geeksandbeats

My best friend at uni, fact. Met him after like the second day as I kept knocking on his flat door looking for this girl Amy who I had met before hand and latched on to because I thought making friends at uni was going to be as hard as making friends at college had been. After the 5th time (that girl was never fucking in) he invited me in to watch Family Guy with his mate Phil. I had never seen Family Guy before, as I hadn't really been allowed to watch tv after 7 o'clock for 4 years. There was a lot I had missed out on apparently. And they were both quite impressed with my computer knowledge. I basically got Bill properly into electro (AND YOU KNOW I DIDDDD FRANCIS) and he got me into internet comedy: pure pwnage, lolcats, 4chan, b3ta, the lot. Then came the travelling lols! I have never met someone I see everyday and could rely on so much. We have literally been everywhere, at all hours of the night, sleeping in all kinds of positions, getting into ruckuses with all kinds of people (by the way you know that guy who shoved his mangina in your face when we went to london so i could review this band and meet steve lamacq? - I saw him in Woolworths yesterday, it was immensly uncomfortable). I love our various banter: curb banter, lengthening words banter, foals banter, geek banter, vivisection banter, facial hair banter, vernon kay and russell brand banter, and the josiemightbegay and billmightbegay but theyre really actually not but say so just for the lols banter. Even in my third year when I saw basically nothing but my textbooks and my Rota-vap (which is pretty swish actually, check it):

He was there for me. And I appreciate it. Then we got lashed when I graduated! I wish he had come to Paris. That would have been super. He is on a placement year in London this year, which is where I was meant to end up. But Novartis came knocking at my door: and apparently if they knock, you'd be a fool to not answer. I'm quite glad someone told me this, as now i'm realising as whenever I talk to anyone in the industry and say "Oh yah I work for Novartis, innit" , their faces literally hit the floor as they are stuffing their CVs into my mouth. Anyway: Bill I miss you. And Lisa- you have an awesome girlfriend who takes the best photos of me :D. I'm not sure what i'm doing next year, going to pitch this health economics thing to Novartis and see if they take me up on it, if they do and I'm still in Generics: i'll see you in Portsmouth! If they do and I have to move to the Pharma Frimley base: I'll be in Guildford. If they do and I have to do a Masters part-time: I'll be in Laanden, and if they don't, then I'll definitly be in London. We shall see. Anyhow we need to get together soon. Leamington wouldn't have been half as much fun without you, sharing one bunk about 10 inches from the ceiling, you trying to have a heart to heart with me and me having none of it, comtemplating the concept of "fat girl rodeo" when having it explained to us, oxford madness, a hot version of a certain friend of ours, having to set everyone straight "No, we are NOT going out!" , the streaker guy and getting done by the feds. Manic. I miss you bro.

2. TIM BOWDITCH

Mate, you were my third year and you know it. First time I met you in the Registry there was so much banter my sides hurt. Then we found out we had a wonder kid in common: Andy Donohoe, you both did photography, we both loved dirty dirty electro. It was a match made in heaven! And you're from Guernsey as well, and practically normal except for the fact that you have blue post boxes and phone boxes, had a fit whenever you saw Pizza Hut and crapped your pants when you saw a B&Q ("there is nothing this big on the whole island, let alone one store!" . One incidence of major foals banter was when Yannis appeared on Buzzcocks and we cut and dyed your hair like his to commemorate!! Ahh that was so funny. I really miss those times. I know we've grown apart this summer so much. And it really sucks. I still have your Beirut DVD, sorry man! I've got the arcade fire opticollscope you got me on my wall. And I hope you are still loving that Joy Division multiframe I got you - I had to phone up the exhibition in Manchester to get me to send me down those prints! ha. The panoramic shot you did for your dissertation with me, Bill, Andy, Lisa and some other kids lies with a proud place on my bedroom door. And I'll never forget the time I almost killed you when you kept playing Enya's Orinoco Flow over and over, I think last count was 32, and then when I turned your computer off you got the guitar out and played the first 8 bars, OVER AND OVER AGAIN with an inane grin on your face! I'll always remember that, as that was the last time we ever had fun.