Photographers Life.

I have tried to update this blog on numerous occasions but each time failed I am extremely lazy and get easily distracted..
So here goes, life thus far! In London after nearly one whole year!!

The most exciting news I have to share is that I am now hired as a photographer at the studios, and no longer assisting. I wake up every morning and get paid to actually take photos for a living. It's amazing to be doing something I enjoy and like and working with the most amazing, and talented people. The fact I can be as creative as I like when it comes to what I wear each day is also a bounce...In saying that I can be as casual as I like and have found myself wearing my dressing gown around the studios because the air con makes it ridiculously cold at times. I'm clearly still a pure dag at heart.
This also en-tiled a pay rise which means I can start "trying" to pay off all my debts and bills and focus on saving to see more of Europe.


The second most exciting news I have heard in a long time is that mummy dearest is on her way to Europe.. Not till next Summer but it's a start. We will be off to France,  Italy and the Greek Islands after showing her my world here in London. (To be honest I don't think she will too impressed)

I moved house, which means I no longer live in a area that only has to offer is a Tescos and McDonalds. I live in Hackney which was a little scary at first after hearing all about the area via Professor Greens music Plan B, Jamie T's and Examples.
When the lovely boys (our neighbours) went back to Australia the partying died down and I realised I needed to focus more on work/my photography as it's the reason I moved here in the first place. So Rachel and I found a cute little place on our own together closer to work and away from living amongst 12 other people.
Ok so to be honest I live in a council estate which I was terrified and extremely embarrassed to tell anyone. I also hated telling people I live in Hackney because it's actually known as "The dead mile"
To be honest though it's not as bad as any of this it's actually a really trendy area full of musicians and artist and so far I haven't come across too much trouble.

As summer comes to a end (not that we have seen the sun for more than at least 2 weeks these past few months) A lot of my friends are heading back to Australia or America, which really sucks for me because I need to make new friends and stop spending every day and night with friends from work.

The old Leytonstone family

I thought this was going to be a lot harder than it has proven to be. The other night after a few drinks and parting at work I stopped off at the "off licence" (AKA bottle shop/Corner store all in one) It was about 11pm and I headed in to quickly get some drinks and was intending on heading back home to change out of my thongs (I still refuse to call them flip flops) then go out to another friends farewell *Cry :(
While in there I heard these 3 guys and girl talking and caught on that they were defiantley Australian and confirmed this thought when I saw the girl carrying her heels in one hand and a plastic glass of wine in the other (The english are not pratical like us Australians they never think ahead or would be seen acting like this) so drunkenly I started a little conversations as us Australians do when we find/hear someone from our country. Automatically you act as if you are best friends and have this special bond, before I knew it they were inviting me to a party around the corner from my house. At the time it seemed like a excellent idea until I realised I was off to a house party with 3 guys who look like they are related to either Angus stone or The Kings of Leon, and gone back in time to steal some clothes from the 70's. One did look extremely similar to Noel Fielding which obviously sold it to me to abandon my current plans and put my life in risk because although they were Australians they were strangers! Once there I met people from all walks of life, anyone I spoke to was "A artist" there was the coolest little french crowd, a half naked girl from Belgium, a man with one arm, a film director who's films have  featured at Cannes film festival, a gay italian and a bunch of kids who came straight out of the tv show "skins".
Heading back to mine I discovered these guys were friends with Pete Doherty and one was a very talented fashion photographer.. After having a stalk of his portfolio online I realised I actually have some of his images in a few Vogue, and Hapers Bazaar books. I was completely inspired and jealous of their lifestyle and how they got to where they are in their career.

Every now and then I have this sudden urge to pack up and head home and abandon ship over here. But when you have a good weekend and I think about my job it makes it all worth it in the end. There is plenty of time to head back home and enjoy doing nothing but sitting at a coffee shop in Avalon and gossip about what the latest is.
Instead this is how I now spend my time here in London usually at the studios at work....

The lovely stylist Rachel.

My new home. Camden.

I'm currently sitting in my garden which would mean it is sunny and not raining for a change. I am not exadurating when I say I can count the amount of times I have seen the sun this Summer, when it happens the city goes crazy and feels the need to do everything outside and wear the most inappropriate clothing. After 8 months of living here i can say I have turned into one of these English freaks who makes most of the weather when it hits 20 degrees. I find myself laying in the park in my bikini like a total nerd sun baking.
I hated not having a summer (until this past week) That I gave up and I had to flea the country and spend some time with my uncle and friend Dennis in the south of France in Biaritzz.

Was well worth it and very exciting when my skin colour turned a nice golden brown, I spent my week doing nothing but sun baking, eating cheese and drinking wine living a entily cliche french lifestyle. Highlight of the trip was going wine tasting in the most beautiful region of france, I fell in love with the place and desperately wanted Anya there with me so we could abuse what normal people would call "Wine Tasting" or in our words "Free Alcohol" words can't explain how picturesque this place was and im not eloquent enough so I am not even going to attempt.

Spending time in France made me miss home A LOT If I hadn't have gotten the promotion at work the day I came back from holiday then I don't think this blog would have exsisted and I would be sitting at home back in Avalon. Biaritz is like Avalon, the only difference is they all speak French or Spanish. Their lifestyle is very similar to my lifestyle back home and the way they are so casual and most of the guys will only get out of bed if the surf is good.
After france it was a day back home in London to pack and then get on a 10 hour bus ride to Scotland. I can easily say I will NEVER spend 10 hours on a bus again to get from one country to the other. I'm pretty sure they invented the train and planes for a reason.
Yes it is cheaper but for 10 pounds more I would like to arrive in the country in a good mood, rested and not have to spend half a day just to get somewhere that can take 1 hour on a plane.
On my way back from France I was told that Pete Doherty was going to not be attending the festival and I primarily bought the ticket just to see him. Aparently he decided to check himself into rehab in Thailand a week before he was meant to play at some of Europe's biggest music festivals. So that really sucked but the festival was amazing, full of alcohol, fights, rain, and a lot of mud!

The first day was lovely but come Saturday morning I woke up to the front of our tent flooded and my bag dripping wet, it honestly looked like I threw it into the ocean EVERYTHING in it was so wet and unless the day decided to bring sunshine there was no possible way of surviving anything that was in that bag, all I had was the Pj t-shirt I wore to bed.
For the next three days I found myself living in my gumboots or Wellingtons as they call them over here, and clothes that my friends would donate to me, this included a Harry Potter outfit (robe and all) a mens business shirt worn as a dress, and who knows what else. Coming home and spending time in Edinburgh at the station while waiting for our bus was highly embarassing because at the festival it didn't matter what you wore or looked like everyone embraced the mud, rain and lack of showers. THANK GOD for baby wipes.
Thing got a lot worse when we missed our bus and then had to get a bus that stopped in Newcastle full of fake tan, perfect white teeth and hair extension girls while we waited around for at least 30 mins on the street for the next bus to take us back to London.
Family and friends would be highly surprised and impressed at how much I embraced the camping experience. I'll admit I don't intend on camping any time soon but I never complained, and had a lot of fun considering everything went wrong for me.

Music wise the bands were amazing Professor Green, and Calvin Harris were probably my favourite along with Swedish House Mafia's 2 hour set, Nikki Minaj came on a hour late and lip sang while people booed her off stage after 3 or 4 songs and then threw cups of pee at her, which was highly amusing but really sad and awkward to watch. Along with throwing cups of pee into the crowd or stage the Scottish like to chant "Here we, Here we, Here we fucking go" Or "Will we, Will we, Will we fucking go" Don't bother about singing along to the song just chant this and you fit right in, at the end of the festival they all sung the National anthem.. it was well confusing and odd at first but also really cute.

I can't not mention the Olympics in this post except I have nothing to really report on the games and what has been going on over here except for that all I wished for was that Australia beat Great Britain in the games. I was cheering Australia on all the way.

My birthday was 2 weeks ago..Thank you to all those who sent me wishes.. For those who didn't I'll remember this for years to come! The celebrations lasted for about a week and Friday drinking and partying at the studio till 3am was a perfect ending to the week. People are still talking about the night and how things got a little out of hand. Other than that I had a party at a club my friend works at and my actual birthday SUCKED was the worst day but I did come home to lots of balloons on my floor which was cute

Friends from work

Work bought me birthday flowers

I don't know how I have lasted this long without telling you all I saw the band Blink 182 in concert, and it was one of the best concerts I have ever seen. For anyone that knows me Blink 182 are by far one of my most favourite bands in the whole world, and since I started to like them as a little pop punk emo teenager I thought I would never get to see them live. Luckily a friend bought me a ticket without even asking me knowing very well I would not have forgiven him if he bought a ticket without me.

So we went to this intemite gig in Brixton and I fullfilled my childhood dream. Each band member were the exact way I thought they would be and Travis even had his little girl sit on stage next to his drum kit for the whole set.

Well that is all from me.
I will write more often I do enjoy sharing with you all the fun stuff I get to experience while here just wish some of you were here with me.

Please skype me more often guys!
I have a iphone I am nearly ALWAYS able to talk (except obviously when I am on set at work)

Also new photos on my photography website; www.facebook.com/renee.wilson.photographer

Call It What You Want.

Ok so there has been no sighting of Pete Doherty BUT! I did see Josh Beech. Who was on my list of people I wanted to see while living in London. 

I was on a small mission to get a few things in Camden for work and decided to skype the family while doing so. They all got a lovely tour of Camden and the markets and then I saw him walking into the Vans store and I didn't know what to do. 

A few interesting things to share with you this week. 

First of all I saw Foster the People on the weekend in Brixton. Since Sunday the only band I have been listening to is Foster The People I have never been so overly obsessed with a band after seeing them live. They were AMAZING! if any of you have no seen them live and like them.. then do so the next chance you get. Mark is a amazing performer. What made it even more amazing and embarrassing on my behalf when I completely freaked out and jumped up and down (Judy apparently I was standing in the same pose.. Praising him like you did when we saw Paramore at Soundwave) anywaaaay The lead singer of The Kooks came on and they sang Hold On. Was pretty amazing especially at the end they just went all out and we going crazy on stage together. I also discovered on this night that I really like Brixton every person I have spoken to have warned me how dangerous it is and not a nice place to go to but there was  A LOT of good looking guys and seemed like a cool place. A lot cooler than Leytonstone that is for sure.

My favourite neighbours are leaving London for the Greek Islands and America in a week and a half which is going to be so sad. The worst part about living here in London and my living arrangements is that people are always coming and going un like me who is here for the whole 2 years. So there is a lot of goodbyes to new close friends. One thing I will not miss is the boys running into my room drunk at 4am on a week night and "borrowing" things from my room and my food/alcohol when ever I am not at home.
The baby fox we named Leonardo and drunkenly decided to keep for a day returned to our house last week. We cared for it for another day and then he obviously got bored of us and ran away.  I am so fascinated by some of the animals I see here in London especially the crazy squirrels. I can't stand how many mice there is in this city they freak me out as much as spiders which is one of my favourite things about this city. Spiders for obvious reasons are not common over here and if they are they are very tiny.


Piccadilly Institute.
The view from one of the rooms.

This club is where my neighbour Jade works and I have been hired as their photographer to take photos of people getting drunk and dancing. I spend a lot of time just taking photos of my friend...I'm the new Scott Mitchell over here. It's a amazing club with about 6 different rooms and when free alcohol is involved we always have a amazing night. One room is full of 90's music which involves a lot of dancing to The Spice Girls and Backstreet Boys.



 I have discovered English people have a fascination with dressing girls up in ridiculous slutty outfits and having them just walk around the club for entertainment or as a door girl. This club is no exception the girls at the bar are either in black corsets and tutu skirts or in the "Science room" They wear short lab coats and glasses. The other girls are just dressed in corsets and tutu skirts/heels and walk around the club trying to get peoples email addresses so they can email them promotions. (It's highly annoying if you are out trying to dance or chat with your friends and girls keep coming up asking for your email) Another unusual but also convenient thing they have here is the lady in the bathroom. Basically there is a lady and she sits in the bathroom with a little set up of everything possible you may need on a night out from perfume and make up to thongs and hair spray I think she may even have a hair straightener. My favourite is the Lolly pops and chewing gum  which she sells for a ridiculous price. Imagine if they had this at Mona Pub and how much more time the girls would spend in the bathroom!

I just want to show everyone the free bottle of french champagne I was given and drank the whole night... (At one stage out of the bottle) We also had 3 bottles of Grey Goose Vodka sitting on our table. Poor Jade was mixing this with the champagne at some point. This was defiantly a change from our partying at "Church" and the local Australian bars.                                              

This weekend has been a bank holiday which was well needed because work as been crazy and I have been extremely sick to the point that people at work would come up to me and tell me I looked like death. But I am a trooper and didn't have any days off I just survived on my Pret coffee. My favourite coffee place here in London.
Work has been pretty chilled everyday is seriously so different to the next. I am learning more english words and phrases. One thing I noticed that a lot of English people say is " This weekend going Cinema" Not "This weekend I am going TO THE Cinema" *Chloe Thomas if you are reading this do you remember the text message I received from that boy who wrote "Going cinema" and we laughed at it and said "You are a lawyer maybe you should know how to speak" Well it's very common over here to just cut words out of a sentence. It's very surprising how different us Australians are to the English. There is too many things to mention that I do at work that people find extremely unusual... It's possible that it is also just me being strange. The amount of times I have been caught just dancing and singing to myself in one of the studios. The things I eat like Banana on toast is weird apparently.
I got invited to assist one of our head photographers at Lords Cricket ground the other day which was amazing. I had to dress up and was treated so well the second I arrived. It was raining which is expected every day here and we had to shoot a lot inside. It was a pretty cool experience even though I am not at all interested in Cricket.

My house mate Rachel turned 19 yesterday (She is still such a baby) It makes me feel old. So 9 Clarendon had a party for her on Saturday night to celebrate. This was one of our tamer parties but there is another broken door after it got kicked down when someone got locked in there. Sunday some of us girls got to spend the day with Rachels family who came from Adelaide for her birthday. I was well jealous when I met them I almost cried. *Hint Hint Family feel free to just not eat for a few months and save money to come visit me. Even just send one of you over.. Preferably not Taylor while the neighbours  are still in the country. They will kidnap her from me with the comments they have said after seeing photos of her.

General Information about England/London.

Weather = Currently raining SURPRISE SURPRISE.
It's also cold again I have to wear a coat. I am scared Summer came for a week and had now gone.
I hate the Olympics. The thought of it is making me sick it hasn't even started yet and Stratford where it is held near my house is insane with people directing us to different tube lines ect.

The hype and talk about the FA cup was all anyone spoke about on Saturday.

I love the word Geezer and throw it into most sentences as much as possible

Goyte and Angus and Julia stone are ridiculously famous over here. Makes me miss home a lot. 

A few little holidays are coming up for me. 

Paris in June and then the south of France I am off to Biartitz. Then a cheeky trip to LA and NY hopefully in July. This has not been discussed with the famalam yet who are probably reading this thinking I am insane because I am currently in London but all will make sense when I speak to them.

Well I am off to speak to you all soon. I loved my Skype date with Sarah Johnson the other day and I expect a foursome from Charlie Rob and Anya VERY SOON! Can everyone fill me in more often with what is happening back home.. I will eventually return and I don't want to feel like I have been living on Mars this whole time.
Ps Peej; Mars Bar Milkshakes here...AMAZING! 

G'Day Mate

I feel so terrible because I have neglected you all over the past few months and been really lazy with my blogging and writing back to emails. To be honest I havent had the time to sit down and let you all know what I have been up to let alone write down all the questions I am dying to ask from you all.

I have attempted to make a few video blog posts but I just feel silly talking to my computer and they never seem to upload.   

For my grandparents and family who find it ever so fascinating to know what the weather is in London I can tell you that London has personality disorder and goes between rain/sunshine/a storm all in the one day. If it could snow as well it would. It makes dressing for work very difficult in the morning. 

When the warmer weather arrived I discovered that English people call a singlet a vest. I am really confused by this they also call thongs flip flops..Which is just embarrassing and I refuse to call them this. I do get laughed at and teased when I call them thongs at work but it is well worth it. 

Before I continue I want to mention the comma key on my computer has broken again so please excuse the non existent commas. 

So I don't know where to begin with this post the last time I wrote was on Valentines day and I suppose a few things have happened since then but I will attempt at writing this blog and making my life sound extra cool and exciting. 

I started to feel like I was becoming a actual Londoner so I decided to change things up a bit and spend more time with my new Australian family over here. This consist of my house mates and my next door neighbours who are all Australian boys + the gorgeous Jade. For those that are Jersey Shore/Geordie Shore fans my house has become the equivalent to the lifestyle shown on these shows. To the point that we no longer lock or close our front door it is always open and we go between the two houses freely.

This is clearly a huge mistake and one day we will learn our lesson. 

 I think I actually spend more time next door than in my own house. For a while I was spending my nights next door watching horror films and being cute with everyone on couches and duvets in the garden under the stars until 2am.

 I started to cut this down to 11pm when I started to really feel like a Zombie at work the next day. 

As I said I was starting to neglect my Australian roots and was terrified when people here couldn't hear my Australian accent or when I caught myself behaving like a English girl. So I thought what better way to change things up than attend "Church". First of all I was warned by Anya to NEVER attend this place because she knows me so well and knew I wouldn't be able to handle it and I would hate it. But when you have a guy dressed in a hot dog suit and another in a Egyptian outfit with a bottle of Jack Daniels at 9am on a Sunday morning you figure you have two options 1; Stay in bed till 1pm. Make some breakfast and watch films for the rest of the day. 2; Get really really drunk and see what this Church has to offer. I obviously took option #2 and to this day regret this decision. I also want to apologise to my mother officially because when the boys came running into my room with the alcohol and costumes on and screaming "Doooooogies" I was on Skype to my family who witnessed everything... Mum either is looking into buying me a ticket home or figuring out how she can disown me as a child. 

So Church is at 11am on a Sunday in a Church like you would imagine. But it also consists of a lot of drunken Australians..and Americans. Dressed in ridiculous costumes. The one hour tube ride there was defiantly eventful and for those who haven't seen the video on my facebook they should have a look at it so they can get more of an idea on what I experienced this day. Everyone on the tube hated us or felt sorry for us. When we eventually arrived there was the longest line I have ever seen to get into this "Club" when we got inside I automatically wanted to vomit. The smell/The slags/The naked people on stage/The sea of beer on the floor/The music it was all too much...There was no turning back now the only thing was to drink and go with it. *Anya; Before I left I had a quick 2 second decision to change out of my 8inch high red heels and put on my primark ballet flats. It was the best decision I made all day as I would have been leaving Church throwing those shoes in the bin had I worn them out. I want to go back to when I mentioned naked people. There was actually a black man on stage completly naked putting on a show then a punk girl got up on stage and took her clothes off and performed a show that I will never be able to erase from my memory. Towards the end of the day all the girls got up on stage and also took of their tops off showing how classy us Australians can be. Not to fear one member of the IBTC did not make a appearance up on that stage. I kept the Wilson name in tack and stayed in the audience with the boys amazed at how freely these girls were taking their clothes off.

After Church we went to The Walkabout. Those who have been to England have probably been to one of these pubs and I have managed to avoid them because it is a chain of Australian pubs. But I thought I already lowed myself by attending Church there wasn't much more damage I could do now. 

The next day at work I was on struggle street and regretfully informed my colleagues about the day I had on Sunday. Since then they have done everything in their power to turn me back into a fake Londoner and make sure I never attend such a scary place. English people know of Church and The Walkabout they do attend it once in their life only to laugh at everyone and pull girls. 

 I am still working in Camden and I love it. I honestly don't know how I got so lucky with this job. I work with such amazing people who have become my English family over here and look after me so well. It's possible I am the youngest and baby at our two Camden studios. Most people look at me as a the little Australian girl who runs around being clumsy and smiley all the time. It has it's benefits because I am looked after so much; Dean always puts me in a taxi on the company card if I stay back till 3am having drinks. The stylists let me come into the castings rooms to check out all the hot male models. At 2pm drinking time usually begins at work and I am always bought Ciders by the film crew and then the best is when I use my innocent womanly and child like features to get the boys to lift heavy things for me.

Downside to this is when you fancy someone at work and they do look at you as their little sister. *Quote; You were still in diapers when I was raving to this music. 

Work Drinks.

Being immature and real busy at work. The people I work with actually think I am crazy.

Works new website; http://www.fashot.com/

I got a small little promotion at work..WOOO YAY ME! I got to start shooting a few things for our clients and have started to go into the studio on weekends to play around with the equipment and lights. This was all going well until classic Renee broke a camera...It is easily fixable but not the best thing to do. I managed to work my ass off to let my boss forget about this and since then been asked actually "requested" to go on location with one of our head photographers. I am scared and excited about this as all I have been told is dress well nice but also be prepared for heavy lifting. 

One of the best things about my work and I say this all the time but it is true is that our studios are in Camden my favourite place here in London. It's indescribable and if you have been to Camden you will understand. It is also the home of Pete Doherty..

On this note I want to mention that 90% of the people I work with have met or seen him frequently. It's 7 months since I arrived in London and the closest I have seen of him is a image of him on a bus and I served Karl from Babyshambles in a bar. My super stalking skills have lead me to know that he is currently living in Paris which means a trip to France is in progress...and that he has checked himself into rehab at the end of April. 

I started to document my day with images on my iphone. When it got to 11am I realised there wasn't anything real interesting to share with you and all the cool stuff that happens in the studio I can't show. But here you go here is a few images from my day. 

Michaela the girl who used to assist with me had to go on location to Holland for a week. Every day we decided to post photos to each other at work. She calls me Penay.

This is the result of one day. 

I still live in Leytonstone and I am having a lot of fun living here especially with the guys next door. But they leave for America in 6 weeks which means all the Geordie Shore partying will stop and my life will go back to reality. So I am looking into moving closer to work and have a few options. It is also going to be a nightmare living in Leytonstone during the Olympics because I am so close to where the games are it will be impossible to get to work every day. 

I have two ideas for accommodation during The Olympics. 

1; Is to live on one of these house boats on the Camden Canal with Rachel.

I know what you are all thinking but it is a brilliant idea! Imagine living on one of these cool boats during summer in CAMDEN! 

2; I can stay at the head stylists house for two weeks. 

3; My boss last night offered me to move into his place they have a loft upstairs available he lives in Camden in a really rich area in a villa. Ps my boss is young and tre good looking and super cool. 

Either way I think it is time I departed the ghetto and move onto the land of homeless people and junkies.... In Camden Town. 

Concerts I am attending this Summer; 

Foster the People.

I got free tickets to; New Kids On The Block AND Backstreet Boys...Yeah you are all jealous. 

Free Tickets to Hackney Weekend

and T In The Park. I haven't bought my ticket to this yet but it is in Scotland and similar to Splendour in the grass...With Pete Doherty playing.

I was meant to go to Brighton for the Easter long weekend. That never happened because the boys were too unreliable and nothing got organised so it was spent in East London. If anyone has some suggestions on where I should visit in England pass it onto me. I need to get out of London soon!

A baby fox came to our party. 

Quote from Mikey; "Renee we are going to keep the fox as a pet and when we leave for America we will hand the adoption papers over to you. Then you can have the fox as a pet... This drunken idea lasted 23hours.

Mum said I needed to take more appropriate photos other than photos for TD. So this was for her. Being all touristy 

Nick my house mate.

Being cool in the park

So while writing this blog the smoke alarm just went off..I was cooking and I left it on the stove for way longer than I should have. I live in a 4 storey house and the whole house is full of smoke. Top to bottom. I wouldn't be surprised if the fire department turn up any minute now. 

The best part of this story is no one cared to leave their rooms to check out the fire in the kitchen. 

We have Mr Whippy here in London. Words can't explain how excited I get over hearing the song play at work or at home. Reminds me of being a kid and NEVER being able to appreciate or have Mr Whippy because the van could never make it up my hill where I live. * Why you make me go up this mountain.

Since living in London I have a changed a little bit.. Actually a lot. 

Firstly I have realised that I am so gangster... At least I think I am. 

I listen to music by; Azealia Banks. Dizzie Wright. Lil Wayne. Drake I dance around and pretend I am Jessie J and abbreviate words and speak like i'm from the hood. The other night at a party these guys said "This lil white girl she got swagger"  

I was cool until I repeated the story.

I got taught how to Shuffle. (It's a style of dancing mum - Think LMFAO) I can just imagine her thinking of a Ipod right now so I needed to clarify that for her. So yeah I fail at it but I will master the art of it soon enough. Maybe I should stop trying while wearing heels.

I also know how to open a bottle with a lighter. It took me every night for two weeks to finally get it but it's a handy skill taught to me by my boss. The patients he had to show it to me every night. 

Champagne isn't very big over here because it is too expensive. This is why I now drink Cider. But they do have a equivalent to Passion Pop/Peach Champagne. It is peach flavoured. It is unbelievably cheap and it comes in the biggest bottle ever. 

Girls think of that time you go to Dan Murphys and you pay for your $5 bottle of Passion Pop and know you are going to have a great night as you walk out brushing off the shame. 

It is exactly like that.

Before I go I think you should all watch these two videos to illustrate England. 

First is Chas and Dave. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57l9O0keHFU

Claire and Tom; I assume and hope you know of them.  I got introduced to them at work and find it hilarious how English their songs are.

The second is Plan B's interpretation on London right now and what happened with the London riots. 

Although the London riots have gone and passed there is still a lot of talk about what happened. I work with a lot of people who are from Council Estates and have strong opinions on the state of London right now and the government. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8GvLKTsTuI&ob=av2e  

That is all for now. 

Please start to skype me again more often I have a new Iphone that actually works so I can use internet when I am out and about on the streets of London. 

xx