Summerlist®

As well as the ‘In The Summertime’ playlist, I decided I’d write a list of all the things I would like to (but probably won’t get around to doing) this summer.

1. Go on holiday // This one is a dead cert. The family and I are off for a week to Goodrington/Paington/Torbay — I’m gonna feel like a kid again; it was always one of our top destinations when I was younger.
2. Get a job // This I cannot see happening if I’m honest, but it sure would be nice. I’ve applied to a few places already with no success, and not many are hiring at all. [Looks like I got a job after all. I'm a checkout dude in Sainsbury's]
3. Barbecue // We’ve already had a couple this year, and I guess this is just hoping the weather stays good enough for more.
4. Read- a lot // As I’ve got nothing else to do I can see this being possible. There is nothing better than reading a good book by the pool or on the beach; I’m currently reading Stephen King’s ‘Misery’. I want some more stuff to read, so let me know if you know of anything.
5. Have a moviemarathon™ // Mr. Hanks may be coming back out as I need something to watch now that I’ve almost finished watching ‘House’. [Did this with Tor last night ]
6. Photograph // I want to photograph more people as I don’t really get a chance to. Holiday should be a chance to do this.
7. Not worry about my GCSEs // This is one thing that is not going to happen. I worry too much and the closer it gets to the results day, the more worried I seem to get.
8. Coffee // This may seem a bit loser-ish, but blame Oscar— he suggested it. I guess coffee is just an excuse to meet up with friends to make sure we don’t lose contact, and there’s the fact that Pret’s coffee is amazing /trufax! [I met up for coffee with Oscar and Charlie, and then we went for coffee with Chris and Charlotte during Tweetup West]
9. Bike ride // This would mean getting my bike fixed, but I think it would be a lot of fun. The county is literally 5 miles away from my house and cycling over to there with my camera would be awesome. Just gotta see if I can drag some lazy people with me.
10. Picnic // I have never had a planned, proper picnic with friends. [Did this last week, it may not have been as planned as I would have liked, but it was a picnic and it was with friends].
11. Fishing // I went mackerel fishing with school on camp way back when and I’ve always wanted to try it again — can’t see it happening though.
12. Paintballing // I’ve always been too much of a pussy to try this as everyone has said it hurts, maybe this year is the time to actually do it.
13. Learn guitar // Duncan, master of the acoustic, has made me want to learn the guitar badly. Being able to play Ryan Adam’s ‘I See Monsters’ would be epic.
14. Tweetup // Tweetup West is coming up and I hope all the awesome people I chat to on a day to day basis are coming. [The tweetup wasn't really a success, but it was darn fun hanging out with Chris and Charlotte <3]

‘In The Summertime’

Summertime is almost upon us in the UK; as a result I felt it was time to update the age-old summer playlist with the help of some friends (namely Chris Leydon). Below is a list of the tracks on the updates playlist as well as a link to the Spotify playlist (there would be some Beatles if they got their ass online). While all of these songs are not typical ’summer’ songs, they are what I like to listen to in the summer and I think they’re ’summery’.

1. Lighthouse Family – High
2. Bill Withers – Lovely Day
3. The Kinks – Sunny Afternoon
4. The Lovin’ Spoonful – Summer in the City
5. Mungo Jerry – In The Summertime
6. Stereophonics – Have A Nice Day
7. Travis – Flowers in the Window
8. Paul Simon – Kodachrome
9. The Corrs – Summer Sunshine
10. Moby – Porcelain
11. Duran Duran – Rio
12. Meat Loaf – You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night)
13. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band – Girls in Their Summer Clothes
14. Corinne Bailey Rae – Put Your Records On
15. Journey – Don’t Stop Believin’
16. The Beach Boys – Surfin’ USA
17. Manic Street Preachers – If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next
18. Sting – Fields of Gold
19. Nena – 99 Red Balloons
20. Dario G – Sunchyme - Radio Edit
21. Newton Faulkner – Dream Catch Me
22. Jack Penate – Torn on the Platform
23. First Class – Beach Baby
24. Bill Withers – Ain’t No Sunshine
25. Wham! – Club Tropicana
26. Bryan Adams – Summer of ‘69
27. Nina Simone – Feeling Good
28. The Isley Brothers – Summer Breeze
29. Madonna – Holiday
30. Bruce Willis – Under the Boardwalk
31. Bananarama – Cruel Summer
32. Jack Johnson – Banana Pancakes
33. The Kooks – Seaside
34. Jason Mraz – I’m Yours
35. Laura Izibor – Shine
36. Bishop Allen – Click, Click, Click, Click

The Many Faces of Victoria Collier

Getting Tory to pose for a photo is like getting a chicken to say “yes” to being turned into a tasty meal at KFC; it just does not happen. Due to this fact, sneaky-spy-shots™ need to be taken of Miss. Collier.

Phew, glad that’s over with. There were more but I’m too lazy to upload them.