Smiley

Today was good. It was one of those days when despite everything you end up smiling lots. I was like this - :D the friendly and nice customers make up for all the twattish ones I must say. This guy came in at about 4:58, when I was just getting ready to go, luckily he was only picking up a photo. After he'd left I went and turned the sign to "Closed" and he was standing outside looking at his photo and he smiled at me. It was a "heh, if I'd been 2 minutes later I wouldn't have picked this up" smile, and it had been clear that he'd rushed to get there before we closed. It made me laugh. 

I spent half the afternoon on the phone and trying to find photos for newspaper people, which in the end came to nothing. The moments when I could just stand and listen to music were good. 

I keep forgetting it's Thursday today, I get confused thinking it's either Wednesday or Friday, but it's not. Hm. The photos from today are the flyer I printed for my gig next Sunday - which with any luck I'm getting recorded (how exciting!), and from the window in my tiny office where I occasionally do stuff at work. I took it through the blind, it really doesn't make any difference because the window is so dirty that it looks worse without the blind. Also, a photo of a supercool dinosaur badge I have acquired. 

Typically it wasn't sunny today, so I didn't take any photos on my walk half way home. I was listening to a couple of Rogue Wave songs on said walk, and I was smiling as I walked... people looked at me. It's strange, because normally people who smile as they walk past me really annoy me, like "why are you so damn happy?!" but today I was one of them. As I've said, walking is the best part of my day. 

Mmm I can smell food. I've rented 'The Good Shepherd' - I don't know if it'll be any good as it has Maatt Daaaymaann in it. That said, the last couple of films I've seen with him in (Bourne Ultimatum and The Departed) I've actually liked, so you never know. That said, I do quite hate Angelina Jolie. 

Rogueish

Ahhh, my Rogue Wave CD came. After seeing them last week, I think I can safely say this album does much more justice to how fucking amazing they are live than the first two albums do. It seems with the change of labels their sound has been able to get even bigger and better. Ohhh it's just amazing. And also has Matt Caws from Nada Surf singing on a couple of the tracks - what more could I ask for?

Like an idiot I forgot to take my camera with me today, and as it always is, there were loads of things I wanted to take photos of as I walked from work to Trumpington this evening. The sunset was amazing. I love spring, and walking past the Botanic Gardens is so nice because you can see all the flowers that are starting to bloom. Ahhhh laaa. 

There seem to be a lot of ladybirds in my house at the moment. The other day we had a black one with red dots, rather than the other way around. Then yesterday we had a "normal" one. Ladybirds are cool. 

There was an earthquake last night, apparently the worst one in 20 or 25 years in England. The epicentre was in Lincoln, but it seems the shockwaves reached here, and further. I wasn't woken up by it though. I've always been one of those people who just sleeps through stuff, like really bad storms, and in the morning I wake up and my family say "did this wake you up last night" and I'm like "...that happened?" 

Things at work are getting busy again. I think in a month's time I'll probably miss the days of sitting around looking at Facebook, but currently it's a nice change, despite the fact my reading time is being eaten in to. And now it's almost 8pm, and I'm wasting time because I didn't go to my tutorial. I think I'll try and finish Picture of Dorian Grey by the end of the week. Then I can start something else on my list of books I need to read, and therefore eventually allow myself to start buying more books.

I walked past a Big Issue seller today, and he asked me if I wanted one, I said "no thanks" and he said "I don't blame you - have a nice day" it made me smile. 

Byee fah noo

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This is becoming daily...

So there was no post today. Which meant no Rogue Wave still. Damn HMV and their "2-5 days" posting. In good news, it was a nice sunny day, albeit a little cold and windy. The picture is of today. 

I spent most of the day trying to catch up on work which according to the geeky calendar I have stuck on my wall, I was meant to have finished over a week ago...hmm. That said, I seem to have progressed quite rapidly over the last couple of days - so maybe there'll be a point in the future when I actually get ahead! Yeah right. Sonnets and horrible music which I'm really not looking forward to listening to. Why can't we study good music like Nada Surf and Rogue Wave instead of classical? I'm sure there's just as much to study in modern music. 

What else? I feel bad if these posts get shorter as they go on day by day. But as it was my day off I didn't really do much. Hm. 

I guess I'll just go to sleep. I'm cold. Maybe I'll have more to write tomorrow, and a picture which wasn't taken out of my window. Woo.

Byee fah noo

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Evening

Why is it possible for people to confuse lack of confidence with lack of enthusiasm? I prefer inanimate objects. According to my OU book though, landscape and still life are lower forms of art than portraiture. Yet I'm sure there can be much more detail in a landscape than a person's face. 

I'm waiting for Rogue Wave's third album to arrive. All the CD shops in Cambridge are tiny, and therefore they have a useless selection of CDs. Therefore, I must buy off the internet. With any luck it will come tomorrow, and then I can sit around all day listening to Rogue Wave. 

Today was the first day in what seems like ages when I've been working non-stop for most of the day. I can't remember the last time I did that. Probably in November. Walking is the most fun of my day. 

I was talking about £50 notes at work earlier. Isn't it strange how we don't like to accept them, because no one ever uses them, so you can't tell if they're forgeries or not. When you think about it though, £50 isn't that much. You can get$100 notes, and 500€ notes. Should we have an £100 note? Hmm...

The picture is of today. I only took the picture a couple of minutes ago, and it's dark now, so you can see my Apple Mac's glowing reflection in the window. 

There's a bloke who's saying it's impossible for Hillary to win the Democratic nomination now. Despite the fact that I want Obama to win, I daren't believe it in case it doesn't happen, and then America... and the world for that matter - will be stuck with another Republican president for the next 4 years. I'm sure I remember last year when McCain was saying he wanted to take troops out of Iraq, and now he's said he'd keep them for another 100 years if need be. What a fool. 

I must do some work now, before I get even further behind and fail massively. 

Byee fah noo

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Midday

 So I have a blog. This is exciting. Not that I have much to say. 

I went to see Nada Surf the other day. For the second time this year. I'm going to see them a third time in May. I would see them fourth and fifth times probably if given the chance. 

Anyway, that there >> is Rogue Wave (the bottom picture). They were good. 

It's strange how you forget things. I took all the pictures in black and white, so I can't remember what colour Zach Rogue's tie actually was. Not that it's very important. I want to say it was orange. But I actually have no recollection.

Rambling...yes. I'm meant to be doing work for my OU course. Instead I am doing this. I keep thinking about missed opportunities, all the things I could've been doing this year instead of what I'm doing. Apparently though, things don't really turn out the way you plan them. That said, I'm feeling confident for this year. I have a couple of gigs lined up - well, one definite - 9th March at the Boathouse, and one provisional - 24th May at Oxford Ladyfest. It would be my first gig outside of Cambridge, so I'm quite...very...excited. 

What else to say? I don't really know what I'll use this blog for, and whether I'll actually write in it that much. Most of the stuff I write is weird and rambly and doesn't make much sense. It's funny watching people talk about blogs on CSI, because the people's blogs (normally the dead people) are always really bitchy and angry and give some clue as to why they may have died. I always think that I'd never do that. Not that I have much intention of dying quite yet. 

Now I'm just writing for the sake of it, I'm waiting for my picture of Nada Surf to appear so I can just post this. I am semi-ridiculous. It's cold. I opened my window for fresh air, and now I'm cold, but I can't be bothered to close it. Mostly because it's difficult when you have a laptop on your lap. I don't know why this photo is taking so long, it's not like it's that big. Spinning, spinning, I can't stop spinning. 

I spend almost every Sunday waiting for midday. It's the cut off point for my week's charts on lastfm. I know that makes me a geek, but I like to reset my top lists at midday, and look and see what will be appearing on my lastfm page for the next week. I am stupidly reliant on music. I have no idea what I was doing before I got lastfm. Probably just vaguely staring at the charts iTunes makes. Lastfm is so much better. I have 10 mins left until midday, so I'm trying to finish listening to a Michelle Branch album in a last minute effort to raise my number of tracks played this week. I really am a loser. Where is this photo?!?! I might just give up. But Daniel Lorca's hair is so cool that it's impossible to stop writing until it appears. People say it's horrible. I say they're wrong. Not that I would like hair like that, but it looks cool. 

Okay, I'm going to do some work, and just wait for the picture. If I write any more...God knows what I might write. Hurrahhh it has appeared. At the top. Check the hair!

Bye fah noo

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