More time off 18.01.2010
Posted by TabitaW in in general, people, thoughts, uni.Tags: ayr, film & tv production, friends, Martin, snow, zombies
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Okay, technically it’s still the same time off but it feels like it’s a whole new break seen as I spent most of last week doing uni related things.
Thursday we finished our film, added some music and things and just polished off the last details. I’ll see if I can get it uploaded somewhere but just now I only have it on dvd and it’s not the right format. After finishing the project, we walked to town (people were getting the train and bus, I was going to the bank) and decided to take the longer walk down by the river. It was full of snow and such a nice walk. Of course there was also throwing of snowballs (but ha, British gentlemen don’t shoot at women!) almost all the way and because of the ice under the snow we all slipped and fell over at least once.
We handed in everything on Friday, including the massive amount of paperwork we had. And now we’re off for two weeks! Friday afternoon I went out for a meal with Martin, his uncle and grandparents because it was his gran’s birthday. Lovely. At that point all the snow had melted again and the colour scheme outside was back to grey and brown.
On Monday, we went to Glasgow. Martin had a uni meeting and I wanted to go to the sales. They were taking down the Christmas lights in George Square. I was there when they put them up as well, so that was interesting.
It’s quite windy outside 26.11.2009
Posted by TabitaW in in general, people, uni.Tags: ayr, competition, ice cream van, Martin, photos, see me, strictly
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The See Me national finale is up and running and you can vote for my picture here. It’ll link you to a random photo when you click on it, but mine is the one named “Daniel” and since they’re in alphabetical order, it shouldn’t be that hard to find. Thanks so much to everyone who votes for me!
Yesterday I went into town to get some Christmas shopping and it was insanely windy. I had to tie a knot in the top of my carrier bag so the stuff didn’t fly out of it. On the way home I saw this ice cream van and nearly ran away screaming. I was completely freaked out as it was getting dark, but it was all quiet, so we’ll never know if it was actually the ghost ice cream van that still haunts the area.
Martin’s dad told me that the BBC uploaded some photos from the Blackpool dance experience to their website, so I went on to check if there was any of Martin and I, and yes, so there is. Here’s the one where you can actually sort of spot us because we’re not all the way back in the picture.
Yeah yeah, I know it’s not the coolest photo on earth, but I figured it needed to be on the blog anyway.
Uni is going alright, we’re about to start our final projects for this semester (argh, only three weeks to go!) and I’m covered in paint and ink splatters from my latest Visual Creativity work which is now all about colour. Other than that and some rather complicated briefs in Digital Media we have a couple of essays to do. However, they’re only 1000 words each and one of them is really more of a report than an essay, so if I can find an artist to write about, I should be okay. The Film & TV stuff isn’t so stressful at the moment as we have until 15 January and we’ve actually started doing some stuff for it.
This weekend Martin has some theatre thing so I’m totally going to see that. In about two weeks we’re off on our weekend break to Cardiff (ooh!) and the day before flying to Denmark, we’re going to see Beauty and the Beast in Glasgow. Centrestage are doing it in March so they’re all going to see the professional version of it and they’re allowed to bring friends and such so I’m going as well. Will be nice.
The Ghost Ice Cream Van 29.10.2009
Posted by TabitaW in thoughts.Tags: ayr, ice cream van, oooh
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When it’s dark outside and the rattling of leaves in the wind should be the only thing to be heard, sometimes this happy little tune sounds in the distance. I say happy, but really it’s more of a creepily joyful little tune that’s never been heard by the human ear in daylight. Or seen for that matter. It’s the Ghost Ice Cream Van! It continues to hunt the streets of Ayr during the night and can sometimes even be heard after midnight.
Nope, not really relevant, just spooky.
See Me 20.10.2009
Posted by TabitaW in yay.Tags: ayr, competition, daniel, photos, see me
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About a month ago I entered this picture into a photography competition. The theme was “Be There, Be Yourself!”. All the submitted photos from my region were exhibited, first in Kilmarnock and later Ayr. Anyway, people could vote for the photos they liked the most, while a group of judges picked their favourite. There was about 170 photos in my part of Ayrshire. Today I got a phone call from one of the organizers – I won! How cool is that! I’m going to the prize thingie on Thursday (I still don’t know what I’ve won and whether it is good, but that’s not the point anyway) and then my photo gets to be in the national final with all the other regional winners. Will be exciting!
