28 Days (or thereabouts) Later

Apologies!!!!! Yes I know there's really no point, since it's been over a month since the last post. I have handed in my thesis, and I was quite happy with the final product, so let's see how the grading goes! In the end the entire thing came to about 11 thousand words, and covers history, to war, to criminal law, to post-modern language games. But it's good to have it out of the way, that's a whole load off my back.

Other than that, I have just been studying for my only class. However, it has to be the most content heavy class I've ever done in my life. So that will make it quite tough. But that's alright, I have until the 8th (which is my exam date) to get a good summary going and understand a few more of the concepts that I didn't get before. Should be doable with the time I have remaining.

Haven't heard too much from the other, as he has been incredibly busy. I have been getting back into the swing of nightly practice/warm ups for guitar and it has been doing me wonders. Previously I had lost the ability to pick anything while standing, only chords. But my co-ordination and dexterity has improved a thousandfold with a few nights practice in a row. I feel good! I really should start writing down chords and progressions that I love, cause I record them and give them stupid names, and then I study and don't play guitar for a while and then I come back and I am unable to remember what chords they are and it sucks, cause it's good melodic playing. I've also been using new mu chords. They were made famous by Steely Dan (I haven't heard any of their songs) but I got a chord list of some open and moveable shapes, and they are gorgeous chords, they add a lot to a piece.

Troy is on tonight! It's not very good, but at least it's watchable, so here's to that. I'm quite close to finishing M2TW! After ages! Hooray! I think after that I might start up an Egyptian campaign while starting up my MTW game with the Moors.

What else is new with me? Not much actually. I think I'll leave it there for today. I'll try to keep updates coming as I get thoughts back into my head, instead of lost to the vast recesses of nothingness! Have a nice day folks.

Pop like a robot from 1984!

Yes, God help me I have actually been listening to Arctic Monkeys and that stuff is addictive. I've realised that I have a liking for non-sequitirs, but I don't think I could ever use it in my own stuff. I really should write something in an odd key, like E flat minor or G Sharp Major! Good for the skills you know.

With all the work I've been doing on the thesis lately, I have lost a lot of guitar skills. It might be due to my long nails but that usually doesn't interfere with my picking skills, cause my ability to alternate pick fast has gone right out the window, or maybe I'm just losing fine motor skills! Lovely!

Death to Microsoft! They made all XP users update to Windows Live Messenger! We had no say in it at all, they said you had to update in order to sign in, those bastards! Nobody should be able to call the shots like that! I like to use classical stuff if it works! It's slow, cumbersome, but it does look good. The other uses it in his comp but his comp is very streamlined and able to run everything!

Windows live Hotmail is crap too, sure it looks flash and everything, but the change to my usual interface is just so ridiculous, I don't know where anything is anymore! Where is the CHOICE. In the rush to be new, it gets shoved down our throats and we have no choice but to adapt or be left behind.

I watched Kingdom of Heaven last night and may I say, WOW! It was a bloody spectacular movie, and now I must buy the Director's Cut DVD. I've had a hankering for Hollywood Dramas of the Medieval/Roman period, after all my doco watching of the same era. I also wanna watch Alexander, but I think I'll either download or hire that cause I've heard bad things!

My thesis is coming along, slowly but surelyyyy! I will just be SO happy when it's done. I thought it was all under control, then as I ventured further today, I realised I have a lot more to write and I think I might go over my word limit substantially, hopefully nobody will notice since it's meant to be a big piece anyway!

I'm out, have a nice day folks. Till next time! Johnny Marr's playing in This Charming Man is superbbbbbb! It's too good, I think I can listen to that on repeat forever.

Where's all the confusion?

It's strange how I've noticed that as the older I get, I run into more people who have to take medication on a daily/weekly basis. How many sick people in the world are there? It's grose, watching people get ready at the start of the week sorting pills. People wonder why it's so easy to get addicted to things, where society sets us up from birth to pretty much be addicted to anything.

I have started to get really addicted to The Smiths - This Charming Man. I never would have guessed such a great melody could have come from an A major scale. I don't use it much, but after listening to this song (and learning it, which was a real bitch cause it's so hard to play well), I think I might have to use it for some things. Like seriously, I'm hooked on it (did someone say addict, haha) and I just listen to it on repeat over and over.

I also committed Chris Cornell's You Know My Name to memory, something I've been meaning to do for a while. I also need to do the same for James Morrison's You Give Me Something, then all shall be good with the world.

Haven't been up to much. Just meeting up with the other sporadically as we are both busy with work.

Evil? Thesis be thy name!

I have been SOOOOOO unmotivated this semester, it's almost sickening. Been doing practically 80-100 words a day in stupidity on assignments and a thesis. It's pretty messed up, I don't think it makes much sense. Let's see how the final product pans out.

That's it for now folks. No thoughts in my mind at all. Not even anarchy. Wow! Have a nice day!

It's Alright To Die

I just watched Final Destination. It was incredibly entertaining, I enjoyed it! And damn it, Devon Sawa is a competent actor. Never thought I'd be saying that. But there's a good lesson to be learned from it. We are going to die someday. Today, tomorrow, a few days, a few years. It's going to happen. So you should try to do something with your life, and make it worthwhile, cause you don't know when it's going to hit you. I'm ok with my mortality, once you accept it, it's ok because you feel a good degree better. So do something! Do something fun. Do something you've always wanted to do.

I hope I go out nicely. But who knows, it's not for us to decide!

Have a nice day folks!

Some People I Know Think That I'm Rude And Abusive, I Think They Can Kiss My Ass

I have been absolutely obsessed with Daughtry's It's Not Over. I think it's the perfect blue print for a rock song by numbers. 3 Chord chorus progression, alternating riffs for verse, soaring vocals, the only let down is the solo. I learned the whole thing, I just had to, I really like it! I know it's half a step down, but with the exception of some of the open notes, I can play it damn it and sounds right (cause I play in standard)!

I have been incredibly slack and stressed yet busy at the same (good sense I Make yes).
I have to reiterate how crappy and incompetent my university is. They love putting students in catch 22 situations with no help.

Case in point? With Honours currently I have to do a proposal for my paper. Easy? You'd think so. Then I keep getting feedback saying it's too general, and that I have to narrow it down to chapters and how I'll conduct my argument. Well that would be easy, if I HAD A BLOODY TOPIC AND THEY TOLD ME HOW TO NARROW IT DOWN! On top of that, how am I meant to write about chapters I have not written or planned out, cause my proposal isn't done? It makes no sense and once again goes to show how fucking stupid they are. The thesis is due in week 13. Next week is week 5. It is meant to be 6-8 thousand words. I have done zero. Because this fucking proposal thing is taking so long to sort out.

I am really on edge about this, and frankly I'm starting to not care. Which is not good, because I am unable to withdraw, because I'm worried my future employment or pay is contingent on my Honours, and if I withdraw this late (even through no fault of my own), I will incur a HECS penalty. Thank you Government, for your blatant stupidity and lack of reasoning in policy for having the HECS cutoff date so early in the semester, and with no possible recourse for grievances. I may have to resort to chucking a psycho and yelling at people towards the end of semester.

On top of that, I have an assignment given out next week, hooray for crapness! It's for a subject I'm not really understanding, or maybe I'm overthinking it and it's incredibly easy.

Ahhh that's it for tonight folks! Have a nice day.

I've Got A Feeling, I'm Not The Only One

Ever had one of those days where you stay in bed and you feel everything is going grand. Then no sooner do you get out of bed and it all goes downhill fast? Today was one of those days.

I hate my university. The admin, the teachers, everything about it is just awful. They can't do anything right really!

Been watching a lot of pay tv lately. It's quite good. I like educational stuff. Always learning something new.

Sometimes you just can't be tere for people, and it's not good.

My thoughts are becoming fragmented. My playing is getting better and better. Is that good? Are they linked? Who knows.

Some surprises can be shocking.

Have a nice day folks!