I'm on the bus to Cavan, somewhere between Cavan and Kells, due to arrive there in about 45 minutes. You may ask why on earth would anyone want to go to Cavan and if you're not Irish and aren't a fan of a particular Cavan born band who happen to be playing there this evening you may not even know of the existence of Cavan. Cavan is a landlocked county in the northern midlands of Ireland. As a Christmas present from my father I got tickets to this gig they're playing in Cavan Town Hall, my knowledge of these tickets weeks before Christmas and the fact that I didn't even get them on Christmas doesn't change the fact that Christmas presents they are. I'm quite excited, I haven't seen the Strypes in almost exactly a year (I just re-read what I've written and noticed that I didn't actually mention them by name before now but I can't be bothered to actually change it). This will be the first time I see them do a full electric set so I really can't wait. My dad's not too happy about having to go to Cavan or about going to a gig (he's such an old man, isn't he?) last time I saw the Strypes was with him too and he just stood there looking grumpy with his arms crossed, there were a load of bands playing that time and he only liked one of them (Ocho, check them out, they're not bad) and a comedian (David O'Docherty I think, he was brilliant). When the Strypes came on I tried to move towards the front and was quite successful except for the fact that my father pulled me back each time anyone got closer than a meter away from me and as anyone who has been to a gig ever (or just in a crowd) knows, people are packed in pretty close, eventually I managed to lose him in the crowd and I really enjoyed it even though they only played for twenty to thirty minutes or so.
I'm really just writing for the sake of writing now rather having anything in particular I feel the urge to share, there is one thing but I don't really want to think about it right now so I probably will in a few days, I really want to anyway so I'll talk to you soon.
Ruska
(Almost in Cavan now!!!)
