Seetickets - What a con, the fraudulent b*stards

Seetickets. What a joke!



Friday - 1 Week before festival my friend starts questioning why I haven't received my ticket as she got hers a week before.


Saturday - Recieve email promising it would arrive by 1 p.m. on tuesday


Tuesday - Didn't arrive. Rung them up, didn't explain what was going on and said I would have to pick the tickets up from Crash records. Explained I live in Liverpool and Crash Records is in Leeds. See said I was coming to Leeds anyway. I said it was 12 miles away from site. See hung up on me.


Rung back. Machine that replays message.


Rung Crash Records. Man seemed very stressed and a little annoyed. Could tell he had many other callers. However was very polite and said he didn't know anything but the tickets weren't arriving until wednesday.


Waited for ages as I didn't actually have a confirmation to tell me to go to Crash Records.


Finally received a confirmation email telling me to go to Crash Records.


10 minutes later received another email telling me that the ticket would be sent by special delivery and would arrive by 1 pm on wednesday.


Wednesday - 1 pm arrived. No ticket. Tried ringing See up. On hold for 30 minutes. Didn't get through. Tried again. No luck. Emailed them. They sent an email about 2 lines long with no apology saying my ticket was indeed at Crash.

Thursday - Leave at 5 AM. Dread to think what the queue will be like at Crash Records.

SeeTickets - What a joke!

Well it is tuesday today.  I go to Leeds festival on thursday morning but as of now I have no tickets.  I received an email on saturday from See Tickets saying that they were going to send them by special delivery and they would arrive by 1 pm today.  The post has been and gone and there were no tickets.   I rung them up and was on hold for ages, got through to someone who told me I would have to pick them up from Crash Records in Leeds which is a 30 minute drive from the festival park.  When I started to complain, they told me to hold and hung up.
I haven't even had a confirmation email from See telling me to go to Crash.  Also I am getting the train at 6:15 on thursday morning, and getting into Leeds at 8:10.  Crash doesn't open until 9:30 and god knows how many people are going to be there.  I may have to give my tent to my friend and follow her down once I get my ticket.
See ticket or Seetickets, whatever, are just shit!

Bodyjam - Good or bad?

I didn't get up until 11:30 today.  It was partly my sisters fault! She said she was going to make me breakfast in bed.  I have no idea why.  But I waited for ages and she came an said she had been in her friends and we haven't got any bread anyway.  I should have just gotten up!
But I went the gym for 2 hours today.  I went to a bodyjam class which is a 'dance' class that is a brand.  I wasn't sure what it was all about at first and whether they are trained in a style, have specific moves or use the music.  I went last week and the teacher wasn't there so it was more of a free class.  Anyway on the British Les Mills website http://www.fitpro.com/bts/latest_release.cfm?title_id=312&program=BODYJAM it showed different bodyjam classes and I found the one that played the music I danced to.   It was called bodyjam 46.  I searched for this and found the exact same routine here http://v.ku6.com/show/mgY9AN_Dn3HbHTVL.html
I am not sure whether this is a good or a bad thing.  I would have thought the Les Mills training would train you in the style not just teach you how to teach the class! It is basically learning an exercise video and then reproducing it to a class.  I know in my dance class the teachers go on courses to learn the exam class material but that is totally different, it is a dance class first, and we learn the exam routine on the side.
By learning these Les Mills routines means the instructor has no freedom and can't adapt to the classes needs.  The instructor on the video from v.ku6.com said some of the moves may take a couple of weeks to master, but what happens after that?  Are the instructors forced to buy the new release from the series???
I just don't think it is very productive of effective!!!!

Bridge

A picture I drew of a bridge

Finally, the videos are working!

Well I have been going the gym still.  I went nearly every day, then I had a week off :s oops.  But I quite like it.  I went to a spinning class and I nearly died aaah.
I have also been stretching quite a lot recently and I think I have gotten a bit more flexible.
Oooh, my new tap teacher in dancing used to be my teacher from my old school, which is nice :)

Good morning that's a nice tnetennba!

I joined the gym yesterday finally.  I have been a lazy bum for too long. 
I did 100 things on the inner thigh machine and my legs are a bit sore today :(
But I liked the gym anyway and I am going to go again today!

My arches

A short video of my arches. I think I have quite flat feet, but my point has improved loads since I started ballet. I have a theraband, but it doesn't seem to do much. I find doing changements makes my feet work much more! I need to practice more!

Plies

This is where I stand now, well as of yesterday.
I will post the other videos from yesterday too.
It is bad. I need to improve my turnout and also lose about 3 stone!

Hello

I am starting this blog again. I am not happy with my life, I am not necessarily unhappy, just not...happy. I haven't achieved what I want. Not that I haven't achieved a lot, because compared to other people I have done loads. But I set my self too many things that I want to do. However, if I stop setting goals, it just gets worse.


I feel my life is a series of tickboxes set by myself and others. For example, my 43 things list:

June 16, 2010

1. take one picture a day as a way to document my life
- I know this is NEVER going to be completed, mainly because I forget.
2. complete everything on my summer list
- I am slowly getting there, but some things on the list don't really need to be done.
3. walk 10,000 steps a day
- I forget to wear a pedometer.
4. eat 5 portions of fruit and veg a day
- probably not
5. list three things every day that made me happy
- again, I forget.  Or I saw this yesterday and couldn't think of specific that day related joy.
6. wake up when my alarm clock goes off
- aaargh, part of biggest problem.
7. go to bed before midnight
- I have got better, much better that when I live away.  I still went to bed about 2:30 last night.  And for what reason.... I was reading article on how raunchy Miley Cyrus is getting and thinking 'I knew it would happen'.
8. do a bridge
- this was one of my biggest goals last year and I completed it to a certain degree.  I had an ok bridge at the end, but it wasn't very strong and my arms weren't vertical so it stayed on the list.
9. do the splits
- another goal I want to do.  I tried stretching every day and got better, but then I stopped and I am really bad again.
10. do a backbend
- sort of the same as the bridge, I need to perfect the bridge first.
11. do a back walkover
- need to complete backbend and bridge first.
12. do a front walkover
I need a good strong handstand.
13. learn to wing on one foot
- I am getting there.  I can wing on one foot now, but only from starting on two feet.
14. upload my pictures
- wll I lost most of them, but I need to save some of other peoples facebooks and upload them again.  It is hard though when people upload approximately 200 pictures a day from the tall ships trip!
15. keep in contact with my friends
- not very quantifiable, but I try.
16. learn how to shuffle cards
- always fun, not really one of my lifetime goals however.
17. make a scrapbook
- for my pictures...and to get rid of the bloomin' big box of stuff that is under my bed!
18. pass Grade 8 violin
- aaaargh! I really am rubbish at the violin.  I passed my grade 5, but I am tone deaf!
19. read all the books on the BBC Big Read Top 100
- very time consuming, especially when I have other books that need reading first.
20. read all of the books I own
- too many
21. visit every country in the world
- I want to do this, it probably doesn't need to be on the list though.  I am not going to complete it soon and forget!
22. visit every city in my country
- I think this is a nice goal, and from discussing with my flatmate about people that travel but don't know their own country very well I set myself this goal.  However, I would only visit a new city once a month at the most frequent.
23. leave my city once a month, leave my country once a year
- agglomeration of the last two.  Just a bit more poetic.
24. visit all 50 states
- America, America.  People think it is all California, Florida, New York and the South.  At least it is split into 4 though.  Not that much can be said about England, or even the UK!  Most people think it is just London.
25. go on a road trip with no predetermined destination
- A car and/or driving license would be helpful.
26a see the Northern Lights
- need to save up.
27. climb Britain's 3 highest peaks
- I'm going to Ben Nevis next week! (done Snowdon)
28. go surfing in Cornwall
- Cornwall's nice.
29. learn to surf
- can be achieved with the above.
30. go to Carnival in Rio de Janeiro
- I would love this!
31. be a scantily clad carnival dancer in Brazil or Trinadad
- I would love this more!
32. learn the subtle differences between British English and American English
- I have written about 23 things, I think I will stop at 50. (subtle, not blaringly obvious)
33. watch the top 250 movies on the Internet Movie Database
- I worked out if I watch 1 film a week, this will take 5 years to complete.  And I am behind!
34. be an extra in a movie
- would be fun.
35. be in a musical
- would be amazing.
36. open up my own campsite
- like the euroesque campsite that I spent many happy summers in.
37. own my own architectural firm
- I am not sure about this one yet, whether I want my own, or whether to join a big one for big projects.
38. get 1,000,000 video views on youtube
- This is down to many of the previous goals.  I need to get good first.
39. write a list of 100 classical pieces that everyone knows
- I am working on it
40. run a 5k
- I will go on a jog later
41. identify 100 things that make me happy (besides money)
- I have identified 1
But I just feel I am rubbish at everything.  Am I spreading myself to thinly, matbe, but what about those annoying people that are good at everything.  I hate them! lol
I could start by getting up early I suppose