A bit of snowage

I haven't used any 'addage' in ages- how wierd that it just came to mind!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here are some snowey pics for you- it snowed while i was down in horsham with my family for xmas so I was most excited and went outside in my pjs hehehe.....

I have come to embrace the british winter despite the fact that I keep forgetting my gloves and my hands freeze off! I have a theory that west london where I am is in fact a bit warmer than other parts. Not sure the reasoning maybe radiation of fuel discharge from heathrow....

I have also come to realise that if you get warm lemonade from the supermarket, it quicky turns into a cold drink by the time you get home! Not refridgeration required.

Yay here some pics of snow at my grandparents. And its off the edinburgh tomorrow for hogamanay fecking bring that on too!!!!!!!!!!

My head hurts

Uh I just had my work xmas do last night and am suffering as a consequence. I woke up this morning to discover I had vomited on the floor during the night- so not classy but even better not only on the carpet but on my slippers and my battery charger for my camera. Silly silly silly. But just to prove im not the only person in my family who is a boozehag check out these great pictures of my dad at his xmas do..... like father like daugher eh!?

Tis the festive season

Instead about moaning about how much life sucks, how much I miss home or how much I get paid, I have just decided to embrace the Xmas spirit and enjoy all the xmas festivities with friends and as a result I feel far more in the Xmas spirit than I did a few weeks back.

I had a great xmas lunch with my flatties last weekend (see the attached pic!) which was great- I cooked a turkey for the first time ever and the spuds weren't too bad either. And I made my classic chocolate mousse mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm..................

Work has been great too- only an hour to go and im off for 2 weeks! Woohoo and we have been doing heaps of cool stuff like xmas activities and movie days- much better than the stupid school cirriculum! And I have my staff xmas do on tonight too which should be a bit of a laugh Woooohoooo!

Anyway
Merry Christmas to everyone!!!!

Miss you lots : )

Carly

Lots of things going on....

Well its been a busy week with my fabulous mates, Matty and Tim staying with me and enjoying the perks of being in London. Namely crowded tube carriges and football brawls (outside the Tottenham vs Portsmouth game) and probably dirty boogers too but I haven't confirmed this yet with them!

We went to arundel on friday- only to discover that Carly hadn't done her research thoroughly and in fact the Arundel Castle was closed for the winter, so that was a bit of a shame but the outside was really cool and we had a good look around the town and had a meal in the pub. All good to get out of London and to see the countryside!

Here are some pics of the castle in its eeeeeiry freaky misty state that day (the photo was actually taken around 4pm just to let you know how dark it gets these days! Also included is a pic of my favourite player in the premiership at the moment- Ledley King and one of Paul Robinson- ' englands number one, englands englands number one' as chanted by the Tottenham supporters! and edgar davids with those funny glasses. He actually had a good game i thought

Franz Ferdinand review- its a bit late!!!

Franz Ferdinand with support from Roots Manuva- Alexandra Palace, Friday December 2nd.

Its been a bit too long since the concert to fully write a review so this is going to be a brief one- but to sum it all up FRANZ FERDINAND PUT ONE HELL OF A SHOW ON AND YOU SHOULD ALL BE GOING TO THE BIG DAY OUT TO SEE THEM!!

I thought potentially it might only be an Alex Kapranos one man show a-la Coldplay styles where the rest of the band did their thing in the background, but both the other guitarist Nick McCarthy and bassist Bob Hardy all contributed to the stage show which at times almost seemed choreographed?! During Dark of the Matinee all three guitarists walked towards the crowd and at times Alex strutted around the stage with a somewhat rock'n'roll arrogance?!

Anyway the band opened (I think) with 'What you meant' which I was surprised as I thought they might go for the first-track-of-the-latest-album routine, which would have been 'The fallen' which i think is an absolutely fantastic track, but sadly didn't sound that good like. On the contrary, Dark of the Matinee which sounds ok on the album was brilliant live.

The concert, anyway plodded on through various tracks off their two albums. The 'unofficial last song' before the encore was 'Darts of pleasure' which was an extended version as the various members of the band introduced themselves and they talked a bit. 'Take me out', 'Do you want to' were all crowd pleasers.

There were also some very nice touches to some songs also. The very beatlesesque 'Eleanor put your boots on' had a more upbeat tempo to match the mood of the gig, and 'Outsiders' during the encore saw the addition of two extra people playing drums (on the same drumkit and one wearing a crash helmet). That addition gave me a whole new appreciation of the song and was definately one of the stand-out tracks of the night. The final song of the night was 'This fire' and before we knew it, it was all over and time for sleepy byebyes.

Good entertaining show- obviously as the age range was somewhere in the region of 7-70! I don't think I have ever been to a gig where little seven year olds are pushing their way through trying to mosh with a camera! Very odd..................................................

I think that was all really..... jolly good night was enjoyed by all!

A funny picture indeed

My brother Craig took this picture outside the Pak'n'Save in Mt Albert i think- isn't it just the funniest picture ever! I think 4WD should be banned personally!