I has another new toy. The MXR Carbon Copy - it's an analogue delay pedal and I think I'm going to have a lot of fun making strange noises.

I still hate my job, will give it until the end of the year and then I'll see if I can get something a bit better. I can't stand my boss, they keep fucking me about...
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A friend of mine has raised a point - why are we still calling it swine flu when there are some far better names to go round such as;

THE APORKALYPSE

PARMAGEDDON

and

BACON FEVER.


I want to form a swine flu tribute band with one of these names.

Back to Work = FAIL.


I could add more here.


Think Imma go back to Japan at the end of the year. GOGO Pound - fight back versus the mighty yen! If you do I'll think about bringing back a present from the ESP Original Series/2nd Hand Custom Shop tresha!

SO, I've finally reached a quarter century in age! bad-ass in some kind of ways, sucky in another.

I genuinely never thought I'd live this long; don't know why I thought that as I'm reasonably clean living, don't do illegal drugs, haven't smoked in years, don't drink and drive etc, but I always thought I'd be dead by now!

All's well, reached the milestone and...
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Another 2.5k done today. Don't think I'll manage another run tomorrow; sitting here with a Hot Water Bottle trying to make my thighs stop hurting so much!


In good news - that's me off work and I don't have to go back until the 5th of May! Band's playing down in Glasgow on Sunday Night on the Classic Grand boat which should be helluva amusing...
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Why did I just run 4k on a whim when I'm grossly overweight and incredibly lazy? Is this a turn for the better? I hope so!

A quick backlog; I'm by nature a "big" fella - I've got pretty wide shoulders and generally quite a stocky build. As a child I used to do Cross Country running for my Primary School which stopped when I...
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ooooh oooh! My band's playing down in Glasgow on the 26th of April as part of the Bloodstock prelims!

I dunno if there's many/any rounds after this one but if we got all the way through we'd be playing as part of THIS FESTIVAL RIGHT HERE!

Holy shit - the chance of playing in the same area as Carcass, Opeth, Arch Enemy, Katatonia, The Haunted,...
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So, I lost a guy I went to school with on Wednesday in the Chopper Crash. 16 lost souls.

The sad thing was I hadn't even thought of this guy for nearly 10 years as he was a few years older than me but he was good friends with my Neighbour. Another acquaintance of mine was on the same platform and I was worried we'd...
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Like the prodigal son I have returned.

I have just spent 19 days on the Northern Producer which is on the Don Field of the North Sea, incredibly close to the Norwegian sector (I know this because several members of Personnel were spotted wandering around with their mobile phones on connected to Norwegian Phone Masts.) Normally this would be a bad thing but the Northern...
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slight change of plan after the previous one, didn't get sent to the ETAP - off to the Northern Producer tomorrow morning! A _lovely_ flight up to Shetland and then a chopper from there to the FPSO. Lucky lucky me!!

Ach well - it's all for the greater good of me being able to afford my new Guitar Amp and Cab. Roll on April when...
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