(photos: thats rupert everett looking less than pleased, but he looked that way in most people's photos. click on it to get a larger image. he was quite the witty, attractive movie star; laura and i looking pretty excited about our expensive, soon to be signed books)
I have mainly been staying around campus and " doing homework," which means doing anything but homework in a not so interesting setting. I did however go to Laura's dorm tomorrow, because she is here. This is fantastic news. She lives about a 20-25 minute walk from me, but there seems to be no other good way to get there... Anyway, so that was fun and exciting. Good times are to be had by all. I then came back to school and wasted time with people until 2 am, bad idea.
Today i went to class, laura came over here for lunch (because our food is quite delicious).
We took a quick stroll around Regent's Park and then i kicked her out so i could get to the National Gallery in time for class. Our professor for some reason chose to look at me for half of the lecture. I hate when people do that. He was speaking directly to me for most of the time. So i just nodded and occasionally made eyebrow movements to show that he revealed some sort of artistic secret and i was shocked and amazed. Perhaps he thinks i am a bit...slow.
After this i rushed back to school to eat a quick dinner and get ready to go to see Rupert Everett speak about his book. We got there quite early, so we got 2nd row seats in the center with a perfect view...good work us. I did give in and buy his book for 17 pounds because i found out he would be signing them and, more importantly ,i am a moron. It actually looks quite intriguing though; he writes well and he has some fantastic stories. He told quite a few very amusing stories at this lecture, including some about how he used to stalk ian mckellan. He apparently stood outside of the stage door of macbeth and looked creepy and used to follow ian mckellan home. He never spoke to him until he finally landed a job as an usher at one of the theatres ian was working in. Then he apparently cut a hole through his curtain so that he could watch the play, and this distracted ian enough to say something about it. Eventually they became friends. So stalking can end positively.
Someone in the audience then asked if he had any encounters with stalkers and if they were there in the auditorium. Everyone laughed, then Rupert went on to tell a story about this creepy asian women who stalks him. It was hilarious. He apparently once saw her walking home from the theatre down dark alleyways and in the fog, so he decided to stop his taxi and let her get in as well . He is quite a gentleman and "didn't want her to get knived or anything like that". So he invited her into the cab and she apparently made crazy faces and yelled NO! several times before getting in and continuing to be creepy. He then took her to her hotel, which was a bad idea, because the next perfomance she was waiting outside and asked to go into his dressing room. He thought" well what can i do? i suppose we're friends now" and let her in, only to have her creepily stare at him the whole time.
These stories are much funnier when told by him. This is why buying the book may be justifiable.
We waited in line to get him to sign our book, and he was being very lovely to everyone. He wrote to me (and everyone) " stacey- love from- rupert everett". only it looks like " slacey- lone jum-$igrl eh." But we all know it really means :Stacey, you're pretty great. lets be friends.
We were (surprisingly) allowed to take photos, though he didn't really smile for any of them. The lady who took it for me almost didn't take it because she didn't hold the button down long enough, so he may have been smiling in the beginning. There's no knowing. I like to think that he was. So yes, that was extremely exciting, and i am a fan. He is quite a witty man.
Laura, Erin , Rebekah, and i then went to this touristy pub nearby called "London pub." It was much too expensive. I will not be returning. But it was fun nonetheless.
Now i have to sleep and do homework and laundry all day tomorrow.
Jenna comes tomorrow!!!!!!!! :)
next up: jenna and stacey's english expeditions- part deux
3 comments:
aaaahhhh look at the little middletown girls in london! you have both grown up quite nicely, i must say. i'm going to go ahead and take most of the credit. i'm not sure why, but i'm doing it anyway. please continue to have a fabulous time and to keep my little sister under some semblance of control. cheers!
It's good to know that stalkers do have a chance at getting to know their stalkees(?) idk if stalkees is even a word...but i like it so therefore it stays. I'm also glad that you and laura are having fun! that's kind of a big part of being in london...that whole having fun thing. so well done you! And that's really all i've got to say
What a looker! Marry him. Read my email.
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