Must Not Give Up

I must not give up on this blog. Never.

This is one of those things I will do and see through. Not like my last blog, no sir.

Anyway, it's been a few days since my last entry. It's been my birthday week, and it's gone fantastically. Tuesday, dinner. I'm sure I told you that. Wednesday, dinner. I told you that too. Friday, party. Now, when I say party, I'm sure it conjures up these images in your mind of loud music, dancing drunkenly and throwing up everywhere. Well, I don't think any of that went on. It was more akin to a childrens' party than any one a normal student goes to. We had Rice Crispy cakes, Coke, Lemonade, Doritos and dip, Twiglets and all sorts of fun snacks, and no alcohol (unless you went to the bar), and had a party based around conversation and laughter.

I hadn't been to a party as fun as that since New Year's Eve. Apart from maybe Carlos's Birthday, but I missed most of it due to a lecture. Anyway, I spoke to Weiwei and Lin again, which I'd wanted to do for ages, and I also had a nice long chat with Kiwako, which I also enjoy. Oh! My living arrangements for Japan should be sorted as well.

Essentially, I had planned to live with my good friend Shun, but he isn't actually going back at the same time as me, which is July/August, so I either had to find someone else to live with or pay for a hotel. I could have gone with his suggestion of "having a different girl each night" and live like that, but for one, I'm not really like that, and two, suitcases aren't extremely romantic for one night stands. Anyway, Kiwako and Yoko and Mizuki and Emma have offered me stay places, so I should be ok.

Off on a tangent once more it seems. Anyway, that was the party: a success. People brought a wonderful variety of presents, and I have a whole shelf of cards, and best of all, I spent a nice evening surrounded by pretty girls and talking to friends. I also met this guy called Henry, with bleach blonde hair, that invited me into either his or his friend's room, I forget exactly. But, going in there, I see pretty much what I would have decorated my room to be had I moved to Southlands. Computer, guitars all over the room, Radiohead stuff everywhere, Bill Hicks stuff littering the place, and it freaked me out. It was all the things I liked and them all funneled into someone else's room. But he was cool, so I didn't slaughter him for it.

God, I'm not missing an update ever again.

I saw 'Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' last night. I have seen some of the series and read some of the book, and I thought it was faithful to what I knew. I also thought it was an amazing film, and worthy of a few awards. I saw it with Emma and Theo, and despite being late and not getting to sit with them, I still enjoyed it.

And today, 'Being Victor Borge' was a stand up/tribute show taking work from victor Borge and using it to remember him. It was very funny. The audience didn't warm to him as I thought they should have, but he was very good. And I watched the dynamics of a double act. I think my act with Dan has to get more physical. But I got some good ideas. As it turns out, my grandfather was a stand up comedian during the war. So I can now steal routines and say it's in my blood.

Well, for tomorrow, I plan a picnic with Emma and Kaori, and maybe Mizuki, but it depends on the weather. Should be good. Damnit, I'm not missing out on any more entries. Despite distractions, I managed to complete this entry in about 2 hours. Damn. Anything I miss?

Oh, my girlfriend saw my room with all the pictures of Qian around, so she wasn't happy. I think that's our relationship over for a while again. But seriously, I don't mind. Things are going to well and I'm too happy to really care about her anymore. My party was a blast, my weekend is full of fun things with my friends and family, and everything's getting better for me. Now i just need to sleep. Goodnight.