I know, I know, late again, I'm going to have to start setting reminders on my phone, I didn't realise it was Wednesday until far too late! It doesn't feel like a week since my last blog, and, in my defence, I didn't stop yesterday so I didn't have much time to think about writing!
It's been a fairly good week, though, which is nice. I've been enjoying the rock Pokémon festival on Pokémon Go and catching everything I lay my eyes on! I also treated myself to Tomb Raider on the PS4 so I've been re-acquainting myself with Lara, and trying to unlearn those pesky 360 controls!
Recording is going well, I've nearly finished Jurassic World and I've also undertaken another project which has been on the backburner for a while now. Yes, that's right, I've finally gotten around to working on the Semester Aboard audiobook again!
For those of you that don't know, I started working on it back in... December 2015, but due to depression and general mental collapse it got put on hold for a very, very long time. I have to give a huge thank you to the wonderful author for being so understanding and never once making me feel pressured to get back on with it even though the deadline was in 2016! What an angel. I'm very glad to count her among my friends, even before she was an author and I could leech off her success! Still, I'm determined to plough my way through it this time so hopefully you'll all be able to listen to my sultry tones very soon.
As well as this, I've been building bookcases and doing a hefty amount of unboxing! The hallway is now a treacherous assault course of empty cardboard box towers, teetering teasingly on the edge of collapse. I'd quite forgotten how many books we had so it's lovely seeing them all on the shelves again, making the living room look like a place where people actually live! I'm so pleased with how lovely and welcoming it looks, especially after all the effort to paint it!
On Saturday, I dragged mum into Newcastle for The Late Shows because my lovely, talented friend Holly had opened her studio for people to come and see her gorgeous work! I haven't had the chance to see her much since we left school so it was really nice to catch up. She was always great at art but it's amazing to see how she's progressed and developed over the years. I'm also really glad she's gotten back into song writing because she's also got a beautiful and unique way with words.
As if that wasn't unfair enough, her sister Tamsin is equally talented and is going to be part of a series of plays that I'm going to see this weekend. I'm really looking forward to seeing what her writing style is like, as I have long been a fan of her artwork and honesty with words.
I don't think I've ever said this to them, but I've always greatly admired the both of them, as well as their brother. Not only are they all very intelligent (not just academically but socially), they have always been resolutely and effortlessly true to themselves. I've never known anyone else who, especially through their teenage hormone-riddled years, manage to be so unfailingly comfortable and confident in who they are. I'm sure they didn't always feel that way, but we could all see what a kind, clever and loving family they were, never ashamed to be interested in things and eager to share their enthusiasm with you.
In short, they're a delightful, albeit infuriatingly talented family!
Gosh, I went on a bit there but I'm trying to be more openly positive towards people, including just telling them what I like about them. It's so easy to just take people for granted and forget exactly what it is about them that made you want to be friends in the first place. I'm surrounded by truly incredible people and I never want to become complacent in my esteem for them.
In other news, it's bloody hot today, innit! I've been lounging around in my pants most of the day, waiting for everyone to stop cutting their lawns so I can do some recording! I've been recommended a game by my lovely friend Paige and I'm eager to check it out and hopefully make a fun video for you to enjoy.
Paige is another friend I've sort of lost touch with over the years (to be fair, I lost touch with pretty much everyone during my worst struggles with mental health), and it's been a lovely experience reconnecting with her. I'm off to a gig in June and decided to invite her along which has spurred on a great catch up. I'm so pleased!
How I met Paige is a rather strange story. Back in the days when the internet made a funny noise and killed the telephone, everyone was making their own websites. I think it was even pre-MySpace era! Of course, we were all desperate to out-emo each other so the pages were filled with side fringes, screaming and general angst. My colour scheme was green and black, a combo I still rather enjoy!
Anyway, a friend at school gave me the link to her brand spanking new site so I went to check it out. I have no idea how, but I ended up on a totally different person's page - presumably I got the link wrong. Anyway, this girl was a super cool emo chick too so I left her a message saying something appropriately complimentary (but also DARK AND DEPRESSING) and forgot all about it.
A few days later I get a message off some random girl asking if I went to school with a boy called Cameron. Turns out she was the owner of the site, lived three hours away and had known Cameron before he moved to my neck of the woods. The wrong link I used could have taken me anywhere in the world and yet I end up at the seaside, within driving distance. Small world, eh?
Paige is now a writer and burlesque dancer and I'm taking her to the gig of another friend who's a drummer in an industrial punk band. I sure know how to pick 'em, huh? Anyway, if you're reading this and you're in the Newcastle/Durham area, you should definitely come along to the gig!
Mum's leaning over my shoulder now to get me to come and help her do some sorting so I better scoot! It's kind of nice having this 'life' thing for a little while, though I'm being careful to limit myself so I don't burn out.
See you all next week, actually on time!
Xx
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