The Tate Modern

Helloo once again wonderful people! :-D

Soooooo, on Monday I went to the Tate Modern with my Art class!! :-D And I thought I would blog about the day as I did with the Natural History Museum! XD I can tell you are excited! XD

Like last time, I got up at stupid o'clock (5:30) and attempted to make myself presentable until 7:20 when I left. I actually left late, but it was fine, I just ran part of the way, and then got there early. -.-

So, yes, I got on the train at 8:00, which was busy, but not as bad as last time, and trundled along to college. :-) I arrived at 8:20, as expected, and actually didn't get lost on the way from the train station to college this time! :-D I was rather proud, despite the fact I had a bit of help from Google Maps. XD

After a while of standing about, we boarded the coach and set off! :-D We drove basically the same way we went last time; we stopped at Fleet (and went to Waitrose again XD) and then carried on to London where we went past some of the stuff we saw last time, like the giant car dealers where the cars were displayed on separate floors of the buildings. XD It was pretty cool! :-) I thought we were going to drive past the 3D Mario advert again so I was going to take a photograph of it, but they had taken it down and replaced it with a Sky advert :-( At least this advert featured Harry Potter! :-D We saw another giant advert for Harry Potter, which a lot of people pointed out and started to talk about. :-P Oh, yeah, and Milli told me about the Harry Potter section in Harrods, which she has been to and I haven't, which made me very jealous and excited at the same time. XD

Anyway, this time we were going to a different part of London which involved driving past THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT AND BIG BEN!!!!! XD It was so amazing! I hadn't seen the Houses of Parliament or Big Ben in ages! XD Either after this or during we also drove along THE RIVER THAMES!!! XD It was so nice, and huge! :-D There were loads of bridges going across it, which my friends and I all tried to take photographs of. :3 I failed miserably, there was always a van in the way ... :-L

We kept driving along the Thames, caught a glimpse of the London Eye along the way, and then arrived at our destination! :-D We jumped of the coach and walked 10 minutes down the road to the Tate! XD I have to admit, the outside wasn't that amazing, and the inside bit we first saw wasn't awe-inspiring or anything, even though it was nice :-P It's all right though, the rest was amazing!! XD

We first were allowed to go off for 15 minutes, to 'clean ourselves up' and then we met back again to be told when to meet back later and blah, blah, blah ...

Then we went off to do a 'workshop'. :-P I put 'workshop' in inverted commas because I was under the impression the workshop would actually involve doing some art work, but it turned out to just be some guy walking us round and talking to us about a few paintings. :-L It was nice and interesting, I was just disappointed when he then walked off at the end and we found we weren't actually doing any art work at all. -.-

After the 'workshop' we were allowed to go off on our own. :-D I had already seen a painting by Robert Delaunay, an artist who inspired Franz Marc, the artist I am studying, so I was all happy chappy. XD I took a few photos of the painting and the text about it and was just about to move on when my teacher noticed this girl standing behind me, being awkward, asked her if she was all right, and then suggested she look around with me. -.- Thanks. I was quite happy to look around by myself, but no -.- I mean, she was nice, but it was really awkward :-L

We went off to look about and explored two areas, which were brilliant, and then she suggested we have lunch. :-) Now, I was under the impression we were meeting back with everyone at 3:30, so we still had an hour left to look about, but I was wrong, we were actually meeting at 3:00. So, we found a table and sat down to have lunch. :-) I finished in about 10 minutes, but Emily kept talking so much she spent half an hour eating her minuscule lunch. -.- I didn't mind too much, because I still thought we had half an hour left to look about, so we left our table, I brought a map and suggested we go to floor three or something. :-) However, she started acting very strange and suddenly decided to ring our teacher, which was weird, but then I remembered we were actually meeting at 3:00, and it was now 3:00!! D-: This annoyed me because she clearly knew we were meeting with them at 3:00, so why, every time I said we were meeting at 3:30, had she not corrected me?

Anyway, I knew the way to where we were meeting them so I tried to get us to leave but she was on her phone waiting for the teacher to answer, which she didn't, and when she finally started to walk she was going really slowly despite the fact I was rushing ahead. -.-

I apologised repeatedly when we finally got back, but she just wandered along behind me. -.- I went over to  my friends to walk with them but somehow, I can't remember, I ended up walking back to the coach with Emily. -.- She kept going on about Family Guy, a show which I hate that she had been going on about before. -.- (Wow, I have used that emoticon a lot recently. XP)

When we were getting close to where we were meeting the coach I lost her as we crossed over the road and stayed with my other friends after that. XD However, when we got on the coach I ended up sitting with her. -.- It was all right at first, we chatted about random stuff, and then she decided to do some drawing. She drew some amazing stuff, and actually managed to get me to copy some character she had drawn from Family Guy. My attempt was awful, but then again I didn't actually care. XD After a while I didn't really want to talk any more, so I would pretend to fall asleep, but she kept saying stuff to me. -.- It was pretty annoying because she would say the most random stuff that I didn't know how to respond to, so I would just stutter and repeat myself. XD

What made it even worse was that we arrived back 15 minutes later than expected, giving me 15 minutes to get to the train station which is a 20 minute walk away. -.- I literally ran most of the way, which was hard with my sketch book and bag, and arrive at the station ONE MINUTE AFTER THE TRAIN LEFT!! -.- Seriously, I was walking INTO the station as the people who had just got off the train were coming OUT. -.- This annoyed me greatly as it meant I then had to wait AN HOUR for the next train to arrive!! D-: It was really cold and I was only wearing my jacket and scarf, my headphones had broken on the way to London so I had no music, and I was alone. :'-( I was forced to listen to my music through the loud speaker in my phone, which was fine until someone else arrived in the station, at which point I had to turn it off as to not annoy them. -.- So I sat there for all eternity until the moment of utter relief when the voice from nowhere announced the train was 'now approaching the platform'!!! XD YES!!! XD So, I got on the train, arrived at the station after 20 minutes and then tootled home. :-D I was so desperate to get home I ran part of the way, but gave up because I am lazy. XD

So I arrived home at about 8 o'clock. :-P It was pretty late, but I had a nice day in London! XD

I do realise much of this has been me complaining about all the stuff which went wrong, for which I do apologise. :-P

I'm also sorry this has been posted so far after the actual day, but I was kind of busy with a MOUNTAIN of homework. XD

Oh yeah, and my Dad and I just watched Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part Two. :'-) I couldn't stop crying throughout the whole thing! It's so amazing, but so sad!! :'-) I LOVE HARRY POTTER AND IT IS NOT OVER!!! I SHALL FILL THE VOID WITH POTTERMORE!! XD *ahem* Sorry about that ...

Right now I am attempting to do some Art, which is due in on Monday. :-P I'm no where near done ... Goodbye sleep, I knew thee well ...

Whilst doing my Art I have been listening to a combination of Toby Turner and Spyro video game music! XD Both are so epic!! XD I was listening to 'High School Thoughts About College', which is amazing (go listen, I command you), and I am now listening to the 'Summer Forest' theme from Spyro 2: Gateway to Glimmer!! XD It is so pretty!! :-D And it really helps me concentrate! :-D Go listen! You will love it!! XD

One last thing; I have just been offered and interview at the Winchester School of Art, which is part of the University of Southampton!!! XD I can't quite believe it! XD I am excited, but so nervous! :-P I have also been given an interview at the University of Chichester! XP I have applied to do a Fine Art Course at five Universities, just so you know. XD

Oh yeah, and I am the Cow-Naming Champion of 2011!!! XD YES! XD I AM A GOD!! XD A GOD OF COW NAMING!! XD My friend sent a few people, including me, this cow doing different funny things and asked us to suggest names. We were allowed three names each, and I picked Sandra, Mildred and Heather. My first suggestion, when I didn't realise it was a competition, was Moo Moo Cow, but that was discounted. XD So, yes, my friend decided that my suggestion of Mildred was the best!! :-D Heck yeah!! XD

Okay, so I started writing this ages ago, but never finished it, so I have now had my interview at the Winchester School of Art! It went sort of all right, it was a bit weird because it wasn't really formal. :-P The woman looked at my Art, asked me a bunch of questions about it and then we left. She didn't ask about anything I had talked about in my Personal Statement and thought I was doing a Foundation Degree when I am really doing A Levels. :-P Bit concerning, but I'm sure it was fine!

They say they will tell you if you have a place within three days, so by Friday I will know! D-: Rather stressful, but it's fine. :-P

Okay, it is now Friday (that was quick!) and I still haven't heard from the Winchester School of Art. :-L I guess they never formally told me they would get back to me by Friday, I just read it somewhere on their website. :-P

I am sorry this blog has been so long, but I did have a lot to say. XP I also cannot be bothered to check through it all for mistakes, so I'm sorry if most of it doesn't make any sense. XP

Right, that's about it for now,
I thank you,

Love Sarah <3 xx