Restoration? Restora-FUN!

Faithful Tubers,

I can't really express why I have so vehemently neglected you all. Perhaps the notion of somehow topping the genius of my last post is far too daunting to even imagine that I put blogging out of my mind forever. Either that, or our days have gotten longer at LAMDA and we haven't been doing as much cool stuff. Regardless, after a few-week hiatus, I'm back in action baby.

By the way, for those that are interested, Dance-Jogging has officially become an international sensation. Aside from two marriage proposals, we have had reports of dagging (as it shall affectionately be known, forthwith) activity in North America (including Boston, DC, Connecticut, and Virginia), the UK, and a lovely gentleman from Sweden has expressed interest (seriously). If you guys are devoted daggers, write to us and let us know! If you send us a picture of you dagging it out, we'll throw it on TtT and all of your friends will think you're famous!

But enough about Brian and I, let's talk about me. Our first unit, Shakespeare's tragedies, has come to a close and we are now in the thick of Restoration rehearsals. The "S" (for semester) section is divided into three groups. Our group's Restoration director, Tina, is wonderful. She's a little firecracker, that one, but a little firecracker with a damn good mind for the theatre, and it has been an absolute joy training under her (or over, as the case may be... she's short). Most of the following pictures are from various Restoration rehearsals.

We have also started acting classes with Penny Cherns, improvisation classes with Stephen Jameson, and Flamenco with Zandra and Paquita. And of course, we still have the wonderful Caryll and Jane for singing, the brilliant John and Kristina for stage combat, the charming Angie for Alexander, the irreplaceable James for acting, the devoted Gilly and George for voice, and the lovely Carolina for movement. Oh, and Mark Bell. Suffice it to say, our weeks have filled up.

Here are some pictures I have accumulated over the past few weeks, for your viewing pleasure:

Restoration rehearsal

Restoration rehearsal break

Restoration rehearsal read through

  

V1

  

James Kerr

 

LAMDA

 

LAMDA

 

LAMDA

Savannah

 

LAMDA

 

  

Guys locker room

  

Timetables

 

Kate

  

LAMDA break room

  

Trafalgar Sq.

  

Off of Trafalgar

  

Off of Trafalgar

  

Borough Market

 

 My drawer

 

 

Vauxhall City Farm

A nice day

 

Urinal in the middle of a roundabout, Vauxhall

  

Dinner

Acrobatic Amanda

 Break

  

The enchanting Elodie

  

Matt

 

Teng

  

Andrew

  

Singing

  

Sarah

  

Restoration rehearsal

  

Restoration rehearsal

 

Tina

Restoration rehearsal

 

Restoration rehearsal

  

Kate stretching

  

Jeff, Tina

  

Restoration rehearsal

 

Jeff, Alex

  

Restoration rehearsal

  

Restoration Rehearsal

And for those of you who have made it this far, your reward is this: VLog #4 is in the works and should be with us shortly!

- A.

2/1/2010 - The Newest Trend

VLog #3 is live! Tell your friends!

London at Dusk

Hey Tubers,

Firstly, a resounding THANK YOU for the incredibly generous outpouring of birthday greetings a few days ago. I was surprised in the lunch room at LAMDA on the 27th by Amanda, Lily, and company with a chocolate cake, candles, and a song (Brian surprised me with a HobNob ice cream sandwich). I cannot tell you how deeply touched I am by them, and all who have wished me well. It has been a pleasant reminder of the seemingly inexhaustible amount of love and support I am surrounded by wherever I go; I feel truly blessed.

"Having said that" (any Curb fans out there!?), hows about a little update, eh?

Now that we have escaped the ruthless clutches of the beast that is jet lag (for the most part) and have developed a somewhat normal living routine here, we've begun to explore the area. As this is my 3rd time here, I haven't been jumping to hit the touristy stuff. I've been enjoying exploring new places and pubs around the area (maybe I'll do something of a pub review sometime...). Here are a few pictures I've taken, mainly from last weekend when Savannah, Brian, Eryn, and I explored the London Bridge area. Although the weather is gloomy, the sights are absolutely stunning.

Off of our street

Our tube stop

Brian

 London Bridge tube stop

The girls on the London Bridge

Brian's monument

Brian is cool

Taken from the Millenium

The Tate Modern

Eryn is cool

Pub by the Globe

Moon through bridge cables

Sweet bridge

National Theatre across the Thames

MI6 lookalike?

In front of the National

Lights

Skateboarder in graffiti city

1/17/09 - Arrival!

VLog #2 is here!

IN LONDON

What UP Tubers!?

We've made it! We're here! Alive! And there's barely any snow on the ground (wimps). After a smooth flight [courtesy of Virgin Atlantic], we made it to our beautiful digs. This place is like a hotel. Below are a few pics, including one of our BOMB-ASS kitchen. No, VLog #2 is not included. I'm still putting it together - remember this is a mixed media blog. Anyway, stay tuned, it should be on deck.

 Proof that I'm actually here

The view from our corner window

Don't make me go all Julia Child on your ass

VLog #1 is HERE!

Shazam. The first video log is here. Unfortunately, it's not as positive as we had expected. Oh well. Everything happens for a reason, right?



More to come [hopefully] soon.

- A.