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The last 300 words are a testament to the fact that I'm really, really, too young for all this :P Although exciting things are happening with my Amnesty group; we're doing an action on June 20th for refugee rights and awareness...aside from the fact that doing research and case studies left people near to tears, the practical planning is looking good. Bleeding heart liberals, yeah yeah. We're going to construct a makeshift refugee camp in Belfast city centre, in the main shopping district...all legally of course...it's looking very very cool.

Although of course, the fact that I've put so much importance on this summer means that in all likelihood it could be absolutely rubbish.

In other news, my dad helped me get 4OD working on the Mac last night, because I missed The Big Bang Theory because of Biology revision. Now Bio is over and I have room to breathe, I could afford to watch TV...aww, Sheldon.

It's really weird. I go from not being emotionally capable of listening to Starcrossed by Ash, to having it on repeat for an hour. And then I cried at the end of it, but there you go.

And my best friend passed on her sore throat to me, so now I have a voice to rival Andrea Ferro :3 I wouldn't mind it, nay, I'd even enjoy it if it wasn't so bloody sore. It wasn't the best of fun last night, I was helping put on a gig for Amnesty in Belfast (fantastic fun, loved every second), and I was yelling across the room trying to get shit organised before the doors opened, during sound check. Ouch. It was at the Oh Yeah Centre, and they have pictures of Northern Irish music legends on the walls; including Terri Hooley, a gurning Jake Burns and a seventeen/eighteen year old Ash! Adorable.

And today I slept until twelve, got up and had cottage pie for breakfast...odd. Mucked about the house, tried not to cough blood up, made two banana loaves and read the Grauniad...

I got a little annoyed there because I realised I have no reason to keep Razorshite on my mp3 player and it comes up all the bloody time. I switched it to Jamie Lidell, so I'm feeling a little better... unbelievably tired considering I got six hours more sleep than usual.

Or, the atmosphere's just a little atypical right now. The rain's torrential...since I left the house just after lunchtime for Amnesty, and I got home about 6'o'clock. In plainer words, it'd been raining for five hours straight. You know some rain you can withstand just with a hood, or even nothing, cos it's just lightly falling? Don't even go out there without an umbrella (ella, ella!), and even then, come back as soon as you can. It. Is. Rotten.

Anyway, there's me being typically Norn Irish by ranting on about the weather and considering it good Livejournal material. Not a chance.

I was out at Amnesty today, it was good fun! I'm the secretary apparently, I basically keep everyone organised :) Big things are happening soon....eee! Although spending two hours in a coffee shop, taking up half it's space and buying only one round of coffee is a sure-fire way to make yourself unwelcome. Then after it was over, I popped into the Oxfam bookshop next door...was considering buying A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers, but I didn't. I ended up buying some old Marvel comics, the first Discworld book and a book on etiquette, as I am a geek and therefore stereotypically socially awkward.

Don't tell the rest of the geeks I'm using the comics as collage material! After I've read them, anyway.

Aside from that, I'm going to a 25th anniversary party tomorrow, and have been told to "dress like a girl, pleeeeeeaassse!". I was like LOLWUT but I just may have to do that. =/

And then I have a drama course starting on Monday, which my best friend's coming along to. w00t.

Bah. I don't like school. It's too slow-paced...

But for now, it's Saturday and I've got an Amnesty meeting in two hours, then Doctor Who's on tonight. This week I've been getting plans together for the summer (yes, I know, it's not until July!) because I've got nothing better to do. The things I want to do aren't even certain, they depend on scheduling, money, all that...but it would be awesome if I could do everything, even though it's unlikely.

I'm...yeah. I've lost all my adjectives. And I so can't wait for Oppenheimer's new album, I've had their songs in my head at least twice a week since late 2006. And it's gonna be pure amazing because...well, yeah. I've seen them live 4 times and it's always awesome. 2nd June! That makes me very happy, and a little bit arm-flaily. Gonna see if I can see them in Zavvi then, too.

Ahhhh. *flails*

Swans, electro-pop, and hot chocolate. This is a good day =3

So today was pretty cool. Didn't have to go in to PDSA so I slept in for a bit. Then I went to the Arts Centre to get a ticket for Fighting With Wire for Emma (who has decided she wants to go after I got tickets for other people... "Back again, lulz!" And OMGZ who is supporting them? Only....ASIWYFA! who are immense live, and I saw them last month :) Unfortunately so are Strictly Hardcore Dancing a.k.a. The Worst Band In Northern Ireland, but it'll give me a chance to see if they've improved any in the last three months.

I went to see a friend of mine as he started up an open air art scheme in the centre of Lisburn...sunny, but freezing =/ Ended up being a coffee wench for 20 minutes, trailing back and forth because my relatives' coffees needed a wee bit more sugar/milk/coffee etc. then went home for lunch.

After that, went to the Amnesty meeting where I found, along with 5-6 other people, the door locked and the group's leader half an hour away...so we went for coffee, got it to go (different coffee shop allegiances, you see) and stood outside the door like hobos. Then when we got in, we learnt how to make origami swans for the action that's in a few weeks' time...it took me a while but I've got paper home with me so I'm going to make more while watching Doctor Who which is on in like half an hour XD

On a whim I got my dad a stone paperweight that's carved in the shape of a little grey cat from the Oxfam shop, because it reminded me of Winnie...he loves it. Which is a good thing. I also got some Fair Trade chocolate to hide in my room to snaffle In Case Of Starvation...good craic.

So much for working on my problems...I had a smallish panic attack then went to sleep. All in all, the weekend was pretty good, even if I do feel extremely isolated at the moment.

Looking foward to next month's Amnesty meeting...(next month ahhh ages away) or the "Hippy Convention" as Emma calls it -_- Hoping to be allowed to get flyers up around school so more people can come along.

I get next Friday off school, yeeesss! Really hoping I can get a trip into Belfast organised =3 It would be nice to go somewhere other than Lisburn, and without having to be somewhere on time, like yesterday. It'd just be nice to have a bit of a catch up on life, really. Feels like it's been on pause for a while =/ And I don't know why...

David's back from the school ski trip on Monday...all my peace will be in tatters! As they say, the bitch is back. God I hope he can't come into Belfast, that's the last thing I need...

Hm...do you know what I really feel like eating at the moment? Chocolate! I suppose there are odder things to crave.

This is strikingly appropriate, actually; I was let down today. Thanks, LJ. I was going to go into Belfast with a friend to go to an Amnesty meeting. She didn't go, and made no effort to contact me at all. >.< I still went, it was still brilliant fun, but I'm annoyed. Everyone there was really nice though, so it was worth it. I also got Richard's birthday present, and that's a huge relief...

I was in a pretty bad state last night, sort of a bit mentally shattered; I feel better now, but not entirely. So tonight I'm going to work on that I think...