Becky Bedbug

Wednesday

My diaries 2003- 2004

This is the second edition of my new series, documenting some of the best quotes from my vast backlog of diaries. If you haven't read the first edition, start there to read the introduction.

Esmée- Lola (14th June 2003- 4th August 2003)

A bit about me:"I hope that one day I'll be famous for my diary like Anne Frank or Samuel Pepes. You're my 4th diary. My first was Cally, for 3 years; my second was Emma- Rae, for 8 months; and my last was Tallulah, who lasted 5 months. I hope you will be as faithful to me as they were.
I have mousy blonde/ brown curly hair, and small "antique-brown" glasses. I'm 15 today and have fancied Chris for 21 months".

16th June 2003
"I'm so annoyed! I've got a day off school today but Jamie won't own up [about damaging the bannister] so I can't go shopping. For god's sake! I'm being punished for something I haven't done! I might aswell throw all of my money out the window, for all the good it'll do here. Maybe I could buy a non-punishment. That's probably what they want. They're punishing me so I'll pay them!"

20th July 2003
"It was Katie's birthday. I can't be bothered to write about it, but we saw Daniel at one point. He was depressed about Katie and had drunk 1 1/2 bottles of straight vodka"

24th July 2003
"I'm desperate to make something of my life. I want to get a well-paid job, get a decent house and life then have children. I really want to get married and have kids, but I want to get a decent life going first"

Felicity (4th August 2003- 2nd January 2004)

A bit about me:
"I hope that one day, I'll be famous for my diary, like Anne Frank or Samuel Pepes. You're my 5th diary. My first was Cally, who lasted 3 years; my second Emma-Rae for 8 months, my third Tallulah who lasted 5 months; and my last Esmée-Lola, for 2 months (she was very small!)
I have mousy blonde/brown hair, curly and mid-length; and "antique-brown" rectangular-ish glasses. I'm 15, a prefect and want to be an interior designer. I have fancied Chris for 23 months, but now I'm slowly going off him"

4th August 2003
"There's this boy at school and I think I'm falling for him. It's really annoying 'cos he fancies me and I kind of fancy him, but I'd never go out with him, and oh! It's just so frustrating!"

21st November 2003
"Then she told me that Amanda had told Ashleigh who told Katie and everyone. I got in a stress with Amanda , who had a go at Ashleigh who told Katie who had a go at me 'cos I didn't tell her"

5 songs that bring back memories

I could choose so many songs for this. Emo was the soundtrack to my youth. To make it easier to decide, I just put my itunes on shuffle and chose the first 5 memory-laden tracks that I came across.

Standing in the Way of Control- The Gossip

When I was in my first year of uni, my friend Joy and I loved this song. We used to have long discussions about equality and this song was the backdrop. Plus the fact that we were really into Skins and this was essentially the theme tune.

I'm Not Okay (I Promise)- My Chemical Romance

Well, they had to be in there somewhere, didn't they? There are too many memories attached to this song- The very first time I heard it and realised that this band were going to be important to me, the first time I heard it live- and the time I heard it live before meeting the band- and it was the first song Rich and I danced to.

I Walked with a Zombie- Wednesday 13

The very first time I went to Download, I remember walking around the stalls in The Village and hearing this song blasting from the stage. It always gives me that festival feeling.

POSH- From Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

(I know what you're thinking. I was one attractive teenager...)

When Myles was really small, we used to love Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. This song was our favourite. We knew all the words and would sing along at his bedtime. It always reminds me of him.

Tarantula- Pendulum

Yet another Download-related memory. In 2011, we watched Pendulum on the second stage. It was pouring with rain but we danced like nobody was watching. It was the highlight of the whole weekend!

Tuesday

Bristol Museum and Art Gallery

Yesterday, I shared the first half of the Oh! Bedbug Day of Fun with Leona. After wandering about the shopping centre, and stopping for a Harry Potter chat in Costa, we decided to hunt down the dinosaurs. We took a bit of a roundabout route, relying solely on Leona's iPhone, but we got there in the end. It was a pretty walk though, so I was happy.

Hospitals in my neck of the woods aren't this pretty!

A very cute church and hotel.

The most gorgeous public toilets ever! There's a sign saying that they are permanently closed. I wonder what Bristol City Council are going to do with the building?

I love the shot of colour through the chimneypots.

The beautiful university building. Imagine studying somewhere like this! We stopped here to catch our breath after the upwards trek.

Pretending to be in Hogwarts.

Myspace poses!

How creepy is this gargoyle?

Look how ornate the front of the building is. It looks like a cathedral.

The museum and art gallery is stunning. The place is like a bloomin' Tardis. You enter into a small foyer with 4 doors but once you head upstairs, it just goes on and on and on. Like the entrance to Narnia or something.

This man is massive. Massive and imposing.

I have such a weakness for beautiful interiors like this. Especially beautiful interiors with huge planes.

There was a great exhibition on featuring art from international artists.

A Ton of Tea by Ai Wei Wei. So amazing to see more of his art up close. It smelled really strongly of tea too (obviously). I love the concept of using different senses in an artwork.

This is awesome!

These little Sphinx rubber ducks were dotted around inside the exhibit cases. I loved them... and I might have bought one.

We spotted what looks like a Banksy and I discovered that it's a brand new piece of art that has just popped up this week. It's not confirmed to be Banksy yet but still pretty cool either way.

Only Photos

Every Day in May challenge

Monday

The Oh! Bedbug Day of Fun

You might not have heard about it but I met Leona at the weekend. I know, I haven't mentioned it, have I? I'm dividing this into two posts since I took over 200 photos. Don't worry, I won't publish all of them. Nobody wants to be the "holiday snaps" person!

First stop: Nando's. We had a whole chicken because that's how we roll!

I was pretty glad to confirm that Leona is not a 50-year-old murderer but actually a nice weirdo like me!

Is it just me or is Spud u Like the worst name for a restaurant ever?

Yes, this happened. Sweet puppies!

We're not too old for Bob the Builder carousels, right?

I'm not sure who looks more uneasy here- Me or the kid.

We went to Harvey Nichols and then realised it was far too posh for us.

Don't tell my other friends!

What we wore. Both rocking Primark, bows and cardigans. Because all the cool people do.

Time to try out the Gorilla Pod. It's a little wonky but, hey, it's artsy!

Pretty rooftops!

Wink face.

Big face.

I'm flying, Jack.

Good news: Now that we are Real Life Friends, we are going to have a second date. Woohoo!

Sunday

A Day in the Life of Becky: May

This month, I have a super-special Bristol edition! Woohoo! I'll post a proper recount of mine and Leona's Oh! Bedbug Day of Fun tomorrow, so keep your eyes peeled!