Important things forgotten from Thursday

Right. So. Not sure how i forgot about this, since i truly embarrased myself in front of a video camera and three people i don't know. My friends and i found out about this audition for a game show that was looking for american people living in london. I still don't know exactly what it is about, but i think it is a Who Wants to Be a Millionare- esque, make fun of stupid americans type game show. So of course i need to try out. Laura, Rebecca, Rebekah, Ashley, and i went over to the American Church (how apropos) on Tottenham Court Street, and walked down the stairs to this room where two ladies were conducting interviews.

First we had to take a written test that was seemingly eay, but actually a bit hard. So what if i don't know the difference between a Harley Davidson and a chopper? That doesn't make me a bad american. oh wait. it does. Really though, all that matters is the fact that the first question had four photos of male celebrities and asked: Which star of The Lost Boys is Donald Sutherland's son? I got very excited and circled Kiefer about three times. That must be a good sign.

Then we had our video interview in which we discussed some of our answers to the personal questions on the test. Mine was fine until they came to the unusual talents section. No one else wrote down unusual talents. I did. I wrote down that i could do a number of bird noises, and make a face that looks like a monkey. I was going to leave it at that since that is really enough awkwardness in itself; however, my friends all said they would no longer be friends with me if i didn't write down the exact phrase " i can do a mean tom jones". So after much deliberation, i wrote it down , thinking they would just ask me to perform one of the unusual talents (bird noises) and move on.

I have never been so wrong. The interviewers got so excited that i wrote down any unusual talents at all, that they not only made me do bird noises (pigeon, chicken, turkey), but they specifically asked about my Tom Jones singing.

What is one to do in this sort of situation?

Hence, i sang "She's a Lady" into a recording device in front of completer strangers. I transitioned quickly into a line from "What's New Pussycat" just to jazz things up a bit. Nice little medley. Though the interviewers seemed to enjoy it, and my friends certainly had a good time, it was a "what just happened?" type of moment. The interviewers then told me to go try out for Mamma Mia which was holding auditions upstairs. I declined. My friends are convinced i will make it on the show (though i would have found out by now i think). I am convinced i will now be part of the promo for the show as the stupid american.

So if you see a clip of a tall awkward girl singing like a Welsh man.... it's me.