Why do people react only after the worst happens?

It took a while for me to realise that my life could've ended on Sunday morning. At first it was all funny and "hey look, I could've died. Check out the cool skid marks" but there was really nothing to be showing off about, there's nothing happy about injury, there's nothing happy about death.

I seem to frequently get myself in situations where my life would be threatened. I live my life for pleasure and thrills, and there's nothing more exciting than knowing there's a big risk involved.

But Sunday was a completely different story. I did not control the cards nor did I have any choice in wanting to play.

Sigh, and I know for a fact, that i'll forget all of this in a month. Question is, how many times before I get unlucky?

On a much much happier note. It's my parent's 25th Anniversary today! YAY!

22nd February 2004 - Louis; Opium is not good for health

My night started with some event at LSE. I guess we missed the better half of the show by the time we got there (Models, Dancing etc.). Persistent, we headed in.

Chinese people should not be allowed to sing heavy metal songs. It should be illegal.

I guess it wasn't that bad because the cute girl at the door was giggling at me....but she had funny teeth

So now to Opium! Time check, 10.30pm. It was far too early but we went in anyway. Spent the next one and a half hours standing in a little gay circle repeatedly reminding ourselves "hey, this looks really gay"

2 bottles of wine later, the club was packed like a can of sardines. I noticed a stare and I told Becky (dear friend of mine) "That girl over there has been checking me out all night"

"You say that all the time."

"Ok fine"

20 seconds later, I have her name, email address, location of study, major, where she is from and an offer to buy me a drink which I gracefully declined*

Don't doubt mine abilities fool.

Time to go home. I just found out that the person who is sending me home

1) His car is not insured.

2) He did not pay for his road tax. He stole it

3) He does not have a license

4) He drives insanely fast. He has only been driving for a month.

5) He was drunk

6) The car I was in cost 250 pounds. It could fall apart at any moment.

So just as we're reaching our University, driver decides to do a handbrake turn. Please look at 4)

Obviously he couldn't control the car and we slid towards a wall at 70 miles an hour (About 120kmh). Thankfully we stopped in time, It would suck to die with the newspaper headlines;

"3 Students killed after crashing into a pub opposite Richmond University! Authorities believe they wanted more alcohol

Never again.**

Pictures galore.

AlexLouisJacob, AdrianJacobLouisAlex, LouisAdrian #1 #2, SkidMarks #1 #2

*I returned the offer but I couldn't find my credit card. How embarrassing.

**Driver was Alex

22nd February 2004 - James; Nothing In Particular

So yesterday was Leeds United vs. Manchester United. I don't know if anyone who follows the site is in to football or anything, but people who don't know me, know that I am a DIE HARD Leeds United fan. So for yesterday's occasion, I decided that the best thing would probably be to go to the part of town where the Manchester United fans watch the matches ever week, wear my Leeds jersey (with 4-EVER on the back) and just plop myself either right in the middle of the place, or in the front. I also thought it would be cool to get my girlfriend to wear one of my Leeds shirts and come with me too.

Anyway, as it happened, there were only about twelve Man United fans that I could see wearing that gay red shirt, and while I did get a few death stares, there was nothing really interesting that happened, except that JUST WHEN IT LOOKED LIKE Man United where going to win, LEEDS SCORED and everyone went from YYEAYHAHHAAHHH to Oooh :((((((((((( pity we just lost the title :((

Also, updated the "about james" page to put a couple of pictures there, so that the girls can finally put a face on the dark and handsome guy in their dreams.

NOTE: If there is more than one guy in your dreams, I am not the one that drives you into a tree, that's Louis, I'm the one that saves you from gang-rape, achieves world peace and solves third world debt before breakfast.

AND, right now I'm listening to Incubus - Megalomaniac