Last night the Boy took me to see The Manic Street Preachers. They are a band I have loved probably since the mid nineties, but have never got around to seeing before (I don't have the chance to get out much...). The journey to Hammersmith was a bit of pain and I can only feel grateful that I don't particularly have the urge to ever live or work in London. On arriving we managed to avoid the massive queue to get into the Apollo by getting some food, before going in and purchasing our horrendously overpriced drinks (I should stress at this point that I did no purchasing...). The support band were The Delays, who I thought were pretty good (definitely worth a listen) but the Manics were great! Where does bassist Nicky get the energy?! Hopefully the Boy enjoyed it too... he seemed to, although I do believe his first comment was 'It's a bit loud!'.
I feel bad though as we didn't arrive back in Guildford until 1 a.m, giving him approximately 5 hours sleep until he had to be up and at the train station again for work. I have been trying to stay awake after dropping him off in the mornings, and have even managed a couple of early morning runs before starting my day of lectures, project and revision, but there was just no way that was happening this morning! I did feel a little guilty going back to my warm, spacious bed, but to be honest the guilt was soon replaced by the dreams of being a bassist in a famous band... and besides, it is my birthday!
When I finally did get up I set to work on my dissertation, trying to finish off what I had planned to do on Monday. I have spent my day as a recluse, locked in my bedroom trying think of a creative way to discuss the background theory and results I have obtained for the pentaquark - a particle that has been claimed to be observed by a small number of research groups, but for the most part seems to be non-existent... I could just take the view of the majority and say that the pentaquark doesn't exist, therefore my project is pointless, but I'm not sure that will pick me up very many marks.
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Music: Manics - You Stole The Sun From My Heart