The Pack At Your Back

Just venting tonight :P
Someone wrote me a poem:

"lonely but never alone
leaving tracks to follow
walking our own paths
but always howling at the moon
finding solace in that year we ran together
chase after God
watch your dreams come true
and be resolute that you
will always have the pack at your back"

After all, goodbye just means another hello.
rhibee, nillachan and sack, hell grew an chib too, ill tell you all about it if youre curious.

This week has been Good. We had the milford towers bus launch on friday - the new bus is freaking awesome!!!! Its divided into lil sections, and the layout is sooo much better than the old one - it makes it seem so much bigger. Its gonna be a joy to work on too. It has 2 PS3s, a Wii, some gaming chairs for racing games, a lil room for a DJ set and mixing (the mac is finally being used to its full glory rather than just for facebook.) It even has a nailbar. ^_^

At the launch party there was a real sense of community, and people were really receptive to what we had to say when we went flyering. The security guy at WHSmith even came out to ask us what we were doing and took some flyers in for the staff.

Today me and Zo got together to cook for Elaine - we made cheese and mushroom omlette with salad and marmalade cupcakes for pudding. We were gonna make veggie lasagne but when we were looking for a dish, guess what we found in it! Veggie lasagne! Good job we are students and ingenious ;) It was awesome, and i felt quite chuffed with myself :)
Joel keeps nicking the cupcakes so they must be good~

We ate watching the footie - what a tense match! It was the first time id sat through a whole football match, and i actually really enjoyed it. (dw mum and dad, i'll never turn my back on rugby ;) ) The football fever is in the air, and you can feel the party buzz around london. Last night i walked back from YMAD, and you could feel the excitement in the air. There is nothing like sport to bring people together. All the flags are flying from peoples windows, and its great to see the patriotism actually. I think the British are very cynical about their country, but it all melts away when it comes to a good game of footie :)

It was my birthday on thursday. I am 19. Im not so twitchy about pubs now. I feel like i have the right to be there now and im not such a newbie~
Zo made me a card and all the students signed it, and they sang me happy birthday. It was a good day. ITs been a good birthday weekend so far. May it continue ^_^

Im on the new XLP website. Its written for young people by young people, to be a place where they can find information and support, and to promote Patrick's new book, Fighting Chance. Check it out at www.fightingchance.me
Ibi did an amazing job with the photography and design, so hats off to her ;)

Speckle over n out~