So, it's turned into a kinda annoying week in various respects. My Derek Hes print arrived from the states with what looks like a tyre print on it, and slight creasing at 2" internals. If it was pure colour it might be just about fixable, but there's a white strip down the centre which I'm not sure will ever be perfect. Need to frame it and see. I' ( Read more... )

Yoinked from purplehez.

Hmpff. Well then. Spot the odd one out.

Freudian Inventory Results Oral (53%) you appear to have a good balance of independence and interdependence knowing when to accept help and when to do things on your own.
Anal (40%) you appear to have a good balance of self control and spontaneity, order and chaos, variety and ( Read more... )

What an awesome gig last night.

The Bays are a dance act consisting of a bassist, a drummer, and a couple of guys running samples. They never rehearse or release albums, just turn up to gigs and improvise live ( Read more... )

So, I had my enjoyment of Soilwork last night completely ruined by some emo wank hardcore dancing, who slammed into somebody fists flailing, who in turn slammed into me and made me bite a chunk out of my lip. I would have swung for him if my shoulder was in better nick, I was absolutely furious. It infuriates me these inconsiderate little bastards ( Read more... )

Made two interesting discoveries today ( Read more... )

Ah well, an hours nap last night turned into 12 hours, although I did have some spectacularly cool dreams about running around a post apocalyptic London being chased by giant mecha-Godzilla dragon things, carrying a small but deadly black and orange snake in a shoebox ( Read more... )

Sigur Ros were beyond awesome. Just.. indescribably intense and beautiful. The venue was wicked too. Not to mention the acoustics were about the best of any venue I've ever been in ( Read more... )

So, feeling a bit battered and lost-a-fight-with-a-cheese-grater-ey today, particularly my shoulder, but feeling alright on the whole considering. Lucky I'm a double-hard Scottish bastard or summat ( Read more... )

I know it's no guarantee that anything's going to change, Barack Obama might well turn out to be just as nasty or ineffective as any one of his predecessors, but I never thought I'd see a black American president in my lifetime.

The world grew up a little bit, today.

"I nearly fucking smashed myself up proper good this time! FUCK YEAH! GO TEAM AMERICA!!!!"

Hmm. Definitely a little concussed when I wrote that last entry then.