i would stand in line for this

I'm in Montpellier! Living with three women. I've never seen so many shoes. It's my third day here, and I'm meant to making a CV. My first day here I spent doing the tourist stuff, basically just walking around. Yesterday one of the students I'm living with took me round loads of bars, but we didn't find a job. It was meant to be that easy, I'm sure of it.
I'm drinking infusion tea and it's terrible. I miss the real stuff.
I've gone like, almost a week without touching any food that I would deem unhealthy, chocolate and crisps and that. I actually cooked myself a meal yesterday. Scrambled eggs. I used full fat cream (there was no milk) and it was really sweet. That's how much of a student I'm being right now.

Today it's quite annoying because I don't have any friends yet, so I'm sitting in the kitchen using the wifi, and there's a radio on but I don't want to turn it down because there might be someone else in but I haven't seen anyone etc.
We went to the main gay bar here yesterday and tried to get me a job but no luck. I'm gonna search online for English-language theatre groups or something. There should be something like that.

Question Time

Like any self-respecting gay, I got hugely angry at both Nick Griffin and Baroness Warsi upon their mention of homosexuality. I also wanted to high-five the lesbian who stood up to him a bit.
It all starts with the story in the Daily Mail about Stephen Gately where this reporter is pretty much a massive homophobe. (I read the article, she's a bitch.) So the BNP leader and some Conservative woman both basically say that homosexuality shouldn't be taught in schools (she wanted Section 28 back for heaven's sake!) and other stuff but yeah. Being gay makes you sensitive to this shit. I don't remember any mention of homosexuality in primary school but I imagine I wouldn't have spent a decent part of my life feeling slightly fucked up if I'd known what the hell was going on with me. Seeing the reactions (well, opinions, I mean.) of these straight people on that panel (they were all straight, right) is so bloody common. There are very few straight people I think 100% understand what it is to be homosexual. Many people claim they know, but they really, really don't. And if you're straight, reading this, you'll be thinking, "that gay thinks he's special or something"
I don't know what point I'm even trying to make here
I've never felt that anyone straight could possibly understand what it's like. To be fair, I don't have any (wait, let me think... nope) any friends who are straight and part of a minority which is as belittled and whatever as homosexuality is. I'm probably wrong here, but living in Carlisle means there are only white people. or something. basically I'm just angry because everything for everything positive about homosexuality there are x30 fucking internet retards to upset me.

One example: Heinz Deli Mayo
I pretty much did my last media coursework on this advert. It was pulled after I think around 90 complains to Ofcom complaining about the homosexual content and it undermining the typical family or whatever. There are over a thousand comments on this video, and the more recent ones are positive, whereas the comments on this video when it was first posted were extremely offensive. People complained that their kids might see it or whatever and turn gay. Because that happens. The advert was in fact not allowed to be broadcast near kid's TV programs because of the high sugar level or whatever of the product itself. What annoys me the most about this whole thing is that Heins pulled the entire marketing campaign. Stonewall saw this as an insult, as if Heinz were scared to be associated with a gay market. The majority of positive comments on youtube fail to see much of a homosexual connotation to the whole ad. The kids even call the italian chef dude "mum"

Oh, fucking hell. Society has made me unhappy with myself, again.

we'll just say you were never here

Called Jeanne-Marie today, so my parents are gonna give me a lift to Montpellier on Monday. Once I get there, that's it, I'm staying. Awesome. I hope it goes well. Chris hasn't talked to me yet. I dunno. Guilty? or am I just paranoid? Probably both.
So, I'll have to go to Ikea at some point and buy bed stuff . And towels. Maybe plates or whatever as well. Because Chris didn't come, I'm also lacking a toothbrush charger, and enough clothes. Which is all very bad. I know that one was short, but yeah. extended status update or whatever.
I think I'm stuck already on acoustic guitar. I'm not sure where to go next. I've learnt all the basic chords and whatever but I have no idea how to progress from there, with strumming or whatever. Whatever I try and play sounds quite bad. More practice is needed.

Also how many times did I say that word? Is it even a word?

tells me all the ways that he's gonna mess me up

So, Chris can't come any more.
I'm not entirely sure what happened.
It was a mix of something to do with the hire car company and his credit card.
Oh well.
I can't go to Montpellier on Thursday so I'll have to call Jeanne-Marie tomorrow and tell her.
I won't be able to get a lift til next week, and I also won't be able to "just visit", so I dunno how it'll work but I'll just have to turn up and move in. This sucks. I don't know if Chris genuinely couldn't come, but there's the nagging doubt that he didn't want to in the first place. I mean, who misses a train? I never saw any proof of his tickets or anything. I don't know. Also, if anyone wants me to play me in my biopic, get in touch.

calls me up

Not too sure about the new header, really. Thoughts?

I called Jeanne-Marie (the student) from Nicole's (her mum) house to arrange meeting up and my French is appalling. Really, really bad. No small talk because I can't remember how to do it. So, just business. Chris gets here on Thursday and we're going to Montpellier once he gets here, then staying at Jeanne-Marie's house that night. My future house. Poor Chris, won't get any rest. He'll be worn out. Ah well. And hopefully I'll be moving there as soon as possible. I've said I'm not working at the Grau hotel/restaurant for two days, because Chris is here. Oh well.

in an interstellar burst

This place is getting a bit domestic/angry, which is annoying.

Also. I feel, I don't know, stood up or something.
Chris was meant to be coming on the train today, but he cancelled it. But now it turns out he's hiring a car instead, so I should just shut up and stop being paranoid. I treat him like crap, then get angry at him when he steps even slightly out of line. I'm an idiot. Ah. Well.

Tonight I'm going to my neighbour's house to call Jeanne-Marie, which is entirely belated, as I'm hoping to go and visit her in the next few days. If Chris gets here. When he leaves, I'm hoping to go and move in with this student, on the basis of teaching her English while I learn French. No idea about the sort of stuff I'll have to do. I mean, how much it'll cost or whatever. I've heard she has lots of gay friends, though, which is tacky but I'm open to the idea because well I'm a whore.

Also, every time I stand on the scales I get a different weight, but the average seems to be 70kg, which coupled with my height of 185cm gives me a completely average body mass index thingy. Which is good.

But, really

but i'm happy alone, honest

I'm so sore today. It was my last day of working for my dad yesterday and everything hurts. I was on a roof, sweeping it. It took about six hours. Crazy. I also have manly builder hands. Not right.

AND NOOOO I CAN'T WIN EXPERT MINESWEEPER. Seriously. 53 games and I can't do it. That hurts too.

So, I found this course: Acting in Creative Media which is at The Manchester College, which is part of Manchester University. It's a three year course, the first is theory based to weed out the slackers (me), second year seems to be acting, then in the third you create different forms of media (TV, radio, etc.) as part of a small company. I don't know but it seems good, and that's where I want to go, really.

hey paul, hey paul, let's have a ball

So it's like half three and I should have been asleep at least three hours ago because I'm getting up in four hours to go and do manly building work. I've been watching Stargate Atlantis and I can see why it got cancelled after the fifth season. Even though Midway was actually quite a good episode, it was blatantly oh look here's Teal'c from SG1 (tough foreign alien) and Ronan from Atlantis (tough foreign alien) let's put them both together oh and also because this is the last episode before the finale let's put it on Atlantis, a random planet, the midway station, AND Stargate Command oh and a jumper oh and the Daedalus. Hmm. But yeah, still interesting.

I have also discovered Simply Syndicated. Oh my God. It's a podcast network sort of site and it's awesome. I love the sense of humour the different presenters have. My favourite podcast so far is ...or do you think that's just bollocks?
It's exactly the type of non-profit organisation I'd like to be involved in in the future if non-profit was my kinda thing, which it will probably end up being. aha.

race: in

I bought myself an acoustic guitar for €150 last night in Andorra. I think it's an Epiphone but I'm not sure. It's very shiny, though. I'm finding it quite easy to remember the chord shapes but after almost twelve hours of owning an acoustic I haven't quite got the hang of jumping from chord to chord. I'm told it comes quite quickly once you start playing. Cool. I had the worst headache I've had in a while this morning so I didn't go to work with my dad. I got up at about one PM and I've watched a film called Thank You For Smoking which was rather funny, and listened to Thom Yorke's new EP Feeling Pulled Apart By Horses which is different but good. I'm getting bored of this village but I think I already said that before.

Also I can't do barre chords yet! Shame on me.

tell me something that rhymes with pavement

Seriously though, go for Stephen Malkmus when you have a chance. Lyrically he is insane. Neutral Milk Hotel are probably better for lyrics though.
So, Becca and Joe split up. Makes sense and itoldyousoetcetc.
So, Chris is friends with Stuart again, right after I leave. Is that what I do? Stifle people's friendships? Stuart is a fucking creep, though. I don't know what Chris is thinking at all.

Oh, and. I just finished reading The Ring which was a bloody waste of time. I won't bother buying the next part of the story because even the cliffhangar was lame. It seemed like a good book, but the translator I think died or something near the end because it became increasingly more pathetic. The blurb boasts, "Japan's most thrilling new literary star". The translator (I'm guessing) did a pretty shit job at keeping the thrilling part of the book in there. Also. I have been scared by books before. Stephen King and that. This book was in no way frightening. 3/10, purely because it keeps you interested even though it is lame. Dunno how it manages that. Next book I'm reading is by Ian M. Banks. It's called Use of Weapons. It sounds very heavy sci-fi, I'll give it a try.

raindown

Also, facebook in french is better than facebook in english.

stop whispering, start shouting

So, turns out I've finished my first week doing building in France. Tiring and I can't wait to get to Montpellier, which also turns out to be the gay capital of France. Weird, huh? Bought Nathan Pablo Honey and In The Aeroplane Over The Sea for his birthday. He seems to like Radiohead a bit more than Neutral Milk Hotel, but I bloody wish someone had given me those albums when I was 13. Ah well. Chris is taking ages to do his drums for that ice hand! Mathers will also take ages. At least I can (probably) count on Karen!

Radiohead's early music videos were weird.

and chris's drum were neither how I imagined them to be played or high enough quality.

that ice hand

That's what I think I'll call this new music project. That Ice Hand. Has a nice ring to it. I might absorb the Turks work in to that as well. Cheeky me. I look so round in the test video for Chris. My youtube account is called jackandjackorjack. Mathers and Karen are on board, and Chris is recording his drums tomorrow night. I hope he gets it right. This could be something special. Or it could not. Anyway, time to lie down.

hey there mister sweet and awful

So, (if Mathers agrees) I'm hoping to get a proper structure for this song. Also want to get Chris, Chris and Karen to record bits for it on video, then I'll do a mashup with fixed audio. That sort of thing. Too ambitious? I asked Mathers and he strangely hasn't replied.

Ooh, and he replied and said yes. Depends on Chris now!

got caught stealing from the lost and found

I'm in France, by the way. That's why the background in that last video was full of half-built rubbish. Obviously (?) I don't have obsessive compulsive disorder, but my mother pointed out before how many times I wash my hands. While working with my dad today, I kept having to go and clean the sawdust off my hands, even if I was going to dirty them again five minutes later. When I got home tonight, after stroking the dogs or whatever, I'd wash my hands. It's just this place is so dusty. Normal, right?

space rock

Seriously though, I seem to have written something I'm genuinely impressed with.

i've got it all (most)

Chris got a pair of Sennheiser PXC 350 headphones today and is letting me borrow them while at work. Not being able to hear myself type is a bit weird. I've never heard sound quality like it. I want some. And at just over a hundred pounds, why wouldn't I? This Modest Mouse EP thing is amazing with these. You can hear Isaac Brock go, "I just love this shit..." at the start of King Rat. This sort of thing gets me excited.
I'm going to listen to OK Computer and Amnesiac later.