your mind is restless cos you never rest it at all

evening all

i got last.fm earlier. kind of obsessed with it at the moment. sure that will wear off soon.

if you have it, add me? http://www.last.fm/user/rchlbntl

it's quite interesting to see all together how many times i've listened to certain bands.

still done no revision for sociology. oops! i'm such a tool.

older does not always mean wiser

yo.

work today was draining. this heat is just silly today, thick heavy air with no breeze. yuck. stuck inside a small building with a constant circulation of hot air and sticky hair products. was glad to be out at lunch time. got no work next Saturday cos my boss is on holiday, so it means i get to rest after my trip to Birmingham.

booked another Saturday off towards the end of the month, cos there's a slight possibility i'll be in Manchester. :D don't know how i'm going to afford all this, just realised i've got a few family birthdays coming up. then Father's Day is this month at some point. hmm.

yesterday i hung out at my cousin's house with her and her kids. they're the cutest little things. its amazing watching them grow up, but sorta sad at the same time. i love talking to my cousin about music, she was telling me about her festival experiences and when she saw Manic Street Preachers at Shepherds Bush Empire. her kids are so lucky to have her. her eldest, who is 4 likes Kasabian! and my cousin announced that she loves Crying Lightning which was cool to hear.

i've been writing here quite a lot, doubt anyone is really reading though. sorry for boring you.

here's some photos that i've re blogged or posted on Tumblr recently. :)

how can you say your life is empty

evening.

today's been quite pleasant. got up the earliest i have done all week.

me and my brother's girlfriend just sat in the garden all morning trying to tan. think i've burnt a bit though. :/

then they left to go back to Birmingham for a few days so i spent the rest of the day doing my washing and hanging it out and stuff. sounds really lame but it didn't bother me. i'd say i enjoy it in a weird way. :S

ive been productive today, but in no way has it helped with my sociology revision.

this evening was nice, i had a pretty good chat with a friend who i haven't spoken to in what seems like ages. then my friend Huw rang me from outside a Klaxons gig. i don't like them, but he does and he'd just met them. he was really happy, completely pissed, but happy. it felt nice that he thought to ring me and tell me about it.

:)

tumblr http://wecansalvagethewheels.tumblr.com

lets type words, cos they amount to nothing

can't sleep / don't want to sleep

got a message on facebook earlier, inviting me to a post exams party / gathering / camp out in the woods next thursday. told everyone i can't go, because i'm in Birmingham. i wasn't too bothered at first really, i missed the last one during the summer cos i was on holiday. on the night, i probably won't be that arsed but it's just afterwards. when everyone's talking about the night and the funny stuff, or the annoying stuff that in hindsight is amusing or whatever. the thing is that, it doesn't bother me. but like with Leeds Fest, i'm treated like it should.

i'm really looking forward to going to Birmingham. trying to not spend money between now and next wednesday. hopefully i'll get some new clothes. it'll be nice to go to a new and completely different city for a few days. and hopefully my brother's girlfriend won't want to kill me after spending that much time together. haha.

my final AS Level exam is on Tuesday. it's sociology. i've got twixt now and then to teach myself everything i should already know. hmm. definitely have to start tomorrow or i'll have no chance. i despise revision. i just don't know how to do it. which is sort of ridiculous.

instead of finding someone to blame

hihihihi

just got in, really early considering i've been out.

my social life is all or nothing. been out two nights in a row now.

last night was probably better, cos i went to see The Book Club. and it was amazing. like. just amazing.

then tonight we went out for my mate's birthday. was lovely to see everyone and have a laugh. ended up getting wine even though i really really hate it. anyway, work in the morning. not looking forward to it. been doing the same job for 4 years. eurgh.

i have things to look forward to, but after my last exam. which is just over a week away. the time twixt now and then is more daunting than the prospect of the exam. which is gonna be so hard. argh, can't motivate myself at all.

might try looking for another job. dunno. the main road between my crappy village and town is gonna be shut almost completely for 16 weeks starting very soon. so getting into town is gonna be a nightmare. which means if i manage to get a job, i might not be able to get to it. bonus of working in the village at the moment, is lack of travel costs.

hmm. dunno why i am posting. boredom and procrastination once again.

hope i can sleep tonight

wish some people would bloody respond to texts

this is just like one long stream of consciousness. okay bye!

painted faces congregate

this morning I changed the layout of my blog and stuff.

only slightly. and only because all I ever seem to do is procrastinate.

considering how scared I was before my two exams last week, not quite sure why I haven't been working for my exams tomorrow and thursday.

considering selling two of my arctic monkeys promo posters. got them about 18 months ago, maybe? anyway, they're promos for Fluorescent Adolescent and Brianstorm. they're pretty cool, particularly the FA one. but I'm trying to cut down on how much they dominate my wall space. I couldn't possibly bring myself to sell my promo cds really. there's specific reasons why I have each one, but the easiest to part with would be my Teddy Picker one. don't know why i'm mulling this over cos i've no intentions of putting them on eBay. i keep watching My Propeller promos then forgetting when they're ending, so i've missed out on about 3 now :S and the last one went pretty cheap which is a kick in the teeth.

i've also been purchasing more vinyl than strictly necessary, recently. i don't have anything to play it on, yet i'm 'fascinated' with collecting it. i can't afford to keep doing this, as it seems like such a colossal waste of money in hindsight.

every fire is a lesson learned

afternoon blogger. s'been a while.

in the middle of my AS levels at the moment, well 2 down, 3 to go.

not really much going on at the moment, this weather is pretty beaut.

i should be revising right now, but i'm procrastinating in the living room cos the heat is unbearable upstairs.

after exams i've booked a trip down to Birmingham, looking froward to a few days away from home, shopping and hopefully enjoying some good weather.

i've compiled a summer playlist, so here you go.

1. Falling Down - Oasis

2. Hundred Mile High City - Ocean Colour Scene

3. Chandelier Girls - The Crookes

4. The Bartender and The Thief - Stereophonics

5. Sticks n Stones - Jamie T

6. 5Rebeccas - The View

7. D is for Dangerous - Arctic Monkeys

8. Every You Every Me - Placebo

9. Portions For Foxes - Rilo Kiley

10. Girls & Boys - The Subways

11. Civic - Milburn

12. Mermaids - Reverend & The Makers

13. You Overdid It Doll - The Courteeners

14. Starry Eyed - Ellie Goulding

15. Earthquake - Little Boots

16. She Said - Plan B

17. Pass Out - Tinie Tempah

18. Boom DJ - Toddla T ft Trigganom & Helders

19. Going Off - Toddla T ft Roots Manuva, Serocee & Shake Aletti

20. Animal - Miike Snow (Crookers remix)

21. End Credits - Chase & Status ft Plan B

22. Salt Skin - Ellie Goulding

23. Same Jeans - The View

24. Going Nowhere - Oasis

25. Wild Wood - Paul Weller

26. Life's a Song - Patrick Park

27. Emily's Heart - Jamie T

28. Hard Time For Dreamers - Reverend & The Makers

its quite long :S and the order isn't really that great, i've just tried to fit the songs together from memory of how they end etc. tried to put it in some vague order, start with heavy, fast paced-ish guitar music, then into more dance, fun music then into slower, more acoustic based songs.

there we go. Ta Ra X