Undivided

I'm leaving today for London. So I won't be posting again before I leave for Chicago. 

I'm having one of those anxious mornings. I want to go home before I've even left. 

I went back yesterday, while I was in town. And now the guilt is back. And it's almost justified you know because she's like so... gahh. I want to punch her. 

:(((

Spelunking

I'm really excited

I'm going to see Barack Obama, he'll be in Chicago on Election Night - I'm really really going to see him win. This is like the best thing ever. I want to be donating money to his campaign, doing something to help him get elected - but obviously as a British citizen it's not my part to play. 

Chris Walla is out campaigning for him though :) 

I'm watching Simon Schama talk about religion in America and its effect on politics. He is awesome. 

Need more tea. I drank cider and wine earlier, and now I'm falling asleep. 

Got all my dollars today. They all look pretty much the same - well, same size and almost the same colour. I know I'm going to get confused and be like one of those foreigners that I hate when they can't properly identify the money they're using. 

So sleepy. 

There was something else I was going to write but I've forgotten now. Oh well, in 2 weeks, I'll be in DC and Obama will be President Elect. 

Nom.

bai.x.

Black Sand

This is the cutest baby snail in the world. And yes, it's sitting on a 5p.

Awwwww

Painted some of my wall today. Needs another coat, which I'll do tomorrow :) it looks good - but my room smells of paint :(

Death or Life We Want You

I've rearranged my CDs twice today. I think I'm developing some sort of geeky disease as a result of boredom. First in my last.fm overall album chart order - but it bothered me that even though it was meant to represent my music taste in order of how much I like stuff, it didn't really - I'd like it perfect or completely random. I got bored again and couldn't take it, so I decided to go back to the old colour order - except this time, rather than just have giant B&W sections, I did a shelf of colour, then a shelf of B&W - it works much better. I obsess over this far too much. 

I now have a stack of history books to read which are about a foot and a half high. Currently reading All The President's Men. It still shocks me every time I read it, and that's what makes it good, except like, it's not fiction, so then it's just scary. I'm going to try and futile-ishly finish it today, with 80 pages to go, and it's already 7pm - I don't know if I'll manage what with TV and food to eat, and Huffington Post reading to do. 

Is it weird that I have to make lists of music I should listen to this week? Cos I always forget to listen to stuff I like but just never gets onto the weekly rotation for some reason. So here next to me I have a little list of various bands, with a few crossed out. I listened to the American Analog Set earlier. They are ace. Know By Heart is a very good album. 

I keep meaning to go for walks and stuff to break up my days (I've still got another week of nothingness) but I can't be bothered. I'm scared of wandering around Sawston, even though it's harmless during the day time. And it rains and stuff. I really need to go and buy paint though. Maybe tomorrow. 

The photo is of the clock they've unveiled recently at Corpus Christi, it looks quite impressive at night, but apparently it's broken down about 3 times since they unveiled it about a month ago, and will one day result in the death of a tourist whilst said tourist stands out in the middle of the turning into Benet St and gets hit by a car. 

Countdown: 11 days to go. 

bai.x.

Tin Soldier Man

This is definitely my favourite find of the week. You can't beat that kind of logic.

Tearing Up The Oxygen

I wandered around town this morning, in bookshops and stuff - bought maps and long sleeved tops. 

I got home and almost all the books I ordered have now arrived - I now have a giant pile of books to read on British history, which is good, I always feel like I don't know enough. 

My paint samples came as well, so I painted my wall. I got two shades of purple and a green, and decided on one of the purples, which I've now painted as much of my wall as I could with the amount of paint they gave me. It really needs a second coat, it looks pretty shabby - probably didn't help that I was painting it with the tiniest brush ever. 

pripple

I'm going to change the no sunlight link again. I've been messing around with this new Genius thing on iTunes - it's actually pretty good at creating playlists. I've also been listening to Maritime, who are very good - a joining of members of The Promise Ring (who I like) and Dismemberment Plan (who I don't really like) so I should probably invest in their albums. Well, actually they'll go on my list because I'm only buying essential stuff now (after my book binge the other day) as my trip is looming dangerously near. 

Which reminds me, I need to buy film and learn how to use my camera properly. Still. 

My new OU course website has finally opened, meaning I can start doing work again :) - I bought a new notebook and highlighters today. Tbh, I don't know what I'd do without education, cos I'd just have no proper excuse to spend money on stationery.

Have I Got News For You starts again tonight. I am happy. 

bai.x.

Parade of Punk Rock T-Shirts

I wish I had something to do. 

I think I might just spend tomorrow wandering the streets and reading on random benches. I'm sick of sitting here, watching TV and eating junk. 

I miss it. I really do.

Great Expectations

Hai.

I'm unemployed. It's really dull. Here I am watching a leaf caught in a spider's web, it's just spinning and spinning. I thought having nothing to do would be more fun. 

Saturday night was good. They gave me this t shirt, which I'll wear on Election Day. It was really sad as well. I was like :'(

Anyway, on to what I was really going to write about...

So I've realised that I really am a music snob, and there's nothing I can do about it. I went to see Dirty Pretty Things on Sunday night. It was filled with 15/16 yr olds. Should I be judgemental about them when I'm going to see the same band as them? Apparently I should be. When you get about 5 or 6 16 yr olds (from now on I will refer to them as 'kids') come up to you and ask you if you own a tent, pretending they're doing a survey, and then trying to guess mine and Chris's names (very unsuccessfully) - it sort of sets the tone for the evening. Then when we were queuing the kids returned and asked Chris if he was one of the support acts (Kieran Leonard - who did have quite similar hair to him). Chris was like: 'no but he's my brother' - Kids: 'oh wow will you sign this for us' - Chris: 'yeah, have you got a pen?' - that got rid of them. 

It's weird to go to a gig and feel old. The Junction has an exceptionally sticky floor. 

Waiting for the first support act, and a strange thing happened - has this happened before? I don't know - an Arctic Monkeys song came on and all the kids started singing along. Oh. Um. Okay. Apollo Sunshine came on, and weren't very good - it sort of went between noise and 2 minute guitar solos. Yet the reaction they got from the kids was unbelievable - we're talking mosh pit and hand clapping above heads. I've never seen what I would class an unheard of band get that kind of reaction, especially when they weren't that good. I found myself glancing quizzically between stage and crowd for half an hour. 

Went and got a drink, then watched Kieran Leonard who was actually good - when he started I wasn't that impressed, but as his set went on he turned out to be one of those people that I will listen to again - when his album comes out whenever. No moshing from the kids this time round. 

DPT came on late. When they started I felt bad that I hadn't really bothered to listen to their new album as much as I probably should've, but luckily they balanced the set fairly well between the two albums. Watching them, I realised I was perhaps slightly sad they were breaking up, but also that their music probably wouldn't progress that much further, and in some cases it's better to leave on a high than have an awful third album and then break up. 

Quite a few people were escorted out during their set - including one kid who attempted a stage invasion during the second song. Fool. 

It wasn't a bad gig, even if I did spend it like a 40 yr old - standing in the back, drinking beer. And it's probably one of the last kid-infested gigs I'll go to. I definitely appreciate 18+ gigs more now. 

Back to preparing to paint half of one of my walls now. I'm in room rearranging mood right now - I'm probably going to reorganise my CDs a couple of times in the next 2 weeks - I was discussing the possibilities with Chris - by number of members, and by release date - down to day and month, not just year. Well, it'll take up some time at least. 

bai.x.

Breakin' Up

I've been neglectful. 

To update: 

Yesterday was my last day at JET. On Weds I got a call from the guy at Fopp, and I got an interview for Thurs. It started with a fairly difficult questionnaire - which wasn't helped by the fact I was panicking about doing badly and was already worked up after having a stressful day at work. Then I actually talked to them, and they were really nice and friendly, and it seemed to go okay. Mike (the manager) told me it'd be about a week before I heard from them as they had more people to interview. 

Yesterday around 4pm I suddenly got a call from him, saying that I'd got a job. I am seriously so so so happy - especially as I start as soon as I get back from America. It's super perfect. 

Tonight I'm going out to say bye to everyone at JET. Tomorrow I'm going to see Dirty Pretty Things with Chrif. 

This is my 100th post. I'm listening to Rilo Kiley's 'Under the Blacklight' with memories of last November - they were pretty much my soundtrack this time last year. 

Jo is trying to get me to do a gig at the Boathouse in Nov/Dec - I can't really decide if I want to or not. Maybe going to America will serve as some weird inspiration to make me write songs again. I just seem to have lost my ability and confidence to do anything like that anymore. Ho hum.

Anyway, I'm going to watch Gilmore Girls now, like a geek. There isn't much to say at the moment.

bai.x.

Midnight Coward

Up and down.

I've been to Oxford and back.

6 hours on the bus.

And now it's October, I've got 5 more days, then goodbye.

To You.