blog #18

so here i am again. on this site. writing. i deleted a load of stuff like old diary entries from another site today, and it feels good. good to get rid of the old memories that i dont need anymore. but thats not what im here to say. no. i have a number of things that have happened since number 17. the first is that i went home for the weekend and got covered in snot. my little sister had a cold, and i did a fair amount of childcare. which involved being in the firing line of snot. but its ok. im getting over it. slowly. then when i came home i went to see my girlfriend and walked back from hers at about 1.30am and saw a badger. i heard the clicking of its claws on the pavement and there it was, running along. i guess it should have known i was there cos i was moving, but it didnt speed up, it just padded along and around the corner. it was quite amazing.

then on monday i went on a field trip. the whole group went on a coach to an outdoor park place and looked at the landscape and the stuff there. there was an adventure playground and that was fun. the first one/thing to climb was really scary but then it was really good fun. it was like being a child again, but with a better ability to climb.



then we went to bournville to look at the social housing and street trees and the lack of litter. which was not as fun as the adventure playground place, but the guy showing us around bournville was really witty and nice so that made it more interesting.


we then went into the centre of birmingham and were taken to a selection of public spaces within the city centre and we had to draw plans of the area, just from what we could see. which was hard. trying to imagine something as a bird would see it when youre stood on the ground is more difficult than a sketch, even if it requires less detail. i also saw a street named oozells street and was highly amused by this and so decided that i simply must take a photo.



then we went home. the coach ride home was nice. the one on the way wasnt cos i felt a little isolated, sat by myself. but more chatting and happiness happened on the way back.

then i met the girlfriend and walked back to hers. and in the morning i booked a hair appointment for 2 and had it cut. short. so now i have very short hair and its colder. but i really like it. i get the impression that its not that popular amongst my friends, cos they keep asking me if i like it, which means 'i hate it but if you like it then its fine'. but i do. a lot. though i will like it more when its grown out a bit. cos it is very short.

then i went out on tuesday night to a coffee place where i was given free coffee and a free bit of cake, and then lost quite nicely at chess and guess who. but thats ok with me. i knew i would lose at chess, and guess who isnt to do with skill in any way at all. then i went to a bar and lost spectacularly at pool. me and the girlfriend teamed up against 2 others and lost damn well. we kept missing the balls! though it was cos the table was so big. that makes it hard.



and today ive been to a gig. i had to work at it, cos i work for a record label and in return for free entry to the gig for me +1 i had to hand out stickers and collect emails. but the stickers weren't delivered cos royal mail are shit sometimes, so i had to collect emails with no 'ill give you this if you give me an email address'. i took some badges i had from way back and tried to ive them out in return, but they werent for against me! which was who the gig was. so i dont think people were very impressed. at least they wont be tomorrow. the support acts were good. the steal and kill casino. the steal were all dressed as animals, and i liked kill casino before this gig and told the drummer afterwards that i really liked his band and that he was awesome and he gave me a load of badges and told me to add them on myspace and get in touch.
i went to the gig with 2 of my housemates, and they are the type of people who, even though they like the band, they stand still and just jig in time. which i did do for a bit. but i needed the loo half way through. so i left to go to teh bog and when i came back, i went to the other side of the room and wormed my way into the mosh pit to do some proper appreciation. it was so sweaty and hot and fab. i enjoy gigs much better if i can jump around and shout along to the songs. and my god i did. its a wonder ive still got my voice.

the steal
kill casino
against me!

but yes, thats it i believe. quite a lot, and at the time of writing this ive not added the pics into what ive written to illustrate it, so itll be even longer by the time ive done that. but i had a lot to say. and now i think im going to go to bed, cos im real knackered. and i have an 11am start tomorrow. and even though its only 12.30am, i have a lot of sleep to catch up on.