This week I am back at university for three final weeks of the second year. This in turn kicks off a manic five weeks of activity on all journalistic and university fronts. Here’s what I’ve got lined up:
27th April-3rd May: Three days of university to carry on with projects that still need to be finished. On two of those days I have uni in the morning before coming straight home and then travelling again to London for not only two gigs but also two band interviews. The Rakes and Doves are the bands in question and they’re my first proper band interviews so I’m going to be prepped to the max.
4th May-10th May: I have a couple of deadlines. My online projects need to be in by the 6th May and my essay, which is so nearly finished that it now hurts to find more words, is due in on the 8th. My gig week looks less frantic but on the 8th I will be going to the Forum to see Beirut and Shearwater.
11th May-17th May: Absolutely soul-crushing but also exciting at the same time. I have a Placebo gig on the 12th, followed by a trip to uni the following day to hand in my remaining pieces of work (my print assignments and dissertation proposal). The day after that I go down to Brighton for four days – the first three covering The Great Escape, which will see me run all over the city to various venues, and the Sunday chilling out with a few friends.
18th May-24th May: My girlfriend’s parents and brother are in town for a week so I’ll be seeing them at some point as well as going to Thorpe Park on the 20th with some uni friends. It’s now yearly tradition to get 2-for-1 vouchers from a retail store and head there.
25th May-1st June: The month ends with my birthday.
Phew! That’s everything.
