Something I Found Today

This is something I found today on the streets of Newport. It's about 3in x 5in and it looks like a duck-billed platypus to me ...?

Apologies, I'm without a scanner.

In The Woods

I've been watching Twin Peaks again. It makes me want to go into the woods and look for portals to other worlds where midgets talk backwards.

Sadly, I didn't find any of that in South Wales.

The Bride

Dirty Projectors - The Bride

Fish Tank

Congratulations to the new Mr & Mrs Kurihara!

The Rehearsal

T-Minus 12 hours (roughly). No pressure, guys! Tomorrow is going to be lovely.

Rabbit Chat

The digital switchover has reached the North East! My grandparents, as pensioners, are entitled to a free freeview box for updating their TV to receive digital signal ... But in a world first, they were ahead of the game and bought themselves a small "digital ready" television a few months ago. They don't need the box now, so they gave it to us.

The tidy yellow telly in our kitchen is old. It's been there for years and to turn it on, change channel or fix the picture quality it would only respond to that age-old method of just punching it. The digital switchover has ruined that.

I enter the kitchen today to see that on the screen was Rabbit, the "Gay Chat & Date" channel with my Mum sat in front of it eating a toasted cheese scone.

"What are you watching this for?" I asked.

"... It's either this or ITV. That's all it picks up."

Le Pub (Part III)

"The secret is out!"

Failed Exploration

So I decided to go for a wander around Newport yesterday to get out of the house and see if I could find anything fun and exciting. I didn't. I took just two photos in two hours. Both just round the corner from our house.

Thanks to building works, most of the river front on the side where our house is is blocked. Newport itself was dead. One day I should explore properly. There's a church in Newport that I always see the steeple of, but I've never been to it. It's up the steepest hills I've ever seen and I need to find the drive to actually get up there. Maybe I'll do that tomorrow.

The Things We Did On Grass

Mike & Sara

Mike and Sara came to visit. They're living here too, but aren't officially moving in yet. They brought the fun! Even if just for a few hours.

Also, if anyone knows how to make GIFs, this would be an epic one.

Visiting Friends

Newport Doesn't Wake Up Until Midday

First Few Nights in Newport

Getting Settled

Hull to Newport

Left one house, moved in to another. Unloaded my life in boxes. Went to Ikea. Bought some shelves.

Just a little thank you!

I've just finished moving in to our house down in Newport -  My first house! Where we have to pay rent and bills and everything! Ourselves! Feel the weight of adult responsibility - and in my room at the back of the house, internet is weak. So no photoposts until the weekend until the signal booster I've ordered arrives!

But I do need to say a little thank you to Chantel Nouseforaname of TheBlanketReviewer.com for her recent article on 8tracks and my mixtapes over there. You can read the article here.

Thank you very much, Chantel, for the kind words! They're much appreciated! Happy listening and mixtape-mixing!