Now that everything has settled down from the start of term and
moving, I have begun to do more fun stuff. 2 of my flatmates, Jessica,
Jiao and I went out last weekend and did some free touristy things
like walking along the Thames (where the first 2 pictures of me were
taken) visiting Covent Gardens and a few other random things.
This week was the beginning of the London Film Festival, which lasts
until the first week of november. Lots of cool things go on with the
film festival and I have participated in some of them.

The 2 night pictures are from Trafalger square where they put up a big screen and
showed a collection of old films shot around London. I went there with
a bunch of friends this thurs & fri night. I have also been to 2 film
premiers. The 1st one was called Flight of the Red Balloon which my
Acting for the Camera class went to. It was really boring, I wouldn't
recommend it to anyone. But the 2nd premier I saw today was Disney's
Enchanted which was really cute. We got free gifts like an Enchanted
magic 8 ball and poster. Several of the stars from the film were there
too. There was a little Q & A before the movie and we were really
close to everyone going by. This included Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey
(known from Grey's Atatomy), James Marsden (X-Men, Superman Returns &
Hairspray), the director Kevin Lima and composer Alan Menken.
Unfortunatly my camera batteries died after just one picture, but the
friend I went with took pictures with his phone and I plan to steal
them from him later. Also while leaving the theater we saw Ang Lee who
was premiering Lust, Caution. It was a very cool experience, I'm
hoping to go to a few more, depending on budget, classes etc. Oh, we
also saw the director of The Assination of Jesse James while it was
premiering. Some people stoled the movie posters and chased the
director down to have him sign them. It was very amusing to watch. We
waited around a bit to see if Brad Pitt would come by, but he didn't.
Um, I think that's all my news for now.
Oh, the last picture is a nice view of London from atop a hill in Regent's Park. I've put up more
pictures on facebook and http://www.flickr.com/photos/14959590@N02/.
If you wish to see more photographic evidence of my goings on.

The first long email from London

Ok, so I've been in London a few days now and this are finally going at a slightly slower pace. I still don't have internet in my room, but that should be resolved soon. For now I have the library computers. Today was the first day of classes. Currently I only have 1 class on Tue, Thurs from 2pm-4pm called Pre Production. I have 2 classes on Mon, Wed, but I think I'm going to be getting out of those after tomorrow because they are way more basic than I need. In English fashion I just registered for classes yesterday. The last couple of days have been a flurry of moving in and orientation which my brain is still recovering from. The good news is that I'm living in a very cool part of London called Camden Town, I have an awesome view from my window (once I can get pictures up I will send it to everyone) My flat mates seem very cool, some of us have already gone grocery shopping together which was an fun, exausting and bonding experience. This was mostly because we bought groceries like Americans who can put all those heavy bags into the trunk of a car, not carry them back on foot and climb up 5 flights of stairs with them (the elevator was out all of Sunday and Monday in our building). We've made dinner together 2 nights now and we are already developing a good sense of community.
I bought a cell-phone yesterday and my number is
07942765391
if anyone needs it. My mailing address is just the school address with my name on the top. All mail is picked up in the library
Tabitha Beckman
110 Marylebone High St
London, W1U 4RY, UK