Evening, hope you’re well.
I’m not. I feel grim and quite a few people in the office
have been a bit off this week…something going around.
Anyway…
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| £6 bargain |
Where did I get up to last?... Oh aye, I was going to see
the BBC Radio 4 recording of The Unbelievable Truth. I did go, and it was ace!
I was over at the east London office on Thursday afternoon so I was able to nip
home, change and head out to Euston and the Shaw Theatre where the show was
being recorded. I got there and the queue was MASSIVE. The tickets were all
free, you just apply online and cross your fingers. Even if you're sent tickets, they don’t guarantee
entry – its first come, first served and I got very lucky as they stopped
validating tickets about 7 people behind me! Once I had my ticket stamped we
could leave the queue and return to the theatre for when the doors open so I headed
across the Euston Road to Pret (that’s totes how I roll these days) to get
something to eat. I still had half an hour before I needed to be back so I wandered
down the road a bit more and found an AWESOME little book shop. Every book £2
or less. I browsed for way too long, bought three books and had to jog back to
the theatre to get in on time.
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| Fave shop! |
I’m not sure how I managed it (possibly my first lot of
rule-breaking this week), but I ended up front and centre – a superb seat. I
got myself comfy and was chatting to a girl sat next to me – she’s a regular at
these recordings and loves them. I soon realised why... she is perfect for radio
recordings as she had the most audible and recognisable laugh I’ve ever heard.
Eventually, the producer came onto the stage and explained that we were
recording not one, but two episodes and introduced the guests. Onto the stage
walked Marcus Brigstocke, Susan Calman, Miles Jupp, Alan Davies and the host,
and one of my most favouritest comedians, David Mitchell! All in all, a hilarious
evening – definitely worth catching on BBC Radio 4 some time in the near future
(although I’m sure all the best bits will be edited out – oh boo)!
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| FUNNY PEOPLE! |
From hilarious highs to crashing lows (EEEK inappropriate pun alert!) – After a late night
and a very early morning (thought I’d get to the office early so I could slope
off early) I headed to Euston with my tickets to Manchester in hand…
“Ladies and gentlemen, all Virgin Trains to Manchester
are cancelled this evening due to and incident on the tracks earlier today”
Nightmare. I had to go to Kings Cross, get a (slow) train
to Leeds then another train across to Manchester. After a few drinks and a bit
of a Twitter rant I chilled out and looked forward to seeing the girls. Nik and
Jen came to meet me at Manchester Piccadilly and whisked me down to Fallowfield for a few
(more) pre-drinks then we headed out for a bloody good night on the town,
definitely without breaking any rules… And that is all the detail you’re
getting.
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| The hangover standard |
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| Mother's Day |
Saturday was St. Paddy’s Day - I celebrated by staying on
the couch ALL day watching the first F1 qualifying of the season (without Jen wanting to whack me with the zapper) and England CRUSH Ireland in the 6 Nations. Soz
about that. On Sunday I made my way back to Westhoughton for a lovely Mothers
Day with the Fam, including Nan and Pops. Jess made some lovely soup, Naomi had
to buy all Mother’s Day gifts twice after leaving everything in Manchester, Dad
had the bathroom scales explained (and dessert well and truly ruined) and I trekked
back to London with several more bags than I meant to!
Fast forward to Tuesday evening and Michaela,
Sinead (Michaela’s mate) and I headed to Ilford in search of the AMC cinema
that does cheap tickets on a Tuesday (who knew?!). Unfortunately, the film of
choice was The Devil Inside. I watched most of the film with both hands over my
face, but survived! No surprises, it delivers exactly what you’d expect from a
film with ‘devil’ in the title and the tagline, "
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| Finished at 9pm, perfect! |
Many of my friends know this about me – I hate breaking the rules. Any rules. Anything from queue-jumping to fare dodging to saying you’re a student and hoping they don’t check the expiry date on your student card too closely… I hate it. But on Tuesday 20th March 2012, Rachel M Brennan (admittedly, encouraged my two life-long (I suspect) trouble makers) watched TWO FILMS FOR THE (already discounted) PRICE OF ONE! The Devil Inside finished at 9pm and This Means War started at 9.15pm. TOTAL WIN.
Today I’ve been on a ‘Facilitation Skills’
training course which was quite useful and meant I got to see some of the grad
group for the first time in a while.
This week I’ve got my last bit of ICSA training,
I’m playing Rebel Bingo (it's like fight club...I can't really say much) and hopefully make my footballing/netballing return.
Until next time,
Bren
PS, OMG IT’S ONLY TWO WEEKS UNTIL NEW ZEALAND (I’m
so under-prepared!)
PPS, The Apprentice has started again. My rage at
the TV on a Wednesday evening has started again. Coincidence?
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