The Chronicle of an extra

Wow what a weekend it has been. On Saturday Callum, Andy and I all drove down to a woodland area near an M.O.D base somewhere in Andover to be extras in an independant movie called "Patrol Men". We arrived on the scene to be welcomed by a cold, dreary landscape accompanied by a pinch of rain and a splash of mud. I think at first the film crew were a bit funny about the lousy weather conditions, but I personally thought that it suited the soon to be filmed battle scene; there was something about lame ass weather that complimented the Orwellian theme of the movie.

We were armed with the deadliest of weapons that a warrior could use, gardening tools. I was so lucky to have been equipped with a Hoe that had a screw loose. Now armed and ready, it was time to shoot. I really have to give it to the professional extras, how the hell they don't laugh when the camera is on them I'll never know. It was even harder to keep a serious face when running down a hill unleashing my brutal, bloodcurdling battle cry.

The rain was beginning to get to me as it slowly seeped through my clothes. But then I was given an actual role! I had to knock down one of the Patrol Men with my now broken hoe (Oh i forgot to mention, Callum and I were getting a bit excited and I snapped my hoe in half, god rest her soul); I think I did quite a good job as "the guy who knocks down a patrol man" I did it second take and that mofo dropped like a sack of potatoes! haha.

Then we had lunch.

The next scene was a fight in the woods. Andy had offered to be an extra patrol man but little did he know that he would be tied to a tree (,get a boner) and then get impaled by my hoe! Yes yes, I got a close up shot! I had fake blood and a kickass contusion on my face. Callum also had a closeup scene, he was meant to be kicking in an ,on the floor, patrol man but he ended up looking like a guy angrily wiping his shoes on a door mat. So after all that filming the rain started to get to us, our clothes were wet, our skin was soggy and our hair made us look like greasy asses. At around half 4ish the film crew called it a rap for a day; they then told us that they were off to film a topless scene...All in all it was a really surreal yet good day. I would definitely do it again! All of the cast were lovely and the sandwiches were interesting (Egg and lettuce, Chorizo, plus banna and chocolate cake, I could go on). Let's just hope that the movie does go on DVD and that I make it big and then end up in papers with photo-shopped pictures of me doing meth with winehouse and the gang.

Sunday has been a lovely day, I've been relazing about Becki's house and watching telly and ting. Just watched X factor, so Jedward are finally out. Part of me began to feel sorry for them as they sung their last song but I suppose it's not the end for them. But I still find them annoying, I'm sure they are lovely people though.

Well that's enough for today. Sorry for the essay! Have a wonderful evening.

One more thing...Kevin Spacey is simply brilliant.

Much Love

p.s For those interested, here's the trailer for the Patrol Men. Enjoy!

x

So far...

Bit of a lame day. It just seems to be one of those days where not everything is going exactly how you wanted it to. I suppose it's only fair to go through a rough day every now and then. Hasn't been terrible though! At the moment I'm just cotching at uni, listening to this town needs guns and looking for an Eggle guitar that I can afford (Not that I could afford one now anyways; I'm pretty sure nobody is going to sell me one for £53).

I've got my performance today, this week we're doing Sir Duke by Stevie Wonder (Sorry if I'm repeating myself). I've been looking forward to this song for weeks now! We have a brass section coming in for breakdown! All I can say is brilliance is on the agenda for this afternoon. I do wish that Ash could have come in for the song though; she is a brilliant singer and this song would have been great! But oh well she is still a great friend none the less.

I'm really happy for Becki today. Her grandma comes over from Ireland for the first time in ages. It'll be good for Becki to see her again because she always go on about Ireland and how much she misses and quite frankly it's the least she deserves :). Plus I won't mind seeing her aswell, she is a very lovely person haha.

Wish me luck for this afternoon!

much love x

p.s Incase you haven't heard of Eggle guitars, heres a link

Aztecs, in the Night Garden...

(In advance I apologize for the lack of posts that this blog suffers from. Of course this only applies to those who care)

Last night was fun; I went out with my friends Callum, Kieran, Jordan, Hamish and Andy lolzperday. We were having a joint celebration of Jordan's birthday, Jordan passing his driving test and Jordan's uncanny likeliness to the great Stephen Fry. I prefer going out for a nice drink instead of clubbing, I always have, I'm not really a fan of the whole clubbing ting; Not that that applies to everybody who goes but I'm generally not a fan.

On the same night Andy asked if we wanted to be extras in a zombie movie on Saturday (and yes we obviously said yes). That should be really exciting! I've never done anything like it so it will be another addition to my list of interesting things I've done.

Uni is going great! This week the song we are performing is Sir Duke by Stevie Wonder. Such a brilliantly written song.

I've been thinking long and hard about my future recently; the most thought about topic is "what am I going to be doing as a career?". To be honest, this thought terrifies me, I know what I WANT to do (be a musician of sorts, possibly a session guitarist?) but what am I going to actually be doing in the future? Nobody knows (except for maybe for Mystic Meg and other masters of that trade). As long as I work hard towards my goal and improve my abilities as a musician and as a human being I'm sure that I can decide the outcome.

To be totally off subject, don't you just love it when you find a new quotation?! It's brilliant, especially when you can all of a sudden find so many ways to apply it in conversation. Here's my new favorite quote:

"Never argue with an idiot; He will drag you down to

his level and beat you on experience"

-Anonymous

Well I think it's anonymous. Might look into it.

On one last note, 1 year with Becki. It has been the best year ever. I love her.

(I think that sums it up pretty well=])

Until next time,

much love x

p.s If you are interested, check out this band. They are my favorites.

This Town Needs Guns.

Lenny Hendrix

Well well well; I can't remember the last time I actually wrote on this blog. I apologize to all of my avid readers who have been waiting with such anticipation for my next entry...oh well get over it wetbags.

ACM is pretty sweet. Had my performance today, but instead of it being at the Electric Theatre it was at the Boileroom, it went quite well. Of all the songs that I've had to play over the past 6 weeks this is probably the song (Are you gonna go my way by Lenny Kravitz) that I have enjoyed the least. To begin with I thought it would be a really fun song to play but eventually it became a drag. We're playing Bob Marley next week; it could go either way.

This Thursday I'm going to see the Portico Quartet at the Anvil. I really cannot wait to see them especially considering they were nominated for the Mercury Prize. The best thing is that the tickets are free! All thanks to Becki :) sometimes she is just too cool.

On Saturday the Peter Flemming comes back to Basingstoke, I can't wait to see him! It's been nearly two months since I saw my old friend. I also have a job interview at the Holiday Inn tomorrow. At the end of the day, a job's a job but I don't particularly want to be working Christmas Day and New Years Eve.

Anyways I'm off now. Until next time!

Here's something for your viewing Pleasure:

Much love x

P.S I don't actually watch Eastenders but watch the fuck? (that ending was twisted) x

when home alone...

So tonight is my fourth night recovering from tonsilitis; I've been on a heavy course of anti-biotics and am to remain on them until wednesday (or thursday?). My Family have gone out to see my aunties who are visiting my nan for the first time in ages. It's been over a year now since i last saw them and, alas, I will have to wait even longer due to my sickness. Atleast I will be all well before my birthday.

The day before yesterday I discovered the RX Bandits; after listening to their newest album titled "Mandala" I was starstruck. After listening to the tracks, I then text my friends saying check this new band out that I've just found but to my embarrasment it turns out that they've been round for ages!

I love the refreshing feeling of finding a new band that you can't stop listening to but what I regret is that I wish I would find bands like this much sooner, but then again atleast I have the pleasure now. Another thing that I found gutting was that their album Mandala was available for digital downlad on amazon.com for $2.99 but being I can't buy it because I live in England. Disgrace.

I'm going up to Guitar Village in Farnham next tuesday to find a new amp for my 18th, I'm really excited to be going up there and just trying out amazing amps, beautiful pedals and the odd guitar here and there.

It's been 8 months now and it's been great :) The start of many more to come! She knows what I mean.

Peace. x

Check this for your amusement.

Plus check Guitar Village .

13 cards...

Hey all, It's been quite a while since my last post! Sorry to all those avid readers who have been waiting in an almost excrutiating sense of curiosity as to where I was and why I haven't written. Well all I can to say to you is..."allow yourself". I recently (and when I say recently I mean about 3 weeks ago) finished my book: up a tree in the park at night with a hedgehog and I must say it was brilliant. As I've said before, for his first book Smith really did nail it on the head! I do hope to be reading much more from him in the future. The next book I want to read is called, Pride and prejudice and zombies. It is basically the original book by Jane Austen but has had extra bits written (zombies, ninjas and whatnot). 

Anyways, I have my FMP as college soon but to be honest I can't say I'm that nervous; I know all of my songs and pretty much everybody else in my class knows their songs so it should go well realistically! It's kind of sad to think that next friday is going to be the last time that I play with my music group. But atleast it won't be the end our friendship and all that soppy stuff! But nevertheless it will still be a wee bit sad. 

Also I have decided to get an amp for my birthday instead of a new guitar. I guess I need an amp more considering I have a decent enough guitar as it is.

 

I should hopefully be hearing from Becki in a bit. I am worried about her I won't lie, but I'm worried in the kind of: "oh my god she's going to die!" way, but I am just worried because I don't like seeing her unwell and upset you know?

Well until next time avid readers! here is something for you, I won't lie it is pretty sick:

check it

bye! x

Brownies & Reading

Today was nice. Good lie in. Vast amount of toast for breakfast. Trip into town bought some stuff. Got onto the bus home. Whilst on the bus I continued reading this book called: "Up a Tree in the Park at Night with a Hedgehog" by Paul Robert Smith. It is a very good original read to say the least, considering it is Smith's first book. 

   When I got home I made an attempt at cooking some brownies! they are pretty sick to say the least. 

On a serious note, it's weird to think that my life is taking such a hairtrigger turn into a near totally independent phase. If I'm honest, I don't feel completely ready for it. It's not because I feel like I won't be able to survive on my own, because I know I won't be alone; I have a brilliant loving family, good friends and a most amazing Girlfriend whom I care about very much so. It's simply just because I feel like I need more time to prepare myself for this too drastic change. Atleast things are going according to plan, I have got into the uni I want and I'm happy! All I need to do is catch up with coursework and get a job. 

Well I'm going now, I'm going to chill out and get ready for some events. Here is something to keep you entertained (here), I want one but money...

Peace x