We all go a little mad sometimes...

More sadness

2007-06-28T19:49:02Z

I don't know what's wrong with me. I'm a cheerful person, not an moper. But I've got "Bat Out Of Hell" in my head and all I can think, in spite of myself, is:

I miss Rocksoc.

Aside from some of the best friends I've ever had, i've realised that those alternate thursday gatherings provided a soundtrack to four years of my life.

Dammit, feel cheerful skullbrains - I passed my numeracy, literacy and ICT tests today, and H can drive. I - nay, WE - should be celebrating. Maybe a vindaloo and Shrek 3 will make it better.

Back to increasingly empty house.

2007-06-25T19:22:42Z

Hello,

Well Graspop was worth it even if I only saw 2/3 days.
Best moments of the weekend:

Dimmu Borgir - Fucking Awesome.
Bruce Dickinson's note perfect singing.
Ronnie James Dio proving that he should permanently replace Ozzy in Black Sabbath. Also awesome.
Slayer playing "Raining Blood" in a thunderstorm.
The hilarious brutality of Cannibal Corpse - seriously guys, there is headbanging, and then there is George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher.
Moshing to Lamb Of God and Chimaira
The surprisingly decent set by Devildriver
Tony Choy's bass playing in Atheist's set.
The true beauty of Maes beer and Braadworst.
Paul Schwarz being a legend by enabling us to camp in the VIP section next to the site.

The shit and the interesting bits:

It rained heavily six times a day every day.
Sunday's second stage entirely comprised of Battle Metal. One can only stomach so much.
Amon Amarth had rubbish sound.
Iron Maiden were too quiet.
The return of my trenchfoot.
The leg injury sustained during Children Of Bodom.
The useless German Red Cross Doctor (Sorry uberbitsch) who put ice on it, then deep heat, then a bandage and then looked puzzled when it swelled to twice it's original size. All the time spechening zie Deutch at me.
The train stations that were straight out of Hostel.
Korn. They now have eight band members. And they are RUBBISH.

So there we have it. That'll be the last time i go to Graspop for the foreseeable future, thanks to the restrictions of the impending job. So it's back to Donington again next year. Maybe Wacken too...

More death.

2007-06-19T16:58:28Z

Those of you who know their wrestling will probably know about this.
"Sensational" Sherri has died. 49 years old.
I'm surprisingly very sad about this. Yet another figure from my childhood passes away too soon.
So that's:

"Sensational" Sherri
Mike Awesome
"Bam Bam" Bigelow
Eddie Guerrero
"The British Bulldog" Davey-Boy Smith
Road Warrior Hawk
"Mr Perfect" Curt Hennig
Owen Hart
Yokozuna
Texas Tornado
Andre The Giant
Junkyard Dog
Miss Elizabeth
Dino Bravo
Bruiser Brody

I know there's a few more that I've forgotten.
Ironic though, that Vince McMahon has reportedly just faked his own death for the sake of ratings. Tasteless fool.

BTW, anyone else found it funny that the Daily Mail used Bernard Manning's passing as a reason to print a bunch of racist jokes?

metalknickaz @ 2007-01-17T17:41:00

2007-01-17T17:42:26Z

Idea for last Kaleb song ever...Killed by Jade Goody.

If Orwell could see this...

2007-01-17T17:40:50Z

"Scenes from the programme have sparked protests in India, with demonstrators filmed burning effigies of "Big Brother organisers" in the street." (from MSN)

Dear God.

That's it people. The world has OFFICIALLY gone mad. The Doomsday Clock (DethKlok?) is reported to be pointing at 7 minutes to midnight and at very soon we are all gonna be dreaming neon black under a scorched, rob zombie skyline.

All because of Jade Goody. Silly, fat chav, you brought on the apocalypse!

Media sideshow.

2006-10-19T21:54:35Z

I aint muslim, nor will i ever be, but I'd consider myself informed in saying:

In the classroom, you should take off your fucking veil.

No seriously, I have my arse kicked professionally for using visual ads, including kids, looking approachable, being friendly etc every fucking day. I have to complete and prove 65 professional and practical criteria just to qualify as a teacher this year. Covering my face would contravene about half of them.

This has nothing to do with racial discrimination. This has nothing to do with freedom either: you don't get a 'freedom of choice' if you become a teacher. i can't wear my hair long. i can't have visible tattoos. i can't not wear a suit and i shouldn't professionally even express anything concerning my private life when in front of children in the classroom.
Just as the same as you can't wear dirty clothes if you are being a doctor, or must wear a hard hat if you work in a dangrous environment. It's a professional requirement.

Wear your veil. Go into a classroom and take it off. Put it back on when you leave.
It's that fucking simple people. If i was to cover my face tomorrow, I wouldn't be able to teach kids well, or as is professionally expected of me. It's just not appropriate for the job.

Let's not forget that wearing veils isn't even a religious requirement.

A belated footy post...

2006-07-05T12:26:28Z

Now it's all over and done with - and those irritating little car flags are all being chucked in the bin! - doesn't everyone find the whole Wayne Rooney obsession quite funny now?

I 'm not sure if I'ver ever been more embarrassed of my home nation than of the glorification and hype surrounding that little chav. Doesn't everyone who wasn't disgusted at the time now feel like twats?

RRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

(lol)

Footy post

2006-06-21T16:44:22Z

I'm not known for this but I have some footballing insight to share with anyone who is rightfully and proudly supporting England on here (which seems to be very few of you):

Up front crisis:

Owen: Bad Form, now fucked.
Rooney: Injured, debatable if he can hit his form in time.
Crouch: Lack of mobility and relys on a good partner.

which leaves Theo Walcott: Who? Why?

I fully believe that if I had Sven's job, I would have taken Teddy Sheringham instead. The ideal player to bring on in the last 20 minutes and score goals. Tons of Experience. Still playing professionally.

There. That's about as boring as I get.

mmm....grubbage.

2006-03-19T22:44:37Z

Today some things appened. Thats about it.

Oh, you want more?

Well I had some beef and yorshires at Cotes Mill after our practice.
I've bought a new car - deposit is down on a decent looking Renault Clio, which is just about the nicest thing I could get in my price range. The Fiat is well and truly fucked - read as I really shouldn't repair it for the price it'll cost me.

I spent £157 quid on Maiden tickets. Cos Maydun rule asses oweh.

i went for a run, and listened to Slayer. SLAYEERRRRRR!!

Work is tomorrow. That will be Ok. In the meantime, am gonna do some net research and then sleep the sleep of the just.

Fiat Cinquecento Emptiness.

2006-03-15T18:06:32Z

What a day. Simultaneously shite and exciting.

Got up at 7 to take Tristan to the bus stop at school.
Having achieved this I drove home.
What with it being 8.15, realise I had no time to catch the bus so after a leisurely breakfast and abulations period, I went back to the car to drive to Notts. I noticed that I was low on petrol but am reassured by the fact that I had £5 worth canned up in the boot.
9.20: The car runs out of petrol on the Keyworth garage forecourt. I fill up and drive on.
9.25: I notice that the temperature gauge of the car is bizarrely high. I put it down to having run out of petrol and made the engine lug down just previously. I drive out towards notts at a cautious speed keeping an eye on it.
9.30 Halfway down a dual carriage way at rush hour the temp needle dramtically creeps up and then violently swings into the red zone. Looking around for laybys, i found none. Putting on the distress lights and praying, I pull over onto the grass verge and get away from the vehicle.
9.45 Thankfully I had my RAC membership card with me, so after having called them out, I stand at the side of a road thats trying desperately to be a new motorway, and wait for my car to get crushed under the wheels of a 12 ton truck from Newcastle.

Thankfully that didn't happen, but after a day of moving my car about to places with tow trucks, it's sitting in a garage forecaught at Scalford, and I'm transportless.

The wierd thing is that before I had a car I never wanted for one. Now i have lost mine, I feel totally stranded and helpless.

£400 pounds and an MOT in april. Is it even gonna be worth it? Might have to get a new one the way things are looking. Oh well, more Latin, metal and Steak n' Ale pie shall occupy me for the rest of the evening.

George Fucking Lucas

2005-05-20T15:24:45Z

I'm going to update properly after exams but for now:

Star Wars: An excellent timeless story created by a man with absolutely no significant filmaking talent - at least not anymore.

When/if the copyright expires, can somebody with a cinematic vision that extends beyond what things look like remake the whole damn lot, just so we might have such a great epic story told properly?

I never thought i'd laugh at Lord Vader until last night. I never thought the slaughter of Jedi would be uninteresting. I never thought that...oh fuck it. Millions of things.

Don't get me wrong. It was an enjoyable film and better that 1 & 2. But it was also highly frustrating because it could have been so much more.

I Don't care if y'all hate me. Argument is pointless. I know i'm right.

Gnaaarrr....

2004-11-29T00:26:21Z

Essay going very very slowly. My first all nighter of the year is in progress. Up till now i've been pretty good but a culmination of mental fatigue from the past two weeks, convoluted subject matter and a lack of inspiration have conspired against me. Ah well. What it takes, I guess.

In other news I've just won WWF Royal Rumble 1994 off of Ebay. More expensive than it should have been but it's expected. Since the WWE lost their identity to WWF (the wildlife fund), they've been legally forced to delete all of their recorded output that was published under the WWF tag. Which means the Pay-per-view events of Hulk Hogan's day are getting pretty hard to aquire.

"Why is he limping? Because he's disabled"

2004-11-18T14:48:01Z

Aah Superman inanity.

Last night Rocksoc went to the pub and went to see Superman. A not very good film, with some hilarious unintentional gags. Cue a productive evening of spawning horrific jokes about being disabled, being dead, and Superman being disabled and dead. I regret I was a part of this, but so were many others. Here is some of the choice sickness - those responsible will remain nameless:

"It's a bit harsh putting his bedroom upstairs"
"Don't get on the horse!"
"I bet he cried every time he watched this" (!)
"Huh huh, Krippletonite".

I was actually a little bit moved at the end, watching Superman fly around the world in a cheesy fashion. Shame on us all.

I suppose I better get started on my philosophy of science essay. Then I'll feel justified in taking aitchey to see Bridget Jones and visiting Fenn.

Complex reading awaits.

Gimme some moneeey....Gimme some moneeey....

2004-10-28T14:03:57Z

Hello,

I am getting too lazy with this thing. Must clean up conduct. (Hard slap to face)

Well currently things have been going quite well academically. like everyone I have a lot of notes I have to go over, but the courses seem interesting and workable if a bit difficult. My presentation on Philolaus went well this morning. Quite trippy subject matter really. Apparently planets make music in harmony with one another while they orbit around a great big fire where the gods live (must be hot in the summers) and the sun is really a mirror that reflects this fire onto earth. Trippy, but I'll have y'all know that this was the first ever scientific theory that postulated that planets are in orbit and that the Earth is a planet itself. Greek philosophers are great...

I am very happy with the way Rocksoc has been going this semester. People are having a great time, listening to awesome music and getting together. And I get to wear my hat. Looking forward to Halloween, but i still need to find my dress....

However, the student loan company are a big bunch of TWATS. I still havn't got my loan and they keep asking me for bank details which I have repeatedly given them. I have £30 to my name + what I get from work. The uni owes me money as well.

Some short opinions to cover the last few weeks.
Films: Enjoyed AVP more than I thought I would, but it was dissapointingly rushed. Resident Evil 2 really was an enormous pile of cack. And I haven't been able to see Metallica: Some Kind of Monster anywhere. Bollocks.

Music: COF's newie is quite good, and miles better than the last one. Still trying to get into The Haunted's new one. Opeth's Blackwater Park is quite, quite beautiful.

Aitchey is requesting I go now, so we can do some shopping. Then I will chill before work.
I deserve it. Because.

Oh yeah, wasting time with coffeecreampuff is completely irresponsible and unproductive. But what the hell, it was fun.

Its the summer of death!!

2004-08-19T20:47:50Z

Oi!

Yeah thats right. I'm still here.

So the days keep on rolling by, sometimes slow, sometimes fats, and sometimes in between. Work continues to be a surreal drudge, usually made wierd by lack of sleep, but I'd be liying if I said that it was really so bad. Nevertheless, looking forward to finishing up for good.
Interestingly, i got in trouble today. After my break I went to use the toilet and I had my bag with me. When I came out I was confronted by a load of team leaders and managers frowning outside the bog. I'm like, what? Apparently Its against the rules to take a bag with you to the toilet. Surely they had better things to do than to wait for me to come out so they could tell me? What was I supposed to be doing? Shooting up? Digging a hole with specially concelaed tools in my stealth bag? Smuggling turds away for later use?

So yeah. People keep on dying around here. It seems that someone offs another on the news everyday:

Over the past two months

Sisters and elderly couple murdered in yorkshire.
Man shoots naother man with crossbow.
Father murders newly wed daughter to get back at ex-wife.
Man executes elderly couple in revenge attack on criminal son.
Boy stabs other boy in the chest at school.
Boy murders his mate with a hammer and a knife and the media blame computer games (Manhunt, Max Payne, GTA3, Unreal, Doom 3 - not out at the time - but mostly Manhunt).
British and American troops murdered daily in Iraq.

There are a lot more I cannot remember at the moment. My Presidential Rocksoc address for the website might touch on this for some reason. Don't know why.

Have seen some of my oldest and best friends - maybe going paintballing - woohoo!
Have seen Spiderman 2, and I, Robot. Both of them pretty damn good. Doc Ock ruled and Will Smith gave his best and most serious performance ever in movies.

Kaleb things have gone fairly well. We've played some great gigs and sold a fair few CD's. We have 4 more at the start of September. I have to finish the website but currently lacking decisive motion. Which is stupid of me as its almost ready to go bar the picture page. I'll get it sorted (reasurring thumps to side of head).

My review of the Download festival is finally up on www.chroniclesofchaos.com for those who are interested.

Oh yeah, my phone is back in action - the old number is active so feel free to contact me in you need me, or just wanna say hello.

Right. Will go and lie in coffin till dawn. Miss you H. X

See you around lovely people.

Zoink.

2004-07-20T22:27:36Z

Hello,

I've enjoyed the last week very much. Absolutely fantastic having Heather down here in a house by ourselves. It was even fun going to work to come home to her.

And now she's gone and I miss her like hell.

I got to see my good freinds Paul and Ali too. Much fun was indeed had. Looking forward to seeing both of them again soon.

Nightwish weren't bad at all. It's a shame I always want them to be phenomenal, but it was a good show.

There is a NEVERMORE gig at Rock city on the 3/8/04. Hopefully I'll be able to go, but I'm not sure. the gigs are currently coming thick and fast for Kaleb. The websites almost finished, and in september we are supporting Defenestration. Some of you might have heard of that band, they've released a couple of albums and Kerrang! used to tout them a lot a few years ago.

Looking forward to living in new house in St Andrews. I've currently been going through little patches of melancholy, for no real reason. It's probably my sleeping patterns. It's not as if I haven't lots to do all the time. Much needs to be sorted out in the world of Adz, i.e what i'm doing after Uni and stuff.

Am itching for 4th year - It's now or never (in a few months). i'm in with a shot of getting a good degree, and I intend to take it.

So while I'm in summer limbo and getting a chance to do other things, lets hope these sad feelings pass so i can get on with them.

I'm going to bed now, but before i do, I will listen to Nevermore and play computer.

X

The ramblings of the Kaleb bassist.

2004-07-07T21:53:07Z

Hello my childrenz,

It's been an OK past few days. I got time off of work to spend with aitchey in about a weeks time, though I'll still have to work when she's here. Paul and Louisa are here on monday afternoon and i see a certain Finnish Opera metal band on wednesday with them and H and Darthlicentious. It will be good and am looking forward to it.

Vaguely resolved some Kaleb issues, so it looks as if were gonna be back on track soonish. Have been up for a few hours designing website bits and pieces. Have the full demos now for our forthcoming album [SYSTEM] (thats in spring 2005). I honestly truly believe that it is going to turn out FUCKING AWESOME. The songs have turned out so so good and I'm really proud to have written some. Watch this space, or our website if it ever gets finished.
Having said this, I've been feeling rather emotional about the band recently. Just listening to our old recordings and stuff. The current Album ALIVE has really captured the band well as it exists today.

Anyway, enough about that. My bro went off to France yesterday. Hope he has a goodtime. I've just bought Manhunt on the PC. It is seriously twisted. I wish he was here to witness the carnage.

And on that note, I'm off to stick a crowbar through someone's neck before bedtime.

Yawn. G'night.

Back from the Dead.

2004-07-01T16:14:41Z

Hello,

It seems that when life starts to become routine and introverted that I feel less need to talk to anyone but myself and my close family. Generally Adam's days seem to run as follows.

5am. Get up. Have shower. Possibly eat something.
6am. Start Work.
9.30am. Have breakfast at work.
2pm. Come home from work.
3pm - 8pm. Sleep if knackered and generally unwind. Try to do something productive for Kaleb, COC or just myself. Have tea.
8pm - Watch football if it is on. Do other things, maybe play computer games. Speak to Heather sometimes.
10.30pm - 11.30pm Go to sleep.

Its peaceful, and I can usually keep myself fairly occupied. Anyone who knows me is aware that I am happy with my own company. It's just that leading a fairly active social life in the close knit town of St Andrews seems to be miles away. Incidentally, so does being President of a bunch of crazed, drunken bastards (no offence intended).

But anyway, a few things of note have happened since i last posted eons ago.

I went up to Glasgow to see Heather for the weekend a couple of weeks ago. It was very very lovely and enjoyable. She's coming down to my domain on the 10th July, and I will have the house to myself for a week, so that will be fun.
During this time I will be going to see the mighty NIGHTWISH, and hopefully Paul and Louisa will be coming up to join me and aitchey.

I had a very belated birthday celebration with the whole family last weekend and that was very enjoyable. Good to see everyone again.

Kaleb continues to be on rocky grounds, but we have some gigs booked and a few more shaping into place, so thats good. We should be all meeting up again in person next week now that everyone has finished education for the summer.

Myself and Tristan however, seem to have hit a creative good patch and are currently knocking out the riffs and licks like mad bastards. I think we came up with about eight the other evening and were gonna keep all of them and hopefully turn them into songs. Also, Paul wants to play Carcass songs with me. I will get my arse into gear about this, as I could use the bass workout.

I would be tempted to do a memememe thing but i can't be bothered. I am going to go back into the house now and try not to play computer games or watch movies - such a waste of time - had to physically stop myself buying Manhunt for PC on tuesday. I know that I will, and i will also buy Doom 3. Then the rest of my summer will be spend sticking shards of glass into people's faces and attacking demons with shotguns. And I will achieve nothing worthwhile at all.

And on that note, take care and goodbye.

Stuff and nonsense.

2004-06-15T21:51:00Z

Hello

I have started work and it isn't really that bad, so I won't complain too much. It is far better than working at the Burgerking I worked in 2001. THAT was hell.

This however is just busy. The only drawbacks are

that I have to be up by 5 every morning, which will take some getting used to,

the fact that becoming independently competant at the job seems to be a slow process, so I can expect to be tagging around after someone for a long while yet,

and (this is not racist)

The fact that almost everyone that works there is Asian. This wouldn't be a problem if they could speak english, but most of them cannot and even those that can communicate have incomprehensible accents. It just makes taking spoken word orders for stock a slow and painful process. This is what I get for living in Leicestershire.

Oh well, rant over. The job does offer a working day of task accomplishment wish can be motivating. And I get get free coffee, juice and herbal teas. Yay.

Have just watched the Germany V.S Holland Game. Germany look quite strong this year, even though they lost it a bit at the end, they seemed very efficient throughout. Would prove an interesting game if England qualified and met them in the knockout stages.

I'm sort of rambling at the moment because I'm very very tired. Spent time last night sorting Kaleb stuff with Tom so didn't get much sleep.

Oh Well, at least I'll be with Aitchey this saturday. It's costing a fotune in BMIBaby plane fares but it'll be worth it :) By the way, I have learned this week that when you book a flight this way, you have to pay about £30 flight taxes. What a scam. Bastards. It was supposed ot be the cheapest fare and now its + blood money.

Best get to sleep. I have to get up in about five minutes...(It's just not natural for someone my age.)

Oooh! Have just found out that Nightwish are playing at Rock City on the 14th of July! Woohoo! Darthlicentious if your reading this get your arse in gear and buy a ticket!

I'm going now. Look somewhere else for your entertainment. ;)

A bit like a broken pencil...

2004-06-10T23:53:44Z

Hello,

Today I got a job. Hooray for me and my employability. It's not a bad one. 4.85 and hour, plenty of overtime options, liberal holiday attitude and local. Shifts are 6am - 2pm, so I'll have afternoons to do fun stuff. And it involves lots of physical lifting so I'll finally get some decent exercise.

I gonna build up de beeg mussells. Hasta la cheesegrater, da governer has spoken. Your weapon is pitiful...

Now some bollocks about Nightwish.
I truly adore this band. Finally an operatic power metal band that one can take seriously. On the new album they have recorded a song that perfectly marries orchestra and metal band - it just moves and flows totally naturally, and doesn't even sound overstretched or hackneyed. Unlike Cradle of filth's last record which was a total waste of time.

Anyway, musical gushings over. I'd better get to bed before I go all blue eyed son on you and talk forever about my obsessions.

I'm just joking mate - Thanx for your encouragement and kind words. You too darthlicentious.
Much love to the both of you, and fond regards to all you crazy motherfuckers.

Y'all rule, y'here?

Ho Hum...Home.

2004-05-30T00:41:05Z

Hello,

I am now at home in Leicestershire, as opposed to St. Andrews. Leaving university this year was the hardest it has been yet. It's taken me three years, but I really have learned to love the place and the people. I have siad goodbye to many friends over the last week. They know who they are. I shall miss them all very much. I shall miss my aitchey too, as we have had some really lovely time together recently. She means the world to me and she is far away. Grrrr...

I am glad that I was able to spend the last week with the people I care about, without worrying over exams. It was good to help Paul out with his house move also. It's a damn tough job moving out, I can hardly wait till I have to do it myself this time next year.

Still, I am really looking forward to living in a house for the first time at uni. Andrew Melville has been the best hall so far, with its privacy and facilities, but I am rather sick of hall life. Having your food prepared is all well and good, but I became fed up with eating amongst a vast amount of people that i had no interest in knowing. Probably very misanthropic of me, but hey.

Anyway, the journey down was slow and tiresome, and I have managed to finally get the Melville exam bug just to add further discomfort. Great.
It does feel good to be home. I have spent a fair amount of time organising my room and playing many computer games. I always forget how much I enjoy them.

Will soon be hunting for jobs properly - its either dogfood packing, cheese making, or casual postman work. Hmmmm....

Will be playing The Cavern in Liverpool tomorrow with the Kaleb boyz. Time for much liverpudlian metal shenanigans. Am currently fiddling with bass in preparation for said event. After which I'll probably stick on some music DVD or other till I get sufficiently tired.

Oh well. Those who are reading this, I love you all - especially aitchey. Will soon be in touch one way or the other.

X

All is quiet...

2004-05-25T00:51:04Z

Hello,

It is the night of what has been a good day. I went to bed at 5AM last night (morning?) and got up at 8AM but strangely didn't feel tired. Walked Aitchey to her exam and then went out and bought Slipknot's Volume 3.0: The Subliminal Verses. I got it in WHSmith's for £9.99 - result!

It's a pleasantly surprising album. It sounds fairly raw like 'Slipknot', but musically is rather different. The further advancement of the role of the MC and sample man that was on 'Iowa' is present, but thankfully there is little of that albums tiresome, overstated darkness. Of course its still heavy, but it is a lot more creative, and has a stronger melodic focus than anything they have done before.
It's probably their most consistent album so far. Which is a good thing, because this music will be bought by a lot of people and for once they are getting value for money.

But enough about The 'knot. I discovered that I got a high 2:1 for my PY3004 essay that went missing - they found it again obviously. That was a good post exam boost.
Download tickets were ordered today. It is a real shame that my mate Ali can't come, and that my bro won't be coming to the second day, but it will still be a very good one.

I have also managed to gain a little ents support for the Ex Machina gig, and I finalized the Rocksoc committee dinner arrangements. A nice relief that things are coming together.

Anyway, I spent the rest of the night at Emma's with Aitchey, Paul, Jenna and Mark. Watched The Office Season Two and Empire Records. Finished off a fair few Coronas.

I'm off to bed now before I start to think about I'm Not An Animal. That show is truly FUCKED.
Must conserve energy - more end of term socializing to do tomorrow.

Insomnia (do do de do do do doo de doo do do doo de doo do do do do)

2004-05-24T02:59:21Z

Hello brethren,

It is a stupid stupid hour of the morning. I can't get no sleep. It's a good job I'm a comfortably nocturnal creature or this might be more inconvenient. Still, at least I have music and compys for company. Btw - compy = computer, not small dinosaur Procompsognathus - the evil shits in Jurrasic Park 2. However, It would be quite cool if I had my own personally trained compys. I could send them on food raiding missions, terror hits on yahs and generally give me an air of reptilian mystery. Hmmmmmm...dinomayhem.

God it must be late.

I've spent the last couple of days helping Paul organise his house move. Always a difficult thing to do, moving house. Anyway, said excursion has resulted in much added drinking and male bonding between Paul, Mark and myself. I am really gonna miss them both. Still, I'm sure we'll stay in touch.

Am currently wishing that the resident chinese basketball enthusiasts would fuck off out of the TV room and let me veg out in front of Kerrang! and Scuzz. Need music videos...
Oh, I've aquired a new guitar. It's an old, battered Gibson SG copy. There are many like it, but this one is mine. It actually sounds sweet through my bass amp, so sweet that my neighbour hammered on the wall for me to stop. Whoops. It wasn't loud honestly.

Good Kaleb news: On the 30th of May this coming sunday, we'll be participating in a battle of the bands competition, hosted at The Cavern in Liverpool - a trip to Beatlesland. Should be fun, something to tell the grandkids about.

Good Ex Machina news: After cajoling, The union have let us play in Venue two at Rocksoc, as long as we play in the corridor. I'm told this can work so I'm really looking forward to it. Wow. My first XM gig. Time to lay me down some proggy grooves.

Its almost 4 am. In two hours, my beloved aitchey will be getting up early to prep her first Exam. My thoughts are with her now as she's asleepin'.

Whoa. This post is getting long. Better curtail it now.

Snip!

And he returns. A wreck. Sleep deprived. Finished up for another year..

2004-05-21T14:22:06Z

It's been a short while, but I just had to immerse myself in texts for the last couple of days. I guess it was worth it.

Yesterday's Classics went better than last terms classics exam, I felt. A three hour writing marathon but I was quite happy with 3/4 essays. The other one felt a bit disorganized but these things happen.
Stayed up all night at Paul's blitzing through political philosophy, which I took this morning. All the questions were somewhat vague and I felt rather uninspired by it but I think the first essay was pretty together, and I eventually managed to bring some swift direction and argument into what was a rather meandering second essay. I've had worse.

Touch wood, I think I could have done better than last term.

Anyway, major thanks to Paul and aitchey who gave me good company last night. Certainly helped keep my spirits high.

So, now I go through end of term unease. I always feel bizarre at the end -it's just so fast, and exams make everything so hectic. Thankfully I'll be able to enjoy my last week in St Andrews until September. Am going to help Paul do some gardening tomorrow. It should be a laugh.

Currently I am ready to kill. The union have vetoed Ex Machina at the next Rocksoc, because IT'S TOO LOUD. Sure. A half hour, pre-watershed, unmiked show with no PA support is gonna be too loud. They let the fucking Christian Union in the other week. So now XM have no gig, for the second time in two weeks. I'm having to take our custom elsewhere - we've had some positive interest from the Lizard Lounge and The Gin House. Maybe Aikmans. BUT THATS NOT THE WAY IT SHOULD BE! The union should provide the service. Now I've got to organize an event that clashes with Rocksoc's event, which will just be bad for everyone. It's such an inconvenience and The band are so up for playing.

It'll be alright. I will have my vengeance. They've not heard the last of me....

Over and done with.

2004-05-18T17:32:53Z

Well that really didn't go bad for hardest philosophy exam i've taken yet (touch wood). I am proud of myself for the first essay I did, which was lengthy and tough and I manged to organise it all into a nice conclusion. I also provided my own examples. So that was good. Alas I didn't finish my second one, but I gave them an essay plan at the start, and i think it was a toughie so maybe i'll be upmarked on it. It was a little disorganised but these things can be, and I managed to take some intellectual risks with it.

At the end of the day, I didn't feel as if any more revision would have helped me so much on the questions i did, so I'm feeling quite good about it. It wasn't as crushing as the Philosophy of Film exam last semester, in which i seriously ran out of time on a question i knew inside out.

So, thats the end of PY3004. Hmmm. It always feels so sudden.
Anyway, after the exam I bought myself a MetalHammer (magazine you fools!), some food, and a beer and sat in Rocksoc Corner (Holy Ground - good karma people) winding down. I have managed to book the event with DVent Noise and Ex Machina too. After which I came home and caught up on sleep for the whole afternoon.
I've actually overslept. Bah. I must have needed it.

Still , places to go people to see. Must have dinner, go see Ann about our Grant, see uberbitsch before she leaves for Londinium, and Revise Political philosophy.

No rest for the wicked.