so Luke left today, and i had to snap out of dreamland where everything is happy and perfect :P tomorrow is august 1st and i found out today that my resit exam is scheduled…for august 20th. fuck. click read more if you care to know about THAT…

in other news i’m thinking of getting the fitbit as a late birthday present, unless i come across something else of a similar nature that’s better :P i’m off to read reviews on it now.

finally, (yes sorry this is short!) i will be posting pictures from lukes visit soon :) it was amazing in every way and i’m so much happier for it. sighhhhhhhhhhh young love :P

peace!

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It’s been a long time… i shouldn’t have left you

a long time it has been indeed. we’ve got quite a ways to catch up on my tumblrian friends, and i am finally in the mood to begin this process.

i will begin with the fantastic show that EMA and Zola Jesus put on in Manchester on the 24th of november. Sadly i forgot my camera so i have nothing to show for this :( Was really amazing all around though, of that i am certain! EMA was mesmerizing and played a few tracks i hadn’t heard before- and i loved them! She seemed really cool and down to earth, and was very tolerant of one of the boisterous crowd members up front :P I’d see her again in a heartbeat, and i think Luke would say the same.
I wasn’t sure what to expect from Zola. Her albums were awesome, but i didn’t know them very well for the short time i’d been listening to her. 
i can say that i was very very happily surprised!! Her performance was nothing short of hypnotising, and her voice sounded exactly as it did on her record- completely amazing, if you’re not familiar! Her energy filled the room and got everyone moving- especially when she jumped down into the crowd and danced with us :L It was surreal. Overall it was a great night, worth beyond what i paid- which was around 10 pounds or so.
here’s some video clips from the night :D 

EMA - Anteroom

Zola Jesus jumping into the audience …you can actually see me and luke behind her at ~2:19 xD  here’s a screenshot:

After that adventure, we went back to my place and Luke mustered up the courage to go with me on skype to my family :D which turned out quite successful. he was quiet, but my family is talkative and loud anyway so it was hard to get a word in :P

The next day Luke was lovely enough to accompany me to my lectures before heading to the supermarket to get ready to make our day-late thanksgiving dinner. Completely vegan =o it was a slightly daunting task to make the menu at first but it ended up working out decently. We slaved away cooking for a few hours and ended up with:
-nice bread rolls with soya butter for appetiser/snack while we cooked
-Lentil and Rice Loaf as the main attraction. This turned out kinda meh and bland, but wasnt gross or anything. just not the most exciting thing on the plate!
-Fresh cooked vegetables, including carrots, peas, and green beans.
-Mashed potatoes with a bit of pepper, garlic, soya butter, and soy milk to make them nice and creamy :) and a hefty serving of salt courtesy of Luke :L
- all with a bit of (watery, woops) non-meat-derived gravy drizzled on top

and finally for dessert…..a freshly made vegan apple crumble :D

i felt like i was gonna explode when we were done. in the best way possible. it’d been ages since i had a big proper meal like that, and it felt good…in a slightly gross but satisfying way. maybe it’s an american thing :L

Friday night we ended up going out to a club, weird as that sounds. And it turned out being pretty decent, despite not being what we came for xD it was a small place with 3 different rooms -a lot of funk and old school hip hop (Luke was delighted) and then some random oldies-ish songs on one of the other floors, and on the top floor was house music and such. The cocktails were very nice but very expensive >_> expensive for a cheap student like me, anyway. nevertheless we got quite happily intoxicated and had a nice night :) originally we were looking for a Mod night, which was what this was meant to be, but it seemed that we were lied to and/or went to the wrong venue :L alas

since then i’ve booked my flight home (20th december) and have been to Luke’s place in Doncaster this past weekend. He took me to a surprise place, which turned out to be a cool wooded area with trails and stuff :D it was really fun! i filmed some stuff for him and played around on the trees and logs and stuff, and even went for a little jog :P We listened to a lot of beatles over the weekend as well, and i got a 100% on the music test that Luke administered on friday evening :D somehow….ha

Being vegan has been going pretty well, if you dont count the weekends… </3 i know i’m bad :( need to crack down. i ammm going to be veggie for christmas and holidays just as a bit of a cheat so i can enjoy them a bit more :P but besides that, full time vegan. Luke lent me a recipe book and we’ve tried some new things which i’ve been adding to my own personal vegan cookbook. It’s been really fun, and i’m learning to enjoy cooking quite a bit! We are currently working on our christmas dinner menu :) i’ll post it when it becomes finalised ;)

i’ll post some pictures and maybe a video clip or two of this past weekend :) beyond that stuff, i cant think of much more to add. School is going well, just preparing for the dreaded exams :P i can see my breath in my room every night…sucks. might get a space heater. Have to do so much xmas shopping ;_;

speaking of i asked for a new camera for christmas so hopefuly it’s really nice <333
guess that’s all for now from me anyway!
peace