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2011-06-25T18:44:00.001-07:00

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March - December 2010

2010-12-14T15:06:00.000-08:00

Wow, it really has been a very long time since I posted on this thing. I had almost forgotten about my little blog's existence until somebody mentioned it the other day. After a while of not posting anything on here you start to think that it'll be a little overwhelming filling in all the goings on between now and the last post... But I'll give it a shot none the less!

Needless to say, a lot has happened between now and my last update in March. The main news, I suppose, is that I'm now studying for a degree in English at the University of Winchester. I've been here since September and thus far am thoroughly enjoying it! But more on that a little later...

So, where were we?
Ah yes! March was the last time I posted on here so it would seem fitting to pick things up where I left off. The most immediate thing that springs to mind when I strain my mind thinking back that far would be going interailing around Europe in June/July.
Jack, Big K, Elliot, Carl and myself set off mid-June (as far as I can remember) for a month of travelling around Europe by train and, without going into too much detail, it was amazing! Although I ended up having to meet the guys in Prague (interesting getting the train there by myself!), we managed to visit a lot of really amazing places, and met some great people on the way.

Our journey took us through Prague, Bratislava, Krakow, Budapest, Zagreb, Split, Ljubljana, Lesse Bled, and finally Munich. The things that stood out the most for me were visiting Auschwitz and the world's largest underground salt mine in Poland, getting lost for eight hours on my own with no money or phone overnight in Budapest, and how beautiful Split and Lake Bled were... Not to mention the endless drunken antics and very strange people you bump into in Eastern Europe. We spent a lot of time sleeping on specialized 'sleeper trains', which usually hold a couple of sets of triple bunk-beds. They were so much fun!
Anyway I could write a whole essay on all the things we got up to, but instead I've included a few of my favourite photos from the trip to give you an idea of where we were and what we saw. They don't do it justice, mind you...

The reason for my late departure to the continent, I forgot to mention, was because of my new found employment at the Odeon cinema in Aylesbury. I can safely say it's the best job I've ever had. A few of my friends already worked there and the rest of the staff are all friendly and funny in their own ways, plus the free cinema tickets for me and my friends are nothing to be scoffed at. I've even managed to get my job back there over the impending Christmas holidays which is an absolute godsend given my current financial situation!

After our travels in Europe it was soon time for Reading festival to rear it's ugly, filthy head again at the end of August. With an even larger crew going than last year, plus an even better line-up it was set to be a banger... And it didn't disappoint. Other than the torrential rain flooding half of the campsite and the gale-force winds blowing away the other, it was an incredible weekend. Suffice to say, lots of drinking and getting up to no good went down. But the real highlight for me was the line-up; my favourite artists being Arcade Fire who headlined on the Saturday. Again, I've included a few of my favourite photos...

On returning from Reading it began to dawn on me that I would be starting university in a month. Although a little apprehensive, I was definitely looking forward to it as I really liked the look of Winchester university and I was longing for a change of scenery. After moving in mid-September, I fell in love with the place instantly. All the people I've met are really nice, and the city itself has a great feel to it and isn't a bad night out either. Although I've had more work than I anticipated in the first term, I've made a lot of new friends so far and we've had some great nights out.

Although most nights are spent going out, Halloween/Bonfire Night and the build up to Christmas have stood out for me as some of the best times so far.
Halloween involved us dressing up for four days straight and going to a few really good parties. The best of these probably being a house party not far from the uni, which was decorated really well and saw the transformation of my good friend Zen into 'the punch king', an alias he's managed to keep up to this day... Even though his punch cocktails have been known to contain nasty ingredients, and even vibrators!

Bonfire night in Winchester was really nice. The whole city seemed to attend the official firework display, which was surprisingly impressive! The fireworks were a lot bigger than I thought they'd be, and the descending smoke gave the field a sort of 'Reading' atmosphere, which I really enjoyed. It goes without saying that everybody went out for drinks afterwards...

Although this first term has seen it's fair share of parties and even more drunken nights out, the build up to Christmas has been particularly enjoyable. There's been some good parties including my friends Jake and Hena's house party the other night, which was really really fun. But what's made the last few weeks for me is how festive the uni has become and, what with all the snow of late, it's been getting me very excited about going home for Christmas and seeing my friends and family!

Anyway, like I say I could have gone into a lot more detail about the last few month's happenings but my hands are starting to hurt from all this typing and I've got a film that needs watching. Hopefully this post will give you a little insight into my moderately interesting life of late, if anyone even reads this. But really I'm doing this blog for myself more than anyone else, so hopefully I'll be able to start updating it a little more now that I've got the burden of this long update out of the way! I'm off home for Christmas the day after tomorrow which will be great, I could do with a break from all this work. But no doubt I'll start missing uni a lot sooner than I expect. Right, time to stop rambling. Adios! X

Spring!!!

2010-03-08T16:38:00.000-08:00

Hello rudeboys/rudegirls.

After a long and cold winter, it seems that Spring may finally be upon us! The days are getting longer and the sky is getting a bit more blue, and this means that we've been out skating a fair bit more. A few weeks ago there was a 'jam' at the Milton Keynes bus station, which basically means that the council hire a DJ (who usually plays inappropriately loud music) and host a skate competition. It was good fun as per usual, and everybody there enjoyed themselves. My fellow blogger Jamie (AKA Swampy) made this little edit of the days antics... Look out for Caleb after a Redbull too many!

A couple of weeks ago Big K, Freshie, Aaron and myself headed over to London to see the GZA from the Wu-Tang Clan. If you're unfamiliar with hip-hop then you probably wont know who this guy is, so just to explain: He is one of the founding members of the group, and has arguably the most impressive solo career out of all nine members... And he is sick live! We found ourselves in a very crowded Jazz Cafe in Camden, filled with a variety of hip-hop fans. They were playing really good music and it wasn't long at all before the GZA made his appearance. He was probably more fucked than anyone else in the gig, but this didn't stop him from giving a great performance! Everything got a bit live-o when he jumped into the crowd, but it was really fun. In his own words 'He was just there to have a good time'. After playing some classics from 'Liquid Swords' and even some '36th Chambers' stuff, he ended the set and everyone tried to get on stage. I just about got to shake the guy's hand, but Aaron somehow managed to get his shoe signed! After that we jumped straight on a train and headed home. I ended up staying round K's with Freshie, playing N64 late into the night...
Here's a link to a video that Freshie filmed of the GZA himself.

Not much happened last week, but last weekend a few of us took a road trip over to Cardiff to visit Duncan and Dixon at their uni. This was my first time visiting the guys since they left so I was pretty excited. I met Edel and Danielle on Friday afternoon and, after loading up Edel's car, we drove over to Winslow to pick up Jack and Caleb. The drive was really funny, and the amazing weather kept us all in a pretty good mood. After reaching Cardiff we met up with Dunc and Dixon and dumped our stuff in Chris's flat. It was Caleb's birthday on the Thursday so we all intended to celebrate it that night. Everyone had got tickets to see an indie band called the 'Ex Lovers' in Bristol that night, so it wasn't long before we were all on the train from Cardiff. Edel and Duncan both managed to get kicked out of the club straight away, but then both proceeded to get back in again somehow. The gig was actually really good, and the band played a great set. We got chatting to a few of the band afterwards and they were all really safe, one of them even skated and knew some of the guys from Barcelona! Speaking of coincidences, the gig was only round the corner from where we saw the Motive premiere a few months back! (See previous post!)
We ended up meeting Edel's brother, Martin (who goes to uni in Bristol) and hung out with him for a bit. We considered hitting up a Shy-FX gig, but after realising the last train was at one, we made our way back to the train station and headed back to Cardiff. Pretty much everyone went to bed, apart from Duncan and Dixon who seemed to stay up all night talking about how they were L.A.D. Positive.

The majority of Saturday was spent recovering in Dixon's room. Dani, Caleb and I got a fry-up from a cafe round the corner which nicely sorted out any hangovers we were experiencing. There was a free party at a club that night, which was conveniently down the road from the guys flats, so we all decided to check it out. The venue was pretty sick; it had a huge outdoor smoking area on the roof, and there was a live dubstep set going on on the first floor. It was a pretty good night, other than the fact that I'm not really into dubstep and I managed to lose everyone half way through. After realising nobody had their phones on them, I headed back to the uni flats. Dixon had shown me how to get through the door using just a stone, so luckily I got out of the cold and fell asleep on the airbed in Dixon's room.
We left at lunchtime on Sunday, and everyone felt a little worse for wear. The weather was really nice again, and the car journey ended up being really funny. The road between Swindon and Oxford was closed, which meant we ended up going on a huge diversion through some very quaint Cotswold villages. Bibury was one such village that fell victim to a car full of lost teenagers, playing Wu-Tang clan at full volume. We weren't welcome.

We made it home in one piece and I pretty much slept all day yesterday. That's about all that I can remember from the last few weeks. This weekend is my good friend Ruben's party, so I shall try and inform you/anyone out there of what goes down. Adios amigos X

What the February?!

2010-02-03T07:27:00.000-08:00

Yo! Yet again it has been a very long time since I last updated this, apologies are in order... I'll try my best to fill you in on the last few months events (that's if anybody is actually reading this!).

The first thing that springs to mind would be going to Chew the Fat back in November. This one was held in Matter, which is inside the O2 Arena. I got an early train up to London to do a bit of shopping before meeting everyone else later on. Luckily my good friend Malcolm came up early and we proceeded to get nice and drunk in a bar around the corner from Matter. After meeting everyone else we headed inside... Only for a few of us to be thrown out straight away for being too drunk! Luckily I got in! The venue was pretty sick, as was the soundsystem, and everyone had a good time dancing for the first few hours. The only problem with these things is that they finish at 6am, by which time you've usually sobered up! This night was no exception and I ended up leaving around 4am to go and meet Edel, Dunc and Dixon who (after being kicked out at the start) had been waiting inside the train station all night! Somehow they were all still super crunk? We all ended up getting the first train back to Aylesbury and went straight to bed.

After Chew the Fat I discovered that a few of the other guys were given a CD on the train by a rapping butcher who goes by the name: 'Da Meatman'. I recommend the album to anybody, it's literally the funniest thing I've listened to in years!

The only thing I really remember about December was landing myself a full-time job! Somehow I found myself employed by the Slug & Lettuce in Aylesbury, working as a chef? Anyway, I was soon to realise that this was far from the best job in the world. I was working thirteen hour shifts on Fridays and Saturdays which was far from nice... Anyway I'm no longer working there, it was horrible and screw working full-time! Other than working, the only other thing I really remember about December was how much it snowed. There must have been about 6 inches of snow, which is prety mental before Christmas!

New Years eve was a bit of an anti-climax compared to last year. I still had a sick night but missed out on going to a house party in London with the others... Me and Big K ended up meeting some people in Wendover, it was pretty jamming but not nearly as mental as it could/should have been!

January wasn't a particularly exciting month because of how much I was working at the SLug & Lettuce... We did have a really good night in Milton Keynes for Freshie's birthday though. It was nice having a night out with both the Aylesbury guys and the MK guys! Everybody got reeeal drunk and I ended up getting a train home in the early hours of the morning.

And that brings me up to this month, February! Yet again it's been snowing a lot, particularly at the start of the month. On one of the very snowy days Big K and I decided to walk up Coombe Hill for some reason. It was like a blizzard and we could hardly see anything! After reaching the top K was attacked by a horse, which proceeded to steal his drink and chew it up. It was so funny at the time, he was absolutely terrified!
Later that night I watched Barak Obama's state of the union speech. I hope he delivers!

I somehow ended up taking three trips to Oxford in the space of six days earlier this month. A couple of these were just for shopping; I bought a new board and some new SB's, standard. I managed to convince Elliot and Edel to come out in Oxford purely just for a fun night out, and we ended up having a pretty good time! We sat in McDonalds getting crunk in the warm for an hour or so, then headed to a club which I still can't remember the name of! It was a really funny night and we met some jokes people... And some wankers, but these things are to be expected. I managed to 'find' a hoody, which I had to donate to Edel afterwards because she was so fucked. We ended up getting a cab back, which was alright because the cab driver was pretty safe. I ended up going back to Edel's and had the best sleep ever!

After a recent trip to Tring train station I noticed a new multi-storey car park had been built there. This might not sound like much to most people, but if you skate then it could be a godsend! After investigating I found out that Tring now has a legitimate place to skate in Winter. The car park has a super smooth floor, is dry, and even has a skateable rail! Sweet!

We went to see a new film called 'The Road' the other week. It's the best film I've seen in ages, and I am now reading the book. It's by Cormac McCarthy, the same guy who wrote 'No Country For Old Men'. Anyway, I recommend the film to anyone. Albeit very depressing, it's one of the best shot and moving films I've seen in a while. It's Vigo Mortensen's best performance in my opinion and beats Avatar any day!

The Friday before last was Liam's party. A few guys and girls headed to Jessy's house in Wendover to have some pre-drinks before the actual party. Even though Jessy's dad interrogated almost everyone there befre he went out, we all had a really funny time. We got a couple of Taxi's over to Prince's Risborough and enetered the party. The bouncers were complete dicks and poured my alcohol away before I even got inside! Not only that, they threw Matt and T-bone out after about half an hour! Other than that we all had a good time at the party and I saw a lot of people I hadn't seen in a while which was nice. We got a cab home which was so much fun; we wrestled in the back and Jess was lying on the floor the whole time, but the taxi driver didn't seem to mind? We got back to Aylesbury and a few of us headed over to Edel's house to carry on the fun. I got super tired at about four and ended up sleeping on Edel's camp bed... Again.

Earlier this week I went on a little trip to Wales. I had an interview at Trinity university which went really well. It's in Carmarthen, which is SUPER Welsh. There were people actually talking in Welsh there which was a bit weird, but the uni itself was really nice. I stayed at my nan's in Swansea which was chilling, and then we drove back home the next morning.

The next day I found this amazing documentary on Swansea!

Last night we went to Lauren's party at the aristocrat in Aylesbury. Pretty much everyone is either in Cardiff or Edinburgh at the moment so it was just Carl, Jason, Enda and myself who ended up attending. It was actually quite a funny night, we just watched Lauren's 'interesting' family get really drunk and dance! Elz turned up too which was nice, and we ended up spending most of the night chilling outside in the smoking area.

Anyway, that leads me up to today! That's pretty much all I can remember of the last few months... If I have forgotten anything then just let me know! I will leave you with a few tunes and funny videos which have been keeping me entertained of late X

For Patrick

2009-11-07T18:02:00.001-08:00

Oh, hi! After months of neglect I have decided to put a post on my blog. To anybody following this, please direct your thanks towards Patrick Silla, as it was he who prompted me to update this thing. Now, where do I begin? I suppose I had better fill you in on what's happened over the last two or three months... A lot has changed but, in a way, a lot hasn't.

I'll start with the changes! It's nearly winter again, and nearly a year since I started this whole blog thing. So I suppose now is an appropriate time to reflect on what's been going on in my world of late. The most obvious change would have to be the fact that a few more of my good friends have left for university. Aside from Annabelle (who is now starting her second year), Dixon, Christy, Duncan, Emma, Joel, Enda and Patrick have also left the endz to further their academic careers. I'll fill you in a little more on where and when they went, but for now I'll just say I miss them a hell of a lot.
It's not all bad though; the majority of 'the group' are still here. And, to be honest, we've been chilling with a few more people from the endz, such as Ruben, T Bone, Matt, Jessy, Luke and Richard. I'll try and stick a photo of these guys in here somewhere!
Other than that, not much has changed... We're still going to parties, gigs, off on random adventures, and of course, doing a whole lot of chilling! I'm looking for a new job at the moment, which is prooving a little annoying but I'm getting there. And I'm also hoping to go to University next year, so we'll see what happens there! Anyway, I suppose I had better fill you in on what I remember of the past few months. My memory is far from perfect so if I've forgotten bits and pieces just let me know!

After I got back from Barcelona, Duncan had a free house for a little while. It was nice to get back home and have a free house to chill at where I could catch up with the whole group! Also the guys had recently returned from Thailand so we had a nice venue to celebrate! There were a couple of really fun nights at Dunk's, with pretty much everyone managing to get really wasted one way or another! I remember Caleb getting a hardback book dropped onto his head from a vast height whilst he slept was pretty entertaining, and also Fern's impressive driving skills being nothing short of amazing. Ehem! So a big thanks to Dunk for all the fun that he, and his house, provided..!

After returning from Duncan's gathering, the first thing that comes to mind is Big K's free house. Big K's free houses are no ordinary 'free yard' affair... With people over almost 24/7, beds everywhere, a giant cactus, the Doom soundtrack, huge rice crispy cakes, and a series of challenges to complete in the week, it turned out to be a really sick week! K's free house soon became known as 'The Bakery' (work it out!). Here's a video of the centurion challenge...

Sadly, I missed out on that challenege because I went on a family trip to Suffolk for a couple of days. It was pretty nice to get away for a bit, and I got a train back in time to experience the rest of the Bakery fun! I'll try and stick a photo of me having fun in Suffolk up on here...!

Well, after K's free yard, the next big event was Reading '09! This was at the end of August and proved to be one of the best weekends of my life. A few of us drove up on the Thursday and met everyone else who had already set up camp the day before. We had a pretty chilling spot in the Purple zone, which was a nice distance from the main stage. There must have been about fifteen of us camping in our area, making it almost like a small village of tents, with a fire made from bottles/plastic/chairs/other people's possessions in the middle. I brought a brand new two-man tent all to myself, with an airbed for extra comfort, so I was living comfortably for the next few days! Over the bank holiday weekend we saw some amazing music from the likes of The Kings Of Leon, The Arctic Monkeys, The Prodigy, Bloc Party, Vampire Weekend, Little Boots, La Roux, and many, many more. My favourite performance had to be Radiohead's on Sunday evening, the last night. They provided an eclectic finale to the whole Reading experience, and left everyone speechless. Amazing! Of course, music was only half of the fun. We kept ourselves entertained with boat rides, adventures around the town, partying in our camp, partying in other camps, getting very very crunk, and other illicit antics. It was such a mental weekend and I think it's safe to say that everyone who went will never forget it.

All good good things come to an end though, and with Reading out of the way we entered September, the month where people left for uni. We said goodbye to Enda, Christy, Joel, Patrick, Emma, Dixon and Dunk in the tried and tested format of a series of goodbye meals. I couldn't find photos from any of these, but here's a video of DIXON VERY DRUNK on his and Dunk's meal! Enjoy. The guys are hugely missed, but they'll be back at Christmas which isn't too far away now. There's light at the end of the tunnel!
However, what September lacked in quantities of friends, it more than made up for in music. I went to two really good gigs in September; these being Hockey and Massive Attack. They were both very different but equally sick. Massive attack played at the Brixton Academy in London, and were nothing short of epic. They put on an amazing laser show, and played really really well. Hockey played at the Academy in Oxford, and I didn't go there with high expectations. After about five minutes my opinion had completely changed! They were so good live, and I found myself not wanting the gig to end. Yay!

The nights started drawing in and we were soon met by the cold onset of October. Last month was actually really good though! There has definitely been a renaissance when it comes to skateboarding at the moment, with Caleb, Freshie and I skating a lot more than usual. This was illustrated by our trip down to Bristol for the premiere of the Motive video 'Dimensions' at the start of last month. I hadn't seen a lot of the Exeter/Bristol crew since Barcelona, so this was a great chance to see the guys, and to have a good night out. It turned out to be quite a fun adventure, even though we did manage to get lost in Swindon. The video was amazing, and I saw a lot of old friends there which was really really good! It was sick to see a few of my mates getting coverage in this vid, big respect to Sean, Jack, and Barney... Their parts were all sick! Here's a photo of a few of us at the prem.

Half-term was a couple of weeks later, and turned out to be very very expensive. Jason, Lois, Arthur, Aaron, myself, and a few others got invited to a party in Nottingham on the Monday. A couple of us drove up there, and after losing our way a couple of times we finally found the place. The party turned out to be in a huge mansion, with the courtyard and barn area converted into a party as well. We got drunk as quickly as possible and ended up having a really good night. The people there were so safe, and one of the girls even cooked me some scrambled eggs! Amazing. After a hard night partying, we all found places to sleep. The best thing about parties in huge houses is there's always places to sleep! It turned out the girl who's party it was had a whole cottage to herself at the end of the garden, so I had an 'eventful' nights sleep in there...!

I woke up after having a couple of hours sleep, and feeling very shit. The drive was absolutely awful, but as soon as we got back to Aylesbury Jason and I got invited to another party that night at Arthur's house. We got there half asleep, and after being pestered by girls for an hour or so we decided to leave. I slept like a log after that!

We chilled for a couple of days until Friday. Emily Craft and Emily Simpson had a party that night at the Golf Club in Princes Risborough, so we rolled up to that with a good crew. The party was alright, but it ended in a standard "Bruv, allow it" type fight, where nobody actually fought each other. I managed to steal a sick magnifying glass though!
The following night was Halloween. I felt pretty shit after the night before so I didn't really end up doing much. A few people went to Gus's after we chilled at Edel's for a bit. But I just had to get some sleep!

All that was last week, and now it's November. Over the last few days we've been having bonfire/firework style fun, even though it's been stupidly cold! Last night Edel, Jessie, Jason and myself went and watched some fireworks in Bedgrove. They were really good and it was such a nice night out. After that we just went back to Edel's and chilled with some drinking games. And that brings me up to the present... Phew! I feel as though I've just written an essay! I hope you're satisfied now Patrick! I'll try and update this a bit more often, but I always say that so we'll just have to see what happens...! BLESS X

Also, how weird is this?

99p from Tesco... Sick!

Behnaz Diaz!

2009-07-20T10:39:00.000-07:00

Yo! I´m just chilling at an Internet cafe in Barcelona at the moment! It´s pretty amazing here! The weather has been so hot for the last couple of days, but I am happily putting up with it. We have skated a few spots so far, and spent a fair amount of time chilling on the beach. On the first night we got really fucked, carved a face into a water melon, and threw it out of our 6 storey apartment... Sick! Anyway I haven´t got long left on this computer, but I thought I´d stick a quick update regarding my travels on here. I´ll try and upload some photos next time I´m on here. Hope everyone at home is doing well! X

8/10/09
Hello! I never got round to putting up the pics from Barcelona! So here are some of my favourites, along with Shicken's edit of the trip. Watch us shave his head at the end! And check the photos of the water melon we carved... Then the ten metre blast radius it made when we threw off our apartment roof! X

The edit!

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SUMMER

2009-07-15T08:57:00.000-07:00

Hello!
Fuck, it's actually been ages since I updated this thing... I don't know why I never do it anymore? Anyway, as you can probably guess from this post's title, it's finally summer! And it's been a pretty busy one so far, with lots of the usual parties, adventures, chilling, good times, etc.

I can't really remember much of what happened in June... Except a couple of parties and a Barbecue round Emma's. So I might as well inform you of July's goings-on: The first weekend of the month was spent in Bournemouth! It's become an annual tradition to head down to the coast and get fucked for the weekend, so in fine form Edel, Aaron, Danielle, Elliot, Caleb, Big K and Myself drove down south in a convoy. We booked into a cheap hotel and spent the first night getting very inebriated on the beach until the early hours. Danielle, Edel, Big K and I were sharing a room so we dragged all the beds together and fell asleep watching 'Flight of the Conchords' on Edel's portable DVD player. On Saturday morning we woke up to rain which was pretty depressing, but by lunch time it had dried up and the sun was out. We got a nice breakfast at the cafe round the corner then headed down to the beach. We swam pretty much all day and had some pretty sweet fights in the sea! That night some of us went to town, but Caleb, K and I decided to just go for a walk because we couldn't be bothered with it. We met up with the others later, by which time we were all pretty crunk. The town wasn't very good so we headed back and slept. On Sunday we all went back down to the beach pretty early but pretty much everyone was up for going back because they wanted to go to the cinema. Me and Edel stayed for a few more hours n the beach and bought some food, which was nice! The ride back was pretty long, but we managed to get to the cinema in time to see...

Public Enemies! Which wasn't half as good as it could have been. A film staring Christian Bale and Johnny Depp has the potential to be amazing, but it was let down by Micheal Mann's poor directing, cinematography and lack of character development! It should have been more like 'American Gangster'. Oh well.

Not too much has happened in the last week apart from a fair bit of skating and going to Milton Keynes to see mates there. I'm off to BARCELONA on Saturday (which I'm very excited about), so I bought a new deck and some wheels + bearings for my board whilst in MK. I'll try and post something before I fly out this weekend, and hopefully I'll be able to keep you all informed of my antics out there if I find an Internet cafe... Anyway, I better get back to packing! Peace X

Hiya

2009-05-31T16:15:00.000-07:00

Hello people! I haven't written in here for ages... Again! Sorry about that. The last few weeks have had their ups and downs! The main downer being that Dixon, Joel, Carl, Duncan and Enda have all jetted off to travel around Thailand... For the next three months! This has had a pretty detrimental effect on the friend group, especially considering how much time we spend jamming in Carl's room! We've all kept ourselves busy though.

A couple of weeks ago we all headed down to London for Edel's 18th birthday party. It was such a sick night! Edel and I got given £200 by her mum to go and buy alcohol, so we went to tesco and filled up a whole trolley full. Amazing! We had a little party in the garden at Edel's before all getting the coach to the captital. Patrick swore at a guy from the bus, and then the guy proceeded to throw a huge rock at the bus! Once in London we went to the first club. We went to three clubs altogether, and to be honest they were all pretty average... The best bit, however, was getting driven around on the double decker party bus! It had a huge soundsystem on it, sick lights, and we were free to dance/drink all we wanted... It was so good! We all got back into Aylesbury really really late, and pretty much everyone crashed out at Edel's.

Before the guys left for Thailand we had a pretty big meal at Frankie and Benny's to say goodbye properly. There was about twenty of us there, Carl's mum included! The meal was pretty funny and everyone had a good time, with the hardcore people staying out in the car park for a good few hours after the meal finished.

I don't remember much of the weekend but Friday was pretty chilling. Wooly, Gus, Freshie and I drove up to Oxford for a bit of shopping. Freshie picked up some of the new SB Stefan Janoski shoes, and I got some new Adidas Gazelles in purple. After that I went for a drink with Sophie in Berkhamstead, followed by a Call of Duty session round Big K's.

Last weekend was Dan Linke's house party. Christy, Gus, Freshie and I had been for a cheeky skate in Milton Keynes earlier on so we were all pretty knackered but it was still sick! I only heard about it the day before so it was a nice surprise to find it was actually a pretty good party. There were a lot more people than I expected, with pretty much the whole house full of people. The music wasn't too bad either and there was no 'standard beef' which lets a lot of parties down! Thanks Dan! (I have yet to find any photos from this party!!!)

And that pretty much leads me up to this weekend. I'm sure I've forgotten half of the shit that happened in the last few weeks, but if anyone reminds me I'll write about it on here! On Friday Elliot, Danielle, Caleb and I went down to London for another 'Chew The Fat!'. The weather was really nice so we were all pretty optimistic about the day... That is until we found out how much a return ticket to London from Aylesbury would be! In the end we got an Oyster card from Amersham which only set us back £9 each. Not bad! The gig itself was amazing: The venue (The Arches) was really nice, the soundsystem was sick, the crowd was chilling, as was the security. We stayed up all night, from 10pm til 6am, dancing to the likes of DJ Zinc, Foamo, Raffertie and Caspa & Rusko. We all caught the first train back to Amersham and had a kip on the way. I spent pretty much the whole of yesterday and today recovering and sleeping round Edel's. Oh yeah, Annabelle's back at the moment which is really nice.

Apart from that, and a fair bit of skating going down, not too much else has been going on. Caleb, Elliot, Big K and I went over to Stowe today because it's a really nice spot to enjoy the sunny weather. We found an amazing lake too which was super nice. Sorry for a lack of exciting photos at the moment, I need to install the programme for my camera! Hopefully it wont be too long until my next post! Safe X

Sorry!

2009-05-07T07:49:00.000-07:00

Ah! I am so lazy when it comes to updating this thing nowadays! Apologies to everyone/anyone who actually reads this. As you can imagine the last fortnight has been pretty much the same as they always are. Going skating, going to parties, and chilling. Hard times. But seriously, the last couple of weeks have been pretty good. I managed to get some temp work at RAF Halton which was pretty easy. I just had to help some old guy put up beds and got paid 50 quid for it. However, I did manage to cut my lip because I got hit in the face with a spanner. Niiiiiiice! Since there are hardly any photos from the last two weeks, here's a nice photo of RAF Halton!

Last Saturday was Fleur's party. Unfortunately hardly anyone got invited so, dispiritedly, we all prepared for a night in at Carl's yard. The night took a turn for the better, however, as we soon got a phone call saying none other than DIXON (my very good friend who had been away for the last six months working at a ski resort in France) had just got home! So we all ran over to his house and hugged him for a long time. The night got even better when we heard about a party in Haddenham, so us guys all jumped in a cab over there. The party was pretty sick and (I don't know how we always manage it) we got in easily. A certain someone wrote 'LADS ON TOUR '09' on the wall (see photo) which was pretty jokes! The party lasted a good amount of time and standard ended in a window getting smashed and a fight erupting. Hooray!

The next day we all went over to Dan Linke's house because he was having a 'gathering'. It was pretty chilling, with the majority of people out in the garden drinking and smoking. Dan's dad got woken up though so we all had to leave!
I can't really remember much of last week, except for going to Oxford with Danielle and Jade. I bought a lovely new 'Third Foot' board which is currently lurking in my boot. Oh yeah, and my car nearly got locked in some weird car park!

The last weekend was ok. I missed out on a fair bit because I went to Wales and had a bit of a cold. But by Sunday I was feeling a bit better and we (yet again) heard of a party near Cuddlington, so a couple of taxis headed there. The party was actually really good: Turns out some guy owned a field and there was probably nearly a hundred people there all round a campfire, with a decent sound system which we soon commandeered! There were a whole load of tents strewn around the field as well which made it good for terrorising people! One guy who can only be named as 'pasty' suffered a horrendous amount of terrorising, and probably went home crying! Poor guy. After Carl set loose a load of sheep into the field we decided to head back. We missed our cab so we ended up getting back pretty late, but it was better than usual for a Sunday night.

We had a really nice barbeque round Emma's house on Monday... Thanks Emma/Emma's parents! Even though it was raining so we had to eat indoors, the food was really nice.... And even better because it was free!
And that leads me to now (Thursday). I haven't really done much this week as I don't get paid until tomorrow. Plus it's been pretty cold! We're all going up to London (for free!) on Saturday for Edel's 18th which should be pretty sick! Looking forward to that. Anyway, I'm in desperate need of some lunch, SAFE! X

Carl's bungee jump!

2009-04-21T05:34:00.000-07:00

K just uploaded Carl's bungee jump onto Youtube so here it is!

Standard

2009-04-19T17:20:00.000-07:00

Bonjour! How are you? No, you can't answer that question because it was rhetorical. I'm pretty good though. I'm trying to think of a way to make this post a little more exciting than usual... But I can't think of one. Maybe it'll come to me whilst I write. Anyway, this week/weekend has been (as the name implies) standard. The main news is that one of my best buddies, Annabelle, is back from uni for the week. Hooray! So the majority of the week has been spent round hers catching up and whatnot.

This weekend has actually been really good. The weather has been amazing, with lots of blue sky to keep me happy. Friday was spent chilling round Annabelle/Edel's yard, nothing too exciting. Saturday was such a good day, however. Christy, Chaz and Myself took a little road trip over to Abingdon skatepark, just outside of Oxford. The weather was so nice, and the park was siiiick. We all had a pretty fun session, and then headed back home through the Oxfordshire countryside.

Saturday night was spent at Dani's 18th birthday party. Because her parents own the Aristocrat Pub in Aylesbury, we pretty much had the place to ourselves. It was a really good party with a lot of familiar faces and some good music. The party ended at about 1am, but a few of us close friends were allowed to stay and jam in the pub for another hour or so. I headed back to Edel's with a few people and slept on the sofa. Everybody had a really good night!

Today (Sunday) I was supposed to go to Windsor with everyone to watch Carl's 300ft bungee jump... But I was too tired/hungover to go so I just slept. Big K filmed the whole thing and, to be honest, it looked like I missed out! Never mind eh. And that leads me to now... I always seem to be writing these things on a Sunday night. And I never did think of any way of spicing this post up... Oh well. Good night people X

Apologies...

2009-04-11T07:30:00.000-07:00

Hello! Sorry for the lack of updates over the last couple of weeks... I have no excuses. I'm just lazy. Basically, the last fortnight has been pretty standard... Maybe a little better than average because everyone's off school. The weather hasn't been too great though. Anyway, I'll try and fill you in on some of the more memorable events.

The weekend before last was Jason's birthday. He had his party at The Saracen's, which could have been a bad choice, but there were so many familiar faces and a good playlist so it was pretty fun. I can't remember much of it, apart from getting very drunk and running off with Emily's camera. Wahay!

Last weekend wasn't too exciting. After hearing that some of our mates were getting in a fight, a few people ended up getting in a taxi over to Thame to help them out. They all managed to get in a fight, with almost everyone coming back with a war wound or two! I, however, ended up getting a cab with Fern, Emily, Lottie and Edel over to Leighton Buzzard to go to a house party we heard about. It was pretty jokes; loads of people were throwing bottles onto the road which was different! We weren't there too long though which was a bit annoying.

Last night was pretty good. Eight of us got a cab over to Rupert's free house and we all proceeded to get very drunk and dance the night away. We got a cab home at about 3am and everybody went back to Carl's free yard.

And that leads me to now, Saturday afternoon. Oh yeah, and as usual there's been a decent amount of skating these last couple of weeks... Sadly no footage though! Hopefully I'll put up a post tonight/tomorrow about tonight if anything interesting happens! Peace X

PS. I forgot to mention Big K got his hair cut! This is a momentous occasion for everyone. We filmed the whole thing, so hopefully you'll be seeing the footage very soon...

Chillin'

2009-03-23T14:44:00.000-07:00

Easy now rude boys/gyals! Seeing as it's Monday I thought I'd put up a post about the weekend. Friday was a really jamming day. A few of us went to Aston Clinton for a cheeky skate in the sunny weather. Friday evening was siiick: A load of us went over to Big K's house. He had a free yard so we all chilled in the front room with pizzas, movies, etc. A few people slept over, but I decided to drive home and gave Edel a lift on the way.

Saturday was even better. The warm, sunny weather continued so we went to Aston Clinton... Again. There was a pretty big crew of us this time; with people skating, playing football, or just jamming on the grass. I headed home at about 7pm and grabbed a quick shower before heading out. K still had his free yard so about eight of us went over there and started drinking. At about half nine we all got a couple of taxis over to Bexi's masquerade party at Bob's Barn. It turned out to be a pretty sick party and some funny shit went down.

The party ended at about one and a whole load of people got taxis over to Big K's house. Seeing as his parents weren't home until Sunday, we all carried on partying well into the night and I even managed to get a few hours sleep in his sister's room. I woke up to the standard sight of a messy house with sleeping teenagers scattered all over the floor and empty bottles here, there and everywhere.
Aaron, K, Edel, and Myself treated ourselves to a proper fry up after a quick trip to Tescos. It was the best breakfast I've had in ages! We tidied the house and put on a couple of films, then I headed home about midday and caught up on some sleep.

Sunday evening I went out for a Mother's day meal at the Crow's Nest with the family. Two amazing free meals in a day made me very happy indeed!
And that leads me to today... Monday. The weekend's over already and there's a whole four days until it starts again. Friday should be good though as it's Jason's party. Good times! Anyway, I'm gonna watch some TV and hope that the weather's decent enough for a little skate tomorrow. Good night X

How high?

2009-03-19T12:15:00.000-07:00

Yo! Here's a cheeky little post about what has happened during the week. On Monday Freshie and I went to Oxford for a little skate. It was pretty fun, we pissed off loads of people driving round in my car... But karma got the better of us and I managed to get lost about three times! Not good. I skated in Milton Keynes with some mates on Wednesday which was pretty chilling. In the last week I have come to the conclusion that 'How high' is probably the best film ever! It makes me laugh so much and if you haven't seen it then watch it NOW!

So far March is shaping up to be a pretty sick month! There's been some sick parties and the weather's been amazing. Anyway, I'm off out. I leave you with a picture I took of this pair of ducks that were in my garden yesterday, crazy shit. Laters! X

What the weekend?

2009-03-15T16:18:00.000-07:00

Hello to all you lovely people out there! I thought I'd put up a post regarding the weekend's antics whilst I can still remember them. Friday was pretty standard, I can't really remember what I did in the day... So it probably wasn't anything exciting! We heard about a party in Bierton (I don't know how we find these things!), so we inevitably headed over there. There was a pretty large group of us and we didn't even know the guy who's party it was... But after our performance at getting into random parties last weekend we thought it was worth a shot! Along the way we were accosted by a horse! It was quite a scary experience; it just ran at us out of the darkness! After a few beers it calmed down though...

Unfortunately, our luck ran out and we didn't manage to get into the party. It looked pretty crappy though to be fair. The clientele consisted mainly of aggy girls and guys who spend a bit too much time at the gym (wastemen).
A fair few of us headed back to Edel's house to carry on drinking and whatever. I was pretty tired so I barricaded myself into a bedroom and had a really nice sleep!

Saturday turned out to be a lot better. Once again there was word of a party in Bierton... However this time we knew a few people going so the mood was a little more optimistic. James Rawlings had a free yard all night so we jammed over his and began the drinking whilst we assembled the troops. We got a taxi to the party a little later. About half of us managed to sneak round the side, but sadly the other half couldn't get in. We met up with Gus, Alza, Dan, Woolly, Ed, etc. inside which was jamming. It turned out I knew a fair few of the girls there too so it wasn't too hard to act like I'd been invited! I managed to steal a few beers which benefited my financial situation... Especially as I hadn't paid to get in! Carl and Dunc managed to 'Bear Grylls' their way in later on too... Good times!

Afterwards, a load of people from the party went back to James's yard and we carried on partying until the early hours of the morning. I had a really good time playing music on the speakers! Once the alcohol began to run out, people started heading home. I ended up getting to bed about 5am, but it was worth it because it was a really good night.

Today hasn't been particularly exciting: I handed in an application form at Budgens in Wendover and then just jammed in Aylesbury with some mates. The weather was really good so it was nice to chill after a hectic weekend. Anyway, I'm off to watch 'The Departed' (Such a sick film!). I shall leave you with a photo of me pumping some serious iron at James's last night! Good night ladies and germs X

All around Europe and Farnham...

2009-03-13T10:53:00.000-07:00

Hello hello. I can't believe it's Friday already! I am in a pretty good mood right now because of the aforementioned fact, but also because I FINALLY got my hair cut today. I managed to beg/borrow/steal enough money for it... Wahay! This wont be a long post as not much has really happened this week, I haven't even skated :( However, on Tuesday Jason, K, and I went to Farnham to check out the university. We had a pretty jokes day and I even found a skatepark! Sadly it started to rain so I couldn't utilise it. Anyway, the uni was really geeky and boring but K liked it for some reason.
Malcolm has just put up a little edit of our trip around Europe back in 07. Have a little peek below if you fancy...

That's pretty much all I can think of right now. Sorry about the inarticulate blog! Right, I'm off out for some drinks and who knows what else... I'm sure you will find out what happens in my next post. Safe...

I love the weekend!

2009-03-08T10:08:00.001-07:00

Yo! Just thought I'd stick up a quick post about this weekend's antics... On Friday there was word of a massive house party in Akeley. We didn't know the girl who's house it was so with low expectations about ten of us got a cab there. After the best part of an hour we found the place. It turned out to be some massive manor in the middle of nowhere! It looked really sick, but because it was such a massive house the girl had hired out a whole security team with DOGS (see photos)! Obviously we weren't on the list so it didn't look very promising that we would get anywhere near the house let alone inside! We had a chat to one of the bouncers and I noticed he'd put his list down on the floor. I dropped a lighter onto the list so I had an excuse to bend down and get a look at the names. I memorised a couple of names and me and Edel snuck round the side using our fake names. We somehow found Carl, Duncan and Freshie in a bush. The five of us climbed through gardens and over roofs and eventually we managed to sneak in! Once we got inside we were welcomed by one of the best house parties I've been to. The house was huge and it was just getting trashed. There was graffiti all over the walls, neon lights, and furniture destroyed everywhere! We grabbed a load of free drinks and went upstairs, where me and Aaron proceeded to trash a bunk bed! The DJ deserves a mention: His name was Christian Williams and he was sick! I managed to get him to play Fake Blood's 'Mars', alongside A1 Bassline and various others. Most of these photos were provided by him!

Half of us didn't manage to get in unfortunately, but Jason turned up towards the end which was really good. Alongside Aaron, we met up with a few other mates such as the one and only Dan Linke! We partied for a few hours and when the music stopped we all knew it was time to leave. The whole party crowd ended up in the garden where there was a trampoline which everybody had a laugh on. Then the inevitable fight started which was really funny, especially seeing Duncan 'the pacifist' Griffiths smacking some guy, and Carl hitting some guy in the head with a mega man toy he stole from the house! I left with a bag full of stolen goodies too. Once we reached the gates we found all the others who hadn't got in. For some reason they'd all waited outside for us! We waited the best part of an hour for a taxi in the cold... It wasn't too bad though because everyone was pretty crunked. Overall it was an amazing night and definitely one of the best in months!

Friday night I hardly got any sleep which was pretty annoying. I managed to get a few hours in and then got woken up by Caleb asking me if I fancied going skating. After a glance outside at the cloudless blue sky I agreed! We went to Aston Clinton as usual and this time quite a few of the non-skaters came and played football, etc. Chilling. I went home for a shower and some dinner then came back out. We found out about a party in Elm Farm so we thought we'd try our luck with it as it was only a twenty minute walk. Once we got there it didn't look promising at all but the guy who's house it was turned out to be pretty sound and let us all in (probably because we had girls with us!). It wasn't bad inside. The house was really nice but nobody seemed too lively. We commandeered the sound system and managed to get everyone dancing. There were loads of free beers around so we helped ourselves! It was about this time when my lack of sleep over the weekend caught up with me and I found myself falling asleep on one of the arm chairs in the house. It was pretty annoying because it was a really good party but I just couldn't make the most of it. My energy was drained. As hard as it was to drag myself away, I ended up walking back to Edel's yard. It was still a pretty good night though! I don't think there were any photos taken...

I got a good fourteen hours sleep last night so I'm feeling pretty fresh today! The sun's shining too which really helps haha. It's kind of annoying it's a Sunday already but this weekend has been the best all year so I can't really complain! Anyway, this post turned out to be a lot longer than I imagined! If you read it all hat's off to you, you're a soldier! Right, I'm off out to meet the homies... PEACE X

Neglected!

2009-03-05T12:05:00.000-08:00

Shit! I haven't put a post up in frickin' ages! Sorry to anybody who actually reads this thing. In all honesty, the last couple of weeks have been pretty much the same old, same old. Last weekend was Amy's party at the Saracens. To anybody who's been to a Saracen's party I probably don't need to explain how it was, they're all the same. It was a little better than average though because I hardly knew anyone so it was nice and easy to take the piss out of people. I ended up getting a taxi home which was LONG.

I've skated a fair bit this week on account of the saweet weather we've been having... It's actually starting to feel like Spring! Click on the picture below for Freshie's facebook videos, there's a few entertaining clips from the last few days...

What else has happened? Well it was Carl's birthday on Saturday and we all headed up to the woods for a campfire. It was really chilling and it was a good way to send off Joel who has gone travelling yet again! We all had a pretty jamming night.

On Tuesday, me and the notorious Big K went on a road trip to Manchester for K's uni interview. In retrospect, I might have been a bit stupid for volunteering to drive up north. It took about 4 hours to get there and then another 4 hours back... All in torrential rain! It was pretty jokes laughing at all the Northern Monkeys though! We checked out 'Note' skate store which was pretty sick, but I managed to restrain myself from buying anything. Luckily K's parents funded the whole trip and I managed to get free food for a day out of it!

Yesterday was Caleb's birthday and we all went out for a meal at Bucks Balti. It was pretty jokes and I managed to get a free meal yet again. I think the real celebrations for Mr. Walton's 19th will start this weekend though as everybody had work/school today... Except for me and Freshie who went for a skate! The weather was too sick not to!

Anyway that's pretty much all that I can remember from the last week. Apologies for the lack of updates, I've been mackin' too many hoes. Peace x

Start of the half-term

2009-02-20T08:20:00.000-08:00

Oh hi! The last couple of days have been pretty eventful, probably because everyone is on half term. As I said, on Monday Me, Enda, and Freshie went for a skate in Aston Clinton. Freshie's just posted a couple of videos of us messing around on his Facebook which you can check out by clicking the picture below. Just click 'next' to see the others.

Wednesday was pretty chilling. Me and Jason got invited to a house party which we went to at about midnight on account of Jason finishing work pretty late. We drove to the party and then proceeded to get as drunk as possible in my car before heading in. We hardly knew anyone but it was a pretty good party. It was a pimps and hoes theme and pretty much everyone was really good. Memorable moments were finding tons of cigarettes and getting with some girl on a car bonnet haha.

I staggered home for about an hours sleep and then managed to wake myself up at 7am for our trip to Thorpe Park! After picking up Jason, Patrick, and Big K, we missioned it up the M25 to Staines. We met up with a couple more guys and all the girls there and went into the park. Our tickets and lunches were all paid for by Emma's parents (big thank you to them!) so it wasn't a very expensive day at all! We went on all the good rides, with the exception of 'Stealth' which was inexplicably closed. I managed to stay awake by drinking as much caffeine as possible and we headed home at about 5 after a really good day at the theme park. On the way home we grabbed a Starbucks and then managed to get lost in the rush hour in Staines... Not fun!

After a quick stop at K's house for some food and computer game fun, we headed over to Duncan's free house to chill. We went out that night around the town just to chill. I managed to slip on the mini ramp in Wendover and now have a huge bruise on my head and a split lip... Hooray! I look a state. We all went home after that and I caught up on a LOT of sleep! And that leads me to now, Friday. I'll probably just have a bath and then head out, I'll let you know what happens! X

If you go down to the woods today...

2009-02-16T11:24:00.000-08:00

Yo! I haven't posted anything for a little while so I thought I'd put something up! Today's been pretty chilling. Me, Freshie, and Enda went for a skate in Aston Clinton. We filmed some pretty jokes videos which I'll put up once Freshie's sent me them! The skatepark got full of little kids on bikes so we headed back to Aylesbury, wahay!

Last night was pretty fun. We went up to Wendover woods in the middle of the night for a little adventure. After Jason got us completely lost down some random path, we ended up climbing some random tree. We only had our phone lights and my lightsaber to guide us so it was quite interesting negotiating the woods!

So, as you can probably tell, this weekend wasn't very exciting. But it's half term and there's a couple of parties coming up this week, oh and a free trip to Thorpe Park for Emma's birthday! Right, I'm off to watch My Name Is Earl... You know how we do. X

Snow and bassline

2009-02-09T09:46:00.001-08:00

Yo! This weekend has been yet another heavy one. Friday started off to a shakey start. A few off us were intending to head to London for a gig but we thought we might not make it because of the heavy snow. Luckily the trains were running and the day got under way. Me and Aaron got the train to London before everyone else so we started drinking in Marlyebone station nice and early. Freshie, Emma, Enda, Caleb, Danielle, Carl and Jason turned up soon enough and after a few hours of hanging around central London we got the tube and headed south to Elephant and Castle. This area is pretty rough and after a long search we found the place. It's called Corsica studios, and from the outside you wouldn't think much of it. It looked ghetto as. Once we got inside we found ourselves in what looked like a weird converted old factory. There were neon and UV lights everywhere and lots of strange things on the walls... It sick! We were there to see the likes of A1 Bassline, Foamo, Fake Blood... Some seriously heavy dance/electro/bassline artists. The gig was insane and we all got on stage. After a good seven hours of dancing the bassline gave way to dubstep and we all decided to get the first train home. After a long tube ride we got the 7.30am train back to Aylesbury from Marlyebone. The night was fucking long but worth it!

I slept all day Saturday then about ten of us headed over to Aaron's free yard. Aaron has an amazing house; it's huge and the interior design is sick. We had a blaze over there and had a chilled out night watching movies over a few beers. Good times.

Sunday was a pretty lazy day. We went to the cinema (you guessed it) to see 'The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button'. The film is really good, probably the best of the year, I recommend it to anyone with a spare three hours! It's based around a guy called Benjamin who ages backwards. The acting is excellent, as is the directing. The only drawback I found was that once you get over the fact that the guy is ageing backwards, the film IS just about a guy having a pretty normal life. For example, when Benjamin and his lover are both the same age (they meet in the middle) it's just a film about an average relationship... That said it's the best film out at the moment and well worth the money. Just make sure you take some food!

Right, now I have to make the decision as to whether to waste money going out on a Monday night... I'll probably stay in. Peace X

More snow!

2009-02-04T11:34:00.000-08:00

It's snowed again, hooray! This change of weather has given me some new found optimism. On Monday night we went over to Edel's for some fun and games. We turned the lights off and had a light sabre battle using those glowing light saber sticks you get. It was amazing! Definitely needs to be institutionalised! Yesterday we got up around midday and I drove Edel, Vicky, K and myself up Coombe Hill in Wendover. It was a horrible drive but we got there eventually... Just as it started to blizzard. We had a great time sledging and it wasn't even very busy up there. K's sledge was really fast so I used it as much as I could get my hands on it! Big K brought out his new camera and filmed a little movie from our day out:

After the sledging we went to the cinema. This time we saw 'Hunger'. I can honestly say it's the most boring film I've ever seen! It's about an IRA hunger strike in a prison... I can see why a lot of the scenes were long; the director was trying to give the impression of how boring prison life is. But there were some ridiculous scenes. In one ten minute long scene you watch a man sweep a corridor. The camera doesn't move once, it's just a man sweeping a corridor for ten minutes. Fun.

Anyway I've been working on my CV today. I need a new job so I'm going to hand out some CVs tomorrow, and also try and sell my old computer. Wish me luck! It's not long until Friday now! Me and some mates are going to see Foamo, A1 Bassline and Fake Blood in London... Can't wait!

Weekend goings on

2009-02-02T09:18:00.001-08:00

It's been a very long weekend for me! On Friday me and a few others headed over to Edel's house for a few drinks. We all got a bit drunk and then Caleb (who was sober) drove us over to a party in Marsworth. We met a load of our mates there and we all had a pretty good time. The party was in a hall and we all managed to sneak in. Later on, the inevitable fight took place and everybody ended up getting kicked out of the hall. About ten minutes later a ton of police cars turned up (as you can see in the pics!). After messing around outside the hall for a bit we got a lift back into Aylesbury. A load of us went back to Edel's to carry on drinking and blazing which was pretty good. I ended up falling asleep in a blanket on Edel's bathroom floor.

After waking up in the bathroom on Saturday morning I drove home and had a shower and some lunch. Me, Freshie, Christy, Chaz and Gus then went for a skate at Wendover skatepark. It was an alright little session and we all got some super cheap drinks from this amazing newsagent.

After the skate I went home for yet another shower and then went over to Carl's house. We had a few drinks and then Me, Patrick, Elliot and Duncan got the bus to Oxford for a night out. It was a pretty good night, we all got a bit drunk... Except for Patrick who got ten times more drunk than everyone else as usual! He got his penis out in a club and then started a fight so we got kicked out... Good times! I'll put the photos from Oxford up soon as I get them off Patrick. We had a good night wandering around and then ended up getting a cab back to Aylesbury at about 3am.

We found out our good mate Dan Linke had a free yard so me, Dunk and Patrick headed over there. Dan had a really nice house and there were tons of people over there so we all stayed up blazing and drinking for a few hours. Eventually we all ended up going to sleep, with about 5 people in each bed. I ended up crammed between Chelsea, Vicky and Lottie. After a good 2 hour sleep I drove home and caught up on some rest.

Last night I headed back out to Aylesbury. We were going to see Underworld 2 but according to Elliot it's shit, so we just headed over to The Saracen's to play a bit of pool. It started tipping it down with snow and the roads got pretty dangerous so I ended up sleeping over at Jason's crib.

And that leads me to now! I haven't slept in my own bed for three days so I'm looking forward to a good sleep tonight... And hopefully some sledging tomorrow if the snow keeps up. Oh yeah, and I just saw a fox in my garden... Crazy!

Late night poker

2009-01-27T18:09:00.001-08:00

Yo! I got a bit bored and felt like posting a little something. Last night was one of the rare opportunities when we had both poker chips and a venue available, so it looked like a poker night round Patrick's was on the cards (amazing pun)! Me, Elliot, Duncan, Patrick and Jason were up until 3 playing the first game, which Jason proceeded to win. Then we played a second game which I won. I won about 15 quid but it wasn't really worth it because we were all up til gone 6!
Patrick went to bed and Duncan left early so it was down to me, Elliot and Jason to call a cab back to Aylesbury. Our poker chip set looks like a silver briefcase so we pretended it was an official 'dossier' in front of the taxi driver... He didn't understand. I've left you a couple of photos from our early morning wait for the taxi. Anyway, I ended up getting to bed about 9 this morning. Ouch.

I got up around 4 and then headed into the ends. Me, Big K and Duncan went to the cinema AGAIN, this time to see '7 Pounds'. It wasn't a bad film: Will Smith was excellent in it and there were some moving moments, however I felt like it was let down by how long it took to get started and too much dialogue. It was a bit predictable too and the story line wasn't anything special... Six out of ten! Valkyrie (which we saw last night) wasn't much different. It got off to a great start, coming across as very grim classic war film. However, once the subtitles gave way to cheesy American accents the film never really went anywhere. It was unnecessarily complex in parts and Tom Cruise seemed very hard to empathise with... Another six out of ten I'm afraid!!!

Right, it's time for bed. I'm doing nothing all day tomorrow... Great. Bring on the weekend!

Samba!

2009-01-25T11:04:00.001-08:00

Hello hello. This is probably the earliest I've ever written a blog... it's only 7pm! Crazy shit. Anyway, I thought I'd post a little blog about this weekend's goings on. On Friday I got up pretty late and met up with Christy, Freshie, Caleb, Chaz and Gus for a little skate in Wendover skatepark. It's a pretty fun park but sadly it was too wet for a proper session. There's a couple of photos from our little trip scattered around the blog... Samba samba! I went home for a quick shower and then headed back out. Friday night was a really good night. Me, Patrick, Chelsey, Edel, and Henrietta went over to Edel's for a few drinks. We all got a bit drunk and then headed over to 'Bob's Barn' in Bierton because we had heard about a party going on there. Even though we got there a bit late it was still all good in the hood because we got in for free and a fair few of our mates were already there!
Unfortunately, I can't find any photos from the party (hence the blog title) so I have drawn a picture to depict what happened:

If you look at the picture you can see that Elliot got in a fight... As usual. It was pretty funny though, Caleb even helped out. We all got home pretty late and I slept over at Edel's and went home in the morning.

Yesterday (Saturday) was a pretty chilling night. Again, we went over to Edel's house, but this time there was about 10 of us there so we played manhunt with the lights off! It was really fun because Edel's house is so huge, and we didn't have any light at all so it was pretty scary! Caleb found the best hiding place of the night, simply lying on one of the work surfaces... Here's a photo (you can only see him because of the flash!)

And that leads to now. Me, Duncan and Big K are off to the cinema for the billionth time. This time we're going to see Valkyrie... I'll let you know what I think of it!
Bye x

Gully!

2009-01-22T19:45:00.000-08:00

Another 4am update for anybody who actually reads this thing...
Today's been pretty standard really, just drove about in my car a bit and saw some mates. My main achievement was finishing my video: 'Gully 3'.
For those of you who don't know, every couple of months I make a short video using all the footage off my camera-phone from around that time. It's grainy quality, but still quite funny to watch. Oh and to finish, I throw a sweet grime track over it! However, the latest gully edit is about 5 minutes long because of a serious backlog of phone camera footage! Anyway here's 'Gully 3', complete with some amazing MC'ing from Jason Proctor and Peter Capstick...

You can check out the previous two edits using links on youtube.

Since Freshie's meal nothing exciting has happened really. I bought a pair of shoes and an ipod with my work pay but that's about it, apart from my good friend Duncan came back from his season working at a ski-resort in the alps.... Hooray!

Oh yeah, and of course, we went to the cinema. This time we saw 'Grindhouse'. I didn't have a clue what it was but it turns out it's two Quentin Tarantino films ('Planet Terror' and 'Deathproof') shown consecutively with some 'spoof' cinema adverts in between. It was about 3 and a half hours long but I enjoyed both of the films. I especially liked the second film, 'Deathproof', which is a very simplistic revenge film with a lot of feminist overtones. It's really light-hearted fun stuff though and I recommend it if you get a chance!

Anyway I'm off to bed, it's Friday night tomorrow and I intend on getting thoroughly intoxicated! Night x

Long Time No See!

2009-01-18T19:00:00.001-08:00

I feel like I've neglected this blog a little in this last week. It has been a busy week though...

On Thursday me and Big K went to see 'Role Models' at the cinema (yes, we like the cinema!). It was a brilliant film, definitely the best comedy I've seen in ages. It had me laughing the whole way through and has been the butt of many jokes these last few days.

Anyway, today was my good friend Jack Freshwater's birthday. 25 of us went to Frank and Benny's for a meal and it was really good fun. My mate Enda dressed up as a dog/bear/thing and danced whilst Jack got his birthday cake and we all sang happy birthday... Good times!

After the meal about half of us went to see that new 'My Bloody Valentine 3D' film. It sucked! The appeal of the 3D element wears off almost instantly and you're left watching a very low-grade horror film with the worst excuse for a twist you could imagine. Luckily it's one of those films which is SO bad that it's quite funny... We all had a good laugh nonetheless!

And that leads me to now, just about to get into bed. As always I've chucked a few photos from tonight in here for you to marvel at. Peace x

Murked!

2009-01-11T17:01:00.001-08:00

Just a quick entry! Last night ended up being quite jokes. Carl, Big K, Annabelle and myself went over to Annabelle's house with the intention of watching a film... even though we never got round to it. At about 2am we heard a banging on the door downstairs. When we went to investigate we heard a sinister groaning coming from outside, so K grabbed a tennis racket and we cautiously headed over to the door...
It turned out to be Caleb who was stupidly drunk and looking for somehwere to stay, so he crashed out on the sofa. A good opportunity can't go missed so we drew all over his face!

So earlier me and K went to see this new film, 'Slumdog Millionaire'. It's probably the best film I've seen all year! which isn't saying much as it's still January, but this film is really good. It's by Danny Boyle who directed 'The Beach' and 'Trainspotting', and it's on a par with both of them. I definitley recommend it!
I'm off to make some bacon sandwiches and watch South Park, peace.

Decks, drugs, and profitterols

2009-01-10T10:58:00.001-08:00

Hello!
Right so last night was my good friend Annabelle's leaving meal before she goes back to uni, so about 10 of us all trekked over to the Buglehorn in Stone for dinner. We all got pretty drunk and it was a really good laugh. The walk back home was pretty long and cold but we met up with some mates from the Grammar back in town so it wasn't so bad...

A few of us went back to Annabelle and Edel's house for some more drinks. For anybody who hasn't been, this house is quite something. The family have two houses joined by a corridor; one house being pretty much owned by teenagers! We were all up til gone 5am playing on Martin's decks, playing table-tennis, and just having a laugh basically.

I finally managed to drag myself home around 6am, and proceeded to sleep until about 4 this afternoon. Good times!
I've scattered a few photos from last night's meal throughout this post. I'm pretty happy I managed to find my old SLR now!

Anyway, as tonight is officially Annabelle's last night, a few of us are heading over to the famous house to watch films and have a smoke. Should be nice. I'll try and take a few photos but don't count on anything!

Edification...

2009-01-08T18:08:00.000-08:00

No real reason for a post tonight. I'm at that point in the evening when you're not tired enough for bed, but too tired to be doing anything worthwhile... Thank fuck for the internet!
On my last post I mentioned that I watched the film 'Alien'. Well for the last couple of nights I have been watching every film in the saga... Tonight it's the turn the 3rd instalment, 'Alien 3'. It's probably the worst out of the lot. The first two are amazing. But it still makes for some good light entertainment none the less.

On the plus side, watching these films has made me take an interest in the work of 'H.R.Giger'. He's the dude who conceived the aesthetic side of the films, and also the 'Dune' films which I really like. The guy draws some seriously weird stuff! It's undeniably amazing though... I've scattered a couple of his pieces about this post. Just click on them to enlarge!
Right, I'm gonna finish this film and then head to bed. I've fished out my old SLR camera so hopefully I will get a few snaps tomorrow and cobble together a slightly more exciting post. Adios!

ONE MORE THING!
I promised my mates Jack, Big K and Yaz that I'd post links to their blogs, so here you go guys!
Jack
Big K
Yaz

Aliens and snow

2009-01-06T17:01:00.000-08:00

Where to begin?
I was at my friend's house the other night and was reading my mate Jack's blog. This little event has proven enough inspiration for me to start a blog of my own. However, I'm sure mine wont prove half as charismatic or articulate... And I doubt it will get much love knowing my short attention span.

I'm sat watching the Ridley Scott film 'Alien' at the moment. I haven't watched it in ages and I'm just realising how good it actually is! I still don't think Sigourney Weaver is hot though...

Do you ever have one of those days where you say to yourself "I'm going to get shit sorted"? Well today was one of those days; sending off letters, making phone calls, yada yada. The only problem was my work (Marks & Spencer) decided they would pay me late, so I'm not going to get any money until tomorrow...

Every cloud has a silver lining though. I'm taking a trip to the big LDN (London geez) tomorrow with my friend Annabelle for some retail therapy. Fingers crossed she actually wakes up!

Oh yeah, it snowed today... Good times! I've tried to throw in some optimistic photos I took on my phone this morning. Over and out x

CURRENTLY LISTENING TO:

The Delgados - Coming In From The Cold
The Delgados are a pretty sweet Indie band from up in Scotland... Not bad!

Foamo - Half In Love With Elizabeth Remix
This has to be my favourite remix at the moment! Nothing beats it when you're grinding your teeth...

Rusko - Jahova
I'm really interested by dubstep at the moment, it's such an exciting new genre. I wont pretend to know much about it but here's a classic dub track from the best!

Belle & Sebastian - Simple Things
I'm not the biggest B&S fan but I've been listening to a lot more of them lately. Classic.

Portishead - Roads
Last, but very much not least, is Portishead. For a 90's group they don't sound 90's at all, they're still fresh and have been seeing me through these winter weeks nicely!