2009 - The Year Of The Bros

Sorry Bee, i did kinda steal the title from your blog XD

I'm looking back on this year and i've realised how lucky i was. Sure, there were some down points...One in particular sticks in my mind and changed how the rest of the year acted out.

So yeah, it's New Years Eve, i'm sat at home and i'm writing a highlights/lowlights blog for the year.

Lets get the bad stuff out of the way first:

- Getting stuck in London after the second Aiden date because i missed the last tube and having to almost run back to Kings Cross from Camden with someone i had only met twice before. Love to Oiefa, Charlotte, Rachel, Dale and Lauren for helping me out in that situation and being more concerned about me than most people.
- Saying some regretful things to some people
- Trying to become friends with certain people, who then i realised weren't worth the time or the effort
- Not eating in a 12 hour queue and passing out as well as throwing up infront of one of my heroes


Now here's a list of the good stuff...It's gonna be a long one:

- Seeing Jump The Lights live for the first time and, soon after, becoming one of the 'die hards'
- Seeing Kate Is The Decoy on the same day, a band who i will always go see just for the laughs and the randomness of the members.
- Getting to meet Forever The Sickest Kids and Austin Bello becoming one of my favourite people.
- Meeting one of my favourite photographers, Peter Hill. I've looked up to him for about 2 years now, so it was quite nice to finally meet him.
- Meeting Georgina for the second time.
- And, on a related note, the two My Passion gigs in one day.
- Give It A Name 09. Met half of The Blackout for the first time and also Matt Rubano from Taking Back Sunday, who is an amazing guy.
- The Underworld gig. As bad as it was, me and my friends still laugh about points of it.
- The random London trips, which have included cupcakes, photos, Hyde Park and pregnant men
- The Blackout Barfly show
- Seeing Family Force 5
- Spending my birthday at a friends birthday party, but watching Members Of Me and My Passion get drunk. Birthday well spent.
- Being in The Blackout's music video for This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things
- Getting to see one of my favourite bands live three times in five days. Norwich, Kingston and London.
- We Are The Ocean!
- Becoming the owner of Jack Barakat's guitar pick, an Alex Gaskarth guitar pick and two All Time Low setlists.
- Helping a lost Jack Barakat, Rian Dawson and Ryan Ogren through Kingston to the venue, including 'ALL TIME LOW! *jumps on Jack*'
- Seeing The King Blues, which is one of my favourite gigs of the year
- Being shocked by 3OH!3's live show
- Being given tickets to Kerrang! Tour dates in Birmingham, Bristol and Southampton for xmas, which brings the total up to 5 now
- Seeing Kate Is The Decoy and The Blackout in a two gigs, two days, two countries thing


And Finally, although it isn't happening this year:

-Being able to independently pay to go to Florida for two weeks



2010 has a lot to beat