THURSDAY 17 SEPTEMBER0500 hrs – Got up, had toast for breakfast and got last things packed0600 hrs – Left dad’s house in Newtown St Boswells and headed to Edinburgh Airport0730 hrs – Arrived the airport and parked the car in the long stay car park then went to bus stop 5 to get the bus to the terminal and checked in.0835 hrs – I got boarded onto the 0905 hrs flight to Heathrow. Dad and I...

Something happened to my dad the other day and I really wish I had been a fly on the wall.My dad is involved with ethnic and racial equality things here and as part of that he goes to meet with the foreign students starting at the local university campus to let them know that these things exist and that they are welcome to get involved if they wish.It came out that one of the new students this...

I dreamt I was at a Tim Minchin gig. It was outside. I spotted Tim so I went up to him, introduced myself and said that this was the first time I had seen him and he stood up and asked why I'd never seen him before and I told him that I only discovered him in October 2008 and he said that was ok then. When I realised he was a bit miffed I told him that I'd written him a poem that had kind of ended...

I had my first Tim dream last nightI dreamt my mum and I were at the Usher Hall for Tim's show and we bumped into Tim before the show and no one else had noticed it was him so I took advantage and gave Tim my poem and he started to read it. He got so far through it and asked where I got it so I told him I wrote it and he continued to read it circling certain bits with a pen as he went. When he got...

It depends on what you classify as false hope to begin with. I can only speak for myself so here goes.I would like to hope that when I die I will be reunited with my boyfriend who passed away almost 6 years ago now. I don’t believe in resurrection but I believe in some sort of spirit realm. Some may say this is false hope but the existence of spirits or that of a spirit realm can’t be proven...

Nightwish have finally announced the last date of their tour and having not long seen them play at Brixton Academy in London I can now (hopefully) look forward to going to my first ever foreign gig and see them in the Hartwall Areena in Helsinki, supported by Apocalyptica on Saturday 19 September.I am paying to take my mum, dad and I out for the gig. Providing I manage to get tickets we plan to go...

I started getting pain on boxing day but never thought nothing of it coz I'd had a crap diet of chips, chinese and turkeys and eating too much as we all do at xmas.On new years eve I had no energy and contemplated telling friend Emma to go to the new year thing herself but I had enough energy to go by the time we had to go. I stayed off the drink and had a great night.Emma and I went to have tea...

Well yesterday I confronted (well kind of) my mum. Was meant to be going to Edinburgh on Fri to do some shoppin with mum and dad but the phone call yesterday ended with mum saying "you're going to have to make up your mind if you want me to come to Edinburgh or not" to which I just replied "No it's up to whether you decide to drink or not".My dad popped in today and told me that mum has decided...

I'm sick of being nice to mum. It's fine for her she doesn't remember what she does or says while she's off her head on booze but I can't and I can't pretend to be happy or nicey nicey about it.I don't mean to be nasty to her but I just can't be anymore. I can't listen to her slur her words and not take in what you are telling her even after you've explained about 12 or more times. I can't act...

I had a gig later that day and Dawn would be coming to get me soon. I had this feeling like my flat was haunted and I would occasionally see a set of my clothes walking about on their own (in the shape of a human) and at one point I managed to catch up to whatever was walking around in my clothes and get them back off it.I decided to get rid of the clothes but I kept my Within Temptation hoody as...

Please sign this petition - http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/harrypotter6Warner Brothers has just announced that Half-Blood Prince will be delayed. The film will instead be released on July 17th, 2009. From the press release:In making the announcement, Mr. Horn stated, “Our reasons for shifting ‘Half-Blood Prince’ to summer are twofold: we know the summer season is an ideal window for a...

After watching more Nightwish vids on youtube and seeing that the Anette vs Tarja argument is still raging I felt I just had to write this:Anette is every bit as good as Tarja if not better. Yes Anette doesn't have Tarja's classical voice but she has her own amazing range and style and that's exactly wanted coz they knew there was no better classical singer than Tarja and also coz they didn't want...

I travelled down to Bolton today for Claire's funeral. I got the 6.15am bus to Edinburgh so I could catch the 8.21am train to Bolton to get me down there for 11.58am - in plenty time for the service at 1pm.It was peeing it down with rain. I met Andrew and Laura (2 of her carers that I had met before) again and Andrew thanked me for coming.We all went into the West Chapel at Overdale Crematorium....

Claire was from Bolton and had Takyasu's Arteritis. There are only 17 sufferers in the UK. It affects the arteries, especially those around the heart, among other things.I met Claire when I went to an MCR gig in Manchester in Nov 2005. We hut it of instanly - talking, well shouting to each other over the racket of the awful support bands - well we thought they were awful. Everytime I Die was one...

I am finally getting to go to FinlandI am planning a trip out there next autumn for a week with my parents to coincide with the last date of Nightwish's tour. The UK Nightwish Fanclub (which I am a member of) are planning a trip out so I thought it would be a perfect opportunity to tie in a holiday as well. (I always said if I went to Finland I'd like to tie in a gig or 2)Not entirely sure what...

This is just a wee blog to say that I am struggling mood wise at the moment and can't really find the words to express how I feel so I'm in the darkest place I think I have ever been . I will make it out - even if I have had a couple hiccups along the way. So if I don't read or post much for a bit then you know why. Just didn't want you to think I'd forgotten bout you :0)Now here's a meaningless...

I was browsing the likeness quizzes on bebo and I came across one that was "If I could go back in time...." and I kinda decided that a choice if 10 or so answers on a scale system wasn't really well.... adequate enough to express my thoughts on the matter so I thought I'd write a blog.Could be a very short one, could be very long but we'll just see where my thoughts take me.Would I change the fact...

I'm going to get my 9th tattoo on 6th May.It's going on the inside of the lower part of my left arm and it's inspired by Darren Shan's books :) The plan is to get the 3 logos for the 3 series that Darren Shan is writing or has written (The Saga of Darren Shan, Koyasan & The Demonata)I have a plan to get a 10th and 11th for somepoint after this one as well :)Yes I know - I am addicted. I hate...