Week two

So week two of Uni begins and it's all going ok so far..the house is sooooo good, so much more homely than the other one we had last year and I think I actually like my room better here aswell, plus theres no heavy fire doors (though that means we're stuffed if theres an inferno!).

I have a bit of work to do, mainly dissertation (sorry I mean major project) research to do but I have finally decided what I'm going to do and just need to run it past my lecturer before I properly delve into that one.

Unfortuntely I no longer have any hours at the Union. I understand it's probably because I wasnt at the induction and couldn't start working until the start of term, but I think having to stay at home longer because my Grandad died and I had to go to the funeral etc, is pretty much a good enough excuse. I emailed about 4 times, I even went in to try and speak with someone (though nobody was there), I even emailed the admin people and filled out an availability form and gave it to them and they just completely ignored all of my efforts and said I would only be working there as 'cover.' Which is better than nothing I suppose, for the next three weeks I'm going to be selling NUS cards to earn a little extra monies so come and buy one!

I have spent the whole weekend with Vince which has been really nice though he is really ill now! I don't THINK it's my fault as I don't have anything for him to catch, which means I'll probably have what he has now, great! I dragged him to a fashion show on Saturday! Taking your boyfriend to a fashion show is quite interesting, Vince had some interesting opinions on the models and the outfits, hehe, but by the end of the day we were able to just chat normally about the whole thing. =D

The show was opened by model Lisa Snowdon who was also sat in the front row watching. All the clothes were from shops in West Quay so we could actually go and buy the outfits the models were wearing (if we wanted to that is, it's always nice to have that option!)



I do have LOTS more photos, too many to put up but I want to use them elsewhere so they might be up at a later date. :)

They had the former editor of Clash magazine there giving a 'lesson' in fashion (nice step from music to fashion?) which was interesting and I wanted to try and find her to get a contact for the contact book but nothing came of it.

I emailed the Daily Echo as soon as I got home and offered to do a write up of the event along with photos but they replied and said they actually had a reporter at the event and were already running a piece in yesterdays paper, which was unfortunate but at least I tried. I'm hoping to maybe write something for Sonar magazine but no reply as of yet.



Yesterday I recieved an email from the music editor of Sonar magazine asking if anyone wanted to interview Funeral For A Friend tomorrow before/after their show in Portsmouth, aswell as reviewing the show so I jumped at the chance. Even though FFAF aren't a favourite band of mine I think it's good to interview a band you don't know much about because it means research, research, research! I'm just waiting to hear about times and confirmations and it should be going ahead! It also means I get to go to Portsmouth and whats really strange to me is that the gig is held at Portsmouth Pyramids which is wear I used to go swimming! I'm not sure if the pool is there anymore, maybe they have gigs above it? Hah, well, I will let you know. :)

One last thing, any ideas for 21st birthday celebrations are very welcome please!