On Thursday and Friday I had orientation. Thursday orientation was with everyone who is studying with NYU –London. There are a lot of people and the weird thing is that there are freshmen here. They weren’t accepted to the Washington Sq campus until spring semester but they had the option of coming abroad. I find it puzzling.
On Friday I had my tisch orientation, which was much more exciting then the first one, although I do find being lectured at a little more pleasant here, because of everyone’s accent. At the tisch orientation I was given my schedule of classes, for the first half of the semester. I have a feeling my classes won’t change too much for the 2nd half, but the know the BBC people and the RADA people have massive changes. My schedule looks really good. I have most Fridays off, unless I have private meeting with my writing professor – Roy Kendall. I have yet to meet him. The fun thing about these little meeting is that the English call them “surgeries”. Over here the word has many more meanings then just cutting people open to fix them. Also during this orientation I was informed that I’ll be given a printer to borrow for the semester – yippee!!!! And paper and cartridges – double yippee!!!! I started doing a little dance in my seat, but stop when I realized I was in a full room and no one else appeared as elated as I was. I do admit I kept dancing on the inside. I’ll probably do a little dance again when they actually give it to me. They also gave us all our own “mini A to Zed’s” which has already been emensely helpful.
Afterwards, they – by “they” I mean Mary Jane Walsh and Sally (didn’t get her last name) – took us out to lunch at a Chinese dim sum restaurant. I normally don’t like Chinese and this place wasn’t entirely an exception. They did a pretty good job, but I did eat a fried thing that was slimy inside, but I didn’t want to find out what it was so I just swallowed quickly and tired to forget about it. The dishes they gave us however, where good choices, so I can’t complain about that. I did eat and I wasn’t hungry after – maybe a little grosses about by the slimy thing, but otherwise good.
Then in haphazard groups we all walked to ULU.
ULU is the University of London Student Union – I’m not sure if they actually use the word student in the title.
The normal NYU in London program was having an activities faire and selling books for classes.
I went to King’s Cross Station today, for tourist adventures. King’s Cross is where the portal to Harry Potter’s platform 9 ¾ is. I wanted a picture of the wall. So I enterde King's cross Station and walked across to platform nine. The Station had set up a little sign that says, "Platform 9 3/4" and put a luggage trolley half sticking out of the wall. It was cute. I got a picture of a german guy with shaggy brown hair pretending to puch the trolley through the wall. He kind of looks like Harry. so its cute.
I turned to leave and was walking back across platforms 7-1 to the exit and I noticed there were all these movie lights set up and one of the platforms was blocked off. So i looked around and all the security were wearing tags that said "HP5" and a bunch of other stuff. THEY WERE ACTUALLY FILMING HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX!!!! I just about fainted.
The Hogwartz Express was in the station.
The signs for platform 9 ¾ were up on the walls.
The platform was covered in big wooden trunks.
It was like a dream. Then I saw all the actors, Ron, Hermione, the Twins, Ginny and lastly Harry. I just about screamed. I also saw a bunch of stand-ins and I think the real Mrs. Weasley. I think I saw a few other actors who are new to #5 as they are members of the Order of the Phoenix. There was a girl with purple hair, so I think that was Tonks and then another older man, but I’m not sure who he was, part of me hopes he was Gary Oldman, but I don’t think Sirius is in that scene as a human. I think I also saw Chris Columbus, who directed the first 2 and is producing the rest of them. I really wanted to see JK Rowling, but she needs to be at home finishing the 7th book. So that has been the excitement of my life in London so far.
Pictures of the actors:
This is one of the older Wealsey brothers, but not Percy and not Bill. Its the other one.
This is an incrediable bad picture of Daniel Radcliff. He's outlined in yellow. I have a better one, but its part of a video, so play along with me.
This is Ron. I know its really bad, but I outlined him for you. The small blob is his hand and the big blob is his head.
Okay, so i don't have internet at my flat yet, so my posts are rather haphazard, due to the fact that i'm just writing stuff in word and when i have finally gotten to a computer, transfered the file online. I have a whole bunch more pictures of my flat and my classes and everything, but i forgot them because of the Harry Potter pictures.
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Oh I can totally tell its ron
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