Tonight was opening night. Tonight was her debut.

There was the gentle buzz of excitement around the yard, indulgent and warm. This had been a long time coming now, and everything had come together.

And yet, the curtain twitched and the soprano fretted.

The lighting rig was finally in place. That had been their biggest concern. After all, they ( Read more... )

OK, so Yay! Finally finished and uploaded my adventures in Regent’s Park earlier this month. Now this adventure occurred a day or two before my work shifts for the Olympics started. For the last 2 weeks, the next 2 and a further 2 in late August, my soul is the property of the London Olympics effort. Yes, yes I know. I’m a volunteer. I’m for the ( Read more... )

The very reason I got LiveJournal was because Lucy insisted I follow flawedamythyst and become involved in the many shades of awesome that she helps orchestrate. This very event was the one Lucy highlighted and said was would be worth investigating.

( The Woman in Regent's Park )

Three years ago, earlier this month, my aunt Jane passed away very suddenly from a very violent case of cancer. She’d gone into hospital with a suspected case of fibroids, calcium deposits, on her ovaries and fallopian tubes. She went back to start treatment and after further testing the doctors informed her that the growths were in fact cancerous ( Read more... )

On the night of the 12th, went to an event at a Nottingham cinema put on by Waterstones. Eoin Colfer was going to be taking about his books, taking questions on his characters from the audience and signing copies of the final book in the Artemis Fowl series: 'Artemis Fowl: The Last Guardian'.

Now, if you don't know about Eoin Colfer and Artemis Fowl ( Read more... )

Right, new to this. Very, very new…. Right….. Umm, yeah. New to this, so first submission may as well be about something I’m equally new to. Conventions.

OK, few ground points. At secondary school, no doubt it will feature in many a future post, especially is the terms ‘bitterness’ and ‘issues’ are involved, the crazy had to be tampered down on, ( Read more... )