Could anyone who reads this who is also on my list of phone numbers please text me and sign off. My phone died and I can't read the numbers to put them on my new phone. They weren't saved to my SIM card, so I don't have any way to get them. Please and thank you.

On March 25th 2006, the last night smoking was legal indoors in Scotland, some friends of mine and me got together to do an AC/DC tribute show in celebration of Alan Easton's 30th birthday. Alan is lead singer of The Day I Snapped. On this video he is stage right (your left) with a wig and a Motherwell scarf. The others are Andy Brown (End Of ( Read more... )

For Vonnie:

See yesterday, right? Ah wiz like 'at, and he wiz like 'at and I goes "No danger man" and he goes "Ah'm fuckin' tellin' ye it was fuckin' solid man" and I was pure black affrontit. I hud the dry boak an evurhin.

Know whit ah mean?

"But then she went away
  And she's not coming back
  And I'm pretty sure that boy is staying in tonight" - from She Took Him To The Lake by Alkaline Trio

I came home from work yesterday, cooked dinner, cleaned up a little, fucked about on the internet for a while and then retired to my sofa. All I had by way of liquid refreshment were some Diet Cokes ( Read more... )

"A man on a date wonders if he'll get lucky. A woman already knows." - Monica Piper

A couple of things to report on. Work is hectic. I am being trained in 4 weeks when normally a few months would be required to really get to know the stuff. I worked pretty hard yesterday.

Went on my date last night. Made a bit of an effort. Shaved my face, well some ( Read more... )

"The past is a foreign country. They do things differently there." - from the L P Hartley novel The Go-Between

I spent some time at my sister's yesterday after dinner. David said "who are you?" in an attempt at humour. He was basically having a dig at me for not having been down there since last Wednesday. I said "You know where I live too don't you ( Read more... )

I will fill in more later. I am exhausted beyond belief. I am popping pro plus pills like smarties. I went to see Rollins last night in Edinburgh. It was a late show and I sat afterwards with Brian and Katherine until 4am before driving home. Tonight I am going to see the Alkaline Trio at the Garage. One of my fave bands, but oh my fuck I am tired ( Read more... )

"The waves echo behind me. Patience - Faith - Openness, is what the sea has to teach. Simplicity - Solitude - Intermittency...But there are other beaches to explore. There are more shells to find. This is only a beginning." - from Gift From The Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Since Wednesday, I have only set foot outside to put garbage in the outside ( Read more... )

 I can't be arsed to fill this in.

The Snapped gig was brilliant.

I had a migraine today and missed work.

My dinner tonight was this:


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Last night I had a dream that I saw a man in a mask out my back yard. It was an IRA style balaclava but had red trim round the eyes, which made it look creepy as all fuck. I knocked on the window and pointed at him. He looked startled and retreated into darkness. I kept looking out the window and a passing car briefly illuminated the red trim on ( Read more... )