Can I Be Bothered Getting Up?....No.

God I feel so lazy, I haven't left the house since Saturday!

I suppose I could say it's in preparation for going to see rock royalty at the SECC tomorrow night as the legends that are Iron Maiden are back in town!

After 5 years they have finally came back to Glasgow but I must admit, i'm a little disappointed as I have spied on their setlist from Spain and they are not doing 2 of my favourite songs. 'Bring Your Daughter to The Slaughter' and 'Run To he Hills' are not going to be heard tomorrow night :(

I am trying to persuade my father to drive us to Glasgow airport in the hope that Iron Maiden may fly their plane Flight 666 to Glasgow as I sooooo want to see it!

Actually, I think I do know why I haven't left the house since Saturday...it is possibly because 2 friends and I attempted a Lord of the Rings Special extended edition movie marathon on the Friday. I can proudly say that I was the last person standing so to speak and managed to pull off the all nighter.

We started watching the movies at 9:30pm on the Friday night, one friend buckled at 1:30am after watching the first film. Two of us managed to watch the 2nd film whilst feasting on Malteasers, crisps etc at 4am, but then my second friend gave up at 6:15am leaving me to watch the rest of the Return of the King by myself until it finished at 9:30am.

All I can say is I will not be doing that all nighter again! It messes with your mind...

I now truely believe that I am an elf.

Wahhhhh Damn You Angus!

I have just watched AC/DC's new DVD, Live At River Plate and all it's done is make me wish that they would come back to Scotland!

I can't believe it's almost 2 years since they rocked Hampden and my god I have missed them. At least there is lots of tribute acts that can satisfy my need for rock until they may decide to tour again as Brian Johnson hasn't ruled out the possibility so...I shall hold onto that hope.

This year, however also holds a very significant time for AC/DC as on the 6th of July it would have been Bon Scott's 65th birthday if he had not sadly passed away. It's so true the saying that the good die young.

But, I have discovered something very exciting that Bon's hometown are doing. On the 6th of July for an undisclosed number of weeks, Kirriemuir's Gateway to the Glens musuem are holding a one off exhibition of Bon Scott memorabilia.

AAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! I'm so excited! it only takes 3 and a half hours or so on the bus to get there so it means boarding the bus at 6 in the morning but that's not so bad to see something truely spectacular which, in all possibillity may never be seen again?

I can't wait xD hopefully by then I will have my tattoo done, a fitting tribute to AC/DC on my wrist saying 'Let There Be Rock'

All I can say is Bon Scott, here I come...

Gah! Where Has This Year Gone?

I must admit, I have not done very well in my quest to keep the Internet up to speed with the goings on in my life. I can't believe it's been a year since I was last on this site!

Once again though, quite a lot has happened in a year, as things tend to spiral uncontrollably in my life, but this time, in a good way!

Regarding my exams that I was studying for last time I posted, I passed them all with some of the best marks that the school had seen that year so they gave me a scholarship!

As well as doing great in my exams I got accepted into university to study the course I really wanted, Radiotherapy & Oncology. I have also just recently got my exam results back and have successfully passed my first year of uni and qualify for entry of my 2nd year.

Also, to top it all off I completed my Duke of Edinburgh Bronze award and I am now able to move onto my silver award.

As you can see, I've been a very busy bee!!! and I'm not done yet! Last Sunday I took part in the Race for Life and this weekend I will also be taking part in the East End 5k.

Now when I think about it though, reading through all the others posts I have done I sound like a completely different person. The past few years have been pretty tough but hopefully we've turned a corner and it's the start of something new and even better.

Time To Make Amends

After reading through some earlier posts, i've noticed that I whinge quite alot about school and feeling unappreciated.

Well...

Yesterday I won the Head Teachers Prize for Outstanding Contribution to the school.

Rather a shock, I must admit as I didn't think our school done those sort of prizes *rolls eyes*

So, you get £15 to spend in a bookshop so they can present it to you at the ceremony where you have the pleasure of tripping up on the 3 stairs leading up to the stage, fumbling with the wrong hand when you have to shake hands with the Head Master and then walk into the table on your way through the curtain which appears to have no enterance.

A little sad though as the bookshop didn't sell any books on 'how to play the ukulele'

I had to buy vampire books instead *shudders*

Oo-er...

I was sitting in my Physics exam today when I realised I haven't posted a blog since last year! Time sure flies when your having fun, eh?

But, to be honest, I don't really think you can call studying for the past year for exams fun. However, I am now rather sad...

Today is my last day of school ever, I have now officially left. But I didn't even have the guts to speak to the guy I like so we could keep in contact.

Damn and blast why did I have to be so nervous!?!

*takes deep breath*

I suppose though there is better, brighter things waiting for me out in the big bad world. I have to admit though, I'm absolutely terrified about going to University because, let's face it, i'm not exactly normal...

Come to think of it, the subject choices I done for my entire year of school aren't really going to help in my profession. Advanced Higher Music for Radiotherapy and Oncology?

I could sing to them I suppose....

Guess Who I Finally Met?

The Stig! =D


Well...okay, he may be The Stig's Scottish Cousin, but he's still a Stig-like being that terrified me completely. That's why I'm hiding behind him in that picture.


I was at Glasgow Green for the people's show on the 1st and 2nd of August. It was such a great day.

They had monster trucks, dancing robots, live music, The Stig...


It's such a pity that the weather didn't hold out on the Saturday and during 'Big Vern and the Shootahs', we had a monsoon one moment, and brilliant sunshine the next just as 'We're Walking on Sunshine' was played.


On the Sunday me and 2 mates danced to 'Twist & Shout' in the middle of the green and getting other members of the crowd to pluck up enough courage to dance with us too! That was great fun =)


It was slightly ruined though when I tried to get a picture with Big Vern and he completely blanked me, just as The Stig did when I asked him for his autograph. If he even understood the concept of an autograph...or a pen come to think of it.


My day was absolutely fantastic, I would advise people to scoot up to Scotland whenever there's another show on 'cause not even the weather can dampen your spirits up here.

Let There Be Rock!

*nanana nana na na*




ANGUS!!

Yeah...you guessed it, last night, the 30th June 2009 I went to see AC/DC at Hampden Park.

Literally, the only thing I can say is oh-my-friggin'-god!

What a show they put on!

Luckily, I managed to get standing tickets for this gig of a lifetime. Looking around the bowl of Hampden and seeing all the flashing devil horns was a truly beautiful sight.

The set list has got to be one of the best I have seen in a long time, they where on stage for almost 2 hours and during that entire time I was bouncing away oblivious to everything.

The only low point of the concert was that there was so many highs!

My brain at the moment cant really process anything that happened last night, but all I know is that I have AC/DC written across my face with a permanent marker and I cant get it off.

I have to say though, although I love Angus Young to bits, watching Brian Johnson on stage gave me all warm fuzzies, when that guy smiles, it just lit up the entire stadium.

AC/DC you guys rock! \m/