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Sep. 6th, 2009 08:01 pmThe last week or two I've been out and about catching up with various people, ranging from a quiet drink with Allan to a free bar funded by work on Thursday (which led to a few sore heads around the office on Friday). Holly has had to put up with my presence the most though, 5 days at least over the last 2 weeks, the poor thing. Still, nothing disinfectant and psychotherapy can't solve.
I also experienced the joys of Cheadle and Stoke and spent a couple of hours in The Rigger in Newcastle-Under-Lyme (I looked up, and saw no Lyme), where I ended up getting introduced to two Spanish girls into 'proper' metal, an event strangely reminiscent of a similar occurrence in Birmingham several years back. Not much else to report, except for Holly and Dan's 4am trampoline session (not dodgy, despite how it might sound!) and Lisa's cat becoming my personal sentry in the spare bedroom.
I've started buying the gig tickets on my list, although they seem to like to send them out very late in order to foil ticket touts. I generally support this, except I don't like the nervousness you get when the gig has sold out and your tickets still haven't come through the post yet. As I did with the Agalloch gig, I buy the tickets first and work out how I'm going to get there and back later. Exciting! ;) The gigs start up in a couple of weeks, so until then life will probably be a little quieter.
I've not got much done on personal projects of late, it all taking a back seat to getting out and seeing people and making the most of what was left of the summer. (Speaking of which, that's a third wet and disappointing summer in a row. Not so bad as last year, but still pretty dire, defying the Met Office's expectation of it being hotter and drier than usual. When will we get our heatwaves back?) But anyway, I have managed to write a little more music, although only parts of songs, not complete songs. Why is it so difficult to come up with the finished article? Ah well.
I also experienced the joys of Cheadle and Stoke and spent a couple of hours in The Rigger in Newcastle-Under-Lyme (I looked up, and saw no Lyme), where I ended up getting introduced to two Spanish girls into 'proper' metal, an event strangely reminiscent of a similar occurrence in Birmingham several years back. Not much else to report, except for Holly and Dan's 4am trampoline session (not dodgy, despite how it might sound!) and Lisa's cat becoming my personal sentry in the spare bedroom.
I've started buying the gig tickets on my list, although they seem to like to send them out very late in order to foil ticket touts. I generally support this, except I don't like the nervousness you get when the gig has sold out and your tickets still haven't come through the post yet. As I did with the Agalloch gig, I buy the tickets first and work out how I'm going to get there and back later. Exciting! ;) The gigs start up in a couple of weeks, so until then life will probably be a little quieter.
I've not got much done on personal projects of late, it all taking a back seat to getting out and seeing people and making the most of what was left of the summer. (Speaking of which, that's a third wet and disappointing summer in a row. Not so bad as last year, but still pretty dire, defying the Met Office's expectation of it being hotter and drier than usual. When will we get our heatwaves back?) But anyway, I have managed to write a little more music, although only parts of songs, not complete songs. Why is it so difficult to come up with the finished article? Ah well.
