I probably should have posted some sort of April Fools blog yesterday. I could have said I was posting from beyond the grave after being killed in a freak accident involving Nathan’s rats. I’m sure in such a situation I would take the opportunity to blog about it, as it’s certainly a newsworthy occasion, and at least a more amusing story than I seem to come up with most of the time lately, and I’m sure Heaven/Hell/The Lifestream has wireless internet. On the other hand, perhaps a fairytale story of romance would have been an even more unbelievable April Fools post.
I didn’t even realise it was April Fools day until quite late in the day either, and with limited internet access via Greg’s laptop. This depends on both when Greg lets me use the laptop, when his router feels like working, and when Virgin internet doesn’t suck. It’s sort of like reading your star signs, when Mars and Saturn are in alignment or something. I have no idea what actually DOES happen when Mars and Saturn are in allignment. I suppose there’s an eclipse on Jupiter, which could result in some cold aliens or something. As a result they invade Earth and we all DIE. So, I suppose if your star signs do tell you that Mars and Saturn are in alignment then you better go hide under the stairs and wear a tinfoil cap or something. Don’t hide in the subway though, as according to Cloverfield, this is a popular hiding place for explosion-inducing aliens.
So I am, of course, rambling. I thought I’d take a break from serious real life things, as that’s just not funny enough. I started off pretty well with this blog with lighthearted humor, and then LIFE got in the way of me having fun. Lately it’s just been turning into a bit of a more sophisticated version of my old Livejournal’s teen angst. The problem is though, it’s just too easy to complain about stuff. Maybe I’m just a pessimistic person or something, but I find it a lot easier to find things to complain about than I do to talk about happy events. It’s not that good things don’t happen, it’s just not as interesting to talk about them. I guess I’ll give it a try though!
Top of the bill for good news is, my grandad is recovering well now. Obviously there’s still plenty of complaining to do about him being put in this situation in the first place, but after visiting him last week I was able to see that he’s getting on pretty well now. Hospitals are weird places, and I’m glad I haven’t had to spend much time in any before. I had to dress up in plastic overalls and scrub my hands until they were more sore than a honey-covered guy in a swarm of bees. I also had to put my bag in a bag for some reason and leave that outside, which was a bit worrying when I practically care my LIFE around in a bag with me these days (Seriously, I’d die without my bag. I’m also a bit like a Snail, carrying my house around on my back.) But beyond sounding like some cross between Darth Vader and a Dalek with all these tubes attatched, and liquid being pumped in and out of him faster than a water cooler on a hot summer’s day, he looked and sounded like he was doing well.
Another bit of good news for me is that I managed to get a ticket for Reading Festival, along with a few friends. I had a great weekend there with 1 friend a couple of years ago, and the bands playing there this year look at least as good. With a whole group of us going too, it should be a lot of fun. I was pretty lucky to find a working link to buy tickets too, as practically every ticket selling site was down due to being bombarded by thousands of eager festival-goers spamming Refresh on the page 2 hours before the tickets were on sale. In the end I got hold of a link that worked though, so everyone was able to get tickets.
Another nice thing at the moment is the weather. While March was generally being a bit crap and seemed to be having a tantrum and throwing every sort of weather except sunlight and warmth at us, April has been quite nice so far. Some saying goes that “March comes in like a lion, and out like a lamb” I don’t really have a clue what this means, since last time I checked Lions weren’t really very wet or cold. Lambs are quite warm though, so I guess that part does make sense. Another saying starts “April showers”, but I don’t know how the rest of the saying goes, so I’ll just hope that there aren’t any. I’m getting into the summer mood though, as yesterday I ate an ice cream, and today I went out without a jacket and didn’t freeze to death.
The money situation is on the up to, as since I got some money for my birthday, and I’m spending most of this month at my parent’s house, I should have some money left over for my savings at the end of the month. This is pretty well needed after spending £150 on Reading tickets, although since my Mum said she’d still keep giving me some money in the summer, I’m not too worried about having enough money now. I’d still like to do some travelling again, but that’s a bit much to hope for.
There, I did it. I made a post without any complaining, mostly. I think I prefer complaining.
Oh, going back to the start of the post – a selection of April Fools I saw -
BBC Documentary Discovers Flying Penguins
Legend of Zelda Movie
Xbox Virtual Reality Helmet
I did manage to survive April 1st though, which was a tough task on a day which Greg was calling “Rapril Fools Day”.
