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thedarkproject) wrote2009-09-20 05:59 pm
thedarkproject) wrote2009-09-20 05:59 pm
ticking over
Still not much going on in the world of Ben. I've been out quite a few evenings of late and I expect that will continue until the winter with all the extra people who show up once the academic year is back in progress.
Music stuff is moving along slowly but surely with another song almost finished, bringing things up to 2 hours of material. Having said that, hearing samples of the forthcoming Swallow The Sun album makes me wonder whether it's even worth writing that genre of music with that calibre of competition. I keep meaning to work on other types of music but never quite manage to put enough time into it. Seeing other people on Facebook be more productive in that way recently is an incentive to me to get working, though.
Work is ok with me lost in the realms of C++ template metaprogramming at the moment, which swings between fun and frustrating in equal measure. It's definitely stuff which is far suited to a different programming language, but that isn't an option.
My computer game playing has almost completely died off at the moment in favour of either socialising or working on music. I suppose that's not a bad thing, but I do miss having time for games. I still need to finish Deus Ex / Thief 3 / Oblivion / Fallout 1 / etc....
Gig season looks like it'll be starting with a whimper rather than a bang due to me deciding that I probably can't be bothered to go and see Primordial and Swallow the Sun next Saturday after all. It would involve booking a room overnight, getting train tickets, and taxis to and from the venue, meaning an extra cost of about £75, all for just 2 or 3 hours of entertainment. It doesn't seem like a sensible use of money. I'll make a decision in the next couple of days I suppose.
The garden outside my window is a veritable nature reserve at the moment. The landlord finally stripped away all the ivy that was allowed to overgrow and destroy all the flowers so it's a lot barer than it used to be. As a result someone's cat has taken to coming in and hunting the birds and squirrels, with zero success so far. I always think it looks a bit ridiculous when a vivid black and white cat is trying to look inconspicuous in a completely green and brown garden.
Music stuff is moving along slowly but surely with another song almost finished, bringing things up to 2 hours of material. Having said that, hearing samples of the forthcoming Swallow The Sun album makes me wonder whether it's even worth writing that genre of music with that calibre of competition. I keep meaning to work on other types of music but never quite manage to put enough time into it. Seeing other people on Facebook be more productive in that way recently is an incentive to me to get working, though.
Work is ok with me lost in the realms of C++ template metaprogramming at the moment, which swings between fun and frustrating in equal measure. It's definitely stuff which is far suited to a different programming language, but that isn't an option.
My computer game playing has almost completely died off at the moment in favour of either socialising or working on music. I suppose that's not a bad thing, but I do miss having time for games. I still need to finish Deus Ex / Thief 3 / Oblivion / Fallout 1 / etc....
Gig season looks like it'll be starting with a whimper rather than a bang due to me deciding that I probably can't be bothered to go and see Primordial and Swallow the Sun next Saturday after all. It would involve booking a room overnight, getting train tickets, and taxis to and from the venue, meaning an extra cost of about £75, all for just 2 or 3 hours of entertainment. It doesn't seem like a sensible use of money. I'll make a decision in the next couple of days I suppose.
The garden outside my window is a veritable nature reserve at the moment. The landlord finally stripped away all the ivy that was allowed to overgrow and destroy all the flowers so it's a lot barer than it used to be. As a result someone's cat has taken to coming in and hunting the birds and squirrels, with zero success so far. I always think it looks a bit ridiculous when a vivid black and white cat is trying to look inconspicuous in a completely green and brown garden.
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This attitude is what stops me from writing EVERY FUCKING TIME. It drives me mad. On one hand reading so many wonderful books energises and inspires me but it also completely demotivates me, so I can sympathise with you there about your music! I hope you have more willpower than me on that front!
And I say, go to the gig. Wonderful live bands and you just can't put a price on concert experiences. Only yesterday was I thinking about the Jan '08 Primordial gig and how that has still had impact on me, it was unforgettable.. besides, I dread to calculate how much I've technically ended up paying per hour for music, but it does feel worthwhile!
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As for writing, I'm lucky there in that most of what I enjoy to read is awfully written! ;) I like fairly generic fantasy fiction, like Terry Brooks, Raymond E. Feist, Robert Jordan, etc., and some of it is pretty awful from a technical point of view, so I come away thinking that yes, I could probably have written that! Now I just have to find more than an hour or two a month for writing...
I'm still considering the gig. I'd really like to see Primordial again as it's probably the last show I'll get to see where they promote the latest album, but it's still a lot of time, money, and effort to arrange. And I am Mr Unmotivated!
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Well, you are welcome to crash at my place in London if you need somewhere free to stay! There is no one renting it at the moment because it is being renovated.
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