Nostradamus

Super super Kingussie. A fucking awesome weekend, although actually it started on Sunday... lots of bevvying, firemaking and outdoor activities. A good time with John, Mike, Dave and Steel.Sunday – a cheeky wee 6am start at work, turning the whole building round. I was first in, and Berry called me into his office, explained that there was shit loads of work to be done etc, bla bla bla, work hard. I was like sound, cos im off at 1. Jamie didn’t turn up atall.. you know those early starts are a nightmare so why bother with it. Just rammed it all. Thought we were struggling to keep on course when Mr Berry shows up and starts powering through with us. I left at 1, but they seemed on course!Quickly got changed, shades et al, and jumped into the super bus. Headed to tesco at South Queensferry to pick up Steel/spend an hour shopping. Steel was black and blue from fighting/shagging the night before. I took the food trolley, and john took the booze trolley. Mine remained empty for a while, while the booze trolley overflowed, and the wheels buckled under the pressure. Class. No one was up for the sausages, but i fired them in. I had to. Got steaks and shit, plus a load of other crap. I was pioneering for bananas, but no one was game. After we took the stuff back to the car(the boot was proper full) we went in to get some lunch. I had already bought a sandwich for the journey. But i bought another one, except this was cheese. I also bought some strawberry and crème. But as i got out of tescos, dave asked me to hold his water. So i dropped my strawberry and crème, and they went all over the pavement...proper gutted. On the road finally, good banter. Some Killers, some other shit. Dunno really, well thats it eh. Dunno what else happens, but anyway, a few beers later, we’re at the cottage. A bit of target practise on discarded tenants cans. Took a drive up to feshie bridge, stripped down, and jumped off a really high rock into a freezing cold river. Why? Cos were idiots. It was fucking awesome! Dried off, and went back. Started a BBQ going. Considered how much money it would take before we pressed our hands on the BBQ. Quite a lot. A few burgers each did the trick. Dave got a shit hot fire going. In his spaced state of mind, it was quite an art, and he was quite an artist. Watched the football, and somehow, Capadoccia managed to triumph over whoever it was. Fucking shit hot. Dave fell asleep, so we jumped out the window, woke him up. He went to the kitchen to roll a J, and he couldn’t figure out how we had gotten back in. ‘Did you use the back door?’ theres no back door dave! ‘oh fuck’ haha class. Getting more and more pished, we headed up in search of some elk(is that right?deer or whatever). Mike was pished and wanted to go to the city, although he did find a natural coaster, which seemed to relax him.(it was a flat rock). We seen a hedgehog, so i got a photo next to him..a good lad he was. A while on, we cleared the forest, and sat down to look at the mountains..fucking awesome. So beautiful. John went rummaging in some heather for some reason.. he later discovered that he’d lost his knife, so he went back while we walked on. We then hid in the heather, and came very close to falling asleep. He didn’t see us so we had to shout him. Slept some more. After a while, we got off and headed home. Me dave and john the mountain warriors.. while mike and steel traipsed behind talking absolute shite. We hid in the bushes, and they had no idea where we were. Total stealthy cunts. Quite funny. Got back to the cottage, drank a bit of vodka, then went to bed..pretty early to be fair.Monday – got up, had a john made fry up.. not bad, burnt eggs but other than that was half decent. We then took a drive up to kingussie for some lunch preparations..maybe it was the fact that we hadn’t been in female contact for 24 hours, but the girls in costcutter were hot as fuck. We were gonna get them involved in an evening cottage party. No avail. We got some cool stuff, i finally got bananas! Got some bread, which i know swear by – Warburtons TOASTIE. And some ham and turkey, for sandwiches. Headed to HQ to prepare the sandwiches, also got some crisps, chocolate and ice cream. Went up somewhere and hired bikes, then rode them about the mountains for hours. It was awesome, loads of mad hills awesome scenery. Great fun. Stopped by a loch for some lunch. Dave almost convinced us to swim to the middle island.. in hindsight, im glad i didn’t – since my time in berlin shows im seriously out of practise at swimming. Went on cycling for a few more hours, cycling is awesome. After the mountains, we pelted it along a road for ages before making it back to the cycle center. Drove back to feshie bridge, and jumped in again – so refreshing, it was awesome. Back to the cottage. John took me out hunting for some rabbits. Had a few near misses, but the rabbits got the idea someone was after them. We also walked through a field of cows, making sure the lone bull didn’t get pissed off. It turned out that they were all bulls... and we were pretty close to pissing them off. Got back and watched the football, while Dave went off with John for round 2. They took fucking hours. And it turned out they’d been up in the mansion drinking fine wine. They got back and we were pretty pished. I’d made a fire, and dave is right, its an art! Good crack. Dave and john prepared steaks. Dave’s mushroom sauce was actually the best thing ever. Awesome tea. Straight after steaks, john fell asleep(on a giant aero bar as it turned out, so he woke up with it flattened). Wondered where steel was..he was listening to Megadeath in the toilet..haha good lad. I banished dave t outside while sugababes performed on tv . My faith is starting to waver in these girls. They say they’l play T. Cancel, and play Oxygen on the same weekend. Don’t invite me to their gig in Edinburgh castle. Fucking bitches. We spent fucking ages looking for the vodka, like looked EVERYWHERE! Turned out it was behind the hula hoops. Lol. Sat in my room drinking the vodka, i lost £10 to mike cos i didn’t believe Heidi used to be in Atomic Kitten. How?? Steel, who has obviously never talked to dave t about metal, got a proper rant started. It was a fucking nightmare. And then he started on St Anger. Fucking hell. Eventually got to sleep. Tuesday – Got up, did a proper tidy of the house. Got the fry up team on the go. I did sausages, mike did bacon, dave poached the eggs, steel..poured juics. There was beans, mushrooms, loads of shit. Im so glad i got the sausages. It was actually the perfect fry up!Properly tidied the cottage, vacated the premises. John went to drive the V12 mercedes..dick. Headed home. Via kingussie Costcutters.. so hot. Went to the Gyle for free burger king, it was ace. John bought a new phone cos the girl was hot. Steel lost his wallet...somehow. still cant figure it out. Got home and went straight to bed. It was an awesome end to an awesome weekend!

The Lost Art of Blogging

Well.. What can i say.. I’ve not really been keeping up with my bloggage have i?? I’v been so busy doing loads of awesome stuff that i’v not even had a chance to write my blogs. Coming up as soon as i get the chance, is a fucking awesome weekend in Kingussie, drinking, hunting cooking etc – shit hot; a equally good if not better weekend in Berlin, Just lots of random utter shite..dont think any of us knew what planet we were on. AWESOME This blog is about the week of my birthday.... so...Monday – Didnt start work till 230, which is probably for the best – since the night of cav was taking its toll on me. I think that was the night when Jammy and Beth crashed at mine for a while.. this is the trouble you have writing about things that happened almost a month ago..you cant remember. First day of Citrix i believe – a bunch of boring computer people who like to make you think their the coolest people in the world! They have smoke and lights and entrance music and everything – you’d think it was the killers coming on stage, rather than some geeky cunt. I really hope i went home and slept.. Tuesday – Citrix kicks off big style, and im in charge. This is one of the biggest events of the year i think, 1200 cunts. Piece of piss. 13 hour shift. Went home for some energising. Wednesday – Its my birthday! I had stupidly agreed to work in the morning.. so i went in and it was a shit day. Wilson was 2 minutes late, so he got stripped of his Team Leading duties. Crazy day, people were just being cocks..and its my birthday, gutted. Noone had anticipated that on the last day of a conference, delegates bring their bags.. and so we had 1200 folk wanting to leave their bags where we had no room.. with the only guidance “You cant refuse a bag”. So it got to a stage where we were taking them, and putting them down at our feet. No order whatsoever. And they kept coming. Once things quietened a bit, i managed to set them in some mad order, but an order nonetheless. Then i left. Before i did tho, I was given a homemade card from Margaret, signed by everyone..the card was class. And inside the card.. a £50 note!! I was shocked, couldnt believe that. Thankyou! Went up to my folks for my birthday presents etc, had some lunch etc..it was cool. Went to Vittorios for tea with my mum and sisters.. cracking food, although everytime i leave there i’m always mentally full. Went to the tron and met Mike, John Aidan. Started getting pished. A lot of folk showed up which was good! There was a whip round and i was given a dirty pint. While i appreciate the sentiment.. i cant down pints of beer, never mind a pint full of dirty dirty spirits. This was really embarrassing, and not one of my finer moments. Taking a drink of the dirty pint, throwing up into empty pint glasses on the table. Repeat, repeat, repeat. All the while folk are shouting at me STOP! Stop! Except john, who’s yelling “DO IT”. I figure, just do it eh. Kept going for a while, threatened some ppl with spew darts. Have to apologise to the barman who had to clean it up. He was gagging while doing it... puts a grim spin on the birthday celebrations. Up to liquid room, and for johns present to me – he carried me all the way. Sound. Into liquid, a lot of time dancing, and a lot of time in the smoking area. LC is LC. Oh btw, forgot to mention – Kara made me this awesome collage thing with lots of photos on it(and strangely a lot of Kaiser chief lyrics haha) but its brilliant! Anyways, yeah liquid was class. Me and Gillian went to the swing park after and played on the flying fox, and the disabled swings, and the round about. It was fun. And shall be a tradition. We also discovered a Massive tent that we’ve never seen before. Like bigger than King Tuts. Asked for some tenants, and some guy got out his car and chased us. Made it home satisfied. And pretty tired. Thursday – Had a band practise at 12, which after managing to get in the shower, wasn’t all that bad. Until i started falling asleep, i just couldn’t hack it. Got home and went right to bed! Awesome. Friday – Setting up for the Arty party, pretty heavy going day as i remember it. Who cares tho. Saturday – Working the desk for the arty party. Lots of kids..lots of drums.. lots and lots of noise. Was a good laugh most of the day, some cool stuff going on. If your 6. This blue gargoyle pissed the security guard off which was funny. Finished at 4, went home and slept/packed my bag etc etc etc. Now, im gonna leave Sunday for now – and include it in my special Kingussie blog – cos it does deserve a blog of its own. Hopefully il get that done soon...maybe tomorrow night! Thankyou, goodbye. See you tomorrow.

A Few Screws Short Of A Picnic

A good week, followed by an absolutely MENTAL weekend! Had my 21st party etc which was fucking immense.Monday - Worked 9-6 on floor services, was an awesome day. I was still pretty pished from the night before… Got in at 9, went for breakfast, no meat today, just an egg roll. There was hundreds of us working, yet only minimal amounts of work to do - this worked in my favour since I would’ve really struggled to do anything that required a decent amount of effort. I was a SHITHEAD according to Rory Ross, Joe, and their magic game of cards. Not sure what I did that evening….but not much. Just nursed my hangover and laughed at all the amazing photos. Tuesday - Not really sure what I did….. Oh..infact yeah.. I did a pussy wee hosting shift as I remember it, was just me in on my own. Almost went out to stereo, the guys had me convinced - but they took too long to come and meet me, so I just ended up going to sleep. Sounds like I missed a good night, but probably for the best.Wednesday - Hosting 8 - 6, Team Leader motherfucker!! Alright day as I remember it - although it ran really late, so seemed like we wouldn’t get away on time. However I managed to get away at 6, ran, got changed, ran to cab vol…to find we still hadn’t sound checked. We were first on at 715, and got told to be ready by 705 by the latest. At 710, there was another band still sound checking. Was a case of onstage, plug in and go. We had nothing in the monitors, couldn’t hear a thing. Bit of a nightmare. Considering we were on so early, it was actually pretty busy. Average set…Went to Tron with Tori and Kristine after. They were hammered after 3 pints, and we went to Siglo so they could dance on each other(still running with this whole lesbian theory…) Turned out it was dead, so we went to Greyfriars bobby(the statue) and danced there. This is like 11pm haha. They went home cos they were so hammered, shouted abuse at the taxi driver haha. I went to liquid rooms where I met pete and dougall, and got fucked and met loads of other people. And got more fucked bla bla Kara‘s right breast became a member of the AAA. I was speaking to this girl I knew(totally innocent, I knew she had a boyfriend) as I was picking up my bass from the cloakroom at the end, and her BF seen this and smacked me in the face, then ran away. I was fucking raging, I ran upstairs once I got my bass, and couldn’t find him. Cock. I’m gonna kick his cunt in once I find out who he is. DICK. My sister helped calm me down, got her on the bus and went home. Seriously though, who the fuck is that insecure about their relationship that they attack anyone who speaks to their girfriend. Get a grip mate. Thursday - Hosting 8-6, was alright. Blablabla, infact, now I think - I was mashed the whole morning, talking absolute shite to anyone and everyone. Especially Maisie. Took a bag of ice along to Emondo in the afternoon when they were short. After work went to Festie with John, John, and Nige for a couple pints. Nick and Aidan then dragged me, to see Sex in The City. I swear to god. It is the worst thing I have ever had to endure. Fucking hell, it was so so bad. Nothing exciting happened whatsoever. Went to emondo after, Aidan and Nick had Cosmos, I had pint to put my balls back in place. Got a pizza!!Friday - Was working in the morning. Hmm. Went home and did some stuff which I cant remember - maybe I listened to no doubt or something.. That rings a bell I was pretty dead from the week, so I caught.1 hours sleep, didn’t help. I then got prepared for my super sweet 16 21st party! ‘got prepared’ meaning had a shower and put clothes on.. None of this feeding the ponies, or briefing the dancers…im afraid it doesent quite live up to the tv show. Mummy wouldn’t pay for a B52 bomber to fly me in, I mean whatever - does she hate me or something. Went and met Craig John and Aidan at Mamas pizza for some pre party pizza at 530 - pretty shit hot. Parma ham, rocket, chicken and mushroom - all in a massive pizza. Couple more pints in various places and we hit odd fellows for 730. Thanks for everyone who came down, it was a cracking night, thanks for any presents etc they were all awesome. Vicky and Fei Fei got me a card with a massive 21 badge that had flashing lights on it - stuck that on. Annie, Lois, Roisin and Katy got me a T in the Park survival kit, consisting of a Tent, First Aid Kit, Pro Plus, Poncho, Shades, a gay as fuck hat with a bow, and some tennants. Needless to say the Poncho went on, aswell as the shades. After some persuading I donned the hat minus the bow. At any point in the night, I had 3 drinks in different locations, and could just pick what I wanted to drink - awesome and thank you! Was doing ok, started off on the beer - but didn’t really feel myself getting drunk. John was mashed, having been on the JD since 730, so I decided it was time to switch to spirits. Then people started buying me shots of everything. This is where things start to get hazy. We played PONCHO, which was awesome. I was running about odd fellows with all my attire, badge still flashing away. I apparently refused to walk to the hive, so I lay on the ground and let 4 people carry me. A limb each haha. Got to the hive - I forward rolled UP niddry street to get there, and we decided(apparently) to not go in. I have a feeling I was in opium, but whatever happened, I appeared at bobby with a wet paint sign(and poncho etc) meet the guys. I lay on the ground some more, shouted at some guy ‘DAD, why don’t you return my letters!! You just gave me your sperm and left. ha-ha. We then got a taxi back to johns…im sure someone stayed in the taxi to go past johns… but I have no idea who. Watched some shite film then went to bed. I slept in the basement because I thought there was loads of folk there, and loads of spare beds. Turns out there wasnt that many people there, and loads of spare beds. i also couldnt get the folding bed out straight, couldnt understand how the support bar worked, so i just slept on the couch. Saturday - didn’t feel too hungover surprisingly. Sat in the sun then watched the rugby. Got a call from seamus, who couldn’t get into the drive. Went out and found a row of traffic cones blocking off the driveway. Have no recollection of doing that. Went in to the mercat for the football at 5, john started at 6 - so he worked and I got drunk. Nick met me, and we went to cargo for the second game. We were up for heading out somewhere, getting fairly tipsy by this stage. Noone else wanted to do anything. Went back to the flat for a regroup and some Mario kart. Maisie was heading to the city café, so we went with her. Met loads of folk, including Harry, kerry, and my stalker(shes everywhere) chatted to harry for ages, then headed back with maisie. Almost got home, when andy phoned me, and was like ‘yo dude u comin to hive?’ this was like 130am. I said yeah. So went to the hive, bla bla bla. Walking home through the cowgate, I stole an irish girl, picked her up and ran away. She didn’t seem to like it. Chatted to the girls standing in the cowgate til 5am, then I went home. Mad. Sunday - wandered round the meadows for ages, trying to get a burger. Theres lots of weird cunts in the meadows. Reggae folk etc. straaange. Eventually got a burger from some shan kebab shop. Had a CATM practise(for once..this gig is looming close) got back, and mike and nick came up - we went to CAV. Of course. Pretty quiet, but awesome as usual. Fuck yeah! Kara and beth came back afterwards, and im not sure what happened, but it involved a lot of talking, and a lot of chewing gum. By the time they left I was fucked. Random weekend, but fucking awesome!Apologies im behind schedule with blogs at the moment - I know theres one due now! Il get it done asap, its gonna be a fucker - my actual birthday, 1 guy 1 cup, A weekend in Kingussie - at least the start of it anyway. Off to berlin this week, which is gonna be awesome! One way or another, T is coming……

BLLLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

Crazy week. Crammed 40 hours of work into 3 and a half days in order to give me some time to relax at the end of it all. I feel fucking shite today.Monday - Hosting 6am -6pm. Come in at 6 to find myself ruby cathy and paul norman for the first hour. Basically a pointless hour. Their chat is far too intense for that time in the morning it makes me nauseous. Had a practise with Arcane Corps at night. A lot of time at practise seems to be taken up with helping dave tidy his studio… was cool. Vicky popped over to say hi. Tuesday - same shift again. Same situation. I was team leader and it was a pretty chilled day as I remember it. This conference is a poor show for women. A couple standouts, namely some asian girl with long hair and a fantastic figure. Other than that, I would have to give it a 5. Went home and made a stir fry - woo. Starting to feel really fucking tired now. Very tough.Wednesday - 6-12 same situation. went for a 5 hour break, tried to buy some shoes but they were too uncomfortable. Went home, had a quick 5 hour rest of my eyes before going in for a floor services shift. It was a piece of piss really. Went into emondo for some fancy cocktail(what was its name corrine, it was nice!) and some JD and coke. It was pissing it down. Thursday - did a half day. Charlie had me down for the full day, but I was like fuck that I said I was only doing half. And that’s what I did. Went to my folks for a Chinese. Interesting the past 4 times iv been up there is the nights when their having a takeaway. It looks like im gonna have to sell my beast. I cant justify paying the road tax and insurance for the amount im using it. I am fucking gutted, you have no idea. I have no need for a car living in the centre of town. Gutted. Proper. Had an arcane corps practise, took the car down - I could’ve easily got the bus. Stayed at my folks house. Friday - Marvels practise in the morning, drove down which was fun. Trying to make the most of it before it goes. Good practise. New song is almost finished, and I quite like it. With a jakil-esque ending(kindof, tbh I don’t think anyone but me would get that). Picked mike and stevie up from gilmerton. And we went to see Indiana Jones. Got some popcorn, and watched literally an hour of adverts. The film was good - a good action film, but the ending of it was so shit that it made the whole film pointless. SPOILERS - The crystal skull turns into an alien, who then flies away in a spaceship….what the fuck.Got changed at the flat, and went to the tron. Necked a pint, then went to see chase and scarlet drive. Reminded of 3 years ago. The sound quality for the scarlet drive was god awful…I don’t understand how it sounded so bad. Belting out tunes like Easily, Wanna be a gangster, and Shinobi vs. Dragon Ninja - just awesome, even with the sound being pish. Wall of death was cool, I managed to keep drinking throughout it. Went down to nektar for Louises 21st. Was good. Went up to narnia with mike. Threw a coat hanger at some comedian. There was some drum kit set up in caves. Got mischievous so I put coat hangers in random places throughout the bar. Met my cousin, who Iv not seen for years. went up to the hive, and partied for a while. Kindof boring so I got a kebab - this is getting out of hand.…not to say I wasn’t thoroughly mashed.Saturday - did some shopping etc. got some beer in. Annie came up and I made her a pizza, she only eat half of it. We listened to some proper tunes, alphabeat rule. Lent her some cds. Aidan, Marc and Craig came up, we drank beer and played Mario kart. Im still to find a suitable challenger. Walked across the meadows to go to the meadows bar. Got there, and drank loads. Not really sure where the time went. Drank some high commisione(I think it was) with chin chin and kaiko and andy. bumped into the jakil beach crew for jamos birthday on the way to the hive. Ended up in the que with a deflated rubber ring round my neck. we went to the hive with becca and annie and various other people…was fucked by the end of it. Good crack. Tried to buy a kebab, but it was shut. Im gonna try and buy other things instead of kebab…like pizza or something, that’s a bit better than kebab I reckon. Maisie got back just after me, was gonna party with her but I just went to bed instead.Sunday - went and picked my car up(slightly fucked but had to be done) took it to kwik fit with mike for a new washer blade. I figure if I have to sell it, id be aswell making sure its in prime condition so that il get the most amount of money possible. Dropped the car in the drive. Road tax ran out today. So I think that’s the last time il be able to drive it. Did take it for a good rally about the bypass. A farewell send off. So gutted. Went for a sleep at home, and had some steak pie. Got a lift home. Nick and aidan came up for some pre cav carnage. Mike was gonna come but he pussied out and didn’t tell anyone. Drank some beer, listened to music, drank some vodka. Got fucked. Went to cav for about 12. that’s the way forward, no queing necessary. Decided to create a bebo photo album for the night. Some crackers you can see. Best look at them on nicks profile cos hes got more than me. Unless you just wanna see ones that im in because im so amazing. Iv got those ones. Some hammered guy was shouting at the police “your fucking useless, you never do anything”etcetc. So they pushed him over a bike and arrested him. Unlucky mate. Not so useless now. It took me all Monday morning to figure out who id actually been with at cav, other than nick and aidan of course, who were the cav crew. I figured out, we spent most of the night with James, Katy and phillipa a wee bit of mikey in there. Giovanna and Kat aswell actually. Gio had a hockey glove or something on, and was just groping people. Cav was belting out the hits, Don’t stop believing, Loch Lomond - fucking awesome haha. Left about 230, for I was smashed and had work in the morning. Got loads of voicemail from aidan and nick. One which had them running away from the police. Just the sound of them running for ages, then some total rambling sentence.This week - doing some heavy working shifts. Playing with the Marvels at cab vol on wed, supporting Tiny Dancers who are apparently pretty well know…I don’t know them myself. Friday is my 21st birthday party!! Its gonna be awesome. Oddfellows on Forrest road from 730. Followed by Liquid Rooms. Make sure your coming. And make sure to let me know if you are coming, don’t want any unexpected visitors. Get smashed. If anyone sees me leaving, don’t let me, I will try and get a kebab. Do not let me. Waaay party! Chill, and don’t forget to become an idiot.

Capadoccia Is Our King!!

Man this week was fucked up towards the end - I felt my mind unravelling, and my kebab addiction reached a peak.Monday - Did a hosting shift - standard life AGM I think. There was at least 100 members of staff on, ourselves, leiths, security, and standard life. Only 50 shareholders showed up…such a pointless exercise. Boss‘s were still going mad though. All good fun. Finally got a real nights sleep, and I cant tell you how amazing if felt.Tuesday - Exhibition tag team with Jo. We were ordered to stay in the Lomond incase the situation developed. It didn’t. The client was a wee bit nervous, but nice. piss easy shift! Pint in emondo maybe??Wednesday - Hosting all day - all went to plan as I remember. Went for a definite pint in emondo, followed by golf tavern for the champions league.. Lost a pint to Wilson. But we got given pies for half time which was sound. Met Corrine after, and we went to LC. Totally wasn’t really up for it, so I got a kebab and hit the house.Thursday - had a band practise with the Marvels which was cool - almost finished a new tune. Headed back into town to chill. Went home for some fish and chips which was quite nice. Got to drive my car into town aswell. Met Mikey and Kieran at the Tron to watch the football. Mon the hoops. Laura, Wilson and Claire met us there too. Went to Cab vol and found out we’d been put on the VIP guest list….meaning FREE drink ALL night. It was fucking awesome. We heard a rumour that the free drink was running out, so the 4 of us were kindof necking as much as possible. Especially me and laura. MON THE FUCKING HOOPS! I remember frightened rabbit being fucking awesome as usual, then more drinks, more drinks…4 drinks at a time… I rememeber the duke spirit singer had blonde hair… was upstairs… that’s all I remember. Friday - Woke up with no sheets on, in my sleeping bag. My sheets on the floor, covered in puke, resembling a kebab. Was fucked. Text jammy fanny some proper nonsense. La la la la la la sduykgfaufy. Was rough. Realised there was puke down my jeans. must’ve had a kebab since there was a napkin in my pocket. Tough. The day was a stuggle. Well worth it for the night before though, just a brilliant night. Thanks Wilson and Solen.Went into work for 630 at night. Still proper goosed. Was a long night, bunch o pricks in the form of a castle. May have found myself a bass. Just walking out the door at 130, and am asked to put all the chairs away. Gutted. Powered through it, and was given a can of coke for my efforts. Walked home and slept soundly. Saturday - Got up about 3 in the afternoon. Showered, suited and went to meet john at his work. Had a pint, then got the bus to johns. Watched some of the simpsons, john fell asleep.. Good job. So much for pizzas. Aidan eventually came without pizzas at 8 o clock. Just before we were leaving. Rozza gave us a lift to the shore. Went to debbies boat party - really cool, jazz trio and all. Expensive drinks tho…gutted. Good seeing everyone etc. went onto the poop deck with charlotte and stuff, poooop. It was weird being on a boat, because the floor slanted. Walked up to elm row and got a taxi to opium….it was rubbish..eventually got a kebab and went home.. That makes 3 kebabs in 4 days….FUCK. What am I doing. If im ever out with you, if I go to the toilet, don’t leave me unsupervised, watch the door. I need to go cold turkey from kebabs. Its shit. Sunday - got up about 2, casually strolled into town with Nick and got 3 cds. 1 jacket and 1 pair of sunglasses. And a cold drink. And some pasta. No shoes. No I pod. Some drum guy played drum in middle meadow walk. Went home, chilled. Chiiiiillll. Awesome. Next week im working 40 odd hours in 3and a half days - giving me from Thursday afternoon(now!!!) off until Wednesday!awesome. Louises 21st on Friday, Annie and Roisins end of Exams party on Saturday. Perfect.

Not Only Do I Not Know The Answer. I Don't Even Know What The Question Is.

I was wanting to write this weeks blog last night after returning back from a weekend of no sleep - literally I hadn’t slept more than 4 hours since Thursday. I wanted to capture that in my blog. Unfortunately, I fell asleep. Fucking mad.Monday - Got into work to discover that 3 folk had phoned in sick for the afternoon, meaning I couldn’t get away for the recording. Wilson was team leader. Was a bit shit that I didn’t get to record, but they did a decent job of it, and it meant I managed to get a much needed sleep. I was getting fucked with toothache. Tuesday - another full day of hosting..getting old. I was team leader, and was getting pretty stressed about shit. Just petty crap. Grabbed a pint from Emondo, then went home and made some scampi. Pretty good shit, then I slept.(I think)Wednesday - For a ‘part time’ job, there is FAR too much politics, and backstabbing and just general shit. On one hand its really bad that people make such a big deal about minor insignificant details, but on the other hand, its funny as fuck. Got a row from our bosses for leaning on walls, carrying trays of tea to the cloakroom, and putting our hands in pockets. At the same time, we have the delegates, the clients, anyone, coming up to us and saying how brilliant we are… I don’t understand… lol.. Funny. Joanna gave me a psychological examination to determine why I was being such a dick as a team leader. Haha. She had some good points to be fair haha. Went home for a bit, then went home for some tea.I hadn’t been in my car for a month, so I went to take it for a spin… battery dead. Shit. I put it in second gear, and rolled it down the hill, while turning the ignition - to give it a rolling start. didn’t work. Car stuck at the bottom of the hill, hah.Got a lift to nicks to watch the huns get fucked. My night was made by switching on the news to hear “Rangers fans rioting, fighting with each other” Animals. Wahey. Thursday - Nice easy shift. As I remember it. Went to pick up my bass from the studio, then went to meet annie(after getting lost a lot) at stockbridge. We then went to see Corrine and Mazzas Clockwork Orange show - which I must say is very impressive, and quite erotic in places. I saw cleo afterwards, which I thought nothing of. Walked annie to get her bus, then met Donald, then met lorry, then chin, and finally made it home. Tried to buy tickets for Cascada, but it wouldn’t work. Friday - Day off work yaas. Marvels practise at 2-5. Much needed, but I was knackered. Went home, got a tough Chinese - a real struggle to eat. I was almost sick afterwards. Lay down for a while. Cracked on some load, and did the ironing. Then headed to the ark to watch some band…some good points, but were distinctly average. Went to the hive, don’t remember too much… just dancing a lot, twin lying on the dance floor. Funny haha. Did the Macarena a bit, and shouted T in the fucking park! Was nailed. Fucked about til 6 or something, fucked. Saturday - John said he was gonna pick me up with me amp… turned out this was just a dream so I had to hastily make other arrangement. Went for an arcane corps practice, which turned into a tidy session. I was fucked. Went to pick up the car from home. Battery still dead, and my dad had rolled it into a bush. Covered in snails. We got the guy out, juiced it up then I picked nick up. We then went to pick dave up to go to Glasgow..but he couldn’t make it because he had to return a DVD to blockbuster.. What an excuse. Fired through to QMU. Saw the music playing football, and beeped them. Met Sadie. The Music rocked, kick ass. Went to Christy’s flat and met Cor and Tam. Didn’t end up going to ABC til 1230, and I totally wasn’t up for it. Got a taxi there, then a taxi back, then drove to Edinburgh. I was so tired. Struggling to keep my eyes open, just focused on two red dots in the distance. Really stupid, cant believe I did it. Got home like 230, went to sleep.Sunday - Up for 7, in to work for 730. Played minesweeper all day. Got my score down to 117 medium. Boring day.. Finished at 6, and drove to the ark for my gig. By this point im sleep walking. Slept while the other bands sound checked. Soundcheck was ace. Went for a fruitshoot in sainsburys, as they had no suitable pancakes. Gig was pretty good, albeit empty - a good practise as we had changed a few things about. Drove home, then got a bus into town - totally fucked at this point. Saw Cleo again, and at this point I am reminded that before she went to Thailand, she stalked me. I am also reminded that she told me she moved into a flat round the corner from me. Uhoh. Got home and went to bed. I have never felt so happy lying down. It was bliss.Next week - Debbies 21st. Celtic shall claim the league on Thursday. Not much else other than work. Remember my 21st is 6th June at Oddfellows. Let me know if your coming. T looms close.

IN THE SUN WE ARE A BLAZING - THE NEW SINGLE

Pretty good week - I had some fun, and that’s what matters.Monday - Client porter in the morning. I somehow convinced myself that an 845 start was late. As a result I was fucked from the night before. Easiest shift in a while. The client team gave a good hand, and there wasn’t much to bring in - making my shift easy. Finished at 1, SUMMER IS HERE. sat in the grass with Chazza and Rossco. Got my haircut by some whore who doesent understand anything. Bitch. It’s not that bad(or is it?), it could be a lot worse put it that way. Went and lay in the meadows for a while with Dave T, Fraser n co. Early to bed.Tuesday - Had a morning concierge shift. 530 IN THE MORNING! The worst part about it was that noone actually arrived until 730. Typical. Ah well, it gave me time to think. Was dead up until 12, then all hell broke loose. Went and sat in the meadows for a while, Tori and Kristine came to give me beer. I then went to see Chutes and Frightened Rabbit. Chutes, as usual. Frightened Rabbit were awesome. Although they didn’t play Set You Free. Which was the reason I got into them. Ah well, still bloody good - the drummer is a beast. I wouldn’t like to have to dance next to him. Went to doctors for 1. And we were all itching for a 2nd, although noone wanted to admit it. After a while we left. Got a micro pizza..CHICAGO STYLE.Wednesday - Hosting all day - I don’t remember the specifics of this day, but it was probably ok. Probably went to Emondo for a pint afterwards. Followed by meadows.Thursday - Same as Wednesday. Think I went for an arcane corps practise. Got a kebab and met annie n Roisin in the meadows.Friday - 630 start on FS. Heavy going, but Pete bought us breakfast to thank us. That’s as good an incentive as any. The rest of the day was spent active, but not too active. Got a Chinese.Saturday - Concierge all day - quiet day, John bought me breakfast - pumped out wish you were here. Nice quiet day, the sun went hiding and there was thunderstorms. Tis all good,Met Aiofe to go see Coz and Maz’s show - but we failed. And did some stuff I’m not proud of - SORRY. Will be there this week without fail. Ended up quite drunk, and went to Claire’s party at brunstfield, got hammered and ended up with a kebab. I tried on some shorts which were shorter than my boxers. Drank loads of vodka. Kebab came calling after less than an hour.Sunday - Woke up, stood on a jalepeno. Damn Kebabs! Recklessly made my way to Daves studio for arcane Corps recording. Now, any recording iv done in the past has gone - Drums, Bass, Guitars,sVocals. In that order. Ramage goes Drums Guitars, Bass, Vocals. Not a bad thing necessarily - just means I didn’t get anything done on the day I thought I would be doing stuff. Consequences for the next day. I got Sweet and sour chicken, and a pint in emondo. I have been suffering from toothache all week - its severely shit. Summer is here, and the goose is getting fat. My Birthday is 6th June at a secret location - if you want an invite let me know, I will be inviting people soon.Cheers!

This Isn't The Door...

Well.. Well indeed. Summer is here I believe, the weather is immense. A goood week, although I’m suffering for it now. Actually, it was a cracker of a week.Monday - Did a cheeky wee shift at work, Treasurers conference, in question and answer all day. Actually pretty interesting in places. Some quite high profile speakers. 1 of the client team was giving a bit of chat, nice blonde but too stuck up her own ass. Not that hot anyway. Arcane Corps practise at night. METALTuesday - Same again, Q&A all day, although this time the speakers weren’t as interesting…it was all about tax. My god. I was hallucinating. Kept imagining I took my phone out my pocket, but actually I didn’t. fucked up. Was knackered by the end of it. Walked past emondo, Kristine said I looked like id just come from work, I said ‘that makes sense’. Then she brought me a pint over, n I was like NOO I need to go. But I took it anyway. Thankyou. Went home for a Chinese, it was very good. Waiting for the bus at the Tryst bar, police car goes past with lights but no siren and turns into the pub. Then another, then another, then a van, then a jeep. They were all doing dodgy driving. 3 of them going across the roundabout at the same time. And stopping dead with a car right behind them. Driving with no lights etc. Then an ambulance came. And eventually they all left. Wonder what happened…Wednesday - Q&A in the morning. Seems Dyson have invented the solution to shit hand dryers in toilets. Its amazing.(as far as hand dryers go.) Went home for a quick snooze, and was back in to man the concierge desk at 6. Finished at 11. Taxi to odd fellows to meet Stina and Niketa - saw Claire too. Vodka. Liquid rooms. More Vodka. Joe came and it was his birthday. Saw many people. WE DO NOT CONFORM. I was wearing my suit. Good crack. It reached a point where we were standing still, and niketa would just fall. Like I cant figure out how she managed it. More than once haha. They left. I boogied for a bit. Then left. Halfway home realised I didn’t have my keys. FUCK. Text flatmates and luckily Ali got it, and let me in. phwew. Thursday - Set my alarm for 630, giving me plenty of time for a 730 start. I did wake up, but next thing I know its 745, Wilson text me. Sprinted in and made it for 8..no one noticed. Although they may have noticed that I was a mess, stinking, and talking utter shite. Was mashed up. It was a long and tough day, very tough. ARE THESE FLOWERS FOR ME. Finished up, and swung by Emondo for 1 drink. 5 pints later, I was on my way. Went up to liquid room and thank god they had my keys. So relieved. My god. Walked home and slept a good sleep.Friday - Gig in Arbroath with the Marvels, supporting parka. Debuts playing too. Drove up, via Burger King. Got to the venue. The weather was so nice. On the beach where they found that head. Parka were sound checking, DISCO DANCER. What a tune. Drove about trying to find a cash machine. Discovered that instead of going for the norm, and Spreading cash machines out, Arbroath decided to put 10 cash machines in a 20 metre radius of each other. Nowhere else. We played our set - the place was dead. We didn’t get on til about 11. Most of the set went well..andy had blood pouring from his finger for the whole set. Something went wrong with scapegoat(ie we didn’t remember it) so we only played 5 bars of that. Got chatting with some nice young girls, Anderson and Diamond. Good crack, I liked them. Had some banter in the band room. Some fight started outside because someone was hit by an arrow. Turns out Parka didn’t get to play…they ran out of time… supplying all the equipment, on their headline tour…and they don’t get to play.. How shit. Always happens in Arbroath. Drove back to Edinburgh with a very intense conversation about stuff like Hitler, killings, death, genocide etc. quite intense considering it was post gig. Madness. Got home about 3. Saturday - chilled for an age. Dave from Arcane Corps came round to go over some tunes with me. Played some Mario Kart too. Went to see Carrie doing an acoustic set at the wee red bar with Craig, Kieran, Pete, Liam. They girls that Carrie calls friends were there too. Was a good set, couldn’t stop laughing during Better Off This Way because the wee red bar looks like where we did the awful video for the song. We went to Rush after. Rush is evil. Evil. £1 a drink fucks you up. I don’t know what happened. I wanted to have a good night out, go to the hive or something. I ended up in bed by 1230, because I was so fucked. Too much vodka. I got a kebab tho. So its all good really. Sunday - Got woken up, in my comatose state, at 930 by some guy standing in the meadows with a microphone, shouting ‘May The Fourth Be With You!’ and other random shit. I was so pissed off. Properly raging. Had to go and sleep in the kitchen, but I didn’t figure this out for 2 hours.I had a craving for greggs, but mike was being uninformative. Eventually ventured out for a sandwich at 3ish. Got a beast, it had 3 bits of bread and was awesome. Picked up by Dave and Jones, and went for an arcane Corps(its pronounced Core btw, like the army!) practise, before our gig at banner mans(if I don’t do them as separate words it changes to anurans). Dave T’s mate Stu came to film us. They had been hitting it pretty hard the night before. In the practise room, theres a double door. Stu opened the first one, to be met by the second door. Said ‘This isn’t the door’ looked round the room for the other door, and was so confused when he didn’t see one. It was so funny. They were both mashed up haha, amazing. Headed to anurans,(you know it lol) for the gig, we didn’t get on till about 1130. Bit gay but whatever. Gig went well, considering I only know half the songs. Went up to the hive for a post gig 1 drink. didn’t work. I somehow convinced myself that an 845 start in the morning is late. So I got hammered in opium. Hazel was there(of course). Walked home about 3am, had some drunken phone chat with Corrine and Mazza. This week should be fun. Frightened Rabbit on Tuesday, cant wait. Beach party on sat, and recording with the Corps on Sunday! Aii good stuff. Currently, some cunt is in the meadows playing the bagpipes, and Im trying to sleep for my 530am start 2moro. Fuck.Party

Hail! Hail!

Didn’t actually go for a night out this week… which must be the first time in forever. Good week all the same.Monday - Got a phone call at like 10am from Charlie, fuck that, threw the phone away. Phoned him back when I woke up at like 2. “can you come in early” Fuck off!! So I went in at 4 to help out the guys, we had a full squad(7 or 8 or 9 or maybe just 6). Good banter, but im not really sure why I had to come in. Turns out 2 of the cleaners got sacked that day for getting caught on camera; drinking vodka, shagging, and then trying to drive away hammered. Whoopsie. We jested that if we were to do the same at that point then they couldn’t sack us, due to the fact that there would be noone to replace them. Indispensable. Jested as we do, that’s a stupid thing to do obviously..DON’T DO IT!Got a call on the radio when having my tea ‘CRUSHER we need more grassy beer gardens, where are you’. Piss off. Got changed and went upstairs. Was john Lewis annual party. A fair number of hot girls. Also Debbie, Barry, and Nadia (not saying that your not hot, but you get separated). Good banter all night, then cleared the cromdale thanks to my team of merry waiters. Thankyou. Tuesday - Spent some time recovering, then learnt some Arcane Corps songs ahead of our jam. Then I cooked some tea for the flat - Taglitelle plus a tub of Carbonara sauce. Starting simple, il advance into a master chef within weeks. Went for a Jam with Arcane Corps, I liked it so I now play for them. Its good to be playing metal again, that low C has never sounded so good. Its really fast, and its cool. Wednesday - Host. RBS AGM. Protesters, police, disputes between shareholders, we had it all. And they ran about an hour late…cunts. Got an hour off to go shopping with Jill and John for my Bob Dylan costume, courtesy of the EICC. Marina was meeting Maisie in emondo afterwards to catch up. So me and Wilson went, and rounded up batesy. Tori Campbell and Kristine were there too. Got pretty pished actually. Went back to the flat where the guys were having gay night. I feel I must explain, gay night is where my flatmates get curry and play computer games like Half life and counter strike; Rather than bumming each other. Me and Maisie played Mario kart. Thursday - Went into emondo where Tori finally cooked me breakfast!!(well a pastry, but its all good!) Then met Jill and the photographer outside the EICC, where we took some cool photos of me dressed as bob Dylan, recreating the Subterranean Homesick Blues video. Went and got some shopping etc, then went back to work. Don’t remember exactly, but pretty standard day.Friday - Mad assed shift. Started at 6pm, finished at 5am. The hosting section was a good laugh, everyone was fucked! Some girl was screaming at me cos she’d lost her ticket. I told her for 20mins that she had picked her jacket up over an hour ago. After a while, and her language getting more and more offensive, her husband came with her jacket. Some guy fell asleep in a chair. Was tempted to drag the chair outside. Quite a funny night. Afterwards, we had to clear the cromdale, completely. My squadron cleared the chairs for me. Then I cleared the dance floor, we were making excellent progress and could’ve been away by 4. Then the other guys sat down. I was like what the fuck are you doing, lets finish and go home. Fucking bastards, was raging, and almost walked home. Then they went for a cup of tea, fannied about. I can understand mucking about during the day, but theres no point in it at night time, I just wanted my bed!!! Cunts. Got home just after 5. Saturday - Recovered from epic shift. Got told major and steve were having a party, arrived to find no party. Nice night so we had a couple drinks in Inver Leith park. Met Roisin too. Walked back and I got a kebab.Sunday - Went to watch the old firm in the IB, which is a fucking awesome pub for celtic games. And its right next door. Great atmosphere, singin loads of songs. Crush n the monkeys practise at night, spent the day finding songs to do. Practise was alrighty. Next week - Lots of work - good to get money again. Giggin on Friday in Arbroath with the marvels, supporting Parka which should be a good one. Then gigging on Sunday at Bannermans with Arcane Corps. Looking forward to that even though im still learning the songs!!Chill!

Sheathe All Your Weapons and Head For The South - Theres gold in those hills.

Pretty awesome week, quite intense - yet relaxed at the same time. Not very productive, but its all good!!Monday - Woke up, went straight to the shops for the new Forward Russia album..YES. Went into work for 1ish… really quiet day, Just me Marina and Wilson on.. Good craic. Went home, and blasted the forward Russia album - its awesome. A bit interesting on first listen, but its definitely a grower! nice sleep.Tuesday - Picked Joanna up and we headed Glasgow bound - some heavy traffic made it a slow journey, but we made it. For the first time, I didn’t get lost on the way to Glasgow. Parked at Karas, and got a taxi into town. Best taxi journey ever, it was actually like being at a Comedy show(not a very good one), he just kept rattling off joke after joke. couldn’t understand have of what he was saying tho. Went to a wether spoons(its not letting me write it as one word, keeps changing it to waterspouts haha) for some nachos. Some old woman was singing hun songs, and then started pulling this young black guy..quite an odd couple. We then of course went to Firewater. Finally found our way to King Tuts..which is really cool, its like a pub, with a venue upstairs. A lot smaller than I expected, but really cool. Forward Russia were awesome as usual, new stuff is sounding intense. Something gives me the feeling The drummer Katie is getting bored of the whole thing. Always looks really pissed off. Good gig tho.We then headed to Kushion to meet iona… I don’t know if she recognised me haha, she was pretty spaced. Just drank for a wee while, then a had a small dance before the fire alarm went off. Got a kebab and headed to Karas. Trouble being she wasn’t there. Had to phone her to get her to open the door haha. The kebab wasn’t very good, and every time I had a bite I got the hiccups. Joanna tried to help by making me drink upside down, but wasn’t happening. I had to keep jumping out the window to throw up haha. Crazy stuff.Wednesday - Had a conversation with kara, then headed home. A crash on the m8, meant there were tailbacks to Livingston, it took 2 and a half hours to get home. Joke. Got well acquainted with the Forward Russia cd. Went home for a sleep, and headed to the church for the gospel practise. Only 3 folk in the band this week! Licensing issues or something means we are unsure whether the show will go ahead!hmm. The guys were having gay night, I went to bed. Thursday - Played Mario Kart quite a lot, then went to see Kat playing at Canons Gait. Good as usual. Had a conversation with some girls about how im such a band whore, which was pretty funny haha..first thing she asked was ’are you a band whore’. Random. Stayed for a few drinks then went for a kebab. Friday - Played some more Mario kart, then went to pizza express for Carries (Fake) 21st. Pollo De Astra is an awesome pizza. Karin gave me a slice of Margharita which was pretty good in itself. Got a slice of Banofee pie, which for £4 I was quite unimpressed by the size of the slice. However it was immense. Had some wine aswell, everyone else made me go for the cheap stuff, which was ok. Not that cheap tho at £14 a bottle. Ended up heading to Why Not afterwards… damn it. Was good(not really), got some drunken dancing on the go with Corrine and LT. Was speakin to some of Carries friend when Corrine runs up and falls on her ass right in front of us hahahahaha. I was good and left about 1ish. Gave corrine some riddles on the way home.Saturday - Worked all day - 8-6 I felt so rubbish, so rubbish. Baad. Had to send an old lady home because she couldn’t tell which way was which. Wound Vicky up, she was shouting at me haha. Went for a couple pints in emondo with Lucy afterwards. Embarrased corrine. Then home for a sleep.Sunday - Marvels practise at 1. Met dave and Fraser in granton square, they gave me a sandwich. Good practise. Came back to find Maisie is here YET AGAIN! Haha. Had some tea and pancakes. Kieran and Mikey came up for a warm can of cider, then we went to que in the guest list for cav..we were the last 3 in, and the bouncer had some good chat. The other que is shorter anyway. Maybe its not now. Got to the end of the que, and it turned out my sister hadn’t actually put us on the guest list.We thought, fuck queing in this - went to Home street bar, played some quiz machine but it kept crashing. So we played Kerplunk, and pissed off everyone else in the pub. I one, with only 1 marble. Headed to cav after a while. The que was shorter. Cav was good as usual. Happy birthday to carrie. Tori and Kristine were there too! Was fun. And Corrine. Other folk were there too. Oh I forgot, im meant to give Macky a race today haha. Some girl called me a gentleman at the end. Haha. Lucy missed her bus, so we came to the flat and played Mario kart till the next bus. Feel pretty goosed today. Got work in an hour, until 2 in the morning. This Thursday im apparently gonna be posing outside the EICC as Bob Dylan, for an EICC photoshoot - Kindof unsure as to how that will benefit the company, but oh well. Goin for a Jam with Arkane Kore on Tuesday, see how that goes. Doing a mental 6-7 night shift on Friday!!! Maybe frightened rabbit on Thursday night??CHEEERS

The Puke Is In The Post

Struggling to recover from my flu/cold/shit/cunt, by the weekend I started to party, which kindof helped things along.Monday - Day at work - My changeover staff(all of them) were late, and 2 didn’t show up. I was raging(why its just a job..) and pissed off..almost walked out. If anyone had said anything bad to me I would’ve punched them. Tuesday - Started to feel a bit better, due to getting on the lemsip, and getting a decent nights sleep. Half day at work, Nice and simple. I pulled Vicky off her(my) seat, looked kindof painful.. Not to worry she got me back the next day. I think I went home and slept after that. Wednesday - Half day at work, yet again. Vicky hit me in the eye with a book of tickets. Pretty sore. Pretty funny tho. Went home for a decent feed. Then drove down to the church for gospel practise. It was ok.. They don’t have enough band members for what their trying to achieve, but taken for what it is - its quite good fun. A real sense of community, and enjoyment from everyone, who doesn’t take it as serious as some other projects iv been involved in - its quite refreshing. The priest gave us cake too.Was considering going out, but was too ill.Thursday - Woke up, and kindof found my eye was hurting a little bit - went to the mirror and had a black eye. Damn that vicky! Wasn’t that bad, but a few folk asked me if id been punched! Had a practise with the marvels, which was pretty cool - had a rubbish steak pie tho. Ugh. Went home and slept(I think) Friday - Crush n the Monkeys practise(Finally!!) Game on, good fun running through some of the old tunes. I wish I’d wrote Cigarettes and Alchohol etc. After that, went to buy Mario Kart - The guy in Game gave me a 5 min spiel about why I should of Pre-ordered it, and and have no chance of getting it for 2 weeks. Bla bla, I told him sorry, and Id pre order next time. I then walked into Zavvi, and the guy was like ‘Yeah, we’ve got loads’ Fuck You game! Mario Kart is shit hot btw, buy it and race me.Then walked down to Mercat to see john at work, wearing a gay wee uniform haha. Makes him look like an old fashioned hair dresser. He let me borrow his cymbal stands, which was good. Got the bus home, then drove to johns to pick up his stands. His cleaner let me in, and looked like she was shutting the door…. Apparently not. One of the cats got out, so I had to spend 10mins helping Johns mum catch the cat. I was late enough as it was! Drove to Dave T’s, through intense traffic. Picked up the rest of the kit. Finally got to Cab vol, and we realised there were no wing nuts for the cymbal stands!! To banana row to get some cymbal stands. Finally back to Cab vol, in time to hear Capstins polo sound checking. These guys are proper dated. Boring. Got ourselves sound checked, then had a nice 10 minutes to relax before getting on stage. Set went pretty well I must say, sounded good from where I was. Good feedback from the audience too. Packed up the kit and headed home. Got a lift into town, and met stevie etc at the tron. Couple drinks, then to rush. Lots more drinks. Then to hive. Met Joanna there. Wasn’t in there for long. Speaking to this girl, and then she starts smashing drinks on the ground. The bouncer assumed it was me - of course a girl would never get mental and start throwing drinks on the ground. So that was me chucked out. Walked home in the pissing rain. Saturday - Aidan came up in the evening for a small spot of Mario kart and some pizza. Then went to see Mike doing his acoustic stuff at fresh.. Pretty good. Stop at the flat to pick up some vodka, then to Riego street for a party. Shouting WAKE UP UPSTAIRS for 30 mins before realising they were awake and partying with us. Pretty raj party. Mike and aidan tried to do an acoustic version of halo(is there any other kind?) But mike STILL cant play the fucking song!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Come ON!! 123123. During this, we noticed a girl was hangin out the window(2nd floor) so we had to drag her in. She simply said ‘I was just picking up my bag’ use the stairs next time ya raj. I threw up after having a shot of vodka. I HATE IT. Aidan shagged some drunk girl in the toilet, what he didn’t realise was that me and mike had already watched her going in there with 3 other guys. …sloppy 4ths aij..good one. - Good Job tho!LT was pretty fucked and some cunt fucked her ipod and drank her vodka. She was going mental. After ages we calmed her down, and I took her to get a taxi. She fucking ran across the road in front of a taxi, almost getting herself killed. Was so close. Scary shit. She let me know that ‘The Puke is in the post’ Which I thought was a crackin line. Sunday - Went for a flat shop at tescos. Im still getting a hang of this shopping malarkey and as such, bought some shite. Went home and got a text from Kat saying she was playing the blue blazer. Figured I aint seen her in ages. It was surreal. 8 folk sitting in a circle, with Kat playing, no mics or anything, totally unplugged. Was really good. I read the setlist out for her. Stuck about for a couple pints afterwards to catch up. I was walkin home past cav, thought id swing by and see who was about. Managed to jump right to the front of the que. Like 30 secs of queing. Luckily, I had the power to resist. Went home and slept!Got forward russias new album out plus their gig at King Tuts this week - Another set of Kats to watch, and Carries birthday. All good crack surely!!Take it Easy!

Microbiology Rules

Pretty good week, by the end of it i am ill. Due to lack of sleep.Monday - Work at 730, totally fucked from the night of cav beforehand. Jesus, i have never(well) felt this bad. To make things worse, i had to spend the day listening to Microbiologists speaking about confusing stuff. Nauseating. I did meet my future wife. Im gonna move to birmingham for her cos shes so hot. Finished work, mad dash to majors for a practise. Ran through a couple tunes..not bad. Came home, and did something - unsure what. probably slept! Tuesday - An 11 hour shift at work! My wife ignored me, gutted. Just slept the whole day. Went home and again, i did something! Man. Wednesday - Worked til 430. picked up the mobile + Stina, and The Dials. Went to see the subways at Garage. Got in on the guest list, plus got to meet the subways after. Subways rocked as per usual. Usual drama in glasgow, why do people always cry and fight!! Went to maxs party. Walked into a room, to be met by vacant stares....quite spooky. Dont do drugs. Had a couple drinks, then slept in a very unfcomfortable position. Katy didnt see me, so threw her shoes at me, thinkin it was the groundThursday - Drove back from glasgow, gave becca a lift. Went the wrong way on the motorway, oops. We stopped off for some pancakes on the way through. Work was the usual stuff, last day of boredom. Was so fucked at the end of the day. I think. Things are hard to recall at the mo, it was so far away!Friday - Marvels practise, down at the depot, was good! Well pretty good anyway. Had been planning to make fajitas when i got home, but ran out of time. Went to harris for some bevving due to mike floyds departure. Was a good, drunken night. I thought i was sober - in comparison to others, i was. But turns out i was actually pretty fucked. Sang bonnie tyler - I am NEVER singing that again(sorry maisie) but it does me no favours. Promised some random girls id sing songs with them, and then hid when it was my turn to sing with them - not sure why - im a fanny!. Apparently, i was singing a lot more than i remember. Got back to the flat, via kebab. And decided to play the wii. One thing led to another, and me and maisie were dancing to the background music on wii sports title screen. As in, we would hang our heads, and when it played the melody, we moved about...how the fuck did that come about!!! I threw up on the way back to the flat, maisie laughed. Apparently at 4 she had to get out of bed to throw up.. yas. Saturday - Felt good in the morning. but as the day went on, my condition worsened. Went to maisie and evans leaving party at night. pretty good fun, but i feel i was conscious about work in the morning, so wasnt really hammering it. Wouldve been better had i been drunk! Just crashed at sarahs to save walking home!Sunday - Early taxi, cool taxi driver. He used lots of big words - "That would be a most wonderful suggestion of a route to travel to our destination with" etc... pretty surreal/mad. Into work, it was ok - Very boring! but i just played computer games and cut vikkis hair for her! She pulled out a clump of mine first!! Finished and went to majors for another practise..such fun. Walking home, ready for bed - John knocks on the window of emondo and invites me in for some climactic drinks. Bad idea. This time however, i manage to refrain from cav, despite some temptations. Met Laura on the way to the flat, and caught up with her, then bumped into LT and rachael, Then made it home! Been feeling very ill this week, so by and large been using it as a recovery period, although im failing drastically as now the weekend looms closer. Gig with the marvels at cab vol friday night! Should be a good one, on pretty early, and its over 14s - so any young cunts wanna come then feel free. we're on about 7.15. out to the pub afterwards of course! followed by hive!Oorah

Cunts

Just spent a time writing my blog with my shit laptop, which keeps jumping all over the place. Too pissed off to write it again, but i luckily saved about half of it. So thats all your getting. You lucky bastards! Although theres some very good crack missing, Including a night of cav, a night of vodka, and a night of lc. I'm trying to be good...but my friends keep making me party!!Monday - Get Up, RECOVER. Thats what i did.Tuesday - What seems like a simple 8-5 shift with the guys. Took us all day to do level 1..n we still had cromdale and lomond. Not our fault tho, We kept running out of clips 'What are clips?' Dunno, but its the reason we cant do any work. haha. And general chaos. It was a mad day, shit kept going wrong. Because of this, me and wilson got asked in for the next morning too. Future tip..if u want more work, dont do your work, and youl get more hours. Watched The Deathproof Tarantino films..dunno what the second one was called. Pretty good!Wednesday - Started work at 6am. Finish at 4. Bit gay, and was pretty tired by the end of it, but was all good. Went to see DMH at night, first went to see Gildoza. Pretty Good stuff! Rockin. Went to tron to watch second half of football, some cunt started on me so i became the bigger man. Apparently later they kicked hells bells out of twin and alec. Cunts, twats.Got to the Ark just in time to see Jakil(got in for free too). Jakil never cease to amaze me. What can i do. Boom, bu Chi.DMH good, although everyone had left. Poor show to all of you, you know who you are!! Good crack. Good catchin up with carrie. Seen ali right at the front of LC que. Like right next to the bouncer. Somehow managed to skip in.

Lets drive to the hive which is a dive to skive... And jive

Crazy assed week - drank about 6 times more than i was planning - but was worth it of course!Monday - Was so fucked for the whole day, felt absolutely cunted. Went to see lucy playing a gig at the ark. Was very impressed, some voice! I heard possibly the SLOWEST ever version of Sonny Came Home, but i dont care because its a brilliant song..fuckin tune. Felt so fucked, and had to go home. Tuesday - Packed all my shit into bags. Pretty Mad. Sorted out all my stuff etcetc. Wednesday - Moving day! Finished packing all my stuff up, etc. Convoy departed 1200 hours. Somehow my dad beat me to the flat. But i tanked it. Unloaded all the stuff with military precision, and headed back to the house. Left the car, had some lunch and walked to the flat. Sorted out my room... Its very strange having all my stuff in a different place. Most strange of all was having a shower. Get used to that shit soon enough tho eh! We were going to First Coast at dalry for Maisies leaving meal, and Vickys birthday. stopped off at Haymarket bar for a quick drink on the way. The meal was awesome. Chargrilled chicken was rather tasty. Sarah got me an easter egg which is awesome. Was so full, but had some ice cream anyway! After that we went to Ryries for a couple drinks, and by this stage was starting to feel quite drunk.A new cool thing to do, when ordering a drink is to say "Suprise me" see what u get! Taxi up to LC. Wish i hadnt gone....... Was well packed. Went home to the flat, a nice walk!. Thursday - A wee shift in the EICC, was nice having a buddy to walk to work with - as well as it only taking 5mins to get there! Alison was on top form, ripping the pish out of the duty managers. We had a military briefing from wilson too! Good crack in total. Friday - Went to see Lycanthrope at Cab vol. The other bands were shit, Lycanthrope however were shit hot! Got some moshin and singin on the go, Rocking as hell. Headed to the tron for a couple, then to rush. Met Everyone there. There was this dude who we were speaking to - turns out he doesent have any friends, just comes out on his own. Funny. Went to the hive. Had some banter with the barmaid. Vodka and all. Passed the plateua and went home...Fuckin kebab yaaah. Woke up with a text from Kara - theyd been stranded by the Swint. Cracking night. Saturday - Went to watch John playing rugby. We arrived at the wrong end, had to walk for about 30mins before we got to the right bit. Johns team got fucking humped, like 80 - 0 or something. He made some good tackles tho. Ruggers a funny old game. Got a burger and left. Quick suit up, and me and aij were on the bus to Next generation. Realised we didnt know where we were going, so the 2 craigs picked us up. School reunion of sorts. PARAMORE. Didnt actually get us that pished. However, murrays wine got him pished. Moved on to marcs party after a while, murray fell asleep, and we played bucaroo. Did some dancin etcetc. Walked back to marcs house, his cousins and shit were hammered.. infact everyone was hammered. Stayed up playin pro ev til 6. Then fucking walked home..gay. So cold. Sunday - Went home for easter. Got some eggs n shit. My sister has already painted my room! Got tea n etc. Went back to the flat. Went to emondo, had a quick pint in. Went and qued for cav for 1 hour and 40 minutes. Didnt get in. Some cunt pissed on Tara, fucking cunt. Mikey then pissed all over us. Decided it wasnt worth it, went to links bar for a couple. Met Kara etc, then hit cab vol. Fucking ace. Sicknote dropped some fuckin tunes, including dance mixes of Seek and Destroy. I spun some girl round 30 times, and then made her run in a straight line. Funny. Some weird cunt called doorsy was there. After, some guys were chatting up the girls, so i acted like a retard, spinning and shouting stuff. He tried to punch me haha. I was acting like Tubby. I was kissing greyfriars bobby...not sure why. We stayed at bobby for about 30 mins, tried to fight some more guys. Went back to nicks for some reason, then walked home. This week - Nothing too much planned...but wel see how it all turns out!!Cheers

This Is A Promo

St Patricks day today, i am nursing a particularly bad hangover from last night! Cant believe im not drinking today, and i cant type.Monday - Was working all day. Shit. Really shit. 12 hours A final DMH practise at night. Some laughs were had, but ultimately i wasnt feeling it. Theyve got the potential, but need to sort some stuff out before they get anywhere. Good times have, and shall continue to be had!Tuesday - Workin 630-1830 - Really shit. Got fuck all breaks, was getting pissed off. Wednesday - Went to dalkeith with mike to record. He didnt book the studio out so it was a wasted journey, i couldve been in bed. Went into work for 1. Finally, a nice easy shift. Such a good de-stresser. Had a pint after work, then had a marvels practise. It was pretty good. Had to drive to silverknowes to pick up mike, cos someone had thrown a bottle of vodka through his bus window. Decent practise, 3 hours is a long time. Went to bed. Didnt get up for along time.Thursday - Was working at night. Was alright likes. Some guy got one of the big wooden screens(fucking big, and heavy) fallen on top of him. Hopsital for him. Some bloke was being a cunt, i sorted him out. Someone phoned me...ash...dunno who that was haah.Friday - Did nothing all day. Had a chinese. oh yeah. Aij came over, we started to drink. Met mike, and pretended we were hammered. Went to the tron, The ugliest guy iv ever seen tried to piss on me in the toilet. Was gonna smack him. The cunts i told them i didnt want a pint, so they got me a shandy! Kara and her scandinavian/dutch friends came along. We went to the hive. Got absolutely hammered. I hate the hive, its so cheap drinks, we just spend our time drinking at the mirrors, then go home. Dont really know what happened. Got a kebab . Mike phoned me in the kebab shop, so i let some glaswegian girl speak. I then met chris taylor. Then got the bus home, with a chat with jammy.Saturday - Was fucked. Had a sudden desire to play super mario. So i drove to straiton and bought it. Dont remember what i did the rest of the day. probably just played mario.Sunday - Walked to banana row, via various destinations. Couldnt even remember which door my new flat is haha. promising. Practise at banana row, learnt 3 new songs. Went to jam house. Was there from 430 until 1. We didnt play until 1150. I was fucking pissed off/tired. The rest of the bands were shite. I dont know if we were good or not. Feedback seemed good, sounded a bit weird on stage. but i guess thats the way it goes. Cant really base my opinion on an empty gig at midnight with no atmosphere. Cheers very much to everyone who stuck about btw, it was a very long night!!Decided to go to the hive. and between 130 and 3, i got hammered. Went back to katys, and woke in the morning feeling very rough. Shes got a well cool house! And a detective dog, who is the man. This week - Going to see lucy playin monday night, move out on wed!! cant wait. Maisies leavin do on wed, Marc, charlotte, erin, alices 21st on sat too!Shall be fun!!ps. check out the new gonzo advert, i love it.

Thats What It Means to be Truthful

Seems like ages ago that this week happened.... i guess it was. Quite good fun, was in work quite a lot...but at least il have cash.Monday - Worked from 8-5, was a day of tactical hiding, quite fun actually. Tuesday - Was meant to be doing Client porter, but anderson took it for me. Giving me my only day off for like 2 weeks. Bliss.Wednesday - Worked 8 - 6 on registration - got to wear a suit. Had to print emails, answer the phone, send faxes etc. On the plus side, i spent the whole 3 days on the internet. (only so much to do online).Had my first jam with the Marvels that night, I had learnt a couple of their songs, and was expecting to have a jam through a couple songs and see how it all felt. 3 hours later... I had learnt about 7 or 8 of their songs, and was almost ready to gig - which will come next sunday. Feels pretty good, we shall see how things pan out after a couple of gigs - but its a very different sound than anything iv done before, and its cool.Thursday - 8-6 again, same story. Told wilson id joined a piano driven indie band. He says 'like Keane?'. I was like well yeah i guess. He then reads one of the headlines on nme.com "KEANE GETS NEW MEMBER". Couldnt have been better... Has Crusher joined Keane??!!FInish at 6, i have 2 options. I could go home, have some tea, get changed, and meet the guys later. OR i could go to emondo, and get pissed until its time for the chutes gig. I stupidly chose the latter. Got to the festival tavern about 9 feeling pretty hammered. Both Chutes and We see Lights were ace(as usual, i need to stop watching them so much!).Friday - came into work for 8 feeling pretty rough, however i had gotten home about 1, while the others had hit sick note, so they felt a lot worse than me! Swapped ties with charlie, for the power tie. Got home about 1, was needing to shower, eat, then pick up the 2some. I fel l asleep! Got up later, and drove to Karas to pick her and Ditch up. We debated over batman and james bond theme tunes before leaving. We pumped Kate nash and drove to glasgow. unfortunately, we missed the right exit, and so had to drive about glasgow for 30mins before we found where we were going. Had some chicken Kievs and lots of undercooked smilie faces for tea. Went to see Kate Nash. Black Kids were groovin. Kate Nash was good... but... all the songs were too fast, the drummer changed some parts - namely the nice snare groove in the middle of We Get On. And the band were a bit pants..apart from panda man. Speaking of the band, the Drummer was major, if major had a gay quiff. The bass player was me, but with girls clothes. No Caroline is a victim...Was gutted.Id taken the morning off work, in order to get hammered.. Noone was up for getting hammered...Stu was being gay, and Kara had to visit her aunt and uncle is 2 places i have never heard of. Gutted.Trying to sleep in the kitchen, about 3am, the door blasts open, and light blazes on. Someone staggers across and pours themselves a drink. Leaves(noisily) without switching the light off. Was well confused.(dazed). Saturday - Drove through to edin, went to McDonalds. Went to work, and spent the first 2 hours doing nothing. Then did a bit of work. Gave John a lift to Colinton. Sunday - in for 7am... Didnt really do much work..got another subway. Hosted till 4.Then got the bus to Mikey from the Marvels house to learn the rest of the tunes. The bus took 115 to get home. Gay. Had a chinese.Next week....got some stressful shifts at work, First gig with the Marvels at the Jamhouse on sunday. Tickets only £3! Worth coming along to. I have limited tickets for £2..how can you say no to that!.Chill.

Who the Fuck is Billy Liar?? Who the Fuck Cares!!

Well, Unfortunately thats billy liar over, and because of the way Iain handled the whole situation, he's no longer my friend. Some good times, but I'v given Iain the benefit of the doubt too many times, and had enough of his shite.Monday - Work, nice wee 11 hour shift - Wasn't the worst thing going on though. John had been pissed off with the way Iain had been treating him - Iain wanted to record all the guitar parts because their his songs(valid point). Iain however was too cowardly to tell John this, and i had to tell him the day before we went in the studio(about a month ago) because if it had gone on any longer it would have really fucked things up(didnt really make a difference tho did it!). So i was meeting iain outside my work, and we were gonna go down to meet john - Who we found out was in crutches. So we were also gonna sort out a solution for Sat's gig. Iains late, not answering his phone(as usual). Went down to meet john, he tells me he's just spoken to iain, and john has quit the band, because iain had fucked him about letting him assume he was gonna record. Iain drove him out of the band, i put an argument to john telling him why he shouldnt leave. He said maybe, if iain had said it, as well as apologizing and acknowledging he was the reason john wanted to leave. Tuesday - I spoke to dave about iains actions, we thought what the fuck. I wrote up an agreement, very fair, myself dave and john agreed - To make things right within the band. Phoned Iain up, and went fucking mental at him, told him to admit and apologize to john for how he had treated him. Wednesday - i gave iain the agreement, said look it over, any changes need to be made we can make them, make it work. We were gonna meet to talk it over and sort it all out. Iain is late, and dave phones me telling iains just sacked the band - wanting to work on his own, cos the band isnt working. Iain doesent meet me, doesent answer my calls. I could understand if he was wanting to go solo, had he met with us to discuss - But i got home to find an email from him. After all we'd been through over the past year and a half , i feel i at least deserve a phone call. He's wrong, because we were fucking perfect as a band, but his cowardice has ruined it, as well as our friendship with him. He had better hope he doesent meet me when im wasted, cos i will fuck him up.Was so stressed, fucked off, went to the pub for a couple pints. vented off some anger.Thursday - I think it was this day, or the day before, i was fucked off about billy liar, Theres talk at work of having no team leaders, because theres no need for them - fuck off, i wont do it then. See how smoothly things go eh. Also all my shifts were getting cut, gay as fuck.Went for a 15 minute power walk to cool off some steam. After work, went to Emondo for a pint. Then to esre at LC - Ace, Ace. Reconsider Me is a brilliant tune, the singers nailed the harmonys! Walked home cos i had no cash for the bus...was a nice night anyway!Friday - depressed because everything in my life seems to be falling apart - Quit college cos it was shit, Quit the band iv been in for ever because i was bored. The band i decided to focus my energy disintegrated because the singer cant speak his mind. What do i do with my life??Did a wee hosting shift, gay. But alright. I dont know which days i felt angry and depressed etc. but by the end of friday i was sound.Pub golf, Pub mario golf - dressed as Luigi, got hammered! Was going round for par, until it took me 15 to down a bottle of vk..something to do with bubbles. Had some serious chat with some folk, good to vent. Some girl bought me a round cos i was dressed as luigi.Ended up at the hive. Got a Kebab, got a taxi home with Aidans dad and Nicks dad. Plus a lift in the flower mobile.Saturday - A complete day of rest. Did fuck all, ordered a pizza. It was 2 hours late, cold, and had the wrong topping...gay.Sunday - At the eicc. Was an alright day, did some walking on the cat walk, and went home earlty.Drove to Shufans for her bday, wowed everyone at my prowess at guitar hero.Some fucking cunt was pissing me off by singing - If im not drinking, dont sing next to me or il punch u!Was an ok night, but went home early. Work at 8.Things are looking good this week, workin a fair bit, gonna get a jam with a band i may be joining, think my future over. Goin to see Kate Nash on fri which will be ace!

ES-CA-LA-TOR

HmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmDon't really know what to do, things seem to be going to shit!Monday - Did a wee shift at work - not too hard, not too easy - Nothing in the building was sound.Tuesday - Was the same.Wednesday - Gig at the Hive. Playing with a few heavy bands - unsure how we'd go down. Gig went very well - not that busy, but as usual, everyone seemed to love us! Finally got to see Dead at The Scene - Good shit, good shit. Unfortunately celtic played dissapointingly in the last 20 mins which i seen. Went to Forest Cafe where Iain was doing a solo set, was pretty good. I hate the forest cafe. Got there, expecting to see iain, he was nowhere to be found - just some weird bitch going "Oooh ya nim non". Asked the guy where billy liar was, he was like "oh typical billy liar fans, cant listen to anything other than billy liar, go and stand outside." Twat, take a shower.Stupidly went to LC after, met Annie and co, first time iv seen annie since before new year..wtf! Lost everyone and so went home.Thursday - Work all day. Friday - Finally broke the ice with DMH...thats me officially out of the band. Had some great times, and its all amicable, but im confident thats best for all of us..i wouldnt be up for putting effort into it, and they need someone who can.Went to work for the best shift in the world ever. I spent the whole night drooling over a bunch of hot as fuck law students. About 70% of them were girls. (i was only drooling over girls, just to clarify). Cracking fun, with loadsof banter. Kept bumping into ppl who knew me, and i generally didnt know them...sorry...im bad with names and faces!Met mike afterwards and went to the all night bakery. Saturday - Watched Thunderball, fell asleep, went to watch the end of the rugby. Then went back to Kierans and played Sonic and Mario at the Olympics on the wii. Quite fun, but also shit in places. How can Mario beat sonic in the hundred meter sprint???? Went to the black rose for first time ever, and then to the mission. Was kindof boring without being drunk, but was a good laugh. found £2 on the ground, which was pretty good. Also met this cute wee girl who had been in the EICC for the fringe. Sunday - Went to lloyds for a roast - unproductive...john wasnt there...uh oh, do i sense something bad happening?? Hopefully not. Went back to kierans, beat fraser at tennis. Went to Jekyll and Hyde where i met Sarah, Maisie, Laura, Tom and Martin. We went to see the dykeenies. EPIC 26 were good. The strands were boring as fuck, not impressed atall! Not really sure what to make of the Dykeenies, some cracking tunes. Most of their chorus's were pretty catchy, some of their verses were a bit unimaginative. Only really The singer and drummer had decent prescense on stage. Given a wee bit more time to develop, i think they could be awesome. Their still very young. Got the bus home!Something tells me this week is gonna be stressful, got about a 60 hour week at work, plus i can see some bad stuff happening...(maybe cos we're already halfway through the week as i write this)Hopefully all will be well.Till next week!

This Is A Problem

An Enjoyable week it shall be said, i have given up drink for lent and it feels awesome.Monday - Recovered from the previous night's carnage!Tuesday - Not really sure what i did this day... not much i dont think.Wednesday - A nice wee 12 hour shift back in the mad house. Team leader, piece of piss, one of the easiest days iv done. Finished, and headed up to the tron with Joanna to meet mike and his band of merry men. This would be my first night out not drinking, and i have to say it was sound. Just watching all they other cunts getting hammered drinking traffic lights. Mike then turned on the serious chat, and i remember it! John poured my pint of water on the floor, so i poured my next one over him. In the future, i dont think il bother getting water, it just makes things worse!! Unfortunately, there always reaches a point when everyone else is far too steaming for you to bear. This happened when Johnny Steel orchestrated the whole fucking group to sing some shite song in a shite voice, iv never heard anything more annoying. I just left.Thursday - Same script at work, except only did a half day. Went to see Chutes and Make Model with Mike, Aij, Laura, Wilson, Ross, Maisie, Martin, Claire, Plus every other cunt that was there. Took the machine with me. Got myself a nice wrap which was spicy as fuck! Chutes, awesome as usual(think iv seen them like 8 times in the past month haha) The place was a wee bit quiet.Iv never seen make model before, they were gooood. To quote mike "I think this is the best thing iv ever heard. Ever." The sound was ace, lights were ace - totally makes the difference having a crew and money to spend!. Managed to get a tasty wee mix cd for driving with. Drove back with 6 of us in the car(including martin, whos a tall fucker!) We got there in the end, and i rallied it back to the tryst.Friday - Went into town to buy a barrage of gig tickets!(infact i may have done this the day before) Dykeenies, The Subways, Forward Russia!!! I dont know anyone else going to The Subways, so let us know if anyones interested?? Their amazing. I love music. Oh yeah.Friday night time shift, pretty dull, pretty funny, pretty mad pretty boobs. Couldve been worse, but left me fucked for the morning.Saturday - Concierge starting at 11. Mike was gay and went home instead of queing for T tickets...for the 3rd year in a row!!POOFThe shift was ok, quiet thing where the fringe council met prosepective acts for the fringe. Sat on the net for 5 hours, piece of piss. Alistair gave me some food which saved me i think!Went home and slept.Sunday - Billy Liar practise at the Depot(oo). Now i know 10 on a sunday morning is early, but come on guys! Maybe its because im not drinking i was able to get up easy and fresh. Went to Paulas to pick up iain, had to phone him 8 times before he came down. Without any shoes on. and absolutely fucked. Went to pick up john, 5 mins late...stole my coffee(which i dont drink anyway, so whatever) Was meeting dave at the depot, cos he was at frasers anyway. Dave was running very late, so me and iain went outside the general area that frasers flat was in(didnt know what one) and shouted "DAVE". Eventually he came down. Got practise underway, and it sounded shit, but maybe that was the earplugs. The Depot is veery good, and will be good once it gets off the ground. Nice ampeg stack! Went to mcdonalds then went home and slept!!Working A Fair bit this week, plus Gig at the Hive on wednesday. Not sure what itl be like since we dont fit into the genre of the night, but we'l see what happens! Goin to see Dykeenies on sunday too which should be ace!Ps - KILLING IN THE NAME OF T IN THE PARK YAAAA

Freshen Up - You've Got To Freshen Up

An insane week - not really sure how half of the stuff happened!Monday - Recovering from the weekend - about time!Tuesday - Recording The Lights Go Out finally! Used 12 mics on the drums, and they sound fucking awesome. Acoustic Guitar sounds ace aswell. Will be back in at some stage soon to finish the rest of it!Drove home thinking i wanted a pancake - walked through the door and was given one!Went to Henrys to see DMH playin acoustic shit. Practised for a wee bit in the Emondo Cellar. Drank some wine. Their set was good -a couple of the tunes are Fucking Awesome - epic as fuck. Afterwards we headed over to Oddfellows for a couple drinks, but were distracted by some girls shouting out of the window. Next thing we know we're up in their flat drinking Jagermeister mixed with Oozo. Went to stereo with them did some tag team dancing. Move of the night(i think) was Forward rolls on the dancefloor. Went with mike to the all night bakery with mike, which was good. Came back to stereo and got in a taxi with John and those girls. Went to the all night bakery, followed by the east end of princes street, followed by their flat - very random route, and i ended up having to Pay some cash! Went in, watched some sky tv and drank some tea!After a while me and john got the bus home!Wedneday - Felt rubbish all day. Chinese new year so i went to Vickys where she cooked Loads of strange(but awesome) chinese dishes - Like actually hundreds of them. All crackin. Apparently Vicky wanted to see what im like drunk(she doesent drink) so she made us drink a bottle of vodka between me and this other woman. Im not really sure what happened to it all, but it was gone pretty quickly, and hence i was fucked. Got a taxi into town with the girl and her kid, then went to LC. Was hammered by this stage, danced for a while with Roisin, Laura, Shona, Katy etc. Threw up in the urinal cos the cubicles were full. Got the bus home with lucy. Boyle was on the phone so we sang (to the tune of skippy) "BOYLE, BOYLE, FASTER THAN LIGHTNING, NOBODY KNOWS, HIS HAIR IS GINGER, HIS NAME IS BOYLE!" Some cunts on the bus told us to shut up so i was like fuck off. Thursday - Was working a 6pm - 6am shift. Was pretty rubbish, not much banter. Afterwards we had to clear the cromdale, just beasted it. Was home by 3. Thankyou Leiths!! Stopped off at the all night bakery again. Friday - Same shift again, but this time it was classy. Mike Floyd was DM, much more relaxed. Mayhem ensued, controlled mayhem. Afterwards i fucking beasted the cromdale, and was done by 3. Mike then made us set up the lomond which i was not chuffed about. John sent me some Gecko porn tho, so it wasnt that bad.Saturday - Went to see the Mighty Arkane Kore at the ark. Just before they came on, i went to pick john up from his work. Got pulled over by the fucking police for going through 3 no entry signs. gay as fuck. Was stressed to the max. Heavy as fuck - Crowd were pretty dull, which i must admit i was apart of - i was too tired to go raj. Some leather clad guy kept shouting at everyone to go mad. Was quite funny. Went to mikes after to watch Superbad, which is fucking awesome. Sunday - Went hunting for a tuxedo tshirt with mike. Went to literally every t shirt shop in town, and nowhere had them - Found some really cool T shirt shops tho, and decided which shops rated well on customer service. Top marks to the boy from the first HandM. Decided in the end, if i cant get a tuxedo t shirt, id be aswell to wear a suit.Met at Johns, and played the worst game of ring of fire ever - John poor show. We tried to get Gecko to eat a locust, but he couldnt perform. Hit cav! Was shit hot at the start. ppl were drinking traffic lights, but apparently their illegal so you have to ask for a pint of water + plus the respective vks. I was drinking Quadruple vodkas in a pint glass. The pussy man came out of the toilet and we had the whole of cav chanting "Freshen up for the punani, punani, punani. Freshen up for the punani, We LOVE PUSSY!"(To the tune of london bridge). We were close to getting chucked out, drinks were flying everywhere. Laura Brown bought me some drinks to apologise for something(not too sure what tho, but not complaining!) Not had a cav like this in ages, fucking awesome. I left to get a kebab, but decided to come back. Fucking stinking of kebab, so sorry to whoever i spoke to. Got some mint of someone, which remedied the situation. Danced in the Cheese room for aaages. Met Giovanna and Kat, went down and danced with them then went back to their house for Champagne and Pancakes - quite random but good. Woke up at 7 and walked home in my suit - Fucking freezing! Mad week, im giving up booze for lent! Starting today! Going to see Chutes and finally Make Model on thursday. T in the park on sale sat morn, so will be up all night on Friday. Think thomas is havin a fancy dress party on Saturday, so im trying desperately to grow a moustache in time. Time will tell.

555 Boford Street

Mental week - Was classy. Monday - Worked at night, walked to work and my hair was electrified! Decent shift, and everyone shimmied out early.Tuesday - Worked at night again, this time on the desk with NOTHING happening. Used the opportunity to do some valuable research.Wednesday - Had a band practise with Billy Liar, awesome as usual. Got a wee look at our new private studio thats getting made. Went to the tron with iain where i met Wilson to go See Make Model and Blood Red Shoes. Turns out it was sold out, and Wilson only had him+1 - there were 5 of us. Also turns out, Make Model had to pull the show cos one of the boys walked into a girder and had to go to hospital. I got the +1 because i had the car, and the other guys went and got drunk. Blood Red Shoes came on and talked for 20 minutes due to technical difficultuies, the crowd were getting impatient. When they got down to it they were pretty good! All a wee bit samey.. Went to the tron for a while then drove charlie home.Thursday - Worked a nice wee 8 - 6. Walked home in the pissing rain.Friday - Commencement of the tour. Loaded up the bus, Billy Liar boys + Chin and Lorry(sorry man, its gonna stick)We bought some walkie talkies to communicate in the bus cos it was so big. They also made a very annoying feedback sound when you put them together...annoying for john. Up to Aberdeen, stopped off at Donnoter Castle. Played Usual spot - it started Blizzarding. Sang Blazing Squads new hit single - In The Snow. Made it to Aberdeen, had a Steak Stir Fry. Headed to the venue. Changed bus from Travel mode to Dressing Room Mode. Had a beer, went on, did our thing - Natalie came along too - good show. Afterwards we got wasted. I walked into a toy forklift. Some mad Bagpipe Punk band playing haha. OI Polloi were pretty good. Cut my head in a human pyramid. Ran about for ages looking for a Kebab shop. We got a 7 seat taxi to 555 Boford street, john communicated in the front via walkie talkie. I got out the taxi and ran to the garage, shan served me. walking back, i slipped in the snow and covered myself in bruises. Had a few drinks at chinnerys, Slept on a fucking bean bag which was so uncomfortable. Saturday - During the night chinnery walked in, took daves bottle of JD and walked out. Went to wetherspoons for breakfast, i threw up after eating an egg. Came back to find my breakfast was gone. I was told the girl was keeping it warm for me(duh). I went to ask for it back, knocking over a chair on the way. the girl didnt know what i was on about. Came back and it was on my table...bloody stupid. Loaded up the bus, and hit the road. A collective decision for mcflurrys was made. Bellshill tonight. Stayed at Stephs in glasgow. Pulled up at bellshill, it was such a shit hole, and we were scared of getting stabbed. Turns out 2 bands had pulled out. Only us and 1 other. As a result, it was dead, it hadnt been promoted well. Maybe 20 folk there.Was good fun though. Everyone thought we were awesome - which we were - There was a cd player on throughout our whole set, playing songs such as shakira. It was quite tho, so not too bad. We fucked up the start of is it me. Had to start again. Iain started playing The Usual Spot with his Capo on the wrong fret (We had worked on this during practises) I was all like 'Stop, Look at your guitar'. The ending of Techno Party Sounded awesome. Weve decided to throw in ASBO as an encore type thing for all the punks. Got drunk afterwards. During the next bands set, John was holding iain upside down. I punched john and they crumpled to the floor. Iain then fell through a table where some old guy was drinking his pint. Brilliance. Daves shades got smashed ahaha. The roughmute lads drove from Falkirk to see us, thats a good effort. Cock had a matching cut on his forehead to me. His was a bit bigger cos he walked into an actual forklift - The accompanying story was class. Back to glasgow. Couple beers at stephs, then walking along glasgow singing songs and drinking. We got stopped by undercover police. Dave was asking them if our walkie talkies would work on their frequency hahahaha. Dave talks utter shit, its so funny. We went to the QMU while john went away shagging at 555 Bofurd Street. There was actually NOone in the QMU - whats that all about? we couldnt find anyone in glasgow atall. I had the worst kebab ever - ever ever. Im not having another kebab till march. Gay. For some reason we got a taxi back to stephs, which was probably a good thing since we were walking the wrong way. got their, and john wasnt there. and we didnt have keys. Eventually Steph let us in..apparently she was awake. John returned, covered in scratches similar to that if he had fought a mountain cat. I SLEPT ON A FUCKING BEAN BAG AGAIN!!!!Sunday - Went for breakfast in good old papa gils - was a bit rubbish. £1.50 for a can of coke which tubby assumed was free with the breakfast. Oh yeah, tubby came too!! Loaded up the bus and hit the road. Back to Johns to clean the car, i finally found Mr Samsung. 5 of us squeezed into the lupo. To EMONDO. Had a fair share of wine. Went to Mr Modos with Sarah and Maisie for some cocktails, was good fun. Not too much on this week, doing a couple 6pm till 6am shifts at work, will be mad. Going to see Arkane Kore at The Ark on Saturday. Till next time - go to 555 Boford Street

Who are you to(Insert Name)?

Back to the working week - Was a good laugh, followed by an insane weekend.Monday - Very quiet shift - just me and Vicky working, but it was a good laugh! Billy Liar band practice??? If it was today, it was good, a very good.Tuesday - Bank o Scotland or something in, quiet day - but a good crowd working. Duty manager seems to have had a very pleasant change of attitude - quite good craic. Walked home after work. Wednesday - Social works in, dull as fuck conference, but a good crowd working, banter. Ran home after work, slowing to a walk after the big fuck of hill at cluny. Followed by more running.Thursday - Same game, easy peasy. Walked home after work. Friday - Same game. Had some of Jimmys fine haggis. Was fucking awesome actually.Was gonna go to see the Felt Tips at cab vol, but i just had no energy left.Saturday - Was meant to be gigging, but it got cancelled cos ponana are twats. Will be rescheduled to cab vol. Instead, we went to a party. Dave came up to mine for some chinese, guitar hero and vodka. Got the bus down and met Joss. The house was fucking massive. 4 floors, 7 bedrooms, 8 bathrooms, 4 front doors and a twister mat. Didnt really know that many people, so just drank loads. It was a bit rubbish, such a big house, everyone was spread out. I remember dave and joss having an intense conversation about Metal Gear Solid, while some mental opera music played in the background. There was this guy called Jonny Smallcock, locked himself in the bathroom and tried to rape ppl. he slept loads.When he woke up, i dubbed him an Honorary Water Poof - Good effort. Some weird guy got a taxi to asda with this girl at 5am. They came back with shephards pie...WHO THE FUCK BUYS SHEPHARDS PIE???!! They came in the door and he was like "We are now officially an item". When he went to the toilet, the girl was like "help me, hes so weird". I was pouring myself a vodka lemonade. Put some vodka in, followed by lemonade. Tasted it, and thought 'this is very strong' I then realised id actually filled it up with vodka. We and dave left at 9am, and departed left onto champagne street. Walked home, and anytime dave stopped to roll a fag, he dropped his filters everywhere. haha. Decided that in the future we should all get a mansion on hermitage drive. phoned john and spoke to him on speakerphone. Phoned iain, and he was quite sleepy. haha. Got home and played guitar hero, absolutely smashed. Its so hard when drunk, and u cant focus. Slept till about 530, phoned a pizza.Sunday -(half of its up there)Went down to mikes to meet them, me n mike went to the tron bearing gifts for Ditch and Hazels birthday. Was good seeing everyone, and i was tripping out of my head. We were sitting in the weirdest corner haahaha. Went to the hive and met the STEEL. Did some funny dancing on a skateboard. Mike was being a gay boy, so i went for a kebab. Bad kebab, im sick of them.(shock)Working most nights this week, followed by gigs in aberdeen and glasgow this weekend. - Back on the scene!! Crack out the bus. MADNESS