No Sleep ‘Til Birmingham.
I can’t sleep. I’m tired, but I can’t sleep. I have a busy day ahead of me yesterday which includes – I just wrote that and it makes NO sense. I am delusional! I have a busy day ahead of me TOMORROW, which includes recording drums for the upcoming SCRAT CD, so I could do without some kind of insomnia tonight….but I treid to sleep an hour ago and ended up tossing and turning with a million thoughts going through me head. Making notes and setting reminders on my phone of all things I need to do/remember. Plus every tiny noise sounds huge and this isn’t helping.
So I’ve fired my computer back up in that hope that doing a bit of work might wear me out/let me wind down so I can sleep. I don’t know if it’ll work….now I can stop yawning, but I think this is because I confused my brain by getting back up again. But it is it’s own fault for not letting me sleep in the first place!
I wish brains were like computers, and when you’ve finished for the day you can just shut them down until you need them again….that would be really useful!
I need to learn to type properly….I can type fairly fast, as fast as I need to….and with my new keyboard I can touch type fairly well too….but I’m only using three in fingers (and a space bar thumb) on my right hand and only two fingers on my left hand, which is bad. I’m sure at some point I could type properly, or better than I do now….but I somehow got into bad habits and now I type like a monkey or something! I think it might be due to using so many keyboard shortcuts for things, I often have fingers on alt, control or shift keys. I must find a website that can teach me how to type properly again!
I also need to tidy this freakin place up as it’s a right mess….I just never seem to have the time to do it at the moment. But enough of my late night insomnia-cause-madness for now. I’m going to do something that will make me sleepy.
Currently Listening To: Ed Harcourt – Here Be Monsters
The Middle Of Moblog
Last night I re-designed my moblog so it kind of matches this blog, they’re now blog brothers! Check it out here!
Firmware
Got my phone’s firmware updated today in an attempt to stop it not ringing when people call me. Because, after all – what good are all the clever functions it has if it doesn’t even ring when people call me? The added bonus was getting a nice new shortcut menu thing with the new software that was installed…very useful indeed, and hopefull it will ring now too.
I shall post tomorrow about what I’ve been up to for the last week (quite a lot) but now I must sleep.
Sundays are the new Saturdays.
Oh yes! Yesterday I enjoyed a very nice day out in Birmingham my friend Steph. It started as a ‘let’s meet up and have a coffee for an hour or so’ and ended in an all day, drinking lots of coffee, eating food and drinking beer type of event. So that was a lot of fun, many words were spoken and many footsteps taken….Birmingham City Centre really is quite nice on a blustery Autumn Sunday, picturesque and not too busy.
We checked out the latest outdoor photo exhibition to hit Birmingham, an a amazing set of Wildlife photos by a photographer called Steve Bloom (check him out here), some of his photos are so amazing they look like paintings, and some capture a moment of such natural awe and action that they’re breath-taking. Well worth checking out.
Also worth checking out if you haven’t already (I hadn’t!) is Starbucks’ Vanilla Latte! I’ve drunk regular latte for years, even put Vanilla sprinkles on top of it…but the Vanilla Syrup one is delicious, so thanks to Stephenie for the recommendation! All we need now is a Starbucks in Walsall…..it’s only a matter of time, so come on you corporate bastards – come and make money out of me and my friends! ;)
So….England beat Poland, finished top of the group….and Villa beat Blues who are now in the relegation zone – all is right in the world of Football!
Bloc Party were pretty damn good last Thursday, really enjoyed the gig…the night after that I caught ‘The Feeling’ in Wolverhampton…nice to catch up with the guys who I’d not seen for a couple of years and their new band is ace, quite quirky poppy indie…reminded me of Queen and Jellyfish, maybe a bit of early Supergrass and the poppier side of New Radicals, definitely worth checking out when they tour next year….massive choruses that you can’t help but tap your foot, nod your head to and wake up singing the next morning. Just what the doctor ordered!
Saturday night was spent out and about in Walsall, visiting more than one pub (somewhat of a rarity) and ending up in ‘The Trough’ (as it used to be called)….a proper dirty rock club, with loud rock music blasting all night…and loads of dudes that look like Nick Oliveri. A good time was had by all.
Today I bought another album from Pearl Jam’s ‘official bootlegs’ series. For their current North American tour they have a new download shop where for 10 dollars you buy the full gig (in this case 2 and half hours long) in hi quality MP3s format (better quality that the tracks iTunes sell), custom printable artwork for each show and I also got 19 hi-res photos of the show….all for about 6 quid!
I choose to buy the recording of their recent Toronto gig because Bono had appeared on stage with them and sung Neil Young’s ‘Keep On Rockin In The Free World’. Bono and Vedder were in fine form with Eddie paying homage to U2 earlier in the show (all of U2 were watching from the wings) and later Bono repaid the compliment when adlib-ing in the song. Two very cool statesmen of rock, both with a killer sense of humour. The Toronto set also had quite a few songs I haven’t heard them do live many times on the recordings I have, and also a cover of ‘Harvest Moon’ by Neil Young (they refer to him as ‘Uncle Neil’ and were playing in his home-country!)…..so that was an added bonus. Eddie’s on stage banter is great as ever too.
Tomorrow I don’t have many plans…..Wednesday I meeting up with Kerrie, and Thursday hooking up with an old friend who I’ve not seen much of for the last couple of years, could be a bit of a reunion of sorts which should be interesting.
The weeks keep flying by at the moment, which I suppose is a good thing. It’ll be Christmas before I know it and I’ll need to be buying loads of presents…..I’m already planning! Still if time is flying, it must be because I’m enjoying myself, right?
True Crown Foundation Songs
Yesterday I discovered that this beauty ^^^ was finally a reality! The new Sony Ericsson P990, which comes out in 2006. This is everything I wanted in a phone last April so it’s nice to see that a year later SE have got their act together! I was forced to buy a Nokia because they didn’t have anything suitable available when I upgraded. But I’m saving my pennys up for this bad-boy, it’s going to be amazing! /geek
I’m currently listening to the hard rockin’ sounds of ‘The Lucky Nine’ – a friend’s band. I’ve known Richie who plays drums for a few years and he rocks like a bastard when it comes to drumming. He’s a world class rock drummer. The Lucky Nine consists of him, Colin Doran (the singer from Hundred Reasons), Dan Carter (the bass player from ‘A’) and a couple of other chaps. Their debut album (this entry’s title) is a seriously hard rocking, hardcore rock album. Pretty heavy, but with lots of melody too – just how I like it! I’m really digging it. Definitely one for Hundred Reasons fans – something a bit heavier….and with a much better drummer!
So since last week I took my little bro to see ‘A’ in Wolves. They were pretty good, I’m not massively into them but they’re a good live band. Had a quiet weekend, which was ok…watched ‘Full Metal Jacket’ one night.
Monday night was Mike’s birthday so we went out for some very nice food and a few drinks, which was nice. On Tuesday I went out with Jo as she’s visiting from Manchester, went to see new British comedy ‘Kinky Boots’ which is about a guy who reluctantly takes over his dead Father’s failing shoe making factory in Northampton. While trying to figure out how to keep this 100 year old family business going in the modern-day market without laying off all the staff he has an encounter with a Drag Queen in London, which ends up with him employing the Drag Queen to design ‘kinky’ women’s boots that are sturdy enough for men (Drag Queens) to wear. Some of it was a bit predictable, but it was pretty funny…it had the guy who plays Sean’s best mate in ‘Sean Of The Dead’ and he’s great in this too. The guy who plays the Drag Queen is really good too, as is the main character. Worth a watch, not the kind of thing you need to see at the cinema…
Tonight England are playing Poland, so I shall be in front of the TV watching the Football. Hopefully we can win and finish top of the group, and that might shut the stupid English sports press up!
Tomorrow I’m off to see Bloc Party at The Academy in Brum and I’m really quite looking forward to it, hopefully they’ll be as good as I’ve seen them on TV…digging their new single ‘Two More Years’ – really good tune.
On Friday I may be going to see a new band called ‘The Feeling’ who lots of people are talking about. They’re freinds or friends and are playing locally, so I’ll hopefully catch them.
Busy busy.
