Scylla and Pyro's party

[helenic]

The obligatory drunken digicam photo: this was meant to be a portrait of macrina, whose burgundy gown contrasted gorgeously with the dark green walls and oak furniture, but my hand slipped.

It was a wonderful party. I ran late after not knowing what time the car was going, threw on makeup and clothes in a somewhat haphazard manner and had to take my corset with me and be laced up there. Once we arrived I realised I was seriously underdressed; everyone else was in brocade and wigs and pirate coats (there was a distinct 17th century trend, although I don't know if that was deliberate). Still, I managed to close my corset comfortably to 22", which is progress - it would be nice to get down to 20" by Whitby (not by losing weight, I hasten to add - just through practise). Anyway Sarah and James were lovely and there was pizza and chips and dips and lots of lots of booze - although I managed to temper my drinking and alternated between wine and orange juice (at least for the first bit) so by 3am I was still coherent, if swaying lots, which is the first time I've stayed within the bounds of relative moderation, and just made everything so much better. No ex angst, no random tears, no humiliating behaviour (well, not much, anyway). I talked to naranek for ages, although I can't remember what about, and surje about Slimelight and art and wacom tablets and things, which was lovely. There were two guys from James' work there, both French, looking very lost and confused, who I talked at for a bit and said some embarrassing things about my babygothness at 16 ("how old are you now," asked Theirry, "16 and a half?"). Thierry was a pianist and very cute in a glasses-and-black-poloneck sort of way, but by the end of the evening someone had got him in black lipstick and a dress, which was entertaining but less cute. There was an absolutely stunning grand piano, which various people played (far too many talented people - and I hadn't realised how great a singer/pianist devalmont was) and resulted in a highly amusing drunken singsong of such classics as "Wild Rover", "Great Balls of Fire" and "Bohemian Rhapsody". Then there was Rocky Horror goodness and we all did the Time Warp while trying not to tread on the Scalectrix which sort of covered the floor. I managed to get a lift back at 3am, which I 'd been worried about as it was in the middle of the Anglia countryside and there were no buses on a Sunday, if at all, and I remembered the code to the front gate for the first time ever. All was good.

I got back to find an email from the Yeomen of the Guard people, which said:

"I wanted to let you know that we really liked your audition. We do have one other person we're supposed to hear, but she had to go to London today. I'm waiting to hear back from her to see if she'll even be able to audition for us. So I will have to leave you hanging until tomorrow! I promise to let you know, one way or the other, as soon as I can."

I think that makes it sound like I'm their first choice out of the people they've heard so far. I was very pleased with my audition, actually. It was quite possibly my best singing ever (I'm improving so rapidly at the moment it's exhilarating), and although my acting was only mediocre they seemed happy with it. We shall see.

Comments

[devalmont.livejournal.com]

Fingers crossed for the audition! I'm glad you had a good time, You were looking very pensive a couple of times, but I declined to come over and talk to you lest I appeared to be smothering or otherwise clucky.

[libellum.livejournal.com]

really? I seem to remember having a fab time. I was probably just trying to work out tipsily what I was meant to do with my drink, or something.

[verte.livejournal.com]

*sigh*

Please send the interesting goths to Leeds? I'm exceptionally glad you had such a wonderful time, though, and that there was so much to take your mind off the ex factor, etc.

It sounds to me like you've pretty much got the part! Hurrah! I am so coming to see it. :) Perhaps I can coincide it with a trip to The Calling.

And also! I'm going to have to do some serious corsetting if I'm going to compete with you at Whitby, missy! Damn you! Which corset is this? I'm going to buy a new one this week, I hope... xxxx

[libellum.livejournal.com]

next time there is a party I shall find out more than a day in advance and invite you to it! Yeomen is running from the 9th to the 13th of March (that being the end of term) so you could come on the opening night and then go to the calling afterwards, if it was a calling week? that might be a bit much though on one evening. Tuesday's such a difficult day to get to. Anyway the information for Yeomen is here (http://www.cambridgeartstheatre.com/pages/sp-yeomen.html), although I'm probably being very very presumptious. I'll know by tonight, anyway, I hope.

The corset was my steel-boned fetish fair one which I wore over the black gypsy boob tube. It was very breast-y. I'm not going to buy ANYTHING until Whitby because I want to be able to spend lots and lots of money on clothes there. Huzzah! All the camgoths are going so you can meet them then :) xx

[mageboltrat.livejournal.com]

I'm not :( razornetis going so I can't, I am going to the Morcomme goth festival though, which should be great fun. Glad you had fun, it was definitely a good night and most of the photos came out OK. A bit tired now though.

[libellum.livejournal.com]

boo! it was lovely to meet you last night, anyway :) I will look out for you at the next Calling!

[verte.livejournal.com]

Ah, but I need there to be good goths in Leeds! But yeah, I'll look forward to meeting them.

Yeah, I don't know if I'll get to The Calling this semester - both my English seminars are going to be on Wednesdays. First thing in the morning. Greeeat. Serves me right, I spose, for having such a good timetable last term. I will definitely try and come and see Yeomen, and it is going to have to be one of the early nights because of Vagina Monologues being at the end of that week.

I have so much to tell you about the munch! (insert bounce here)

[libellum.livejournal.com]

It's not as good as Wendyhouse, anyway (which I'm also annoyed at not being able to get to this term). Why is cambridge so far from everywhere?! I suppose it's better than stratford - that was a chore - but it's still irritating. I want to see the vagina monologues! Will there be a performance on the sunday?

and yay for yesterday! I can't wait for the cam one ... *awaits filtered entry with glee*

[verte.livejournal.com]

I think our performances are Saturday to Monday, so whenever. It might just be inside your March holiday, which'd make it a lot easier to get to... At least you don't have to change at Birmingham for Leeds!

[libellum.livejournal.com]

didn't get the part ... so yeah, whatever. have had odd evening. sooooo much work to do tomorrow. bah!

[verte.livejournal.com]

What happened to your big post? I was about to respond to it and it had gone.

I'm going to try and book Whitby tickets over the phone tomorrow. I can't make the online ticketshop work.

Hope you're feeling better, and I'm sorry about the part. How irritating that they made you believe you might have got it. I obviously didn't get recalled for The Dream - they never put up a recall list, but I'm guessing they rang round instead. Unless it hasn't been up yet (doubtful). Bah to the thesps.

[libellum.livejournal.com]

Bah to them indeed.

(I changed my mind and made the last post private, but since you and Robert have both emailled me about it, i have un-privated it. I feel silly.)

[the-waves.livejournal.com]

Whitby? North Yorkshire's Whitby? That's where I live :-)
(Well, technically just outside in a little village.)

x

[libellum.livejournal.com]

you lucky thing! Do you go and stay elsewhere during the goth festival, or don't you mind it? that's the context in which I'll be there, I'm afraid...

[the-waves.livejournal.com]

I'm not a goth, but no, I don't mind it at all. I don't think the locals really bat an eyelid, to be honest. It's just part of the town now, in a way :-) What are the dates this year?

[libellum.livejournal.com]

erm ... 23rd and 24th April, plus days on either side :)

[the-lady-lily.livejournal.com]

Glad you had a spiffing party :)

That e-mail *has* to be from one Claire V. S. Pike. There is no one else in the world who writes with that particular style...

[libellum.livejournal.com]

actually no: Debbie Grossman :)