These people are the brightest

Photos from my 00s themed 21st birthday mostly of the beautiful and shining bright constellation of friends I've made in university. 

I wouldn't have survived if it weren't for them.

I was prom dresses and trainers Lily Allen circa 2006

Lily, Avril and Brittney - the fab 3

my little mwydyn

Turning my heartbeat up

I've been fairly slow on the film front since I've come to uni, I'm not sure what it is but I haven't felt the urge to take so many photos aside from on my phone, wednesday was the first time I'd even used my digital camera since moving. I really dont know why, I just dont think to bring my camera with me on trips like I used to, which is mad considering how beautiful I find the city and how much I love to take photos on nights out. 

Over christmas I even forgot to take a camera back with me to document the holiday which I've done for a few years now. I had to buy a little disposable one which was actually a god send as I was far less precious with it and brought it everywhere with me. I got the same rush as I used to getting them developed, mostly because I found a place that develops them for £3 and don't take weeks like some places (sorry boots but +£10 to wait a week to get photos developed?!)

Christmas Eve walking through along the Taff on our way to watch StarWars

Magic tinsel in poundland

Christmas Day and my brother's christmas present to our granma.

Christmas dinner with the fam, while we were waiting for the nut roast/pie thing to finish cooking and had probably drank too much,

My parents decided against buying a real tree this year and put up the two tiny plastic ones that we used to decorate as kids in a display that my mum thought was 'Very Twin Peaks'

Boxing day walk on the beach 

  

Photos from the night I took my bestfriend on her first night out in town.

It was a pretty eventful night of two definitely not yet 18 year old boys tagging along, not being able to find a club that was open, watching a fight break out, helping a girl who'd been punched and left with a bloody nose during the fight, assuring the police that it wasn't her fault, finally reaching the club, getting quite a few free drinks, dancing on stage, getting the bar guy's number and debating politics with strangers in the smoker's area.

Terrible photo of my friends 'family portrait' in bath after seeing the Greyson Perry exhibition so I've stolen a few off my friend's camera roll

Courtesy of my friend also called Rosie

Kind of bad photos of my amazing faux fur coat

Random photos I took in Bristol trying to finish the roll

xxx

Rosie

Mine was entombed within boombox and walkman I was a hoarder but girl that was back then

I finally got it finished! I've been putting off completing this photo diary for the past week for three reasons -

no.1 to escape the pain and torture of trying to deal with our incredibly temperamental printer that wont accept the connection between any computer other than my mothers

no.2 the fear that I would muck it up and resent the whole thing

no.3 I've been in a state of fear that yes I'm actually moving away to uni in the second week of Septembers for weeks of freshers and new people and lot of alcohol.

But I finally got it done! It was actually quite fun and a relieving way to spend an afternoon or two just looking over my holiday snaps and collaging. It was also a huge relief to be working on something I actually wanted to do rather than for uni or thinking about the dreaded packing. 

I was inspired mostly by this photo diary I found on Rookie and I really like the idea of journaling through your holiday/week/month/whatever (even if I did this when I got back) it feels very satisfying to work through it so periodically. This diary is made of a lot of watercolours, fairly incomprehensible ramblings and notes and bits of paper I picked up over the few days I was in Edinburgh.

the flight up was very late on Friday night

Saturday our first day in Edingbrugh and my third time visiting the comedy festival there

Sunday a busy bee of a day

Monday the day I had to take some time for myself

a photo of me in the plant/phone booth and a better look at the page

 

Tuesday and our last day in which we sandwiched in as much as possible

I'm also being a busy little bumble bee taking photos and moving forward with my zine Factory Girl - submissions are still open as at the moment I have yet to write anything so any text, poems or stories are very much appreciated

xxx

Rosie