I'm writing this post at 4am with school to attend in 5 hours because of my damn sleeping pattern.
Monday knocked it out of me and when i got home at about 8pm (after leaving the house 12 hours previously) all i wanted to do was get some food in me and go to bed, which i did, and unfortunately woke up now. I didn't plan to.
So i'm currently writing this listening to The Beatles Anthology 2, on loan from my dad's uncle (my great uncle). I've had all 3 of them for about a month but have only got round to it now that he's asked for them back. They're really good so far although Anthology 1 will probably be my least favourite because admittedly, i'm not a big fan of The Beatles early stuff. Some of it is good but in pales in comparison to the likes of Revolver and Sgt. Pepper's etc. Can't wait to get to that section in the next 2 hours or so!
Anyhow.
Recent times have been quite busy.
There wasn't one day last week that i came home after school and went on Xbox or my laptop or whatever. Monday was my film group, as usual. Tuesday i went to see a new documentary about George Harrison (called "Living in the Material World") which was very enjoyable if not a little long but of course, such a busy and interesting life takes 208 minutes to get through :P
A lot of interesting things about the man were uncovered and i urge any fans to see it when it eventually comes to tv which i think it probably will in parts. It might have already in the US, not sure, but this was the first public screening of it ever in the UK to my knowledge.
Wednesday was another film group meeting (yes, there's two or three a week now!)
Thursday... i actually forgot what i was doing but i certainly didn't go home after school :S
Hmm, weird. I can't remember.
And Friday, i went to see Melancholia. Wasn't great. Visually it is, but that alone can't carry a film. It's just too boring and not enough happens to make it engaging. Depressing, too, and not a film that really appeals to me. Ho hum.
I went to see it with Kev and we'd been planning to see something for a while and he built it up as a little date (awwwww) even though we did nothing apart from actually watch the film. I couldn't anyway, and didn't want to haha
If you want to mess around with someone in the cinema go and see something you know you have no interest in! Certainly, the cinema we went to, (the one i go to for my film club) you would never have done anything - it's for people who are more than casual film fans in all honesty :P
Go to some tacky multi-plex.
Saturday was a bit odd coz i stayed at somebody's house that i barely know. I honestly just wanted to spend the day in the house but everyone was eager for me to go so i did. Josh and Nicholas and a few others i know were there but i was mostly outnumbered by people i had never met which is fine by me but just a little awkward.
The people i don't know are actually people that i'll be going to the Lake District with. Can't remember if i talked about it or not yet but if i didn't then about 25 of us have rented this place somewhere in the Lake District next summer. Should be good!
A number of people have expressed their dislike of there being alcohol there but quite frankly fuck them. It's an end of school holiday, with friends, no parents. I've paid as much as they have and i'll be 18 by the time so i'll do as i please thanks :D
A number of us share this view.
Back to this house "party" which wasn't really a party. It was the first time in about 5 days i'd had something decent to eat (I'd been living of Subway last week basically) and the host of the house made curry, of all things.
There wasn't any booze or anything involved on the night but we had the house to ourselves and had a massive game of Capture the Flag and then watched a film called Youth and Revolt and played some sexy Twister ;)
People say it's only fun with alcohol involved but i disagree. I also have to talk about something strange. There was a girl there i'd never met before but there was something about her... I don't know. I think she was quite cute, and i was really happy when playing a game of Twister with her.
Weird, huh?
Well, i don't think anyone can seriously be 100% exclusively gay :P
Getting back home on Sunday afternoon, i was greeted by a kitten. Yes, we got a kitten. Why, i don't know. As cute as it is, it's just annoying and unnecessary seeing as we already have a cat AND a dog. This thing steps in the door and everyone bows down to it.
No.
Plus, i think i'm allergic to the fucking thing. I'd be quite happy for it not to be here, harsh as that sounds.
So yeh, past few weeks or so have been busy times indeed.
They ain't a-stoppin' either.
At least today will be the first day in a while where i can just come home from school and relax. Wednesday and Thursday i'll probably be at the film club again. Friday, i dunno but it'll be the last day of school before the October break next week.
Already got plans for Saturday. All according to plan, the film group will be filming a trailer which should be great fun (the basis of it is my idea after all) but it means i'll have to miss the big Liverpool vs Man United game - although if we're not filming i will watch it. Also, i'll be going to Nicholas' place to provide some moral support for Josh, Rob and another friend who are doing a charity event called Extra Life, a 24 hour gaming marathon.
I'd do it as well if i didn't already have previous engagements but i'll go round in the evening with my Xbox and join them for their second half probably. They're starting at 8am and finishing at the same time on Sunday morning. Can only imagine the amount of Lucozade and food that will be there.
But it's just the start if things at Nicholas' house. His parents are away all next week so his house will be getting trashed by a drunken load of us at least once, if not twice. The thing is that Kev (who i seen Melancholia with) has already told me that he is going to try and pull (kiss/snog) me when drunk.
I can tell - obviously with that statement - that he's got a bit of a thing for me but i'm sorry to say i don't harbour the same feelings about him. I like him but i'm not attracted to him. People would probably just say let it happen, get yourself a bit and maybe i will, maybe i won't. I can't predict what will or won't happen when i'm drunk :P
I'm looking forward to this random party anyhow, it's been far too long without one!
And i'm looking forward to having next week off as well. I can relax finally, and i think deservedly, as i've been more than a little rushed off my feet lately.
Ciao for now.
Rowan <3
PS Anthology 2 is really getting good now. Rare take of Tomorrow Never Knows was quite sublime and these Sgt.Pepper's tracks are tripping me to hell.
juiceboys *2524
1 week ago

You need to invite that Twister girl to Nicholas' house. It might open a whole new world for you. I think it's significant that you are attracted to her but not to Kev.
ReplyDeleteHi Rowan!
ReplyDeleteYou ARE quite the party dude...'colour' me jealous!!! (see, you Brit boys are rubbing off on me..lol!)
So you play Capture the Flag *inside* the house???
Now, *sexy* Twister sounds like lots of fun, depending upon what gets twisted.
Between the girl and Kev, sounds like you have options!
George H was indeed an intersting dude (I share a 2/25 birth date with him) and I will have to check this documentary out.
I had the pleasure of growing up with the Beatles, so I like all of their music...remember they evolved...MAN did they ever evolve!!!
So, Ciao (and careful with the booze, as always.)
:-)
-Andy
(ps, just wondering if you got the article links I sent you?)
Being with friends is better than being at home playing video games — in principle, at least (depends on what you're doing with the friends, actually). :)
ReplyDeleteI must agree that Anthology 2 is the best of the three...I'm with you on their later work being far better than the early stuff, but many bands mature that way, much like wine ages!
ReplyDeleteYou have been busy! But at least it appears that you're having a good time, and doing well in school and in general, life is NORMAL! Isn't that grand?
Sounds like you'll be doing "beach week" only in the Lake District. I "chaperoned" 6 friends at a house on the Outer Banks of North Carolina the week after they graduated high school. It's a good time as long as everyone keeps their cool, and stays in control of themselves. There's horror stories of arrests and injuries and worse over here from out of control partying!
Keep up the good life, Rowan!
Peace <3
Jay
Yes to Revolver, particularly.
ReplyDeleteYes to playing 'All you need is love' very loudly when the couple next door were having their 'separation' argument and yelling at each other.
'Melancholia' - agree.
Very large group in the Lake District is bound to split into tribes anyway. Nobody could expect it to function a single entity.
Bisexuality is surely the norm for most of us. I know of hardly any 'gay' guys (even Partnered ones like us) who don't have a history of girl/woman bonking - or at least dating and snogging.
Of course the same is true of many het guys who, if you get them to relax (in gay company!) will spill the beans of boys they had passionate affairs with or actually shagged with - even though they subsequently married someone of the opposite gender and probably produced kids.
Relax! It's no big deal.
The twister girl thing is not exactly weird...^^
ReplyDeleteI think more people (if not the majority of mankind) than you think are kind of "bisexual"; although they have a clear tendency, most people to the opposite gender...I've felt attracted to girls, too, but not too often and not as strong as to some guys...
cheers
Thomas