I’m in one of those weird moods, the sort of mood where I just feel like I’m drifting about the place and feel really passive about everything around me. It’s usually during this mood I think a lot. I think a lot about life and people and things and future, and a lot about the past, yeah a lot about the past, I ponder about memories and moments and I don’t really come to a conclusion and I’m not searching for any answers either or asking any questions about it all - I’m merely thinking.

I usually write it all out of my system when I was younger, you know a real teenage thing. But instead I’ve just been doing things like listening to a lot of Portishead and Porcupine Tree and being really fucking tolerable about things at work even though right now the very idea of going to work gets me down quite a bit.

A good thing has come out of it though, I picked up my guitar for the first time ages, though I have decided I really do what to get a new guitar pronto. Maybe July, shall see.

In other news I had a surprise email from someone I thought had gone awol off the planet! An old coursemate who is finishing this year because she had a placement so didn’t finish the same time as me. But yeah she totallyy email me out the blue and told me about when her degree show was going to be. I had said when I last saw her to just let me know when it was and I would come down for it as she’d came down for mine. And she did but I was a bit annoyed cause it was during the week and I had work and all urgh. Fortunately I had a chat with a boss and I could take a day off for it so I can go down afterall. I’m kinda looking forward to it, especially to seeing my old lecturers again actually - it’s weird, I find this strange comfort in going back. It’s like the feeling of an old faithful jumper I guess.

Ha I remember on the last night out in the pub with the course people and I was talking to my subject leader, me and him had always had this quirky thing, and I remember telling him my life plan (you know get a job and travel Europe) and we talked about how the next time I see him I would look like a whole different person and everything, dressed differently and all that. But alas I am still the same…

And then right after checking out the show I’m going to drive it down to near London and meet up with everyone else. It’s going to be one immense weekend I must say, especially with two gigs and driving back for work on Monday. Ahh why do I inflict such hardcore chaos on myself?

*sigh* I wish I could just get some time out somewhere.

The most exciting thing that was happening to me during my long weekend was going up to Leeds to meet up with Gem and Kev to go see the Manic Street Preachers for the second time in Manchester.

The plan was simple, drives to Kev’s, pick up Kev, drive to Gem’s, pick up Gem, drive to Manchester, meet up with Ste, eat, drink, go to Manics, boogie - sing - dance - rock, then drive back, drop off Gem, go to Kev’s - sleep.

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Drive down, meet Sairah and check out art.

I took photos of a slightly unknown band called The Mexicolas. I’ve gotten quite into them lately. I got quite a few shots despite the low light situation mmm dslr action:

View the full set of the Mexicolas here

I just finished catching up and watching the last season of Lost. Blimey I’ve been hooked since the moment I started re-watching them again. It’s really weird how much the show has evolved from this simple scenario of people crashing on an island to extend so much further out into what it is now. In a way I miss that kinda moment of unknowing, but after S3 it’s kinda answered so many questions - but at the same time it’s still asking plenty more…that’s the makings of a good show right there.

So what else has been happening?

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A very belated post I must say but it’s been a hectic few weeks for me., I’m falling behind on this blogging malarkey…

So…at the end of April Paul had a visit from the dutchies Lenny and Linda for the weekend. They flew over on the Friday and I went down after finishing work to meet up with them in a pub in Birmingham to chill out and check out the Mexicolas playing. I had suggested we go see then play again after still being impressed after seeing them supporting the Coopers, plus Paul needed ideas for entertaining his guests hehe.

My journey was a horribleee one, the band were due for half 8 and I had only made it to Toms at about 8ish, still needing to get ready anndd the train it up. I had even more delays when the only train I could catch was quite late and I was really worried I was going to miss them play :( would have took the piss as I think I was the most interested in going to see them ha.

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Kazzie came to visit Adam, so I took photos of them:

And Adam’s crazy doggy Otis: