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11/06/09
THIS OLD THING
i suppose today was destined to feel odd after last night. it was fun but ended around 6am. my house > matt's house > amersham hospital > beaconsfield train station > matt's house. where me and matt then set out on a bike ride, higher and further. we wanted to watch the sun rise so we headed to a nearby field. there i was, speeding down a hill, legs soaking from the crops, feeling five years old, until i looked down and realised my wheels had double in size with mud.
we pushed our bikes back up the hill and after much scraping, we trailed to another field. this one was perfect, dry and quiet. you could see trees blowing around and smoking chimneys in the distance. i picked a daisy and thought about everything in a new way. after a nice while we headed back, stopping at a secret pond, where the water was truly hypnotising. eventually we did get back, but i had to hose down the bike as it was too muddy for my car! i had two buttered bread crusts, an ice lolly, a glass of milk and said my goodbyes.
sleep was welcome, my legs were aching. i switched off my phone and slept through 'til 3pm. after a shower and a bowl of weetabix and rice krispies, i decided to properly clean my bike. when whilst i was scrubbing away, i realised how easy removing all the raleigh stickers would be. an hour later and the pink tie-dyesque frame has never looked so nice!
ps. i just found out josh is getting back in a matter of minutes, i got a ddd for my art diploma and people are hanging out at the rye waterfall right now. is this wonderland?!
we pushed our bikes back up the hill and after much scraping, we trailed to another field. this one was perfect, dry and quiet. you could see trees blowing around and smoking chimneys in the distance. i picked a daisy and thought about everything in a new way. after a nice while we headed back, stopping at a secret pond, where the water was truly hypnotising. eventually we did get back, but i had to hose down the bike as it was too muddy for my car! i had two buttered bread crusts, an ice lolly, a glass of milk and said my goodbyes.
sleep was welcome, my legs were aching. i switched off my phone and slept through 'til 3pm. after a shower and a bowl of weetabix and rice krispies, i decided to properly clean my bike. when whilst i was scrubbing away, i realised how easy removing all the raleigh stickers would be. an hour later and the pink tie-dyesque frame has never looked so nice!
ps. i just found out josh is getting back in a matter of minutes, i got a ddd for my art diploma and people are hanging out at the rye waterfall right now. is this wonderland?!
10/06/09
PAS ENNUYEUX
the last few days have been quite something. if summer keeps up to this pace then, stick a fork in me, i'm done. today especially was awesome, and i hope callum had as much as fun as i did. perudo 12pm-5am > high ride 5-6am > sleep 7-1pm > badminton 3-4pm > skateboarding 5-7pm > perudo 8-12pm.
i just wish there was something bigger to thank for my life.
07/06/09
DIE
my day has genuinely revolved around dice. first from when matt showed me skate or dice on theberrics.com this morning, which after a brief conversation, inspired me to buy 5 blank dice off ebay. we then drove back to matt's and as it was raining, a game of perudo seemed like the perfect way to pass some time. five games later it's almost 2am and i realise i have to leave. i literally feel like an addict, i just wanna keep playing. who'd have thought rolling and hiding dice would not get old. i even looked for a downloadable version, and found one, but only for pc!
i also just realised when i got home, i have barely eaten one meal today. one pitta bread and a small bowl of plain spaghetti, and i'm not even hungry! appetites are so overrated.
06/06/09
DUDO!
it's 3:33am and i just drove home from a very nice night at matt's. i went over reasonably early and once his parents went out, we hit stevie williams with chris. then trying to fulfil our board game destiny, i convinced the rogers bros. to play jurassic park, which could only lead to watching jurassic park the film simultaneously. me and matt were the raptors and, due to misreading the rules, had eaten enough of chris's humans within 7 minutes! so we just watched the film, during which ben and math both turned up.
after toying with the idea of watching three star wars movies back-to-back or alice in wonderland for a while, we decided to stay active and play another game. matt's choice, perudo. i've never heard of it but after a quick read of the rules and it's ancient origin, i was intrigued. the first round began slowly but as i got the hang of it, sugary tea in hand, i was falling in love.
simply, each player starts with a cup and five dice of the same colour, and through a process of bidding, bluffing and luck - the number of dice in play reduces and the winner is the last one left with any. it's obviously a little more specific than that but still simple enough to pick up after a round or two. additionally, it's possible to play anywhere! i'm thinking high rides.
this summer, man.
after toying with the idea of watching three star wars movies back-to-back or alice in wonderland for a while, we decided to stay active and play another game. matt's choice, perudo. i've never heard of it but after a quick read of the rules and it's ancient origin, i was intrigued. the first round began slowly but as i got the hang of it, sugary tea in hand, i was falling in love.
simply, each player starts with a cup and five dice of the same colour, and through a process of bidding, bluffing and luck - the number of dice in play reduces and the winner is the last one left with any. it's obviously a little more specific than that but still simple enough to pick up after a round or two. additionally, it's possible to play anywhere! i'm thinking high rides.
05/06/09
TRULY TRAMPY
i feel like there's lots to catch up on! first, my new old shoes, vans true white hi tops. they were just hung up outside the forum when we played there! it seemed too good to be true, until i tried them on and found my toes crushed against the edges. a sensible person would've probably left it there, but considering the state of my nearly soleless fred perrys, i stuck with them and it paid off. a couple rips and days later, i've stretched them to almost a perfect size! recycle kids.
THE HIGH RIDERS
"nothing matters, i'm just chasing the wind."
i think it'd happen naturally anyway, but after how truly enchanting a twilight bike ride with matthew was, i feel it has to become a regular occurrence this summer. i'm thinking; meet in the small hours, ride 'til sunrise, and then just rest, talk and draw with chalk.
i've already started looking for a new bicycle! i've got a few old frames in my garage, one of which might be fine with some new wheels. otherwise my dad seemed really keen to help me find one, i love my dad!
26/05/09
RIDUNKULOUS
the weekend was fantastic. both shows were awesome, and the whole of sunday was just fun through and through, but like most people i can't be bothered to enter any detail. luke is perhaps a bad influence though, i spent most of the weekend with sticky lips. one highlight was definitely walking past hollywood undead, unmasked.
i got back yesterday and after a very long sleep last night, i've had a very productive day! it was lovely weather, so i woke up, put on fleet foxes, drew back my curtains and just watched the trees blow around. i've more than doubled my sketchbook pages and even created some new work. more of the same tomorrow, and i'm excited for it. although, in some ways i do just wanna finish college and move on.
stumbled across barbara kruger's work today, and fell in love.
i got back yesterday and after a very long sleep last night, i've had a very productive day! it was lovely weather, so i woke up, put on fleet foxes, drew back my curtains and just watched the trees blow around. i've more than doubled my sketchbook pages and even created some new work. more of the same tomorrow, and i'm excited for it. although, in some ways i do just wanna finish college and move on.
stumbled across barbara kruger's work today, and fell in love.
21/05/09
HOUSES OF THE HOLY
tonight i stayed in, did some college work, started a new kids piece, learnt some zeppelin riffs, ate pasta and made some hw zines. i guess sometimes it's fun to not have fun! i was thinking, i wish i had the opportunity to take photos like those in national geographic, maybe i will one day. talking of photos, this summer i'm gonna set myself a task of shooting a disposable camera every week. considering how much i relish in my families photo albums, it only makes sense to start my own. is it weird to think my grand kids are gonna be talking about you in years to come?
18/05/09
WAKE UP AND SMELL THE CONCRETE
today after i got back from college i was pleased to see an envelope for me. inside was the skate zine i'd ordered last week- curbsnot. it was a little hard to track down but a few e-mails and £1 later, it was mine. i got to reading the main piece, a nine-page spread on a skate trip to the basque country of nothern spain. sounded awesome and concreted thoughts in my head that we should do a similar thing someday. but that's another story for another day.
at the start of the journal, the writer says he's probably winded up doing this himself from watching 'the search for animal chin' shortly after starting skateboarding. having no idea what this was but intrigued by its continent migrating power, i googled it.
turns out it was a skate movie from the late 80's, produced by stacy peralta himself. not only this but it was one of the first to have a plot. simply, the bones brigade (tony hawk, steve cab, lance mountain, mike mcgill and tommy guerrero) set out in search of won ton "animal" chin, the legendary skateboarder who's recently gone underground after the sport he invented became too commercial. understandably completely drawn in, i started streaming it online.
as well as perfectly capturing one of my favourite skate styles, once you embrace the awkward script and acting the film's got some hilarious moments too.
as far as i'm concerned, if fate is real, this is it. i didn't have to track down that zine, i didn't have to read the article, i didn't have to notice the one line mentioning the film, i didn't have to google it, i didn't have to watch it, but i did all those things and it's led me here. to a hw remake. the animals instead of the bones brigade. the ark instead of animal chin, you get where i'm going with this. i don't have details but i'm mapping out a plan in my head right now. yes i know it's gonna take a lot of work but i know we can do it so let's.
"if we don't find him, it's ok 'cause we had a rad time anyway!"
at the start of the journal, the writer says he's probably winded up doing this himself from watching 'the search for animal chin' shortly after starting skateboarding. having no idea what this was but intrigued by its continent migrating power, i googled it.
turns out it was a skate movie from the late 80's, produced by stacy peralta himself. not only this but it was one of the first to have a plot. simply, the bones brigade (tony hawk, steve cab, lance mountain, mike mcgill and tommy guerrero) set out in search of won ton "animal" chin, the legendary skateboarder who's recently gone underground after the sport he invented became too commercial. understandably completely drawn in, i started streaming it online.
as well as perfectly capturing one of my favourite skate styles, once you embrace the awkward script and acting the film's got some hilarious moments too.
as far as i'm concerned, if fate is real, this is it. i didn't have to track down that zine, i didn't have to read the article, i didn't have to notice the one line mentioning the film, i didn't have to google it, i didn't have to watch it, but i did all those things and it's led me here. to a hw remake. the animals instead of the bones brigade. the ark instead of animal chin, you get where i'm going with this. i don't have details but i'm mapping out a plan in my head right now. yes i know it's gonna take a lot of work but i know we can do it so let's.
14/05/09
1907 SIOUX INDIANS
i can't get enough of tribes right now. i might just start one, face paint and all.
13/05/09
HIPPY SHIT
i love feeling outdone! i'm really getting into zine culture now, a couple more arrived the other day and bought two more today. i promise kids is going to improve with every issue until it's really good. i am always thinking about everything. i can't wait.
I'M HAPPY I'M NEVER HAPPY
today has been mindless psychedelic postcard paintings:
map making, lots of pop music on spotify, a quick visit to town (i still love driving!) and lots of reggae reggae sauce. yesterday i sat my first written exam in 2 years, i was 10 minutes late but still managed to just finish, lucky i know lots about bullying. also, i've been listening to tapes every night since i found my player and it's made me realise some children's stories are so lazy! they too often rely on old people to be magic. i'm gonna buy some more soon, hopefully i can find the owl who was afraid of the dark.
map making, lots of pop music on spotify, a quick visit to town (i still love driving!) and lots of reggae reggae sauce. yesterday i sat my first written exam in 2 years, i was 10 minutes late but still managed to just finish, lucky i know lots about bullying. also, i've been listening to tapes every night since i found my player and it's made me realise some children's stories are so lazy! they too often rely on old people to be magic. i'm gonna buy some more soon, hopefully i can find the owl who was afraid of the dark.
10/05/09
HOW THE WHALE GOT HIS THROAT
i just found my portable tape player, 4 aa batteries and my just so stories cassette. i am wow right now. alarm set for 9am though.
08/05/09
07/05/09
AND THEN I JUST FUCK IT UP
yesterday was a good day for post.
and i finally got one of those itrip things for my car too, it's good for £8 i suppose. speaking of which, i'm about to head out into town to try and renew my tax disc. on monday i was driving with no mot, insurance or road tax. i'm badass.
and i finally got one of those itrip things for my car too, it's good for £8 i suppose. speaking of which, i'm about to head out into town to try and renew my tax disc. on monday i was driving with no mot, insurance or road tax. i'm badass.
06/05/09
MORCAR
i desperately want this board game. i found my brother's old version in a cupboard the other day but it's got so much missing i think i'll need to buy a new one to play it properly. there's so much potential for summer questing. is anybody interested and brave enough to share the cost?
i went to college today for the first time in weeks, and it wasn't a waste of time like usual! firstly, it was just nice to see people but i also printed some work off, found out about a written exam next tuesday, spoke to my tutor about our fmp exhibition and started a poster which i'm getting £200 to do. blaow.
and tig got confirmed for this show. a good day!
i went to college today for the first time in weeks, and it wasn't a waste of time like usual! firstly, it was just nice to see people but i also printed some work off, found out about a written exam next tuesday, spoke to my tutor about our fmp exhibition and started a poster which i'm getting £200 to do. blaow.
and tig got confirmed for this show. a good day!
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