The Secret Life of Andrew

This weekend was the first hot days of the year which was nice I guess. Coming to work in the warm weather this morning wasn’t so nice. Honestly, being here ever day is getting all the more wearing. Each night I don’t want to go to sleep and every day I spend looking at the little clock in the corner of the PC willing the hours away. It’s a horrible way to spend my days and I can’t wait until I’m in a job I like. Honestly, I really need to book a holiday so I have a break to look forward to.

HOWEVER, moans be gone because today I finally sent off my application for my MSc in Information Studies at Leeds Metropolitan University which is exciting. So once I get accepted on to the course (I’d better!) I can then start hassling local libraries for work, giving me something to aim towards. I’m petrified because it’s only three months until I’ll be unemployed :s Still, it’ll be nice to meet new people. The prospect of a local friend or two is quite exciting! Hehe.

On Friday night we watched 'Goodbye Lenin' which I really enjoyed. Yann Tiersen did the music so it was always going to remind me of 'Amelie' which, as we know, is never a bad thing. However, it was funny and yet incredibly moving and sweet. It also made me feel really ignorant as my knowledge of Germany during the Cold War is very scetchy. Shame on me. It was great film though.

The weekend was lovely I have to say. On Saturday I went to pick up my new glasses. It’s been ages since I had new prescription ones and I’d forgotten how weird it to put new glasses on! It’s hard to explain because everything’s perfectly clear and yet there’s something rather odd about them…strange. Still, they’re nice. Similar to my old ones but good all the same. After that we headed off to Manchester to go and see ‘Cats’. We had that tasty dipping pizza they’ve got in Pizza Hut and then went to the Palace Theatre – except no-one else was there! We then realised that it was at the Opera House which was thankfully a brisk walk away so we made it in time. It’s nice to know that the gods in other places in Manchester are steep. Thankfully we’d learnt our lesson from ‘The Producers’ and got seats lower down the top tier so we didn’t get dizzy!

And the show was amazing! It’s a proper non-stop show and I’ve never seen one that has no dialogue in it, it’s told all by song. What was very impressive about it was that, although it’s a group performance obviously, every single performer had an individual routine that meant that I didn’t know where to look half the time. It’s such an eclectic show too with all sorts dance – ballet, tap, crazy acrobatics too! And the woman singing ‘Memory’ was absolutely amazing. I cannot describe what a voice she had. So what if it had no plot? It was a marval to watch and listen to. Nice to see that there were many children and young folk enjoying the musical theatre too.

Speaking of which, we made it back for the Joseph final (Christ, how gay am I?!) which had to be done. We had chips and dip and wine and I was being amused by Chantal’s texts so at least we weren’t the only people into it! Anyway, Lee one, as I knew he would which irritated me. I have to say that I warmed to him the more it went on. At first he was an utter arrogant cock and by the end he was more humble. There’s no satisfaction in an understudy winning lead in a show though is there? Not when the runner-up was lovely Keith who worked in a supermarket! While I’m on the subject of TV though, we finished off the season of Ugly Betty which was just brilliant! It hasn’t disappointed all season what with its utter comedy and sheer ridiculousness. I didn’t mention the Desperate Housewives finale either which was brilliant although really shocking. So now I’m just left with Medium and the return of My Name Is Earl. Yay!

Sunday was a lovely day again and we went to a CD fair at Skipton town hall. Not impressed with having to pay a pound to get in but we both scored tremendously! I got a Concretes single for 50p, a B-52s album for £3, the limited edition version of Pulp’s ‘Different Class’ for £1 (£1) and a No Doubt videos DVD for £8. Bargainous. Flipping though all the CD singles and album they had there get all nostalgic about going to Manchester when I was 15 and building up my CD collection in Vinyl Exchange. The internet has killed that fun! And made finding CD gold a lost art. Still, I was pleased with my purchases. Well, until I got home and found that The Concretes CD wasn’t there! Still, I went back and found it so it was all good.

James wanted to take advantage of the sun but I just wanted a day lounging about the house so I felt a bit guilty for doing that really. So I just pottered really, mostly playing Sim City 3000. Then I had a rehearsal at 6pm but there were choc ices so that was ok! While mentioning computer games I’ve had a computer game sized hole inside me that just isn’t being filled by (gasp) the DS and I don’t know why. I think I want something a bit more substantial then matching three things in a row. So I’ve bought the first four Tomb Raider games for £5 (bargain). I’m contemplating buying a PS2. I’ve just seen one for £50 on eBay actually and I can get PS1 games for pennies now. Hmm, I’ll see anyway.

Back to the grind. Ho hum.