Birthday Blog

Nothing for so long, only comments, how unreliable am I?

Thanks to all my readers who sent presents and cakes, I don’t know how I’ll eat them all, but I’ll try.

It was a good birthday weekend! Two special nights, surrounded by some of the best people in Edinburgh.

The only thing I really want for my birthday is another poem though! Who can help?

(I’ll be back to form soon, once the exam is over, I promise)

x

The Night That Never Was.

Edinburgh lacks a good nightlife, so when an opportunity arises for guaranteed fun we all get very excited.

The night to get excited about was Digitalism at the liquid rooms. We had even bought our tickets a month in advance and learned all the words from their latest record.

It was going to be a night to remember.

We started early, roughly around 3pm, it took a couple of hours for word of cancellation to fly around, and couple of minutes for depression to set in. Digitalism were apparently too sick too play (too much DJing the night before, no doubt).

What a disappointment, drunk at early o’clock with nowhere to go.

We soon realised that the pub would be our best bet and headed off on a little excursion through town. Many depressed faces soon forgot their troubles and made the most of an annoying night.

It actually all turned out quite well in the end, we even got to see FC Kahuna in The Green Rooms, whilst a movie was being filmed on the dance-floor. For some reason a man talked to me on camera in the toilets, he said he was with ‘the crew’ - I have my doubts. Hope that ‘interview’ doesn’t make it to Hollywood.

So, in conclusion, here’s what we missed… bugger.

Up the Bus!

A bus is my last resort – usually when the world is too wet and windy.

This is why I’m not that up to date on bus politics, I was shocked to find that inflation had hit the buses hard this week, harder than you could ever imagine.

It all occurred when I stepped out of bed late on Monday, which resulted in the use of a bus to work. Luckily, I’m a boy scout when it comes to having bus money, there’s always a few bus pounds lying on my bedroom floor.

Unluckily, this day caused a problem, the bus prices had risen from £1.00 to a whopping £1.10! I was unprepared, I had no 10ps (who does on a Monday?). I was forced to put my student Cash in the Attic viewing to use and began the art of the haggle, by holding the queue up with words, I was quickly able to spend no more than a pound to sit on the bus.

This is how my hand looks these days, much heavier, much more difficult than walking. Best way around the city? No more.

As you will have already guessed, everything soon came up WithWood, when I realised the Metro I had picked up was in fact a Scotsman. Jackpot. I later sold this paper at work and made a tidy profit.

Who else Loathes Lothian buses now?

9 O’Clock Juggernaughts

I have been hiding away for quite some time now – it’s only fair that I crept out of the woodwork for a few words and photos accompanied by a short film from WithWood productions.

I’ll let you into a little secret, I’m 385 pages through a 666 page text book. I looked at the majority of the words and made sure I could recognise all of the numbers. I’m not that much wiser, but I still have plenty of time to go before my exam. No need to wish me luck just yet, it’s ages away, but start storing some away for me come June.

It was 27/03/08 when I last blogged one off, you would imagine much has happened during that time and you’d be right, but there’s no point chatting about it now, it’s in the past, so we’ll concentrate on something less in the past.

Something Friday.

You may remember me shamelessly promoting my (someone else’s) band a while back, well they came to Edinburgh to see me, I simply had to attend.

The venue was Cabaret Voltaire, the time was too early.

But, boy was it worth it, we weren’t even that drunk and we still moved all of our limbs (12 in total, the club provided a few more though).

There’s something amazing about seeing dance music produced live by a band as opposed to by me standing in the corner with my-pod in hand. I’ll definitely be doing more of this at some point.

Must be something in the water down-under at the moment, so many good bands are coming over from Ramsay Street, here are a few of my recommendations:

Midnight Juggernauts

The Presets

Cut Copy

Two words of advice, go ’shopping’. Midnight Juggernaughts have one album, the others have two, you won’t be dissapointed, unless you don’t like their music.

I’ll leave you with evidence of my attendance. Cheaper than buying a ticket. Enjoy.

4½ Woods