Wednesday "WAAAAN"

It was Alice's birthday yesterday so by the time I arrived in the studios yesterday, Sophie was going round getting everyone to sign a card for her. When it came to Ross Goodlass, he felt the need to write down the infamous line from that song by Smokie inside, although I think he resisted the temptation.

It wasn't just Smoke Radio who were present on campus yesterday as one of our alumni was around or to be more specific, Maz who was recording vox pops for Mercury 96.6 where she decided to go full time instead of completing her journalism degree two years ago.
This afternoon's live O/B show was in the hands of "The Apple Bites Back" where Jake was asked to put a cardboard box on his head to replicate his ambition of wanting to become an astronaut, much to the amusement of Lottie, and Tudor who was filming the goings on for the video podcast.

It was rather quiet upstairs for most of the day as the committee were busy sorting stuff out the awards which will be happening later tonight which they've been trying to keep top secret, even down to the seating plan. As I'm not too sure about the menu that's on offer I may have a few drinks before going so I feel the urge to want to eat anything I don't normally like.

By 7pm the Shuffle boys hadn't turned up to do their show which I was rather disapointed about, although I understand Adam will be present at tomorrow's awards. I decided it wasn't worth sticking around for the Bamboozle boys who were following so I went down to the grass outside halls where Alice was having a barbeque for her birthday.

Chris, Pete, Denis and Stoobie showed up shortly after where many meat related innuendos were thrown about. Luckily all I had were two pork loin steaks which were absolutley lovely as well as a few Raspberry Breezers.
Jake was providing the music in the form of Mylo's album of which I'm certain every track has been used as a bed on Smoke or in a trail. To be more specific Dan and Sophie's Preloaded trail for their show or Friday which contains Sophie shouting out "WAAAAAN!" which appears to be saying of this week.

At around 8:30 we went to the Undercroft where it was comedy night consiting of Ria Lina as the compere, Jewish Comedian Josh Howie and Tim Vine, not to be confused with the other comedian of the same name related to Jeremy Vine.
I was slightly tipsy when we arrived so I decided to step in front of the microphone myself impersonating Bernard Manning although luckily the mic wasn't switched on.

Josh Howie's routine consisted of him taking the mickey of jokes against minorities although Phil Harris got a bit of stick when his mobile phone went off. For those that don't know him, his ringtone is the noise of General Lee's horn from The Dukes Of Hazzard which is rather loud in all honesty.
Towards the end of the routine someone kept on ringing me on my mobile phone and I'm certain that was Phil although luckily him and a few others went to get something to eat during the second act.

The headline act with Tim Vine resulted in a few people getting stick especially Mattie from "You Heard It Here First" who was sat in in the audience. Also on the recieving end was Dean who had the mickey taken out of him for being a Fine Art student amongst a room of people who were mainly doing radio.

We headed back over to Flat 59 at around 11 where we brought out a birthday cake for Alice which didn't have any candles but a couple of lighters contributed by Dan Roberts. Shortly after a few people went home leaving Troy, Will and Dean playing Shithead whilst having the Kings Of Leon playing in the background.
By midnight things got a bit more hectic and we had a mini celebration for me turning 23, by which time Eric had got back from work and more people were present in the kitchen.
Despite being around 4 years older than most of the people present I was reassured by Alice that I'm not the oldest as first year student Rich is around 30 years old.
Most of us went to bed at around 2am and for me personally it was nice to get back into a proper bed for a change after crashing on a sofa for the last two nights.

As for tonight it's the awards have finally arrived which will probably be the last time I see a few people who have been involved in the station for the last three years such as Ross Tilley, Ross Powell, and Steve Jones who was around yesterday to present his final sports show for the station. The location will be the Paradise Bar in Kensall Green and even if the dishes that are being served aren't to my liking I will use this as an excuse to celebrate my 23rd birthday by getting sloshed.