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Don't panic, don't panic...
Jun. 14th, 2009 10:41 pmI start my new job tomorrow. I haven't started a new job for 4.5 years and I'm scared. Fingers crossed it will all be fine. The first day is apparantly compulsary IT training which I'm hoping won't be too frightening.
My weekend has been quite productive. Yesterday I went up to the Bridewell Theatre in Fleet Street to see my friend play Eliza Doolittle in an amateur performance of Pygmalion. The City of London is a strange place on a weekend evening. Everywhere is closed, even the restaurants and pubs. The only eating place we saw open was a Subway which was being used by people in smart suits, presumably city boys forced to work at the weekend. We took a wrong turning outside St Paul's tube station and ended up taking the (not very scenic) route to the theatre. I walked over Holborn Viaduct for the first time in my life. It's a pretty impressive iron structure decorated with statues representing the trades taking place in the City. I like the City of London. It's like a little oasis of cleanliness and order in the middle of the chaos of the metropolis. St Paul's Cathedral is pretty impressive to see when it's floodlit even though it is currently half covered in plastic where it's being restored.
The Bridewell Theatre is near the Bridewell Church which is known as the printer's church. The church is completely hidden away down a little alley behind lots of taller buildings. It has lots of history attached to it but there isn't much left of the original church left as it was bombed in WWII.
The theatre is basically just a big hall with seats in it. I guess it was once a Sunday school building for the church. By the look of the website it mainly provides opportunities for people working in the City to access the arts. They have lunch time performances starting at 1pm and lasting for 45 minutes which seems like a great idea to me.
My friend made a very good Eliza. She had many, many lines and she didn't fluff once. In fact the whole cast were very good. They kept the pace up and I didn't get bored. My mum knows the story very well having read it for O'Level English and having seen 'My Fair Lady' lots of times and she was impressed too. The set was a bit ropey but it <i>was</i> only an amateur production.
Our journey home was excellent. It only took 1 hour and 10 minutes door to door for my parents which was good for my dad as he absolutely hates public transport.
Today, I went to Kingston looking for hen do stuff for next weekend. I got a dress and a photo album and also a card for the wedding and one for my friend's 30th birthday which falls on the same day. All in all, quite a productive journey. I've just ordered various cocktail novelties from a website. Now we just need to get straws (Tesco seem to be the only place in the UK which stock boxes of multicoloured straws), martini glasses and drinks. I'm hoping that sis still has the list we wrote as I don't seem to have it. Future BIL hasn't replied to my email so I will have to contact a mutual friend to give him a prod. Fingers crossed, all is going well.
Right, I'm off to iron a shirt an panic a bit more!
My weekend has been quite productive. Yesterday I went up to the Bridewell Theatre in Fleet Street to see my friend play Eliza Doolittle in an amateur performance of Pygmalion. The City of London is a strange place on a weekend evening. Everywhere is closed, even the restaurants and pubs. The only eating place we saw open was a Subway which was being used by people in smart suits, presumably city boys forced to work at the weekend. We took a wrong turning outside St Paul's tube station and ended up taking the (not very scenic) route to the theatre. I walked over Holborn Viaduct for the first time in my life. It's a pretty impressive iron structure decorated with statues representing the trades taking place in the City. I like the City of London. It's like a little oasis of cleanliness and order in the middle of the chaos of the metropolis. St Paul's Cathedral is pretty impressive to see when it's floodlit even though it is currently half covered in plastic where it's being restored.
The Bridewell Theatre is near the Bridewell Church which is known as the printer's church. The church is completely hidden away down a little alley behind lots of taller buildings. It has lots of history attached to it but there isn't much left of the original church left as it was bombed in WWII.
The theatre is basically just a big hall with seats in it. I guess it was once a Sunday school building for the church. By the look of the website it mainly provides opportunities for people working in the City to access the arts. They have lunch time performances starting at 1pm and lasting for 45 minutes which seems like a great idea to me.
My friend made a very good Eliza. She had many, many lines and she didn't fluff once. In fact the whole cast were very good. They kept the pace up and I didn't get bored. My mum knows the story very well having read it for O'Level English and having seen 'My Fair Lady' lots of times and she was impressed too. The set was a bit ropey but it <i>was</i> only an amateur production.
Our journey home was excellent. It only took 1 hour and 10 minutes door to door for my parents which was good for my dad as he absolutely hates public transport.
Today, I went to Kingston looking for hen do stuff for next weekend. I got a dress and a photo album and also a card for the wedding and one for my friend's 30th birthday which falls on the same day. All in all, quite a productive journey. I've just ordered various cocktail novelties from a website. Now we just need to get straws (Tesco seem to be the only place in the UK which stock boxes of multicoloured straws), martini glasses and drinks. I'm hoping that sis still has the list we wrote as I don't seem to have it. Future BIL hasn't replied to my email so I will have to contact a mutual friend to give him a prod. Fingers crossed, all is going well.
Right, I'm off to iron a shirt an panic a bit more!
