Thursday 19 December 2013

Find a seat

The park I walk through to get to my flat (I don't think it has a better name)















this is my flatmate, he didn't see me






QUESTIONS
Why has that man stopped on the steps for ages..? Now he's running....
What's this plume of smoke on the horizon?
Why so many puffa jackets?
Why is there shredded plastic in that bare tree?
How many people walk through here each day?
Is the amount coming and going equal?
Why is this park here, it's only used as a path..
What is that structure on the horizon that resembles the Wicker Man?
Why are you running in front of that car, maniac
Why does that man walk so twisty?
Where is that laughter coming from?
Some trees are green, some brown, some dead, one is read, why is this..

OBSERVATIONS
People pass through here but never sit down
I made uncomfortable eye contact with a passer by
People seem to come through in waves
Rattling sound of a suitcase dragging, he reaches stairs and is stumped, he drags the case up the grassy hill, now realises he can just pick it up..
Total 9 puffa jackets, 7 buses
A stupid haircut
A dog
Every few minutes theres a loud dripping sound behind me
Man running down hill, his jacket says great food in Leeds, maybe I should follow him
Crazy man in shorts, you must be cold
BAD SMELL, REALLY BAD
Startling car horn beep
A runner I saw earlier is back, he looks tired, much less peppy than before
This park is so wheelchair inaccessible
People in big coats look suspicious
Man bikes down hill, he seems to say fuck the path
A fly lands, thinking I am rubbish or a carcass perhaps
The gravel path and my shoe make a nice scraping sound

FACTS
nine white pigeons in a flock
I saw more puffa jackets than buses (I was between two regular bus routes)
Everyone has a coat on because its cold
Lots of people have shopping
This park has strange acoustics, it's silent but i can hear someone blowing their nose on the other side of it
Its very gloomy here, grey and damp, its getting dark
My flatmate just walked past, he didnt see me, he's biting his nails
I see an annoying girl I met at a party
I was startled by an orange reflection inside my glasses, twice now
Half ripped UK flag
15 satellite dishes on walls of Holborn Towers
No signs of life in block of flats
A creepy man nodded and said 'AIIGHHHT' at me
The grass is more leaf mulch than actual grass
Lots of little white flies have appeared, they look busy
I can smell weed

Morrisons (this was shortlived; the staff looked very angry at me so I left before they beat me up)






the worst tracksuit combo i have ever seen (above)


sad and lonely mobility scooter 


OBSERVATIONS
Everyone is wearing a coat
Yellow and green
The robot tills keep saying 'Thank you for shopping at Morrisons'
The security guard looked at me - unhappy 
Man in a neon tracksuit
A whistler
ALARM
Loud men talking about London
A silly fur headress

then i decided to leave

Barnsley Town Centre




terrible fur jacket








an elaborate quiff






puffa jackets are taking over
rare sighting of an emo

some yobs yelling about yob culture (i was unfamiliar with the buttons on this phone)

groovy tartan brass band




really old toilets, they feel like a ww2 bunker



disgruntled father
there's a portal behind this lampost






QUESTIONS
What are all these marquees?
Who's kid is this?
Why do they queue at the cash point when there's an unused one over here?
How much are jacket potatoes? (they were £2.50, i bought one and it was very good)
Why is the Dappy hat still rife here?
Why is leeds building society here?
Why is everyone so terribly dressed?
What's the average amount of children people have? (it seems like a lot)
Did those children just take a picture of me? Oh how the tables have turned
Why does everyone know each other
How many people were born here or nearby, have they left?
Why are police horses so massive and scary
How did he break his nose so badly?

OBSERVATIONS
A small girl sat next to me singing, Father yells "OI CUM ERE, SIT THEYER"
20 something man in unhappy voice "AV GOT DIMPLES"
Abandoned child playing with a granny trolley
Traditional Baked Potatoes
Lady with a mans voice
Child in plastic heels hopping on pavement slabs
Middle aged woman with purple and lilac hair
I see Damien Haigh, a creep I used to work with
The child has been claimed by an old lady with polystyrene food boxes, most things are served in polystyrene here
"GIUP NAARRH"
Unintentional Tom Baker scarf
Two teenage girls sat behind me "THERS ME TELLIN YER THERES LOADSA FITTIES WE ANT EVEN SEEN ANY AV WE"
Some young boys "CHING CHONG", "THERES A GREGGS THEYA YER DICK"
Man looked at me then stubbled, is that an insult
A drunkard
Sulky teens
Someone is playing a harmonica badly - it's a child
"JOSEPH ETHAN. CMON NARH LETS GUH GET BUS, WHEIRS YER CAKE YOU ETTEN IT?"
Went into a book shop, two girls near me "I DUNT LAIK LUKIN AT BUKS ME IT MEKS MI FEEL SIK, I ATE READIN"
Baked potatoes look tasty
Yobs yelling incomprehensibly
"OI! THA GUIN? EH?"
Another lone child, this one has a fruit shoot
Woman dressed in red entirely, purple hair
Thomas Clerahugh, a strange boy I went to school with, he's at the cashpoint, please don't recognise me
Fur trimmed black poncho

FACTS
Funny looks - 11
Police - 8
Crocs, people still wear crocs
Girl gave me a dull leaflet
Pingu turned on the christmas lights
I've seen this woman with a pink jacket three times, is she confused?
People sit down, see me doing stuff, then promptly leave
Two kids on bikes, yellow and orange
I can see two clocktowers
Red hair and red coat, same shade, this happened three times
Lady bought a fibre optic christmas tree, goodness knows why
I had a jacket potato, it was nice, £2.50, beans and cheese
I've seen four non white people all day
The banks shut at midday, how stupid
There's a lot more children than in Leeds

Leeds University steps (around midnight)


sky so moody

number 1 to beaston is a VERY regular bus
man doesnt fear the machine






these drunk girls were singing Mr Brightside, like drunk girls do, they came and sat near me and I wanted them to leave


onesie brigade





















they caught me


this guy had a poster of chewy with a surfboard, where would one buy that








she caught me too, the flash is more noticble and startling at night

QUESTIONS
Where are these parades of pyjama wearers going?
How do people manage to study for this long, thats hardcore.
Where is Beeston
How long did these steps take to build
Where is royal mail going at this hour
Why is that man dressed like a burglar and running
Are the traffic waves caused by the crossing down the road?
What is this taxi waiting for
Whats the building with the flashing red light
Why are there more police cars than buses
Are these steps every swept
Whats that guy in the window doing he looks hard at work
How are these girls still alive
Where is this shady coach going/coming from
How high can heels be
What are all these flashing emergency services to?

 OBSERVATIONS
So many taxis
Free Birds is a total rip of that pixar birds short
A loud disco car, obnoxious
Loud girls sing Mr Brightside, another group are yelling back at them, one of them tries to interact with me, oh no you don't sir
Man on a tiny bike
Late night studiers
Posh car
A coach
Loud phone chatterer
Terrible boots
She punched his phone out of his hand "OAAAHHHH YOU ARE SOOOO FUCKING LUCKY" (that it didnt break i assume)
A man jumped for me, i missed the photo opportunity though
I think i see the north star
Snowboarders
People are so flippant with road safety
Taxi firm must be a very lucrative business
A woman missed her bus after running for it ahahhahahaha
Scary car beep
Shorts and vest, she must be really cold
Flashing ambulance and police car
Crazy girl trying to tightrope walk the steps
"PLEASE TELL ME YOURS IS THE NATIVITY PLAY" i dont understand 
A maroon car, how weird
Lady dressed all in raspberry pink
A guy waiting, his friends met him, how nice

FACTS
clock striking hour, 11 rings
Rowdy gang of six
Who smokers enjoying e cigarettes behind me, they have parted ways now
10 seconds of quietness
A high percentage of onesies
3 flashing ambulences and police car
Some kind of event is starting
Flames is empty, Charcos has six customers
Samba music is coming from the distance
Everyone has a coat on except for the people going out
Car going too fast, icy blue lights
The 1 bus is very regular. Beeston
Theres patches of silence and rowdiness, seemingly random
A can just dropped behind me
In five minutes i saw one bus, 31 taxis and three police cars
police video van 
two cars racing/chasing eachother
theres 22 stairs
2 snowboard 3 skiis