HALF A YEAR? EEEEK

Hey people, remember me? It has almost been half a year since I last did a post on here - that is some crazy stuff! I really don’t know where time has gone, I keep trying to hold onto it but it just ends up slipping out of my grasp.

I do apologise for my absence!!!

There is a hell of a lot to catch up on as these past few months have been too awesome. So where to begin?

Here is an extremely quick run down!

At the start of summer (which seems forever ago now!) I did work placement at The Gazette, which was amazing – the people were lovely – I got my first by line and I got to go out to some pretty cool places (one being a bomb scare…….. eeeeeek). It opened my eyes massively to journalism and confirmed that that is definitely the profession I’d like to go down (unless I find an unknown talent of mine and suddenly have overnight fame – there is always that option!!).

A week later I went to Kendal Calling, one of the best weekends this summer! It was out of this world and I got to meet so many inspirations of mine – John Robb, The Heartbreaks, The Gramotones and not forgetting the one and only Tim Burgess. I even got a few groovy interviews with them, and Deaks’ (The Heartbreaks) phone number! Ooofter ;)

Nick Fraser was a genius that weekend! He managed to sneak me and my sister backstage to meet The Charlatans who were extremely giddy after their performance. It was throwing it down and we were drenched right through – but it didn’t kill the mood. We were soaked but stoked. When we asked for a picture with the band, they ended up taking around 20 hilarious ones – one looks like Tony is kissing me. They were awesome and the festival was amazing – Primal Scream becoming one of my new favourite bands. I really don’t think you’ve heard a band properly before you watch them live – Primal Scream were magical and I still get shivers thinking about their performance that weekend.

I went down to Dorset a few weeks later with my family. We stayed in this adorable cottage and visited many castles, beaches and houses – one being Thomas Hardy’s house, it was pretty impressive.

Following the death of Jon Brookes I released Woodnote issue six which went pretty big. Its theme was ‘What do The Charlatans mean to you’ with many Charlafans writing in their anecdotes and memories of the band. Louder Than War have got behind Woodnote and Sarah Lay has written a feature article on it’s all about.

Now I’m in the process of applying for Universities, doing coursework, writing little bits for The Gazette and trying to bring out the next issue of Woodnote. On top of that, I’ve found a Ukulele that I’m learning to play and the piano, it’s all go!

I could not have asked for a better summer and definitely stay tuned – I’ll keep posting bits and bobs on here about what I’m getting up to!

Thanks for reading, and until next timeeeeeeee x

Catch Up

It was my friends eighteenth the other day. We had a great time, went to his party at the West Coast Rock Café. I didn’t know anyone except two people, but they were all awesome and ended up dancing the night away with them, oh, and conga-ing to Rick Astley’s Never Gonna Give You Up.

It’s my first driving lesson tonight, I’m stoked but petrified! I have no idea what to do or what’s going to happen, but hey, how hard can it be? So long as the instructor’s foot is on their break then everything should be fine.

I’ve been listening to a lot of Queen recently. Don’t ask why … I’m not their biggest fan and never really considered myself liking their music. I mean it’s classic stuff and Freddie’s voice is amazing, but I’ve not ever really taken to them. However, my mum had their CD in her car and they’re great! The old songs that don’t really get played like, Love of My Life and ’39 are excellent. Even though it’s sung and was written by May, it still has the ‘Queen’ sound echoing through each chord and they never fail to give me chills. Wow, I think I may actually start considering myself a fan of Queen. 

Strange new world

I’ve entered a strange new world, full of people and thoughts and mind games that are lasting weeks. Every inch of my life is changing … cobwebs are being wiped away, and I’m now finally seeing what I was missing out on all those years.

 I have fought against hate all my life, against people who think they’re so amazing, who talk so loud and yet know nothing. You can walk by with a smug smile and the fulfilling feeling of self-knowing ‘everything is fine’.

 

My life has taken many turns. Some good some bad, some excellent and all has led me here, talking to you. You, finding out about me. I know my blogs have failed to occur these past few weeks but I’ve entered a strange new world, full of people and thoughts and mind games that are lasting weeks. Every inch of my life is changing … cobwebs are being wiped away, and I’m now finally seeing what I was missing out on all those years. 

Vlog?

I did a little vlog for you guys! Enjoy :) x

Groooovy! Check it out, I've been drawn as a comic character with a cape. Uh hu, a CAPE! I'm now officially a cool character. Loving this drawing ....

Sweeeeeet!! x

Superhero me!

I have abandoned you for a very long time, and I'm really sorry for that. I must start writing this blog again, it was fun the past two years doing so. However, I have been really busy lately with my first AS exams and issue five of Woodnote (Which is highly exciting). But now those are over for a while, I promise that I will be getting back in touch with you guys!
I have recorded a vlog, which I'll upload shortly. See, I was reading my blogs and I figured that you don't know much about me personally. I tell you what I'm up to or what I've done, but on a strange level, you have no idea what I'm actually like or who I actually am! So hopefully this vlog (which will be uploaded very sooon!) Will tell you a little bit more about me rather than what I've been up to.

In the meanwhile I have a question I want to pose to you. See I have been doodling recently in my frees at sixth form and any spare time I can grab. And I would love to throw a comic together. I have no idea what it would be called, but my character would be based around me and I guess I'd just turn them into a pretty cool superhero.

So looking into this, I asked myself what does a good super hero need? I mean, I don't want the character based on me to have underpants over her lycra fitting suit. She needs to look established and respectable and also pretty cool.
Then I came to realise that everyone cool has a cape. Frodo, Wonder Woman, Batman, I mean, even Robin gets his own cape! So there I decided I need a cape to make a sufficient comic character.

I know I declared earlier that I want to be a superhero, and yeah, it would be pretty awesome, but in my storyline that I've been plotting for a while, I don't really do anything superhero-ish.

So here is my question, should I start up this comic? The pictures may not be all that good, but the storyline is quite decent. Or should I just write it as a story with a few pictures here and there?

In my mind I think I might just throw some pictures together, post them up here and see where it takes me ... The setting is kinda space-y with a charming romance going on. But there are twists and dark corners every now and again.

Expect to see something starting here on this blog. You guys are the first to know about it and I'll see what happens!

Here's one of my sketches, I would obviously have to sort out that outfit, and I am in need of a name ^^ x

Saga

Free Shadows

Run free with the lone wolves and watch the crows flee from ragged trees,

The fog arises and the mist creeps in.

Ivy crawls and clasps you, trapping your soul as it hugs your skin.

Your eyes are bright yet your heart is taken,

Mine forever, lost in your arms.

Abigail Gillibrand