in an attempt to make this blog better, i am going to stop saying SO at the start of every fucking entry. oh, and i’m also going to stop swearing… as much.

today was sort of interesting, though the day is only half over. i woke up around 4 a.m, and kept falling asleep and waking up. then at around 7, i got a text from hen since i was supposed to call her before she started getting ready. henrietta is at a wedding today! how nice. but yes we talked for literally 5 minutes then i went back to sleep.

waking up around 10, i finally got round to washing my hair. i have a habit of just not being arsed to wash it. so it gets really greasy. but yes, it is now washed, conditioned and straightened. made an effort today. speaking of hair, i also booked an appointment for the hairdressers. lovely.

got my fucking vans today like. yes, those lovely black and white checkered vans are now mine. cost £32.99. luckily, i didn’t pay for it. i’m saving for this bloody birmingham trip.

anyone know how to play bridge? my grandma and uncle were playing it today, it seems so confusing. there a funny lot my family. they’re very competitive and outspoken. they were playing so seriously for like 10p a win. my uncle david left with 20p and my grandma was not happy. i dunno, maybe its the fact that she lost to him or whatever i don’t know. but they’re funny.

okay, so by trying to make this blog better i made it worse. bollocks.

oh, the answer to my tagged quiz was indeed the hole in my heart story. well done you lot.

and when i get the time, i’m going to teach you lot some good ol’ english slang. i was teaching leindiemeister some, and i’ve forgotten lots, so i’m going to do a nice big post here eventually, watch out for it!

oh, and i’ve been sat here clicking “next” for nearly half an hour. and i’ve come to the conclusion that about 75% blogs on wordpress.com are either complete shite, of interest to about 3 people or are so personal they’re practically private. i think this blog is in this 75%. i was getting alot of blogs about health which is good, but some of them were just crap. i mean, a good health blog would give lots of help and useful recipes and provide support and stuff. these were “EAT HEALTHY.” “HEY FATTY, EAT A CARROT.” etc. utter shite.

i hope that throughout this blog i have entertained at least one person. that would make my day.

well, not much to report on today really.

i’m definitely going to london on 20th of july. for a few days. that’s going to be hella awesome.

i need to speak to dom urgently about arrangements. if you see this dom, get in touch with me! i have a new phone number, ask mike or some other brit for it and text me or something.

yes, blogs to leave a message, excellent idea.

now, let’s talk about myspace. and how much of a bag of shit it is. really. creating a myspace page is essentially signing your life away to the devil; but not in that sense. no, it’s not addicting (though for some whelps it is), it’s just… UGH. you know, you put a picture of yourself up. great. then you look at other peoples pictures. and they think they’re models and edit their pictures. why? why can’t you put a picture up of yourself, naturally? don’t give me this bullshit about feeling better about yourself or making yourself look better, because if you were so insecure in the first place you wouldn’t put the picture up!  no, they do it for the attention. and why do you take them from such stupid angles people? always looking down. you do realise that that position represents a demeaning value to that person right? so by doing that, AND editing it, you’ve just fucked your image well and truly.

or at least i like to think so. sorry, i just don’t like people who LIVE on myspace and constantly edit all their pictures. please, show your natural self once in a while.

so my girlfriend, out of nowhere, asked me to teach her how to be indie.

this sort of brought up a lot of thought over the next few days about the term indie. i mean, sure, it’s short for independant, but is that as far as it goes? to be indie, you need to be independant; an individual? how do you know what an indie band sounds like?

ok, let’s start with the basics of how to be indie. first up, fashion! reading a wikipedia page (funnily enough), they hit the nail right on the head with this.

“Common clothing items include band T-shirts, vintage clothing, striped tops, blazers, waistcoats, ties, cardigans, skinny jeans and Converse Chuck Taylor All-Stars.”

i agree with this. though i’m not a fan of skinny jeans myself. but this is a general guide to what the indie culture wears. more commonly it’s band t-shirts, since indie bands are generally on independant record labels and need the money, so by buying a shirt you’re supporting them. simple!

now, indie music. this is the most important, since this is where the term originally came from, and fans of indie music started the indie culture. indie music now comes under three forms: bands on actual independant record labels (such as The Unicorns, for example), bands that have a unique “indie” sound (such as Stars or Broken Social Scene) or a term for a type of music with certain rock elements, but mainly pop and with frontmen who dress like the indie culture (such as the Artic Monkeys, the Kooks etc.). know your indie! the artic monkeys are NOT indie, they are shit pop rock. indie music makes use of lots of different instruments, and keeps a certain pattern, with catchy choruses and songs about… anything really, as long as it’s not too depressing. fans of indie know their indie band members, and they know who the hell sufjan stevens and conor oberst are (if you didn’t know, sufjan is an incredible indie artist, and conor oberst is the frontman of bright eyes, and also made the indie record label saddle creek). so knowledge is also key to being indie!

i had more to write but it slipped my mind, i’ll edit this later.

check out this site: indieclothingblog.com, it’s amazing.