So today was pretty nuts. We finished up the final of the 3 weekend concerts we'd put on as the department and of course went out for drinks to celebrate. We ended up at this old little tradition pub with 3 old guys playing guitar and singing away in the corner.

Then we met this very outspoken old man. He spouted some very contentious views, but bought us all whiskey and was generally good natured. Then the pub suddenly got very busy, a folk band (of course, all of the older generation) turned up and started playing music. The place was filled with all their friends and family and it was great. After too much rum I was somehow swayed into playing/singing a song.

Well, it was my very first public performance in which I used my voice. I'd performed plenty of time before without singing though so it wasn't terribly bad. I fucked up halfway through (likely due to the alcohol), but held it together and finished it on a good note. All in all I wasn't too bad and I got a good applause at the end so that was nice! All the old geezers were very supporting which was awesome and I was invited back. First public singing performance out the way! Only upwards from here I guess.

On the negative side of things, I lost a £20 note and we were doing rounds, so now I am very poor and overdrawn. Crazy day though.