Oh hello, pretty dancing dew-bewjewelled flowers.

There's this guy who lives around the corner from me in this huge gothic mansion with his wife. They have meetings there cos they're a centre for a cult. They oppress women a bit - make them wear long skirts and cover their hair, and everyone does work in the garden.
And even though he's very strange and out of touch and eccentric; he doesn't half do it in style.

Spring clean :)

Soooo I had quite a nice weekend. I don't really remember Friday, so I assume it was good :) Though since Friday I've been missing my friend J alot because he's on holiday in Florida! He was complaining that nobody says Florida, and that they all say 'Florda'. But he's a bit like that. It's one of the things that makes me so fond of him, his strange little complaints.
On Saturday it was a gorrrrrgeous day, which it hasn't been for so long. Or that's what it seems like. I dithered for ages about what to do with it. I would have gone to the beach, but I was supposed to take my parents to the airport that night, and I couldn't be bothered to drive to the beach AND the airport, so I decided to go somewhere nice closer to home.
Me and J (the one who isn't in Florida) went to a massive park, and had a picnic. (I had sushi and mango, she had fried chicken and a nectarine. We're good girls for getting our five a day :) ) and we chilled out in the sun. It was fabby. We were watching this fair that was being held there, and all the little kiddies were singing along with this guy who was mic'd up, and it was sweet. There were millions of dogs too, including these crazy spaniels who all looked idental and were mad for this ball.
Then we drove around the corner to Argos to pick up a shelving unit that I'd reserved online. I wasn't sure about whether I liked it or not, but I needed something to house my dvds anyway, so bought it. Then we went for a drive around the moors near my house, which are stunning, and so easy to love when it's beautiful weather. We were trying to find my friend's memorial tree (it was only recently planted) but we had no luck. But we did see two signs advertising puppies for sale, which was good because J wants a puppy.
Aaaaaany way. I put the shelves together!! I was so pleased with myself. It took two kinds of screws, one sort of locking screw and two kinds of dowels! It looks really nice, and I can't believe it hasn't always been there now. Also, tidying and moving stuff to make room for the shelves forced me to tidy up my entire desk area. Which makes me feel really calm and relaxed for some reason. I really love it when everything's ordered :)
Though this niceness was followed by a huuuuuge argument with my mum, which culminated in her throwing 16 dvds at me. Fun times. But they're on holiday now so I have the house to myself :)
I like it this way. I like being housewifey. Doing the washing up, opening the curtains in the morning (or when I get up) locking up at night, having the whole house as my own personal space. It's lovely.
I'm so tired. Two hours sleep, and I have 3 hours of work left. Sob.
I'm going to go and make 101 cups of coffee now .............

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adrift

I feel strange :/
Like I'm floating away, untethered.

I don't like it. At least, not right now I don't.

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I think the differences between people are so interesting. For example, today I'm at work (summer job) I work in a shop that sells alot of fabric, and my two colleagues were drooling over a new tape measure that one of them had bought. I couldn't have told it apart from any other tape measure, but because they measure alot of fabric, they've created their own sort of little subculture. It's so interesting!
And at the same time, they are two completely different people. While flicking through a new fabric book which just came in, L was swooning over the different designs, and at how beautiful some of the material was. Whereas T looked at the pages with a completely different eye. He was working out the profit margins and trying to estimate which would be most popular and therefore generate the most business.
Ohh I just love watching people :)

Yesterday I was on my way home, and decided on a whim to turn right down a small country road. It wound round and round and up and away and then I came out of the trees and was next to the reservoir. And the sun had set. And it was beautiful :)

And then I hung out with a couple of friends for a while. We watched films and played video games, and we looked out of the window and it was getting light, so we climbed a big hill near our houses and watched the sun rise :)

Long day. Nice day :)

God, I love Bob Marley

So, it's July. Gawd, summer is going super fast. I can't believe I just missed another year of Benicassim. Unbelievable. I really have to make it next year. Actually plan my summer and book the ticket.
That isn't to say I'm not having a good time, it's just Beni is something I've wanted to do for aaaaaaaages, and I want to go while I'm still a relatively carefree student.
That being said, I'm not sure how I've actually been spending my time. Time sort of seems like it's evaporated away.
I've spent most days with two friends called J and J. They live really close, so when I'm tossing and turning at 3am they're easy to visit. Sometimes we watch movies, or go out dancing, but mostly we drive around and find beautiful spots and sit and smoke as the black sky gives way to dawn. It doesn't sound much but it really is lovely. And of course I've been catching up with everyone else, and trying to arrange to see my uni friends. Though that never seems to go brilliantly because everyone's so tied up.
Actually, it's been quite strange to see one of the Js. We used to be very good friends, and er.. a bit more than friends. But it wasn't good for either of us. We sort of... aggravated each others' problems and emotions and things. And in the end we just ended up not seeing each other. Whenever we met, we'd awkwardly look away. It wasn't great at all. But at the party of a mutual friend, we chatted a little, and while we were both at uni we spoke infrequently. Now we're home and it's been really nice to have someone so nearby who I just get on with so well. It's so familiar and easy. It makes me think how stupid I was to ever ruin such a relationship with a physical side. It just isn't worth it in alot of cases.
The weather's been a bit rubbish, so I haven't been camping as much as I'd like, and I've only been to the beach once :( But I'm hopeful. All it takes it one nice day!
Anyway, I'm suuuuuuuure the weather will be lovely in Greece. Me and my friend (one of the Js) just booked a holiday in Kefalonia at the end of August which should be alot of fun. I can't wait to see it, because I loved reading Captain Correli's Mandolin, and even though I didn't hear great things about the film, the scenery received nothing but praise.

Picture from http://corwood.tumblr.com/.

Something amazing happened. My macbook got repaired! I was so so pleased. It was being a dick for a little while, but then it finally packed in and the harddrive imploded. I hate being without it when it's being fixed, but then it always works like it's brand new again, and it's lovely :) I'm shopping for a new bag for it so I can look after it a bit better in future. I quite like this one. It's quite dinky. Maybe not the pink though.
I'd better get back to work anyway. Hopefully we're going to go to the Lake District this evening and find some Stonehenge-esque circles and dance with hippies :)