Well I’ve actually been back from XMAS for two days now, but been keeping my head down recovering from it.
XMAS itself was good 🙂 Went to the inlaws on XMAS eve, had a lazy one of reading, watching TV, playing cards and monopoly, eating and drinking heartly. Then came back the day after boxing day (Monday afternoon).
Got a stack of presents, which was surprising seeing how little we all spent on each other (both me and Rach had a £40 limit)
Aha life is grand. Got up 8:30 played Rome Total War until Rach got up at 11:30. Zipped off a few e-mails/journal comments.
Now going to wrap presents then go see the Foz clan and their new arrival Pete.
Life is grand. I can feel the tension slipping off my muscles.
Found a new and pointless website : The Urban Dictionary
From it a new definition of what www means;
”
10. www
the
rival gang of the KKK (ku klux klan.) they are less severe than the
KKK,hence the name WWW (meaning White Whiny Wussies) they dont even go
after blacks, instead they hate on chocolate milk. they also pirate rap
songs off the internet so they can make Fiddy cent go broke by stealing
his music. theyre headquarters is somewhere around washington DC.
the WWW chased the milkman carrying chocolate milk, and slapped him down.
“
Its dull its grey and if I go out at lunchtime its probably raining. Just like it has been every single day for the last gizilion years here in Manchester.
But today I don’t care.
For today is my last day before XMAS holidays.
Ha Ha
Wayhey!! Our BBC does have a use apart from lounging round the house, whinging for food and throwing up hairballs.
He caught his second rat today, and proudly brought it before his screamming mum. I kept my composure this time and gave it a decent burial in a sainsbury’s bag deposited in the bin.
Maybe we should start calling him Rentokill
Had a lovely quiet weekend just gone. Apologies to anyone who I said that I would be out to play, but I was just shattered.
Its not a symptom that I’m getting old, I’ve always had a long history of trying to do much and then ending up drained. Recent history has been especially hectic. Even though home life has been calming down after the wedding, settling into this new job and the long communte has taken more out of me than I expected.
So from now on, its calm and steady all the way.
Apart from spending time with Rach, of which the Equestrian Camels where the highlight of the otherwise dull TV, I met up with Doug on Friday night for a few cheeky beers in the Favensham. The music was nicely funky and I tried a couple of nice new lagers. Also rang Cabbage to congratutlate him on handing in his PhD thesis (only taken him 5 years!!!)
On the work related front, only three days to go until I break up. I’m going to keep quiet and finish off a few things. Then if I have time I’ll playwith various bits and pieces on the website. The challenge is to get these things done, not merely mess about until School’s out.
1. Mastodon-Leviathan
2. Biffy Clyro-Infinity Land
3. Helmet-Size Matters
4. Dillinger Escape Plan-Miss Machine
5. Capt Claypool’s Bucketfull of Bernie Brains-The Big Eyeball in the Sky
6. Auf der Maur- Auf Der Maur
7. Rammstein- Reise, Reise
8. Candira-That which does not kill you….
9. Neurosis- The Eye of Every Storm
10. Fear Factory- Archtype
Been bit of a fallow year for me personally in Rock/Metal. None of my major faves, Rollins, Devin Townsend, Queens of the Stone Age or Voivod have put out any recordings this year. In fact four most the bands on this top ten (1,2,4 & 8) where rooted out over the last couple of weeks in an effort to make the numbers up! I know I’m abit out of touch, but 2004 seems to have been the year of the “Best of Album”, Guns and Roses, Marilyn Manson, Korn… Anthrax even got in on the act by recording stuff off their first four albums !!
Saying that, Mastodon & Biffy Clyro were definate finds, with the added bonus that they are both touring in Feb 05. Well happy about that!
After reading and commenting upon keefybabe latest rant
What Keef thinks of Christmas I was reminded that I always celebrate April’s fools day in a very internal private way. I’ve always wanted to do something more formal and dare I say it more public.
So 2005 is going to be the year that I do something about it.
Watch this space.
EDIT: Just checked the calendar and its on a Friday!!!
Things are definatly winding down here. People are becoming less and less communicative, meetings are being weaseled out of and new deadlines are moving to that mythical place called “Sometime in the new year”.
I’m going to hide in my office until we finish on Wednesday finishing off odds n sods, and said as much to my boss who pretty much agrees.
Going to sneak off home early tonight. Just got word from Rach, that my box of Games from the MIB programme has just turned up. Joy!!
For a long time I’ve been fighting with myself to carry on with the Chinese health system that I’ve been doing on and off for the last 10 years.
Recently with me working in Manchester its been hanging by a thread. With a long day at work, long travelling times, getting home late all making squeezing in an exercise class hard. Add to that money being tight because Rachel is still as student (which is definatly going to be a critical issue next year).
However last night’s class was one of the most outstanding and motivating that I have ever been to. I can’t say too much about it, because I’m at an intermediate level and we’ve been asked not mention some of things that we were told and shown outside of the class, but it made sense of alot of things that I’ve been struggling with since I returned to it after a 3 year break. I’m now begining to see the point behind alot of things I was shown in the beginineers class on Thursday nights, from which I recently moved up from, that I used to do as they told me but felt where a bit pointless. Plus physically and mentally today I feel great!!! Which with grey skys outside and people winding down at work thats an achivement in itself!
Now doubt is definatly cast from my mind. Time to budget sensibly and get down to practicing at home.
Bring it on!
Maximum Newt 