June 2009
Edinburgh
setuplikeadeckofcards:
I’ve been here for 4 hours so far and have:
been freaked out by my hotel room
walked up Calton Hill (unfortunately, it got really misty a couple of hours ago, so I couldn’t see much)
walked along the Royal Mile (which I can see along from my window!)
walked around the Grassmarket
found Cowgate Bridge
Now, it’s 9pm and I’ve got work to do for tomorrow. Which is...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-6-28) →
Children Collide (16)
Paramore (8)
Across the Universe (5)
Birds of Tokyo (4)
Grinspoon (4)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
“Be happy kido. There is always another sunrise.”
– Some sobering advice from a boy who I’ve been talking to quite a bit recently. A friendship forged from unlikely origins, but one that I’m really happy about. He puts things in perspective for me when I need it. Thankyou - you know who you are.
I know that I can do this for eight months.
Like, logistically and emotionally I’d be able to handle it. But I don’t know if I want to be here for 8 months. I love it, I really do, but I miss the familiarity. All I want to do at the moment is come home, choose a course, complete uni and see what happens from there.
I don’t know. I’ll give it another couple of weeks, maybe a couple of months, see how I feel after...
Sorry I haven't been posting much/at all.
I’m sitting in an internet cafe in Edinburgh at the moment, trying to type on this weird keyboard. It is absolutely gorrrrgeous here. I seriously think we might be living here, we have both fallen in love with it so so so much. The people are friendlier than London, and it is big enough that I won’t get bored easily.
Met the nicest guy yesterday, who walked us to the ATM because we...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-6-21) →
Children Collide (6)
Bluejuice (5)
The Grates (4)
Fall Out Boy (4)
Spiderbait (4)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
5am
And I just can’t sleep. I should be, I’m absolutely exhausted, emotionally and physically. Since I’ve been sick, and just not getting enough sleep yet spending all day walking around London, my eyes are reallllly bloodshot. I look like the biggest stoner, it’s terrible.
Travelling to Oxford today. I have to be up at 7 so we can leave before 9, and pack our bags too. I...
Went out out tonight.
Like, dressed up and everything. And we had to walk past that pub with the hot guy that called me ‘well fair’. He was sitting out the front as we walked past.. and just stared at me as we walked across the road. I’m not saying that in an ‘omg boys stare at me way’ i’m saying that in an, ‘i’m a little bit drunk and he was blatenly watching, i’m...
Went to the London Dungeon today.
It. Was. Amazingggg. SO much fun! Basically you walk around, and people dressed up to scare you and tell you about past happenings such as Jack the Ripper, the London Fires of 1666, etc. It was pretty scary. At one point we were waiting in one of the rooms for everyone to come in and one of the guys working there started chatting to us, just like, ‘where are you from’, all that sorta...
Head down.
I miss the friendliness of Australia. London just seems to be - head down, focus on what you’re doing next. There’s nothing in the here and now. In Australia, everyone is friendly. If you pass someone on the street, there’s usually a smile or a ‘hi’. I’ve smiled at a couple of people on the street here, and they look at you as if you want something from them. I...
I got half hit on in an English pub.
We were in the pub just down the road from our hotel - The Masons Arms, and there was a cute guy there. And I’m not just saying he was cute in the sense that most English guys are cute because they have accents, he was actually cute. Mid 20’s, muscly, good looking, and an awesome tat running down one of his arms. There was mostly older guys in the pub, who gave us many lectures about...
We just met a bunch of English guys in a pub.
And we almost went clubbing with them.. but we didn’t. They were our age.. and when I told them I’d watched Skins they had a good laugh. They were really really nice though, and made us feel better about our accents, which we’d thought were almost non-existant until then.
GMILF
Stuart: If u don't go out fri and sat night ill be disappointed
Me: friday AND saturday? sighhhh.
Me: i'm like a grandma ;)
Stuart: Lawl
Stuart: I kissed a grandma??????
Stuart: AWESOME!!!
Me: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Stuart: I can safely say u were my first gmilf then
Stuart: Congrats
Stuart: Ballons should be falling from the ceiling now, but im poor hahaha
BEST
Me: Would you still be my friend if I got a burberry bucket hat?
Ash: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
Ash: OMG I'D BE YOUR FRIEND FOREVER!
Evilllll.
We were sitting on the floor so that Brooke could put bandaids on her extremelly sore feet. People were walking past, and looking at us strangely, fair enough. One asian guy though, walked past, and gave us the most EVIL laugh ever. It was really creepy. And then he just walked away. WTF, asian man?!
PS. Boost juice’s over here are HUUUUUGE.
Singapore.
Dude. Stuff has happened already. We got into customs, said goodbye to everyone, and lined up ready to show our passports. Two people, at opposite ends of the desk called out ‘next’ at the same time. I went towards the one closest to Brooke, and she went towards the one closest to me.. and we crashed into each other. Despite everyone laughing at us, that was fine. We got through, and...
I feel a little bit sick.
Right in the bottom of my stomach. Dad’s making bacon, eggs and pancakes, so hopefully that will quell some of that..
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-6-14) →
Girl Talk (96)
John Vanderslice (32)
Yann Tiersen (15)
New Buffalo (11)
Danny Elfman (6)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
This time tomorrow I shall be in Singapore.
Wish me luck, will you? So nervous/excited/terrified/crazy right now.
Facebook usernames
gompr:
Officially, Facebook says usernames
can have at most 4 periods;
cannot start with a period;
cannot have two periods in a row;
must be no longer than 50 characters;
must be at least 5 characters long; and
can only contain A-Z, a-z, 0-9, and periods (.).
Unofficially, I have determined that usernames
are case-insensitive;
don’t rely on periods for uniqueness (“john.doe” = “johndoe”...
“Only unfulfilled love can be romantic.”
– Maria Elena (via movieoftheweek)
I downloaded this movie a couple of days ago but haven’t had a chance to watch it yet. Now I can’t wait.
2 days.
I realised when I awoke for the second time this morning, that I really only have one more full day of Adelaide-life (today didn’t count). Which will be filled with packing and crying, I’m sure. I just feel.. completely unprepared.
The going away party was last night. I thought I’d be more teary, but nope. I’m pretty sure I only cried infront of one person - it’s...
HALP!
What songs should I put on a mix for the party tonight? I want two playlists - one really dance/trance/house (although Donnelly probably has that covered for me), and one more songs you can sing along to and get into (a la Syke, for those who have been).
HELP?
“Life passes most people by while they’re making grand plans for it.”
– (via lockieftw)
This resonates so loudly with me.
Apparently there were two kisses.
Michael: anyway you kissed me on the lips lol
Me: lol!
Michael: i cant be all that bad
Me: nuhuh, you kissed me!
Michael: LOOK I WENT FOR CHEEK YOU DRUNKY
Michael: you turned
Me: HAHAHA
Michael: though later
Michael: i did
Michael: cause im an awesome happy guy
Michael: who is SO NICE
Michael: am i rite?! :D
Flu-like Symptoms.
I get a flu. Four days before I’m due to fly out of the country. When the whole world is worked up about swine-fricken-flu. Excellent.
Dad’s been on the phone to the Dept of Health, to see what I can do to minimise my chances of being refused onto a plane. I should be fine in Adelaide - we only do thermal testing, and I don’t have a temperature. He’s worried that...
Things I want:
A tan
Jean leggins
$10,000
Only one of those is realistic. And it’s the jean leggins.
Syke Guy = Grant.
And he’s 23? Didn’t pick that one.
Kelly: encouraging my alcoholism.
Me: The more I think about tonight, the more it makes sense for me to volunteer as deso.
Kelly: What! You can't! You have to drink! It so won't be the same if you don't drink! haha
Me: Hahaha! So not the response I was expecting!
Kelly: You were expecting me to want you as my deso instead of my wingwoman?! I don't think so!
Me: Bahaha! I thought it would be cheaper and easier... lol! I can drink if you want! :P
Kelly: lol you know you want to . I'll buy some wine for predrinks and we'll be set!
I'm still not getting my hopes up.
I’d love it if you did, however.
Still messaging Syke Guy.
Still don’t know his name.