We have silverfish :(

I didn't even know what silverfish were until 5 minutes ago. Thank god for the internet. This is distressing. I'm not looking forward to telling the wife.

At least they're only small.

I'm going to have to kill them, which is even more distressing than having them. I hate killing things. I always favour a glass & a piece of paper but I don't think that's gonna work this time.

Anyone have any knowledge on the subject? Goddamn old houses! Help?

 On an essay break. Just had a coffee & read yesterday's paper.

I want to go here:

It's an old church in Holland that's been converted into a bookshop. I think it's the most beautiful thing i've ever seen. Here's the article from G2 if anyone's interested.

My birthday was lovely. My actual birthday, anyway. The weekend, not so much. Friday night with my friends was awesome, but saturday and sunday with family wasn't so wonderful. But we'll not go into that. But the rest of it was very lovely. I realised how many amazing people I have in my life, in the two cities I live in and further afield. It's a nice feeling.

Apart from that i've been working my little bottom off writing essays etc. I've also now just come down with a bug i'd managed to avoid for so long, but it was inevitable really, seeing as everyone in my flat has had it apart from me. Vitamins, paracetamol, soothers & tissues should rid me of the little bastard pretty quickly though.

Home again this weekend to try and sort through some stuff. 

Hope you're all good. Thanks to tenebrous for inspiring me to do this!

xx 

I broke my toe. 

University is amazing. Though apparently painful. And very tiring.

I love it here.

Anyone else absolutely shitting it for Saturday?

I can't believe i'm moving out in less than a week.

I'm going to be a grown up.

Oh my god.






Shit.

P.S. My weekend in London was v good. However I did get lost in Topshop for 45 minutes. And I have a new collection of bruises because Londoners are rude.

I was sick this morning from coughing so much. Bastard rain flooded our tent. Best weekend of my life. Even if i've ruined a pair of jeans falling over tents at least 50 times into puddles of.. god knows what.

Proper update when i'm de-zombied.

'Once again I have missed you by moments;
steam hugs the rim of the just-boiled kettle,

water in the pipes finds its own level.
In another room there are other signs

of someone having left: dust unsettled
by the sweep of curtains; the clockwork

contractions of the paraffin heater.
For weeks now we have come and gone, woken

in acres of empty bedding, written
lipstick love-notes on the bathroom mirror

and in this space we have worked and paid for
we have found ourselves, but lost each other.

Upstairs, at least, there is an understanding
in things more telling than lipstick kisses:

the air, still hung with spores of your hairspray;
body-heat stowed in the crumpled duvet.'

Simon Armitage, Night shift.

I love this poem. It's simplicity makes it all the more beautiful. The sudden change in observation to real emotion is amazing. Just had to share it, because I really, really love it.

Got up early this morning and went driving with my instructor and learnt how to bay park. Now i'm going to the beach with Michelle & later hopefully going to see Sophie & Rachel in Heworth :D YAY! Nice day :)

( Just don't tell me I have to go )

Answers:

3. Let me put my love on the line - AC/DC - Let me put my love into you
6. We don't get the news, he says why not? Why not? - The strokes - You talk way too much
11. And I would not lie to you because Sunday morning soon will come - Reel big fish - Boss DJ
16. Kill the headlights & put it in neutral - Beck - Loser
18. But that don't mean that we really love them or that we don't - The dears - Who are you, Defenders of the universe?
20. You still don't know what you think of me - Garbage - Dumb
28. You're dirty sweet & you're my girl - T Rex - Get it on (bang a gong)
32. I'm lying on the floor of the night before - The cure - Kyoto song
36. & we were done done with all the fuck fuck fucking around - Modest mouse - Black cadillacs
37. You taught me a lesson I didn't want to know - PJ Harvey - The darker days of me & him

30/40 - Not bad!

Stolen from babyjeans

Open up Windows Media Player or whatever program you use and add your songs in your collection

Put it on shuffle/random play

Pick a line from the first 40 songs that play

Post and let people guess what song the lyric came from

Cross out the song when someone guesses correctly

NO CHEATING!

1. I just can't take this, I swear I told you the truth The Killers - Jenny was a friend of mine
2. They know that they can't dance, at least they know U2 - Vertigo
3. Let me put my love on the line
4. Once I had a love & it was divine, soon found out I was losing my mind Blondie - Heart of glass
5. Trippin' on love & it feels so good, I can't help myself & I wouldn't if I could Kylie Minogue - under the influence of love
6. We don't get the news, he says why not? Why not?
7. Pretty tough to think about the beginning of December The White Stripes - The Same Boy You've Always Known
8. You can have it all but how much do you want it? Oasis - Supersonic
9. If all you've got to do today is find piece of mind Catatonia - Road rage
10. Oh & my parents love me, oh and my girlfriend loves me yeah Kaiser Chiefs - everyday I love you less and less
11. And I would not lie to you because Sunday morning soon will come
12. John was a scientist he was hooked on LSD Kasabian - Cut off
13. What if you should decide that you don't want to be there by my side Colplay - What if?
14. I get the strangest feeling you belong Travis - why does it always rain on me?
15. & did I forget to mention that I found a new direction and it leads back to meee :D Kylie Minogue - Spinning around
16. Kill the headlights & put it in neutral
17. And i'm not buying it either but i'll try selling it anyway Rilo Kiley - it's a hit
18. But that don't mean that we really love them or that we don't
19. Close your eyes and think of someone you physcially admire Morrissey - Let me kiss you
20. You still don't know what you think of me
21. One of these days these boots are gonna walk all over you Nancy Sinatra - These boots are made for walking
22. I do believe I told you SOOOOOOOO The Hives - Hate to say I told you so
23. Now i'm falling asleep & she's calling a cab The Killers - Mr. Brightside
24. You can't take the city, oh no, out of a city girl The thrills - Faded beauty quins
25. Six in the morning so you rise and you fall Razorlight - Rock & roll lies
26. 'Cause that's just the way I get my kicks, so take it in baby, deal with it Kylie Minogue - Secret (Take you home)
27. Shot for the money on the very same day The futureheads - Le garage
28. You're dirty sweet & you're my girl
29. You should be old enough, you should be old enough, you should be The futureheads - Carnival kids
30. Your lips move, I can't hear what you're saying Pink Floyd - comfortably numb
31. Kick ass little girl, going to a party, eating blue smarties cause she's rock and roll Graham Coxon - No good time
32. I'm lying on the floor of the night before
33. So dry your tears I say, yeah, NO WOMAN.. Bob Marley - No woman no cry
34. You make me feel like dirt & i'm hurt The buzzcocks - ever fallen in love
35. Oh what can I do? I still need you but I don't want you now The coral - dreaming of you
36. & we were done done with all the fuck fuck fucking around
37. You taught me a lesson I didn't want to know
38. Radio what's new? Radio, someone still loves you Queen - Radio ga ga
39. YEAH, i'm diggin' on you now baby Joss Stone - Super duper love
40.  We rejoice because the hurting is so painless from the distance of passing cars interpol - slow hands

:) Have fun kids.

For those of you that don't have my lovely Shellie on your friends lists, take a peek at a day in Newcastle, with Shell's new camera.

( Today in picture form.. )

Driving lesson was terrible today; a woman stepped out in front of my car and I had to emergency stop. I was really shaken and teary and the rest of the lesson I was just flustered and couldn't concentrate. Then I got rained on, but it picked up after I met my girls. As always.

Going to book a hair appointment tomorrow, and I need to ring Ami and organise a lunch with her for sometime this week. A cheap lunch, though.

xx