For my birthday I would like:
http://www.warehouse.co.uk/pws/ProductDetails.ice;jsessionid=D63BEC4A33C82EC9222A2C502725E61B.WareHouseAS3?ProductID=3338

My housemates are thinking of getting it for me, so if anyone wants to chip in please email fung-ling@hotmail.com

Thankeee....

Helen and I are going to do something in London for our birthdays. Maybe involving some type of kareoke, japanese food and bad dancing!
It will be Sat 3rd March and everyone is welcome to stay at my place overnight. I need to know asap who is coming because we need to book the room and there is a limit on the number of people you can have so we need to figure out if we are too popular and if we are move the party somewhere else! Haha! Fankoo

In other news, Norway was fun... attempted snowskating - bad move I have fucked up my whole body! Haha, was worth it though! It was all snowy and lush and ?I ate reindeer which was amazing! Im sure I will fill you all in when I see you next, photos are on myspazz.

So
I live.
I go to Norway on Friday.
I live with David and Bri in June.
I go to Floria on 8th March (Mikes parents have a house, the flights are booked, Im excited).
I have councelling for depression.
It doesn't make sense but hey.
Oh yeah I dropped out of uni too...
2007 has been really eventful so far. I think I have been more social this year than last already.
Things are alright and they are moving forward to something better, just in that weird place between ick and ace. I think its called hope.

P.S I love the 635, and I have had that tattoo for nearly two years - does this freak anyone else out?

The good looking one out of the fratellis chatted me up last night, I did not believe it was him. Came home, googled him, feel like a retard for not making out with good looking famous person.
Nothing else exciting to report.
X

My computer is dying a very undignified death!
I have lots of shit going on, I work at Koko now for those not in the loop. Its super sweet.
I am also doing work experience at the mo at a record label called Beggars Banquet, they have the white stripes, basment jaxx and the prodigy amongst other smaller acts. They have offered me an internship every Friday assisting in the licensing department researching stuff that might have been used without permission and getting the label ready for legal film downloading because that is going to edit a lot of the contracts. Its a pretty amazing opportunity to get a foot in the door as it were, people wait for nearly a year to get internships there!!! And its such a great department as they dont have vancies there very often.
Anyway Im doing really good and I thought Id let you guys know. Im also back online at home - computer willing - so Ill try and use this thing more often to keep updated with you guys - Ive been shit at keeping in touch!
Love love!
X

Still need a job with more hours. Am breaching overdraft limit and the money situation is not fun any more. Im so bored of having to live on £10 a week only being able to afford food and nothing else. I havent gone out in two months, not that I would have anyone to go out with as Mike works nights and I have no other friends in London. It sucks that most of the 635 are going to spend this summer isolated from each other by distance or money but mostly in the same situation, wishing they had someone to do nothing with.
In other bumout news, we have a leaking boiler, mice and my fucking cousin is getting married and I have to be there and be happy (Im a godamn bridesmaid) for a girl who isn't going to pluck her eyebrows for the happiest day of her life. The way I see it is its work and Im £6.40 an hour.
Oh and while Im here, Id like to take a second to complain about Mike and the fact that everywhere he goes he leaves a wake of mess that I have to clean up, he smells, his stuff smells, he is a dirty boy and Im really bored of it and I have no idea how to approach this subject with him without a)nagging (which I do frequently) or b) being mean. He also watches football all the time (lie tunisia v saudi arabia) and talks at you when least approprite (watching TV, trying to do something difficult).
I think I have PMT, exaserbated by the fact that I am stuck in the house every fucking day doing nothing, or out looking for a job and failing miserably.
RARRRRRRRRRRR!

I got a part time job at schuh, its not enough but its a start.
In other news, we are having a bbq at my new place, everyone is welcome but I would be grateful if you could TEXT ME as this is the last chance I have to use the internet. Its Friday from about 4pm.
I have a new phone too, its the motorola one that looks like the batphone.
Anyway, I have lots to write about but no time so come on over instead.
X

Yeah it's alright. Im still alive.
Good things have been seeing Bri, David, Sarah and Paul recently. Going salsa dancing. Having a cool ass house of my own.
Stresses include, still have a bit of a broken heart, Kristin going home, and the big one. Not having a job.
I have applied for like 25 and only heard back from one to say there arent any vancies. I need to start earning money now to be able to afford the rent for July, or Ill have to extend my already horrible overdraft. I hate all this money shit, especially when it keeps me awake at night. Im sure Ill figure something out but I just feel very disheartened today.

I never thought I would say this but I am so gutted at the Champions League result.
Fuck Barca, we played the better game, Henry was inspired, and we were only 10 men.
A dampner on an otherwise alright week.

Im still alive.
Ive handed lots of papers in, one more and an exam and Im done!
The house is super nice, currently loving the roof terrace.
Although everything is hunky dory, I think Ive been so strung out Ive made myself ill, a combination of tense uni shit, sorting out moving, actually moving and a less than fun break up have taken their toll. There is so much going on and I dont want to miss out but I feel like duvet and biscuits time.
So thats my mini whinge, other than that we have a grand house, although the hot water is testing my patience, the weather is good, and my money hasnt run out yet. If David ever answers his phone Ill be seeing him later too, and hopefully Ruth, Helen and Ed next Thursday.

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Moving house. My Ma is coming with her car on Monday. Thank god.
Im alive and keeping well. Updating this seems like a totaly fucking bumout at the moment. Ive been busy with sorting out moving and doing assessments and presentations and writing papers, I seem to be on top of it at the moment though. Been out a few times, went to the theatre to see Caucasian Chalk Circle, been hanging out in the park getting sun, cleaning the new place, and getting into movies and stuff. Its been a good contrast with the busyness and the relaxedness, feels like Ive been busy doing fun stuff if you know what I mean. Its the may ball on Saturday which Im looking forward to, my dress is fit.

I have a free house in Gloucester from the 27th of May for a week. I think Ruth is coming to hang out, everyone is welcome, much Gloucester old school barbeque fun times to be had. Its my Dads new house as well which is mega fucking lush so y'all should come check it.
For now though, Im off to nurse my sunburn/tan and watch a movie or something.

2 break ups in 4 months. Amazing.

...totally fucking sucks. Whoever said moving house was the most stressful thing was right. I hate being so utterly reliant on other people in order to get things done. Fucking estate agent doesn't call back, bank can't get an appointment till 2nd May (we move on the 1st). For once, none of this shit is my fault and its totally and utterly infuriating. I just want to be in the godamn house already.
In other news I have like 34729838 papers due and I think Kristin is the only person who I interact with on a regular basis who isn't causing me ballache. Im neglecting everyone else because Im in a massive stress. To top it off Im totally fucking broke, my loan on Monday is already spent taking care of overdrafts and deposits. And my godamn b key on my laptop is broken again.
I just want to buy new bedlinen and decorate my new room and focus on getting a job.
Im sorry this is eggy.

So I have been working hard recently, but most of it has been interesting so it's not so bad. I have also been reading lots of books (I forgot my skill of being able to polish off a novel in an evening) and watching lots of TV boxsets.

I chose my modules for next year and I will be studying:
Semester A
Music Industry Management
Finance for the Leisure and Tourism Industries (zzzzzz)
Music and Advertising on TV
Media Culture and Moderinity
Semester B
Entertainment Law
Global Music and Media Distribution
Analysing Popular Music
Psychology of Advertising and TV

Im quite excited about some of them, however I have to finish this year first. I can't believe it has gone so fast. We are viewing a flat on Monday to move out into and Im getting into a panic over where to live this summer.

Anyway onto the exciting bit. We had another most successful party on Friday and this time people had cameras.

Another Tuesday, another journal entry. This is becoming somewhat of a tradition.
The past week has been quite uneventful - Im sure my life is interesting but I can never seem to remember what has happened.
I polished off two essays this week leaving only another 6000ish words, an exam, and two presentations to be done. Im deciding whether to change my degree to a major/minor combination with some sort of Applied Social Science but its proving to be a very compliacated decision. We are also house-hunting and have found a few nice places but they seem to go so fast.
My complaining about the weather appears to be having some effect (ha!). I forgot that when the temperature gets about 10 degrees my building gets very sticky and hot at night. Ill take sticky and hot over rainy and miserable. Today Juventus are playing Arsenal at home and there are riots on Holloway Road already. There is talk of going to the pub downstairs to watch the match, I shall take a kitchen knife incase there are any lairy italians hanging about.
Today I worked out how to upload photos from my phone. This pleased me enormously. However I did realise I take a lot of photos of Leander. Nevermind, he is pretty.


( Photos of things! )

Im looking forward to my easter holidays. I think its been long enough so it might actually be nice to see my parents. Now there's a concept.

Last week was cool, lots of gigging. This week will be much quieter, everyone is poor as fuck now - plus we are halfway through the semester and unfortunatly have to do some sort of work for this niggly little thing called university which is just fucking up our social lives. (Read social life as browsing myspace, in pants, whilst eating toast).
Im off to Brighton now, going to watch L get his tattoo tomorrow amongst other exciting things such as going to the laundrette and perhaps watching a DVD. Ah the things young people in love do. Crazy.

P.S Where is the sunshine? Im over all this cold shit already.

Well I have no idea what to write. So Ill just ramble.
My tattoo is healing nicely, its peeling at the moment, most attractive.
Yesterday I went to see The Fall of Troy at the barfly, they were good but I got a bit bored of their spazzy riffing after about 15mintues. Leander and I went and sat downstairs and laughed at all the people who were trying so hard to like music with essentially no structure. We are so interlekuarly superior.
Last week I had lunch with Scott B, remember him? He is well and back in near London so Im sure Ill be seeing more of him soon.
Um, what else? Oh yeah in my music appreication seminar I was forced to sing - just call me Tony McDeaferson. It was quite funny though, I think my laughing at myself made the chilling atmosphere a little more comfortable - or at least I got to laugh at myself before everyone else laughed at me. Or something.
I have been looking forward to summer, I am enjoying that its not dark at 6pm - just got to wait for the temperature to keep up and then attempt to find some kind of grassy space nearby to sit on. Maybe Ill even get to start a good book.
Oh I watched the first two Godfather films as well, very good - I enjoyed the first more than the second though. Controvertial. I also cooked for myself properly for the first time in ages, salmon in the Mah family sauce with brocolli and new potatoes. I was quite proud, it was very tasty.
Oh yeah I got measured for a Bra and I have got wider and smaller boobs. The good news is I now own three bras that actually fit - at vast expense, but its nice to have good undies.

Tomorrow Im going to see Architects and Bring Me the Hairspray and at the weekend I am working at a festival called 'Bloom' in Brick Lane. I shall be escaping to see Will Haven and Crowbar on Saturday though. Oh yeah and there are rumours of going to a rollerdisco on Thursday for Tom's birthday. Exciting times and a definate extension of the overdraft soon. How I have spent nearly all my loan already?

Anyway I must go and pad out the word count on some coursework.

So the quiet contemplation about a tattoo turned into over 4 hours of sitting, standing, drinking tea, giggling, chatting, and occasional yelping.
This morning I awoke after spending last night checking out local tatto places online and reading up on what is the new black in terms of tattoo aftercare. This morning I recalled the tattoo place called somewhat worryingly Blood Brothers just up the road. Id been in before and it seemed clean and friendly, although their custom work wasn't my style at all I remember thinking it would be good for a set design. I called them this morning and they were free for walk-ins all day so at 12.30 I set off.
By 1 I had had a cup of tea and met the artist Jay Jay and he had got the transfer (outline of tattoo traced onto the skin) all ready. Herein was a good 2 hours of pain, but not the sort I expected. Because the skin on the wrist is so flexable when you try and wrap a straight line of text around it is almost impossible to get it straight from every angle. Try drawing a line on the front of your wrist, if you look at it from the top it looks fine but when you twist your wrist around and put your hand on your shoulder the line looks like this /. So there was a lot of kerfuffling around for a good few hours which ended up in an elaborate scheme of elastic bands and different coloured pens but basically boiled down to him freehanding the design with biro (which tickled a lot and did nothing for my nerves). At this point Kristin came in and we were ready to go.
The outline hurt so much, especially on the tendon inside my wrist, the 'e' on the end of 'the', that Jay Jay gave me some nurofen (which he confessed he used himself when he tattooed his wrists - I felt less embarrased about taking it from a guy with tattoos on the front of his neck and face when he admitted he wussed out too) unfotunatly it thins the blood so I bled quite a lot on the shading with didn't hurt nearly as much. The parts on the bone tickled like mad, so much I was actually laughing out loud.
However the positioning problems meant that the shading had to be interspersed with outline again (the little flicks on the side of the letters) as there was no other way to keep it even. Which took a long time to change over the needles every five minutes. Hence a 45 min tattoo turned into a 4 hour saga. I hope you will all agree though, it was well worth the time spent.

So the last few days have been cool. Sunday was lazy, as was Monday. Monday evening I went to Brighton and had a rad time seeing Alice Shaw at a stange women's group poetry meeting that I didn't realise Leander liked to frequent! Heh! Also had a non-weird conversation with Leander's ex which was nice. I woke up on Tuesday with L and got the train to London with him, got in to find my housemates had done and folded my washing and bought me 'Buzz' for my birthday - it's a music quiz for PS2 that is highly addictive. Mike has moved his PS2 and TV into our kitchen and there is currently always a gaggle of at least four people jostling over these buzzer things and yelping at one another. Its quite fun.
Tuesday night Leander and I went out and tried to replicate New York in London, we had burgers at this cool 50's place and then went o Primrose Hill and squinted at the buildings and pretended we were at Empire State looking towards Battery Park.
Today, has been lazy and mostly involved Buzz and copious amount of chocolate fudge cake!
All around quite a fabulous few days. Tomorrow I have to go and be nice to my horrible Aunt and dull cousin and pretend like I want to be the latters bridesmaid for a whole evening. What a chore. Id rather watch a good film. Roll on the weekend I say.

( My birthday!  )