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Blue Chamber

The only sane response to an insane world

Little Updates

Little updates for you today:

I'm meeting my friend, Eilidh, for drinks and possibly some food this coming wednesday after work. Looking forward to it; it's been several months since I last saw her, and that was only a brief meeting on the bus to work.

A new version of the script arrived in my Inbox today for this acting-drama thing I'm involved with/starring in. I'll give it a read through over the weekend. It's called 'Capsized', by the way. Still not looking forward to being dumped in the sea, but my acting bone has been singing lately (I was pretending to be Gaston from Disney's Beauty and the Beast this morning, singing and everything): I think I'll get back into some Am-dram when this is all over.

Also, I'm growing the beard again as the part I'm playing requires that I have one, dagnabbit. I'd just gotten used to not having the bloody thing, too. I hope we do this filming soon because it's starting to itch...

God-DAMN but why isn't there a version of GTA IV out for the PC! I'm having to play GTA III to stop from killing the first Xbox/PS3 owner I meet!

My friend Claire is having a birthday party tomorrow, but I have no idea what to get her. She's also gotten engaged since last I saw her, to her boyfriend Gary. I'm thinking this needs a card of prodigous proportions...

Still want to ask out this tall Czech girl in Chi Bar/Resturant. Have asked around today but no-one is free to come with me for a pint. Damn. Will going by myself look sad and desperate?

I've been looking after Meer, my Mum's cat, for a week now and she's starting to get on my nerves. Constant meowing. Constant running about at night (She's been barred from my bedroom as her running across my bed - and me - was keeping me awake). This is why I don't have pets. In retaliation, I've fed her fish-flavour meats solidly for a week, when there's Rabbit and Beef and other stuff waiting to be used. She'll go home and never want to eat another fish for a month, bwaahahahaha.

OK. Time to go. If I don't speak to you here, have a good weekend, everyone. :cheers:

Oh god, oh no, oh help!

:eek:

Re: comments in yesterday's post and comments about my out-of-the-blue screen test....they gave me the part!

:no:

Why me? Well, I was a choice of one out of two, and the other guy was about half my age and apparently couldn't act in a very natural manner. I knew this as soon as I clapped eyes on him (my heart sank into my stomach), so I was hoping my performance would be bad enough to put them off me - but it wasn't! Aaaah!

Afterwards they explained what I'm in for - I have a date with a pool and wave machine which I'll have to drown in...and, oh dear lord, they expect me to immerse myself briefly in the actual honest-to-gosh sea while they film me struggling my way on to the shore.

To say I'm terrified is now an understatement. The wave pool doesn't sound too bad, but going into the sea isn't something I've ever relished even on the hottest days!

They kept complimenting me but my own analysis of the requirements for the part - a North-East fisherman - made me totally unsuitable; I'm a much more natural fit for another of the characters, one that doesn't have to drown. So when they were all praising me I couldn't accept that they hadn't just settled for the best of a bad lot due to time pressures or what-have-you. I still can't.

So now I'm acting in a small 25 minute exhibition piece made by a small but very serious production company, not, as I had previously been led to believe, a keen amateur with a video camera and some big ideas. I won't be paid, although if they eventually make any money off it I've been promised a slice. This, however, is unlikely, (particularly when they see my performance!).

Oh god, oh no, oh help - what have I gotten myself into!?? :cry:

The most beautiful day of 2008

I'm not working today! It's a May Day holiday in the UK and for once it is absolutely gorgeous outside. 17 degrees centigrade which won't sound much to some of you but for Aberdonians this is practically tropic! I finally got around to repairing the puncture in my mountain bike's rear tyre and have already spent a wonderul hour or two down at the beach, letting the soothing sounds of the waves on the shore-line fill my head with gentle white noise...(Sorry, no pics of the beach. Didn't think to take my cam! Homer: Doh! Still, here's a pretty one of my garden bathed in sunshine...)

The Cherry Blossoms are a bit late this year. I blame the miserable weather.
Oh, and I SWEAR I have tanned in that brief time in the sun! My face already looks fine and brown! Heh, and because I was wearing my old cycling top - it's a bit tight in places, but shows off my wide shoulders and chest admirably well - I caught this young girl eyeing me up in JJB's (I was looking for more cycling clothes/trainers). Poor little thing went red when I looked up and smiled at her, and scurried off to the other side of the shop! But she soon found an excuse to come back and watch me from afar (My peripheral vision is pretty good)...she was too young for my tastes (possible jailbait) but I'll take any compliments I can get at the moment! :happy:


Couldn't tell you what type of flower this is, but it's very pretty! :smile:
Lastly, before I nip back out to enjoy the sun some more, I think I should introduce you all to Meer, my parent's young tabby, who has come to stay for a fortnight while my parents run off for fun and frolics along the Western Isles of Scotland.


Cat on the Prowl...
She's a very odd little kitty. One that actually asks you if she's allowed up onto things - something I've never seen any feline do! And she's quite vocal, lots of meowing when you are about. I don't know what she's trying to tell me half the time but it sounds interesting nonetheless.


Aahhhhh, who doesn't like having their tummy rubbed!
...and I have some screen-test thing around 4 o clock. A small video that some guy is putting together needs a 30+ year old man (well that's me at least) that can act (that might not be me) to play a dead North-east fisherman (that DEFINITELY isn't me!) come back from beyond to visit his relatives one last time. I stupidly let my friend talk me into having a go and will happily repay him every moment of terror I've had since he threw the script at me. I was thinking amateur dramatics, not being in front of a camera! :no:

Okay, the sun beckons and I can resist no longer. Enjoy your day!

Personality Test

Your Personality at 35,000 Says...
Deep down, you prefer spending time alone to spending time with others. You enjoy thinking more than talking.

You are finding your place in the world, but you still feel overwhelmed. There's a lot of choices out there!

Your gift is having a good eye. You take amazing picture and have the natural talent for most visual arts.

You are inspired by what is possible. Real life is often too ordinary for you.

It's very easy for you to feel happy. You can find peace with any situation.
- - - - - - - - (Test shamelessly stolen from Karen because I loved the results I got when I did it)

Blog Holiday

Okay folks, I've decided to give myself a little blogging holiday. Don't worry; I'll still be around to respond to comments and see what y'all are up to on a daily basis, I simply won't be writing any blog posts (unless something completely awesome and umissable happens, like me winning £3.5 million in the EuroLottery :wink:).

I'll pick up again in a week or so, maybe two. :coffee:

[UPDATE] Didn't win the lottery. :frown: But I did have a rather funky dream about my Dad trying to choose a dog, but bringing home a tiny white ferret called 'Rocko' instead. It adopted me and spent lots of time running across my shoulders and down my arms.