Well.... the day had to come didn't it? The day when I would leave Japan and return to England, to home. That day is tomorrow ( Read more... )

I saw Infected Mushroom at the Brixton Academy last night. They were grrreat. The guitarist is a amazing. Oh and I touched the singer, oooohhh. lol.

The sun is shining through the blinds of my window, there's blue sky, big white fluffy clouds and a sound. A fanfare of petrol engined grass cutters. What a great sound. Winter is ending and along with it the long nights and cold. I'm alive.

outside not inside. lol. it's blowing a gale out there! I've already seen one tree succumb to mother nature. Oh - the lights have started dimming too. better post this message soon! argh!

The new technique of avoiding pressing the snooze button on my alarm is working well. Last year I sometimes would press snooze 4-5 times on a morning. I don't think those extra snooze minutes add valuable sleep time so I'm trying to break the habit. This has been achieved by hiding the alarm in different places in the bedroom each night. By the ( Read more... )

This weekend I did something I've wanted to do for a long time. I went up in a helicopter. One of my work colleagues has recently passed his Private Pilots License in Helicopters and required a guinea pig to be his first passenger. Naturally I jumped at the chance ( Read more... )

I took some pics of the bike last night, i've uploaded them to flickr. Click_here
It's such a beautiful bike, why am i selling it?

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I saw VNV Nation live last night. Considering that i've been a fan for many years it's mad that last night was the first time watching them live ( Read more... )

I meditate every now and again, so my interest was tickled when i read this article today:
article

Quote:
"Meditating does more than just feel good and calm you down, it makes you perform better - and alters the structure of your brain, researchers have found."

Only thing is it doesn't mention what form of meditation was used.

I close my eyes
to think of you
as i always do
in dark times
and sad songs

where are you my love?
though i tried to give up
i never could....