Yesterday was the most dramatic day of my life, and recently i had my hair cut, so that's saying something!
I was early for my half 7 train to Bristol for the first time ever, and was really excited about the gig as i have always loved Ryan Jarman, even if i slightly want to kill/steal his girlfriend. So when i get to the station i learn its delayed, but i was feeling pretty zen about the whole thing as this is not unusual, but then an extremely distorted voice on the tannoy told us a train had broken down in front of all the other trains on the line and so no trains were coming through until it had been fixed or moved, which could have been anytime from 2 to 4 hours! Which meant the earliest i would get to Bristol would be like 11.30ish, and I was supposed to play at 10! So i rang Ramshackle and explained and they said they'd get cover, so I walked into town to get a bus home feeling pretty miserable as i had felt genuine excitement for the first time in a while. But then Ramshackle rung and said they had found me a lift to Bristol, and if I rang the number that was texted to me all would be sorted, so I opened the text and as i began saving the number my phone died. So i couldn't ring anyone, and I was stuck wandering round town not sure what to do. I thought that people might guess my phone had died when they tried ringing me and they may try meet me at the station as that was the last place they knew I was, so I walked back to the station (this is more walking than I have ever done) and waited for like 45mins to an hour and didn't see anyone, so I gave up and walked back into town where I waited for a bus, which didn't turn up, so I had to get on a different bus and walk ages to get back to my house from where it dropped me. Then when I got to the door I remembered i had lent my keys to my sister, as I expected to be dancing around the academy in a different city all night, and found my parents had gone out. So i was stuck outside my house, still unable to tell Ramshackle what was going on. So i thought i would be proactive and decided I would go see if I could meet my parents in town (they normally only go for dinner at the same place) 10mins down the road realised this was a stupid idea considering I still had a lot of stuff on my back and I am pretty weak, so I walked back to my house, there was still no one home, and so I ended up sitting in the garden where my cat spent the 45mins/hour wait, for my parents to come home, following me round with a dead bird in her mouth.
But on the plus side i did see a never ending train of vans (on the other platform!)
Also my first fully dubstep mixtape has risen to the top of this weeks Dubstep Popular list on Mixcloud, and it's even overtaken Mixmag & Passion Pit in the main chart so i'm pretty bloody happy about that!
In other news I've decided I hate people's boyfriends. They never appreciate what they have and their girlfriends never realise they could do so much better! (:
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