King's Charity Fashion Show

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So wow, busy busy day it was. First off I had to get up at 9:30 which did not make me happy because I like sleeping in especially when I often don't get to bed until after 3am. My Dad and I had to head to London around 10:30 (hence the 9:30 wake up as it takes me an hour to actually pull myself out of bed, get my shower, brush my teeth, and get something to eat). We got to the venue with tons of time but only to find out barely anything was moving along. I don't understand why either since the girls should of gotten there at 9 and by 11:30 you'd figure their make up would all be done but it was BARELY halfway done. I was stunned to say the least. I wound up having to put posters on the doors as I waited for something to happen.

We finally got to go to lunch at 1PM, about a half hour later than we were suppose to but whatever. My friends from the show, David, Jenny, Kristina, Sherlrina and myself headed to the nearby Citi Plaza and grabbed some food to eat and then headed back to the venue because we were (hopefully) going to start a run through. We did, but man I don't understand why we didn't just do a complete run through and then fix what went wrong. It didn't really make sense because then we could get a sense of how to do it and then work on whatever went wrong. We also wound up having to wait for about an hour and a half till the show started since the run through of the scenes I was in had finished, but it took till basically the doors opening for it all to be done. And then we still had to wait an hour for the show to start. Luckily we got pizza for dinner so we at least had SOME food to tie us over.

The show I found went really well though. My scenes of Nike, Commander Salamander, Moore's (tuxedos), and the King's Pro Shop went great and I felt happy knowing I did a good job. We ended the show by having a procession of ALL the models and then gave flowers to Cheryl and Hayley the two commissioners in charge of the Fashion Show. Though I SERIOUSLY think they should be paid for this. I don't understand why the KUCSC doesn't realize that the show is a LOT of work, and it's constant work from October till March for heavens sake. The people in charge have to deal with fittings, and booking the venue, finding sponsors, finding the stores who want to have their clothes in the show, getting posters and tickets designed, choosing models and dancers, spending probably more than FORTY hours a week trying to get everything perfect. So if anyone from the KUCSC (aside from me :P) is reading my blog, I suggest you think about changing the Fashion Show Commissioners position to Coordinators so they can get paid the money they deserve because otherwise they're blowing blood vessels over the show that they're only volunteering to do. Got it? Good.

ANYWAY,
Once the show was over, it was a relief that now all my non-school events were over and now just to focus on school...yay. Why can't I just become and actor or model instead of this? I love acting and modeling and such about a million times more than school....but oh yeah....it's really hard to make a great paycheck from acting/modeling so I have to go to school to get a fall-back....Woo hoo...

Well that's all for tonight. And if you can't figure out the autism part, well I suppose I'll tell you another time :P

Sean

You Are My Sunshine

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Today was a relatively slow day frankly. I had to go to my final fitting at Commander Salamander, a store that sells somewhat alternative clothing. I'm just going to be wearing a normal pair of jeans that are my own, but a brownish beige button up shirt. I have to say though, with it being St. Patrick's Day, London students have basically gone completely insane. I swear there were some guys asking people to show them their bodies if they weren't wearing green.

Really the only other part about today I guess was going out to dinner with my friend. Just went to Jack Astor's and it was fun. That's basically it about the dinner. I'm looking forward to tomorrow though because I'll be home and can play God of War 3, Final Fantasy 13, and I'm just totally happy about that of course. Right now however I'm playing Pokemon SoulSilver and about to watch New Moon which I got early because of pre-ordering it online. It's so nice knowing that I have a movie most people won't get until Saturday :P.

Finally, the only thing related to autism that happened today was when I was chatting with the coordinator for the Fashion Show, I told her how I felt as though the DJ for the show didn't like me for some reason. But she reassured me that as long as I hadn't done anything, there was no point in thinking that he was mad at me, which I suppose is completely true.

So I guess that's it for today.
Night all!
Sean

I Said I'm Walkin Down the Street with my Nike's On

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So semi-busy day today I have to say. Today was the day I had to pick up my tuxedo for the Fashion Show and at the same time pick up God of War 3 since it was just released. I can't play it at the moment sadly since I'm in London for tonight and tomorrow, but soon as I'm home, you can guess what I'll be doing :P It was surprising to me though that despite it being the release of the game, there was no line up whatsoever when I got there around noon so go figure.

The rest of the day basically just consisted of classes and fashion show practice. My solo for Music class, "Summertime" went really well. They basically said that I knew exactly how to project my voice this time and I had a great balance between both my high notes and my low notes which really made me happy. 90% or higher here I come :P.

As for Fashion Show practice, it was just a complete run through of the entire show, with one scene after another in the order it had to be in. The title of this post is due to the title of a song that basically goes with one of the stores I'm modeling for.

I suppose that's basically it aside from talking too much to one of my fellow models. (This would be my autistic thing for today :P)

That's all for tonight!
Sean

Stroll Down the Runway, Another Payday, Cover of Magazines

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Well I'm going to tell you all now it was really not a busy day. Sadly nothing really big happened aside from a fitting and class but I'll still go into it.

With the Pro Shop fitting I basically had to go to the King's Pro Shop (which is in my school) and find out what they'd like me to wear. It wound up that I'd just be wearing a blue sweatshirt with the logo for King's on it, and my own grey sweatpants. Nothing's wrong with that really, because it also lets me wear my own pants and own t-shirt underneath which is always nice. I was also able to grab some scrambled eggs at the caf which wound up just perfect because the guy who works there who makes them perfectly was thankfully working.

Aside from that the only other thing that happened today really was my Speech class which was...interesting to say the least. We basically had to do impromptu speeches which consisted of pulling a random topic out of a bag, and then presenting a speech based on that topic after ten minutes of preparation. Mine was about Women in the Military and I basically talked about both sides of the debate that has lasted 4000 years. I talked about how on one side (consisting mainly of men), feels women can't perform in the military because of strength, emotions, and psychological capabilities. Then I talked about the other side, which I feel a part of, that says how strong they can be. I also made up the fact that women can take hold of their emotions and put them towards giving themselves strength. I also listed different female warriors including Annie Oakley, mythological goddess Athena, and even a Star Wars queen, Queen Talia (see Knights of the Old Republic 2: The Sith Lords for XBOX or PC for reference :P).

That was basically my day frankly. I suppose the only autism-related thing that "sprung up" was that just because Lauren wasn't responding to my texts, I thought she was perhaps annoyed with me, which even though I know wasn't the case, I suppose I have a bit of paranoia in me because I always feel like I text her too much because I want to make sure I haven't made her mad. I don't know if this is autism or paranoia, but I'm sticking to autism :P

Anyway, that's all :)
Sean

Just Another Picture to Burn

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I woke up at 3:00PM and got ready for play practice later that night. I worked on my study notes for my exam Tuesday. At 6:15PM I headed over to Lauren's and we headed over to play practice. It went pretty well frankly, and I got a chance to slip next door for Fashion show practice. We finally got onto actual practice of the play at 8:40. I then headed home after practice and here I am. I'm sorry that this post is so extremely short.

Autism-wise there was really only the structure of this post.

Sorry again!
Sean Previl

I'm Freaking Out

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So I woke up today at 12:00PM and watched MadTV before heading over to King's to sign up for my Soph interview as I got into the next level of the Soph application process which made me quite happy. After I signed up for that I went to the library to print off my tickets for my friend Brittany and I to go see Alice in Wonderland as we're seeing it Friday since I work the First-Year Ball on Saturday so I can't go with Lauren and others that night.

After this I had class at 3:30PM and then headed home briefly before heading to my vocal coaching sessions at the Music Building. Then I spoke with my ensemble partner Jennifer to decide which song to do, which will most likely be Come What May from Moulin Rouge.

After this I headed to Fashion Show practice which went pretty well, and I ended by working on the posters for the Fashion Show. It's stressing me out so bad but luckily Pat (the KUCSC President) said he'd take the work I did, and then just finish it up. I just hope he does it the right way.

Autism-wise, I both have been letting the stress overwhelm me because I'm not letting myself breathe or any of the things I was told to do to help prevent my stress from getting overwhelming. There also was the usual following the structure of my blog as always. :P

Night all!
Sean

Don't Rain On My Parade

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So I woke up at about 12PM and got ready to head to London. I took a shower and then packed up and headed out.

At 4PM I had fashion show practice. For this I had to do my walk again as there had been technical difficulties last time so we weren't able to get our videos of our walks from week. We then got to know one another more about each other telling interesting information about ourselves, and a common thing about it seemed to be that many of us had our lives in "shambles" or at least not knowing what to do after school. After this though we paired up, me getting paired up with my new acquaintance David who's from South Africa. We decided to do a sort of opposite thing, so using the opposite feet, our poses being opposite of each other, and then opposite feet walking back. But then accidentally we both used the same feet to start walking, but I suppose it happens, I think there was just confusion on both our parts. :P

After fashion show practice I headed home for a bit, had dinner (Boston Pizza) which for some reason we were out of delivery area online so I had to call them instead. The girls upstairs came down for a bit to chat, and it was really nice to see them again. I found out that they're staying next year so at least I'll know some people lol. (I've tried to not use lol in my blogs, but that's all I can think of right now.)

At 8:30PM, it was play rehearsal and we just did a full run through. I'm now both Ticket Seller and Vendor, and I also put my name forward to be Humpty Dumpty as A: he has a lot of lines that I know I could get memorized, B: I like his character and it could be a lot of fun being him, and C: I felt I didn't do a great job at showcasing myself and my talent in my audition, so it's kind of just a thought that I'd do better just showing my talent by being the role. But we'll see, maybe I'll get it, or maybe I'll just get more to do.

After this I headed home, watched I Love You, Beth Cooper, and Bruno which was just horrible.

Now I'm off to bed!
Sean

You Say Goodbye and I Say Hello

Hey everyone!
So it was a busy, busy day. I woke up around 11AM and got ready for the day. My parents and I headed to London as I had an interview with the King's Students Council as I was going for the Communications Officer position. I really hope I did well as the position means a lot to me. If I don't get it, like I said in my interview, I will move on and persevere, but like I said I really do hope I get the position.

After the interview I headed home and just watched some television till 6:30. I then returned to King's for the Fashion Show practice, where we watched clips from Top Model and other runway shows. We then did our walk, and were taped for it so we can see how we did and will be getting critique/feedback when they send it out to us. Luckily everyone will only get their own, so we don't have to see them on Youtube. *laughs*

After the Fashion show practice I headed home, had dinner and watched Desperate Housewives and Brothers & Sisters. And here we are.

Talk to you all tomorrow!
Sean

Stand By Me

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Sorry I'm late in the post, but there wasn't much for me to post. To start with I got up at 1PM as I had a massage appointment at 2:40. I headed to the appointment and it wound up an excellent one, I felt so relaxed after it and I haven't had any more pain yet.

After the massage I had an appointment with Health Services to check this cough I'd had for ages. Turns out it was either just allergies or remnants of a cold. I believe it was the latter for me.

After that I headed back briefly to my house to drop off my prescription then headed to Masonville to do some grocery shopping and shopping for a serving tray as I got sick of always putting plates on my bed. It got crumbs everywhere which was just horrible.

Following Masonville I came home, watched the Top Model finale where the girl I wanted to win, won. Then I watched Glee where Rachel was crushing on Mr. Schuster and it was just funny to watch him try to tell her no.

I then went to bed.
That's all for now everyone!
Sean

Just Can't Get Enough

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So I was up extremely late studying my Personality Theory notes and then headed to the doctor's office at 9AM. IWhile there turns out I was right that I was worry about nothing.

I got home about 9:30 and fell asleep till 2PM. I then got up and finished up the last of my studying. I then finished up my speech for tomorrow's class.

Around 6:30 I headed to the model practice and I did okay but I need to work on not swinging my arms too much and relaxing my shoulders. I did apparently very well in the tryout but today it was just so-so, so basically I just have to improve.

After tryouts I headed home and watched Desperate Housewives and Brothers & Sisters. I'm now about to head to bed hence the extremely quick post.

Night all!
Sean

And I Can't Fight This Feeling Anymore

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So today what happened? I started by heading over to King's for a bit just to talk to a professor. I then headed to the apartment again and got to work on studying. I'm frankly looking forward to tomorrow when I get the actual review that our professor is going to hand out, then it will give me a better idea what to study instead of studying blindly. It's a problem I have because then I don't know whether or not which parts I should study.

I then around 6PM headed to Sebastian's Market to get some dinner. Garlic Mashed Potatoes aren't really a dinner but at least some food. I then headed home, ate the potatoes, then ate some ravioli and got back to studying. I watched tv around 8pm and just watched Top Model and the pilot episode of Glee, since a new episode isn't coming out till next week. That reminds me though, I also got an e-mail today to find out that I made the model cut for the Charity Fashion Show King's is holding called "City of Lights". So I'm extremely happy about that, though I just hope I can walk properly, have the right facial expressions, etc. As you can tell, I'm obsessing a little more about modeling and knowing me I'll like work and overdo it staying up late just trying to work on my walk. *insert laugh here*.

So now here we are, and I hope everyone has a great night!
Talk to you tomorrow!
Sean