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Thursday, 21 January 2010
Monday, 18 January 2010
I Want To Get High - Cypress Hill
Today couldnt have been more of a let down. Jonny picked me up about 12 then we drove to Chilli Rd Metro station to meet Will. I picked my iPod up from Laff's and we drove to R-Kade Skatepark in Redcar. We stopped off at Dalton Park to check out some shops on the way, as we were doing pretty good for time. When we eventually got to the skatepark all the shutters were down, so I checked the internet and we found out R-Kade is shut on Mondays. We probably shouldve checked that before we left. So we drove down the sea front to go see the penguin statues, My original plan was to Ollie one. But when we pulled up I didnt actually realise how big they were. No way was I gonna even attempt it without a warm up. So I just took some photos on the Holga insted. We then decided to check out Prissick Plaza, hopefully it was gonna be dry. We stopped off to take some photos of the Transporter Bridge in Middlesborough on the way. I get really stoked everytime I see it since it was on "Auf Wiedersehen Pet" but iv never been so close to it. We were gonna take a ride across but didnt have a clue how much it was and we wanted to skate real bad. So we drove to Prissick only to find it soaking wet. Another complete let down. So we drove off again, We rang Neil and arranged to meet him at Ilva near the Metro Centre, An outdoor skate spot with a roof that was bound to be dry. We arrived had a bit of a session but I was over it before it started. Im sick of skating Ilva, Its such a bad spot and the pavement gaps aint fun at all. We only skated for the best part of an hour and a half before hitting up the Metro Centre to get some food. We opted for the Weatherspoons and I got a Cheese and Onion Pastie with Chips and Beans, Pretty standard but it hit the spot. We had a bit of a walk around the centre then Jonny dropped me back off home. I was only there for a few mins, Said hello to Sarah then caught the bus to Killingworth to go see my Dad. We had a good catch up and he'd fixed my record player. He dropped me back off in Heaton about half 9ish. Sarah and I watched Madagascar 2 (kids films rule!) and then crashed out.
Sunday, 17 January 2010
Breathe In - Braid
Had a pretty fun day today, the snow had all cleared up so I rode my bike over to Guildford Manor, Me, Laff, Nixon and Innes' chilled/smoked and listened to Braid for a bit before watching more of "Extras". India, Kinchley and Sarah turned up later on, aswell as Marshy.
We watched 8 Mile (Another film iv never been interested in, but turned out to be awesome). The battles towards the end are so sick.
Me and Sarah left when it finished and walked home through the cold, dark streets. We made pasta when we got back and watched "Are we there yet", it was alright, not as good as I was hoping. It was the same kind of humor as "Home Alone" just not as good. I ran up to Espressa afterwards to return the DVD's. Me and Sarah just chilled and fell asleep pretty early.
We watched 8 Mile (Another film iv never been interested in, but turned out to be awesome). The battles towards the end are so sick.
Me and Sarah left when it finished and walked home through the cold, dark streets. We made pasta when we got back and watched "Are we there yet", it was alright, not as good as I was hoping. It was the same kind of humor as "Home Alone" just not as good. I ran up to Espressa afterwards to return the DVD's. Me and Sarah just chilled and fell asleep pretty early.
Saturday, 16 January 2010
Massif (Stay Strong) - Squarepusher
Sarah's alarm went off for her to start work today so I was awake around 9.30am. I chilled in bed for a bit while Sarah got ready. We said our goodbyes as she left the house then I got up and dressed. Listened to some music then headed out to meet Innes', Gemma, Laff at the Chilli Arms.
We skipped the Metro down to the coast to go visit Tynemouth Market. I hadnt been there since I was really young so it was pretty fun. We looked around all the stalls and Gemma bought a little kinda wallet with some old black and whitle photos inside which was pretty cool.
After the market we walked to the Land of green ginger, Id never been inside before but it wasnt to good. Just an old church with some daft shops inside. We then walked down through the main street, I picked up Sarah another birthday present and Innes' bought some books. We didnt really know what to do next so decided we'd walk up the pier to the lighthouse. I dont think i'd been so cold in such a long time. First off it was raining so it was a grim day, second it was cold as hell. And third the wind when we were on the pier was so hard. But in all honesty, I was loving it. I hadnt been down Tynemouth Pier for years and I love looking out across the sea. When I grow old I really wanna move to Tynemouth and just chill on the beach with my dog everyday, no matter what the weather.
We walked back up to the Metro Station and headed back home, Me and Chris went to Morrisons then back to The Manor to drink tea, smoke weed and eat biscuits. Innes' came down to chill with us and we watched Ricky Gervais' "Extra's". Id never seen it before and it was hilarious.
India and Rachel came around later on but I left to go meet Sarah getting in from work. We headed up to Espressa and picked up two DVD's, "Pirates of the Caribbean" and Ice Cube's "Are we there yet?". We chilled in bed, ate pizza and watched the final P.O.T.C film. It sucked dick. I really enjoyed the first, the second was ok, but this one was a joke. We were both feeling pretty tired so we decided to go to kip and watch the Ice Cube film tomorrow. Iv got high hopes for Ice Cube, He was in NWA and all his other films are pretty sick. He better not let me down.
We skipped the Metro down to the coast to go visit Tynemouth Market. I hadnt been there since I was really young so it was pretty fun. We looked around all the stalls and Gemma bought a little kinda wallet with some old black and whitle photos inside which was pretty cool.
After the market we walked to the Land of green ginger, Id never been inside before but it wasnt to good. Just an old church with some daft shops inside. We then walked down through the main street, I picked up Sarah another birthday present and Innes' bought some books. We didnt really know what to do next so decided we'd walk up the pier to the lighthouse. I dont think i'd been so cold in such a long time. First off it was raining so it was a grim day, second it was cold as hell. And third the wind when we were on the pier was so hard. But in all honesty, I was loving it. I hadnt been down Tynemouth Pier for years and I love looking out across the sea. When I grow old I really wanna move to Tynemouth and just chill on the beach with my dog everyday, no matter what the weather.
We walked back up to the Metro Station and headed back home, Me and Chris went to Morrisons then back to The Manor to drink tea, smoke weed and eat biscuits. Innes' came down to chill with us and we watched Ricky Gervais' "Extra's". Id never seen it before and it was hilarious.
India and Rachel came around later on but I left to go meet Sarah getting in from work. We headed up to Espressa and picked up two DVD's, "Pirates of the Caribbean" and Ice Cube's "Are we there yet?". We chilled in bed, ate pizza and watched the final P.O.T.C film. It sucked dick. I really enjoyed the first, the second was ok, but this one was a joke. We were both feeling pretty tired so we decided to go to kip and watch the Ice Cube film tomorrow. Iv got high hopes for Ice Cube, He was in NWA and all his other films are pretty sick. He better not let me down.
Friday, 15 January 2010
A Thousand Miles - Vanessa Carlton
Today was my first unemployed day of sheer boredom. It was fuckin horrible. I sat in the house all day doing pretty much nothing and I was sick to death. Theres only do much time you can spend browsing crap on the internet and watching the same Videos/DVDs over and over.
I got ready and headed over to the shop to get some Bread, Milk, Egg's and Cheese. I made a fried Egg Sarnie when I got back, Took the stickers off my hardcase and tried my best to get all the sticky remains off with nail polish remover.
5pm finally came and I headed round to Laffertys to meet him so we could walk to practice. When I arrived, India was there and she offered to give us a lift down to Morrisons. I felt really happy for her as she'd past her driving test today. (I really need to start my lessons). She seemed really confident on the road which was rad, although we did nearly crash at the Morrisons round about. She dropped us off and we picked up some Juice and Biscuits and then walked down to the Offquay.
Joe and Foxy turned up not long after. So practice Number #1 as "Sunday League"We blasted through the song we wrote last week and it sounded really good, were getting loads tighter. Chris then put the vocals down after we played through a few times and he knew what he was doing. I was really happy with how everything sounded. I think we sound slightly like Braid, but its only the first song so I guess we still aint got our "Sound" yet.
We then moved onto the second song which we worked on at Laff's the other night. Foxy and I played through what we already knew while Joe put some drums to it. Then for me it was like hitting a brick wall, We couldnt write the next part, it just didnt seem to go anywhere.
We chilled for a bit while Foxy sat there just playing his guitar trying to find a next part. He eventually did it and Joe recorded what had been played on his laptop. Iv gotta say, I still wasnt feeling the song til I heared the recording played back, it sounds kinda like Algernon with a bit of Native thrown in, which isnt a band thing at all.
After practice we piled in Foxy's car and dropped Joe at the train station before heading back to Heaton for some Salt and Pepper, Chilli Chips from the Chinese and a session at The Manor. Foxy bought us Irn Bru and we just sat, talked and listend to tunes for quite a while. Foxy also showed us the Youtube footage of when a Horse was on the loose at Bolden Cinema, which was hilarious. We smoked a little, drank some tea (Im sick of getting the Poo's mug) then Foxy dropped me off at home. I climbed straight into bed with Sarah, we caught up and then crashed out.
Thursday, 14 January 2010
Memoirs Of A Dutiful Daughter - One Night Stand In North Dakota
I woke up real early this morning, I picked up my phone to check the time, thinking it was around 12, I was plesantly suprised it was only 9.30am. I still felt as though I'd had a good, long lie in. I put on some music, cleaned up and tidied the bedroom. I chilled for a while, made some "sausages" with beer batter chips and spaghetti. I then left to go check on Toby again. He's still hyper, I know he's just a puppy but shit, he really needs to calm down. I played with him for a bit before heading home to get back for Sarah coming in from work.
I felt like I hadnt seen her in a while. We made some brews, chilled and had a nice conversation. We then left to go meet the crew at Guildford Manor, we only stayed for about a quarter of an hour before we all made our way down the road to see ONSIND play at Heaton Perk. I picked up some IrnXBru and a fortune cookie on the way.
Id never been inside before and never realised exactly how small it is. It looks so much bigger when you ride past on the bus. It was packed to say the least, but packed with good, friendly people and a lot of familiar faces. I ordered Sarah and myself a huge pot of tea. 2010 is definatly the year for drinking tea at shows, Its gonna be huge! ONSIND played through their first set, super tight, they'd clearly had a good practice for this one. But thats not to say they arent awesome everytime they play.
We sat outside during the "Intermission" to smoke some weed and cool off, it was so hot inside, but freezing out, so we couldnt win either way. Sarah fell down the steps on the way back in. Was pretty funny but I felt really bad as she hurt her ankle and took Laff out with her as she slipped down.
ONSIND's second set was again super, super tight. Their new songs are sounding really good too. Pretty excited for their next release. I drank some Irn Bru and opened my fortune cookie, I was pretty high by this point and ended up flinging the fortune cookie through the air and hitting the girl sitting down next to me. She found the funny side though, Plus she was with Charlotte and some other friends so she wasnt gonna mind too much.
After the show I picked up the ONSIND/Ghost Mice Split 7" and some stickers off JC then we all headed back to The Manor to watch Friday and have some smoke. Sarah and I got a taxi back later on, we watched the rest of Step Brothers and crashed.
I took some more photos on the Holga Coloursplash today, Im starting to carry it round in my bag with me everyday now. Hopefully the one I took at the show will turn out pretty good.
I felt like I hadnt seen her in a while. We made some brews, chilled and had a nice conversation. We then left to go meet the crew at Guildford Manor, we only stayed for about a quarter of an hour before we all made our way down the road to see ONSIND play at Heaton Perk. I picked up some IrnXBru and a fortune cookie on the way.
Id never been inside before and never realised exactly how small it is. It looks so much bigger when you ride past on the bus. It was packed to say the least, but packed with good, friendly people and a lot of familiar faces. I ordered Sarah and myself a huge pot of tea. 2010 is definatly the year for drinking tea at shows, Its gonna be huge! ONSIND played through their first set, super tight, they'd clearly had a good practice for this one. But thats not to say they arent awesome everytime they play.
We sat outside during the "Intermission" to smoke some weed and cool off, it was so hot inside, but freezing out, so we couldnt win either way. Sarah fell down the steps on the way back in. Was pretty funny but I felt really bad as she hurt her ankle and took Laff out with her as she slipped down.
ONSIND's second set was again super, super tight. Their new songs are sounding really good too. Pretty excited for their next release. I drank some Irn Bru and opened my fortune cookie, I was pretty high by this point and ended up flinging the fortune cookie through the air and hitting the girl sitting down next to me. She found the funny side though, Plus she was with Charlotte and some other friends so she wasnt gonna mind too much.
After the show I picked up the ONSIND/Ghost Mice Split 7" and some stickers off JC then we all headed back to The Manor to watch Friday and have some smoke. Sarah and I got a taxi back later on, we watched the rest of Step Brothers and crashed.
I took some more photos on the Holga Coloursplash today, Im starting to carry it round in my bag with me everyday now. Hopefully the one I took at the show will turn out pretty good.
Wednesday, 13 January 2010
Ponyboy - Native
The Pswingset demo didnt show up today, pretty gutted. Sarah and I woke up pretty early, she had work and I was meeting Laff and Kinch to head into town for the Republic Open Day. Sarah left just before me, I walked up the street and the bus came round the corner, so i figured id just hop on. I walked upstairs and Sarah was sitting there. She had been waiting at the stop around the corner. When I got off on Heaton road Sarah said some girl had been really obviously checking me out. Sarah seemed pretty pissed off but I though it was funny. I arrived at the Manor and we made brews before walking to town. We popped into Gothmandu to see Foxy and sort out the craic for the jam session we were having later on tonight. We then walked up to Shearers bar for the Republic Interviews. We waited quite a while as there was quite a crowd of people waiting to been seen. A woman eventually called Chris' name, Then another called mine not long after, We ended up getting interviewed on the tables next to eachother. I was well nervous but I think I did ok. Kinchley and myself got through to the next stage, unfortunatly Chris didnt. I felt pretty bad for him but he wasnt to psyched on the job anyway. I hope he finds something though. Chris left to go meet India, Me and Kinch stayed for our second interviews. That went pretty good aswell, when I finished I felt I couldve added a bit more to what I had to say, fingers crossed I get the job though. We headed to monument to meet laff and India, We dodged around town and I bought Sarah a birthday present aswell as posting the shirt off to Sheffield. We met up with John not long after and I headed to Barclays to sort my overdraft out. I bought a tomato an cheese toastie from Speedy's sarnie shop. We said goodbye to India and walked back to The Manor. We chilled for a while and watched most of Amelie, A film iv never been to bothered about seeing, but turned out to be awesome. Its all about just enjoyign the simple things in life. Nixon turned up with some weed and Foxy with his guitar. We smoked and jammed a new song Foxy had came up with. Really excited for practice on Friday now. Oh and I think weve changed our name from Camilles/Camillias to Sunday League. Reason being: John looks like a Sunday League Football Dad. Foxy left around 8.30pm and we all continued to drink Irn Bru / Tea and smoke the night away while watching Pineapple Express. I was gonna stay over but couldnt hack sleeping in my contact lenses again, I havent done it for ages, but its so horrible waking up in the morning having your eyes feel fuckin awful. So I arrived back home about 1.40am I think, Sarah and I talked for a bit then fell asleep. I took some photos today on the Holga Coloursplash but I wont be getting them developed for a few days, if not a week. My phone battery died mid-day so I couldnt even take a photo on that. Oh yeah I also picked up a fortune cookie in Ricky's. It read " All your sorrows will vanish". Im feeling pretty happy with life at the minute, I dont really have a care in the world. I still havent hit the financial brick wall, Im not stoked for that happening, But im gonna try and make the money I get at the end of this month last as long as possible.
Tuesday, 12 January 2010
4.4.4.4. - ...Who Calls So Loud?
Today I was again woken by the postman, this time he didnt knock, he just pushed a load of stuff through the door. Among that stuff was the new Algernon Cadwallader 7" titled "Fun" (on white vinyl too), I was really happy, 2 awesome records in 2 days. If the Pswingset demo CD comes tomorrow il be over the moon. Me and Sarah spent the morning tidying up and just generally messing around til she left to go visit her Mam. I listened to records and drank tea for a few hours before braving the cold wind and getting the bus to Killingworth to pick up a Rip It Up shirt from my Mams. I need to post it to a kid called Ben from Sheffield. I also picked up an extra one to give to Laff. I chilled with my brother and played some Kid Dynamite songs on his guitar. Mam made us some food then dropped me back off in Heaton and I didnt even ask for a lift. I waited in the house til Sarah got back, We drank some tea and hung out for a bit before going over to Guildford Manor. We chilled there for quite some time and watched the film Adventures In Babysitting before heading back home and ordering a Pizza and watching Innes' Stepbrothers DVD.
Monday, 11 January 2010
The Whole "Seasons In Verse" Record - My Heart To Joy
Today I was awoken by a knock at the door, I rolled out of bed, pulled some pants on and was greeted by a really miserable postman holding a package for me. The My Heart To Joy 12" and Shirt had turned up so it was a sweet start to the day. I decided to take out an overdraft with Barclays over online banking since Im pretty skint. It should see me over til I get my last pay through from Argos. Sarah and I chilled in bed for a while then decided to make a brew and watch Shallow Hal, I aint seen it in a while so it was pretty fun. We got ready and headed to the Metro Centre pretty late on, Sarah treat me to a Nando's and we got the same thing we always get. We had a dodge around the shops and got some film developed in Boots, Sarah bought a bag from Primark, then persuaded me to spend £35 on a sweet Fred Perry bag from Triple S, I Probably shouldnt have but I guess its gonna come in handy and im sick of carrying my huge skate bag around with me. We headed back home, the bus seemed to take ages. We went back to Espressa to return last nights Dvd's and took out Taken and an Adam Sandler film id never heard of called Reign Over Me. So we spent the night watching those, drinking cider and eating brie & crackers. Taken was sick, iv wanted to see it for ages. Lee Neeson is hard as fuck. The Sandler film was a bit of a let down, Sarah seemed to enjoy it but I wasnt that into it and it seemed to drag on for ages. Iv just scanned in the photos we got developed while Sarah sleeps. Think im gonna join her, Im knackerd.
Sunday, 10 January 2010
Time Spent Breathing - My Heart To Joy
Today Sarah and I had another nice lie in. We chillied in the house all morning and a little more in the afternoon til my Mam came to pick us up for some dinner in Killingworth. We drove straight over to my Granny's and I played on her Wii Fit for a bit until dinner was ready, I lost a few calories apparently. Its not much of a game though, pretty shit to be honest. If you just move your hand in a wanking motion you fun fast as fuck on the jogging section. Saves actually jogging on the spot. Anyway we all sat around the table and pulled christmas crackers (Grandma wanted to have a Christmas dinner again since she was down London). It was a bit weird but a nice meal in general. I even had Vienetta for dessert, I aint had that in years. Mam dropped Sarah and me back off on Chilli Rd and we went to Espressa to pick up some Dvds and we spent the rest of the night drinking tea, eating shortbread and watching District 9 and The Hangover, D9 was a bit of a let down, the main bloke in it was a moron and the way he said "Fuck" was really annoying. I pleased he turned into an alien the self centered prick! The Hangover was everything I expected, simply... Fucking Rad!! The photo up there is the drawing Niall did for me last night.
Saturday, 9 January 2010
Horror - Algernon Cadwallader
I had an extended lie in today, just chilled for a long, long time, listening to tunes and watching skate videos and shit on the internet. I made some food and left the house around half three to go meet the boys at the Manor to prepare for the Heaton Park snowball fight. The IrnXCru were all in attendance aswell as some of the Cramlington lads. And when I say prepared, We really prepared, We put socks over our feet, then plastic bags tied up tight, then another pair of socks. We tied bags round our belts to keep snowballs in, we all wrote stuff on them, I had "Hate, Kill, Destroy" (Fip Skateboards rip off). We left the house around 6pm, an hour before the fight began, I picked up a fortune cookie and some Bru in Rickys store then we headed over to the park. We were so early so we spent most of the time making snowballs and sliding down the snow covered stairs. As time went on more and more people showed and the fun kicked off. I think in total there was around 25ish people. According to facebook there was gonna be over 200 people going off. But nah, they were all tweakers and flaked out. After the fight we tried a bit of sledging on anything we could find down the hill. We were over it pretty fast considering how cold and wet we were. So back to the Manor it was for some much needed chilling. The radiator was covered with everyones soaking clothes. Niall drew me one of his Big Booty Ho's charachters on a bit of notebook paper then I left for the cold walk home for some much needed kip.
Friday, 8 January 2010
His Name Is Jackie Chan, He Will Destroy You! - Camilles
I had a good lie in today and a pretty chilled out morning, I drank tea and looked for some jobs online. I got ready and headed out around 2pm. First stop was Daz and Danni's house to check up on Toby, He was sound, I re-heated his hot water bottle, made sure he had food and let him run around in the snow in the backyard for a bit. He doesnt calm down though, its like he has speed on his dog biscuits every morning. I hated leaving him, when I shut the door I could here im crying really loud, I felt horrible but there was nothing else I could really do. My next stop was Guildford Manor, I was only there for a few minutes. Chris and India got ready and we walked to town. Chris showed us the sweet snow skull he told us about the other day in the park at the bottom of Warwick Street. It was a nightmare walking to town, the snow is now so deep its like walking along a beach. My feet were soaking wet and freezing cold. We left India at Monument Metro Station and headed to the library so Chris could print off some CV's. Then we missioned round town handing both our CV's anywhere we could think of. We walked back to the Manor to have a quick maple syrup brew before we had our first proper practice with Camilles. I picked up some Irn Bru and a fortune cookie on the way. When we got to the Offquay we took off our shoes and socks and hung them on the radiator to dry and warm up. Bare foot band practices are a cold but fun thing. We managed to pretty much finish our first song titled "His Name Is Jackie Chan, He Will Destroy You!" We need to tweak it and tighten up a bit but I think we were all really pleased with how it sounded. Foxy gave us lifts back to Heaton after dropping Joe off at the train station so he could get back to Durham. Then Foxy picked Sarah up and drove us both to other Joe's house in Killingworth since it was on his way home. It was Joe's 22nd birthday party. Not really much of a party but was cool having a few drinks with people I rarely see these days. Me and Sarah ordered a sick 14" pizza and massacre'd it in minutes. It was the first thing i'd eaten all day. We were feeling pretty tired and booked a taxi back to Heaton with Danni. Sarah and I watched the rest of the B.I.G film and fell asleep.
Thursday, 7 January 2010
Ask Yourself? - Restless Youth
So today I woke up early to be at the job centre for 9.20am to officially sign on the dole. I filled in all the forms and listened to this out of breath, overweight, possibly Canadian bloke tell me about all the awesome jobs I should apply for, most of them sucked and I decided from that point, I aint letting these pricks tell me what job is right for me. I trecked back home through the snow and made Sarah and myself some brews and I ate peanut butter on toast. Sarah left for work and I left soon after, I told Rob i'd hold the Trillians sign on Northumberland St for a few hours. This was probably the stupidest decesion I'd ever made. Although I was getting paid there is nothing at all fun about standing still outside for three hours when its minus four and snowing. Luckily the girl who worked in Trills leant me some gloves. My hands were fucked from the freezing cold. I didnt really hold the sign though, I just leant it against a signpost and built a snow mound around the bottom so it didnt fall over. By the end I couldnt feel my face, hands or feet, I dont think il be doing it again. If i didnt have my iPod I wouldve sacked it off within the first 15 minutes. I finished, picked up my £17, quickly handed some CV's out and got the bus home, stuck the heating straight on, made a cup of tea and stuck a pizza in the oven. I warmed up pretty fast, chilled for a bit, then headed up to Chilly rd to meet Foxy. Tonight was Emo band session #1, we arrived at Guildford Manor. Laff and Durham Joe were there, aswell as Innes', John and Kinch. We got straight down to buisness and Foxy came up with some sweet riffs. So we got started on writing song number one. We drank some Bru, smoked a litte, listened to loads of sweet twinkly bands for inspiration and tried to come up with a name, I still liked 1845!, because the potato famine was a pretty shit time, but no one was feeling it. Other rejected names were, Dawn Porter, Barlow, Gary Barlow, Gilmore, Bike Rides, Leaves and a load more. We eventually settled on "CAMILLES" which has something to do with the latin name of the plant Tea comes from. So thats it for now, unless something better comes up. First real practice is booked for tomorrow night and were all so stoked for it since weve been talking about this band for a long time. I headed back home around 11pm, chilled with Sarah and Amy for a bit then we watched the Notorious BIG film. We were well tired though so turned it off halfway and plan on watching the rest real soon.
Wednesday, 6 January 2010
Precious - Cap'n Jazz
Wake
Chill
Went to D&D's to check on Toby
Took some photo's.on Sarah's Holga.
Printed C.V's
Guildford Manor
Irn Bru/Cru
Fortune Cookie "You will move to a wonderful new home within the year"Snowball fight in Guildford Alley
Home for tea
Snowball fight in Heaton Park
Car pushing / Snow clearing
Wet & Cold
Chilled with Sarah
Sleep
Tuesday, 5 January 2010
Blunted - Le Peuple De L'Herbe
So today Sarah was off work and we decided it was time for a big food shop after a sweet lie in. We made our way to Morrisons, taking some photo's with the Holga Coloursplash on the way. It was snowing pretty heavy and I was feeling real happy. For some reason, this year, im loving the snow, alright I cant go out and skate all the usual spots since theyre powder coated white but just walking round Heaton puts me in a sick mood. We bought some rad stuff in Morrisons, spent a little bit more money than we'd hoped but weve got enough food to last a good couple of weeks. I listened to some records really loud when we got home and Sarah made some Pasta and Garlic Bread. We watched bits of Juno and drank cups of Tea. I made plans with Daz to run over his and Danni's house to call the job centre from their house phone. Sarah tagged along so she could go play with thier new puppy "Toby". It took exactly 43 minutes to sort out what needed done with the job centre. What a fuck on though, I was on hold for 22 minutes. We stayed for a bit and played with Toby somemore til we headed back home. I wasnt in long though. I trecked through the snow to Guildford Manor to see the crew. We had a good chill/smoke, then all left to go to Horkan and Callum's joint birthday party. We had a sweet snowball fight on the way there. Nixon is a sneaky bastard. We chilled in German Georges room for a while, smoked a few then went back outside for another snowball fight inviting a few random party go-ers as we walked down the stairs. It was pretty epic, there were about 15 kids in the street just going nuts. A police car drove past real slow and the guy gave us a cheeky smile as we all held snowballs. I heard Nixon say "It's gotta be done" and it was, the car got annihilated. The copper was sound and obviously knew we were just having a laugh so it went no further and the battle continued. I left not long after, I was pretty high and tired so I got home and stuck a Pizza in the oven. Then Me, Sarah, Adam, Rachel and Amy all went out for another snowball fight. Yeah, three in a day. Was going good til the guy across the street came out raging at Adam, he took it way over the top. He just came charging out his house looking like he was gonna throw a punch. We calmed him down then he just got ripped for being a dick. Was pretty funny, we took to the back lane to keep the fun going and the neighbours happy. We started to get pretty cold and were over it, so we went back into the warm house, lazed around for a bit, then crashed.
Monday, 4 January 2010
Beating High Schoolers At Arcade Games - Castevet
Woke up about 10ish today, Sarah had already left for work. I got showered and made my way through the ice and snow to Guildford Manor to meet Laff and Kinch for our trip to the job centre. We walked down and bought a cup of tea from the cafe on the way. Pretty pointless trip really, the guy who worked there was a complete dick. So im sorting out my job seekers tomorrow. We stopped off at Morrisons so Kinch could blag some weed money from his Mam (He told her it was for a haircut). We all walked back up to the Manor and I said my goodbyes as we arrived. I needed to get back home asap as Jonny was waiting for me to go for a skate. Jonny drove us to 5 Bridges and we skated in the freezing cold and re-learnt all our old tricks, Needless to say, it took a while, We aint skated in months. Jonny dropped me back off home, I chilled for 5 mins then took the bus to Killingworth to see my Mam, Brother and Grandma since she'd just got back from London. Me, Mam and Paul ate some indian food then drove round to Granny's. She was already wrapped up in her dressing gown when we arrived and she seemed really happy to be home. I took that photo of her and she pulled the usual "old person crap" - "eeeeh I look terrible, no make up or anything" legend! My Grandma rules. We drove back round to Mams after and I went up into the attic to find my old record player (Dad's gonna fix my current one... Stoked!), I brought it back home to Heaton aswell as my old scanner which I wasnt even sure still worked. Thankfully it did and I scanned some photos we took last night onto my laptop while listening to records
Sunday, 3 January 2010
Over My Shoulder - Mike & The Mechanics
Unemployment Day #1 turned out to be a real treat. I was awoken pretty early by Sarah today, she'd been wide awake for a while and decided to make me a "bacon" sarnie and a nice morning brew. I was well stoked to have get breakfast in bed, I felt like a king. We planned to leave the house early on and head into town. We went all over the place, picked up the "Where The Wild Things Are" book from Waterstones, got some film for the Robot3 camera I bought Sarah for Christmas, took a lot of photos and got them developed. Grabbed a copy of Sidewalk skateboard magazine, Checked out the exhibitions at the Baltic, Drank tea in Costa, Drank tea in Obriens, Had a good look around some shops and got some Cheesy Curly Fries and a Banana Milkshake in Stateside. Couldnt of really asked for a better day. We got back home, chilled for a while then headed over to Guildford Manor to see the homies. Im ending the day watching the free DVD that came with Sidewalk while Sarah sleeps next to me. Im eating a load more Cadburys Roses, gonna grab that Irn Bru from the desk, play American Football really quietly and fall asleep.
Saturday, 2 January 2010
What Are You Dylan In My House? - Native
Today started off with an early adventure back to Heaton, Sarah had work at 10.30am so we needed to be back in town. We got a lift to the metro station from Simon and took the cold metro back to town. We got back pretty early so me and Sarah picked up some over priced maple syrup in Fenwicks before she left me for work. I borrowed her ipod for the bus ride home, got back, showered, chilled then got ready for my last shift at Argos. It was pretty pointless me going in today as the shop was so quiet, I ate a load of twiglets and just generally found things to do to keep myself busy. I threw my argos shirt over the collection desk as I proudly left. Its a pretty sweet feeling knowing il never have to work with a bunch of those dicks again. Then again theres some sweet people there who il miss a bit too. I walked trhough Eldon Square to meet Sarah from work. We made pizza when we got home, drank some tea, listened to tunes and watched David Attenborough keep it real on the BBC iplayer.
Friday, 1 January 2010
Lip Up Fatty - Bad Manners
Got up way too early on today, Kinchley had already left and Sarah's Dad was on his way to pick us up, I felt horrible from last night and before I knew it Simon was at the door waiting for us to hurry up and get ready. We walked through the fresh snow to the car, It was freezing but we listened to Thin Lizzy in the car which cheered me up a bit. We arrived in Hebburn and were greeted by Little Alfie, the sickest Westie in the world. I actually love that dog so much. Sarah's dad made us some breakfast and we chilled for a while before walking across the road to the Clock pub. I was still feeling pretty horrible but was psyched as O'Gradys band the Ska-Toons were playing. I was a few sips into my first bottle of brown ale when I realised there was no way I could drink again today, But that didnt stop Sarah's Dad ripping me and forcing another few down my neck, I was starting to get pretty drunk again when the band started, I was happily singing along to all the tunes but no one else in the pub seemed into it, which sucked, because usually pissed up middle aged blokes go off it when a real ska band plays. Anyway we left after a couple more drinks, ordered a shit load of greasy takeaway food and watched films in bed for the rest of the night.
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