Wednesday 31 December 2008

Last days campaign




ah yes 2008, the year that was... A quick run through (sometimes in no order) of how it went down, shit that was rad and general people/things that made this year good or bad one way or another, ROLL CALL!:

heartbreaks, heartaches, fakes, new jobs, old jobs, new jobs again, my mum, new york, the power of the dollar, snow, cold temperatures, NYC pizza everyday, $40 dunks, the smiths, kidrobot, comics, tattoos, hating life, loving life, life in general, straight edge, driving, crushes, patrick stumps singing style, last year of eating meat, beards, moustaches, mountain dew, crunchy cheetos, road trips, family, patrick bateman, Glasgow, promises, secrets, chocolate milk before bed, Macys, loyalty, Always and Forever, birthdays, nights out, nights in, Fred Perry, answers, questions, definitions, discovery, photographs, kisses, Manchester, largs, surrey, lanark, Arran, Durham, Holland, Stirling, old trafford, gigs, shows, concerts, merch, touring, 2 thirds of youth, vans, the dog alfie, katy, on the road, on the road never wanting to come home, design, 3am tesco, Winners, old friends, new friends, sunshine, cold weather, $30 Zoo York jackets, scarves, hats, skeleton gloves, discovering Fall Out Boy are the best band on the planet, emma c, vans shoes, alcudia, 808s, sunburn, my brother, BBQ's, blogs, no carbs, Primark jeans, the hundreds, American apparel, kanye west singing, carhartt shirts, xbox 360, YouTube, vimeo, London tattoo convention, the diner, chocolate milkshakes with plenty nutela scoops, PMA, the city of London as a whole, Brighton being one of my favourite places in the UK, ryanair being the worst airline ever, Barack Obama, George bush and the flying shoe, my dad, lil wayne taking over, morrissey being a constant commentator on the state of the world and my life as a whole, revised plans, michele, Christmas, myspace, touring for the second time, frozen lemons, forgetting, remembering, laughing, crying, hurting, shouting, buying stuff, cash, money, recording, the game, fat buddha, understanding, supras overload, Macbook, iPhone, bloody Apple as a company and love of mine, doing what I want always, careless, carefree, careful, care in the community, chilling, movies, singalongs, hangouts, never ever ever ever ever giving a fuck, the last quarter of the year, Christmas time, music, creativity, individuality, non-conformist, never backing down, Dominoes pizza, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, White Castle, everything I've ever done this year, everything I've not, everyone I ever met, everything, every thing, the beauty of Monique Mcphie....


Probably left lots and lots out, which either means it didn't mean as much to me as I'd thought or I've just been forgetful...

Goodbye 2008
Hello 2009.

Sunday 28 December 2008

Thursday 25 December 2008

Merry Christmas

Happy Holidays folks!!

XXX

Wednesday 24 December 2008

Christmas Eve ritual

So every single year heres how shit goes down on Christmas eve...

Basically I tidy my room as best as possible, and hoover etc etc... after all Sandy Claws is coming to bring me new toys so I must make room! It should be also noted that on Christmas eve I NEVER work, it's just not for me. I get into some comfy clothes, everyhting in its place and watch the same four Christmas movies on DVD every year, in this order:

* Friday After Next
* Home Alone
* The Grinch
* Nightmare Before Christmas

All festive classics you'll have to agree, proceeding kick off from around 5:30 ish to make sure every film is watched and I am tucked up in bed before 12pm. Now you;re probably wondering how I would go about snacking on such an event I hold so high up in my yearly calendar, well thats the best bit... As Home Alone begins I usually am tucking into a freshly delivered Pizza. I seem to be favouring Pizza Hut delivery for this as its a bit cheesier than Dominoes (both local). The order is always the same, "a large cheese pizza all to myself" - just like my main man Kevin McCallister.



Anyways, i'm checking the time and seeing I must crack on with the movies...
'Tis the season...

Tuesday 23 December 2008

Eve of the Eve



Seems a fitting way to open this entry with the festive hit from Wham! (My favourite Christmas song of all time I might add), this song was once my highest listen to son on my iTunes, I kid you not!

This has been my festive playlist on the ol' iPod this year, a far cry from my old days which had (amongst the mentioned below) Ertha Kitt, Frank Sinatra, Paul McCartney, The good '84 version of the Band Aid song, Wizzard, Slade, Dean Martin and many more "classics":

Saosin - Mookies Last Christmas
Wham! - Last Christmas
Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas is You
Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone
Thrice - Carol of the Bells
Thrice - Happy Christmas (War is Over)
The Raveonettes - The Christmas Song
Jimmy Eat World - Last Christmas (Wham! cover)
Low - Just Like Christmas
Rooney - Merry Xmas Everybody (Slade cover)

So I finally finished my Christmas shopping today, very tedious when you have one or two bits still to get and the cues are a fucking riot, but alas, it's over. And if the people in question aren't grateful for me missing my lunch break so that they have extra stuff, by golly i'll be mad I tells ya!!

Came home, tidied, lit candles, wrapped presents, you know all the stuff Carrie and the gang would get up to when they're not having sex with a city... Anywho, I'll let with a shot of me and my Christmas lights that Mummy JUST put up in my room on the 23rd... yeesh, leaving it late right? WRONG! It's never too late, just ask the Grinch!

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Ho Ho Ho

Saint Fraser

Monday 22 December 2008

You're not Hollywood, and this ain't my big shot

Recording with 2 Thirds is much hilarity...










Nate's dog is a champion...
(he wouldn't sit still long enough for a picture so this is pinched from his myspace)

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Thursday 18 December 2008

Tuesday 16 December 2008

Wednesday 3 December 2008

Hip to be Square

"If there are three things hipsters cannot live without, it’s Obama, Apple products, and American Apparel, in that order..."


FUCK!

Tuesday 2 December 2008

"It's the time of your life that may last a lifetime."

"Happy birthday, Samantha. Make a wish."
"Well, it already came true."


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People don't fall in love like they used to / ought to anymore!

Monday 1 December 2008

Love like Winter

This was pretty much EXACTLY what happened on my walk to work this morning.
Everything.

Thursday 27 November 2008

Growing up



This means things. x

Wednesday 26 November 2008

For me this is heaven

Day in/Day Out....




"I want to shmear this on a Bagel..."



xxx

Monday 24 November 2008

Extinction!



This could happen!

Saturday 22 November 2008

Thursday 20 November 2008

Wednesday 19 November 2008

Escape












Aliens exist:


I need to leave.