A night in Bristol

I forgot to my camera, because I am a dodo bird so this blog won't have very many exciting pictures. Just some I found on my crummy not so up-to-date phone. K?!

The weekend of the 20th April, Christina and I with some good friends Elliot and his missus Charlie, hit the Bristol city for the HIT THE DECK FESTIVAL! Nothing beats live music and recently I have been embracing the live music scene with my friends and I am totally enjoying it! I think I am enjoying it more because I am getting away from my town and going to new places. I am also enjoying it because it gives me something to write on here. You guys have no idea how my life can be so boring! Or maybe you do?

Normally when I go to a festival or a major gigging event, I intend to avoid the alcohol (I still should, you'll read why), but this weekend was going to be different. Me and Christina thought it would be a nice change of a weekend for us to book a Travelodge and to go mad on the drinking game and have a ruddy good ol' time!
Or as me and Christina do it, have a few drinks until we feel nice and giddy and be in bed by 11 (which is when the last band played)! A good weekend all around. The highlights was the bands that played! And this is the bands I listened to that weekend:

• We Are The In Crowd
• We Are The Ocean
• Landscapes
• Natives
• Army Of Freshman
• Canterbury

And I am pretty sure there was some more, but I can't remember their names or if they are worth listening to.

But this is how my weekend went:

We took the train up to Bristol, after some serious consideration about it, it just made sense and be a lot cheaper to just take the train up to Bristol. Instead of me driving my beautiful Petra (Yes, I name my  cars) to Bristol, having to pay for petrol, car parking and having to drink within moderation! So the train was the best option, which I don't mind. I love riding the train, it makes me feel old fashion and I can look at the scenery any time I like! I had to make sure I was up at 6 am to top up my crazy new hair dye.. That was fun, still not sure how I managed to get blue hair dye on my bedroom window sill?!

Now we made it to Bristol, queued up to get our wristbands, which proved to be quite a nuisance because the darling ticket company I brought my ticket from didn't send ours in the freakin' post! So waiting, fist shaking and chatting to guys who was issuing the wristbands, we got our wrist bands and was heading for the first destination. Which just so happened to be FOOD! Omg, I was so hungry and boy was I craving some fruit smoothie or something. Frozen yoghurt satisfied me so much! YUM ! 

We checked into our hotel, which was a 2 minute walk from one of the venues, also known as "The Fleece" worth checking it out. As I really do like that place and I would recommend any band to play there, because I would try to be there as well! 

Then it was time to have a proper meal, before actually seeing the bands (As listed above) we really wanted to see. 

Now, this is where I strongly recommend that when you are dressing in the "cliché" for the event you are attending, I would stay clear of Italian or any known interesting dinning. Because that is what me and Christina did. We was dressed in our typical "gigging" outfit, which normally consist of some "Chucks" Converses to you, skinnies and a typical dark tee. Pizza Express will hide you at the back and in a corner, preferably behind a wall where no one can see. But to hell with Pizza Express! We wanted a decent glass of Italian wine (when you've been to Italy, you'll understand why!) and that is excatly what me and Christina did. Boy was we happy, you'll know why when you have had a crap bottle of wine and then have a great glass of wine! Wine is the best. Ok, I love going out to see live music but it has to be done with a good glass of wine beforehand. Now after the most funny experience of being dined out at Pizza Express and chatting about our future, what we want to do etc etc. 

We finally went to The Fleece, The Thekla and the O2 academy! Well, we lasted about 10 minutes in The Fleece, because The Thekla was a bloody ass boat! Again, Christina and I are like a couple of children when unleashed on new things. Boy, did we love that boat! That was where we watched the bands, Natives, Army of Freshman and Canterbury. All those bands are worth searching and listening to! After that we went to the Academy, where we watched We Are The Ocean, We Are The In Crowd and Don Brocco! 

Heres the great thing about being a twitter addicted and a FB addict (god forbid me to ever sign up to tumblr!) because being a constant checker, I managed to see that We Are The In Crowd was having a signing moment! So, getting some poster for the band to sign became the best idea ever! I never had the experience of lining up and walking along a row where the band is in front of me, pen in hand signing this poster I just so happen to have. IT WAS SO TOTALLY FAN GIRLING AWESOME!

So, I thought I want to be cool. I want to be one of those people that would stick out and say something to the guys about how awesome their music is and much I love them, "Lets be friends" moment. Bear in mind, I was a little bit drunk and all I could say to Taylor the singer was.... "I really like your signature!" 

Yeah, I really shouldn't be allowed to talk to bands or any kind of people when drunk. Although, she did say thank you to me. So I am happy we had a conversing moment. Go me. 

That ladies and gentlemen was my exciting day! I am really tired and should be in bed sleeping. I really don't have anything planned for the next few weeks. I am sure I will end up posting something up very soon! 

I KNOW. A post on books I would like to recommend for you all to read! 

BYE!

Southampton.

So, I had this awesome weekend out of  town and hanging out in the city of Southampton! I stayed with my friend Jessie, who moved down there to live with her "Boe" John. The good mate Christina joined me on this fantastic little adventure!
The drive down was really fun. It was the actual main reason why I wanted to go, (Well to see my good friend Jess of course!), but I really just wanted to like..... DRIVE. I've been wanting to go for a long drive and watch my town sink slowly into the distance, for such a long time. That when I was driving back from Southampton two days later, I just wanted to cry! And that probaly will explain my dreadful mood this week.
So far...

Now Southampton is actually an awesome city that looks like it was constructed by university students... No joke, it has that low key grungy, saving money I am student look to it. That you would normally find in shared houses of university students. Or there could be a posh part of Southampton, and I just waved it by....
The drive took me and Christina about two hours, where we did our reflective talk of our lives and how much we are "Pro-life!" (Would just like to clarify that this has nothing to do or is in anyway related to the pro-life, anti abortion blah blah... As we had to clarify that in the car on the way.). And once we have reached Southampton, that was the end of our chat, of randomness, interruption, 30 year old virgins and being "Pro-life".
The first night we got there, Jess and John took us to a bar. Which is about a half an hour walk from their house and pretty much just walking in a straight line! It's quite easy to live where Jess lives, you turn from her street and you just walk straight on... You'll get to the city center in no time! :). The bar she took us too was called "The Hobbit". Yes, like J.R.Tolkein, there was pictures, ornaments and even graffiti of the characters from J.R.Tolkein all over the bar. As well as some awesome band posters such as, paramore, System of a down and many more. The bar is made of three floors, (well technically two, but I count the court yard they have as well!). Top floor is the bar, second floor is the live music and the third floor is outside and where you can smoke your heart is content and filled with graffiti of Orcs and what not. Check out my first picture at the top!

This is where, I am going to tell you to listen to the bands I heard live on that Friday night! A couple of them was awesome, well they all was awesome... I just remember these two bands by name and going to "sell" them to you now. P.S. I am a rubbish seller! Haha.
The first band I remember are called "StreetFight Silence" now these little badgers are not a boy band, but are filled with men. A MEN BAND!? Dammit, that what I am going to call all rock/metal bands that, if they have only men in them, from now on... Bugger. Their music consist of drumming, guitaring and singing. I am so helpful at times. I honestly just find their music catchy and worth dancing around in the living room, in only your underwear as you are getting ready to go somewhere really fun! That is how I would describe them.
I mean, just click on link below and check them out.
StreetFight Silence
The other band was called "The Hixons" the lead singer kinda reminded me of Grindelwald from Harry Potter movies. But their music was still alchohol/Frodo cocktails intoxicated good. Heres a link to check out their song "Backs to the sun" which they played at The Hobbit.... It was great!
The Hixons

Saturday, was a day filled with miserable grey clouds and rain. So much rain, I like rain... But on Saturday there was just too much! I actually wanted to scream at Mother Nature to stop being a nuisance and give us Humans a break and let us have some fun shopping in the university built city of Southampton! I didn't want to anger her, so I kept my peace... Oh by the way Mother N... Thanks for being so f'ing sunny on Monday and Tuesday while I was working! But I did really enjoy walking around the city in my PJ's. I like to make that a habit, did it in London when I was seventeen as well.  In the evening, we partied like two teenage kids who never seen alcohol before in their lives!
Christina and I can be like two little children that just seen something for the first time and kinda doesn't know what to do with ourselves. So the best thing we can do is to make a complete fool of ourselves. I mean it, I fell through the smoking area barricade thinking it was made of metal, when actually it wasn't. Luckily the "bouncer" men saw the funny side to it as well. There was extreme hair moshing (on my be-half) to Avril tune "Sk8er boi" and a bit of cheesy pop.
And yes, me and Christina got really excited to hear "I knew you were trouble" by Taylor Swift, because Taunton night places refuses to play it.. Something to do with Dupstep is more popular than crappy pop songs. CRAPPY POP SONGS ARE THE BEST WHEN YOU ARE DRUNK! Why do you think I now have One Direction and Justin Beiber on my Ipod?!

That ladies and Gentleman was my weekend!
This week, so far have been filled with overthinking not enough sleeping and deep negative thoughts about where am I going and what am I doing with my life.
I hate those weeks.
On an interesting note, I have dyed my hair.

Next weekend is HITTHEDECK Festival at Bristol!!!

A new motto!

I sometimes get into over thinking mode. Where I go and think about everything, all at once. Seriously, in my head it would jump from one thought to another. One point I would be thinking about work, then it would jump to what I should do when I get home from work, to what I should do at the weekend, what I should wear at the weekend, back to what I need to do at work next, then back to the weekend, then back to work, then back to long-term planning. Until I get myself into a complete muddle. It can explain, why I get into this flakey state or something along those lines. Or why I can get into a quiet mode and I don't say anything, this normally happens when I go into long-term planning/thinking.
Long-term planning/thinking is dreadfully painful for young adults like us. (I am 24 in couple of weeks, and I still consider myself as a young adult!). But there are people out there like, teachers from school, college tutors, where they try and force you into this long-term thinking/planning. So they can "help" you make this decision of what you want to be when you "grow-up". When I get to thinking about this, I sometimes wish Peter Pan was real and he would just come and take me away to Neverland. Growing up is a bitch. I hate it.

Now the reason to this rant of my over-thinking on long-term planning/thinking, has come into this post today. Because I have been typing about doing a post on my bucket list. I have had this list for about three years, and I managed to tick a couple of things of. Such as, going to a festival, watching an opera in a theatre in London. But the main things I want to do from that list, is to go travelling, to get a degree in some form, to write a novel and get it published. Paint 50 pictures! Speak another language. Okay, speaking another language isn't as important as the others. But it sounds like an awesome skill to have! But, travelling and getting a degree is something I want to do mainly.
Travelling is easy, I know where I want to go and the places I want to visit.
My hardest thing, is this degree. I would like to study psychology and writing. But the job I am in... The job I have spent three years in college to studying to do,  five years of working in a place to gain the experience, the job I really enjoy doing. Is completely different to learning psychology and writing. But I can see myself doing something similar to my job, through writing and psychology. Then in other thoughts, I can't. But then I can think about doing something along the same lines as my job.. and take it to the next step??? Decisions! HARD!

The new motto... Fuck it.
I get days, such as this weekend. Where I have been out with friends and family, shopping in cities.. People in cities are stylish!! My parents aren't stylish, they couldn't care less about fashion, neither could my sister or brother. Sometimes Christina! But she does give it a good try and I love shopping with her. So shopping in cities, I see young people and other people just shopping around looking so stylish, so beautiful. And here I am in a pair of jeans, tee and a beanie hat. :). So, fuck it! I want to wear nice clothes and be a little bit more stylish. I enjoy dressing up. I sometimes see myself as an canvas, just waiting to be painted into something amazing. Something that screams different, something that screams my personality. That is what I am going to do from now. I will try and post pictures up on here? Explain the outfit as well???
Another thing to fuck it about. Coming out of my shell, to meet new and exciting people. Christina and I are two quiet and secluded people that dream of getting out there meeting new people. I think that is why we are such good friends. We have the same ambitions and motive in life, and cherish the fact that we are young. Having a friend like Christina helps me get out of my shell more and be able to do things. It's thanks to Christina that I braved my fear of not showering everyday and enjoy a bloody good tenting camping experience! AND TO GET TO SEE PARAMORE LIVE!!! It is thanks to Christina for coming with me to watch Phantom of the Opera at London, and staying at London for the night. I will always love, just sitting in Hyde Park and reading our books! It felt so natural to us. And with Christina, she will be my wing man as we go to the IOW festival and meeting new people there. Esp Ryan! We will do many more things together and we will take the world together! :).
So fuck it, I am 23 going on 24, growing up by years. But personally still young enough to continue making my mistakes and learning what I can from this world, and what it has to offer me.
I have learnt so much the past few years, one of them is to not hate every human beings out there. But to be inspired from them, to encourage you to stop being lazy and jumping at every opportunity you can take. Oh and to also fuck it. Continue to try and take the easy way out in life. You fail.
"This world is my school, and this time.. I want to learn within it"

An article from Elle Magazine, that I found extremely inspiring. "Why life begins at 20". Worth reading about.