blog #9

this is a picture of sara quin from the band 'tegan and sara' who i saw on saturday night. they were amazing. they did the best version of 'time running' ive ever heard them do.

i took my girlfriend, who was nearly speechless. she hadnt really heard them and doesnt know any of their songs. so that was nice.

was away for the whole weekend cos we went to visit my family.. and apart from the brain mash of having 2 very young siblings, and a slightly older monosyllabic one, it was a lovely weekend.

and now, due to my inescapable inability to get my head down, i am bored with 2 sheets left to do on this project that is now a whole month late. and its 2 in the morning. though the days coffee intake and the sweets im eating for the sugar rush are helping to keep my eyes open. hopefully i will get to have it complete to hand in tomorrow morning, then i can go to ireland to see tegan and sara again, without the weight of the project following me around.

there will be photos..

blog #8

so hello there blog. i have been getting quite into riding the buses recently. i like the people and social sides of it. and it also always gives rise to a perfect opportunity to report back. so maybe this should be:


the bus chronicles. as recorded by maddie.
journey no.
1) bus driver - rude. nearly crashed into a car that pulled into the bus path. he swore.
2) busy bus. has to stand. man opposite me very polite. kept smiling. lovely bloke. as he got off the bus, he said to the driver 'thank you very much sir'
3) number 14 to loxley. 50 minutes round trip. didnt get off the bus. counted people who got on and off. my 2 course mates kept a record of landform so we could build a model of the route in our studio the next day.
4) same day as no. 3, bus home, the back to uni. walked to destination.
5) got the bus on the wrong side of the road. went all the way round town before going back along the road id been waiting on in the first place. got there eventually.
6) bus home. bus number 5 of the day.
7) friday. tram to the train station to look at some art. looked at the art and then parted company with my friend. she went home on the tram, i chose the bus.
went to catch the bus. got the bus. it crashed into a taxi. a large part of the bus fell off when they drove apart. crashed on a tram line, so we had to change buses. made friends with the man sat behind me. he gave me his email so i could email him the photos id taken. nothing like a bus crash to bring people together. emailed them the next day.
8) monday. got the wrong bus. went to a place i didnt know. and waited 15 mins at the end. like they do. bus driver said he'd tell me when to get off so i could get the right bus, and he did. and i did. got off at uni to do some work.
9) walked half way home with the gf, and got chips. ran to catch a bus cos it was cold. bus driver said 'not going to be eating them on 'ere'. it was both a question and a statement. i said no, paid my fare and sat down. what a dick. i ate a chip, just to annoy him.

i lead an exciting life..

blog #7

observe.


in our lecture/course meeting today, we had to pick groups of 3 or 4 people and pick a bus route out of a cup (the routes were written on paper). we then had to set off as a group to the city centre, and catch that bus, and do the whole route. and record what we saw. so we did. my group of 3 went off into the hills on out number 14 bus, and wrote down what the houses were like, who got on/off, the topography etc.
i then used my day pass to get the bus to many a place afterwards, and due to this traveling and my stupid mistake of catching the right bus in the wrong direction, i have spent about 2hrs30mins on buses today. within the same city. i feel pretty confident that i could tackle another bus route someday.

but not today, for today is valentines day. i have made 5 cards. 4 are for my housemates. i remember last year getting a card from my housemate and it being really nice that she'd made the effort to make me a card. so im doing my bit for inter-house relations.. they need a-fixin'. but here is not the place to be talking about things..

blog #5

i went to the shops yesterday (the co-op) to buy something of little interest to anyone, and as i approached the til, the woman two in front of me was paying with a card. the way the co-op works if you pay with a card is that the til worker has to shout 'is anyone using a card?' just before they swipe the card, or it crashes the whole system for a very long time. its like going back in time to the days before technology..

blog #4

so i completed that bit of work, and now onto the next. i have 10 separate bits to do, and 10 days in which to do them. easy maths. one a day with the help of my perfect music playlist. and lindt and sprungli. and the internet. and coffee. ok so lots of things.