I'd completely forgotten just how much I love the song "snow" by JJ72. It makes me feel safe. I don't know why, or even how it's possible to get that from a song, but it does. It just does ( Read more... )

Things I've learned recently ( Read more... )

I think I'm actually going to miss Time Out quite a lot. Yesterday morning we had a discussion about how many birds (animals, not women, before anyone tries one of those sexist jokes...!) it would take to drive a car. The answer being 4. Once I'm gone, where else am I going to get such random chunks of important general knowledge from ( Read more... )

So I managed to resign from Time Out, despite Emma being nearly hysterical and then stopping talking to me. It's so sad it's funny, really. And it throws into pretty sharp relief how supportive/generally nice everyone at Truffles is. A week on Friday I'll be done for good :-D Although I have to sort out my pay between now and then, they've ( Read more... )

I've just written my resignation letter for Time Out. Woo. It turned out ultra-polite, even though what I actually wanted to write was ( Read more... )

First things first: I've just bought tickets for Give It A Name 07. So I get to see Brand New again in April! I'm unbelievably excited. Plus several other awesome bands including The All American Rejects, Motion City Soundtrack, Senses Fail, New Found Glory and Madina Lake. This kind of thing is the reason you should recommend bands to friends - I ( Read more... )

Life is so good at the moment :-) I'm semi-expecting things to go wrong in the next few months, since everything's been perfect for a good 5 weeks or so. Not that's I'm complaining, it's lovely. Just...unusual ( Read more... )

It's been a while since I posted here. Lots of exciting things have been happening though, the most exciting of which is having found a beautiful house to live in in Newcastle. And we shall be moving in July, which is slightly sooner than I expected, but incredibly exciting all the same. It's a HUGE house, with huge windows so it's really light, it ( Read more... )

This weekend has been AWESOME. And expensive. But mostly awesome! Flights round America and Canada are now booked. We're flying to Chicago on 1st September, and driving to LA by the 21st. Then Martin will fly home, and Ant and I will spend a week exploring the California coastline, and visiting San Francisco. Then on the 29th, Ant will fly home ( ( Read more... )

My goodness, I just had a minor panic attack. A doctor from the blood service called me up with a sympathetic-doctor-voice on, wanting to talk to me about my donation last week. As far as I knew, they only did that when there was something wrong. Cue mild panic. Turns out she just wanted to go over YET AGAIN why I was listed as withdrawn the time I ( Read more... )