I went out on Friday night with Adam so didn't get home until late; at which point I felt it was essential to clean out my car in the snow with all my car doors open and my music on full blast! Amazing. I'm sure my neighbours appreciated it fully.
I then went inside and forced myself to sleep!
In the morning I rolled off the sofa and went and had a bath, lovely. Packed my things in a poor and rushed manner. Score. And then I went to pick up Emilee and Fay.
The road to Em's was lush and snowy and made me happy. I had my pink thermos full of tea which burnt my tongue a bit, ouchy, and music on and was just like, ahhhh bliss.
Once she hopped into my little car we went to get Fay from his, which proved tricky at times, but we managed it JUST FINE.
THEN WE WERE OFF!!
I liked the journey to Brighton because it starts out on the way to Bridport which is where my couisn used to live when we were little and it made me happy thinking about family trips and the pink castle-house. Amazing.
We listened to lots of music all the way there and talked lots about lots of things and had many many laughs, I love road trips, they're so so amaze.
We had to turn around a couple of times as reading directions and singing and talking and driving all at once can prove a little tricky at times! But I felt I pretty much rocked it the majority of the time. It was only when doing all that and trying to open my window and take of my hoody and denim jacket that it really proved a task most complex.
Managed it none the less!!
When we got to Brighton we decided we would go straight to the convention rather than drop of our stuff first as we didn't wanna go to late etc.
We found somewhere to park and then walked up to the racecourse. We could see the sea and it was lush. The whole journey felt like the first day of summer, it was amazing, sea, sun and friends; what more could I ask for?
We got our tickets and then head for the main building to start wondering around. All the artist there was so amazing, it was incredible to looks at all their work and watch people getting their ink. Every stand had cards and leaflest and stickers to give out and I ended up coming home with a bag full of them. Emilee got in the car and emptied out pockets and bags full of them ha!! It was such a rad experience; it was surreal seeing people have tattoo's in that kind of atmosphere; for us personally it made us realise how much we love Glory Bound in Exmouth and that we'd rather wait to get home to have something done; its not about rushing something like that. But it gave us a lot of inspiration to say the least. There was one artist in particular which I fell in love with; they were from Brighton and did some really beautiful, intricate paisley designs. I nearly got booked in with them but they didn't have time for a piece as big as the one I wanted anyway!
Once we'd looked around and had chats with different artists we decided to head into Brighton and get some very late lunch.
We found our way into town, finally found somewhere to park; JESUS £3.60 FOR AN HOUR. Is that some kind of joke? Daylight robbery! Anyway, then we walked through town until we found somewhere yummy to eat. We walked past a place called "The Arrogant Frog Brassarie" and I've never been so happy in my entire life; literally, what a name.
We ended up in Bella Italia and we had pizza and felt happy. Although we were all at that point where we were getting sleepy from all the travelling and stuff we'd been doing, so I took Em and Fay to Dan's and then found my way to B's.
We just chilled out for a few hours. It was nice. Sam was a B's as well which was rad as I see him basically never now they're both at uni. We chilled in her room and just caught up on stuff and talked about OUR HOUSE that we're getting in Brighton for next year and talking about uni ideas etc because basically, I have two options (hopefully) either Brighton or Sussex uni; either are good because I can live with B in Brighton and be a happy lady.
After a can of Relentless and a rest we got ready to go out. Sam got told what to wear by B, it was good fun.
We walked to Dan's house as it isn't very far from B's at all and chilled there with lots of people for a couple of hours or so. His house was properly trashed because he'd had a party the night before. The window was well and truly falling apart and there were drawings all over the walls which I'm prety sure were done with crayons and therefore could be passed as kids drawings?
I got put in charge of the music, but the ipod I was equipped with was an automatic setback, however I feel I pulled it off with what I had available to me!
Miss Hope called me as she was a sad bunny and I was extremely sad because I couldn't do anything to make it better being like 200 odd miles away. But I tried anyway, by sending ridiculous texts every so often.
Me and B got a bit excited playing with the DSi and were just sat there in hysterics while everyone else just ignored us! We felt this was fine and continued.
Sometime after midnight we left Dan's to get the night bus.
The night bus; wow. Why is it that late night bus journey's are always SO ridiculous?
Fay, Dan, B, Sam and Em were all a little drunk by now I'm sure and were all coming out with fair amounts of crap. Oh thing was more amusing to us than anything else though. Fay came out with a line that even to this day we're unsure of... I'm almost adimant it was "swaying like a raper" however, sam heard it as "sweating like a rapist" I think and B got "sweating like a rayburn" all of which are ridiculous things to say. Fay was too gone by this point to even remember what he had said. It was amusing.
When we got close to our stop we all went downstairs (oh yeah, failed to mention it was a double decker) and waited by the door. Unfortunately I managed to let go of the hand rail at the perfect time to go flying forwards, lucky for me Sam protected me and came out with some line which made him sound like a cheesy super hero. Win?
It was most appreciated by all.
We walked to Tav Pav (?) and queued only to find that Fay had forgotten his ID and therefore we had to find somewhere which didnt ID which can be tricky on a Saturday night, then again, Fay is clearly not underage with his MASSIVE beard etc. Anyhow, found another pub which was open until 3am and went into there. From the outside it didnt look like anything special however it was actually awesome! There was a DJ and a little dance area and was full of happy drunk people, most of which looked over 25. B and I came to the conclusion that they were wondering what we were doing there as "students don't come out on the weekend, they're too cheap" ha. Our bad. Sorry we didnt conform to society's beliefs. I'm not even a student so I'm over it!
There was a really cute barman there who had a rad mohawk and amaze tattoo's and he was so cute and had his lip pierced. He always made a point of serving me at the bar and it transpired (I found, after a conversation with another barmaid who served me before he got the chance) that he "liked me" haha. I gave him a cheeky wink and enjoyed the chemistry we had from across the bar throughout the night. Random things like that which only last a night are good, clean fun.
And then out of nowhere we saw Brownie (my tattoo artsist from Exmouth) which was the weirdest thing, of all the pubs in brighton he was in this random little pub!? So we all went over to have a chat which was pretty damn painful because we'd ALL been tattooed by him and it just seemed so, bleurghhhh ha, can't even think of the right word for it. Ask B, she totally agreed. It was basically pretty cringe. Anyway, as the night went on I bumped into him every now and then, he bought me a drink and we had a cheeky dance. Was cool to see him. We had a chat about my next two pieces and I got VERY excited.
Earlier on in the night some random guy came up to me and B and whispered something in my ear, I didn't get it at first but it transpired to be "Are you a copper? My mate says you're a copper." which apparently is a chat up line in Brighton..? I turned around and politely explained that I was not a "copper". Later on he came back and said "Sorry for that awful chat up line." and I explained that he needed to work on it, pretty desperately! And he then explained he was a police man and that (*points*) is his Sargent. Nice.
At one point Sam put his arms around me and B and proudly announced that we are his "VERY GOOD FRIENDS" which came as a delight to B after their three years of relationship (ha!!) it was too funny. He tried to get himself out of that one afterwards but it was far too late for that. Hahaha.
As it got closer to 3 Fay kept falling asleep on the sofa which was frowned upon by the bouncers who kept saying if he fell asleep they'd kick him out. So Sam, B, Dan and I tried to keep him entertained so he wouldnt tfall asleep.
Sam put it perfectly, "Fay is literally like a giant baby." You literally have to keep him entertained constantly or he just falls asleep and is a complete liability once alone haha.
We went and got disgusting greasy fast food before we left and then headed for the queue for the taxi. We lost Fay and Dan who we believe went back to Dan's before Fay passed out on the Pier. Poor Em got left behind. We dropped her off on the way to B's and then made my bed and fell asleep.
Oh yeah, and at some point me and B took photo's in the pub toilets like the classy birds we are.
I woke up pretty early which was weird but I think it'd because I was SO cold. I went for a shower and then got ready to go out in Brighton for the day.
Sam didn't want to move so stayed at B's while we went into town. It was really nice, we walked to the bus station where we saw some guy with bright green hair go into a bookies. We genuinely thought it was like a hat or something at first it was that green; but no, alas, it was his hair. Something for Miss Hope to consider maybe?
We got into town and went for lunch at Pret. Yummy.
Then we went around the shops and just chilled. It was nice to see that part of Brighton. I like it. I could happily see myself living there.
On the way home we sat at the top of the bus at the very front and a man and his two kids were the opposite side from us. One of them just SCREAMED half way through every sentence B tried to get out which was funny for a while. And the other sang a song which had one lyric repeated over and over "Bubblier, bubblier, bubblier" etc. It was pretty funny, but when B and I joined in the child stared at us in disgust. Maybe we need practice or something?
We stopped at a red light and saw two of our friends from home standing outside of a pub, it was really surreal and painfull awkward as once they saw us we waved, but after that there's not much you can do from the top of a bus, so it was just like, ohh heyyy. ermmm. yeah. Ha. Just sat there praying for the light to go green. When I got back I went up to B's room to say buy to Sam and make sure I had all my stuff and then went to pick up Em and Fay.
We drove home a different way from the one we came, but this was good as this way was more motorway based and therefore getting lost was harder.
Em slept a bit and Fay listened to his music in the back while I just sang horrifically in the front.
I stopped at Fleet services on the way which made me happy. I love Fleet services. Mmmm, road trips.
I got a can of Relentless and a can of Monster. Yummm. Oh and a massive packet of Quavers.
We went straight to Exeter to pick up Miss Hope and then I dropped them at home. Hope and I came home and dyed my hair dark again.
I love it.I had an amazing time.
Brighton is amazing.
My friends are amazing.
Tattoo's are amazing.
Everything is just amazing.
Lalalala.
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