Six weeks in and the new bungalow is working out really well. I've been spending a lot of time in Headingley which is good as it can be a lovely place at times. I'm a big fan of Trio and Arcadia, and Challenge is the best it's been in years. It's been a strange six weeks, I've had the combination of a hell of a lot of free time and minimal cash. I' ( Read more... )

I'm moving back to Meanwood tomorrow. After three years, I can't believe I'm going back. We have a lovely garden and everything, and are kind of between Headingley and Chapel Allerton which should prove useful. I suppose this is going to be the start of a new chapter in my life, I mean the last two months with all the moving about have essentially ( Read more... )

What is it with Facebook? It makes me feel about twelve. I must get at least one friend request a day from some moron I knew in school who's married/engaged/a parent/bald/fucking dull. Most people still seem to have exactly the same group of friends they did as in school too, I suppose that's probably a positive thing, I just find it a little ( Read more... )

So, after five unforgettably brilliant years of love, happiness, friends, drinking and dancing, I'm back living at home. Admittedly it's only a very temporary two month measure but it still feels extremely strange ( Read more... )

The more I think about it, the more it seems that a considerable part of life is just a fucked up, ridiculous cycle. One regurgitation of bullshit after another.

Have the last four months really existed? Talk about a rollercoaster. In some ways I feel like I'm twenty again, I feel free of the shackles in my mind that I placed on myself for no reason ( Read more... )

Stockholm was brilliant and pretty much what I was expecting. Thankfully we were only in the north for about a day which is where all the touristy high-streets are which don't appeal to me at all, but the Gamla Stan old town and Djurgården parks were breathtaking. Standing in the completely deserted city centre at 5am and looking over from the ( Read more... )

Lots of great stuff's been going on in the last three months. I went to York for a weekend, had a meet-up day with my old Meanwood housemates, saw Lucero and Kevin Devine twice, discovered the Grove Inn, had a few brilliant Christmas parties and meals, the best Bassment night for ages on NYE.

I'm going to Stockholm for four days with Gem in about a ( Read more... )

I've been doing a hell of a lot of thinking recently, mainly about what I want to do next year. Well, as every self-respecting current or former Leeds student should know, next year means from July 1st. As much as I love Leeds I'll have lived here for five years come June, and I'm probably feeling a little bit jaded and in need of a change. My ( Read more... )

I can't believe it's the 10th of October, it's crazy. Before we went to Portugal it seemed like full-blown summer and once we came back it seemed like full-blown winter. Where did spring and autumn go? I must admit though, I much prefer waking up for work and it being pitch black ( Read more... )

I've probably had one of the best two weeks of my life. Well, without doubt. Portugal exceeded all my expectations and was pretty much perfect. Carol and Vince who rented us the villa were both incredibly nice people and the villa was amazing. A great swimming pool, pool/table tennis table, proper bar, big TV set-up with Sky+, brilliant bedrooms. ( Read more... )