Film making

If there's one thing scary than interviews or being on stage it must be being on camera. A few weeks back I spent a weekend with the Yorkshire Writing Squad and made a short film with some friends. We only had about 4 hours so the film could only be 3 minutes. We made a film called 'Yolk' with 3 minutes in almost real time.

I love directing and so was a little worried about having to be the girl on screen. It seems for once I was the least terrified of doing so, so I stepped up and this is what we produced:




Hehe, it's not perfect. Gotta love that expression! One bit got lost somehow during the edit as we were in a rush. It was still a lot of fun though and managing a weekend out of the house with people who I mainly didn't know was quite an achievement for me.

Busy Weekends

Over the past two weeks I have had a rather busy time, particularly at the weekends. As part of my Carpe Annus *sniggers* I'm applying for everything I see, this resulted in a trip to the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds for a meeting about a theatre project - I think it was a bit of a mistake really as they seemed to expect me to be from Leeds.

Ah well, after the 6 hour detour to Leeds I finally got to John Lewis Sister's (who we shall call JL sis) to see my half German niece - known affectionately as Schmoozy. We had a great time at the icy swings and the ball pools with me slipping her the occasional chocolate button. We take our naps at the same time, which is very convenient. She is so lovely at the minute. Although she is 16 months she is not yet talking but scribble talking and it is clear that some of the noises she makes are English and some are German - my German vocab. is coming on no end.

I'm continuing my pottery class and went through the snow to see Jenni in maskerade on Saturday. I also had an interview for a job I really wanted and although they turned me down they were very nice about it, saying I was employable and it was just that someone else scored more points. I went to my old department, now in a new building, and had a chat with my academic idol. It felt very good to talk to someone who doesn't assume I'm stupid and I left feeling a little hope for the future.

And finally, I spent the weekend at a Writing Squad film-making event about which a full post will appear in due course. I was very proud of myself for making it all the way through as I've not managed more than a half day for quite some time.

Sheffield is just beautiful in the snow.

Diversify & penguinate!

After a year of blogging my little achievements I have decided to mix things up and add a few more strands into the blogmix. I have so much to say and people around me are probably bored of listening so it's time to rage at the page and enlighten the intertubes.

But here's one crafty achievement to mark the change and give me a picture to put in here. Ages ago I made a penguin hot water bottle cover for Kashaberry. It is a poundshop bathmat, an old black top and some felt scraps. He's slept with it for 2 winters now and it's still in one piece so I'm considering that to be a win.

Hmm, don't know why it's lying down, never mind. Penguin out.

xxx