WoodWork Orange

After 8 months in my new flat I decided to look under my bed.

Not only did I find the solution to the credit crunch (or at least my credit crunch), but an unbelievable amount of socks and feathers.

I have no feathered friends to date – my only assumption is that they were planted under my bed to enrage my allergies – I’m onto you William!

Aversion to study is the cleanest time of the year.

Clean-a-leane.

Thirsty?

Best Looking Pube in Town

Stripping in the Fringe

On our travels we found two collections of abandoned human attire.

I can only assume that people either had catastrophic soiling incidents, or stripped down as part of the fringe festival. WithWood is hoping for a disgusting combination of the two.

Did anybody see these people disrobe in Leith or on bus?

As well as bringing the excitement of nudity and the fear of no dancing, the fringe will also provide some laughter. Last year I saw two of my childhood comic heroes (Lee and Herring) and had intentions of repeating this, sadly something went terribly wrong with the purchase of the Stewart Lee ticket, I didn’t seem to go through with the order online.

I stood in the box office for about 30 minutes trying to collect the tickets I hadn’t bought, it was fun, almost.

Well, at least I have tickets for Richard Herring, which in my opinion was the superior show last year, I’ll be sure to let you know if it good. Although there aren’t many more performances left.

So what else is on the cards WithWood?

DEADMAU5 @ Liquid Rooms

I knew I was fated to see this DJ when I saw a dead mouse swimming in the Waters of Leith, this will be one special weekend.

Now I’m off to find Edinburgh’s best Mexican!

Scottish IRA

What’s it all about?

Why is it taking Leith by storm??

Where is Leith’s friendlier graffiti artist with the terrific one liners???

Some of the Scottish IRA’s graffiti makes for very unpleasant reading, could anybody educate me a little? I’m struggling to find any information on the Leith based IRA.

Should I be worried?

Should I join?

You decide!

Graffiti No. 7 – Leith Walk

Christmas is Around Every Corner

My second Christmas in Edinburgh wasn’t in Edinburgh, which resulted in a highly un-festive flat after New Year. Luckily Christmas is on every street corner and in every bin at this time of year, so I get to see plenty of trees on my way to work.

Even of the Waters of Leith had a Christmas tree.

You will also notice that even on such a cold day there was no snow in sight, the sun does indeed always shine on Leith!

I don’t know why people throw out perfectly good trees so early! Last year we kept our tree alive until July, the decorations were removed (from the tree, not the ceiling) and we considered it part of the family. We didn’t name it though, just in case we became too attached.

The fun of having a tree last year made me feel a bit sad about not having one this year, but sadness does not last too long in my new flat.

You see one of the housemates took it upon himself to recycle a street tree, he brought it up to the flat after popping out for shopping on a Sunday morning. It didn’t take long for us all to ‘get festive’ and decorate it with anything we could find.

A piece of modern art, both Dada and Surrealist, Duchamp would be proud, Emin would be thirsty.

Merry WithWoodmas.

Be Bad…

Writing on the Wall…

As the time of my exam draws nearer, I opt for another easy photo blog…

We received a letter through our door today highlighting the dangers of the youths on Leith Walk, breaking in doors, causing a fuss and writing on walls – not to worry though – the letter told me that the Graffiti artist had been caught! Now I only have to worry about the ones attempting to gain access to my stairwell.

I don’t condone the ‘art’, but at least it gives me something more interesting than the metro to read in the mornings. Perhaps the mystery man should use post-it notes instead, they get the message across in a striking way, but involve less cleaning.

Busy as a Bee

I know I promised more action and adventure, but I have been studying hard and had no time to write words.

To pass time, I’ll be posting some photo’s I have taken on my wanders.

Remember, a picture paints a thousand words.

Today’s theme is Graffiti.

Leith walk has had so many phrases splattered all over it recently, I quite like them, they are well written with good handwriting, simple and effective.

Take a gander: