Again I’m here in this uneviable position of having to apologise to you stalwart readers of my blog for the lack of postings of late. In part this is due to the amount of work I’ve had to do (had a bit of a falling-out with my boss a week or so back – he started ranting at me about not doing my job, and then last week was supposed to be an Ofsted inspection (it’s an educational inspections body that tells how good/bad we’re doing, and reports its finings to the Government, so fairly important!), partially because I am now a fully paid-up player on World of Warcraft, which everyone knows will eventually turn me into a complete addict who does nought but play the game 24/7… and it’s partially because I realised I was becoming a bit too much of a geek!
What I mean is that I suddenly realised that I was falling further and further into being the stereotypical geek – I was sat in every night watching downloaded anime, tinkering with a fledgling home network, and playing WoW. And I panicked that I’d have to rename this blog to Typical Geek! So, since then I’ve bludgeoned Larter into rehearsing for Tin Soldier again, and we’re now looking at booking some gigs up in Cambridge, since I’m up there every weekend anyway, and they have plenty of music pubs full of students who we can impress!
Also, last Saturday I was dragged out by Goon (went to see Onion Girl on Friday night), which was actually really cool, since I haven’t been out for a proper night with him in so long it had ceased to be funny! And whilst he was queuing in the ridiculously long queue at the bar, his girlfriend Jen asked me if I’d be up for reforming our epic, long-lost band, because she was pissed off seeing all these shitty bands getting all the glory whilst we were forgotten (special thanks goes out to our local music venue The Square for completely ignoring us when compiling it’s musical family tree for Harlow – We played that venue over twenty times in five years, recorded two EP’s there, supported the campaigns to save it from closure, and have been friends with the staff there for years!). I said I’d definitely be up for that, which got her all excited, and much of the rest of the evening in that pub was spent with the three of us planning our world domination!
Unfortunately, Goon’s wrist still hasn’t fully recovered from his breakage last year, and he can only manage about ten minutes of playing before it becomes painful – which means we have plenty of time to get ourselves all spiffy before we take to the stage again! Oooh, before I forget, we’re looking for a bassist and (possibly) a drummer. And we want one of ‘em to be a girl! So, if anyone knows a female bassist, over 18, with her own equipment, and preferably her own car in the Harlow area of the UK, let me know…. Meh, it’s a long shot, but who knows?
So what else have I been up to? Well Aimee and I have had to put our moving plans on hold until June/july, since she can’t get out of her
current contract until then. But that gives me more time to box up all my belongings, save up the deposit money, and find a nice place for us to live!
I’ve re-dyed my hair too, since after the highlights turned ginger and my roots started showing, I decided it was time to start over again! I used this Schwarzkopf Cosmic Blue stuff, primarily because the chemist I was in didn’t have black, and I was too damn lazy to drive somewhere else to get it! Unfortunately, on my hair it’s just black, without the cool shimmery blue effect I was hoping for. But even so, my hair (long as it is now) looks cool in black. Hehe, even if I do look a bit Emo!
Anyway, more updates on what I’m getting up to later on – Gotta go and do some more work!
TTFN
