Pre-emptive Pancake Preparation

The past three days have been so relaxing it's a bit strange; i mean it's not normal for me to actually be able to calm down and just do nothing for more than a day. Anyway on Friday i got James round to sit and play on Dungeon Defenders for a few hours and it was actually some of the best fun I've had in a while; the game itself is some hybrid of a tower defense game and FPS, which is insanely amusing. Once we had played so much our eyes were square, James went home and Jess came round for the night. Now i don't like scary films and i am indeed a pussy for not being able to watch them without my hand over my face, but we watched Paranormal Activity 2 and it wasn't even slightly bad for me; although Jess was confused about the whole premise of the film, and i don't blame her.

Pancakes all around!

Then the lovely day that is Saturday came around, and for the first time in a while i managed to get it off so i spent the morning sleeping til 11am, which is a godsend, then i went and helped my dad fit a washing machine. Now that sounds a bit out of the blue, but he does odd jobs repairing things in his free time and this particular job was one for a man of the ripe old age of ninety.

That right... Ninety years young.

Let me put that in context for you, he is seventy years older than me; he lived through the second world war and he's seen the world change an incredible amount in that time. Computers and modern technology that we take for granted were a distant dream when he was a teenager; this means that as he was born in 1922 he lived through the era of Jazz. He referred to it as "music from America" and he had thousands of records in his small flat; that's right THOUSANDS.

This man was extraordinary and i was so happy to be able to talk to him and gain an insight into how the world was first hand; this just made my Saturday. In addition i also sat and watched Spirited Away for the first time and made pancakes with Kyle, Emma H and Emma W in preparation for Tuesday and all the pancake-y shenanigans; I love living in this house with my friends.

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Re-Motivation Attempt.

So the past few days have been a bit interesting, well i lie; they were just mediocre but when you do nothing for a long time, anything is more interesting.

I'm not sure if that sentence made sense.

Anyway, I've managed to finally trump the tax man and hopefully get all my beloved tax back! In addition to this i have finally got back into the routine of going to the gym 3/4 times a week; and it feels good. So basically i went to uni on Wednesday and hated it, but then something very odd happened... As i left the building to go to the bus home, i suddenly began to feel motivated! Now this doesn't seem like much to most others but considering I've been absolutely cabbaged for a while now, this was a god send. I've planned out several projects to keep me going up until summer and then i will have to see what happens from then; this may seem short sighted but as i have no definitive full time job after uni, I'm not one hundred percent sure what will happen.

I should print this out and use it as my motto.

The picture you see above is what i saw yesterday while roaming the internet and it just struck a chord with me straight away; I've never quit a job and I've never quit education, given i was extremely close to dropping out of uni... But i stuck at it.

Maybe this is what i needed. That sentence means an awful lot to me, I won't quit on something just because its too damn hard. I can't do it, maybe it's because of the way my mum never stuck at one job for very long; now don't get me wrong, my mum is an incredible person. Bubbly, Fun, Always looks at the best things; she just hasn't found the right job yet, and that scares me. I couldn't change jobs every year or so like her and i believe I've translated that into my personal life and education.

Maybe you could take that saying and use it to help keep you going; It does that for me, i would love to know if that does it for you.

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Avengers Procrastinate!

I have decided that once i save up enough money, i am going to set up several gigs across the UK and get my band to tour. All this plan requires is a lot of money and a singer; the second requirement is a bit more difficult, as all my band have managed to do is write a lot of tunes and material but due to a lack of vocals they are not "Songs".

Anyways I've spent my Sunday sleeping til 2pm and then finishing watching The Avengers, which some would consider a good afternoon; but I'm sick of having to miss half my day because my body clock refuses to wake up early for anything bar work. I then spent the rest of that day lounging about the house, eating pancakes and generally worrying about the fact that i have lost any motivation to do anything.

One of my favorite movies to date, Hopefully the next installment will be just as amazing!

I haven't updated my blog in two days, this is the first time since starting them that I've just looked at it and done absolutely nothing about it. That upsets me, after all I've tried to do one every day and i managed to mess that one up. However on Monday i went to the gym with Kyle before seeing Jess briefly and this managed to cheer me up quite a bit. I then managed to persuade James to come online and play several hours of games which was always going to be a good laugh; before i knew it the clock had struck 2am and i decided to go to bed to save my sanity.

Today i think i might go to the cinema with Emma and get our free unopened gift from Pizza Hut; fingers crossed it will be an iPad or some crazy stuff like that. Unfortunately that is quite literally my life today, nothing of massive note; apart from i was quite looking forward to a little adventure but then got cancelled due to illness, I guess things happen for a reason!

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The Musical Epiphany

Earlier this week i vowed to myself i would change my life around because, after new year, it never really got kick-started again. That was due to many things like: sleep pattern, shift work, uni deadlines and several other factors. This slowly began to pile on top of me after i went back to university; deadlines looming and friendships straining.

Meanwhile my whole musical life just stopped.

My Bedroom is slowly becoming some weird blogging sphere.

Now don't get me wrong when i say that, obviously it couldn't have stopped with all the band practices and uni work going on; but i hadn't just sat and played my guitar in years. That used to be such a big part of me when i was younger and i feel like i have lost that; i can't even explain how much that had hit me when i was sitting in my room earlier. I've since decided that i will try to practice my guitar everyday and also try to get to the gym 4 times a week and eat healthier; given this is a hard task, but I'm damn sick of doing nothing with my life.

Hopefully a month from now i will have kept with my program and with any luck i will be in better shape. This began with this weekend as i totally blitzed my room and managed to make it a much more live-able place. I'm now saving up for two things, the first is a decent video camera to begin my vlogs and the second is a 4x12 cab for my amp so i can deafen myself and the neighbours. Hey ho YOLO... My god that is infectious; Kyle has been saying it for months and its now rubbing off.

Damn it Kyle!

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Tidying The Sty

Today has been rather uneventful if i were to be deadly honest. Having woken up around 12:45 and gone to the gym an hour later i hadn't even had the slightest whiff of morning; this however, didn't deter me from setting off to the gym with ye olde companion Kyle. Fridays are slowly becoming chest and slight shoulders day, this is thanks to Kyle slowly changing round his routine; and i tend to follow his routine as it works for me.

Me emerging from my room after a rough night.

I then wandered off to the pub with Mark from work, not to drink per say but to just have a catch up and see how he's doing. After this we wandered towards The Chillingham and sat there to have a drink, although again i refused alcohol and had a pint of coke; not as much of a health kick as i would have liked. So then i called time and went home, i decided that tidying my room was the order for the remainder of the day; except my eye caught YouTube and i began to watch a YouTuber called "crabstickz".

Now this guy is fantastic and i recommend you check his channel out, his impressions and facial expressions are priceless and to some degree he reminds me of Jim Carrey. Don't ask me why because i don't know and i can't quite pin it but he has had me in stitches all of today; so that's a mini review for anyone having a look through these!

My room quite literally has been turned around and now my desk is in such a position in which it has good lighting for my future vlogs (whenever they may arise), and also it feels a lot nicer and productive. I'm not entirely sure how a space can feel productive but it does; fingers crossed that this rings true for the rest of my uni course!

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Thought Stealer

This was one of my more disappointing days in my gym history. I had a leg day and proceeded to injure my legs in ways that i hadn't done since high school rugby practice; this said i still managed to complete almost all of my sets for the day as well as chuck in 20 minutes cardio.

All of this gym work was possible thanks to work being cancelled again for the second time this week, which is alright as I'm getting holiday pay. However it wasn't until i had been sitting in Dixy Chicken devouring a Boneless box with Kyle for some time, that i went to stand up and the burning sensation hit my legs like nothing i was expecting. Luckily i made it home and to my chair in front of my computer where i have been sat for the past four hours.

My humble abode for the long gaming marathon.

Now I'm not as big a gamer as i used to be, but i must say when i get into the whole gaming thing i can end up not sleeping for several days; which to anyone who knows me, is a bad bad thing. I've been contemplating getting a video camera; I have no other motivation for this other than using it for more variety on band blogs and maybe starting to do my own. Kyle has his own vlog which he enjoys doing every now and then, and whenever i watch them i feel an urge that can only be sated by buying a camera and doing my own.

I seem to just copy others' ideas... Sorry Kyle!

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Friends and Sleeping Patterns

I started off this morning (or rather yesterday morning) with an early alarm call. Well i say early, however thanks to the way my sleeping pattern has developed its now more an afternoon alarm call; i blame late nights with friends and new years parties that continue on til the 3rd of January. Now don't get me wrong, these late nights have been some of the more ridiculous and fun filled times I've had in my life so far; it's just that now I'm most productive at 2am and i struggle to function on less than 10 hours sleep.

As you see this is a deadly circle.

My reaction to every normal human... ever.

I have quite literally been in Uni for about 15 minutes today to pick up some paperwork. Now i understand it is my education I'm playing with here; however when i am paying for the knowledge, i would like to think i also have control over when i go in. Using this thought process means that i can go in for almost insane short amounts of time when needed and complete the majority of my work at home; which trust me is more comfortable and it means the travel time is significantly reduced (a.k.a. reaching for my laptop).

Myself and the band have decided to keep looking for a singer, this is thanks to the lack of dedication to practice shown by the recent possibility; not only this but he talked down to the majority of us and naturally it wasn't something we were going to accept. So I'll keep an eye out, but i could use suggestions if anyone reading this happens to "know a guy".


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