Monday night I had a nice evening in with Adam just eating takeaway and chilling to music.
It was nice to just relax and chat to someone who's basically going through the same things as me right now. :)
Over and out,
Gloves. xx
Tuesday, 10 February 2015
Valentines Cup II: Revenge of the Quove
Yes, I'm playing that sport again.
Last weekend I spent a good portion of my time in a cold field in Oxford. And I loved it.
Drove from home on the Saturday morning and almost got lost because of a diversion but arrived on time nonetheless. Found Sophie and the rest of Sacreblues Cruise and headed over to Pitch 3 for our first match of the day. We lost, but it didn't matter because we learnt from that. The next match we blasted through and it was a glorious win :D (Though I did step on Laurens' foot which I felt terrible about and apologized every time I saw him after that :P) Lunch van arrived so I stood in the queue with Sophie and some other Cruisers and sang songs on the ukulele while we waited the hour long wait for food. Not that I needed to, I had a packed lunch, I just wanted to hang out with the cool kids :P
After lunch we watched a couple of matches and I wandered around talking to the other spectators, making up beautiful phrases and having brilliant conversations with Keele peeps and their teammates.
Soon it was time for our final match of the day. We started off strong and we were well within snitch range when disaster struck. Jay (one of our teammates and a brilliant player) landed badly after a tackle. Pitch play was stopped and we and the other team made a penguin huddle to keep warm whilst the paramedics fetched a stretcher. The quotes from that huddle were fantastic, and its the most punny I've been probably ever. :P We also decided to sing "Cruisin' For a Bluesin'" to boost morale which worked a treat, Fraser is a brilliant song writer :D
Eventually Jay was moved and we applauded him off the pitch, us cruisers saluting our fallen vice-captain which apparently he found amusing because he smiled despite the pain he was in. :) Play resumed and about 5 minutes in I took a head tackle, followed by a foot to the face 1 minute after that. That put me out of the game, but it didn't matter because they caught the snitch soon after that and the game ended. It was an unfortunate loss and we were all a bit bummed out but I think our concern for Jay was greater so we all went off to see how he was.
Our match was the last of the day so I gathered my things together and started loading my car up with equipment to take to Luke and Jans (whos house I was staying at overnight). We had to wait until everyone left because they were organizing everything but eventually Luke and I departed and got to his. After hanging in his room I went on a drive to try and find a car park but got lost and had to drive back to the house to pick up Luke so he could direct me :P Luke and I stopped off at a Chinese to pick up food and shared a cider before getting back to the house. I showered and got dressed and chatted to Jan about TV shows and crime drama while I put on my face.
Once everyone was ready we walked down to the club, which was a little different than everyone expected but whatever. Some beautiful entertainment from Rob and Gorik for 20 minutes before the epic rap battle between Gorik and Guenzel :D It was absolutely hilarious. Anyways, after Guenz won with his "ill bars" we all descended into madness as the alcohol flowed. I honestly didn't drink that much but apparently that didn't stop me from making out with anyone who would..... O.o I really don't know how but I ended up kissing about 6 people..... (Just so I remember at a later date: Alice, Olivia, Bex, Pierce, Luke and G).
Anyways. at one point Gorik asked me for a dance and somehow we ended up flirting literally between a conversation between Tom and someone else.... which I thought was a tad awkward when I remembered in the morning :/
Anyways, it was a good night out (when the very sparse good songs were on) and I enjoyed it immensely. Got back around 2:30 and ended up sleeping next to Guenzel because Sophie took my spot :P
The next morning we all packed up and headed back to the pitch. Sophie and I sat on a bench wrapped in my blanket for a good portion of the morning until it was time for our first game. I started the art movement which was the bra catapulted places. We ended up winning our first match which meant we went through to the next round. Sat in wait for our next game with the ukulele until the food van arrived which meant more people swarm and more waiting for food. Laurens and I chatted in the queue and all through lunch until it was time for the Cruises' next match. He came along to be our mascot because his team had been knocked out.
We won our next game which meant we were in the final of the lower bracket :D Unfortuntately it meant we'd be playing during the actual final which none of us were happy about. Anyways, with four players missing, we lost. Though the game finished just in time for us to watch the end of the final in which the Black Beauties triumphed. Half of their team were Keele players so I didn't mind that they won at all :P
After the ceremony I had a quick chat with the Keele peeps before chatting to my mom on the phone and heading home.
Had a shower and slept. I was shattered.
Over and out,
Gloves. xx
Last weekend I spent a good portion of my time in a cold field in Oxford. And I loved it.
Drove from home on the Saturday morning and almost got lost because of a diversion but arrived on time nonetheless. Found Sophie and the rest of Sacreblues Cruise and headed over to Pitch 3 for our first match of the day. We lost, but it didn't matter because we learnt from that. The next match we blasted through and it was a glorious win :D (Though I did step on Laurens' foot which I felt terrible about and apologized every time I saw him after that :P) Lunch van arrived so I stood in the queue with Sophie and some other Cruisers and sang songs on the ukulele while we waited the hour long wait for food. Not that I needed to, I had a packed lunch, I just wanted to hang out with the cool kids :P
After lunch we watched a couple of matches and I wandered around talking to the other spectators, making up beautiful phrases and having brilliant conversations with Keele peeps and their teammates.
Soon it was time for our final match of the day. We started off strong and we were well within snitch range when disaster struck. Jay (one of our teammates and a brilliant player) landed badly after a tackle. Pitch play was stopped and we and the other team made a penguin huddle to keep warm whilst the paramedics fetched a stretcher. The quotes from that huddle were fantastic, and its the most punny I've been probably ever. :P We also decided to sing "Cruisin' For a Bluesin'" to boost morale which worked a treat, Fraser is a brilliant song writer :D
Eventually Jay was moved and we applauded him off the pitch, us cruisers saluting our fallen vice-captain which apparently he found amusing because he smiled despite the pain he was in. :) Play resumed and about 5 minutes in I took a head tackle, followed by a foot to the face 1 minute after that. That put me out of the game, but it didn't matter because they caught the snitch soon after that and the game ended. It was an unfortunate loss and we were all a bit bummed out but I think our concern for Jay was greater so we all went off to see how he was.
Our match was the last of the day so I gathered my things together and started loading my car up with equipment to take to Luke and Jans (whos house I was staying at overnight). We had to wait until everyone left because they were organizing everything but eventually Luke and I departed and got to his. After hanging in his room I went on a drive to try and find a car park but got lost and had to drive back to the house to pick up Luke so he could direct me :P Luke and I stopped off at a Chinese to pick up food and shared a cider before getting back to the house. I showered and got dressed and chatted to Jan about TV shows and crime drama while I put on my face.
Once everyone was ready we walked down to the club, which was a little different than everyone expected but whatever. Some beautiful entertainment from Rob and Gorik for 20 minutes before the epic rap battle between Gorik and Guenzel :D It was absolutely hilarious. Anyways, after Guenz won with his "ill bars" we all descended into madness as the alcohol flowed. I honestly didn't drink that much but apparently that didn't stop me from making out with anyone who would..... O.o I really don't know how but I ended up kissing about 6 people..... (Just so I remember at a later date: Alice, Olivia, Bex, Pierce, Luke and G).
Anyways. at one point Gorik asked me for a dance and somehow we ended up flirting literally between a conversation between Tom and someone else.... which I thought was a tad awkward when I remembered in the morning :/
Anyways, it was a good night out (when the very sparse good songs were on) and I enjoyed it immensely. Got back around 2:30 and ended up sleeping next to Guenzel because Sophie took my spot :P
The next morning we all packed up and headed back to the pitch. Sophie and I sat on a bench wrapped in my blanket for a good portion of the morning until it was time for our first game. I started the art movement which was the bra catapulted places. We ended up winning our first match which meant we went through to the next round. Sat in wait for our next game with the ukulele until the food van arrived which meant more people swarm and more waiting for food. Laurens and I chatted in the queue and all through lunch until it was time for the Cruises' next match. He came along to be our mascot because his team had been knocked out.
We won our next game which meant we were in the final of the lower bracket :D Unfortuntately it meant we'd be playing during the actual final which none of us were happy about. Anyways, with four players missing, we lost. Though the game finished just in time for us to watch the end of the final in which the Black Beauties triumphed. Half of their team were Keele players so I didn't mind that they won at all :P
After the ceremony I had a quick chat with the Keele peeps before chatting to my mom on the phone and heading home.
Had a shower and slept. I was shattered.
Over and out,
Gloves. xx
Sunday, 1 February 2015
Uptown Funk
Had an absolutely fantastic night out yesterday :D
Antony invited me to his Jazz event in Shrewsbury and even though Jackie was ill I still headed over. Got there a tad early so we hung out at his for a bit before heading over to the Lordhill Hotel. The Hot Jazz Biscuits played some songs first as we mingled and I chatted to his family most of the time while he was organizing things and setting bits up for their set.
Stood at the bar for a while and chatted with his mates for a bit until he had to go onstage at like 10:30 (though he forgot and I had to remind him he was meant to be onstage) :P
Harriet (one of his friends) invited me to dance after their first song and we danced together for the rest of the evening.
The song choices were incredible and honestly it was the best night I've had in a while. Set finished at half 11 and Antony drove me back to my car (though we sat chatting in the car with the door open for about 15 minutes instead of finishing the conversation) XD
Got back around 1:45 and crashed.
Brilliant.
Over and out,
Gloves. xx
Antony invited me to his Jazz event in Shrewsbury and even though Jackie was ill I still headed over. Got there a tad early so we hung out at his for a bit before heading over to the Lordhill Hotel. The Hot Jazz Biscuits played some songs first as we mingled and I chatted to his family most of the time while he was organizing things and setting bits up for their set.
Stood at the bar for a while and chatted with his mates for a bit until he had to go onstage at like 10:30 (though he forgot and I had to remind him he was meant to be onstage) :P
Harriet (one of his friends) invited me to dance after their first song and we danced together for the rest of the evening.
The song choices were incredible and honestly it was the best night I've had in a while. Set finished at half 11 and Antony drove me back to my car (though we sat chatting in the car with the door open for about 15 minutes instead of finishing the conversation) XD
Got back around 1:45 and crashed.
Brilliant.
Over and out,
Gloves. xx
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