Mark Forrester - Independent digital designer and online entrepreneur

I was on the bus this afternoon, the 57 bus, returning from Wimbledon town. The bus was pretty empty…. that was until we picked up every Wimbledon school boy in a 10 mile radius. Surrounded by a bunch of snotty youngsters, who obviously believed it was very trendy to tie their school ties with the smallest windsor knot imaginable, I couldn’t help but eavesdrop on their conversation.

Snot 1: “What you wearing to Charlie’s party this weekend?”

Snot 2: “My mum got me a red Grandpa’s top. It’s well cool.”

Snot 1: “Well cool. I got two of those, one white one and one green one.”

Snot 2: “Yeah they well cool.”

If I had said I was wearing a Grandpa’s top to my mate’s party when I was a lighty I would have gotten the sh%t kicked out of me and then some. Grandpa’s tops are now cool. Cardigans are well cool.

The shocking news was still to come though.

Snot 2 announces to Snot 1 and other snots: “Alex and me are going for Brazilians this weekend.”

Silence. Say what? I tried not to stare. Surely not. Does he mean a Brazilian wax?

Snot 1 answers far to excitedly: “NO WAY! Well cool. Can I come?”

Snot 2: “Sorry mate, it’s just me and Alex. We having our sack and crack done.”

Snot 1 is very envious. “Well cool. What about your back?”

Snot 2: “Nah. I don’t have any hair there.”

No sh%t you don’t have any hair there.

You’re like 15!

Not this last one, but it shall be happening soon. Glastonbury 2007 is fast approaching and somehow I managed to get a ticket. An expensive ticket, but probably the best value ticket I shall ever purchase. What is Glastonbury? Glastonbury is the largest greenfield music and performing arts festival in the world. It is usually filled with a lot of weirdos, a lot of mud, loads of music and not many toilets.

“There is only one common characteristic of a Glastonbury-goer – they understand that Glastonbury offers more opportunity than any other happening to have the best weekend of the year or even of a life-time, and they are determined to have it!”

Brief History of Glastonbury

“19 September 1970 – The first Festival was held on the day after Jimi Hendrix died, over a two day period and before long “word had got around”. It was the Blues festival at the Bath & West Showground that had inspired Michael Eavis to begin a festival of his own although on a smaller scale.

Acts included: Marc Bolan, Keith Christmas, Stackridge, Al Stewart. Attendance: 1,500. Price: £1 including free milk from the farm.”

Fast forward 37 years and Glastonbury 2007 is set for an attendance of 175,000 people, the tickets cost £150 and there is no free milk, BUT what you do get is an AMAZING, INCREDIBLE line up of performances. (more…)