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.

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!

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.....

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.