Archive for the 'Edinburgh' Category

Post Festival News.

Tuesday, September 12th, 2006

Once again, our internet is down. So I’m spending my quality time in an internet cafe keeping you updated on my humble existence.
I have good news and bad news. The bad news is ‘The Caves’ my workplace and home away from home has closed. for good. so i am now semi-jobless. That’s why i’m in […]

Festeeval

Tuesday, August 8th, 2006

I’ve been working my arse off over the last few days. Doing the “9 to 5″ thing but the other way round, 9pm to 5am. it’s all good though, I’ve got a staff pass thingy that lets me see a whole lot o’ stuff for free. I’m also doing bits and pieces for my friend […]

Am I a local now?

Tuesday, August 1st, 2006

I went to a small old man pub tonight which unsuprisingly was full of small old men. anyway there were a few of us young’uns there and entertainment courtesy of a couple of middle aged man playing folk music in the corner. a couple of pints of guiness later and i had the guitar belting […]

Busking

Sunday, July 30th, 2006

Yep, finally did it. I am now one step further up the socio-economic ladder than a bum. I got myself a hamonica neck brace thingy and a guitar strap for 13 quid, busked fo half an hour and made 3 quid only 2 hours to go till I’ve paid that off and actually made money! […]

Video of Joske’s Visit

Friday, July 28th, 2006

Our friend from melbourne, Joske, came up last weekend. here’s a video made out of the 520 photos taken!
n.b. The youtube version is pretty shitty quality but doesn’t take as long to download as this version (right click to save).

More Boxwars!

Wednesday, July 19th, 2006

That’s me before the destruction.
he he heh. i even got mentioned in “the scotsman” (the national newspaper) not bad for someone who’s only been here six months. gotta say, “Northwesterly Facing Flowerbox with Birdhouse and complete with WaterFeature” best name from the night for sure.
More pics here.
And here.

New House! Boxwars!

Friday, July 14th, 2006

Ahhh. space!
We have a new house here in edinburgh. the address is 4F2, 47 Forrest rd, Edinburgh. EH1 2QP (see it on a map and here’s a picture). It’s a fourth floor flat on the edge of Old Town and close to the meadows. Our loungeroom is about twice as big as the old one. […]

Highlands and Stuff.

Wednesday, July 5th, 2006

In April, I went to the highlands with Tom and Aich. I met up with them on the isle of skye and made my way back down to glasgow with them. For all of you that think that the UK is flat and boring, go to the highlands. It’s breathtaking. We went to Glencoe and […]

The Big One. Part 1.

Tuesday, June 27th, 2006

OK. so i’ll just use the excuse that not enough has happened here to justify the fact that i haven’t put anything new on here for three months. Well, here goes:
From March.
I went to london for my birthday and had a swell time. Me, Nick and John all went out to Richmond Hill and had […]

I’m Back. With Pictures!

Friday, June 23rd, 2006

Just when you thought i was gone. If a picture is worth 1000 words, does this count as 7000?