Well that went just like clockwork!

I won! My Alex DeLarge outfit won first prize in my film class’ dress-up do today. It was so cool wearing it to uni, I felt pretty awesome. Several people told me it was a cool costume as we waited outside the lecture theatre, and I actually started singing ‘Singin’ in the Rain’ in the foyer… Not in a shy mood today, in other words. Or maybe I actually adopted Alex’ buoyant behaviour as well as his clothes.

The people who had dressed up had to go up on stage and introduce themselves one by one, and when it was my turn I held up my glass milk bottle and said, after I’d said I was Alex from A Clockwork Orange, that ‘I’ve even got my milk!’. One of the tutors then repeated our “names”, and whoever got the loudest applause would win. Guess who was very pleasantly surprised when the tutor said my name and the whole room erupted with applause and cheers, after very polite applause for the people before me. There were a few other people whom I thought might beat me, but according to the tutor, after everyone had had their round of applause, it was pretty clear to him who the winner was: Alex from A Clockwork Orange! What a great feeling it was to hear those words. I made a few bows and spectacular movements, in line with Alex’s strange behaviour.

First prize was two movie passes, so now I have to choose what to do with the second one – be selfish and go to the movies twice, by myself, or go with someone and treat them to a free screening? The second one is more tempting, but then the question remains; who shall I share it with?

See any resemblance? (The lecturer and the tutors took heaps of photos in the lecture today, so if/when they post them online I will post them on my blog, so you can see what other costumes I was up against.)

I spent the rest of the afternoon running around town getting my grocery shopping done, battling the ferocious wind all the time. When I finally got home it was almost tea-time, and after some time trying to decide what to make (I bought lots of yummy foods today) I finally decided on burgers. (Mmmm burgers.) I haven’t had a burger that didn’t come from McDonald’s or Burger King in at least a year (or maybe like 10 months).

They were sooo darn good. (I was starving when making dinner, hence the large number of burgers. I was close to vomiting when I forced down the last bite.)

Now I’m about to have a shower, a glass of gin and tonic, and then set out for town to see what it’s like. Friday night, wooo!