I'M FREE!!!!

Hello reader!
So, I have finally finished my education! After around 15 years, I no longer have to attend any classes, meetings or exams, and as you may be able to tell, I'm rather happy.

Of course, I've been making the most of this time, and in true Suzanna style, I went straight on holiday as soon as was possible (Sunday after my last exam to be exact) and made my way to Disneyland Paris for a 4-day fun-filled holiday! To say it was good would be a ridiculous understatement. It was BRILLIANT!

(This picture is made even better by the fact that there are no people in it, just one lone pigeon.)

I met a lot of characters while I was there, including Mickey and Minnie Mouse, Pluto, Goofy, Donald Duck, Rapunzel (queued 2 hours for that, totally worth it), Aladdin, Woody and Jessie. However, the stand-out character was Buzz Lightyear, who danced with me and was generally awesome especially bearing in mind I was about 10 years older than most people in the long queue behind me!

My favourite rides were, no doubt, the Hollywood Tower of Terror and the Rock 'n' Roller Coaster. Both were totally EPIC! I also enjoyed the Buzz Lightyear Laser Blast, and it turns out I'm pretty good at that. First go, I managed to get over 10x as many points as my mum AND I was one-handed thanks to a Mickey Mouse balloon!

As you can probably gather, I could go on and on and on and on.... but I'll stop there. Oh! I forgot to talk about the souvenirs I bought! Kidding, that would take me ages.

Well, seeing as, à bientôt!

A performance at a theme park

Hello reader!

I'm afraid that these past couple o' weeks have been pretty dull. It says something when one of the highlights of your week is that you finally tried 'Robinsons Squash'd'. Saying that, I was pleasantly surprised.

Since last time I blogged I've had my final lesson of proper education. Not going to uni means that, once exams are over, I am education free! Can't say I'm not happy about that, but I will miss the student discounts.

In this rather dull time, there was, however, one great event. EofE, a band who supported McBusted on their tour, performed on Bank Holiday Monday at Thorpe Park. It was a no-brainer, I was going! Especially as it would only cost me petrol (thank goodness for annual passes) and the drive is not far at all. I ended up spending the day freezing cold and on my own but, seriously, it was worth it 100%!

It is fair to say that I may be a bit of a fan now. They really are awesome-trust me on that one! Hopefully they'll return to the London-Surrey area someday soon, as I'd quite like to see them live again. Until then, I guess I'll just have to play the four songs I have downloaded on repeat, as I have been for the last four days (Lust, Lust acoustic version, Kiss Me Like You Mean It, and Dirty Diana, if you're interested).

Right. So that's this blog done. Bit dull, and please don't get your hopes up for the next one as, for the next two weeks, this girl's gonna be sitting exams. Woop-de-doo.

Well, 'til then!

The Post-McBusted Blues...

Hey reader,

The last three weeks have been spent not doing too much, I'll be honest. A lot of the time, I've been wishing I was seeing McBusted, watching videos from the concerts and checking out pictures from each gig. The word 'obsessed' has been used. I wish I could see them again, but won't be long as I get to see them in July in Hyde Park!

As much as I wish could go on about it more, I shall leave McBusted there and write about the other stuff that has been happening. Such as exams, which start in around 3 weeks. Eugh. Studying. I hate it, as does everyone else. So enough about that.

Of course exams etc do NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES mean I can stop having fun! May bank holiday was spent at Alton Towers, which was great fun. As it's far from my place I have to go for a couple of days in order to make the most of it! As well as that, I also went to the recording of 'Sweat the small stuff' with Rita Ora among the guests. I quite enjoy going to TV recordings as it's a free night out with loads of games, plus you get to see the show before anyone else!

Last but (of course) not least, I went to Old Rope again. We hadn't been for 2 weeks, so were rather surprised when a) the bar staff remembered our drink order and b) the man on the door said 'don't worry, your usual seats are still free'. I like that fact. But it now means I shall have to choose wisely when taking any friends there (eventually)... Small price to pay!

Well, I think this has been suitably boring. Here is a picture of Danny Jones to make up for it.

'Til next time!

I took a trip to the year 3000...

In November 2003, aged 8 years and 2 months, I saved up my pocket money (£2 a week) for a total of four weeks to be able to buy a brand new CD that had just been released. This CD was 'A Present For Everyone' by Busted. Over 10 years later, it is still one of my most played CDs, along with their other album and all McFly's albums. I was very upset when Busted broke up-I never even got to see them live. Luckily for me, they joined forces with the band that filled the Busted-shaped-music void in my 8-year-old life, McFly, and toured. And I only went and saw that concert 3 WHOLE TIMES!!!

I had booked to see it twice, and was surprised when my parents told me on Wednesday night that I was going to see them Thursday in a corporate box on top of the Friday and Saturday performances! The good thing is, having seen McFly numerous times beforehand, I knew I would NEVER get bored of the concert! Honestly, it was INCREDIBLE! I guess I'll just write about some highlights...

My first night's view. I saw they unleashed a HUGE basketball, cricket ball, football and tennis ball in to the floor crowd, where I would be the following night. One went over my head!

2nd night I was right next to the UFO stage.
Tom Fletcher, Dougie Poynter, James Bourne.

However, it was the last night that was the best!!! I was stood in the OMFG zone, a 'VIP' bit right in front of the stage! Awesome things from then: Danny Jones spat water at me (believe it or not, one of the best moments of my life!) and laughed at us all freaking out, I didn't have to zoom on my camera, Tom Fletcher sat on the stage right in front of me, plus numerous other things. Here are some pics.      

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So, in a nutshell, über close and happy Tom, Matt in a wedding dress and James awesomeness. I did get pics of the others too, of course! Anyway, there is only one pic that can sum up how this all makes me feel...

And, with that, I leave you. 'Til next time!

The 'uneventful' holiday

Hi reader!

Well, the last two weeks have been the Easter holidays and, I'll be honest, I felt like they've been pretty uneventful and, well, boring. It feels like not a lot has happened. However, when I thought more about what I did it looks like my holiday wasn't as uneventful as I thought!

For the fourth week in a row, I went to the theatre, this time to see Spamalot. If I'm honest, I was not really expecting to enjoy it, but I really did! Of course, most people would say that it was bound to be good, especially with its ridiculously strong connection to the comedy legends from Monty Python! Strangely, however, this is not what popped in to my mind, and the reasons for booking, well, were a £10 ticket deal! And thank goodness I went for it! Again, as with From Here To Eternity, I can't really recommend due to the fact they've gone and closed the play, two days after I saw it. Typical.

As well as this, I met up with a few friends, which was great fun! The lovely weather meant I was able to wear sunglasses (yay!) and shorts, which I have been looking forward to. A lot. And not to mention several ice creams (from a van with a flake and bubblegum sauce, no less!). On top of that, I also went to Old Rope comedy no less than twice. I had to miss one lot, which had one of my very favourite comedians performing due to work. Safe to say I was GUTTED!

And, last but not least, was Easter! I was very lucky to receive around a kilo and a half worth of chocolate and sweets! YAY!

Anyway, so thats about it really. I didn't get to go to Thorpe Park, but ah well! So, 'til next time!

More stuff I would have put in 'Being Busy'

Hey! So, as promised, here is my 2nd blog post about that fortnight.

As I mentioned, I went to 2 comedy nights both at the same place. This comedy club, Old Rope, is hosted in the basement of a pub just round the corner from Oxford Circus. In a nutshell, it's easy to get to and the setting is good! Plus, its £5.50 for the ticket (the 50p is booking fee), and the line-ups I've seen have consisted of 8-10 comedians, so great value. The comedy itself is mainly all-new material (wouldn't expect something else from a 'new-material night...), but there is some old stuff too. Plus, there's a noose hanging above the stage!

Anyway, back to the point, the point is that, during those 2 times I went, I saw Rob Beckett and Nick Helm, and got photos with both of them. And, if that's not something to be happy about, then I don't know what is.

Over this fortnight, it was also mother's day. My mum had just got back from Poland so we were keen to do something together on the day. So, out of everything she could have chosen to do, what did she choose? Legoland.

 This picture is awesome. Not just because it is a lego space shuttle, but, it you look, Yoda is the one standing below it.

Anyway, we had a brilliant day, as always. Legoland is known for being a kids place, but they have some brilliant water rides and I always leave wanting things from the shops! This seems the perfect time to say that I will be purchasing a lego delorean ASAP.

So, that seems a good place to end it. 'Til next time!

Being busy!

Hi there! So, I may have run out of time to do a blog post last week, so will do 2 this week, you lucky ducks!

Since my last post, I have been to the theatre twice and twice to the same comedy club, which is most certainly the best one in town!

So, first, the theatre...
I was quite sad to discover that now of my favourite west end shows, From Here To Eternity, was shutting. I had been to see it when it was in its preview season, and was incredibly happy to manage to get tickets to the Thursday-before-it-closed performance. I guess in a way I was quite lucky that it did not get the audience response it most certainly deserved. First time, we got upgraded from restricted view to stalls, and this time we managed to find a deal that got us tickets worth £67.50 for £24.50! I seem to have a bit of a knack for getting these mad, brilliant deals... Don't know how!

Yes, it was amazing. Yes, I was singing the songs constantly after seeing the show. And yes, I DEFINITELY need the soundtrack ASAP. I really don't know why people didn't go-set in Hawaii around Pearl Harbour, this show had a load of brilliant aspects to it. Plus, it had Ryan Sampson, who played Grumio in Plebs as Maggio, who is awesome and a role fulfilled by THE Frank Sinatra in the film.

The next load of theatre was a little unexpected and most certainly one of the best evenings out I've had this year (along with a load of other stuff...). It all started as my mum text me 'RING ME ASAP' (because that's not dramatic...). Turns out, it was not the family emergency that I had feared, but was instead the news that someone at her work had two spare tickets going to the press night performance of 'Dirty Rotten Scoundrels' starring a load of awesome people including Rufus Hound and Robert Lindsay, and asking if I wanted to go. Really, that was a stupid question. The chance to see a musical, not do any homework and not desperately channel surf in the hope there will be something half descent somewhere but inevitably end up watching Cartoon Network? YES PLEASE! And, just like with From Here To Eternity, the songs are still stuck in my head and I loved it!

I most certainly will go again. I have to, and not just because I couldn't go to the stage door this time (although that is a contributing factor). It's hilarious and great, and I hope it lasts. I don't think I could take it if for the third time in two years a musical I loved so much and couldn't stop going on about shut early (slight exaggeration...I'm pretty sure I'd live, I'd just be a tad disappointed.)

I guess I'll write about the other stuff tomorrow. A lot has happened in the last fortnight (not really a change...).

'Til then!