Currently Listening Reanimation (Dig) By Linkin Park Krwlng see related

Well, I'd like to say a lot has happened since last time. It has.

I've been to America and shit. 'Tis an awesome country.

We got into LA at I think about midday their time having had no sleep, which was fun. The flight lasted 11hrs but, because of time difference, it actually ended up lasting only 4hrs. So we left the UK at 8am and got to LA at 12 Pacific time. That was fun. First day was wasted and I'm glad it was, too knackered to do anything that day. Second day was more interesting; we went into Beverly Hills and did a tour ^_^ The tour guide was called Brian and I got to sit in the front and talk to him about how Frank Sinatra's favourite sweeties were 'Tootsie Rolls'. It was ace ^_^

The day after brought Disneyland which, as you'd expect, was packed. However, we got there pretty early, so at least we got some fast turns on stuff. The 'Star Tours' Star Wars ride is ace ^_^ Space Mountain was a disappointment though, which sucked. We went all around the park and went on lots of cool rides and stuff...plus the Winnie the Pooh one...and it was generally good fun. Favourites included Indiana Jones, and the Tower of Terror. The Tower of Terror is so weird...you get pushed so far up and then you can feel whatever's holding you up on that floor just disappear... You just drop and it's really really weird, but excellent fun. We also saw the Aladdin stage show, which was awesome ^_^ Aladdin is one of my favourite Disney films ever and the stage show lived up to expectations.

From there we went to Palm Desert, where we lazed around in the resort for a couple of days. That was exceptionally fun. Going on to San Diego, we found it to be a rather nice city with amusing tramps on every corner :P Incidentally it was full of hotels whic,h you got the feeling, looked far too much like the Tower of Terror from the outside (which is actually a huge hotel-sized building inside Disneyland btw, it's quite worrying o.o) and you got the feeling you just wouldn't want to stay in them if they had an elevator...However, we went to the zoo, which was awesome. We saw loads of aminals, even wee ducks ^_^ They were so cuuuute! The pandas were lazy though, but I got a nice postcard of one to send to Katie - yup, that was me :P

We drove back to LA before we were due to fly out to Raleigh, and we went to teh Cheesecake factory, which is officially teh best restauraunt evAr. EVAR. It is genuinely awesome food, not just great dessert. I loved it. And you know why? It was my birthday eeeeee ^_^ I got a Rangers shirt, lots of dollars, a towel and some other stuff. Great fun.

Next day was less so. Full day of travelling, it was so very boring. However, I got to ring Katie, so all was well in the world :P Finally got to Raleigh and flopped to sleep. I don't remember much specific after that until we left for Myrtle Beach. All I remember is that, as we were leaving to go to Myrtle Beach, I thought bad stuff was happening with Katie...

On the way to Myrtle Beach, we watched DVDs *nods* I saw Meet The Fockers for the first time, which is awesome funny. Then watched The Pacifier, which isn't nearly as bad as it looks. Finally saw National Treasure which was truly cool and a great film. Nicholas Cage rocks in it (and in general) and the tech geek looks like Matty SSMMDD o.o The house was nice as usual, and Myrtle Beach...I hate to say it but it was kind of boring. We'd done everything already =/ Despite this, we found new stuff to do which wasn't quite as good. We played lots of miniature golf which was fun for filling time; we went go karting indoor which was only really good at the end when I got good at it :P and we didn't go to the beach because it was always raaaaaaaainy. Finally we got to a Best Buy on our last day in Myrtle Beach. It is a fucking great shop. Go to http://www.bestbuy.com to see what i mean. Seriously. It has CDs, DVDs, games, electrical awesome shit and loads more. I got Interpol - Antics, Coldplay Live 2003 and a present for Kate, which she knows is APC - Thirteenth Step. Finally I bought Mario vs. Donkey Kong. I'm going to post about that game some time in the future, because it is honestly a fucking great game and I'm still only half way through it. I love it.

Back to Raleigh we went. I never thought Neil, whose family we stay with over there, liked me; but in the second visit to Raleigh I realised he did, which was funky. I saw Hitch and talked to Kate for one last time before going home.

Going home? The plane journey was nothing, literally nothing. I fell asleep throughout it, took a blanket and pillow from the plane and upon being chastised by my parents for doing so, dumped them in a bin in a toilet in Heathrow. We took a taxi to Kings Cross in which I fell asleep; took a train from Kings X to London in which I fell asleep and then got home to a power cut. Fucking great.

So that happened. Then I went to see Katie again.

I woked up before 7 on Saturday; half past 6 to be precise. It hurt ^_^ Got on the bus, got on the train, yadda yadda yadda. iPod broke before I'd even got onto the bastard train, I got to listen to something then Travis then one second of Interpol. It was rather ghey. So I was content to sleep on the train, only to encounter England fans on the way to the match in Cardiff. Stupid Bristol Parkway. I did not sleep and eventually gave up, buying cola and *gasp* COFFEE. The coffee was probably very nice to those who are used to it, but I wasn't really much of a fan. I put milk and, like, four sugars in just to tolerate it and keep awake. I spoke to a bloke who was off to Paignton until I got to Taunton. Got off the train, went down the steps and was exceptionally happy to see Katie walking towards my platform. :) We hugged and kissed and stuff then walked down into Taunton. We went round the duck area until I saw a grassy place that looked like it would be fun to sit on for a while. I am informed it is Goodlands. We sat and talked for a long while and asked Cir via text when would she turn up, god damn it!! She did eventually, though not before we'd been into the guitar shop (again) and sat in the waiting room thingy in the train station for twenty minutes...ten of which she'd been waiting outside the station for >_< 'Twas on to LaserQuest from there. I sucked at it ^_^ Couldn't play for shit. At least I managed to not get hit for about 30secs though...there's my victory. I also didn't get a minus score, which I consider a success. Go teh me. ^_^ Kate won as is apparently per usual, but she did work there previously, so methinks it was inevitable. It also wasn't as good as Sheffield by far. o.o We then took teh bus to Williton and checked in at The Huntsman. Let me just say that I have only once before been more scared, upon viewing a room, than I was then; and that was in France, where everything sucks. The room was teeny and made up of 80% bed, which is always fun. Despite this, we got comfortable somehow and Kate was amused greatly by the fact we had a cupboard which was teeny weeny. We then left for Cir's.

At Cir's...well...I did nothing. Really really nothing. I sat and watched mostly Cir, sometimes Kate, play StepMania. I also tickled Doodie's tummy. Doodie's cute. Apart from that though...genuinely nothing. When Kate and I finally left to go get pizza, she excused this at first by saying 'Yeah, but I haven't seen Cir for ages'. Fortunately, at that exact moment, she realised what she had said. All was forgiven when we got pizza. It was huge :D Uber 16" diameter funnage! We ate it on a wall opposite the shop, even though there were perfectly good tables in the actual pizza shop. Go us ^_^ It was then off to Cir's house for a wee while and on to the pub! I played pool against Phil. It was funnerific ^_^ I actually did well and nearly beat him a couple times, which is good considering a) he plays all the time and b) I suck at pool. I guess it's kind of random as to how good I am. Meanwhile, Katie in truth was getting giddy despite having had the sum total of 1½ vodka and Cokes. There was a reason I didn't drink; all I had was water and one J20. (Apple and Raspberry rules forev4r!!!) But yes, we were amused by the jukebox, amused by pool and eventually went out to teh beer garten. It was really lovely...sitting there with Kate (and Cir admittedly, and eventually Phil) was just really nice...until Phil sat down on the ground, legs wide open. I said "Damnit shut your legs unless you're dilating!" Of course, his response was...

"I'm dilating!!" XD

Phil was awesome actually, I was kind of worried about meeting him because Katie liked him so much. Usually people that Katie likes loads, I either like too or am repulsed by. =/ But Phil was the former, he was indeed funnerific. We finished drinks and went back to collect the MegaDrive from Cir's house. It occupied our time at the hotel, even if we had to tune it in :P It's notable that I suck at BomberMan, and am not so good at Sonic 2. I should've been better, only at first Kate insisted I let her win. I refused, so she started to get good instead. Damn her skills.

I slept OK. I am however informed that I steal covers. I have given Katie instructions to slap me in the face to waken me up in future, then to tell me that I'm nicking the duvet again.

I'm a bad person. ^_^

We woke up late and checked out (not leaving our phones behind >_>) then went over to Cir's only to receive a text on the way informing us she was still to get ready and stuffs. We waited outside her house for a bit, all the while hearing the barkings and scratchings of Sammy the neighbour dog on his door. Cir saw us through the window and came out to bring us in. We played N64 to our hearts' content and muchos funnage was had. I played GoldenEye for more than 20mins \o/ and we also played Mario Kart and Pokemon Stadium, which r0x0r3d. Nearly beat Cir too. Lucky caah :P

Eventually I had to go back to Taunton for the train. I was supposed to go change at Bristol, but I'll be honest; I didn't want to. So Katie and I stayed in the station for 45mins and waited for the direct train to Doncaster to come destroy my life. It did come and I was upset, but I was greatly cheered up by two people: Leah, aged 2; and Luke, aged 6. Leah and her mother were already on the train when I got on, and her favourite word was 'Hello', which she said many a time. Then Luke got on the train with his mum. At first I hated this little boy - he had no idea how to deal with a two year old. He kept hitting her (not maliciously, but he just did) and called her nasty things, including a 'waste of space and time'. Poor Leah. I don't think Luke was very tactful, or understanding. However, he was a bit of a character really. Apparently, not only is he at primary school, but he is also a train operator. At nights he teaches at universities and colleges, and he is going to grow up to do three jobs; Train Inspector, Ticket Officer and Train Driver; though not all at the same time. He is also going to train his own children from the age of three. That's after he gets married of course. He was great fun to talk to in the end ^_^

And so ended the wonderful weekend. 'Twas fun and needed. I missed Katie a lot; more than I'd realised until I finally saw her again. Damn you America.

That was roughly a month and two weeks ago. Not too much has happened since then except me getting a job at a supermarkt. It's not bad, but I'll like it more once I get paid.

DB@ out, just like all the cool kidz say.

Currently Listening Scrubs By Various Artists Superman - Lazlo Bane see related

So my dear sweet Katie has left once more, banished to the train to Taunton with no Ribena for sustainance! Fortunately, completing Super Mario World meant I could let her have that for teh ride, so she should be OK for a while.

I think this might actually be my favourite visit ever.

So she got in at 2pm-ish on the Friday, despite me having been waiting at one platform for about half an hour previous, i fortunately found out her train came in at another one. I'll be brutally honest - this time, I was a little worried about seeing her, because I wasn't sure how things were going between us. At this point, I'd like to confirm that we have never been stronger ^_^ I love every single little thing about her; from her hair down to her feet - I don't care if she says they're ugly

But alas, I'm getting sidetracked. 2pm and I saw her come off the train. We kissed, and hugged, and kissed, then walked to the bus station. In all this time I don't think I stopped smiling. I nearly forgot to get us off the bus, but get off we did, and we got home to unpack Katie's things. We then proceeded to piss about on MSN and watch a wee bit of Radiohead's DVD (again), as well as the Cillit Bang Remix! OMG tis funneh ^_^ before dinner. Dad agreed to take us to the cinema at 9 to see Sin City, so there was that to look forward to. We watched Scrubs and decided when we were going to go to Leeds before leaving for the cinema. Much as I would love to do a huge talk about how fezzexcellent Sin City was, I actually enjoyed having popcorn fed to me too much to not mention it ^_^ However, Sin City was indeed excellent, and so concluded an enjoyable day for teh me - though probably less so for poor Katie who'd been on the train. At least she was here now.

Saturday! Woke up about 7 to find Katie already awake from half six. I actually have no recollection of what we did on Saturday morning, so can't help you there o.0 I do however remember having to go to band for 2 1/2 HOURS >_< Thanks must go to Katie for going with me even though she was clearly bored out of her mind I appreciated it.

From there 'twas off to Leeeeeeeds! To see Matty! And Deets! Matty came right after we got out of Leeds train station and was exactly as I expected him to be :P however, Deets was deepvoiced and decisively less loud than either me or Matty. He brought along his friend Vicky, who was a very pleasant girl and seemed cheerful and friendly. I must admit I did not talk to either of them nearly enough, and would be very interested to get to know both at a different time...Only problem is, any time I go to Leeds I will probably want to see the Matty o.o; Ahh well! In Leeds we played DDR, OutRun 2 and Time Crisis 3. 'Twas ace, even if Matty beat everyone at everything : P the git! We missed our actual train home, but we said bye bye to Deets, Vicky and eventually Matty, then got one later on and huggled all the way home. It was just so lovely.

Finally got a bus home only for the parents to be back. Ah well, we watched teevee for a bit and listened to Matty on WP Radio, then watched Coldplay on Glaaaaaaastonbury too. They were great. Katie was tired, and she fell asleep on my floor. I gave her my blanket and went cold for a while, before opting to join her under it. It was much warmer there. Eventually though, I couldn't sleep there either. The rest I will leave out, but anyone who knows me well can ask me about it on MSN.

This morning was sleepless and a teensy bit awkward...Katie felt ill-ish and I wasn't too good either. Despite this, we seemed to have fun just dossing about on the computer and such. (Schwifty-five!) Then at 1 it was off to meet the friendels. We showed up at bowling, only for Jenni to come straight away. Kate went quiet and shy as I expected, but Jenni was also awkwardly quiet. For once, I felt like begging for the noise of Simon and Shelly. And it came, thankfully. They were pleasant and such, and I had booked a bowling lane for 1. However, due to stupidity on my part, Kate didn't actually want to bowl, and I apparently ignored her telling me this =/ This was a wee bit of a problem, as it meant me pressing her and such until she started to want me to go away : < This saddened me. We bowled and left...there wasn't much of an event really. It was only on the way to McDonalds' that, after a previous failed attempt to clasp hands, she grabbed my hand, kissed me and apologised. It was one of the nicest things I'd heard all day. We kissed lots after that and had a decent conversation with my friends in McDonalds'. I was just glad that it was out of the way, but we did have a good time. We went home to find barbecue food! ^_^ 'Twas lovely. Afterwards, we just kind of sat about in my room on the computer and fiddling with the TV and stuff. I would at this point like to point out that kissing Katie is the greatest joy I have ever known and I never want it to stop :"> / :$ (delete as appropriate, former is YIM, latter is MSN)

Eventually, the station beckoned. Daddy took us there and I took Kate onto the platform. The train was, of course, right on time, but it didn't really matter. I kissed her goodbye and let her get on the train. Looking at the clock, it said there were two minutes left. I ran onto the train and kissed her one last time (I always like my 'one last time' kisses for some reason) then got off again. Moments later the train moved off and, having stuck my tongue out, waved and told her I loved her through the glass, I left the platform to get back into Daddy's car.

Thus ended another amazing weekend with Graeme and Katie...except not. She left me three messages once I got home. One on her LJ, which made me blush lotses; one texted to my phone, which made me blush even more, and finally the sweetest, cutest phone reminder you ever did see. At 7pm it went off and I was initially surprised, but it was just the cutest thing...

I don't know now whether I'm upset or not. All I do know is that we had an amazing time.

Graeme. I know that's my name, because my pretty Katie calls me it. ^_^