07.03.08

Summer Ball 2008

Posted in College, Friends at 13:01 by Joanne Crotty

Havent had a chance to write it up yet so here goes

On the 1st of May my college had a summer ball suprizing at the same place as my year 11 Prom. So once again it was time to wear a dress and try and look pretty.

Myself, my wonderful boyfriend Matthew, Solly, Vicky and Rob decided to tag along and gamble, drink and be merry.

We had some very professional Pictures take of us all some with Vickys new friend “the stain!!” lol but other then that it was a very enjoyable night with dance on the glass coved floor. Poor Zoe!!!

10.24.07

My Troubles

Posted in Friends at 13:01 by Joanne Crotty

Right you lot! You are reading this because you are clever enough to follow the link I sent! Well done, you should feel proud!

If you are reading this as an update on my blog well…your not going to find it interesting or helpful. But on with the nonsense. 

 Now recently there has been tension in a group of friends I hold dear to my heart and before you all start thinking it the X team its not! But the people reading this know who they are! Now nasty words have been said, and Relationship have been lost and friendships complicated. Now I thought we were all big enough and ugly to sort this out but the problem has proven to be bigger then the normal argument of “OMG She’s used my lip-gloss!”. Now we are starting to hurt each other, and its got to stop. Its hurting us all deeply and though some of us aren’t showing this on the surface you know that if you are caught in this problem it will be at the back of your mind.

Now I love you all too much for things to end on non talking terms. For pity sake guys we have spent 5 years helping each other in the times of need and now things get a bit tough we all seem to have given in! Now we may say we hate each other and all that jazz (JAZZ HANDS TAR DAR!) but we all know deep down we don’t, and saying we don’t care means you just care more then the rest of us but what we all have to truly understand here is, we are friends are we going to let something like this beat us, or persevere so we can forget it and move on, cause thinking that we may all loose each other this is killing me…I’ve left half of you by leaving school lets not break the contract we have with the people that have made us how we are today, the guys we have grown up with and the guys we love, by letting this ruin us….

…Please…

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08.25.07

Soul Survivor

Posted in Friends at 13:01 by Joanne Crotty

Saturday the 18Th of August at 10 passed 10, Christine, Emma and myself in one packed out car and Tom and Andrew in another left for Shepton Mallet, Bath. A 3 hour trip took 6 hours due to bad traffic and causing a different route arriving in time to put the tents up in the rain!!!

Sunday – Twas alright, still bad weather and after a bad nights sleep in the girls tent me and Christine also being de-hydrated, both of us decided on a nap and relaxation. After I went down to the internet cafe and spent half an hour talking to Adam and Ratty on msn, screaming to come home. followed by another bad nights sleep from the freezing winds.

Monday- Still the weather was damping the moods of everyone and the showers being colder and the ques being longer all of us bar one atempted to find the hot shower and only two of us being successful (tom and me) even if it did driable down the wall but still being clean highten some of the depressing mood. Even if we did have a BBQ and missed the terantal rain!!

Tuesday – Good Weather!!! we were wellie free and this was the 1st day we went off site to shop for food! but still! made a change from the fields. Also me and Emma went and brought some CD’s. In the evening Tom me and Andy went to give out free crisps! hehe

Wednesday – Up earlier then normal for the main meeting and drinking bad whine…I was tempted to go ask what year it was but Mark and Sam said it was a bad idea :P  We then went back to the tents to pack up ready to leave in the evening to get back for my GCSE results. Emma left early to go see Wicked with her mum up London. Me and Christine then atempted our Tesco’s value Curry, with peanut butter…tasted really nice actually! then main meeting and the 3 hour exactly! drive home! arriving back at 1 passed one in the morning!!!!

and the kitchen was blue!

the gang at ss

08.09.07

My Reading Addiction

Posted in Friends at 13:01 by Joanne Crotty

Right as many of you may know. I have been reading the Darren Shan Series. So far I’m reading the forth in the long line of 12. the books are only bout 300 pages each as it is so it has only taken me less the 5 days to get through the first Trilogy.

Last night I finished it and today have moved onto the forth Vampire Mountain. Hopefully this Second Trilogy book will serve to be much more interesting then the last.

And Sorry to all of you that have put up with me not replying on MSN as I have been reading :

Andy(who stayed up last night to watch me finish it!) , Jamie (who sends msg’s to himself lol), Jordan (turned round and said I looked a reck after 2 nights of reading), Jack (watching me read on shenfield common when I came out to see him), Jon (using him as a leening post!)

08.02.07

My Rushed Voicemail

Posted in Friends at 13:01 by Joanne Crotty

Right so I am bored and thought “Hey! Lets make a post”. But you see it aint that simple! Mwah!

Right few things to say in this one but I don’t want it being long…well longer then a normal post. First of all I’ll explain the title, seems fair. One of my closest friends like the band My Chemical Romance, he sings along to them and all sorts. We said that we both should go and see them but couldn’t find any tickets. Matthew has gone away to Cornwall for a week….I have just received a Pre-sale email about the Black Parade tour for My Chemical Romance…AND MATTS PHONE HAS NO SIGNAL!!! the txt msg I have sent won’t be received for a while so Sophie had the idea leave a voicemail like she did earlier today and he will reply somehow…So picking up the phone I rung and left one…I don’t think I ever spoke so fast! it was over in a matter of 10 seconds…I cant even remember what I mumbled down the phone, but fingers crossed!!

Another is….I GOT MY FIRST SET OF WAGES TODAY!!! hehehe I’m happy cause it now means I have money to spend on things, altho the job sucks! Working in a wearhouse but meh what ya goanna do!

and finished :P (also Darren Shan books,….boring to read :P )

07.24.07

My One hour of Sleep / My Big Hang Over

Posted in Friends at 13:01 by Joanne Crotty

Now Trudie is a great friend of mine! I can trust her with anything! Now the 23rd is known to be a special day as it is her birthday and this year even bigger as the americans call it a Sweet 16th. So she was having a day in chelmsford and then a party at her house with a sleepover afterwards.

So Trudie is 16! AWWWWWWW ALL GROWN UP MY LOVIE!!! unfortunatly I couldn’t be down chelmsford due to lack of money and spent the day in brentwood.

But too the party! Me and Jon left brentwood in the pouring rain and got the train to billercay and Trudie wasn’t even there, she and the others where still in Chelmsford so we helped her parents set some food out till they got back.

 Then the drinking started, Me and Jack decided we were going to be drinking buddys!!! So 6 carlsburgh’s, 2 WKD’s and a Smernoth later Jacks locked in the toliet. But before then we had resulted into going to the garden for them people to have fags and the let the freash air get to our heads. The music was a right side better then Proms and the company so much better. Jon and Jack found it fun to blow smoke in my face because they are just harsh!!!

Now the boys were ment to stay but a disagreement between trudie and her dad meant the boys had to go. *cough EMMA AND GEORGE*

So the girls sleepover. Less then an hour later the Emma and Danni where on MSN to Solly and Matt, flashing and mucking around. No one got sleep. I managed to pull an hour after finishing txting people and listening to music.

4am I get a txt from my drinking buddy Jack, who I am glad to say is much better, just suffering the Big Hang Over I had too…

5am Trudie, Hannah and myself started play wiv Bert the stress ball, throwing him to each other

6am we all got up and dress and went to Matts house in Hutton!

We got to matts at about 7/7:30 but me and Trudie stopped and talked to Jack for a while as we passed his house. His hang over wasn’t taking as much affect but sure it settled in! We wanted to sleep and so at matts we crashed his front room and tryed to sleep but everytime it went quite me and matt would have a shoe thrown at us or Danni would say a little “yay”. We walked to King georges and arrived for a 45min sit down before being picked up at one to go home and sleep! xx

07.17.07

Yr 11 Prom Monday 16th July 2007

Posted in Friends, School at 13:01 by Joanne Crotty

Now before you ask, some of the photo’s are up on myspace (myspace.com/xtwikletx) in the album surprisingly called ‘Prom’.

So another last but yet its not it was also a first! First time seeing my year looking shiny and sparkly. And by the photo’s you can tell year 11 of Shenfield high school scrub up pretty damn well!!! But also a last before the results day, cue dramatic music!So because we are posh! We rented out Stock Brook Manner, instead of the fashionable ST Martins high having the local night club “Sam’s”.

Now me and my friend Vicky saw no attraction into hiring the fire engine or the limo or even the big old “environmental friendly” hummers. So as I’m a daddy’s girl and my dad has a nicer car we got dropped off in his Merck.Now one thing to be said about the girls of my year; you all looked stunning!! And the boy’s you really were….did all have bath day early?!

But we were there, watching everyone arrive and taking pictures and saying how nice each other looked. Now there we certain dates in the groups we went in, Trudie and Matt, Solly and Danni, Max and Lizzie then Dale and myself. Everyone else had a clever idea and thought “I don’t need a date.”

So after the Photos, done professionally I may add we had a drink and stood outside and waited for dinner. We got upstairs and sat and ate the three course meal laughing and joking around and yet again more pictures. Myself and Vicky then went and ordered our photos from the desk and then was outside again awaiting the tables to be cleared so that everyone could start dancing. Now the music there was most likely only 10-15 songs I knew! Everything else was just crap rave clubbing stuff that known of us had ever heard.

Now girls will sympathise that high hill shoe, as pretty as they look they are murder to wear and all of us had our shoes off but about 20 to 10 because of pain!     

So we got to hot dancing so me, Dale, Max, Emma, and Sam went and sat outside, telling jokes and laughing at Trudie not being able to have a fag, then Dale sneaking up on Emma and Luke was by far the funniest thing of the evening. We returned to the dance floor for the fletellis, then we all went into our couples for the slow dancing, which was a lovely way to finish I think.

We then all said Goodbye! Until results Year 11!! also hahaha gutted to all the guys i.e Ron who said i wasnt gonna fit in my dress as it was a size 6! IT DID!

Outside Prom

07.11.07

The Artisans – Basicly the Moulin Rouge school show/ Goodbye X team

Posted in Friends, School, X-team at 13:01 by Joanne Crotty

Right last school show…..Surely I should be used to these last things …God only knows what Proms goanna turn out like! 

So two days of work at school, the joys eh! If you read my earlier blog’s you will see that my enjoyment of school only lies with being a member of the X team; so working at school for two days is fine really. Yesterday was the all day rehearsal… a day of running around for the one and only moaning director Ms Kitsiou. Not much really to be said about it now apart from the annoying seating that had to be set out and having to sit between Matt and Adam driving me insane. But we did start the “Your mum’s…. Your face’s….Your mum’s face…” running joke that has been following us around for two days now! Best one that has been said was by Piers, Peter and myself yesterday on the blocks “Your mum’s face’s has got tits!”

Today no rehearsals…but I went in anyways. I got given a wonderful present by the guys, which must have cost them a lot of money, A personalise Monopoly set with everyone’s names on and yes I cried like the unstable emotional person I am!…ha to Jordan only being worth £60 and Adam the big spender being £400! Also sat through A-level I.C.T as I seem to be doing a lot these days and a University lecture and school had finished so a quick set up and off the fish ‘n’ chicken by peters house as a much loved tradition! Where we watched clips of family guy back at Peter’s house and drunk all his coke and lemonade.

Back school we finished set up, I ran away from Jordan, as I was given his phone. And then the show! It went really well just like the night before. Only downer was…I was on lighting! And as you can also read on my other blog’s… Stage crew is my 1st love of the crews! Nice way to finish my 3 years of work on the crew that I didn’t originally join. Still remember my 1st school show. The X team scared me and I didn’t want to go back… now look!

Thank you all for the last 3 years, I can tell you now I will not be back for sixth form as I will hopefully be attending college. I will be back for odd visits though so be warned you haven’t got completely rid of me just yet. You all are amazing!

 Thank you!

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the crews…well some!

06.25.07

My Weekend of Wildness….

Posted in Friends at 13:01 by Joanne Crotty

Being June it means it is Suddenly everyone’s Birthday! The list we have at school is endless…. started on the 2nd going through to the 19th……6 of us!

 This weekend was the long awaited, shared 16th party of the lovely Yasmin (fi) and Lucy…..AWWWWWWWW!! We met at Shenfield station at 7pm to find no trains where running through Romford… Due to an accident (Enough said there) So me and Rob went on a Beer hunt and finally found some, as the others arrived. We got Lifts there so Yes it is safe to go Shenfield station again; there is no big group of fancy dressed weirdo there and the same goes for Gidar Park station too.

When we finally got to Lu’s as we went to another station to collect more people. And there was food drink and people…soon to be followed by music and more Beer hehehe the best kind of party!!! Only two Drunks lol and them prizes go tooooooooooooo YASMIN AND GEMMA! because of the loo being yas’ new friend and gemma not remembering the party next day!!!

 But where was I? Oh yes Lu’s party….yes 2 drinks and was still not even tispys…..So some of us go for a walk to buy more beer….so me Reece, Pav, Ratty, Kerry, and rob went and I had lots of fun poking a nun….yes a nun and no i ain’t saying it cause it rhymes; Ratty was dressed as a nun so i found it fun to poke,…..he poked me back we’re even!  I get back and Gemma and Yas have whine…….they are out of it! so me Kirsty and Ratty sit in the “calm” room to try and help Gemma sober up a bit,….but trying to convince a drunk person they are drunk…..its harder then it seems then you think.

 After that it gets a bit hazy….I spent most of the night with Ratty, and the trying to help sort out the drunks…….getting 3 and half hours sleep……then listening to Reece make his own scripted to the “Brats” TV show with Jamie and Pav……twas the funniest thing i have ever woken up to hearing… Yas started the vow of “I’m never drinking again” off with a nice white bottle of whine and Andy having to try and wake her up again….even weird ring-tones didn’t work till Andy shook her! lmao!!!

Ratty then left :( and about an hour or so later me Pav and rob packed up and left for the station too while the others ordered in pizza. Now walking to the station I get a phone call form my lovely gay Trudie, who herself was sleep deprived of her sleep…as she had only got back from spain at about one that morning so I got the train to her instead of home

Everytime we went for a walk near hers it would rain! It just did like us!! What did we do? Anyways we rung Emma and went to hers for a while and then she had Max’s party to go to for leaving school and finishing exams so me and Trudie kinda gatecrashed but were welcomed in by max and the anothers. There they had once again more drink… (i had a hang over as it was from lulu’s) Water fights….Fun i tryed to stay dry and did a good job till Chui….*glares* then the compertition of the fronzen t-shirts! So helped Emma deforst hers under the warm water and then went and got a beer,….

Later on me and Dale had convince Trudie that she did have a boyfriend due to the drinking giving her memory loss….bless her (enought said on that matter too) So while anyone was playing the guiltars and listening/singing along to MCR’s Famous Last Words while Ant played. I sat and looked after Trudie passing out on Tobys bed….Not too fun. Dale Ant and me finally got her up and walking around and then she settled to sleep on max’s bed room floor while I played on Max’s computer and Dale chatted up a few girls while all listening to muse…..

 And Yes I had a a hang over, and I had school today….don’t worry I paid for it harshly thanks to Jordan and Adam! clapping and No I do not Remember how much drink I consumed over the weekend!

06.18.07

Muse Concert- June 17th

Posted in Friends at 13:01 by Joanne Crotty

One word to describe the concert……AMAZING!!!……….Muse were absolutely brilliant!

 This was the second time I saw them and once again it was at Wembley, but this time instead of the Arena it was the Stadium! They were the second people to play at the staduim, and the first rock show! So myself, Adam my best friend, Andy my ex boyfriend and James a family friend, ventured up to London livererpool street station and then to Wembley Park. Adam and I then went on a search for food and ended up eating Mcdonals (fried cardbored) Nice eh!

So we then went in the stadium and we didnt have to que either! While Andy and James had there bags checked me and Adam went and browsed the Muse mechendice and I brought a t-shirt with the invincable logo and dates on it and a Muse sweat band, not bad for £23!!! :)

We sat down and this Dj came on called “the filler” he mixed tracks of top songs to fill in the times when no act was on stage. Then the shy came on, this act I found a complete waste of vauable Muse time! they were american so thats all i’m going to say! then the filler was back while more set up took place and then Biffy Clyro was on, while me and Adam a talk about how none of them were really wearing much clothing and then it lead into my future with certain boys (I’ll leave you to figure out who).

My Chemical Romance where the next act, Now after hearing many storys that this band (one that i like alot) is bad live……I didnt see/hear anything wrong with them. They were very good for my standards, with there melidy of ther two popluar albums of Three cheers and Black parade. Sept we did find out that the lead singer is drawn to one swear word…..

 Then the Big awaited headliners came on. Muse! they appeared in a kent from the crowd and ran to the stage to start the show with Knights of Cydonia. Now to go on and say every song they played and how Brilliant they were would mean you’d be here for hours and hours and hours and hours! (and thats no joke if you have read my other blogs) The lights were really good with the Big baloons lighting up and flying over the audience and the Staterlight dish’s with Spots in them, And then the Pyrotechnics of smoke, fireworks and the fire was brilliant too. Now moving onto the more interesting part. The reason that thousands of people turned out in london wembley staduim, Was the forever loving Muse. They were amazing, and could not be faulted, then never got a key wrong and never miss a note! the rifts in the middle played a good beat to listen too and Matts skills on the guiltar was above anyones leauge in mordon music!!!

 They finished with ”Take a Bow”  with hits in between such as Starlight and new born. Millions of pictures were taken and shall be loaded up somewhere soon!!!

Special Effects at Muse

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