Recent.

I don't have internet anymore which blows. We got cut off for not paying the NTL bill. Life is strange without it.

We're moving out soon which I'm pretty sad about but I'm looking forward to finding a new house. I'm gonna miss Jack and Fry loads.

Myself, Chris and Robb are heading to Japan in one month. We've booked some places to stay and made some plans and I am stupidly excited. Hello Kitty Land!!

I finally got a job. I work in Topshop now, it's a bit mind numbing. Everyone just walks around pretending to look busy and telling each other how cute they look. Its strange, but awesome to have a job again and it pays decent.

So far, summer fucking rules. Lally's thrash party was the best party of all time.

In Time have their first gig at the end of August which is ages away but I'm already terrified.

Yes.

Life is so fucking good right now. I feel like I'm living in my own little bubble where everything is awesome and nobody hates each other and there is nothing to worry about in life except drinking the beers and having the times. (Anyone who witnessed me being the crankiest person alive today can fuck off, that was my hangover talking.)

Derry is back tomorrow which fucking rules. As much fun as I'm having right now, I get sad going to bed by myself every night.

Freaks and Geeks. What a fucking show. I can't believe I slept on this for so long. Best cast of all time. I am madly in love with James Franco. Megavideo is my best friend. Dooooo it.

The Real Shit

It's weeks like these that make me forget about any regret that I had felt about not going away for the summer.

Gigs, parties, mountains, walks, jogs, frisbee, karaoke, cans, whopper chats and mates. Life is good.

Awesomeness

Today when it turned 9am and sleep still hadn't come I decided to go for a walk. I ended up at the Botanic gardens, which I have never been to despite living in the area for over 3 years. It was really nice. I spent at least half an hour in the big greenhouse pretending I was on holidays. It was so hot and the humidity was overwhelming. It was delicious. Although my hair went fucking mental and my camera fogged up.

I don't usually do stuff on my own anymore. I won't usually venture outside the house unless I have the prospect of someone to hang out with. I did however have Disfear, Descendents, Despise You and the Down and Outs to keep me company. Chris always gives out about listening to his ipod alphabetically, but I actually quite like it. I find the D's and the I's most enjoyable.

I'm watching this movie with Jack, it's really good so far.

Annoyances

I really fucking miss going to the cinema. I went to see "I Love You, Man" today, which is the funniest movie I have seen since, probably, Superbad. GO SEE IT. We went to the Savoy which was strange and out of the ordinary and I felt all jittery and awkward and I had to look at the menu at the kiosk and they didn't have nachos which immediately made me want nachos more than anything else ever.

I want a pug so bad it hurts.

Derry is gone and I am lonesome.

I've got so little to do with my time that I've started watching the new version of 90210. It's utter shite. I am the queen of bad television these days, which is shit because before I moved in here and we got NTL, I hadn't watched tv since 2003. Now I watch absolute crap like the Hills and Gossip Girl. What has happened to me?

I'm so excited about going to Japan because I've wanted to go for so long but I can't stop being totally bitter about not going to California.

The weather is decent but I can't sleep at night and I end up sleeping in till 4 or 5 every day and missing all the niceness.

My hair is getting stupidly long but I can't afford a haircut.

Fuck this.

Fuck college, fuck it in the fucking ear, or somewhere else really fucking uncomfortable. It's fucking stupid.

Done.

I watched 5 seasons of Greys Anatomy in under 2 weeks.
95 episodes. 63 hours.
My life has lost all meaning.

Frustration Tour

3 countries, 6 million bands, 22 cans of diet coke, fucking ferries, lots of driving, power naps, LOADS of weed, Adders, Negi John, Tom Smalley, Southern Ben, Tesco, SAFEBURYS, 16" pizzas for £4, Easter eggs....easter eggs, Weatherspooooons, the SIZE of that fuckin child, Dragonforce on expert, fun fun fun.

Obsession.

Every so often I become wildly obsessed with things. Some examples over the last few months have been cooking, kitchen utensils, American Tourister vintage suitcases and working out. Working back throughout the years there was Wonder Woman, pugs, Wallace and Gromit and sheep. To name a few. Some of these are shortlived, some have lasted.

My most recent obsession is with the art of the bento box. I've always been pretty interested in Japanese culture and food (I love food), but my new obsession was triggered by Chris buying me my very own bento box. It is very similar to this one:


He also got me an adorable set of pink chopsticks that come in a little pink polka dot bag. Lovely! Chris rules. I spent about 7 hours yesterday looking at blogs and pictures of bentos and it's mental how much effort people put into the preperation and presentation, and then blog about it every day.

As a result, the main reason I now want a job is so that I can pack awesome bento lunches every day. No longer do I care about combating my boredom or solving my money issues or getting my mum off my back. All I want in life is a reason for a packed lunch. Is that so much to ask?

So, as previously mentioned, I was supposed to go on a J1 this summer. The person I was going with pulled out so the night before my embassy interview, I freaked out and booked flights to go to Japan instead. Pretty happy with my decision and seriously excited to go, to drool over the Harajuku girls, and climb Mount Fuji.

I've been losing my mind recently, mostly out of boredom. I have become a paranoid, bipolar, self-loathing, everybody-else-loathing freak. I spend waaaay to much time at home eating all the food and then moaning about putting on weight.

I've been making more of an effort to get out of the house to try to counteract this. I went to see the cliffs of Moher last saturday. They are pretty amazing. I don't know if they are 7-wonders-of-the-world-candidate-worthy amazing, but I liked them all the same. I really like Ireland. Sometimes I forget how much there is to see and do here.

Outbreak are playing Galway on April 6th (ROAD TRIP!) and Dublin on the 7th. I was heartbroken when they cancelled their tour last year. I don't like them or listen to them as much as I used to, but I'm still so excited to finally see them live.

The dublin line up is DELISH. You should listen to Bacchus, they are seriously good.