And so it starts

Entry posted by TheBoyInTheBubble September 3, 2006

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In the last week, I've lost a girlfriend and refound all the things which make me happy. I never realised how much I had changed my life for someone else. But anyway, I'm back in my own world again and tonight I think I have settled down to something which is going to carry me through for the foreseeable future. I've come in from the pub (sober as alcohol was another thing I had to give up for her) and I've stuck on the Glastonbury film dvd. First off it was a few of the uncut tracks (Macca, FLC and The White Stripes) and now the main film is on.

I feel I owe a lot to the Glastonbury Festival because there is no doubt that it has changed me as a person in a variety of ways. In fact, I wouldn't like to know the pre-Glasto TheBoyInTheBubble. I'd probably be careerist, self-centred, affluent and not a tent owner. I wouldn't have wanted to have the speck of social conscience and political knowledge I have now. Not that I have a great deal, I'm not Chomsky, Trotsky or (thankfully) Bush.

This summer I haven't been to any festivals purely because I was told that I couldn't go to any unless I wanted to be dumped. And then I did get dumped when it was too late to get the funding/tickets/logistics in place for any festivals. I'm not going to regret it though because it has made me realise exactly how much I do love going to festivals - particularly Glastonbury.

So now, 10 months before I hope to have a magic ticket to an even more magical world, I'm preparing myself for the time of my life. I've made a list of the things I need to purchase in the months ahead, I've convinced some people to try to get tickets with me and I've even procured my father's car for that weekend and printed off the route!

I know a lot can happen in 10 months, but Christ Almighty I'm excited already!