Glastonbury rocks!!!!!

So, I went.
And it rained.
And there was mud.
AND IT ROCKED!!!!

I love glasto – it is amazing. It is enormous – never quite imagined how huge it would be. Thousands of people, (177 to be exact) all having fun and partying and enjoying the music.

I saw the Killers for the second time (I can die happy twice now). As well as The Automatic, Babyshambles, Fatboy Slim, The Chemical Brothers, The Marley Brothers, Kasabian, Kaiser Chiefs, The Editors, Maximo Park, Manic Street Preachers, Amy Winehouse, The Bees, The Kooks, Rupert Wainwright.

And then there were all the less known ones, my personal favourites being - Shit Disco, Fat Freddy’s Drop, Slovo, Hedge Monkey.

I don’t know how to describe it properly, so hopefully the photos do some justice – but it was AWESOME despite the rain and the mud and the loos.

As I sit in my ironed shirt at my computer at work – I fondly look down at the bits of mud that I STILL can’t get out of my nails!

My corn on the cob

Due to popular demand (well, two out of the five people who read my blog), I am going to write a short post describing my new job.

I am working for Defra – the government’s department for environment, food and rural affairs, in their climate change team. I am part of CESA (climate energy science analysis) in the response strategies and greenhouse gas emissions group. Last week we hosted a workshop on achieving a Low Carbon Society (LCS), with people from all over the world, which was really interesting. I will stop there with the descriptions as this paragraph might end up in acronymical madness (see dave’s blog for a good acronym descriptive posting). But I think it is safe to say that in a few weeks time I will know the Kyoto protocol, UNFCCC, IPCC, Stern Report etc etc backwards.

The good news is that it is a wonderful mix of the science and the social. Obviously there is a lot of science involved; but then there is the actual influencing of policy, getting people to change behaviour etc. It is also an international topic, so the north/south differences are involved. A very good exposure to how all these issues play out in the real world.

So far I am really enjoying it and I think it will be a great experience (as long as I can keep it a secret that in the last year my airmiles have consisted of a flight to Norway, two flights to Malawi, one to Cape Town and one to Sri Lanka…..)

The Good News and the Bad

The Good News – as of tomorrow, I will be gainfully employed again.

I’ve got a job. I will be earning money. It is one that sounds like it will be very interesting and will be good on the CV. I won’t be a delinquent daughter anymore.

I am very happy.

The Bad News – as of tomorrow, I will be gainfully employed again.

It is the end of my carefree student days. I will have to wear uncomfortable shoes. I won’t be able to walk along the South Bank at 2pm on Tuesdays. I won’t be able to sleep in until 11am if I want to. I won’t be taking library breaks with Anna, Sam, Rachel and Davina to have a cup of tea and do the crossword.

I am quite sad.

I wanna breathe that fire again

The stars are blazing
like rebel diamonds
cut out of the sun
can you read my mind?