I said over a month ago that I’d tell you all about the nerdfighter gathering and what it was like meeting John Green. So I forgot, sorry.
But I can tell you that it was so freakin’ awesome I wrote 11 pages in my diary about it which is officially a record for a single day. Some highlights from the day included organised fun in Jubilee Gardens, Going to England’s first ever Chipotle, Listening to John Green talk for almost an hour while sitting on a stack of his books (Livi and I were right at the back), Hearing John Green say “Tiffin Girls? Oh my god you go to Rosi’s school! I’ve heard all about it you’re school is awesome!”, Eating (half of) my first ever (cold) burrito, The JANICE LEATHER INTERNATION > ICE FATHER NATION sign, sing alongs in the queue, finally getting to the front of the queue after 3 hours, getting to know Shane (after failing to actually get into the gig), getting a photo with John Green, Actually getting into the gig!, Sitting on the floor (Shane and I were right at the back, (recurring theme? I think so)) listening to Sons of Admirals, Listening to John Green talking about imagining people complexly, Conversations about curiosity, Acting upon curiosities, Getting on the tube going the wrong way on the way home and not caring but instead enjoying the ride.
So yeah, it was a pretty awesome day.
In other, more recent news, today I went to the dentist. The bus went the wrong way. I ended up being late. It was a waste of an afternoon.
In some slightly better news today during registration Livi and I started chatting about Busted. Busted, for those of you who aren’t cool enough to remember, were the coolest pop rock boyband of the early noughties. This converstaion lead me to get an iTunes card in town today and download a number of their more memorable songs. How can you not love a band who you caused you to rock out to lyrics like:
One day
when I came home
at lunchtime
I heard a funny noise
went out
to the back yard
to find out
if it was one of those rowdy boys
stood there
was my neighbour
called Peter
and a Flux Capasitor
He told me he built a time-machine, like one in in a film I’ve seen, yeah
Amen and Out
PostScript I’m totally still waiting for Busted’s seventh album.
