The Easter holiday was probably the most enjoyable couple of weeks I’ve ever had. I was busy and I wasn’t bored. I hope it was a taste of what post-college life will be like. I played a set at the Ministry of Sound, watched High Contrast and Caspa play their sets from literally right next to me. Saw Manchester Orchestra and Right Away, Great Captain! play live. I met both Andy Hull and Chris Freeman of Manchester Orchestra, who both told me that they are playing at Reading which I sadly am not going to anymore. My first event under the No Sunlight brand took place, which was pretty successful. I also met up with my friends a fair few times too.
Returning to college was a shock to the system. I’m glad the first year is almost over because I haven’t enjoyed it much. For the first few months, I found it pretty enjoyable but now it seems like school; minus the majority of my friends, most of whom go to Richmond. I kind of regret not going to Richmond now but seeing friends a couple of times a week makes things a bit more special I think. With just over a year until the end of college, I’ve already started putting plans in to place. And as if you didn’t already know, I’m not going to uni. I’m going to focus on events planning, as well as doing freelance design and video work. Financial details are being planned to the pence. You can never overplan. I’m now thinking of taking a gap year before working for myself, this would involve working in another country for the best part of a year. But that might not actually happen. Early stages. Another idea was to go on a wildlife filming course for four weeks in South Africa. But that’s costly, very costly.
And talking of money: The Budget for the next financial year took place last week. I’m not convinced. For example, the 50% income tax is something that I disagree on. It offers no incentive to the next generation of business men and woman. Yes, £150,000 is a large amount of money and you would expect them to share it out to some extent, but giving over £75,000 to the government is just outrageous. If big businesses play ball with their employees, which I expect they will, then we could have a unique situation which would simply create a new generation of tax dodgers. I’m not suggesting it’s right to avoid paying tax, but I can see many ways to get around this. Darling thinks he will be able to stop it but he won’t.
And to the person who took it upon himself to tell people blatant lies about me: Stop.
(I’m sure they will)