This weekend has been so amazingly awesome!
I just tried writing a blog about it, but it started to get sooooo lengthy, so instead I shall bullet-point some of the amazing things which made it as good as it was :D
- John Green's books 'An Abundance of Katherines' and 'Looking For Alaska' arrived!
- I met up with Charlie, Alex and Jimmy - it was awesome to finally meet jimmy.
- I had a meeting with Hat Trick Productions which went really well, and I'm super excited about our future plans with them.
- Alex passed on a freakin' signed copy of Hank Green's album 'So Jokes' which Alan had sent him to give me <3
- I got given Chameleon Circuit pin-badges :D
- I met up with James, Becky, Tom, and Ed.
- We went to CYBER CANDY! (again)
- We ate yummy dumplings in China Town
- Spent ages in the Disney store, and Build-a-Bear
- I met two of Tom's friends who were absolutely lovely.
- Asal (one of tom's friends) let me stay at her house on friday night, which was amazing, because it meant I could stay with tom, and spend valentine's day with him today, instead of having to get the last train home to sheffield on friday night like i thought i might have had to ^_^
- Ate the most delicious veggie burger at The Burger Co. in kings cross with tom, before having to leave london :(
There are so many other little things which I haven't included which made this weekend amazing, but it's impossible to mention them all, and I think I mentioned the main points, so all is gooood :)
Saturday, 14 February 2009
Monday, 9 February 2009
blink182!
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OMFG!!! BLINK182 ARE BACK!!!
happiest day evarrrrr! <3
They announced on their official website yesterday that they're back in the studio, writing and recording a new album, and that they'll be touring the world again in summer 09! :D
As soon as I heard the news I went back and listened to all my old blink albums and got awfully nostalgic :)
I started listening to blink around about 1999/2000 when enema of the state first came out, and subsequently went back and bought their 2 previous albums, and bought their following 2 albums before they went on a break. They're one of those bands for me, who have a lot of strong memories attached to their music.
Being 15. Sitting outside the rowing club in durham on a friday night with my friends, drinking vodka and 15p cherryade mixed together in a plastic bottle; listening to blink182 and other rock music of the time blarring out of the 'under18 rock night' held at the rowing club. Walking through newton hall, listening to their music on my portable cd player. Using quotes from their songs to describe my feelings for my friends, and my parents. Having secret house parties whenever my mum would go away for the weekend, playing "I want to fuck a dog in the ass" full volume and singing along like an idiot with all of my friends xD.
So many great memories! :D
Which is why I'm completely stoked to have them back together again! I'm definitely going to have to see them live if they come to the UK this summer!
As a little footnote to this blog post, I'm still not technically back off my internet hiatus :P I haven't been on youtube/twitter/skype at all since yesterday morning, and have only been online occasionally to check my emails. It's been nice having a little break.. although I'm starting to miss the internetz already, so I'll no doubt be back in the full swing of things pretty soon xD
Much love <3
Sunday, 8 February 2009
unplugging myself.
I was looking at the stats on my 'Are You Straight?' video today, and noticed I had over 1,000 hits from an embedded video on a site called somanyboys.net, so I went to check out the site. It's a site about cute guys -- so i'm not quite sure why my video's on it?! It isn't a porn site, but if you're not interested in seeing semi-naked guys, I wouldn't bother going to the site.
Anywho, the reason for this blog post is that I came across the picture you see above on their site, and it caught my attention. I think the reason it caught my attention is that it kind of summarises how I've been feeling for the past couple of days. I wake up, switch my laptop on, and i'm just sucked in to the cyberworld. I sit here all day, refreshing the same few websites, hoping someone will have posted a new youtube video to watch, or seeing what people are up to on twitter. It's like I've become dependant on getting a continuous fix of the internetz, and I just completely ignore the outside world. I literally don't think I've left my flat in the past 48 hours. It's not healthy.
I think I need to unplug myself. Go on a little hiatus. Take a break from the internet world.
My will power is astonishingly low when it comes to neglecting my laptop though, so I'll no doubt be back on in a couple of hours, but at least for now, I'm taking a break.
I'm going to sign out of all my online accounts. Then I'm going for a shower. Then I'm going to eat. Then I might have a wander into town. And then we'll see where the wind takes me.
Goodbye for now, internet world. <3
Wednesday, 4 February 2009
YouTube Quiz.
Stolen from Phil.
Username: JohnnyDurham19
Why did you pick it?: because some inconsiderate person took the username JohnnyDurham a couple of months before i signed up.. and they don't even use the account! DAMN THEM! >_<
Who did you first subscribe to?: renetto, i think =/
Who did you most recently subscribe to?: the last person i remember subscribing to recently is wheezywaiter... who is rather awesome.
What does your last text message say?: "02 voicemail. You have 1 New message..."
Do you have any goals?: put in enough effort to graduate from uni
What was the last thing you bought?: irn bru, minestrone soup, 6 litres of cider.
Describe the person who posted this using one line?: An Amazing guy called Phil.
Are you excited about anything?: excited for my trip down to london at the end of next week :)
Do you have a crush? yes, and it's someone who's on youtube =X
Have you ever been drunk?: i've started drinking the cider i bought earlier, so i'm ever-so-slightly drunk right now actually :P
Who was the first Youtuber you met in real life?: i simultaneously met charlieissocoollike, blade376, mememolly, whataboutadam and several other people at the gates of thorpe park almost 2 whole years ago now :O
Who was the last Youtuber you met in real life?: davefromblueskies and iianardo!
Do you pefer day or night?: i'm a night owl
Are you a member of any collab channels?: semi-retired fiveawesomeguy
Do you have a secret account?: pumpkinsplat // davezers
Do you believe in God?: no.
Which youtuber do you talk to the most?: todd, although we've not been speaking as much recently :(
Which Youtuber do you think makes the best videos?: i love everyone's videos who i subscribe to, although right now, i get most excited if/when i see one of the following people post a new video: livelavalive, jabazzy, amazingphil, j0ames, joediscourse, hexachordal
You may only subscrie to 5 channels and only watch their videos. who will they be?: DON'T MAKE ME CHOOSE JUST 5!!!
Are you in a relationship?: nopes, i'm single. someone ask me out before valentine's day? :P
Would you date a smoker?: yes, although the first thing i would do as their new boyfriend would be to get them to quit smoking!
Where is your favourite place?: cyber candy?! xD
Are you a happy person?: most of the time.
Would you kiss the person who posted this?: *ATTACKS PHIL WITH TONGUE* :P
What would you take to the desert island? : a unicorn called dorothy.
Do you prefer sun or snow?: snowwwww!
Who did you last speak to on the phone? my sister :D
Who did you last text?: crikey! i need to use my phone more.. the last person I text was 4 days ago (?!?!?), and it was j0ames.
What are you doing tommorow?: no plans for tomorrow! we'll see where the wind takes me ^_^
What is your favourite flavour of potato chips?: currently, tangy cheese flavoured doritos.
What size are your feet?: 9
What do you want?: to not have to worry about money.
What do you need?: money? xD
What do you remember?: meeting the vengaboys in LA ;)
What do you wish?: i wish i were a zombie, roaming through the night, i'd bite off people's faces, and give them a great big fright. :P
END.
Username: JohnnyDurham19
Why did you pick it?: because some inconsiderate person took the username JohnnyDurham a couple of months before i signed up.. and they don't even use the account! DAMN THEM! >_<
Who did you first subscribe to?: renetto, i think =/
Who did you most recently subscribe to?: the last person i remember subscribing to recently is wheezywaiter... who is rather awesome.
What does your last text message say?: "02 voicemail. You have 1 New message..."
Do you have any goals?: put in enough effort to graduate from uni
What was the last thing you bought?: irn bru, minestrone soup, 6 litres of cider.
Describe the person who posted this using one line?: An Amazing guy called Phil.
Are you excited about anything?: excited for my trip down to london at the end of next week :)
Do you have a crush? yes, and it's someone who's on youtube =X
Have you ever been drunk?: i've started drinking the cider i bought earlier, so i'm ever-so-slightly drunk right now actually :P
Who was the first Youtuber you met in real life?: i simultaneously met charlieissocoollike, blade376, mememolly, whataboutadam and several other people at the gates of thorpe park almost 2 whole years ago now :O
Who was the last Youtuber you met in real life?: davefromblueskies and iianardo!
Do you pefer day or night?: i'm a night owl
Are you a member of any collab channels?: semi-retired fiveawesomeguy
Do you have a secret account?: pumpkinsplat // davezers
Do you believe in God?: no.
Which youtuber do you talk to the most?: todd, although we've not been speaking as much recently :(
Which Youtuber do you think makes the best videos?: i love everyone's videos who i subscribe to, although right now, i get most excited if/when i see one of the following people post a new video: livelavalive, jabazzy, amazingphil, j0ames, joediscourse, hexachordal
You may only subscrie to 5 channels and only watch their videos. who will they be?: DON'T MAKE ME CHOOSE JUST 5!!!
Are you in a relationship?: nopes, i'm single. someone ask me out before valentine's day? :P
Would you date a smoker?: yes, although the first thing i would do as their new boyfriend would be to get them to quit smoking!
Where is your favourite place?: cyber candy?! xD
Are you a happy person?: most of the time.
Would you kiss the person who posted this?: *ATTACKS PHIL WITH TONGUE* :P
What would you take to the desert island? : a unicorn called dorothy.
Do you prefer sun or snow?: snowwwww!
Who did you last speak to on the phone? my sister :D
Who did you last text?: crikey! i need to use my phone more.. the last person I text was 4 days ago (?!?!?), and it was j0ames.
What are you doing tommorow?: no plans for tomorrow! we'll see where the wind takes me ^_^
What is your favourite flavour of potato chips?: currently, tangy cheese flavoured doritos.
What size are your feet?: 9
What do you want?: to not have to worry about money.
What do you need?: money? xD
What do you remember?: meeting the vengaboys in LA ;)
What do you wish?: i wish i were a zombie, roaming through the night, i'd bite off people's faces, and give them a great big fright. :P
END.
Monday, 2 February 2009
goodbye blogTV.
I've had a little fall out with blogTV today, to the point where I really don't want to continue doing my scheduled shows on their site anymore.
Previously, I'd been going live on blogTV every Monday and Friday at 10pm GMT, but I think I'm going to completely scrap that schedule now.
I wish I could give more details about it but I don't think it's really something I should be talking about in my blog.
It's been so nice having people come to my shows, and having everyone getting involved by asking me questions, sending me jokes to read out, helping with the "Share the love" feature, and so on. It's been fun for me, and hopefully it's been fun for all you guys who've been coming to watch the shows. So I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who has come along to the shows and made them what they were.
In a way I feel a little guilty for ending the shows just because I've fallen out with blogTV, and it sucks that I'm not going to be able to interact with everyone in the same way now that I'm stopping the shows, but it's something I think I have to do. I'll probably go live every now and again just to check in with you all though, so look out for twitter updates about me going live.
You can follow my twitter updates here: twitter.com/JohnnyDurham19
So yes, thank you to everyone who's been to, and supported my shows in the past -- it really means a lot to me -- and I'm sorry to anyone who might miss my shows now they're ending.
Much love <3
Previously, I'd been going live on blogTV every Monday and Friday at 10pm GMT, but I think I'm going to completely scrap that schedule now.
I wish I could give more details about it but I don't think it's really something I should be talking about in my blog.
It's been so nice having people come to my shows, and having everyone getting involved by asking me questions, sending me jokes to read out, helping with the "Share the love" feature, and so on. It's been fun for me, and hopefully it's been fun for all you guys who've been coming to watch the shows. So I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who has come along to the shows and made them what they were.
In a way I feel a little guilty for ending the shows just because I've fallen out with blogTV, and it sucks that I'm not going to be able to interact with everyone in the same way now that I'm stopping the shows, but it's something I think I have to do. I'll probably go live every now and again just to check in with you all though, so look out for twitter updates about me going live.
You can follow my twitter updates here: twitter.com/JohnnyDurham19
So yes, thank you to everyone who's been to, and supported my shows in the past -- it really means a lot to me -- and I'm sorry to anyone who might miss my shows now they're ending.
Much love <3
Thursday, 15 January 2009
leg of a frog.
i don't really update this blog much anymore.
i think it's because i have so many other outlets for my thoughts.
like, if something happens to me which i feel like sharing, i'll talk about it in my blogTV show, or i'll make a youtube video, or update my twitter, or simply talk to people on skype... so yeah, apologies for not updating more often...
the past couple of weeks have been fun.
- new years party with lots of amazingly awesome people
- trip to ireland, with a dublin gathering and a day of filming with the TV network RTE
- having Toddly00 come stay with me in sheffield
i'm sure there are other interesting things which have happened, but i cannot think.
i got sent a couple more drawings! the one you see at the top of this blog, and the rather lovely cartoon version of me below ^_^
receiving drawings people have done of me, continues to make me exceptionally happy :D
can't think of anything else to write... so i will go now.
LOVE YOU <33333333
Tuesday, 6 January 2009
skype list.
My thoughts on some of the people from my Skype contacts list. They're anonymous, but can you figure out who some of them are?
- you're really friendly, and always seem happy to see me when i log in, which is nice.
- i don't think you like me, which sucks as i'm a big fan of your music and it'd be cool if we got along
- i wish we talked more, but i get the feeling you're always super busy, so i rarely contact you incase i'm a bother to you. i think you're awesome though.
- you're easily one of my favourite people that i've met through youtube, even though you constantly bully me :P
- at first you scared me as you're such an extrovert, but now i love you to pieces.
- we don't really know each other, but i think you're pretty cool.
- i really, really like you. i admire you more than i've admired anyone else in my life.
- i like your hair, and wish i could have it as my own xD
- i don't think we'd really talk outside of a "group" skype call, but you're rather awesome
- you're my best online friend. i'd be lost without you. thank you for being so amazing.
- i'm glad we've got to know each other better since we first met over scrabble and stolen ice cream :)
- i wish you would actually use skype so we could strengthen our friendship.
- you're lovely
- i've known you longer than almost anyone else that i still speak to online. we met before a lot of people had even joined youtube. we don't talk as much as we once did, but i still consider you one of my best friends, and i've loved sharing the whole youtube experience with you over the past couple of years.
- i'm not sure why you're on my contacts list, you don't even like me
- you're one of the nicest people i've met on youtube, and i think our personalities are astonishingly similar. you're awesome.
- we don't really know each other that well, but you're cool.
- tom milsom said i'm the second nicest person he's met... after you. this makes me envy you :P but tom's right, you really are a wonderful person.
- you're one of my favourite people to talk to. we can have silly chats about masturbating walruses, or deeper conversations about our lifelong dreams, and stuff. i really value having you as a friend.
- you're so sweet, and adorable. i can't wait to meet you in august.
- i'm glad we're such close friends. i can't wait until i get to meet you one day. i'll give you the biggest, and bestest hug EVER. followed by us having a sexy make out session ^_^
- you're cute. i have a crush on you. we flirt with each other too much xD
- AHH! you're awesome! i hope we get to meet some day!
- you make some of the best videos on youtube i've ever seen.
- i like your sense of humour, although occasionally our conversations seem a bit awkward, like we're not quite on the same wavelength.
- MUM!
- i remember coming across your videos on youtube, and i loved them, because you reminded me of a slightly younger version of myself. we have lots in common, and it's always fun talking to you. you should come online more often though, and stop neglecting our son so much!! :P Love you.
- it'd be cool to get to know you better, but you're never on skype.
- you're really friendly, and always seem happy to see me when i log in, which is nice.
- i don't think you like me, which sucks as i'm a big fan of your music and it'd be cool if we got along
- i wish we talked more, but i get the feeling you're always super busy, so i rarely contact you incase i'm a bother to you. i think you're awesome though.
- you're easily one of my favourite people that i've met through youtube, even though you constantly bully me :P
- at first you scared me as you're such an extrovert, but now i love you to pieces.
- we don't really know each other, but i think you're pretty cool.
- i really, really like you. i admire you more than i've admired anyone else in my life.
- i like your hair, and wish i could have it as my own xD
- i don't think we'd really talk outside of a "group" skype call, but you're rather awesome
- you're my best online friend. i'd be lost without you. thank you for being so amazing.
- i'm glad we've got to know each other better since we first met over scrabble and stolen ice cream :)
- i wish you would actually use skype so we could strengthen our friendship.
- you're lovely
- i've known you longer than almost anyone else that i still speak to online. we met before a lot of people had even joined youtube. we don't talk as much as we once did, but i still consider you one of my best friends, and i've loved sharing the whole youtube experience with you over the past couple of years.
- i'm not sure why you're on my contacts list, you don't even like me
- you're one of the nicest people i've met on youtube, and i think our personalities are astonishingly similar. you're awesome.
- we don't really know each other that well, but you're cool.
- tom milsom said i'm the second nicest person he's met... after you. this makes me envy you :P but tom's right, you really are a wonderful person.
- you're one of my favourite people to talk to. we can have silly chats about masturbating walruses, or deeper conversations about our lifelong dreams, and stuff. i really value having you as a friend.
- you're so sweet, and adorable. i can't wait to meet you in august.
- i'm glad we're such close friends. i can't wait until i get to meet you one day. i'll give you the biggest, and bestest hug EVER. followed by us having a sexy make out session ^_^
- you're cute. i have a crush on you. we flirt with each other too much xD
- AHH! you're awesome! i hope we get to meet some day!
- you make some of the best videos on youtube i've ever seen.
- i like your sense of humour, although occasionally our conversations seem a bit awkward, like we're not quite on the same wavelength.
- MUM!
- i remember coming across your videos on youtube, and i loved them, because you reminded me of a slightly younger version of myself. we have lots in common, and it's always fun talking to you. you should come online more often though, and stop neglecting our son so much!! :P Love you.
- it'd be cool to get to know you better, but you're never on skype.
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