Be The Jam

Living in a flat does seem alien and I'm not entirely comfortable with this development. However, leaving the flat or doing anything other than sleeping or drinking tea appears to be quite beyond my capabilities right now. I think I have been caught by the comfort trap, I'm not putting in a huge amount of effort to escape, perhaps a few days of spoiling myself are in order.

Little things make all the difference, like washing clothes in a washing machine - it's the easiest thing in the world to put them in a machine, press a button and then forget about them until they need to be hung up. Previously I had to walk to fetch water, heat it over a fire, wash things by hand, fetch more water to rinse them off and then having to construct a roof to hang them under if it was raining. Washing clothes is no longer a chore, it's easy. As is everything else. I even have access to a freezer, you can put ice cream in a freezer, I have eaten a lot of ice cream in the past few day.

Now I have to leave the flat and head to Oxford and I really don't want to leave the comfort behind, I have been saying this all day. Really must go now.

Today I woke up to find myself not under a canopy of trees or breathing fresh country air, my morning wash didn't take place in a stream and the water for my tea wasn't carried home then heated over a fire. Today I woke in my new flat in London encased in bricks and sleeping on a bed. To celebrate this turn of events I filled the cupboards with food and stayed in drinking tea, eating toast and watching Ray Mears on You Tube.

I think it might take a little while to get back into the swing of writing the blog, I have tried writing but everything came out all stilted and dull so I have deleted everything and will try again later.

Perhaps I could get away with making a list of good things and bad things.

Good Things

Running water.

Shower.

Kettle.

Waterproof living space.

Having more than a pan and a knife to cook with.

Constant access to the internet.

Bad Things

Walls closing in.

No sunshine.

Noise.

Everything is grey not green.

Constant access to the internet.

Having to wash up more than a pan and a knife.

I suspect that it might take a little time to get used to living indoors again and I imagine that most of my time will be spent earning money so that I can do so, it all seems to be a bit of a waste of time really.

Not partying, working.

Lack of electricity, computers and internet connection conspire to make updating the blog quite challenging.

Will update asap.

What ho!

Just got back from The Glade yesterday, it was a rather jolly affair although admittedly rather damp during the actual festival. Knee deep in mud in places, river running through one of the main stages, that sort of thing.

Developments.

I stayed in a tent for a bit, didn't turn into a girl.

I have figured out how to raise the money to get to South America.

Have got a job working at Glastonbury next year.

I'm moving into a flat in London quite soon.

Having a meeting with a documentary maker on Tuesday.

Will be spending a couple of months in Spain this winter to get used to heat and speaking Spanish.

They speak Catalan not Spanish where I am going.

Nearly got Trench Foot.

Going to another festival (Shambala) on Wednesday - I may be sometime.