Innards
Gooood day. Apart from Andy Murray getting absolutely thumped by Federer. Federer was just a class apart, and didn't give Murray too many opportunities. Andy's time will come though.

Manchester United had a big game at Arsenal today, which I wasn't too confident of. However, Nani, Rooney and Carrick put on a bit of a masterclass, so much so, that I felt a little sorry for Arsenal. I'll be backing them next weekend at Chelsea! If United can keep this form up, we should have a couple of trophies come the end of the season!

Some bad news from today was that my dad has the next 3 weeks off work. My dad and I get on ok, to an extent, but in all honesty, I think I can really piss him off. As a result, I spend a lot of time staying out of his way, because frankly it just isn't worth winding each other up. So yeah, him having 3 weeks off work inevitably means we will have more interactions, and henceforth more arguments. Damn.

I've pretty much bummed myself out now. Considering the fact I was pretty chirpy when I started writing, that's pretty impressive.

I have the day off work again tomorrow. I'll definitely be hitting the gym. I think I'm going to try and go on mondays, wednesdays and fridays, and see how it goes from there. I have a couple of good incentives to work towards now, which helps tenfold.

I almost forgot, my big achievement of the day!! I'd noticed my computer was making a much louder whirring noise than usual. I remembered when I first got it I could barely hear it, so I decided to take the plunge and try to clean out the fan. So this meant I had to dismantle the laptop. Quite frankly, even the thought of doing that terrifies me. Nonetheless, I did it. Sweaty palms and all. The side of the vents leading to the fan were caked in a thick lining of dust, and now, the computer is so much quieter. More to the point, it's still working!!! It was actually pretty cool looking in at the innards of my beloved machine.

I'm lacking a bit of musical inspiration today, so I'll just refer back to yesterday, and add some Boys Like Girls. "The Great Escape" was their second single, and comes from their self-titled debut album. Which quite frankly, is brilliant.
KO
First of all, I fully intended to blog yesterday, but from 9pm, I was KO'd on my bed until 2am. At 2 I actually managed to get into my bed and slept until 9am. Definitely felt the better of it, but I never unintentionally slept for so long before. I was totally confused when I woke up at 2. I initially thought I'd slept in for work!!

I blame my tiredness on the gym! I went again yesterday. Woo! Go me!! Huge contrast to today. It was my day off work, so by rights a lazy day! I semi-tidied my room while watching Lord of the Rings.
Oh!! That reminds me. There's an event in Eden Court in february, where they are screening the full LOTR trilogy in one day, starting at 11am. That would be sooo cool!!! Pretty long, and I guess approaching the end, a bit tedious, but I'm really tempted. I know, I'm a total nerd.

Lots of pretty interesting football news lately. For starters, John Terry, the England captain, was sleeping with the mother of one of his team-mate's child, and at the time girlfriend. That's horrifying. Wayne Bridge broke up with the woman in question last month, but John Terry is no stranger to that sort of behaviour apparently. Seriously. Google it. It's disgusting.
In other news, some "Super rich" Man United fan is getting advice on launching a takeover bid for United. Music to my ears. United are quoted at being £617 million in debt. From where I'm sitting, the future of the club is pretty grim.

There's so many good gigs being announced at the moment. Boys Like Girls, Bowling for Soup and MC Lars have all recently announced headlining shows. It's at times like this when I wish I lived nearer Glasgow, or even better, Manchester.

I've added Bowling for Soup's "Two Seater" to the playlist. I only realised how much I like this song when I saw BFS last year, and was treated to an exclusive acoustic performance before the main show. I know they're a bit of a goofball band, but their lyrics and guitar work was really impressive. It's a shame they're labelled as a "one hit wonder" by so many people.
Beating Operation doesn't make you a Physician
I found out today that I have 18 days of annual leave left, to use up before the end of march. Whether or not I will actually be able to use these is one thing, what the hell I'm actually going to do if I get them is another!!
I've had a couple of ideas which were pretty much ridiculed by everyone I mentioned them to, so I don't know. All I know is, I can't sit around my house for 3 weeks. I'll try getting in touch with my boss and see if/when I can take them, and take it from there.

MC Lars has literally just announced a UK headlining tour, which consists of England and Wales. Super :/ As a result I'm pondering a trip down to Liverpool to see him. Never been there before. It's pretty close to Manchester so I'm wondering if I could squeeze in a Man United game since I'm down. I'll look nearer the time, but from the information I've got, there's a 1 in 4 chance there could be a Champion's League game at Old Trafford the following night. That would be simply awesome.

I'll add MC Lars into my playlist. "Guitar Hero Hero" is about all the people who played the likes of Guitar Hero and thought they were awesome because of their guitar skillz, but really, they wouldn't have a clue. Guitar Hero were actually enquired about using the song on a new version of the game, but then they kinda realised it wasn't really putting across the best kind of message about the game. Enjoy!
An Eventful Day(!)
Oooooh, totally lost track of time. I really shoulda written this blog a good few hours ago.

The gym was alright in the end. When I was sitting waiting for my induction to start, a couple that I deliver mail to were just finishing, and then shortly after my local GP finished his work out too. By the way, awesome head band doc! But it was kinda awkward. The induction itself was kinda gash. It was more like a whistle stop tour of all the equipment, with a fellow gym inductee constantly asking what points to breathe in and out when using each bit of kit.

After that was done I did a 4km run, and then went on the cross-country machine until my calves couldn't take anymore punishment. Which wasn't very long! It was a brief workout, but it was a start.

When I got home my new phone was waiting for me. If I haven't told you my new number let me know. The phone itself seems pretty awesome, but I haven't really sat down and fiddled about with it too much yet.

And of course, thank goodness, United prevailed over City. Only just mind you. Good old Wayne Rooney. I love that man. You can tell he just loves playing for the club. He's been my favourite player for a long time, mainly for the level of passion and determination he plays with. I know he's hated in many circles, but to me, the guy is a legend.
Dammit
I woke up this morning, kind of hoping that 10K run thing was all a bad dream. Alas, it was not. Dammit.

I might use the Wii Fit tonight, for the first time in like.....6 months, as a sorta weigh in thing, to keep some sort of record of progress.

I just had a very strange sit down chat with the parents. Basically, it was just them telling me not to rule out going back to university. I hadn't really said anything about that, so I don't
know where that came from. Hmmm......


I'm not looking forward to the gym tomorrow. I can't really explain why. It's really gotta be done though.

Another big deal tomorrow, is Man United vs Man City in the League Cup. City have a narrow 2-1 lead after Carlos "Judas" Tevez got a couple of fortuitous goals in the previous leg. It's going to be a
heated affair, and I just really hope Gary Neville plays.

I felt like adding one of my all time favourite songs to the playlist today, in the form of Something Corporate's "21 and Invincible". This was And
rew McMahon's band before he formed Jack's Mannequin, who featured in my first blog. He wrote this song about what it feels like to be young,
and feeling like nothing can break you down. The sad irony is that at 22, Andrew developed acute lymphoblastic leukemia. He received a bone marrow transplant from his sister, and in four months he was back performing in front of thousands of fans. When the diagnosis occurred, he was documenting the progress of his first Jack's Mannequin album, and continued to record his recovery on a video camera, the footage of which is now available on the "Dear Jack" DVD. Despite recovering as quickly as he did, from watching the DVD, it really looked as though it could have gone either way. It really is heart wrenching, and thought provoking. The guy is a real inspiration to me.

Major FML Moment
Breaking news. The following may contain violent, or disturbing images. If you are of a nervous disposition, you may want to look away.

Deep breath.

I have just signed up for a 10K run.

Yeah. That's it. I've never done anything like this before. It kinda scares the crap outta me. To make matters worse, it's not just a normal run around a city or anything. Oh no. It's kinda cross country, with mud, bogs, rivers, and hay bales as obstacles.

In some ways, it's something to aim for. A target. But still. I am by no means an athletic person. This could very well be the beginning of the end for me.

So a big thanks to Lianne for that.

On a related note, I signed up to the gym today, and ordered a new phone. First gym session could potentially be wednesday. I suppose I had better make sure that it is actually. The training might as well start asap. 27th of June. The countdown stars now.

In the meantime, enjoy a pic of Lianne from last year's event. Stunning. I'm sure you'll agree.
The Outlook is Bleak...
So it's been 10 days since my last blog. My bad. I knew it was an inevitability though. I've been hella busy at work. Hopefully things will be different this week....

Every so often I think of things to write about in this, but now I sit down to write, my mind goes predictably blank.

My parents celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary this weekend. A milestone that seems to be rarely reached in this day and age. I guess I'm thankful to them for achieving it. I think love is something that is under appreciated, and misunderstood by a huge number of people.

I like to think 2010 will be full of change for me. Pessimistically, I doubt it. But that doesn't stop me from dreaming. I dream about all sorts. Some of it I'm not inclined to share publicly!! One of my main dreams is about moving. I've thought about moving to all sorts of places; Edinburgh, Glasgow, Manchester, Sydney, Los Angeles. Unfortunately, I just don't have any real reason to move to any of them. That is, I would have no job. I could also say I wouldn't know anyone in some of these places.....but to be honest, that's pretty much the same situation as here.

Right, so I've added a new song. The music player does still exist after the new design, it just doesn't show up to well. It's in the right hand column now. The song is by Calamateur, and I genuinely love this song. Since reading what it's about, I'm not sure that loving it is such a good thing, but it is a great song. I probably won't explain this properly, but I'll try, Calamateur is the stage name of Andrew Howie, whom I have worked with for about 18 months or so now. He has his own blog here, and if you want to listen to more of his music, it can be found here. The vast majority of the music is free, and "Perfect Moment" can be found on his "Jesus is for Losers" album. I'm still holding out for a part on his next album.....the outlook is bleak.....
A World Full of Robots
Today I've felt distinctly......I don't know. The only way I can explain it, is by comparing it to Pete Wentz. A guy who I used to think was a complete twat.

When Fall Out Boy really took off, I didn't really understand Pete's deal. He was just the bassist, and background vocalist, but he got all the limelight in the band. I wasn't a particularly big fan of all the promotional work he did, or of the photos of him that circulated the internet.

I soon realised that some of my favourite FOB lyrics were penned by Pete, and that the only reason he played bass guitar was due to his idol being Mark Hoppus. I also learned that Pete tried to kill himself in 2005 after isolating himself more and more.

After following him on Twitter for some time now, I kind of feel as if I understand the guy. He regularly tweets about feeling as if he lives in a world full of robots, or as if his life is all a surreal dream, and that he will wake up anytime soon.

I'm not saying I regularly feel like that, but sometimes I kind of do.

I don't really know where I'm going with this, other than the whole "Don't judge a book by it's cover" thing.

The song I've added today, I heard a few years ago, when I discovered Pandora.com. It was like an internet radio facility, which would play music it thought you would like based on your ratings to previous songs it had played. Unfortunately the site became restricted to US residents only. Today I finally received Jettingham's only major label album released before they broke up. This song also featured in American Pie 2, if you're perhaps wondering why it sounds familiar.
Good and Bad Times
Motion City Soundtrack obviously read my blog. They read it, and thought, hey, let's make David's day, and sort out a UK tour. Well, thanks very much guys. Tickets ordered!! :D

I've been a bit gutted today, after hearing the news that one of my favourite colleagues has decided not to work in my sorting office anymore. I'm kind of jealous for her at the same time, but I'm going to really miss her.

Hopefully I won't be too far behind her, in going out the door.
The Day I Finished Work On Time
It's kinda fun driving on ice. Admittedly, in a 4x4, and not my own vehicle. Otherwise I probably wouldn't go faster than 2mph. But seriously, there's a bit of a thrill to it. I've never had a really serious skid or slide, and I've always been able to counter any times I have felt the van start to go, but there will always be that part of me that thinks "You're Colin MacRae!!!". You know, apart from the fact he's dead. I just don't know the names of any other rally drivers. There is a serious thrill to it. Which is sort of a bad thing.

Yeah, so anyway, I actually finished work on time today, for the first time ever, on that round. Admittedly, there's like 50 people picking their mail up from the Post Office because they feel their drives are too dangerous for me to get up to, but it totally still counts. Oh, and I was meant to wash the van in that time. Which I did not.

I got a load of new tunes today, mostly John Mayer. Man, that dude makes some chilled out music!! There's a real Jack Johnson vibe to the guy.

I just saw a trailer for the new Alice in Wonderland movie. It looks pretty fantastic, surreal, and creepy. In the 5 seconds that Johnny Depp was in it, he looked brilliant. As to be expected. The soundtrack looks good too: Avril Lavigne, Owl City, Motion City Soundtrack, Mark Hoppus & Pete Wentz, All Time Low, Metro Station etc etc.

Also, the snow does seem to be, finally, melting. At last!! Hopefully I'll be able to go out running again soon!

I'll throw in an Owl City song today. I fell in love with this the moment I heard it. It's just sublime, and they are tipped to take the UK by storm in 2010.
11/01/10
Yes, I admit, I thought yesterday's and today's dates looked kinda cool. Computer programming language, right? I can't remember my High School classes that well I guess.

I think I kinda love iTunes. It knows me so well now. I know certain people will be disgusted with that, but it really is top notch. It has created new Genius Playlists for me, whose genres include Teen Pop, Emo, Nu-Metal, Alternative Pop/Rock and Mainstream Rock. What else could a guy ask for? Thanks Apple. I <3 you.

Speaking of which, iTunes has got kinda hooked on playing Fall Out Boy, even when it's on shuffle. It seems to have a major FOB love. Which I don't mind too much! Anyway, this, and some other factors, have influenced my song today. It's a bit of a teenage-angst-anthem. Love it.
Another picture from work today. I thought this photo just looked as if it was taken from the top of the world. Shame there's a telephone pole right in the middle, but I can't do much about it. The clouds look kinda epic, I thought. I took this just before I almost got stuck. Well, I did get stuck. Stupid snow/ice/ditch. Four wheel drive conquers all though!!! That's my theory.....

Last.fm has finally fixed it's image host problem, so below you can see my most listened to artists of the last week. Crazy stuff. I'm surprised at how far ahead blink and JM are, in the play count. I wish more people used Last.fm, I think it's a pretty awesome tool.

10/01/10 - Sad and pathetic
I'm not going to lower myself to another's level, and publicly bitch about other people. That's just not me. I will however, respond to them.

If anyone regards my actions in the past few months as sad, pathetic, childish, or immature, they may well have a point. However, I have only ever dealt with my break up, in the best way I could, for me, and while some people might disapprove with my methods, sorry, but I don't care. It's been a time for looking after no. 1.

I'm not going to divulge all the background information publicly, I still have some respect for what I had. However, I was completely in love. Maybe I was slightly askew with some of my interpretations of what love is, but in my head, I was 100% dedicated, until I died.

Since then, while being obviously heart broken, I feel as though I have been publicly shat on, and publicly humiliated. Obviously this person cannot see that, and feels like we should still be best friends or something. I'm sorry, I have no interest in sitting down and spelling this out to her. I'm not entirely sure why I should make the effort. Especially after what happened in the last few months of our relationship.

I just felt this needed addressing. After being talked about all over this dump of a village, I thought I should actually go some way towards defending myself.

I'm not going to link a song or picture to this post. I don't want to associate any with it.
Belle
I fell asleep listening to that John Mayer song last night. Yeah, I'm cool.

Another good thing that happened yesterday, was that I amended my lack of upcoming concerts. I ordered tickets for an acoustic Bowling for Soup performance at King Tut's. I've never been there before, but I've only heard good things, and that it's nice and small. Should be good. So long as it doesn't get upgraded.....

I remembered to take my camera to work, but it was pretty misty at all the usual good view points. I thought this was a really cool scene. The overhanging, dead looking trees look really foreboding, but in a breathtaking way.

I've been thinking a lot about future plans. I'm totally sick of my current situation in almost every way. I know that only I can fix this, but it is easier said than done.

I've had the new single from Dashboard Confessional stuck in my head for the past few days. They're a really awesome band, who I first heard on the soundtrack to Spiderman 2. Their new album is really impressive, and have released a deluxe edition of it, with a bonus CD featuring acoustic versions of all the album tracks. A real touch of quality I think. I had ticketes to go and see them in 2008, which they postponed, then after 8 months of waiting for a new date, cancelled. Sad times. Hopefully they will venture back to these shores sometime soon though!!
I don't remember you (Looking any better)
Not a good day, so really not in a good frame of mind for this blog. Got messed around again at work. Majorly sick of this shit.

On the up side, there's some gorgeous scenery up these hills, with all this snow. I might have better photos tomorrow, if I remember my digi camera.

Also feeling completely love sick. Even though I'm not in love.


The song today is one I just rediscovered about half an hour ago. Completely forgot about this. Might have to purchase a John Mayer album.


Keeping it short and not very sweet today.
I'm not alone, because the TV's on
Alright, I posted the lyrics to yesterday's "Song of the Day", after a couple of requests. I had to download Google Chrome in order to use the paste function in this blog writer thing. Yeah, that's the extent I go to for you people!!

So the main point I take from that is, people are actually reading this!! Wow! What can I say? I'm so sorry!!

Right now I'm looking at upcoming concerts. I have none in the pipeline, which I am
not liking. I'll probably be going to the Leeds Festival in
august, where, if rumours are to believed, blink-182 will be playing. I've
never been to a festival before, so I'm a bit unsure about it, but it should be good. Going by the line ups in the past few years, I think I should enjoy it. I'm still holding out for an arena tour by the blinksters though. Anyways, Leeds is not a million miles away from Alton Towers. I love that place!

In an ideal world, I would like to see the following bands this year please: blink-182, Motion City Soundtrack, Something Corporate, Dashboard Confessional and Hey Monday.

If someone can sort that out for me, I shall love you completely.

My picture is of my toilet door, which I know sounds completely unpleasant. However, it's covered in my tickets from concerts, gigs and football matches, as well as some stickers I've picked up along the way. It's an awesome collection to look at and reminisce over. Good times. Very good times.

The song today is from the most memorable, craziest, and most insane moment from any of the concerts I've been to. I saw Jimmy Eat World in the Barrowlands on a bitterly cold Glasgow night in early 2008. When the guitar began pounding out the intro to this song, everybody, absolutely everybody, was jumping and headbanging in time.
It's believed the song is mocking American society, and somewhat ironically is Jimmy's breakthrough track. The song also underwent a name change, "Bleed American", found on the album of the same name, was re-branded to "Salt, Sweat, Sugar" following the 9/11 attacks, which occurred 2 months after the album release.
Lyrics for "Seventy Times 7" by Brand New
Back in school they never taught us what we needed to know,
like how to deal with despair, or someone breaking your heart.
For twelve years I've held it all together but a night like this is begging to pull me apart.
I played it quiet, left you deep in conversation.
I felt uncool and hung out around the kitchen.
I remember I kept thinking that I know you never would,
and now I know I want to kill you like only a best friend could.

Everyone's caught on to everything you do
Everyone's caught on to.

As if this happening wasn't enough I got to go
and write a song just to remind myself how bad it sucked.
Ignore the sun, the cover's over my head.
I wrote a message on my pillow that says, "Jesse, stay asleep in bed."
So don't apologize. I hope you choke and die.
Search your cell for something with which to hang yourself.
They say you need to pray if you want to go to heaven
but they don't tell you what to say when your whole life has gone to hell.

Everyone's caught on to everything you do
Everyone's caught on to
And everyone's caught on to everything you do (And I can't let you, let me down again.)
Everyone's caught on to (And I can't let you, let me down again)

So, is that what you call a getaway?
Tell me what you got away with.
Cause I've seen more spine in jellyfish.
I've seen more guts in eleven-year-old kids.
Have another drink and drive yourself home.
I hope there's ice on all the roads.
And you can think of me when you forget your seatbelt,
and again when your head goes through the windshield.

And is that what you call tact?
You're as subtle as a brick in the small of my back.
So let's end this call, and end this conversation.
and is that what you call a getaway?
well tell me what you got away with.
cause you left the frays from the ties you severed
when you say best friends means friends forever

So, is that what you call a getaway?
Well tell me what you got away with.
Cause I've seen more spine in jellyfish.
I've seen more guts in eleven-year-old kids.
Have another drink and drive yourself home.
I hope there's ice on all the roads.
And you can think of me when you forget your seatbelt,
and again when your head goes through the windshield.

Everyone's caught on to everything you do (And I can't let you, let me down again)
Everyone's caught on to (And I can't let you, let me down again)
And everyone's caught on to everything you do (And I can't let you, let me down again)
Everyone's caught on to (And I can't let you, let me down again)
The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant
Man, I'm so cold and so tired today. Bad times!!



Yesterday was a bit of a landmark day for me. I don't want to go into detail, but it was something I should have done months ago, but only recently felt up to it. A chapter of my life is closed forever now.



It's like -10 degrees celsius today, and apparently it's going to hit about -20 by friday. Seriously bad times. It really is baltic. If anyone that reads this has a really warm house or flat, can I come live with you? Please? I'm really not that much trouble. Promise!!



I'm getting really sick of my job these days. For a variety of reasons I guess. It's a job I only intended to do for a year, and I'm now in my 19th month of it. I was even mentally planning my resignation letter last week. Realistically however, there isn't that much else available at the moment. Anyways, I have some Drumnadrochit related plans this summer, so I don't want to venture too far just yet. Until then I guess I just grin and bear it. Like my dad always used to tell me: no pain, no gain.



Ok, so referring back to the first paragraph, I've kinda decided to reward myself a little bit with this. I'm a bit unsure about telling people about this song, but I think that maybe it might help someone else through a time of difficulty.

My most listened to song of 2009 was "Seventy Times 7" by Brand New. The song is written by Jesse Lacey, the lead singer of the band. Jesse had been best friends with John Nolan, one time guitarist/singer of Taking Back Sunday, that is, until John slept with Jesse's girlfriend. They had a row over the phone which ended with Jesse saying:

"Is that what you call tact? You're as subtle as a brick in the small of my back, so let's end this call and end this conversation."

Which is quoted in the lyrics of the song. These lyrics are again used in Taking Back Sunday's "There's No "I" in Team", which was John's response. "Seventy Times 7" has such hate filled lyrics, full of disgust and injustice at how his friend treated him. Jesse and John have since made up, and the song's title is in some ways a reflection of that. Jesus' parable of the unforgiving servant, originates from someone asking him:

"How many times must I forgive my brother that keeps sinning against me? Seven times?" But Jesus' response was:

"Not seven times, but seventy times seven", which is basically intended to be an unlimited amount. This song is fantastic for those times when you really need to vent over someone or something messing you about. Trust me.



Wow, deep stuff. Sorry about that!! Enjoy this fairly amusing picture of my dog Brin, to end things on a good point!
Gonna Snow Do That?!
Right, don't get me wrong. As a kid, I loved the snow. I have very fond memories of snow days and school being cancelled, of sledging down the awesome hill at Nathan's house, of trying to build the most amazing snowman. However, this past couple of weeks have been a bit of a snow overload.

There's at least a good 14 inches of snow, still lying, in my garden. Every morning my car has another white blanket covering it.

My job is perhaps one of the worst in the world, in this weather. It would of course help if the council made some sort of effort to clear the snow on the pavements, or at the very least, make some sort of clear route. This is apparently a no no. The snowy slush in car parks in the village is disgusting.

But whatever, nothing I can do about it, so I will shut up about it. Enjoy my photo of the snow, as seen from my bedroom window.

I tried to insert a chart of my most listened to artists of the past week, from Last.fm. But it doesn't seem to be working for some unknown reason. It woulda been kinda interesting!! This past week, I had some major cravings for some good old pop tracks from when I was like 14 or so. Back then my musical knowledge was nothing more than what MTV and the "Now Thats What I Call Music" CDs contained.


Thank God that changed.

Although there's nothing wrong with the occasional listen to 5ive, Backstreet Boys, *NSYNC, S Club 7, Boyzone and Robbie Williams. Right?
Right?!


Oh, and referring back to my first blog, I switched my phone back on today after a good day and a half of downtime. I tragically missed some calls from the Post Office. Which didn't open yesterday due to the owners travelling back from London, and their cover calling in sick. Oh dear, what a pity. Oh well, nevermind.


Shall I add another song to my playlist? I might as well. I guess it will have to be something retro and poppy. Everybody Get Up by 5ive? Yeah, I dare you not to love it.
My First Blog
Hello, and welcome to my blog!

I doubt this will be a daily thing, because frankly, some days I have very little to talk about, but I guess I will try to do so.


First of all, I genuinely want to thank, and apologise to, my friends. 2009 was easily the worst year of my life. I'm sorry for being a depressed pain in the ass for the latter half of it. But on the flip side, thank you for putting up with me and supporting me. Even in the smallest way. It meant a lot.


It's now 2010. I genuinely feel so different. In the past week or so, I have actually felt a sincere level of happiness that I haven't for a long time. In some ways, I haven't felt this way for at least 7 years. Right now my hopes and aspirations for 2010 are plentiful. And perhaps slightly stupid and unrealistic, but hey, I'm gonna give it my best shot.


Today is my day off. Yussss. Another 4 day weekend. Gotta love it. My phone is switched off. I'm rather sick of being asked to work at the last minute. So I'm sorry to anyone trying to get in touch with me.


I think, already, I have had more dreams in 2010 than the whole of 2009. Just about crazy stuff, like repairing a Ferris wheel and having my heroes analysing my CD collection.


Talking of music, I'm going to try to include a song on this page by Jack's Mannequin. I first heard of Jack's Mannequin years and years ago, but I only heard some of their material in late 2008. In 2009 I managed to see them live twice. The first time, myself and Laura travelled all the way to Manchester, just to see them. It was genuinely beautiful. The Manchester Academy 3 is a tiny venue, with no security guards. The performers are literally within touching distance. As you can see from the picture. It was pretty surreal, and one of my favourite concerts ever. Andrew McMahon is one of my favourite artists of all time. His lyrics are, at times, breathtaking. Anyway, the song I will have hopefully embedded, really moves me. I think it's a really inspirational song, and with the way he manipulates the music, you can practically hear the waves crashing against the shore.
I could actually talk about Andrew and Jack's Mannequin for ages, but I will try not to bore you in my first blog!!

Right folks, I am going to leave it at that, and try to do something productive with my day off!!

Thanks for reading.