exhaustedI’m now officially the Littlest Hobo – or at least that’s the way it felt after a week where I’d slept in 4 different beds – and not all in that exciting phwoar kind of way – much more in the “Will I ever relax and get to sleep” type…
So, last Thursday I was in Birmingham, then Friday to London. I was at the point negotiating whether I have to change the class of travel work pays for – which roughly translates to “Whether I get a seat or not”. I was expecting resolution on Friday so unashamedly had two croissants as I was thought they would be my last.
Needless to say I was right.
So Friday evening which involved going to York courtesy of GNER was done cattle class. I seriously thought that I was going to have to stand all the way there when I saw the state of the train. Fortunately I was wrong and pretended to be someone else. I was mostly amused at the price – a standard single to York was almost the same cost as a first class single to Birmingham.
Still, I got there, on time, and had a lovely curry (LJ user-quote-fest ahoy!) with
ant_girl, sarcaustik, ellenscult, ravenlas, lhiss , pre_raphaelite, Yann On Saturday I spent a lovely morning in the company of Starbucks (who serve the most tasty (but expensive) Marmite, and some more camera pr0n. Not spending money is proving difficult - as I discovered today when I (briefly) had a bid on a camera for £940.
Then it was off my first girls’ Tea Party. Very pleasant it was too with more vegan choocy cake and a wonderfully eccentric pussy. I got 6 out of 7 on the “What’s your LJ nick” quiz too. I’m such a good stalker. So, that's
kissmeforlonger, ant_girl, sara_lou, sarcaustik, foxy76, miss_wonderly and as hostess - everild.Third stop was York’s goth scene – with live performances from Zeitgeist Zero (ok, some nice ideas, need another couple of tons of producing) and Zombina (infectious enthusiasm which couldn’t help but rub off). I wouldn’t say I’m their greatest fan now, but I’d enjoy seeing them again (couple of weeks then…)
Finally the last
steer - cocktails. Mmm Pina Colada. Unfortunately due to the aforementioned bed-hopping I’d not been sleeping very well so fell asleep (rather than passed-out) on the chair before being ushered home by someone with much more energy than me. Quote fest stars are: ant_girl, sarcaustik, miss_wonderly, mister_ed, vin_petrol, sara_lou, foxy76, andyguest, clotilde and smorgasbord. I think that's everyone. There are probably some more people I missed from earlier in the night but heh!Sunday was rush-travel-rush-travel as I raced back to Birmingham to feed the rats, pack then get off to Oxford. Just as I was leaving the house lupercal told me we had a gig on Tuesday. This of course gave me loads of time to pack CDs so I ignored the issue.
Red Sky Coven were good.
venta ignored me again (apparently) but met up with lupercal and dreamfire, courtesy of my boglin-chauffer. I enjoyed Rev Hammer so much I’m worried I’m turning into a folk music fan.Then , Monday was work – v.dull, must do better – and then dinner with
uberredfraggle, dreamfire and lupercal. Finally to Big Fish which I actually enjoyed. Or actually I enjoyed the flashbacks for their sense of whimsy and relaxed nature – the modern scenes weren’t as good. Back just before 12 when I started burning CDs. I had 5 CDRs with which to create a set of music to play. This was easy on one hand considering I had to find 30 minutes of music – but not easy in the way that I was not capable of conscious though due to sleep deprivation. I left them burning into the night with a towel on the laptop to suppress noise. Then I realised I had no CDR pen. I decided this would add to the sense of randomness.To London on Tuesday – very positive day – except I was asked very nicely to be somewhere early Wednesday morning. I just couldn’t say no – so threw away any chance of a lie-in. After London was the joy of getting changed in Burger King toilets (I went in a mild-mannered suit, and emerged as some kind of goth-who-needs-a-shave).
Intrusion was fabby – except for some heavy metal pollution – though the dancefloor is too small. I was pretty happy with my set – and even recovered from one of my CDRs having already become battered into submission and sticking in the middle of Skinflower. We even got paid. I drunk too much Red Bull and dreamed about the Pope.
- 2525 - Laibach
- Skinflower - Young Gods
- Ten Ground and Down - Pigface
- Power - KMFDM
- Im Rhythmus Bleiben - Front 242
- Darkangel (Apoc Mix - Das Ich) - VNV Nation
Nice to see everyone (including
venta who didn't ignore me) and to be interviewed by deeply_spurious. I think our next conversation, based on averages, is due in 2007. Lift home with fishthecat then up early to get a car from town, and off to my meeting.This was also quite pleasant, and set me up for my afternoon appraisal.
I feel sorry for my boss, ignoring how I’m actively seeking SOMETHING! ANYTHING ELSE! but he’s stuck in a very difficult position. However, he does not know how to set objectives. Each one we went through and I said “I can’t be responsible for that” or “How do we measure that”. He says I need more credibility with my colleagues, and to be more visible. I agreed – but how it’s going to happen is beyond me.
Back to the station, met thepurplegoth, then back in Brum for 8pm. Rats were very pleased to see me – until after I fed them when they ignored me. I went to bed too late after getting seduced by one of my favourite crap sci-fi films – Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone. Oh, and there was this Maelstrom thing to read through. I was pleasantly pleased with how well my photos came out – but didn’t pay much attention to anything else except for giggling at the video.
As an aside glad to see that
kingandy appreciated my rather scrappy efforts on the train.Today I slept in a bit, then ha a panic moment when I realised I hadn’t fed the chinchillas and they were most likely to be sizing each other up. Then I did another application form.
Tonight I have discovered that Geeks are cool (Jake 2.0) and now I’m going to watch 24. Tomorrow is B-Movie though and through being the worst driver in the world it looks like I won’t have to stay sober.
Can I stop now?
