Eventually, regretfully, I'd had to bid farewell to our merry company and return to the barren wilderness of my homeland. I say barren, but Glasgow has still got two open and fairly stable HMV's only about fifteen minutes from each other. In fact, the one on Argyll Street marks its entrance with a photograph of Martin as Bilbo dominating the ten or so square metres preceding the door. It's like printed onto the wall itself, immune to vandals.
Speaking of which, #votebilbo won the war, despite losing a multitude of battles just out the starting gate. But enough about that. If you're intrigued, speak to @LTGothmog.
It was not until the midst of my exams that the fabulous Shaliza next made contact with me. Curiously, it occurred over Facebook, which is sort of like if Benedict showed up in a new Twilight movie; it just doesn't fit. Twitter is our home and it's only when we go on hiatus that we ever seem to stray into such strange territory as Facebook.
I was, at the time, hovering around the James McAvoy Fan Club group, making a mental note of material of his to watch. I'm desperate to see one in particular, but it's an 18. Grr. A bleep signalled that i was being messaged. Furrowing my brow, I clicked on Messages.
Eliza: Eliza Dickinson, haaaaiiiiiiiiiii
Shannen: Heyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy Jo
Me: hi there. Wassup?
Eliza: We're going on an adventure!
Me: SORRY?
Shannen: Martin's already recruited Ben, Alex Vlahos, Louise Brealey, Karen Gillan, David Tennant, Matt Smith, Jenna-Louise Coleman, Catherine Tate, Andrew Scott, Bradley James, Angel Coulby and Katie McGrath. He says they're still recruiting.
Me: jesus. Thats loads!
Shannen: yh and he's still looking for ppl
Me: im not sure he needs many more! That company already sounds a w e s o m e
Eliza: yh like lotr :)
Me: except without all the wizards and hobbits and stuff
Shannen: yup, just a hedgehog and an otter. So r u coming or not?
By now the summer holidays were almost at a close, with only three weeks remaining. How was I going to convince my parents to yet again let me go not only to England but to its southern half, to its big city, with people they'd never met, apparently now some whom I'd never met either? It seemed an impossibility.
Me: I dunno. I'll try but I don't know if i'll be able to convince my parents to pay for trains and accommodation and food and everything, especially since i only returned less than a month ago.
Eliza: aha! Martin is prepared! You may have noticed that not all recruits are currently located within a couple of hours of each other. He's paying to get you all there and for your accommodation. All you'd have to pay for is food.
Shannen: he's not actually said that we're staying in London but that's definitely where we're all meeting. Recruitment ends this week. After that we're all supposed to meet at Speedy's.
Me: Speedy's! Cool! Are they filming just now?
Eliza: I think they are and this week is probably the week they finish since whatever he's planning starts in the next.
Me: okay, I'll do my best
Did I make it? You'll see.
Did I make it? You'll see.
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