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Monday, August 27, 2012
FORGOT TO PUT SOMETHING ON DID WE!!!
I had to change my costume during the interval so I’d taken the ring off so as not to ladder my tights. It wasn’t until approx 1 min before I had to give the ring to the slave that I realised I wasn’t wearing it. Unfortunately I was on stage! What followed was not unlike the scene in four weddings and a funeral when Hugh Grant has forgotten the wedding rings! Transpired the only ring on stage was being worn by the slave himself, so with a slight of the hand, he gave me his ring – I then gave it back to him in a dramatic flourish!!!
Marvellous I thought – that’s my enormous gaff for the week over and done with. I was so wrong!!
I’d taken the week off work and on Friday afternoon I was very tired so decided to have a nap. I couldn’t be arsed to put on my pyjamas so I just took my bra off and slept in what I was wearing. I woke up, got ready, went to the theatre and prepared to get changed into my Aladdin outfit. Only then did I realise I’d forgotten to put my bra back on!
Obviously this was a major issue. I confided in the ladies next to me that I had forgotten my bra and transpired that some of them had spare bras. Amazing I thought – I can’t manage to bring one bra and some people have brought as many as 3!!!
So the day was saved! And then a lovely surprise was to follow. I popped on the bra that was being leant which was several cup sizes larger than I usually wear. I was expecting it to flap about – however I filled it more than I thought. Transpires I’ve gone up a cup size.
So not only did I get to be the star of the show but my boobs got bigger. It’s this kind of week you can only dream of!
Friday, August 24, 2012
'PAINT' DRAMA
So tonight I've decided that I'm going to be super uber nice to her. She's tired and poorly after all - she needs her mummy to be nice. We snuggled up with some smarties and Peppa Pig. After a while she disappeared off upstairs to 'get a toy'. On coming back down the toy turned out to be my mascara and she had painted the backs of her hands, her arms and her cardigan using said mascara.
And breath. And count to 10. And breath.
"You know that's naughty to use mummy's mascara like that" I said in a calm but serious voice. "We need to wash it off your hands". She screamed. She ran. I caught her. I tried to clean her. She resisted. I wrestled her to the floor. She wiped mascara on the carpet. I put her on the naughty step.
I didn't shout at her though! In the two minutes that she sat on the naughty step I put the mascara in the bin. It's just easier!
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Lost child found. Still looking for brain!
But it's OK because one of my Story Storks customers lives the other side! I knock on her door and she welcomes me with open arms and shows me to her phone so that I can ring my husband. The plan is that I'll call Hubby, he'll have the childminder's number so he can call and find out where she is.
I explain the situation to him.
He tells me that it's the other childminder who looks after Child on a Tuesday and has done for the past six months.
Clever and pretty!!!!
Monday, January 03, 2011
Students - again
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
One Act play rejected!!!!
Still Young
POSITIVES: daring; very well written; convincing and believable dialogue; three good, strong characters; really believable; flowed very well; really liked this
NEGATIVES: food fight calls for serious choreography; f-word; unsuitable for family audiences; feels more awkward than funny; overplayed slapstick
- Rather daring entry for the CH based on teenaged student's suspicion (justified as we see in the pay-off!) that his 30s-something single mum is having it away with his best friend. Sprinkling of the 'F' word, although appropriate for the characters and not over-used, would justify an 'Adults Only' flag in the programme. Script calls for a half-hearted comedic fight between the lads, involving tomato sauce and food bits which would call for some serious choreography. Would be best-suited for final slot of the evening.
- Cast of two men, one woman. The young men are friends, but the realisation dawns on one that the other may be having a fling with his mother. The audience is strung along. Is he having an affair? Isn’t he? Adult conversation, including the f-word, which makes it unsuitable for family audiences, and probably a bit strong for sleepy Tolworth. It’s very well written, though, and might be worth using for a more adult one-act evening, rather than the general one. Convincing and believable dialogue, and three good, strong characters.
- I thought this was really well written, I liked the way the "internal" scenes within the piece put different pairings of the trio together one after another to comment on the unfolding storyline. Characters really believable - the whole thing flowed very well. One scene - need to suggest a kitchen - but doable, I would imagine. I really liked this. But - & I don't think I'm being over-prissy - I don't think it's suitable for a family audience - the subject matter, some of the references & language - which you need to keep it real.
- A rather sign-posted take on the rites of passage for a young man. Bills itself as a comedy but feels more awkward than funny. Overplayed slapstick ending is at odds with the feel of the rest. Adult themes and some (necessary?) swearing.
- This was good although some reservations about the family audience. I think the title could have been more imaginative. I liked it but think there would need to be some adaptations.
X-Factor Blues
Friday, December 10, 2010
Letter to my Lib Dem MP
Dear Mr Ed Davey, Lib Dem MP for Kingston, Surbiton and other posh places,
I voted for you and for once I actually did some research and voted for you based on your policies. Next time I shan’t bother. I shall choose who I vote for in the same way that I chose which dog I’m going to bet on at Wimbledon Dog Track – comedy names! So far that method has never let me down.
Right now, having seen that you voted for the increase in University tuition fees despite pledging during your election campaign not to do so, I can’t help but compare you to a page three model. They’ll happily wop out their lovely bits whilst they’re becoming famous enough to warrant a career in television but as soon as they reach that point, away go their principals never to be seen again. I’ve always wondered if they ever really wanted to get them out in the first place, and now I’m wondering that about you.
I left university with ‘student’ debts and they set a pattern for my twenties of never quite having enough money to cover all of my living expenses and being able to live the lifestyle that my new graduate job deserved. Students are generally short of funds but the idea is that they should be rewarded for their studies by having loads of dosh once they graduate and get a job. This generation won’t because you’ll be clawing it all back in loans (and 40% tax lest we forget). Only in middle age will their money be their own. Some will leave with £27,000 of debt; that’s the cost of a wedding and a good car! We’ll know the intelligent couples by the fact that they couldn’t afford a wedding!
But of course that’s not true because those who go to University will have Daddy’s who can pay their fees and buy them a Vera Wang gown.
I do appreciate that cuts need to be made all round and I understand the reasons why. Can I put forward a couple of suggestions.
- Reduce the number of places. You will achieve the same result of fewer people going to University but you will discriminate based on intelligence rather than wealth.
- Cut English degrees. I’ve never seen the point. If people want to spend 5 hours a week reading a book and discussing it form a book club – it costs less to the tax payer.
- Cut elections. Clearly they’re a waste of time because as soon as some-one gets into power they’ll do whatever they want anyway.
If you need any further suggestions on how to run the country I’m sure the secret services know exactly where to find me, what I’m wearing and what I had for lunch.
Kind regards
Sarah