So I was last telling you about my trips and travels and perhaps didn't give you enough of me! - well to the point where i discovered I didn't quite reveal all about me especially my musical and arty persona in this such blog. But the problem is, I don't want it to be tedious for you to read just as it would be for me to write (well thats a lie! I love writing) but it won't be long, promise.
Gymnastics with ballet, believe it or not - I managed to achieve up to level 9 in the sport but stopped abruptly because of my poor poor back. I must say my back is terribly deformed, so badly that i had to take a 9 week physiotherapy which costed me far too much but indeed my therapist was too beautiful so of course I didn't mind then. But what was i thinking? - he was going to fall in love with me and we'd run away together and live happily ever after? no. So I signed myself out and left for good! Mum says i ought to do it myself - well to be honest, i don't quite know how that would work.
When I left the focus of gymnastics and ballet, I thoroughly enjoyed being in stage musicals at school; waving to my mum saying 'look mum its me' in the middle of the production. While my siblings were taking swimming lessons, I was going to drama rehearsals so I grew to hate swimming and became really bad at it predictably (when i say became, I don't mean I was ever good, just worst). When I was younger, I never really was of any important character in plays as I was quite shy or just because I was black to be honest - sadly Princess and the Frog was released now that I am older and I never got the opportunity to play her, maybe one day there will be a casting for a production on it but then I forget I can't sing! (too many people tell me this which hurts haha) Her name is Tianah too - I was so made to be her! Although, I shouldn't think I would be comfortable making kissy faces with a frog, whether it be real or fake, just not when I was like 9; (the stage where we had 'girls only' clubs and boys were disgusting) - those were my days.
Anyway! I got into Oliver Twist the Musical at my local theater when I was 11 years old and played one of the boys (my hair was draped back, ew) but because I was black, parents were looking back and forths among themselves with the look of 'I don't recall a colored person in this story'. My mother would probably be sleeping somewhere in the audience but I was happy she came! Oliver Twist is my all time favourite musical and everyone knows this! My boyfriend is called Oliver but referred to as Olly and I'm always tempted to burst into a song from the musical. He's doing music but doesn't like musicals?!?!?!?!?!???!?!?!?!??!??!?!??!?!?!?! Trust me, I'm working on this.
- backkkk to the point.
Going to MaryHare as I mentioned was quite difficult I'd be honest (or did I mention that?), I wasn't 'Means Girls' popular but I shouldn't think I was a loser because come on I'm me! (joke guys, a joke). Anyway, when I arrived, I arrived late and was disliked for some reason, I swear nobody liked me haha. I don't think they wanted anyone new in their year just because. In my first year, I was thrown in a bathtub full of water .because. .it. .was. .funny. No I didn't find this funny and to be honest there's nothing really funny about it, I tried to think of something funny about it though, but no, nothing. I don't do revenge though so I quietly cried stupidly and went to my unfortunately shared room and spoke to no one. I was talked about and poked about, I didn't say much and spent most of my evenings with my older sister for comfort. Anyhoo I took part in the school plays and end of year drama shows which I loved at the time and would say helped improved my confident! A girl joined the school shortly after me and we shared our musical interest and my time spent there was better than it ever had been! It involved dancing and acting but I rarely acted actually - hmm only just thought of this now. My last ever show there was on Hairspray - and guess what? Black people were actually segregated from the whites in the show! Meaning no main roles for any blacks although please note there was like 3 of us who were black - no fuss(!) So i wasn't really part of the show but i did danced in it with two other 'dark skinned' ladies. This made me become more into musicals than ever! Even today, perhaps once every two months I would watch a West-end show and all have been worth every penny and time.
Ah, flute was my musical instrument after playing the recorder! I was able to read music and play quite well other than spitting saliva to my teacher every now and again. I would play in front of the school or annoyingly at home. I got up to grade 5 but sadly didn't wish to continue on to grade 6 - my teacher was stressing which was stressing me and I just gave up, sadly. I learnt massively from this experience and promised myself not to give up so easily just because someone else i was doing something with was just losing interest.
I did promise not to be too long so I'll stop here and return soon xx
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