Shines like the real thing, real thing, real thing...
Copied directly from my 'A Day In My Life' photo-post. Wholesome childish day: 15/07/09...
Woken prematurely as the recycling men make a racket collecting recyclables.
Back to sleep for me and Bjorn my unicorn.
This time is much better.
The firstly I text Morgan to see what time she wants me to come round. We're making a birthday cake for tonight and we're supposed to meet after I've been gift shopping. My manager failed to sort out my wages yesterday, so I can't shop.
Bed hed. I look like an emo school-boy.
I go downstairs and laugh at the cats playing. They never hurt each other, they just make ridiculous noises and pounce alot...
My sister is feeling poorly so I make us some marmite and cheese on toast. Yummer.
I put on my (aged) 'getting ready' playlist, and get dressed and made-up (I had a bath last night, am not dirty honest.!)
Obligatory tooth-brushing shot.
Couldn't get the SLR to take a good outfit photo. Had to refract the flash, which caused some crazy shit to go down...
Get out the compact camera. Much better.
Time check. Morgan still hasn't replied...
I decide to play my ukulele for a bit. I've had it for a few months now. I'm still not amazing, but getting better.
After a good 40mins or so, I get bored of my ukulele and decide to take matters into my own hands and call Morgan. She is asleep but her mum wakes her up. She says to come round whenever I want.
I remember that I'm going to be out of the house for at least 24 hours and that I need to pack things.
Including my birthday card for the lovely Cassie, who's celebrating being 19.
Time check.
I leave for Morgan's house finally, listening to 'Who Killed Amanda Palmer'- Amanda Palmer on the walk.
I go down the massive hill towards the centre of Brighton.
When I get to Morgan's flat, we go to Sainsbury's to pick up a few baking bits and bobs. I stupidly forget to bring a camera. While in the milk section we saw Kevin Bishop (if you're from the UK you'll know him off 'The Kevin Bishop Show', if you're from the US he was the boy in 'Muppet Treasure Island'!!) ! We both got a bit excited by this. As you can see, this is Morgan's 'ohmygodkevinbishop' face.
Time check.
We get baking. We bake quite alot together, but I'll never get used to having to wear this monstrosity.
Just as we're putting the cake in the oven, Nel arrives to help. At this point I realise it is past 3 o'clock and, in theory, wages time...
So I walk to my work (above) and knock on the backdoor in vain as no one is there. I text my manager, and he says he won't be there for 2 hours. I need my money before then so this makes me a bit angry.
I spend my last 20p on a lolly on the way home (today is the day of childishness after all). It and listening to some Peaches cheer me up as I
walk back to Morgan's.
Not impressed with lack of money, and following a pep talk from Nel and Morgan, I decide to text my manager and tell him I need money ASAP. He concedes to meet me at work.
So I walk back through the colourful streets of central Brighton and get my money! Which makes me happyhappy.
Upon my return I discover my friends watching Lego Harry Potter on youtube and getting dispropotionately exctied. However, the cake is cook and they cut it into the right shape. Cassie (birthday girl) is an avid 'Dr Who' fan, and we are making her a tardis...
Beer in hand, I start to ice the cake (this is always my job :P)
While Nel steals my camera,,,
...and points it at Morgan.
The cake begins to take on its Tardis form.
And we start to paint it and add the finishing touches until...
...completion. We are very happy with the outcome! We then get ready to leave. We are going to have dinner followed by Harry Potter and, like the little children we essentially are, are very excited.
We take the cake and drop it in at Pizza Express. We want it to be a surprise.
Secretcakeface. My hair has gone awful.
Then the birthday girl arrives...and doesn't want me to take a photo of her...
When everyone has arrived (six of us all together) we sit down and she opens a series of cool presents.
We order and I get an amazing yum pizza.
After pizza we put our covert plan into action and Cassie is surprised and embarrassed by the cake and the erruption of 'Happy Birthday' from around the table. She loves it really though, you can tell!
We leave for the cinema and, on the way there, Lauren and I pop-in to Tesco and pick up some cinema sweets
We get to the cinema and Cassie is in charge of giving out tickets.
Nel and Morgan are very excited.
Cassie is so excited she doesn't even want to show her face...
Once we're inside I get all settled in and embrace my inner-fatty by eating rubbish.
The excitment builds. Molly looks overjoyed...
Nel has had too much sugar. And we watch Harry Potter! We laugh alot at some nerdylame HP in-jokes we have throughout the film. I cry. Then get teased for crying. Then it's finished. The film is amazingggg.
We discuss it as we leave, looking to find a bar.
We get to a pub but it is closing. On the way out of this venue, Morgan steps in a really smelly puddle and hurts her toe. She assures me that it's NOT FUNNY, and decides to go home.
We decide that it's too much hassle finding a bar and all make our way to Nel's house where we'll be staying the night.
On the way home we discover this glittery amazing car!
When we get to Nel's we have tea and tardis cake. A ridiculously wholesome end to a ridiculously wholesome day!
My camera battery died at this point. You're not missing much. We just watched some TV and went to sleep...
Woken prematurely as the recycling men make a racket collecting recyclables.
Back to sleep for me and Bjorn my unicorn.
This time is much better.
The firstly I text Morgan to see what time she wants me to come round. We're making a birthday cake for tonight and we're supposed to meet after I've been gift shopping. My manager failed to sort out my wages yesterday, so I can't shop.
Bed hed. I look like an emo school-boy.
I go downstairs and laugh at the cats playing. They never hurt each other, they just make ridiculous noises and pounce alot...
My sister is feeling poorly so I make us some marmite and cheese on toast. Yummer.
I put on my (aged) 'getting ready' playlist, and get dressed and made-up (I had a bath last night, am not dirty honest.!)
Obligatory tooth-brushing shot.
Couldn't get the SLR to take a good outfit photo. Had to refract the flash, which caused some crazy shit to go down...
Get out the compact camera. Much better.
Time check. Morgan still hasn't replied...
I decide to play my ukulele for a bit. I've had it for a few months now. I'm still not amazing, but getting better.
After a good 40mins or so, I get bored of my ukulele and decide to take matters into my own hands and call Morgan. She is asleep but her mum wakes her up. She says to come round whenever I want.
I remember that I'm going to be out of the house for at least 24 hours and that I need to pack things.
Including my birthday card for the lovely Cassie, who's celebrating being 19.
Time check.
I leave for Morgan's house finally, listening to 'Who Killed Amanda Palmer'- Amanda Palmer on the walk.
I go down the massive hill towards the centre of Brighton.
When I get to Morgan's flat, we go to Sainsbury's to pick up a few baking bits and bobs. I stupidly forget to bring a camera. While in the milk section we saw Kevin Bishop (if you're from the UK you'll know him off 'The Kevin Bishop Show', if you're from the US he was the boy in 'Muppet Treasure Island'!!) ! We both got a bit excited by this. As you can see, this is Morgan's 'ohmygodkevinbishop' face.
Time check.
We get baking. We bake quite alot together, but I'll never get used to having to wear this monstrosity.
Just as we're putting the cake in the oven, Nel arrives to help. At this point I realise it is past 3 o'clock and, in theory, wages time...
So I walk to my work (above) and knock on the backdoor in vain as no one is there. I text my manager, and he says he won't be there for 2 hours. I need my money before then so this makes me a bit angry.
I spend my last 20p on a lolly on the way home (today is the day of childishness after all). It and listening to some Peaches cheer me up as I
walk back to Morgan's.
Not impressed with lack of money, and following a pep talk from Nel and Morgan, I decide to text my manager and tell him I need money ASAP. He concedes to meet me at work.
So I walk back through the colourful streets of central Brighton and get my money! Which makes me happyhappy.
Upon my return I discover my friends watching Lego Harry Potter on youtube and getting dispropotionately exctied. However, the cake is cook and they cut it into the right shape. Cassie (birthday girl) is an avid 'Dr Who' fan, and we are making her a tardis...
Beer in hand, I start to ice the cake (this is always my job :P)
While Nel steals my camera,,,
...and points it at Morgan.
The cake begins to take on its Tardis form.
And we start to paint it and add the finishing touches until...
...completion. We are very happy with the outcome! We then get ready to leave. We are going to have dinner followed by Harry Potter and, like the little children we essentially are, are very excited.
We take the cake and drop it in at Pizza Express. We want it to be a surprise.
Secretcakeface. My hair has gone awful.
Then the birthday girl arrives...and doesn't want me to take a photo of her...
When everyone has arrived (six of us all together) we sit down and she opens a series of cool presents.
We order and I get an amazing yum pizza.
After pizza we put our covert plan into action and Cassie is surprised and embarrassed by the cake and the erruption of 'Happy Birthday' from around the table. She loves it really though, you can tell!
We leave for the cinema and, on the way there, Lauren and I pop-in to Tesco and pick up some cinema sweets
We get to the cinema and Cassie is in charge of giving out tickets.
Nel and Morgan are very excited.
Cassie is so excited she doesn't even want to show her face...
Once we're inside I get all settled in and embrace my inner-fatty by eating rubbish.
The excitment builds. Molly looks overjoyed...
Nel has had too much sugar. And we watch Harry Potter! We laugh alot at some nerdylame HP in-jokes we have throughout the film. I cry. Then get teased for crying. Then it's finished. The film is amazingggg.
We discuss it as we leave, looking to find a bar.
We get to a pub but it is closing. On the way out of this venue, Morgan steps in a really smelly puddle and hurts her toe. She assures me that it's NOT FUNNY, and decides to go home.
We decide that it's too much hassle finding a bar and all make our way to Nel's house where we'll be staying the night.
On the way home we discover this glittery amazing car!
When we get to Nel's we have tea and tardis cake. A ridiculously wholesome end to a ridiculously wholesome day!
My camera battery died at this point. You're not missing much. We just watched some TV and went to sleep...