Return of the pie monologues

It's a slippery slope when one day you wake up, stare at the ceiling and think 'hmm i really can't be fucked to tell the world about this hangover'. Then before you know it several drinking sessions have gone unblogged and memories fade ever so fast. Regardless of this I'm pretty confident that between reacquainting myself with Cardiff boozing and 2-for-£5 wine at Goldsmiths local I've been having fun.

I'm also ridiculously fond of my new house which will hopefully being having a propa' party at some point.

In other news..
-I just can't stop listening to Emilianna Torrini (at this very moment the headphones are in)
-Course starts next week
-Can't find a job
-I need a shave but there's one bathroom between 5 in the new house and I just canae be arsed.

Some of my fave shots of August 2006

Edinburgh Blog 5

When I get home to Cardiff my sister will have gone to seek her fortune in Sheffield and it makes me sad to not see her off. Since she's already lined up a sweet job for herself I have faith - I'm just gonna miss her.

Last night I saw The Dresden Dolls which makes my life temporarily a bit more complete because I have all kinds of time for that band. They were playing at the club Molly chose for her birthday celebrations and it was way cool - plus she got hammered and Molly hammered is great!
(I've got arse loads of pictures but didn't bring the right wire that uploads them so as soon as I get to Cardiff I shall embelish my Edinburgh experience with the wonders of images)

....so I blatantly don't have a lot to say just now and I'll be seeing all my favorite muthafuckers soon anyway thus I'll leave you alone. Chow z

Edinburgh Blog 4

I'm afraid to say my Blogging loyalties have been usurped. I've become a correspondent at the Edinburgh International Book Festival (yes I did just use the full title to sound impressive). As correspondent I am alternating with my lovely co-worker Cora the duty of providing a book festival diary for ThreeWeeks (them who I work for). Thus I've been writing inane synopsis’s of my days for someone else. Not very loyal of me I know but you could always got to the ThreeWeeks website Edinburgh.threeweeks.co.uk and read it there. Word of warning mind you, I'm not miraculously more interesting when I'm writing from the book festival so if you check it out expect the usual shit.

All my love

Edinburgh Blog 3

I'm feeling rather accomplished today! I know bragging isn't attractive but here goes.
I was walking down the Royal Mile this morning when I got handed a flyer (because you can't dodge them all) and it turned out to be a play I'd seen and they've added a quote from my review to their flyer! I was extra chuffed that they'd deemed my review quotable because I really did think their show was ace.

When I got to the venue I had time to kill and picked up a copy each of Three Weeks weekly and daily papers and found I had two reviews in each! Let me just explain that Three Weeks reviews about two thousand shows at the festival and there's no way they all get to print. Over half just go on the website, so getting printed is pretty cool and I'm old fashioned and the internet just isn't the same.

Any way that's my brag. I'll leave you with a good quote from a play I just saw.(picture a drunk twentysomething woman)
"I want to know if I'll get married and have kids one day. And who with. And then go and find that guy and grab him by the ears and say 'what time do you call this!?"

complimentary water

If you've ever been a barman and especially in a club you will have taken the order of someone completely off their face and given them a side glass of water they didn't ask for inscse they hit a moment of lucidity and realise they could do with it. Well today after a morning a running around and gulping back coffee I went into a funky cafe, shacking a sweaty I asked for a black coffee. I got one. Then the guy behind the bar slid a glass of water towards me 'um, that's for you too' he shrugged. What's become of me!!!!
Do I have a problem?
Bollox!

Edinburgh Blog 2

Just like Molly predicted I'm starting to work out how this jumbled city fits together. There's still a dastardly amount of uphill walking but with any luck my heart will survive to the end of the month. I've reviewed six things at this point and getting in the swing of things.

I was slightly conflicted yesterday when I watched a show with another Three Weeks reviewer in the audience. He gave them a standing ovation, I gave them two stars. I guess there's no right and wrong in reviewing but ideally you'd like to be on the same level as your co-workers. Interesting and slightly worrying.

Does anyone still read this? Ah well, bothered.