Below are the 6 most recent journal entries recorded in cockerels_boot's LiveJournal:

Tuesday, January 1st, 2008
7:14 pm	Writer's Block: Looking Forward What are you looking forward to in 2008? View 118 Answers  A new year begins, and I rediscover livejournal. Something akin to finding an old school book and flicking through thinking "What the hell was I on about?". But in a fond way. Something like that, anyway. So, over the next 12 months I am looking forward to; *   Finishing another year of uni *   The new theatre opening in Kingston *   Possibly getting to perform there, fingers crossed (!) *   All the hijinks of summer, whether going on holiday or going to Edinburgh Fringe or whatever ends up happening. *   Mighty Boosh November 1st!! YES!! *   Hopefully moving into a proper house and away from the flat, yay I shall also endeavour to: *   Not leave work til the very last minute *   Learn how to use the slow cooker my parents got me for Christmas *   Learn to play the flute! Damn it! Or that's the plan, anyhow. Current Mood: contemplative Current Music: Home home on the range (Comment on this)
Thursday, October 5th, 2006
11:24 pm	Sooooo............ I've been here at universitoire for 3 whole weeks! Three weeks. Three Weeks... reminds me of the festival newspaper in Edinburgh during the month of August, and that lovely reviewer Kate Graham..... reminds me of that wonderful show, 'Acts of Depravity' that I read about in that paper: what was it now... oh yes, "These are four extremely talented actors who make it work well..." "hilarious - well worth a look." She always speaks such sense that Kate Graham :) Shameless shameless plug. Anyway. Yes. Universitoire and all that. It's alright really. My room's quite nice, though I'll be glad to get a house next year I think, I like to have a bit more space to mope about in. It's weird being away from everyone, especially as I've spent the last year doing nothing but hang out and rehearse and things, and now I'm pretty much by myself or with my flatmate Laura a lot of the time. Not in a 'bah humbug' sort of way! Just at night and things, you know. I don't mind it, but I do miss everyone. I miss being with people who know me completely, and I don't have to explain things, explain myself to. I miss rehearsing, and getting told off for being 'silly', and all those mad things! I'm helping with lights/backstage stuff in a 2nd years production of the Dumb Waiter by Harold Pinter in November, sorted it out today. Auditioned for a rehearsed reading of some short plays this week too, and went to a workshop on Titus Andronicus which I think is going to lead to a performance at some point. And two more auditions next week - I'm trying to 'throw myself' into everything as it were!  Strange Obsessions this week: * Ben Fogle. Nice, nice, lovely Ben Fogle. If only I could be lost in the jungle or up Kilimanjaro or trekking across the tundra with his reassuring poshness to comfort me...!! Yes, Extreme Dreams, Animal Park, and now Cash in the Attic are on my viewing list...... Don't Judge Me! * Mitchell and Webb. Or, more precisely, Mr Robert Webb - as much as I love and respect their comedy genius (to the point where I turn down offers of nights out to stay in and watch them), there's something so lovely about Mr Webb that I just can't stop obsessing about. Don't Judge Me! * Baths. The urge for a bath was so overwhelming today I almost wept. Well, that's not strictly true. But I did nearly go and knock on local doors to see if they would let me use their bath in exchange for chores around the house/walking the dog/looking after the children etc. The reasoning behind this strange obsession is the ashtanga (sp?) yoga class I put myself through last night, accompanied by the pilates on Tuesday... free sessions at the new fitness centre at the main campus... needless to say my muscles do not share my new found enthusiasm for stretching...! * Waiting in avid anticipation for the new Robin Hood series on the BBC - even if it's rubbish, it'll still be good! Oh yes, work that one out! Go on! I'll give you a clue - look at the face on the sides of the buses... Anyway, I'm going to retire and watch a film... not sure what yet... possibly something terribly English and very Jane Austen...... but yes, I'm off. Big gay dad is coming down to visit me tomorrow, yay!! And I'm coming home next weekend, woop woop. Night, Hx Current Music: The tiny salmon.... (Comment on this)
Saturday, June 24th, 2006
11:23 pm	Boredom Scribblings Yes, I had another of those weird trances where I realise it's 3am and I'm still at the computer writing, night before last. Last night I had to go and do a buffet at work because the chef cut his hand and had to go to casualty... but anyway. Since I have no idea what else to do with it, and I'm thoroughly bored and can't sleep, I thought I'd post it on here. Not that anyone ever looks on here, but it's something to do, isn't it? It's quite long. I just started tapping away in notepad again. Heigh ho! ( It's a story about Coffee. ) So yes. There we are. Rehearsal tomorrow. Looking forward to it. My Edinburgh Shows: Abby, Vera and Sue, an original musical. Greenside, Aug 21 - 26th. Acts of Depravity, a hilarious sketchshow written by Lorna and our 'dad' Jonathan. ClubWest, Aug 20 - 26th. Hxx Current Mood: indescribable Current Music: Hot Wee Wee Jefferson, The Cisitis Kid - 'Burn Baby Burn' (Comment on this)
Friday, May 26th, 2006
11:59 pm	My biro I find myself increasingly catching the last bus home, after various cultural endeavours with Lorna across the city (unemployment fuels creativity! Employment? Servitude?! Yet another concept invented by a bloody man to exert his authority over the fairer sex!), and whilst I was sitting there last night waiting, I got bored and started doodling (my new favourite word) in the back of my diary (yes, I have a diary now, get me!)  ( At the bus station close to midnight...... sounds like a Jam song, doesn't it?? ) OK so it wasn't exactly that close to midnight... but 7 minutes past 11 didn't seem quite right somehow. I'm bored, can you tell? Who are you anyway?! Lorna and I debuted some sketches from our Edinburgh Fringe show 'Acts of Depravity' last night at 'Emergency' at the Y Theatre in Leicester, and it went down a treat! They loved it, the slags! We're now uber-confident (as if we weren't bad enough before...) and ready to take on the world.... and finally seduce the Mighty Boosh... but that's a story for another time :) xx Current Mood: discombobulated Current Music: "Mr Murphy is the master baker..." (Comment on this)
Saturday, April 8th, 2006
9:02 pm	AAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OH MY GOD I ACTUALLY SAW THEM!!!! OK so I'm still a little excited from last night's wondrous festivites involving THE MIGHTY BOOSH LIVE and also Robots in Disguise, the 'electro-girls' band. THE MIGHTY BOOSH! It was even better than I could've anticipated, so much goodness I can barely type... Julian... pink hot pants... jesus, I almost had an aneurysm. The second Ju came onstage I had a mini-fit and probably looked a right mong but I didn't care, because right there in front of me was Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding, being right funny buggers, and it was cooler than anything in the world ever. Ever ever ever. Ever. I literally laughed so much it HURT... my face felt like it was going to explode (I kid you not!)! O Julian, I'd get in your wheelbarrow anytime... ;) Oh my God Lorna (the only person likely to read this), they're real!! AAARRRGGGGHHHHH!!! I'm going to go and calm down now, I think I'm making myself ill... One more before I go: AAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! H xXx Current Mood: ecstatic Current Music: Robots in Disguise (Comment on this)
Monday, April 3rd, 2006
6:38 pm	A little nonsense now and then is cherished by the wisest man... Well. Here I am. Unemployed and bored, taking a gap year and filling it *not* with helping little orphan children in Bolivia or digging wells in Chile or building schools in Africa, but sitting around watching The Mighty Boosh and tapping away at the computer all day, and occasionally rehearsing for shows. I'm in a Shakespeare play at the moment with the New Quorndon Shakespeare Company, Much Ado About Nothing. I'm playing Beatrice, who basically wanders about being 'witty' and quite annoying until she gets tricked into realising she's actually in love with her sparring partner in all things wit, Benedick. Then her cousin gets accused of adultery and things go a bit pear-shaped, but this is a Shakespearian comedy so you can guess how it all turns out. Yay. Go go lightning plot synopsis... I'm also in two shows going to Edinburgh fringe. Dig me. One is a musical we performed in February with the Shakespeare company called Vera, Andrea, Holly and Sue (Thelma and Louise Too), which is set around a group of mothers and the things they have to deal with, and some rather more unusual situations... I play a young pregnant mother who's a bit wet and confused about everything. It's really rather funny you know! The other show has been written by my lovely friends Lorna and Jonathan, and is called 'Acts of Depravity'. Yes... we are the Unneccessarily Offensive Theatre Company, and we are not afraid to molest and deform classics of film, television and literature with crude humour and a frightening lack of subtley. It's in a sketch-show format, with amongst other things parodies of Brief Encounter, Anton Checkov and russian theatre, Alan Bennett monologues and Tennessee Williams' works, plus sketches involving chavs, people with OCD, air hostesses, angry orange farmers, and more! Good grief! We're going up for the last week of the Fringe, should be a jolly good laugh, what ho, top hole old fruit, and all that. So yeah, that's pretty much all that's in my life at the moment, Mighty Boosh and rehearsing. Oh, and learning to drive, which is fun fun fun, I just wish I could get it over and done with sooner! Yeah, so, there's not that much point in me writing a journal really, because I don't do anything! But there you go. So. I've posted Mighty Boosh related writings on booshslashhaven and mrspellam, some fanfic (I'm working on more at the moment) and an 'ode' to Howard Moon, my moustachioed Maverick :) I've never really written anything that I've shown to anyone before, quite enjoy it though. The levels of my and Lorna's Boosh obsession know no bounds!! Right then, I'll go and try and memorise some lines, and take some Echinacea to get rid of this cold before going to see The Boosh on Friday in Birmingham (had to get one more mention in, hehe). Hxx PS - ARGH I can't believe I'm going to see Noel and Julian in the flesh!!!!!!!!!!!! [/swoon] Current Mood: cold Current Music: original Willy Wonka - Gene Wilder makes me happy :) (Comment on this)