Voyage for Wood

Let the prop hunt commence. Today's tricky piece was a large bit of wood to mount two golden hands to. Jamie and I traipsed around Winton looking for something that would do the trick and eventually we decided to hop on a bus to the closest home DIY shop. We were then rudely told that no bus goes the way we wanted and walked there instead. Funnily enough, the last time I did this walk was 6 months ago in the cold and pouring rain, today was the opposite since it was way too hot and water was unfortunately not falling from the sky. The journey would take many a minute and we both knew deep down that the only way we could go was forward.

An accurate rendition of our journey

Success was very sweet, The Range had just the thing we were looking for, a lovely bit of wooden shelving hidden away in the back like the Ark from Indiana Jones. Also lemonade. And buses apparently did run to where we wanted. The bus journey home was like ascension to Valhalla, air-conditioned and speedy, it knew and respected our battle for this plaque of wood and wanted to make our passage painless.

The heat has decended upon us

To use a phrase my brother commonly uses when he gets a bit too hot: 'I'm sweating buckets here!' I can't believe how hot it's gotten today, sitting here in the office I am uncomfortably warm. The problem is largely magnified by a bite I got on my foot last night, which is not only itchy but the spot erupted without me touching it so a sticky puss is consistently being generated from a hideous scab. The same scab I forgot existed until I ripped my socks off in an attempt to cool down and accidentally (and very painfully) tore off the clot which had fused to my sock.

My only escape from the heat came from our local coffee spot, aptly called Coffee #1 and their iced espresso. The whole shop has this great 'I could write my screenplay in here' kind of vibe and is easily comparable to 'Central Perk,' the cafe from FRIENDS. Good little spot to know for next year, I have a feeling I may be hanging out there a lot.  

Daniel's Birthday Celebrations

Had Daniel and Ben come down once again for some quality gaming time to celebrate Dan's (soon to be) Birthday. Towerfall and Mario Kart were popular choices today and seeing as we were feeling especially lazy we ordered some pizza for lunch as well. We were a bit optimistic when it came to portion sizes though as we all started rolling around with food babies in our tummies after only a handful of slices. We tried to burn this all off with another nerf war around the house and I ended up being more sweat than man.  

Coffee Date

Got invited to possibly the first house party I've been to all year last night. Made a very nice change in pace going into town since we could all talk to one-another and generally chill while drinking. Got home a tad late though, dawn was breaking on the walk back and light was slowly encroaching across Bournemouth as I got into bed. Had a nice long lie-in though this morning to prepare myself for seeing Daniel for his Birthday. Didn't actually end up seeing him though as he was desperately hung-over apparently - as in to the point where he couldn't hold a phone conversation in fear of being sick.

Spent the afternoon having a coffee with a very nice girl, ended up staying in the coffee shop until closing time. Because she lives with a course-mate of mine I was later invited back to their flat for dinner - they went all out with sea bass and fried potato cakes and it was delicious! 

Never Underestimate a Spagbol

Took a trip into Bournmouth with Jamie today to scout out a nice, independent coffee shop. Wasn't as hard as we thought it was going to be though as we stumbled into 'The Espresso Kitchen' a java hut about the size of a postage stamp but is just oozing with character. Had a very nice brew in there too, it certainly helped take my mind off this presentation I need to do tomorrow. I scripted a whole sequence of dialogue for myself and two others, just really hope that it goes ok now as its an assessed presentation.

To give myself the necessary energy for tomorrow I very foolishly decided to prepare myself a champions sized portion of spagbol. This was admittedly misguided from the get-go and I ended up with a family sized portion all to myself.

Profile shot isn't too incriminating

On the right we have Lucy's single portion and my monster mountain. Banana for scale.

It was a mistake to cook a kilogram of mince just for myself... I have never groaned so much in my life after taking the last mouthful, typical eating-educed self-loathing occurred shortly after and I talked to myself for a long time afterwards. I feel bloated, but ready for tomorrow now so bring it on!

Beach Campfire

Popped into uni to check on how our final group piece was coming together and was surprised with just how well it all seemed. Home-stretch now, when Thursday is over so will my first year of uni. Just need to script and present a website we designed to the rest of the media school 
Rounded off the evening with a trip to the beach and a campfire. We basically had a load of packing paper and a large wooden pallet to set alight, after a few failed attempts (its been years since I made a campfire) we got it burning and warmed up our little gang. It was great to see all the War Filming crew once again just before heading our separate ways over the Summer. Because I forgot to share it the first time, here's the trailer!

Like a heist

Mark and I were on the ball today when it came to the home duties. We utilized our extreme knowledge of Lidl's floor-plan and organised our shopping list according to aisle, then split it up between the two of us. The whole thing was rigged and pulled off like a heist. In and out within 10 minutes, shooing for the whole week done.

Equal devotion was given to cooking dinner, we finished up an episode of Breaking Bad which ended on a cliff-hanger. Curry has never been cooked faster since Mark couldn't wait to see the next one. The cooking didn't go as smooth as the shopping, we opened the fridge a little quickly and a milk bottle ejected itself from the shelf. Milk explosion. Delicious, what could go in tea/coffee goodness all over the floor.