Lost in Translation

Yeah...So it is currently 5:01AM and I am quite fucked off. I cannot get to sleep and it is all because I was retarded enough to lay in bed all day and watch 24.

And look what I do...Write a blog about it. Haha. Christ.

What have I been up to? Well, I just finished watching Lost in Translation and I have to admit. I have completely falled in love with it. As well as Scarlett Johansson. What a lovely, lovely film. I think it has shot right up there with my personal favourites of Fight Club, American Beauty and Stand By Me. Something about it which just...I do not know how to describe it. Just gives me a nice emotion. Maybe I can connect to the characters or something, but either way, I love it. Hats off to you, Ms. Coppola.

On a movie note, I have not really been following my A-Z list. While it is still a great idea, I have found it difficult to go through the processes and watch predetermined movies. I shall hopefully have another stab at it in the not too distant future. Instead, though, I have been downloading and watching random movies. A few from the 80s, such as St. Elmo's Fire, The Breakfast Club and so on. What else have I watched recently...Hmm. Cannot think...

BUT. I saw Transformers 2 on Friday night. Holy hot dicks from China. It was insanely good. I went in there expecting a half arse plot, if anything, but wanting action action action. This is what I received. It is like Michael Bay read all the feedback from Transformers 1 and thought, rught oh chaps, let's turn this up to ELEVEN. I think I may go see it again. It's just so much fun, even with those annoying twin robot jobbies. Fierkin' dierks.

I'll leave this for now. I really do want to add more to this blog. Well, I shall try...

Matt.

Cuts and Grazes.

Awk, y'know what. I was about to start a post about my events over the past...Wee while and now I have just realised I need to get a train to Belfast very very soon. Going house hunting you see.

I'll come back and write some shite in a few hours.

Matt.

Blue Bins and Chimneys

Well...First post of the "summer". It has been quite a while since I have posted, mainly for the following reasons: Revision, actual carrying out of exams, laziness, summer times and gettin' lit.

It has been a mad few days this past week since I finished my exams. Shocking to myself, I felt I performed well in my exams. In the Physical paper I know there was one question I got wrong as soon as I looked at my notes, but I think it is safe to say I have acheived higher than 40%, without being arrogant. So it is all good in the proverbial hood!

From 7AM Saturday it has been non stop. Did some revision before the exam, did the exam, went home for a little bit of a dance for celebrating - On my own, yeah, yeah, sad or what - then on to Botanic to catch a train. As soon as I landed in Bangor it was straight to the nice part of Ballyholme beach. After hours spent there I came home chilled then decided to have a good group of lads come round to my place. Suffice to say we all got horrendously pissed. Roddy got fucked up big time, was hilarious to watch. Which reminds me, that drinking game named "Fuck the Dealer" we played, is probably the best game to play ever for drinking. It is simple and not everyone needs to be tuned in to play 100% of the time.

Sunday was more beach, then pass out when I came home on the sofa.

Monday was more beach, but in Helen's Bay this time. Then I had a BBQ at mine with everybody and then onto the infamous Half Price Wine. Good wee night, some funny photos up on Facebook.

Tuesday was more beach, but in Crawfordsburn this time.

Wednesday was...MORE beach, but mainly swimming. Tom has a couple of friends, Vicky and Sam, over from Glasgow. So we did a little dander about Bangor, got a 7ate9, splashed about on the swans and stuff. Was a nice wee impromtu day. Seems all my brilliant days have been impromtu so far, not complaining!

Fuck, went to see TERMINATOR last night. Fucking AWESOME film. Loved it. Action in it is freakin' superb. I wouldn't mind seeing it again sometime soon.

Saw this image this morning. Thought it was quite hilarious. It hilarious because we all know it is true. Maybe I should actually use the image's advice...

Anywho, haircut at 3:30 then going to Betty Black's tonight to get b-b-boozay!

Cheers,

Matt.

FMLTWIA

Revision is, thankfully, going pretty well. I cannot state whether the hours spent revising and writing notes will actually have sunk in properly into my sponge of a brain, but we can hope. I've been in Bangor Library for a good few hours every day this week, bar yesterday. It is pretty self rewwarding walking out of there with about 12 to 16 pages written out each day. It is like a good, positive cycle: Because I realise I am working hard and producing proper notes and making things worthwhile, I treat myself (often with a 789 sandwich - Bacon, cheese, lettuce, red onions and a lashing of BBQ sauce) then I know I have to work more and more so just keep plugging away. I think it is safe to say this is the first time that I have properly officially revised! GCSEs/AS Levels/A Levels were all a sham. Fair enough I just scraped by to get into Uni to do the course I wanted, but still, actually getting my arse into gear and revising is very rewarding.

I have completed running through all the lectures, bar the last 2 or 3 of GGY1005 (Human Geography module) which I'll work on either tonight or tomorrow's library sesh. I'll chill over the weekend with a spot of revision on Sunday. I'm going to head back up to Belfast on Mondya morning which will mean an awfully early start - I have a Philosophy exam at 9:30 that morning. I genuinely have no clue what to do for this exam and really can see myself walking out early. I'll give it a good go, but I really cannot see myself passing. Strangely enough though, I am not that worried - Which is worrying in itself. Anywho, if I fail, I fail. I'll resubmit essay or something and see what I can do. Cannot wait until next academic year so I can do 3 modules of GEOGRAPHY, not some other random bullshit. I am here to do a Geography degree after all.

In this week that I have been back down in Bangor, I really have not been doing an awful lot apart from revising, eating and watching movies or 24. Man, 24 is awesome. One random night up in Belfast house when Andy was staying over I decided to just download a few episodes, see how it goes - Season 1 this is - and maybe continue watching. It is safe to say, I'm proper hooked. It's quite hilarious watching them use all of the old technology, with big massive mobile phones and shitty looking laptops. Figured it would be best to start from the start and then hopefully work up to the current series...Series 7 I think. That shall occupy a large chunk of my summer!

On the gaming front, I completed Mass Effect about a week and a bit ago, maybe I mentioned that before, can't really remember. But yeah, brilliant, brilliatn game. thoroughly enjoyed the main story line. I think I'll go back and work away at the extra missions for the craic. Cannot wait for ME2. Might try and get a hold of the DLC for ME1, apparently it's rather good. Seeing that I've completed that, I have moved on to Bioshock. Pre-Xbox Profile failure I had about a month ago, I had been doing pretty well with the game. Progressed quite far, but then forgot about it for a while and never looked at it for quite some time. So I figured it would be time to pick it back up and give it a good playing - See it to the end. So far, so fucking awesome.

Oh and I am thinking of starting up WoW again for the summer...

Good idea? Yes or no? Meh. I shan't pay for gaming time, but I think in about a week or so I can get that Scroll of Resurrecion thingy, so might as well use that. Would be good craic to start playing with Foster and Boydo again.

Anywho, dinner is nearly ready and I am fucking starved - That seems to be a problem of mine, not eating enough...Very strange of me.

Anywho, cheers,

Matt.

PS: If you were curious as to what my blog title is all about, check this link out:

Top 50 Text Acronyms

Amusing to say the least!

View From My Window In Bangor

Haiti

Awk, I have put myself into an emo mood and I am not even sure why. It is probably 75% due to the female of our species. Fucksake.

PS: I am sober.

Theoden

...And so it begins.

That is my first year at Uni over. Teaching done. No more lectures, tutorials, seminars, essays...For another 4 months. Ha. Oh well, 2 weeks until my exams start and end, 25th/27th/30th. ALL of them at 9:30AM which is horrible. AND the last one is on a SATURDAY. I mean, what the fuck. Is that even legal? Any form of academic concept on a Saturday isjust plane insane. Should be banned!

It has been an eventful year. This semester, if not 2009, has been very good to me. The modules I did were pretty damn good. I actually took interest in what I was learning. Last semester seems so SHIT in comparision. I actually wish I was not at Uni and living in Belfast when I think back it was that shite. I think a big factor was the weather y'know. It was always dreadful. Dark, damp, dull...It was quite depressing. Also the fact that the house was always insanely cold and I never had the sense to get a hot water bottle, or extra duvets and stuff. Bah.

Laying in my room with a bit of a hangover. I never had a full blown hangover, but just a little one...And it's lingering. It won't go away. I have brought my sofa right up to my coffee desk, got loads of cushions and blankets and duvets and I am like one big hibernating bear, it's fantastic! I was going to head back to Bangor this evening but could not really be assed with having to get all my shit together and get a train. If JK was driving back I probably would have gone back, but he is not...So...Yeah. Hibernating it is.

Last night was fun, JK, Kris, Andy and I were the only guys out so we all just got drunk and danced like a bunch of dickheads. Got a few photos to upload onto Facebook later...That can be another time consuming task.

Photos, that reminds me. I was meant to upload photos of this really random graffiti that I found while on the way to Uni ages ago...But due to my phone being STOLEN...By some WENCH...Those photos shall not come alive on this page. I shall maybe try get a photo of them again.

Tra la la la la...

Right, I am off.

Matt.

PS: Would really like a cigarette right now, and I do not know why. Also, a nice glass of Lemon Fanta.

Mer Du Japon

At first I wasn't all that angry that my phoned had been stolen...But after today, I really felt the affects without having easy contact with everybody. I couldn't set an alarm to wake up at, couldn't check the time when I wanted, couldn't use it as something to fiddle with...Fucksake. Phones really are a must.

Been on a downloading spree music wise over the past week or few days, mainly been downloading classical music, which I must admit, is actually quite superb. I have great respect for the famous composers that I have been listening to recently, some outstanding music. I think it's great to relax to, or revise, etc.

Anywho, apart from the classical stuff, here is a brilliant song - and video - that I have been listening to A LOT:

The Teenagers are a great band (If you have read earlier posts, I added a song/video by them named "Homecoming"). I love thier stlye and Frenchness.

I think I must write about Thursday night. It actually was a lot of fun. I'm glad a great crowd of people came along with me and made some shapes on the dancefloor. Heaven knows what the videos and photos from Channel 4 shall be like, but hilarious no doubt! Watched a fair bit of Dan Black then went into Limelight for Filthy Dukes. Fuck me. They are awesome. I'm sure I'll embed a song/video by them sometime soon, seriously quality stuff.

Was handy having the guest passes, got free Jack Daniels and it allowed us to blag our way into Limelight for free to see Filthy Dukes. Two Door put on an awesome set, played some new songs and everything was fucking brilliant. Can't wait to see them on telly.

As for now, a bit of music, bacon first, then bed.

Cheers,

Matt.

PS: Many thanks for Kev, Sam and Alex for Thursday night and the fun had.

Phone Stolen.

Aye, some dick head stole my mobile phone last night. And I think I know who it was. Cunt.

Balloons.

I played so much Mass Effect yesterday I dreamt about it last night. It was weird.

Where Are My Keys?

...With the Nature essay complete, focus now turns to revision. What a bastard concept. What is it about revision that makes it nearly impossible to do? Ugh.

Actually, you know what is hilarious. I am writing a blog about my hatred for revision and I haven't even begun! Haha. Christ. Well, it does start tomorrow night, or at least Monday.

Thursday night was a great night. Nothing spectacular, yet nothing horrible. A quality night out with some quality people. I'm mainly glad Mark had a fun time as it was his birthday and some of our close friends couldn't be there - Not by choice, but by that big large of chunk of sea in the way. Damn it. Damn it to hell.

I think my night out was made better by the fact that I had completed my essay on time, bar that little extra bit of conclusion. I was proud of my motivation to do the work. I spent a lot of time in the library last week, albeit, not all 100% efficient, but nonetheless worthwhile. I hope my next few weeks I can keep this ethic up. I have 3 papers this semester, 2 of which require hardcore revision.

I plan to just be in the library at lot over the next few weeks, just being there, surrounded by people doing work, motivates me. I'm also going to try listening to some classical music while revising. Normally I listen to some nice, chilled out tunes, such as Boards of Canada, with even some Arcade Fire and Foals - Which was surprisingly not distracting, as normally music with lyrics is quite so.

Hopefully I'll report back to here in a good spirit and NOT while I'm supposedly revising. Haha.

Oh well, ta ta for now.

Matt.

I Was Saving That...

I think this image is highly relevant to me.

In other news, nearly completed my "Nature" essay, I hit a bit of a mental block this evening in the library, but still got a fair bit done. About another 500 words should do the job. Apart from that, roll on tomorrow night!

Cheers,

Matt.

PS:Happy Birthday Mark Campbell.

Olympic Airways.

FUCKING XBOX PROFILE HAS BECOME CORRUPT. LOST ALL MY SAVED GAMES AND GAMER POINTS. ARGH!

I can't even bare to look at Half Life 2 knowing that I was so close to completing it and then having to start all over again. Fecksake. I've decided I'm going to go back to the games that I haven't played in a long time, Bioshock and Mass Effect. Hopefully be able to see them to the end, unlike last time I played them.

Anyways, I shouldn't be writing this. I should be writing about Heisenberg's statement that; ‘What we observe is not nature itself, but nature exposed to our method of questioning’. This is one filthy, filthy essay that I'm writing. 2000 words. Roughly about 200 done so far. Nice? Aye...

Sitting in ELTC with about 3 other people in this massive computer room listening to the wonderful sounds of Foals while procrastinating and somehow regurgitating crap to fill out my essay.

Oh well, fun times to look ahead to:

• Two Door Cinema Club gig (Supporting Dan Black) on Thursday 7th May.
• Impending boozay sesh on Thursday to (hopefully) mark the end of my essay and of course, to celebrate Mark's birthday.
• Another Two Door gig on 27th May with Panama Kings.
• General Uni fun, but not exams.

I'm quite proud of my efforts so far for this essay, already declined a night out last night at the SU and the movies with Kris and Boydo tonight. If I had done both of those I would have felt mightily guilty, but yeah, my guilt of not doing work has been toned down by my self discipline - Not that that has meant I've been writing reams and reams of fantastic essay-ness!

Oh well, back to Open Office...

Cheers,

Matt.

PS: My shoes smell.
PPS: Remind myself to take a photo of that amusing graffiti I saw the other day.

A to Z Update.

Ok, so I've watched a just under a third of my A to Z list since 5th April. Hmm, that seems a lot longer away that it actually is...Works out to be around a movie every 2 days or so. Anywho, I'll leave a little mark to denote the movies that I have watched so far.

I hope to shortly summerise the watched movies in the not too distant future, but I shall leave it for now. Might do a massive round up once all have been viewed!

A - Akira
B - Blood Diamond
C - Crash
D - The Departed
E - Edward Scissor Hands
F - Full Metal Jacket
G - Gone Baby Gone
H - High School Musical
I - Into The Wild
J - Jerry Maguire
K - Kidulthood
L - Layer Cake
M - Memento
N - No Country For Old Men
O - One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
P - The Prestige
Q - Quantum Of Solace
R - The Ring
S - A Scanner Darkly
T - Traffic
U - The Usual Suspects
V - Vanilla Sky
W - Wall-E
X -
Y - Yesman
Z -

Currently got about 3 or 4 downloaded and ready to watch and I began watching Memento last night but turned off after 30 minutes after I realised it was something silly like 5AM...

PS: Still need an "X" and a "Z"...

Cheers,

Matt.

Lady Gaga Is A Dick.

I know it's a little lengthy, but watch it anyways if you have the time to spare. She's an absolute wench! Trying to act all kooky and odd, turned out to make her a complete tool. The interview felt like a waste of time! Bah!

Cheers,

Matt.

Yellow.

FML

Full Stops and Exclamation Marks.

Yesterday I was 11 years old again. Was so much fun.

I am currently writing this while still in bed after a beaut Pitstop All Day Breakfast Roll and the camcream partially still all over my face. A good group of us headed to Jonny Weir's farm and got all geared up for some games of CTF/Hide and Seek/Hunt. I went all out and wore all my old CCF Army kit, which, if I remember correctly should have been handed in about 5 years ago, haha. But yeah, all camoflaged up and took a dander into some nearby forest and fucked about in it for the next 2 hours or so. Had a brilliant laugh, only downside was that it was still kinda light.

After a good few games in the forest, we headed back to the house and had a BBQ/Chinese Takeaway, was a real banquet of sorts! Then after that feast we headed out into the yard and surrounding fields for some more hide and seek-esque games, was so much better in the dark but after 2 or so games people were beginning to get pretty tired, so we called it a night.

So far, it's been a pretty good Easter. I've only had one boring day so far and my brothers came home today so got the XBox back for the timebeing. Completed Portal the other day, it really is outstanding. Still making progress on Half Life 2 then onto Ep1 and Ep2.

Here's a fucking brilliant song, albeit a remix, but the original is just as good;

La Roux - In For The Kill (Skream's Let's Get Ravey Remix)

Dingle Is Innocent.

Oh my Christ, Bangor was horrendous last night. It was nothing short of a sess pit of underage delinquents from Belfast or scummy parts of Bangor.

Bouncers, not just in Bangor, need to get a pair of proper working eyeballs. Their employers also need them to take IQ tests, as clearly some of the men employed about the place are just plain retarded. They'll let little rats in who are no more than a day older than 15 and enter their clubs, get madly drunk and more than likely cause a whole load of shit.

Seriously, seriously disappointed last night. Denied from Betty Blacks and ended up in Donegans, which may as well have been a Youth Club last night. Put me right out of the mood to drink.

Anywho, short rant is over. Off to Jonny Weir's to relax and chill with friends.

Cheers,

Matt.

RIP Katie Hughes of Bangor.

Take Me Out.

Missing 2 people very much right now. This sucks.

Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade Of Pale.

Right now this song fits my mood.

No idea why I'm adding this image here. I saw it a few days ago and it made me smile. I guess this is a suitable medium to share it to everyone (As if people actually read this blog!)

And after looking at the preview of this entry, it's a very messy one and I'm not happy with it. But alas, it's probably a representation of how I'm feeling right now. Bah.

Cheers,

Matt.

Hartlepool, Country Durham.

This shall be tomorrow's festivities. Heading up to Mark's and "drink off" commences at around 3. I'd say it'll be about 6 and we'll be steaming. Some job bays.

Words of Ethan MacNamara; Let us get boozay.

• When a goal is scored: Drink one shot of your drink.

• Every sending off: One shot of your drink.

• When ever Chris Kamara appears: You must be drinking.

• If Paul Merson used stupid rhyming slang (ie: "He's hit the beans on toast!") One shot of your own drink.

• Whenever Phil Thompson says "Stevie Gerrard!": Three shots of your own drink.

• Every time a team scores and Jess says: "There's been a goal at ... but which way has it gone?": Everyone must guess which team has scored, everyone who gets it wrong must drink two shots of your own drink. Non guesses must also drink.

• When your team score: Two extra shots of your own drink.

• Whenever Jeff says: "They'll be dancing in the streets of ...": One shot of spirit.

• When someone claims to have seen a "Goal conteder for goal of the season": One shot of your own drink.

• Whenever Jeff says: "It's all doom and gloom at ...": One shot of spirit.

• Everytime Robbie Savage is mentioned or seen on the Videprinter, everyone must shout "FUCK": Last person to do so must drink three shots of alcohol of choice.

• When a pundit shouts off camera: Two shots of your own drink.

• Whenever Jeff says: "There's no question": One shot of spirit

• Everytime Brighton&Hove or Dagenham&Redbridge are jokingly reffered as two different teams playing the same opposition: One shot of your own drink.

• Whenever Chris Kamara says: "UNBELIEVABLE!": All drinks must be downed.

Copypasta'd from some forum.

Coffee and TV.

God dammit, I woke up at 3PM today. Epic fail.

Windows Vista Home Premium.

Hmm, I think I promised myself that I'd report about how the "fitness" is going...It's "OK". Haha. I've been keeping to some form of routine: Getting up relatively early, taking dogs out and then going for a jog or run. Only little problem I've come across is the order of these events...Oh well. Top marks for effort, right?

Monday's Half Price Wine was grand. Nothing awesome to report, just a decent night. Was nice to see people from years above mine and get a wee catch up and stuff. Had a good crowd round to my house beforehand for a few drinks. Smart thinking you see - People leave their leftover drinks at my house and I reap the rewards! Haha.Following on from the fairly mediocre night, Lauren, Julie and I came back to mine and just sat and chatted. Apparently lots of people were going back to a "friends" house, but, eh, neh thanks m8 eyo. So yeah, sat here and chatted, Lauren passed out as she was supposedly "tired" - Yeah right! Haha.

Been spending a good while on Jack's laptop. Reformatting after he got fucked over by spyware/malware/antivirus/general shite. It's such a pain in the ass. I've downloaded Vista and burnt it onto two Doovdes but they bloody well won't work when I change the boot up sequence. Frustrated loads last night, but I do suppose that's because I was doing it at like 3 in the morning. Oh well, shall do some research and try again tonight after the movies.

Anywho, things in general are going great. Weather was a bit shite yesterday but today has redeemed it. Weather makes such a difference to everything like...I suppose it was fitting I was a little hungover for the shitty weather yesterday! Anywho, listen to this song and tell me it doesn't make you smile or feel happy:

The Four Tops - I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)

Brilliant!

Cheers,

Matt.

Eggs.

Easter is upon us and school is out and Matthew needs a routine set up.

I think for the first time ever, my body has accepted that it shall not get the 8 hours that it so often yearns for. Instead, it shall receive a questionable amount of around 4 hours. This is great though, as my body has recognised that my alarm WILL go off at 8AM every morning, so now I always wake up at 7:56AM. Always. Then, as it is technically holiay period, I sleep for another hour before feeling really awake at around 9 or 10. It's brilliant. No longer am I dragging myself out of bed, instead I'm ready to get up and go.

This therefore means a relatively longer day. Therefore Matty needs a routine. So far I have decided that I shall take Libby and Murphy, the 2 canines, out for a morning stroll - Whatever the weather - And then come back, make some form of meal which will most definately consist of ham, cheese, bacon, Reggae Reggae Sauce and whatever else I can get my mitts on. After that, I think some exercise shall be in order.

Jogging, or maybe it's Jyogging, it could be a silent "j", shall be my exercising. I'm half tempted to invest into some weights or something, but I've always hated that. Maybe push ups, sit ups and all that jazz. I want to feel good and healthy. I need to come up with a set path or route for going out. Had a brilliant one which I used very, very sporadically up in Belfast and I need to conjure something similar.

This is all the plan anyway, and I hope I can stick at it. I'll also try to blog more, write up shit and put some effort into this. I'd promise a self evaluation of tomorrow (Monday) but as most of my blogs are written late at night and oneself is attending Cafe for some Half Price Wine, I doubt I shall be in either A: A fit state, B: Near my Laptop or C: In my own house, possibly.

Cheers,

Matt.

Note to self: Find a job too.

A to Z.

I've been toying with the idea of watching movies that I have not yet seen and figured a good way to make a start through the infinite list, would be to make an A to Z list and work my way along.

This is how the list is currently going;

A - Akira
B - Blood Diamond
C - Crash
D - The Departed
E - Edward Scissor Hands
F - Full Metal Jacket
G - Gone Baby Gone
H - High School Musical
I - Into The Wild
J - Jerry Maguire
K - Kidulthood
L - Layer Cake
M - Memento
N - No Country For Old Men
O - One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
P - The Prestige
Q - Quantum Of Solace
R - The Ring
S - A Scanner Darkly
T - Traffic
U - The Usual Suspects
V - Vanilla Sky
W - Wall-E
X -
Y - Yesman
Z -

As you can see, it isn't fully complete as at time of writing I cannot remember them all after losing a piece of paper with a list scribbled down during some lectures...

Oh well, I'll come back and edit this, noting those that I have watched so far.

Edit; Ok, got my full list bar X and Z...Bah. Any suggestions? xXx? Never seen it, but I can't imagine it being great. I'll do some more research.

Cheers,

Matt.

I Fucked My American Cunt.

The Teenagers - Homecoming

Brilliant song, have a good listen to the lyrics. Hilarious, but delievered perfectly. Never realised he was singing "cunt" until I downloaded it and listened to the song about 20 times over.

Song dedicated to Billy Gooding.

Cheers,

Matt.

Click here to visit The Teenagers' MySpace

St. Patrick's.

Mate.

Last night was outstanding.

Currently lying in my bed questioning where the hell my hangover is - Not that I'm not grateful to my body that it is treating me this well!

Monday night was spent celebrating the twins' birthday at Jam and Cafe for Half Price Wine - Which there was no wine...I had to make do with a pitcher of Budweiser, wasn't exactly the best choice, but cheapest nonetheless. Had one or two cocktails courtesy of a certain Jane, the legend. Generally the night was grand, to be fair, it was nothing special, but still decent.

Thanks to Mark, after I got home from Cafe, I was informed that I had to classes yesterday, which was tomorrow (Tuesday) which meant I didn't have to get up as early as I though - Super news! So I slept well that night. Got up at around 2 or so and monged about the house. As time passed, JK came round to pick me up and take me to Belfast at 5. Apparently Stu had been in touch with him and said that the Holylands, or basically the whole student area was fucking wild.

Basically, I could sum it up with this: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7949252.stm

Check out the boy at 25 secs, trying to talk to the dog. Absolutely lit to the bag. What a legend.

So yeah, JK and I ended up picking up Mark and driving to train station. Getting train up and landed at Botanic to see the tail end of what was going on in that video. Was some job. There was a mad buzz about the place, reminded me of Oxegen or something. Everyone just gettin' boozay and all happy and stuff.

Arrived at BGS Fortress in Elaine Street and just started ripping into the drink. From there the night really kicked off. Christ, was just hilarious. I think everyone had a cracker night. I'll probably be best summarising it in bullet points:

• Drinking outside the house while listening to Two Door Cinema Club and partying with the neighbours.
• 2 girls from down the road coming into our house because JK said "There's a party in my pants."
• Meeting Dave. The legend from Athlone who lives in the house with the glass room.
• Limelight with Laura and co.
• JK being insanely pished.
• Public toilet mishaps - "THE DOOR WILL NOT OPEN."
• Spice Island. Sitting in there for a good solid 40 minutes I'd say. Talking utter shite.
• Susi and her cheese habits.
• Ted telling us Spice Island went on fire after we left.
• Going back to my house and drinking, chanting, talking shit.
• "Ted, come the 12th, we'll have you marching up Elaine Street with a sword."
• "Tell him, he can go fuck his God up the arse."
• "100% there bays"
• "Where are my glasses?"
• JK apparently getting into a fight with a bouncer. Has scratches and grazes all over his face and body.
• Boydo and his time paradox shit. Complete mind fuck.
• Boydo being dressed as a "Taig Farmer"

Probably a million more, but oh lawd, it was hilarious.

Here's to St. Patrick's Day 2010!

Cheers,

Matt.

iTunes.

Yes, it was one of those Sundays.

I've been vegetating most of today consuming whatever may lay in my cupboards and watching copious amount of telly, most enjoyably the England and France game, congratulations to England with their 34-10 victory. I've yet to watch the game, but thanks to Facebook, I knew the score oh so quickly. Probably catch up on BBC iPlayer later on tonight.

Apart from this, as most of my days seem to be, I was fiddling with my laptop, in particular iTunes. (What's with all the lower case "i"s?) Due to my OCD like personality, I can't be happy knowing my album artwork is not 100% complete and proper, so I spent hours doing this most TEDIOUS task. Being a self confessed geek, I thought that I would be bothered to find some piece of software to do this for me...But nay, not until about three quarters of the way through I thought of that plan...by then I just thought I may as well see it off.

- Murphy, my retarded Golden Retreiver has just guffed, and has vacated the room with an absolutely rancid smell. Cheers Murph. -

Anywho, after a long sleep in and the guilt settled in after not moving or doing much throughout this Sunday, I thought it best to get out. Went into Bangor and purchased some items for birthday presents, which I still have to complete tomorrow.

As I looked round the town of Bangor, I noticed how variant the age of people is. Literally from 0 to 100; when in Belfast, especially round the University area (Where I live throughout the week) the age group would certainly not spill over from 17 to 26 you could say. Was kinda weird. Made me think a bit more about what I can get away with. For example, if I wanted to pop to the shops in Stranmillis, I could saunter on over half naked and nobody would bat an eye lid. Or go out in pyjamas, or just clothed plain ridiculous, and the majority of people just wouldn't give a damn. I like that. In Bangor, I wouldn't even dare do such a thing. I'd either be stopped by an old man or lady, shouted at by some knobhead delinquents or just stared at by most. I guess I could go into social boundaries and whine and moan about how we should not accept the normality and be unique and not give a damn, yadda yadda yadda, but, let's be serious, who actually does not accept the social "norm"? Very, very, very few, or so I'd imagine. Oh well. I still love Bangor for all it's loveliness. Special mention to my little nice place near the sea.

Hmm. Well, I guess that was my first proper entry to my blog. Cool. I admit I could go on, but I think it's best to leave it short and not drag on.

Half Price Wine tomorrow night, first time in a good wee while. Wish me luck that I don't fall ill to the awesomeness of cheap Rosé!

Cheers.

Matt.

PS: Happy 19th Birthday to Lauren and Julie Scott.

Introduction.

I've always been fascinated with blogs. I've wanted to express my opinions on, well, what could be deemed as life in general. From day to day happenings between my peers and I, to current world affairs to random outbursts of emotions.

This page shall be my attempt at doing so.

I shall not promise myself, or, you, if you are so unfortunate to stumble across this page, that I shall update this page regularly, but I'd like to think I will.

Cheers.

Matt.