Wow. This is pretty much the first time I've had time to sit down and chill in a WHILE.

So, I've had a crazy week. I was trying to catch up on work after being ill, which wasn't helped by taking two days away from Durham to go see Green Day in Birmingham with my mum (AWESOME) and there was a Night Bash on Friday which I had to finish writing and organizing AND a pirate bar crawl which was awesome but didn't help with sleep deprivation.

Basically, I was getting up really early and going to bed REALLY late and working constantly throughout the day, doing reading for seminars and trying to get Akkadian into my head. I even tried mochas in desperation for caffeine (I don't like coffee, but can now stand mochas) and basically didn't stop until I ran into Ali in the marketplace the evening before the Night Bash. I had just been running around frantically looking for glowsticks, crying out praise to Glowstick Jesus in the middle of the shop upon finding some, and she very quickly saw how manic I was, and dragged me off to the pub to make sure I had a sit down and a proper meal before the adventure that night. It was amazing, and SO necessary, I hadn't realized.

So, Night Bash went awesomely, I DID get all my necessary work done (and then some), and I finally got sleep afterwards. I just slept in till 11 on Saturday, and noon today. But sleeping in so late today was because of my awesome day yesterday.

First, I had auditions for the Society Film (a film noir, this year) and, according to Richard, have almost definitely got a part. WOO. Then I had the debrief for the Night Bash, finally explaining the deal with the glowsticks. Then I had Improv Comedy, where I got into a vociferous debate during Conducted Story about the values of Kent (defending it to the last) and discovered there's an Elvet Underground show today, and then it was the Naked Calendar photoshoot.

Somehow, it was less awkward than last time, even though there were more of us and most of them were freshers and thus we didn't know them all that well. AND we all had a lot more on show - basically, we had John in the middle holding up the VaryTale die, and us all kneeling and lying around him reaching for it, without even drawing boards to hide behind like last year. Like last year, there was a lot of definite "NOT LOOKING AROUND OH MY LOOK AT THE CEILING ISN'T IT FASCINATING." At one point the photographer called "Can you all get a bit closer together?" Fuuun.

THEN I headed off to Improv Katie's Halloween party in Neville's Cross. Her house has awesome parties - their housewarming had the theme the Cold War, and I went as the secret communist McCarthy was always warning about - and this time's theme was Victoriana horror. I went as Queen Victoria turned into a banshee after the death of Albert, in a really hot black dress (well, a top with swooshy sleeves and a skirt with my black underbust corset over it) and creepy-ass grey corpse make-up on my face and in my hair. It was a good effect, if I may say so myself.

That party was mostly hanging around with Richard, Sophie, Alex and Katie and talking about random stuff. We also tried to cheer Richard up, since he was a bit dejected on not finding anyone new and awesome at the auditions earlier. Then, at 11pm, I got a taxi (booked WAY in advance) over to Gilesgate to the Treasure Trap Halloween party, which involved a LOT of people crammed into a living room (seriously - all over the sofas and the floor and leaning against walls) and much alcohol and singing. Alistair was there too, already an impressive way through various cider bottles and breaking into the rum, who'd never heard the songs before and was amazed.

That party went on till 4am, but after a rousing rendition of Super Vampire Bunny, it was time to pack it in and go to bed. Which I did, until being woken up by MattMatt at noon.

Now, I have to do my ancient Greek exercises and write a scene for the Society Film before meeting my college family in the pub later and the show this evening - but first, I wash the make-up out of my hair.

Zoe STILL doesn't know where I get my energy.