunion and re-showing in 10 years yeah?


I have finished 2 out of 3 of my college subjects now and only have my English exam in June to focus on now, so naturally my mind is on summer 2011 like crazy! There is just so much to look forward to!
On the day of my English exam I am getting straight on a train from college to my 12th(ish) Glastonbury Festival. This year promised to be a big one! BEYONCE on the main stage. That's all I need to know! Then after that I come home for a couple of days, have a much needed shower and then jet off to Amsterdam to start my trip around Europe with Hannah :D
I am soo excited for travelling it is unreal. It seems to strange to think that me and Hannah, are considered to be adult enough to travel alone around bizzare new lands without question. We have booked our Interail ticket (the ticket that lets us get on any train to travel to anywhere), our outward plane journey and our insurance. Our plan so far is to go to Amsterdam and stay with Hannah's family friend for a couple of days then move down to Berlin. After Berlin we may take the LONG journey to Budapest which is supposed to be absolutely stunning and interesting. Then by the 15th of July we should be in Venice for a free 5 day long party organised by Interail (which will include a toga party night.. TOGA TOGA) After Venice we will stay in Italy and hopefully see Rome, Florence and Piza and then end by the sea (hopefully) and fly back when we run out of money. It is going to be life-changing. At times we will probably want to disembowl eachother but I simply can't wait! I need to practice packing and walking with a rucksack though because my last experience (Duke of Edinburugh) wasn't the most enjoyable experience.
ALAS, my summer still isn't finished. A week(ish) after I get back from travelling it is my Grandparent's diamond anniversary and then we are going to France for our family holiday, which I always greatly enjoy.
The thing is, after all this jet-setting and globe-trotting I will still not have a tan.


Good God, I shouldn't have left it so long to blog. I have a lot to say. Sorry.


UNIVERSITY. dun dun dahhhhhh. This word has sent shivers down my spine. I can honestly say that choosing your first choice of university is one of the cruelest and most difficult choices to make. After all my auditions I got offered a place at Chitchester, Exeter and Central. I very swiftly cut that down to the last 2 but cutting it down to 1 seemed almost impossible. Exeter is a university. It has a uni campus, a uni lifestyle, a uni way of learning, it's in Exeter, it has been given 1st place in the student overall satisfaction for a drama course out of all of the Universities in the country. It is very very good. Central is a drama school. It has a cosy campus (no halls), a drama school lifestyle, a drama school way of learning, it's in London, it is a very highly acclaimed course internationally in one of the most desired drama schools in the world. It also is very very good. You can see my dilemma. Both places are just so different that it is hard to compare them. The date of the 6th of May loomed over me whispering "you need to make you decision otherwise all your choices will be automatically declined". My phone would flash its red light alerting me of a recieved email reminding me again that my decision MUST BE MADE. I couldn't escape the pressure. It needed to be done. I knew I needed to man-up and face the music.  My decision, in the end, came down to prospects for the future. I knew that getting contacts, learning transferable skills, and gaining experience of professional theatre was important and so I made up my mind. I stormed to the computer and logged onto UCAS. My finger wavered over the mousepad and made the giant leap to clicking 'Choices'. And...... I did it, by George I did it.  Declining Exeter was extremely hard and upsetting to do but now that it's done I am completely focused of going to Central and the excitment is building. It's gonna be a good'un!

So that all I can think of at the moment but I'm sure I have bored you enough.
Thanks for reading
Love xxxxx

ps. The novelty of being 18 still hasn't worn off and it's AWESOME.