Day 186.

© Ruth Johnston 2010.

Just over a week until the Grad Ball and I'm still without the appropriate dress. Sutton is a rubbish place for shopping.
I did buy a gorgeous maxi dress though, I need to stop spending money. Like, now.

Day 185.

© Ruth Johnston 2010.

I lost the button on my new dress while getting changed at the swimming pool, I've no idea where it went, I'm going to have to sort it out because otherwise this dress shows far too much boob. It looked so nice when I put it on with all the buttons this morning too..
My swim was very nice though, thank you. Then I went to have some ice cream from the new ice cream shop in Dorking, I had lime, it was nice but I thought it was a bit too limey.

Day 184.

© Ruth Johnston 2010.

Eeep, cute. Here is a suspicious Happy Hippo and his mate.
I think I can relax until Friday, mustn't get too lazy though, I'm going swimming tomorrow, having an 'I look pretty alright' day :)

Day 183.

© Ruth Johnston 2010.

So, O2 Wireless was today, and I don't think it's because Glastonbury was only last week that I didn't enjoy it, generally it was pretty boring and there really wasn't a lot to do, they tried to make out as if there was but there wasn't. The whole 'festival' consists of a huge main stage and 3 tiny tents with other music, the rest of it is just food stalls and a couple of merch stands. There were some vague Superdrug and Ugg stuff, but overall it was pretty dull. The music I wanted to see, I liked, but considering no one really appreciated anyone except Jay-Z, the whole thing kind of lacked atmosphere. Thank God for Lily Allen, who stopped the bottle throwing, the full bottle throwing, the piss filled bottle throwing...
I don't think I'll be going again, but I'm glad I saw Lily Allen, now that she's 'quit music' for a bit, and I really enjoyed Jay-Z and Slash in any case. The whole situation wasn't helped by being filthy from the moment I stepped through the gate, they should really do something about that.

Day 182.

© Ruth Johnston 2010.

This is the worst typo I've faced in my life. I've fixed it now, but on the morning I'm supposed to use it, this wasn't the most pleasant of surprises. It doesn't matter too much, everything else went very smoothly, I was literally running after the Grand Parade, and I think I got better at taking photographs as I went along, so if this job doesn't gain me much else, at least my chat and skill will have improved. Even though this press-pass isn't a flat image, it still got me into the Horticultural Show for free, I think, the man at the door didn't seem too impressed.
I've updated my site with the photos already, so am keeping well on top. I'm looking forward to next weekend already.

Day 181.

© Ruth Johnston 2010.

So, I took some photographs of the restaurant for my Mum today, I also went out to buy my grad ball dress, but failed and came back with a ton of stuff that cost money I didn't really want to spent.
Just applied for another job in August, hope that my Village Voice stuff goes well tomorrow. I'm also finally up to date with all my blogging and as VV is only from 2 until 4 tomorrow, I have plenty of time to stay on top. Being a busy bee is much better than being some kind of sloth laid up on the couch when it's so boiling.

Day 180.

© Ruth Johnston 2010.

...And I'm back on track.
Today I went to see Portsmouth University's pterosaurs that have made a home along Southbank, they look pretty much like gargantuan cuddly toys than anything that resembles paleontological studies, but I'm glad I saw them. I also went to a recording of The Cube, if you're unfamiliar with it, where were you last October, it's only the best programme ever, as is any with Philip Schofield. He seems like a genuinely nice gent, he was going to come up into the crowd and take photos with us but I think someone whispered in his ear not to so he let us take some ones of him like this instead. We were really quite close, I'm looking forward to seeing it on TV though as the run through of a show like that gets pretty boring. Fizz from Corrie was our 'celebrity', not sure how much else I'm allowed to say, except that we cheered and clapped a lot whenever money was mentioned. I think I'm going to try and relax tomorrow and catch up on my blogging/news.