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Just when things were going so well, life has once again turned upon me and everything is messed up. Bloody typical.
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Words!
My good friend Martin has recently started a new blog focusing on poetry and lyrics and it’s got me thinking about words. I've never been a particularly good lyricist, even writing fairly simple LJ posts involves intense concentration, and I'm constantly going back and re-reading and re-writing. I've tried writing songs in the past and my ( Read more... ) -
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An epic gig
Last night I played one of the best gigs of my life. Northern Oak headlined Sheffield Corporation and it was absolutely epic. It was a loooong day (started at 2pm with picking up equipment and finishing at 4.30am when I finally got to bed) and I'm totally exhausted but it was so worth it. We had a full hour's set and played a fair bit of new ( Read more... ) -
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I had a really hectic second half of last year with stuff on every weekend and just being so busy I never felt I had time to relax at the weekends. So, I'm trying to take it a bit easier this year and try not to overload myself with things. This weekend has been great; reading papers, listening to the radio, wandering around town, playing a bit of ( Read more... ) -
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A belated merry christmas and happy new year to you all! I've been offline most of the holiday but had much fun eating, drinking and watching TV (so nice to have a TV again, if only temporarily!). Things didn't quite go to plan due to various reasons and I ended up spending new year's eve in Belgium instead of Scotland, but it was fun all the same ( Read more... ) -
Lord of the Rings
I've had a total LOTR-fest this weekend and its been GREAT. We started watching Fellowship of the Ring on Friday evening, got carried away and started with the Two Towers, finished it off yesterday and watched half of Return of the King, and going to watch the rest of it this evening! Hooray! I love weekends where I'm not running about like a crazy ( Read more... ) -
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This man is *literally* a genius. I thought this programme was ever so slightly naff (lots of random scenes and no real info on how he first started painting etc.) but I really enjoyed it and his wonderful personality certainly shines through. He described his paintings as being like small portals that you could imagine looking into and peer around ( Read more... ) -
Burnt out
Bleurgh. I'm feeling totally run down and worn out. I think the past month or so is starting to catch up with me. Feeling incredibly guilty for not going to kickboxing for the second week in a row but I just feel so achy and my face feels all puffed up (weird!) that I there really was no point in me going. Ok, I'm just trying to justify to myself ( Read more... ) -
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Just back from a very enjoyable and productive salsa practice, settling down to watch the new episode of Spooks with a bottle of Chimay. All in all, it's been a good evening.