Up early after having a decent night's kip, and was even in school early to set up for the old age application I'd be doing first thing. There was a written exam first off which was pretty straight-forward, and then I got to make Manya look old first.

We had just under 3 hours to complete our look, and made use of the time wisely. I ended up using nearly an entire pot of old age stipple latex on her face, so she ended up looking pretty wrinkled. We had a rummage through the props room and tried to come up with some kind of backstory to her character. "The widowed wife of a wealthy Texan oil-tycoon who spends the rest of her fading years under sun beds and line-dancing." She really looked the part too.

It was then critiqued by Brad. Where I thought I'd done a pretty decent job, he pointed out all the errors I'd made. Things like lack of shading in certain areas, and some dodgy colouring in others, but overall he liked it and I got an 'A'. Pretty chuffed.

Manya started her application after lunch, having scrubbed her face for an hour or so in an attempt to remove some of the latex. I think she got most of it… maybe. It'd be my time for the fun of peeling off latex all evening later. She did a stellar job of turning me into an ageing, drug-addled rocker. Perhaps the lovechild of Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood. With the added stetson, I resembled an elderly Kid Rock.(I've just researched Kid Rock's age and he was born in 1971. This makes him 40. He's not exactly a Kid any more…). Anyway, I'd be more than happy to look that cool when I'm old.

After I'd removed most of the latex (most), all of us went to the Novel for some post-exam drinks. Was nice to have everyone out together away from school, even if we were all still picking bits of face off.

Some people had to shoot off to see Incubus, others had prior evening engagements, and the remaining few (myself included) headed back up to the Gold Room for the $4 beer/tequila-shot combo dealy, then on to some Thai restaurant. Hopefully, I won't have the same problem after Thai as I did before. I didn't get as messy as the other night, as apparently I was just mumbling b******s for ages on Wednesday, but I haven't yet offended anyone. Or maybe they're just being nice so as not to make me feel bad. I'm not sure. Either way, I'll feel rough tomorrow...