Archive for May, 2009
can you snorkle that korkle?
y helo dar blog!
so today I made a blog..
here you go;
Where to start? I think it all began at around 2pm, when I received a text from Glen asking if I wanted to camp. I asked him where, and he replied with “Woods probably.” and so it was set, I would be camping with my friends in the woods.
What a mistake.
Went out at around 7 to meet up with Stroy, Jennii, Bob, Loic, Polly, and Hannah at the marketplace in centre of town. [Interesting facts; Stroy and Jennii are a couple. Bob is a pothead, Loic is constantly begging for roll ups, Hannah is Ben's girlfriend and I don't know Polly well]. We walked up through town to Tudorville park, where we met Ben, Lucy, Megan, George, Betty, Adam, Rysha and Pete. [Interesting facts; Lucy is Ben's sister, George and Betty are a couple, Adam is cute, Rysha is Rysha, and Pete is a friend Adam/Stroy met on PP and he came down from Redditch for the day. His presence there was originally very painful because of that..]
We stood around for a while because we were waiting for Louis and Laura (Another couple), and eventually Glen, Maxine (She wants Glen) and Gene (Glen’s ex who still wants him) came into view. What was interesting was that Glen was holding both their hands. Awkward? Uhm.. Kinda. It was creepy. And wrong.
Anyway, our entire party (is sortie the same thing?) began to head up towards the woods. It was a very, very long walk and it was dark by the time we decided on a place to set up the tents. I helped Gene, Glen and Maxine set up Glen’s tent and Gene’s tent. Later, while Stroy was drunk and begged us to set up his tent I would set his up as well. You’ll find out why this is funny later.
We built a fire (away from the tents), laughed and chatted for a bit. A few people left, and then I noticed an absence of Gene. I walked over to the tents, to find her crying in her tent porch with Adam offering to make her a cup of tea (seriously, what the fuck?). I told him to fuck off and then had a very long talk/cuddle with Gene about Glen. And, sadly, how her own situation related to mine. For me, it was very cathartic. Right up until Adam came back and said “Frankly Gene, you’re being pathetic.” He was blunt, and started her crying again, but he was only saying what I’d said, except I’d said it softly. Plus, he’s a dick. :/
I don’t really remember what happened next, but Stroy, Adam, Pete and I all got into Stroy’s tiny 2 man tent. We lay there for a little bit, me on top and those 3 on the bottom. After a while, (have I said that already?!) I suggested that we go to my house. Now, this suggestion would have made sense had it not been 00.30.. But we went anyway, Pete Adam and I. Good times. Arrived at my house around 1, sat in the living room in almost total silence for half an hour because we were scared of waking mum and not having a good cover story for our appearance. I suggested we go back to the woods, and after a few “what the fuck man?” it was agreed, we would indeed go back to the woods.
We hit the streets again at 1.30~ and I asked if there were any shops open, turns out BP Garage was a 24/7 shop. :D Only an hours walk away too! So we went. I got a steak and ale pie, a galaxy cornetto and a relentless energy drink. £5.24. :) Headed back to the woods.
The only people staying in the tents were Stroy, Glen, Maxine, and Gene. So.. When we got there, the only empty tent was Glen’s so we went in there and.. lay down.. and.. “FUCK THERE’S A GREAT BIG HORNET IN HERE”. So we all rushed out. It was mouldy anyway.. so, at 3.30 we went to build a fire. Adam fell asleep by the fire until 6, while Pete and I tended to it until morning.
At 6.20, we woke up Stroy and Maxine and walked home. God, we felt terrible. :p Got home at 7, immediately had a bath. Went upstairs, lay down on bed and sleep took me immediately. Woke up to Stroy calling me asking me if I wanted to be picked up and given a lift to Adam’s, so I said sure. Immediately got up, brushed teeth etc in 5 minutes Stroy was at the door. Close call!
Once I was at Adam’s with Pete, we ran to the Bus stop to catch the bus to Hereford, it was about to leave as we got on. (This was mirrored again as we were catching the bus HOME from Hereford, amusingly). This was the first time I’d been on a double decker bus in years, and the first time I’d been on a bus since Birm. :/
Once we got to Hereford, we went to the train station and saw Pete off. I commented to Adam that the farewell with Pete wasn’t as romantic as the one I’d had in Birm, and he argued that he thought Pete’s farewell was very romantic. This made me smile. We then went on a hunt for some colourful skinny jeans for me, but Hereford is crap and we couldn’t find anything. So we went to Subway, I got a meatball thingy which was tasty and some coke for Adam. Ran to the bus, it was about to leave as we waved our tickets at it. Scary! Then went home. :)
