Hi everyone...
I hope your Christmas's have gone well & you've not over indulged yourselves too much !! Ours was pretty good... as I've written before....
Anyways - this is just a quick "Hello" type of post.... to wish you all a happy New Year & I hope everything goes well for all of you !! Our Prayers are with Lady V & Sir J at the moment... God be with you both, at this time of loss. We love you guys.....
Anyways - with 'Dark Side Of The Moon' blasting away, just below deafening in the back ground - I will away... thank's for logging in my Russian friend........ until next time..
Bye Bye
Tuesday, 31 December 2013
Friday, 27 December 2013
Lot's of pressy's !!
Well "Hello" World's !!
It's a very wet & wild Friday - here in old England.... I don't know why I say that !! "Old England" - after all, everywhere on this 3rd rock from the Sun, is approximately the same age, so....
Nevermind, it's a Friday & it's wet outside - again !! Oh well... it hasn't been too bad over the last few days. I know some places, around the country, have had a really bad time of it.. with high winds & rain - bad, it seems to have missed us !! Mind you - we did have a rough spell of it, a few days back, so.... it must of moved on by.....
Enough of the weather forecast !!
"The Family !!"
As it's been Christmas - I'm very happy to say - all of the family have been here together, over the last few days. J came home from Uni & with ME not having to work on Christmas Day..... well, it has meant a lot, to have everyone, here, under the same roof..... especially at this special time of the year !!
At this very moment - B is having a rest (on the bed).... after a very hectic few days of cooking & looking after us all, bless her !! To have the whole family together - well, it has meant a heck of a lot, to all of us - B especially so !! So - she is having a well deserved rest !!
Up in his room.... J is getting some stuff together, to take back to Uni - tomorrow.... and ME is working. She did a late yesterday & an early this morning - so, I expect her to be tired when she gets home !! Oh well - the joys of working hard - I remember it well !!
So - apart from the cats... that's the family !! It has been great to be all together again !!
As for me... well, I had to go down to the surgery, this morning - to have another dressings change & that - as always - hurt like hell !! Over the last few days, the pain has increased quite a lot - so much so, that I tried calling my doctor, a few minutes ago, to see if he had any recommendations.... unfortunately, he is away now, until
Monday !! Bummer !! I will have to deal with it - I'm sure I can get by.... even if it means a little bit of OD'ing on the pills !!
I did feel quite guilty, on Christmas day....... as one of the nurses had to come out, to the house here, to change the dressings !! Honestly - it has got to some sort of point, when nurses have to come out, on one of the most important days of the year, just to sort me out !! Oh well.... I can't thank them enough, for all that they have done, for me, over the last few months !! Bless them.....
As for Christmas Day itself - it really was a wonderful day.... well, I thought so !! Apart from all of the family being here - plus M, in the evening - the gifts were flowing well..... for me, lots of Cd's & stuff..... not to mention a couple of big pressy's from everyone !!
J gave me some of my all time favourite "sweets" and various things.... all of which I really do appreciate ...... but, I was also spoilt by being given a "Blue-ray " player from ME & M - to help me watch my 2 Blue-ray discs !! Add to all of the above - B gave me a 100w iPod docking station....... and that will certainly come in handy !! I tell you all - I have been well spoilt !!
The Cd's - well... I sort of bought them, for myself.... as part of my Christmas gifts !! We went up to Weston, to pick J up (from the railway station) and - to kill time - we went around the shops, including one of the better Cd shops, in the area !! I'll write about them, the various Cd's, over the coming weeks - there are too many to write about them, tonight !!
For now... I will away !! I know this is only short - but, I'm a little too tired to write much more..... the words on the screen are merging together & that's not good !!
So, as always - I thank you for logging in & reading my words...... until next time....
Bye Bye
It's a very wet & wild Friday - here in old England.... I don't know why I say that !! "Old England" - after all, everywhere on this 3rd rock from the Sun, is approximately the same age, so....
Nevermind, it's a Friday & it's wet outside - again !! Oh well... it hasn't been too bad over the last few days. I know some places, around the country, have had a really bad time of it.. with high winds & rain - bad, it seems to have missed us !! Mind you - we did have a rough spell of it, a few days back, so.... it must of moved on by.....
Enough of the weather forecast !!
"The Family !!"
As it's been Christmas - I'm very happy to say - all of the family have been here together, over the last few days. J came home from Uni & with ME not having to work on Christmas Day..... well, it has meant a lot, to have everyone, here, under the same roof..... especially at this special time of the year !!
At this very moment - B is having a rest (on the bed).... after a very hectic few days of cooking & looking after us all, bless her !! To have the whole family together - well, it has meant a heck of a lot, to all of us - B especially so !! So - she is having a well deserved rest !!
Up in his room.... J is getting some stuff together, to take back to Uni - tomorrow.... and ME is working. She did a late yesterday & an early this morning - so, I expect her to be tired when she gets home !! Oh well - the joys of working hard - I remember it well !!
So - apart from the cats... that's the family !! It has been great to be all together again !!
As for me... well, I had to go down to the surgery, this morning - to have another dressings change & that - as always - hurt like hell !! Over the last few days, the pain has increased quite a lot - so much so, that I tried calling my doctor, a few minutes ago, to see if he had any recommendations.... unfortunately, he is away now, until
Monday !! Bummer !! I will have to deal with it - I'm sure I can get by.... even if it means a little bit of OD'ing on the pills !!
I did feel quite guilty, on Christmas day....... as one of the nurses had to come out, to the house here, to change the dressings !! Honestly - it has got to some sort of point, when nurses have to come out, on one of the most important days of the year, just to sort me out !! Oh well.... I can't thank them enough, for all that they have done, for me, over the last few months !! Bless them.....
As for Christmas Day itself - it really was a wonderful day.... well, I thought so !! Apart from all of the family being here - plus M, in the evening - the gifts were flowing well..... for me, lots of Cd's & stuff..... not to mention a couple of big pressy's from everyone !!
J gave me some of my all time favourite "sweets" and various things.... all of which I really do appreciate ...... but, I was also spoilt by being given a "Blue-ray " player from ME & M - to help me watch my 2 Blue-ray discs !! Add to all of the above - B gave me a 100w iPod docking station....... and that will certainly come in handy !! I tell you all - I have been well spoilt !!
The Cd's - well... I sort of bought them, for myself.... as part of my Christmas gifts !! We went up to Weston, to pick J up (from the railway station) and - to kill time - we went around the shops, including one of the better Cd shops, in the area !! I'll write about them, the various Cd's, over the coming weeks - there are too many to write about them, tonight !!
For now... I will away !! I know this is only short - but, I'm a little too tired to write much more..... the words on the screen are merging together & that's not good !!
So, as always - I thank you for logging in & reading my words...... until next time....
Bye Bye
Monday, 23 December 2013
Pussy Riot & freedom of speech !!
Well "Hi" everybody....
Have any of you seen the film 'Blast From The Past' ? It stars Brendan Fraser and it starts in the early 1960's - when the family of the film, descend into their custom made bomb shelter, in the mistaken belief that a nuclear war had broken out.
Anyways - the Dad, in the film, loves to drink hot Dr Pepper !! I'm only bringing this up because, as I type, I have a glass of cool Dr P. beside me.... just waiting to be drunk & bringing back memories of my first taste of the stuff !!
That was in 1983 - at a concert being held at the NEC in Birmingham. The name of the place has changed, but it's one of the better concert venues - when it comes to seeing "big" bands. Anyhoo - the guys on stage - who I will not admit to actually going to see - were being sponsored by Dr P. and - as such - freebie glasses of the stuff were being given out, to anyone who wanted one...... which, in this case, meant me !!
It's amazing how memories come flying back... just because of a glass of fizzy stuff !! Oh well... moving on !!
It's a very wet & windy Monday, here in England... and I mean very wet !! There are warnings out, for floods & stuff. Luckily, that - as far as I know - will not effect us. As mentioned before - if we flood... it means that the biggest part of the village will be underwater !! It pays to live on top of a hill !!
However - I have been watching the rain water with a lot of interest.... I will explain !!
The next door neighbour - known as "The Neighbour From Hell" or NFH - has had this big extension put onto the house. I mean, it's doubled the size of their house.... anyways, part of the building work, involved some work on the garage & the concrete leading down to it..... and I mean "down" !!
So - as the rain has poured down, it has been running down towards the garage & - as far as I can see - right under the garage door & into the garage it'self !! Somebody didn't plan that very well.... and it couldn't of happened to a better person !! Oh well...... more of her later.....
First - the family !!
As I type, B is upstairs... working her ways towards the bed, in J's room !! I better explain...
B is My Wife & Dearest Friend..... and J is our Son, who for the last few months has been over in Wales, studying at Uni. B is working hard - mainly as, tomorrow, J is coming home for Christmas. In the few months, that he has been away, B has taken over his room.... and using it as a craft room. Unfortunately - the craft stuff has spread & the bed has gradually disappeared under piles of various bits &
pieces !! Anyways - that's what is going on, upstairs....
The other member of our family, is our Daughter, ME...... and, today, she is working a late shift. That means she will be home about 11pm - way past my bed time.... so, if all goes well, I'll see her in the morning !! I'll see what happen on that one....
So - that's the family... excluding the 4 cats, of course. The youngest, Archie, is helping B - as for the other 3... I think they are all out-side !! I know 2 of them asked to go out... Hang on !! My mistake - the oldest one Smudge, is a few feet away from me, asleep on the couch thingy. I honestly forgot he was there - the old bugger sort of blends into the furniture !! Nevermind... that's the family.....
As for the music of the moment... well, that's Dream Theater's 'Live At Luna Park' live album. I know, when I first got this set, I wasn't overly impressed with it - but, bit by bit, it has really grown on me !! I thought - and probably I wrote it - at the time, that it lacked something.... it probably did - but, whatever that was, it's now long forgotten !! It's a great album - and I'm glad I actually got myself a copy !!
To begin with - I was only going to buy the DVD of the show.... but, in the end, I bought the deluxe box set, which - as I've mentioned before - contained, not only the DVD's of the show, but a Blue-ray copy & the 3 live Cd's !! In the end, it's worked out to be a good buy - even tho' I don't have a Blue-ray player !! Oh well - maybe one day !!
It's been a "good day/bad day" kind of day.... as far as music is concerned !! To try & explain.
I wanted a copy of the 'Redux' version of 'Apocalypse Now' - well, the soundtrack Cd's at least.... so, I had them order. Today - in the post, the Cd's arrived - but, it's exactly the same as the old one, which came last week, or sometime a little while ago !!
So - I emailed the company & asked what was going on.... only to be told that the one I ordered didn't actually exist & it was all a big mistake etc etc !! It might have been a mistake - but, they were quite happy to take my cash.... and now, they want me to return the Cd's to them !! That's no big deal - except this time, I have to mail them back to the USA - so, it's going to work out quite expensive, time I've finished !!
Nevermind... that's the "bad day" part... the "good day" part is quite special really !! I had an email from the Within Temptation guys.... and, in February, there is a new WT album coming out !! Not only that - but, B (bless her) has let me order the deluxe version !! That - includes the regular 2 Cd's + an extra Cd, a book & a 2 LP version of the above... now, that is a bit special !! So... all in all - I think the "good day" part wins out, this time around !!
Going back, to yesterday... our friend C came around...... we've not seen him, in about 12 months !! He has really had a bad time of it.... He lost his Sister & a while ago, lost his job as well Now, that really is not the best ways to enjoy yourself !! He seems to have come thru' it all tho' - so, we're pleased to have seen him again......
The last time, that he was here. he had a blazing row with the NFH !! This time tho' - given how many vans & trucks we've had to put up with, over the last few months, she left him alone !! I think she lost the last round - so, maybe she thought better of going "at it" again, with him !! Great stuff !!
Then - later on, in the night, we had a very strange visit, from two of the ladies, in the Church !! We haven't seen anyone for months (Church wise) and then, out of the blue, two ladies show up !! They stayed a little longer than I would of liked - being as we had a houseful, with ME & boyfriend M here, but - it was a very strange
visit !! Moving right along !!
Actually - I think I'll finish there.... no I won't !!
I see on the BBC, a little earlier, that the girls from Pussy Riot have finally been released from jail !! It's about time, as well....... "freedom of speech" Mr Puck-tin... freedom of speech !!
Just listening to 'The Spirit Carries On'.... it's a great song !!
"If I die tomorrow, the spirit carries on" .....
I must be away... thanks for logging in.... until next time....
Bye Bye
Have any of you seen the film 'Blast From The Past' ? It stars Brendan Fraser and it starts in the early 1960's - when the family of the film, descend into their custom made bomb shelter, in the mistaken belief that a nuclear war had broken out.
Anyways - the Dad, in the film, loves to drink hot Dr Pepper !! I'm only bringing this up because, as I type, I have a glass of cool Dr P. beside me.... just waiting to be drunk & bringing back memories of my first taste of the stuff !!
That was in 1983 - at a concert being held at the NEC in Birmingham. The name of the place has changed, but it's one of the better concert venues - when it comes to seeing "big" bands. Anyhoo - the guys on stage - who I will not admit to actually going to see - were being sponsored by Dr P. and - as such - freebie glasses of the stuff were being given out, to anyone who wanted one...... which, in this case, meant me !!
It's amazing how memories come flying back... just because of a glass of fizzy stuff !! Oh well... moving on !!
It's a very wet & windy Monday, here in England... and I mean very wet !! There are warnings out, for floods & stuff. Luckily, that - as far as I know - will not effect us. As mentioned before - if we flood... it means that the biggest part of the village will be underwater !! It pays to live on top of a hill !!
However - I have been watching the rain water with a lot of interest.... I will explain !!
The next door neighbour - known as "The Neighbour From Hell" or NFH - has had this big extension put onto the house. I mean, it's doubled the size of their house.... anyways, part of the building work, involved some work on the garage & the concrete leading down to it..... and I mean "down" !!
So - as the rain has poured down, it has been running down towards the garage & - as far as I can see - right under the garage door & into the garage it'self !! Somebody didn't plan that very well.... and it couldn't of happened to a better person !! Oh well...... more of her later.....
First - the family !!
As I type, B is upstairs... working her ways towards the bed, in J's room !! I better explain...
B is My Wife & Dearest Friend..... and J is our Son, who for the last few months has been over in Wales, studying at Uni. B is working hard - mainly as, tomorrow, J is coming home for Christmas. In the few months, that he has been away, B has taken over his room.... and using it as a craft room. Unfortunately - the craft stuff has spread & the bed has gradually disappeared under piles of various bits &
pieces !! Anyways - that's what is going on, upstairs....
The other member of our family, is our Daughter, ME...... and, today, she is working a late shift. That means she will be home about 11pm - way past my bed time.... so, if all goes well, I'll see her in the morning !! I'll see what happen on that one....
So - that's the family... excluding the 4 cats, of course. The youngest, Archie, is helping B - as for the other 3... I think they are all out-side !! I know 2 of them asked to go out... Hang on !! My mistake - the oldest one Smudge, is a few feet away from me, asleep on the couch thingy. I honestly forgot he was there - the old bugger sort of blends into the furniture !! Nevermind... that's the family.....
As for the music of the moment... well, that's Dream Theater's 'Live At Luna Park' live album. I know, when I first got this set, I wasn't overly impressed with it - but, bit by bit, it has really grown on me !! I thought - and probably I wrote it - at the time, that it lacked something.... it probably did - but, whatever that was, it's now long forgotten !! It's a great album - and I'm glad I actually got myself a copy !!
To begin with - I was only going to buy the DVD of the show.... but, in the end, I bought the deluxe box set, which - as I've mentioned before - contained, not only the DVD's of the show, but a Blue-ray copy & the 3 live Cd's !! In the end, it's worked out to be a good buy - even tho' I don't have a Blue-ray player !! Oh well - maybe one day !!
It's been a "good day/bad day" kind of day.... as far as music is concerned !! To try & explain.
I wanted a copy of the 'Redux' version of 'Apocalypse Now' - well, the soundtrack Cd's at least.... so, I had them order. Today - in the post, the Cd's arrived - but, it's exactly the same as the old one, which came last week, or sometime a little while ago !!
So - I emailed the company & asked what was going on.... only to be told that the one I ordered didn't actually exist & it was all a big mistake etc etc !! It might have been a mistake - but, they were quite happy to take my cash.... and now, they want me to return the Cd's to them !! That's no big deal - except this time, I have to mail them back to the USA - so, it's going to work out quite expensive, time I've finished !!
Nevermind... that's the "bad day" part... the "good day" part is quite special really !! I had an email from the Within Temptation guys.... and, in February, there is a new WT album coming out !! Not only that - but, B (bless her) has let me order the deluxe version !! That - includes the regular 2 Cd's + an extra Cd, a book & a 2 LP version of the above... now, that is a bit special !! So... all in all - I think the "good day" part wins out, this time around !!
Going back, to yesterday... our friend C came around...... we've not seen him, in about 12 months !! He has really had a bad time of it.... He lost his Sister & a while ago, lost his job as well Now, that really is not the best ways to enjoy yourself !! He seems to have come thru' it all tho' - so, we're pleased to have seen him again......
The last time, that he was here. he had a blazing row with the NFH !! This time tho' - given how many vans & trucks we've had to put up with, over the last few months, she left him alone !! I think she lost the last round - so, maybe she thought better of going "at it" again, with him !! Great stuff !!
Then - later on, in the night, we had a very strange visit, from two of the ladies, in the Church !! We haven't seen anyone for months (Church wise) and then, out of the blue, two ladies show up !! They stayed a little longer than I would of liked - being as we had a houseful, with ME & boyfriend M here, but - it was a very strange
visit !! Moving right along !!
Actually - I think I'll finish there.... no I won't !!
I see on the BBC, a little earlier, that the girls from Pussy Riot have finally been released from jail !! It's about time, as well....... "freedom of speech" Mr Puck-tin... freedom of speech !!
Just listening to 'The Spirit Carries On'.... it's a great song !!
"If I die tomorrow, the spirit carries on" .....
I must be away... thanks for logging in.... until next time....
Bye Bye
Thursday, 19 December 2013
Yes - Live At Wembley 1978... Ho-hum !!
Well - "Greetings" Worlds !!
I'm back for Pt. 2 of today's posts....... and, to be honest, I've no idea what I'm going to write about !! No matter - I'm sure something will come to mind - even if it's more rubbish to add to my ever growing pile !!
It's a little after 5.30 - here in a wet & windy England. The ladies of the house have just gone out, again, to go late night Christmas shopping in Taunton....... you can check it out, by logging onto anything with Taunton in the address & subtracting any location, outside of England !!
ME did ask if I wanted to go - but, to be honest... I'm not in the Christmas mood. It's been a pretty crap kind of year & it's going to take a bit of effort (on my part - and others) to get me overly excited this year !! Nevermind.... it'll going to all come together, in about a week - so, I'll see how things go.
I mentioned, earlier, about wanting to go into town, while B went out to her meal thingy... well, as it turns out, the meal was way out of town - so, I would of been waiting quite a while for her to return !! So - in the end, I'm glad I didn't go with her.... well, as far as town at least !!
Given the weather, at the moment - I would of been soaked thru'.... so, I'm glad I didn't go !! That's part of the reason that I didn't want to go tonight... it's really wet & horrid outside !! I would of been wet thru'.... !!
So - as |I'm "home alone" again... I'm going to have a quiet night & sort myself out.... ready to get an early night. I'm always tired, at the moment... really nasty tired !! No matter what I do, I run out of
steam !! Oh well... it will pass...... well, it better - as I said above.... it's been a crap kind of year, I don't want 2014 to be anything like the last 12 months !! Oh well......
I meant to have said earlier... but, yesterday, I had a great visit from an old college tutor of mine. He often pops in, to see how I'm doing - so, to see him again was pretty good really.
I've not had chance, to speak with him, since before all the hospital - & other stuff - happened. I showed him the "nasty" picture, that I have of my back.... he couldn't believe it !! Mind you - nearly everyone who sees it, finds it hard to grasp exactly how bad it was !! Oh well - we had a great talk together & - fo once - he didn't try to convert me to being a Jehovah's Witness !! He is very devout - but, yesterday... well, it was just two "friends" having a talk !! It was pretty good really.....
In the New Year, hopefully, I'm getting hooked up with a Social Worker of my very own - "Wow" !! No really... I have no one, outside of the family, who I can go to - in times of really bad "need" & so, I looked into who I could have, on my side of the fence.... and, today, a guy 'phoned up, to arrange a meeting on January 6th. I'm not really sure what he can do for me - beyond what is being done already - but, you never know.... he might be able to help me & some ways or another !! Time will tell, on that subject - but...... as I say, time will tell !!
The music of the moment - well, it's a 2 Cd set, that I recorded myself.... many Moons ago, from the radio, onto cassette - then, when I got my first Cd recorder, onto Cd. It's 1978 concert, by Yes... recorded at the Wembley Arena & - much to my amazement - it still plays & is very listenable !!
As for the actual tracks - I have no idea !! It's one of those recordings, that I've had for sooooo long, but I've never done the track listing for it !! The track of the moment is 'Perpetual Change'..... but, as for the rest of it - I really have no clue !! I must get around to listing it, at some point.... but, not tonight !!
Oh, something else.... that happened today..... As many of you will know - I have a sad habit of transferring films, over to Cd. Just to listen to - it's something that has helped me no end, especially when I've been stuck in hospital for weeks on end ! My most recent "effort" has been the whole of the 'Apocalypse Now - Redux' soundtrack.... which fitted really well, onto 4 Cd's....
Anyhoo - as I say, I've been doing this for years.... and, on TV today, was the thing that kicked it all off !! To explain...
Back when I first started work... the Son (of the people I worked for) suggested it would be interesting to record a TV show - just to listen to, as a kind of experiment really. Well - that first "experiment" was an episode of 'Star Trek' and that very episode was on TV this morning !! I don't know what it's called exactly - but, it's the same one.... that, really & truly, kicked the whole recording thingy off !!
I don't know really why it sort of stuck with me - but, I really do enjoy listening to some of them back... as I say, when I'm in hospital & what have you.
One of my favourites of all time, has to be the complete soundtrack, to a film starring Johnny Depp, called 'Dead Man' !! It's brilliant - especially with Neil Young's guitar work - it's fantastic to listen to, thru' the headphones !!
Before any of you tell me off, for 'bootlegging' or 'pirating' the films..... they are for my entertainment only + - and it's a big plus - whenever possible, I buy the official stuff, that goes along with the films !! So - I have the official s/t to 'Dead Man' + the DVD and what have you... As B will testify - I also have the official Cd's to 'Apocalypse Now' as well...... and the various DVD's etc etc !!
Oh well - it all helps pass the time... and keeps me off the streets !!
Right - my plans for tonight... Well, apart from playing music, I'm going to get myself a hot bath, sort myself out for bed & that's about it really !!
Since having the dressings removed, from where the skin graft was taken - well, it means I can have the water a bit deeper than before.... all very interesting, I'm sure you're thinking.... but, believe me - it feels sooooo good, to have a "deep" bath, after weeks of "shallow" ones !! Hopefully things will heal up a bit now..... but, for me, the "jury" is out on that one !!
Ok - I must away, again... I thank you all for logging in today... it's great to know you are "out there" and taking the time to read my words... until next time..
Bye Bye
I'm back for Pt. 2 of today's posts....... and, to be honest, I've no idea what I'm going to write about !! No matter - I'm sure something will come to mind - even if it's more rubbish to add to my ever growing pile !!
It's a little after 5.30 - here in a wet & windy England. The ladies of the house have just gone out, again, to go late night Christmas shopping in Taunton....... you can check it out, by logging onto anything with Taunton in the address & subtracting any location, outside of England !!
ME did ask if I wanted to go - but, to be honest... I'm not in the Christmas mood. It's been a pretty crap kind of year & it's going to take a bit of effort (on my part - and others) to get me overly excited this year !! Nevermind.... it'll going to all come together, in about a week - so, I'll see how things go.
I mentioned, earlier, about wanting to go into town, while B went out to her meal thingy... well, as it turns out, the meal was way out of town - so, I would of been waiting quite a while for her to return !! So - in the end, I'm glad I didn't go with her.... well, as far as town at least !!
Given the weather, at the moment - I would of been soaked thru'.... so, I'm glad I didn't go !! That's part of the reason that I didn't want to go tonight... it's really wet & horrid outside !! I would of been wet thru'.... !!
So - as |I'm "home alone" again... I'm going to have a quiet night & sort myself out.... ready to get an early night. I'm always tired, at the moment... really nasty tired !! No matter what I do, I run out of
steam !! Oh well... it will pass...... well, it better - as I said above.... it's been a crap kind of year, I don't want 2014 to be anything like the last 12 months !! Oh well......
I meant to have said earlier... but, yesterday, I had a great visit from an old college tutor of mine. He often pops in, to see how I'm doing - so, to see him again was pretty good really.
I've not had chance, to speak with him, since before all the hospital - & other stuff - happened. I showed him the "nasty" picture, that I have of my back.... he couldn't believe it !! Mind you - nearly everyone who sees it, finds it hard to grasp exactly how bad it was !! Oh well - we had a great talk together & - fo once - he didn't try to convert me to being a Jehovah's Witness !! He is very devout - but, yesterday... well, it was just two "friends" having a talk !! It was pretty good really.....
In the New Year, hopefully, I'm getting hooked up with a Social Worker of my very own - "Wow" !! No really... I have no one, outside of the family, who I can go to - in times of really bad "need" & so, I looked into who I could have, on my side of the fence.... and, today, a guy 'phoned up, to arrange a meeting on January 6th. I'm not really sure what he can do for me - beyond what is being done already - but, you never know.... he might be able to help me & some ways or another !! Time will tell, on that subject - but...... as I say, time will tell !!
The music of the moment - well, it's a 2 Cd set, that I recorded myself.... many Moons ago, from the radio, onto cassette - then, when I got my first Cd recorder, onto Cd. It's 1978 concert, by Yes... recorded at the Wembley Arena & - much to my amazement - it still plays & is very listenable !!
As for the actual tracks - I have no idea !! It's one of those recordings, that I've had for sooooo long, but I've never done the track listing for it !! The track of the moment is 'Perpetual Change'..... but, as for the rest of it - I really have no clue !! I must get around to listing it, at some point.... but, not tonight !!
Oh, something else.... that happened today..... As many of you will know - I have a sad habit of transferring films, over to Cd. Just to listen to - it's something that has helped me no end, especially when I've been stuck in hospital for weeks on end ! My most recent "effort" has been the whole of the 'Apocalypse Now - Redux' soundtrack.... which fitted really well, onto 4 Cd's....
Anyhoo - as I say, I've been doing this for years.... and, on TV today, was the thing that kicked it all off !! To explain...
Back when I first started work... the Son (of the people I worked for) suggested it would be interesting to record a TV show - just to listen to, as a kind of experiment really. Well - that first "experiment" was an episode of 'Star Trek' and that very episode was on TV this morning !! I don't know what it's called exactly - but, it's the same one.... that, really & truly, kicked the whole recording thingy off !!
I don't know really why it sort of stuck with me - but, I really do enjoy listening to some of them back... as I say, when I'm in hospital & what have you.
One of my favourites of all time, has to be the complete soundtrack, to a film starring Johnny Depp, called 'Dead Man' !! It's brilliant - especially with Neil Young's guitar work - it's fantastic to listen to, thru' the headphones !!
Before any of you tell me off, for 'bootlegging' or 'pirating' the films..... they are for my entertainment only + - and it's a big plus - whenever possible, I buy the official stuff, that goes along with the films !! So - I have the official s/t to 'Dead Man' + the DVD and what have you... As B will testify - I also have the official Cd's to 'Apocalypse Now' as well...... and the various DVD's etc etc !!
Oh well - it all helps pass the time... and keeps me off the streets !!
Right - my plans for tonight... Well, apart from playing music, I'm going to get myself a hot bath, sort myself out for bed & that's about it really !!
Since having the dressings removed, from where the skin graft was taken - well, it means I can have the water a bit deeper than before.... all very interesting, I'm sure you're thinking.... but, believe me - it feels sooooo good, to have a "deep" bath, after weeks of "shallow" ones !! Hopefully things will heal up a bit now..... but, for me, the "jury" is out on that one !!
Ok - I must away, again... I thank you all for logging in today... it's great to know you are "out there" and taking the time to read my words... until next time..
Bye Bye
Imaginaerum.... Ho-hum..
"Hello" everybody - how are you all doing ?!
It's another Thursday - here in "Ye Old Country"....... depending, of course, on what you call home !! Me - being born & bred in England - this is my home & ever more so, will it remain !! I have no plans on emigrating..... tho' if some of the more vocal scare mongers out there, would have us believe - this fair country of ours is about to be over run with migrants, from Eastern Europe !! So - maybe, just maybe, a trip to the East would be a thing to put on the "to do" list !!
Oh well.... it's another Thursday & I'm home alone (again)..... tho' - when ME went out, a short while ago, she did ask me, if I wanted to go along - to her work - for the ride. That was a nice thought !! She is only going up there, to collect something - or do something.... so, she won't be too long.
As for B - she has just gone out, for another Christmas get together - this time, I think, with the people from the carers group, that she attends. I think that's what it's about.... again, I'm not really sure !! But - with J up in Wales - that just leaves me here, with the music & the cats..... great stuff !!
I had actually hoped I could of gone along with B.... she could of dropped me off, in town, then picked me up on her ways back !! It would of given me a chance to look around the shops, on my ownsome..... nevermind - the offer wasn't made & I didn't want to ask...... moving on, to the music of the moment !!
I'm going thru' a kind of "instrumental" kick, at the moment...... yesterday it was Dream Theater's 'Black Clouds & Silver Linings' album (the instrumental Cd) and today, well.... it's Nightwish's 'Imaginaerum' album...... it's a great album, recorded when Anette Olzon was in the band & released in 2011 - it doesn't seem that long ago !!
Oh well... the tracks are:
1) Taikatalvi
2) Storytime
3) Ghost River
4) Slow, Love, Slow
5) I Want My Tears Back
6) Scaretale
7) Arabesque
8) Turn Loose The Mermaids
9) Rest Calm
10) The Crow, The Owl & The Dove
11) Last Ride Of The Day
12) Song Of Myself
13) Imaginaerum
It took a very long time, for me to get really into this Cd - especially given how good it's predecessor was 'Dark Passion Play' - but, it has grown on me, more so, since the latest live Cd has come out !! Oh well.....
I'm expecting some more Cd's in the post, today - hopefully - but, given how slow the post is, at the moment, I'm not going to hold my breath !! If they come - they come.... but time will tell on that one !!
For now tho' - I will away...... this is going to be part one of today's posts.... I'll come back later & do part two.... until next time..
Bye Bye
It's another Thursday - here in "Ye Old Country"....... depending, of course, on what you call home !! Me - being born & bred in England - this is my home & ever more so, will it remain !! I have no plans on emigrating..... tho' if some of the more vocal scare mongers out there, would have us believe - this fair country of ours is about to be over run with migrants, from Eastern Europe !! So - maybe, just maybe, a trip to the East would be a thing to put on the "to do" list !!
Oh well.... it's another Thursday & I'm home alone (again)..... tho' - when ME went out, a short while ago, she did ask me, if I wanted to go along - to her work - for the ride. That was a nice thought !! She is only going up there, to collect something - or do something.... so, she won't be too long.
As for B - she has just gone out, for another Christmas get together - this time, I think, with the people from the carers group, that she attends. I think that's what it's about.... again, I'm not really sure !! But - with J up in Wales - that just leaves me here, with the music & the cats..... great stuff !!
I had actually hoped I could of gone along with B.... she could of dropped me off, in town, then picked me up on her ways back !! It would of given me a chance to look around the shops, on my ownsome..... nevermind - the offer wasn't made & I didn't want to ask...... moving on, to the music of the moment !!
I'm going thru' a kind of "instrumental" kick, at the moment...... yesterday it was Dream Theater's 'Black Clouds & Silver Linings' album (the instrumental Cd) and today, well.... it's Nightwish's 'Imaginaerum' album...... it's a great album, recorded when Anette Olzon was in the band & released in 2011 - it doesn't seem that long ago !!
Oh well... the tracks are:
1) Taikatalvi
2) Storytime
3) Ghost River
4) Slow, Love, Slow
5) I Want My Tears Back
6) Scaretale
7) Arabesque
8) Turn Loose The Mermaids
9) Rest Calm
10) The Crow, The Owl & The Dove
11) Last Ride Of The Day
12) Song Of Myself
13) Imaginaerum
It took a very long time, for me to get really into this Cd - especially given how good it's predecessor was 'Dark Passion Play' - but, it has grown on me, more so, since the latest live Cd has come out !! Oh well.....
I'm expecting some more Cd's in the post, today - hopefully - but, given how slow the post is, at the moment, I'm not going to hold my breath !! If they come - they come.... but time will tell on that one !!
For now tho' - I will away...... this is going to be part one of today's posts.... I'll come back later & do part two.... until next time..
Bye Bye
Wednesday, 18 December 2013
Pussy Riot !!!
Hi
I've just heard the news - Pussy Riot are to be set free !!
Great news......
"Thank you" Mr Puck-tin !!
Walk free & proud ladies ... until next time..
Bye Bye
I've just heard the news - Pussy Riot are to be set free !!
Great news......
"Thank you" Mr Puck-tin !!
Walk free & proud ladies ... until next time..
Bye Bye
Tuesday, 17 December 2013
Listen out for the scream.... Ho-hum !!
Greetings World's !!
I hope your bit of the Universe is treating you well ? I'm doing Ok - but more of that later.... It's another Tuesday night, here in old England & I'm home alone !! The music is loud & the house is nice & warm !! I've got the heating up, just a shade more than I need to - but, what the hell... we're paying for the gas, so I may as well enjoy
it !!
As mentioned - I'm home alone.... ME has just gone out to her boyfriends house & B is at her weekly weight-watchers meeting. As it's the last, before Christmas, she & the ladies are going out for a drink afterwards. Ok - it might be just a fruit juice - but, it's the thought that counts !!
ME won't be home tonight - she has a couple of days off work, so she's going to spend the night out & return home in the morning. From here, the ladies of the house are off to visit B's Dad & Auntie G. The annual Christmas pressy run..... So - I'll have most of the day to myself.... "music time" !!
J is still over in Wales - at Uni... I'm guessing he will be home in a few days, for Christmas - but I'm not really sure what his plans are !! Onwards - ever onwards !!
Right - I've not posted anything, for a couple of days, or so..... it's been a "bad" few days really.
B & I have some friends, way up to the North of here.... and I found out, yesterday, that one of them had died.... way back in February !! I was really gutted to find out about it - so I 'phoned up his widow & spoke to her, just for a short while, to just say "Hi" & stuff along the lines of "I'm sorry" and that sort of thing..... if you follow my meaning.
It was really nice to speak to her - I just wish I had heard the news a little sooner. They - the both of them - had always treated me & - for a shorter while - B really well... really friendly !! I am really sorry to know my friend had passed away.
Anyways... on top of that bit of news - I went down to the surgery, to have my dressings changed again. It was the 2nd time, since have the Vac-pump removed last Wednesday. Guess what ? I mentioned the worse case scenario - about the skin graft not taking & things going wrong. Well folks - the skin graft hasn't worked & I'm back to where I was a couple of months ago !!
Last week - when I had to go down to Exeter - I was in a lot of pain then & - as it turns out - the reason why is quite simple....... the skin graft wasn't "sticking" - hence the pain !!
As I say - I'm back to where I was a month or two ago.... pain-wise, at least. I guess I have a hole in my back & with nothing to cover it - well, it hurts, as you might be able to imagine !!
So - last night, after I got back from the surgery, I 'phoned the hospital & left a message for my Consultant. Nothing too special - just along the lines of "help - it didn't work & I'm in pain" sort of stuff !! Oh well..... the message worked !!
Today, the 'phone rang & it was the Consultant.... I think he was as sorry it didn't work, as I am - except of course, he doesn't have the pain to go along with it !! "Bummer" really.... Oh well - he's going to look into what can be done next & get back to me... The fact that he wished me a "Happy Christmas" - well, it makes me thing, it'll be after the holidays, before I know anything more !!
In the meantime - I guess - I'll have to keep going down to the local surgery & keep having my dressing changed. As I'm not sure what else is going to happen - it's going to be a bit of a painful "holiday" !!
Nevermind - life will go on & on... ho-hum !!
As for the music of the moment - well, I'm playing Therion's 'Live Gothic' 2 Cd set.... I've probably done a track listing for this one, sometime earlier in the year - so, I won't bother to do another copy !! Just check it out, when you ever get the chance... I think you will enjoy it - especially if you play it really loud !!
Something I - think - worked out, over the last couple of days..... being as I'm a bit of a sad old fart, is to do with the last 'live' Cd's from Dream Theater.
I had their 'Live At Luna Park' deluxe edition reach me, a week or 2 back....... it has the 2 DVD's - 1 Blue-ray disc & the 3 live Cd's. I really only wanted the 3 Cd's - but, for now, I was happy to "make do" with the deluxe version set.... it's really good !!
Anyhoo - something I was thinking about & - (as far as I can work out) - there are no live versions, of any of the tracks on their 'Black Clouds & Silver Linings' album, which I think, came out in 2009.
I was playing the Cd & thinking about it, I worked out I didn't have any live versions of the thing !! I have the live set 'Chaos In Motion' - from 2008 - but, I couldn't work out what came next..... there were no live albums, after that, until this latest 'Luna Park' set.
I'm not sure why there are no live sets, from the period - but, as best as I can make out. that's about the time the drummer, Mike Portnoy, "left" the band.... so, maybe.... well, maybe, that's why there are no live sets !! It's a shame really - there are some great tracks, on the 'Black Clouds...' album.... hopefully they will release something at a later date !!
If anybody out there knows of anything 'live' - that I've missed - let me know..... I've checked the band's web site & I can't find anything - but.... I'm always open to finding out about "new" stuff !!
Ok - so, what else have I been up to... well, nothing at all really !! To be honest - I've felt so "low" over the last few days or so, I've not wanted to do much, other than sleep & laze around the place !! I hope - over the coming days, I'll get a little more "get up & go" juice, back into my old bones & move on a little bit !! It's not a lot of fun..... at the moment, at least !!
After the ladies get home, tomorrow, B is taking me back to the Dr's - again to have my dressings changed !! Such fun !! Especially... well, tomorrow marks the 2 week anniversary of the skin graft. So, that means... well, tomorrow, I'm having the dressings removed from my leg - where the skin came from - that's going to be interesting !!
I'm not really sure quite what to expect.... but, I'm guessing it's going to hurt... just a little bit !! Having numb legs - well, that's a bonus - but, there is only sooooo much pain the numbness keeps back !! I'll let you know how things go..... no matter where you are, in the World - you just might hear me scream, as they take the bandages off...... so, listen out !!
Right - as the Cd's have run out - I better be on my ways, for now at least.... As always, I really thank you all for reading my words - from Russia, thru' Asia, across America & back to England.... I'm always glad you're there folks... until next time...
Bye Bye
I hope your bit of the Universe is treating you well ? I'm doing Ok - but more of that later.... It's another Tuesday night, here in old England & I'm home alone !! The music is loud & the house is nice & warm !! I've got the heating up, just a shade more than I need to - but, what the hell... we're paying for the gas, so I may as well enjoy
it !!
As mentioned - I'm home alone.... ME has just gone out to her boyfriends house & B is at her weekly weight-watchers meeting. As it's the last, before Christmas, she & the ladies are going out for a drink afterwards. Ok - it might be just a fruit juice - but, it's the thought that counts !!
ME won't be home tonight - she has a couple of days off work, so she's going to spend the night out & return home in the morning. From here, the ladies of the house are off to visit B's Dad & Auntie G. The annual Christmas pressy run..... So - I'll have most of the day to myself.... "music time" !!
J is still over in Wales - at Uni... I'm guessing he will be home in a few days, for Christmas - but I'm not really sure what his plans are !! Onwards - ever onwards !!
Right - I've not posted anything, for a couple of days, or so..... it's been a "bad" few days really.
B & I have some friends, way up to the North of here.... and I found out, yesterday, that one of them had died.... way back in February !! I was really gutted to find out about it - so I 'phoned up his widow & spoke to her, just for a short while, to just say "Hi" & stuff along the lines of "I'm sorry" and that sort of thing..... if you follow my meaning.
It was really nice to speak to her - I just wish I had heard the news a little sooner. They - the both of them - had always treated me & - for a shorter while - B really well... really friendly !! I am really sorry to know my friend had passed away.
Anyways... on top of that bit of news - I went down to the surgery, to have my dressings changed again. It was the 2nd time, since have the Vac-pump removed last Wednesday. Guess what ? I mentioned the worse case scenario - about the skin graft not taking & things going wrong. Well folks - the skin graft hasn't worked & I'm back to where I was a couple of months ago !!
Last week - when I had to go down to Exeter - I was in a lot of pain then & - as it turns out - the reason why is quite simple....... the skin graft wasn't "sticking" - hence the pain !!
As I say - I'm back to where I was a month or two ago.... pain-wise, at least. I guess I have a hole in my back & with nothing to cover it - well, it hurts, as you might be able to imagine !!
So - last night, after I got back from the surgery, I 'phoned the hospital & left a message for my Consultant. Nothing too special - just along the lines of "help - it didn't work & I'm in pain" sort of stuff !! Oh well..... the message worked !!
Today, the 'phone rang & it was the Consultant.... I think he was as sorry it didn't work, as I am - except of course, he doesn't have the pain to go along with it !! "Bummer" really.... Oh well - he's going to look into what can be done next & get back to me... The fact that he wished me a "Happy Christmas" - well, it makes me thing, it'll be after the holidays, before I know anything more !!
In the meantime - I guess - I'll have to keep going down to the local surgery & keep having my dressing changed. As I'm not sure what else is going to happen - it's going to be a bit of a painful "holiday" !!
Nevermind - life will go on & on... ho-hum !!
As for the music of the moment - well, I'm playing Therion's 'Live Gothic' 2 Cd set.... I've probably done a track listing for this one, sometime earlier in the year - so, I won't bother to do another copy !! Just check it out, when you ever get the chance... I think you will enjoy it - especially if you play it really loud !!
Something I - think - worked out, over the last couple of days..... being as I'm a bit of a sad old fart, is to do with the last 'live' Cd's from Dream Theater.
I had their 'Live At Luna Park' deluxe edition reach me, a week or 2 back....... it has the 2 DVD's - 1 Blue-ray disc & the 3 live Cd's. I really only wanted the 3 Cd's - but, for now, I was happy to "make do" with the deluxe version set.... it's really good !!
Anyhoo - something I was thinking about & - (as far as I can work out) - there are no live versions, of any of the tracks on their 'Black Clouds & Silver Linings' album, which I think, came out in 2009.
I was playing the Cd & thinking about it, I worked out I didn't have any live versions of the thing !! I have the live set 'Chaos In Motion' - from 2008 - but, I couldn't work out what came next..... there were no live albums, after that, until this latest 'Luna Park' set.
I'm not sure why there are no live sets, from the period - but, as best as I can make out. that's about the time the drummer, Mike Portnoy, "left" the band.... so, maybe.... well, maybe, that's why there are no live sets !! It's a shame really - there are some great tracks, on the 'Black Clouds...' album.... hopefully they will release something at a later date !!
If anybody out there knows of anything 'live' - that I've missed - let me know..... I've checked the band's web site & I can't find anything - but.... I'm always open to finding out about "new" stuff !!
Ok - so, what else have I been up to... well, nothing at all really !! To be honest - I've felt so "low" over the last few days or so, I've not wanted to do much, other than sleep & laze around the place !! I hope - over the coming days, I'll get a little more "get up & go" juice, back into my old bones & move on a little bit !! It's not a lot of fun..... at the moment, at least !!
After the ladies get home, tomorrow, B is taking me back to the Dr's - again to have my dressings changed !! Such fun !! Especially... well, tomorrow marks the 2 week anniversary of the skin graft. So, that means... well, tomorrow, I'm having the dressings removed from my leg - where the skin came from - that's going to be interesting !!
I'm not really sure quite what to expect.... but, I'm guessing it's going to hurt... just a little bit !! Having numb legs - well, that's a bonus - but, there is only sooooo much pain the numbness keeps back !! I'll let you know how things go..... no matter where you are, in the World - you just might hear me scream, as they take the bandages off...... so, listen out !!
Right - as the Cd's have run out - I better be on my ways, for now at least.... As always, I really thank you all for reading my words - from Russia, thru' Asia, across America & back to England.... I'm always glad you're there folks... until next time...
Bye Bye
Saturday, 14 December 2013
Dream Theater 'Made In Japan' !!
Well "Greetings" World's...
As it's a Saturday - today & not yesterday is the official end of our week. I only bring this up... well, because I thought of it, that's all !!
Ok - as I type - B is outside, in the wildest part of our garden, attacking a Hazel tree - which, unfortunately is overgrowing it's
corner !! I did go out & help, just for a short time.... but, it's one thing, that I've learnt this past year..... I am far from being as fit, as I once was !!
Just cutting a few branches down - well, it pretty well knackered me !! Mind you.... still having the remains of a hole in my back - not to mention a bum leg, where they took the skin graft from.... Ho-hum !!
Thankfully, there is a goodly supply of pain med's, in the house..... so, I will indulge myself, in just a few minutes. It's a good job, that the morphine taste sooooo bad - or else I can see myself drinking it by the bottle full, when things get like they are, at the moment !!
Enough of my moaning - for a few minutes.... back to the family !!
B has had a couple of texts, from J - over in Wales..... He has received the package I help send him. It has the new Nightwish 'Showtime, Storytime' live set in it - so, I hope he will enjoy that !! It's all music - so, I hope it will go down well !!
As for ME - well, she was working this morning.... and, I'm guessing she will be home, in the next few hours. But - she might go straight over to M's place (her boyfriend's) first.... I know she is staying the night there, as she isn't working tomorrow !! This new job, of hers, seems to be going well..... I'm glad to see her getting more spare time !! I do worry about both of our kids, when they do too much & don't rest as much as they should !!
Anyhoo - that's the family.... except me of course !! I - once again - had a crap night.... B wasn't happy that I seemed to have messed up my dressings, on my back. I didn't do it on purpose (honestly) - but, it looks like I've done it a bit of damage !! Oh well - smacked wrist for me, I guess !!
I have to go back to the surgery, on Monday... so, the nurse I see there, will no doubt give me a ticking off, if I've done too much (to the wound) - but, that's a couple of days away yet !! I'm not allowed to get away with too much - as far as the nurses go...... nevermind !!
Moving along to music.....
I found 2 Dream Theater "concerts" on YouTube last night... and, as I type - I'm listening to one of them !! It's a complete run thru' of Deep Purple's 'Made In Japan' - track for track, as per the original 2 Lp set...... it's well good !! The Tracks are:
1) Highway Star
2) Child In Time
3) Smoke On The Water
4) The Mule
5) Strange Kind Of Woman
6) Lazy
7) Space Trucking
It's well good - a great listen &... I think... it's available to buy, thru' one of the Dream Theater web sites. I will be looking for it, myself.... once I get into the new year & out of all of the Christmas rushing around !!
I think it will be like the Allman's & their live sets.... as it's being classed as an "official bootleg" !! As I say - I'll go looking forward to tracking it down...... it's a good one !!
The other concert - well, as yet, I've not played it thru'.... but, it's from the bands 2005 World tour & was recorded in Rome. I don't think it's a complete concert - but.... it looks good !! The tracks are:
1) The Root Of All Evil
2) The Answer Lies Within
3) These Walls
4) I Walk Beside You
5) Panic Attack
6) Never Enough
7) Sacrificed Sons
8) Octavarium
Thinking about it - it's about one Cd in length... so, if it's an official bootleg, it might have been edited down, to fit the 80 minutes, or whatever the time is...... I'll give it a listen, at some point & - like the other one - see if I can buy it, in the new year !!
I took a short break - one of our neighbour's came in, for a short chat. She had seen B & myself, out in the garden & wanted to make sure we were not over doing things !! In the end - I invited her in & I showed her the pictures of my back wound..... to explain !!
She has a Son & - in a while, he is going to have surgery, on his back...... As I understand it, to have a few injections into the gaps, in his vertebrae, to help with some back pain problems, he is having. I had similar things done, in the past & they really do work - so......
The problem, I think, is - he is a little frightened about the whole "going into hospital" thing !! Which, in all honesty, I can understand..... to me, it's just become part of my life - but, to him.... it's all kind of new !!
Anyways - his Mum has been worried.... mainly as she has known about my problems. So - today... in an attempt to help her, with her concerns... well, I asked her in & explained that, what I had had done, compared to her Son's surgery, was a completely different thing & - altho' I've been poorly - it didn't necessary follow, that he would !!
Unfortunately - I showed her my pictures & that has completely put her off !! She said she would tell her Son, not to have it done - based on what had happened to me.... which is kind of dumb really - as my surgery, in the first place, was far bigger than he is having !! In real terms, his operation is sooooo much smaller - well, there is very little comparison...... !!
One "good" thing did come out of it tho' !! The neighbour said, now she has seen the pictures, she can tell people just "how bad" my back has been... to tell them (the people I guess) exactly what she has seen & how bad it's been for us !! So - if there are any nasty gossips going around the village, about just how sick I am.... she will be able to say "I've seen the pictures" !! type of thing !!
I told her, she can send her Son over - if he wants - and we can talk about how he feels..... maybe B & I can ease his worries, just a bit !!
Before I sign off - for today - I mentioned our Son, J... a little earlier. Well, things are not too good between us.... between J & myself. Anyhoo - he is coming home for Christmas - so, I've offered to move out - while he stays here - just to make his stay, a little more comfortable. If he's coming for the holiday - he may as well be "happy" while he is here !! If my moving out for the week, helps that, in any ways - well..... that's what I will do !!
For now tho' - I will be on my ways.... I really do thank you, for logging in & reading my words.... until next time...
Bye Bye
As it's a Saturday - today & not yesterday is the official end of our week. I only bring this up... well, because I thought of it, that's all !!
Ok - as I type - B is outside, in the wildest part of our garden, attacking a Hazel tree - which, unfortunately is overgrowing it's
corner !! I did go out & help, just for a short time.... but, it's one thing, that I've learnt this past year..... I am far from being as fit, as I once was !!
Just cutting a few branches down - well, it pretty well knackered me !! Mind you.... still having the remains of a hole in my back - not to mention a bum leg, where they took the skin graft from.... Ho-hum !!
Thankfully, there is a goodly supply of pain med's, in the house..... so, I will indulge myself, in just a few minutes. It's a good job, that the morphine taste sooooo bad - or else I can see myself drinking it by the bottle full, when things get like they are, at the moment !!
Enough of my moaning - for a few minutes.... back to the family !!
B has had a couple of texts, from J - over in Wales..... He has received the package I help send him. It has the new Nightwish 'Showtime, Storytime' live set in it - so, I hope he will enjoy that !! It's all music - so, I hope it will go down well !!
As for ME - well, she was working this morning.... and, I'm guessing she will be home, in the next few hours. But - she might go straight over to M's place (her boyfriend's) first.... I know she is staying the night there, as she isn't working tomorrow !! This new job, of hers, seems to be going well..... I'm glad to see her getting more spare time !! I do worry about both of our kids, when they do too much & don't rest as much as they should !!
Anyhoo - that's the family.... except me of course !! I - once again - had a crap night.... B wasn't happy that I seemed to have messed up my dressings, on my back. I didn't do it on purpose (honestly) - but, it looks like I've done it a bit of damage !! Oh well - smacked wrist for me, I guess !!
I have to go back to the surgery, on Monday... so, the nurse I see there, will no doubt give me a ticking off, if I've done too much (to the wound) - but, that's a couple of days away yet !! I'm not allowed to get away with too much - as far as the nurses go...... nevermind !!
Moving along to music.....
I found 2 Dream Theater "concerts" on YouTube last night... and, as I type - I'm listening to one of them !! It's a complete run thru' of Deep Purple's 'Made In Japan' - track for track, as per the original 2 Lp set...... it's well good !! The Tracks are:
1) Highway Star
2) Child In Time
3) Smoke On The Water
4) The Mule
5) Strange Kind Of Woman
6) Lazy
7) Space Trucking
It's well good - a great listen &... I think... it's available to buy, thru' one of the Dream Theater web sites. I will be looking for it, myself.... once I get into the new year & out of all of the Christmas rushing around !!
I think it will be like the Allman's & their live sets.... as it's being classed as an "official bootleg" !! As I say - I'll go looking forward to tracking it down...... it's a good one !!
The other concert - well, as yet, I've not played it thru'.... but, it's from the bands 2005 World tour & was recorded in Rome. I don't think it's a complete concert - but.... it looks good !! The tracks are:
1) The Root Of All Evil
2) The Answer Lies Within
3) These Walls
4) I Walk Beside You
5) Panic Attack
6) Never Enough
7) Sacrificed Sons
8) Octavarium
Thinking about it - it's about one Cd in length... so, if it's an official bootleg, it might have been edited down, to fit the 80 minutes, or whatever the time is...... I'll give it a listen, at some point & - like the other one - see if I can buy it, in the new year !!
I took a short break - one of our neighbour's came in, for a short chat. She had seen B & myself, out in the garden & wanted to make sure we were not over doing things !! In the end - I invited her in & I showed her the pictures of my back wound..... to explain !!
She has a Son & - in a while, he is going to have surgery, on his back...... As I understand it, to have a few injections into the gaps, in his vertebrae, to help with some back pain problems, he is having. I had similar things done, in the past & they really do work - so......
The problem, I think, is - he is a little frightened about the whole "going into hospital" thing !! Which, in all honesty, I can understand..... to me, it's just become part of my life - but, to him.... it's all kind of new !!
Anyways - his Mum has been worried.... mainly as she has known about my problems. So - today... in an attempt to help her, with her concerns... well, I asked her in & explained that, what I had had done, compared to her Son's surgery, was a completely different thing & - altho' I've been poorly - it didn't necessary follow, that he would !!
Unfortunately - I showed her my pictures & that has completely put her off !! She said she would tell her Son, not to have it done - based on what had happened to me.... which is kind of dumb really - as my surgery, in the first place, was far bigger than he is having !! In real terms, his operation is sooooo much smaller - well, there is very little comparison...... !!
One "good" thing did come out of it tho' !! The neighbour said, now she has seen the pictures, she can tell people just "how bad" my back has been... to tell them (the people I guess) exactly what she has seen & how bad it's been for us !! So - if there are any nasty gossips going around the village, about just how sick I am.... she will be able to say "I've seen the pictures" !! type of thing !!
I told her, she can send her Son over - if he wants - and we can talk about how he feels..... maybe B & I can ease his worries, just a bit !!
Before I sign off - for today - I mentioned our Son, J... a little earlier. Well, things are not too good between us.... between J & myself. Anyhoo - he is coming home for Christmas - so, I've offered to move out - while he stays here - just to make his stay, a little more comfortable. If he's coming for the holiday - he may as well be "happy" while he is here !! If my moving out for the week, helps that, in any ways - well..... that's what I will do !!
For now tho' - I will be on my ways.... I really do thank you, for logging in & reading my words.... until next time...
Bye Bye
Friday, 13 December 2013
Another week end & a little too much pain..
Greetings World's !!
It's another Friday - here in the wilds of England... down in the South-West tip, incase you're wondering !! B took me done, to the local Dr's surgery - about an hour ago - and, altho' it's not too cold... it's not that warm either !! Nevermind... more on that, in a short while...
As I say, it's a Friday.... the end of another week - well, it feels like that, at least !! B & I are the only ones home, at the moment.... ME is at work & J - as you might have read before - is over in Wales, at Uni.... It's been a quiet day... so far, with very little happening !!
I did - at last - get the 'Apocalypse Now' 2 Cd set, in the post........ I've played a good part of it & it's a little disappointing really !!
To try & explain.... The original Cd that came, was purely the music soundtrack (or the biggest part of it) to the film & - I hoped - the 2 Cd version would be an expanded version of that. But - it's that "but" word again - this 2 Cd set has a shed load of talking in it - which kind of blots out the music !!
If you've read my words before - you will know, that I did a 4 Cd version of the film's soundtrack - for my own use - and..... well, that has the spoken words & music on it - so, I didn't really want this 2 Cd set !!
It's Ok tho' - I'm quite happy to have the Cd's - it all adds to the collection !! I've just e-mailed the company back... to ask if they still have the single Cd, which I mailed back to them. If they have - I will buy it & add that one to the collection as well !! I may as well have both versions of the soundtracks !!
Of course - I could have made a copy, of the single Cd.... and saved myself some money - but, I would much rather have the official Cd's - instead of any copy, that I could make for myself - so, I'll see if they have it & if so, I'll buy it over !! Least ways, I'll get the soundtrack "music" separate to the talking !! Oh well...... it's all good fun !!
Anyhoo - the music of the moment is the above mentioned 2 Cd set, it's quite long, so it will take me a while to get thru' the thing !!
I'm really on an 'Apocalypse Now' kick, at the moment. As well as all of the Cd's.... I had the 4 disc DVD set, reach me yesterday (I think ?) - as yet, I've not had too many spare moments, to give it a
good look !! I will tho' - at some point !!
It's been a busy - kind of painful week, really - so, I'm a little behind with everything at the moment !! To explain & to fill in, what has been happening since Tuesday, when (I think) I last posted anything.
As mentioned before - I had to go back down, to Exeter, to have my 7 day follow up appointment, at the hospital - to check on how my skin graft had taken & everything. Well.... B drove me down & - to be honest - I'm a little disappointed about it really !!
As usual, B took a picture, of the wound... so I could see for myself, how things were going. Because of where the wound site, actually is, I can not see it for myself - my head just won't turn that far around !! Unfortunately, from what I could see of the it all, the wound looks a mess !! The skin graft might have taken - but, to me, it looks like it's just hanging off... it really does !!
The one thing I could have done with-out.... and that was the bloody pain, that went along with removing the dressings !! It's been a few months since I've felt as much as that !! Oh well - the dressings were done & with-in the hour, we were on our ways home...... It wasn't a lot of fun - but, it had to be done, so.... that's all there was to it
really !!
I was surprised by how bad it looked - I don't know quite what I was expecting - but, it wasn't what I saw & that's a fact !! Never mind...... I was just glad to be in & out, of the hospital, as quick as we were. There was a sign up, on the notice board, saying the "clinic" was running 90 minutes late !! I was really pleased.... well, more than pleased... when i was called in, almost on time !!
A few people, in the waiting room, seemed a little pissed off, I'm guessing because we came after them & went in before them.... the usual moans & groans !! But - I think we were in a different queue than they were.... hence I was seen earlier than them !! Oh well.... again !!
Back to this morning - and my trip to the local Dr's surgery... it was time to get my dressings changed again !! I could do with-out the pain... but, I have to have them changed, every other day - so, there is very little I can do about it !!
The nurse, herself, couldn't quite see much of an improvement.... but.... that's life, I guess !! Life goes on...
Ok - my plans for today... well, I don't really have any !! I'm going to listen to some more music & probably watch a little TV - but, that's about it really...... I'm not 100% sure if we are going shopping today, or not.... I'll see what B says later.
Hopefully the weather will dry up a bit, over the weekend & we can get out & have a bit of a look around. I know B wants to do some shopping for Christmas... so, I want to make sure it's dry, when we go & do that !! It's not a lot of fun, sitting in my chair - with the rain coming down !! I don't get too wet - but, it's not a lot of fun !!
Oh - we had a surprise Christmas card this morning...... from my Brother. He lives in Leeds (I think - that's where he used to live anyways) and, to be honest.... we are not close at all. I've got a little too fed up of being told to f**K off sooooo many times !!
But - we had a card from him...... and it was signed from him & a female, who's name I don't honestly know !! His Wife died a few years back... so, if he has a new partner - well, I'm a little surprised, to say the least !! It might not be that... and I'm probably wrong, but - it was a surprise !! Not just getting a card - but, who is this female ?! I must admit - I am a little curious !! I will no doubt let you know more - if ever I find out !!
For now tho' - I really must be on my ways...... I'm getting too many aches & pains, to sit here at the computer much longer, poor old bugger !! As always - I thank you for logging in & reading my words... until next time..
Bye Bye
It's another Friday - here in the wilds of England... down in the South-West tip, incase you're wondering !! B took me done, to the local Dr's surgery - about an hour ago - and, altho' it's not too cold... it's not that warm either !! Nevermind... more on that, in a short while...
As I say, it's a Friday.... the end of another week - well, it feels like that, at least !! B & I are the only ones home, at the moment.... ME is at work & J - as you might have read before - is over in Wales, at Uni.... It's been a quiet day... so far, with very little happening !!
I did - at last - get the 'Apocalypse Now' 2 Cd set, in the post........ I've played a good part of it & it's a little disappointing really !!
To try & explain.... The original Cd that came, was purely the music soundtrack (or the biggest part of it) to the film & - I hoped - the 2 Cd version would be an expanded version of that. But - it's that "but" word again - this 2 Cd set has a shed load of talking in it - which kind of blots out the music !!
If you've read my words before - you will know, that I did a 4 Cd version of the film's soundtrack - for my own use - and..... well, that has the spoken words & music on it - so, I didn't really want this 2 Cd set !!
It's Ok tho' - I'm quite happy to have the Cd's - it all adds to the collection !! I've just e-mailed the company back... to ask if they still have the single Cd, which I mailed back to them. If they have - I will buy it & add that one to the collection as well !! I may as well have both versions of the soundtracks !!
Of course - I could have made a copy, of the single Cd.... and saved myself some money - but, I would much rather have the official Cd's - instead of any copy, that I could make for myself - so, I'll see if they have it & if so, I'll buy it over !! Least ways, I'll get the soundtrack "music" separate to the talking !! Oh well...... it's all good fun !!
Anyhoo - the music of the moment is the above mentioned 2 Cd set, it's quite long, so it will take me a while to get thru' the thing !!
I'm really on an 'Apocalypse Now' kick, at the moment. As well as all of the Cd's.... I had the 4 disc DVD set, reach me yesterday (I think ?) - as yet, I've not had too many spare moments, to give it a
good look !! I will tho' - at some point !!
It's been a busy - kind of painful week, really - so, I'm a little behind with everything at the moment !! To explain & to fill in, what has been happening since Tuesday, when (I think) I last posted anything.
As mentioned before - I had to go back down, to Exeter, to have my 7 day follow up appointment, at the hospital - to check on how my skin graft had taken & everything. Well.... B drove me down & - to be honest - I'm a little disappointed about it really !!
As usual, B took a picture, of the wound... so I could see for myself, how things were going. Because of where the wound site, actually is, I can not see it for myself - my head just won't turn that far around !! Unfortunately, from what I could see of the it all, the wound looks a mess !! The skin graft might have taken - but, to me, it looks like it's just hanging off... it really does !!
The one thing I could have done with-out.... and that was the bloody pain, that went along with removing the dressings !! It's been a few months since I've felt as much as that !! Oh well - the dressings were done & with-in the hour, we were on our ways home...... It wasn't a lot of fun - but, it had to be done, so.... that's all there was to it
really !!
I was surprised by how bad it looked - I don't know quite what I was expecting - but, it wasn't what I saw & that's a fact !! Never mind...... I was just glad to be in & out, of the hospital, as quick as we were. There was a sign up, on the notice board, saying the "clinic" was running 90 minutes late !! I was really pleased.... well, more than pleased... when i was called in, almost on time !!
A few people, in the waiting room, seemed a little pissed off, I'm guessing because we came after them & went in before them.... the usual moans & groans !! But - I think we were in a different queue than they were.... hence I was seen earlier than them !! Oh well.... again !!
Back to this morning - and my trip to the local Dr's surgery... it was time to get my dressings changed again !! I could do with-out the pain... but, I have to have them changed, every other day - so, there is very little I can do about it !!
The nurse, herself, couldn't quite see much of an improvement.... but.... that's life, I guess !! Life goes on...
Ok - my plans for today... well, I don't really have any !! I'm going to listen to some more music & probably watch a little TV - but, that's about it really...... I'm not 100% sure if we are going shopping today, or not.... I'll see what B says later.
Hopefully the weather will dry up a bit, over the weekend & we can get out & have a bit of a look around. I know B wants to do some shopping for Christmas... so, I want to make sure it's dry, when we go & do that !! It's not a lot of fun, sitting in my chair - with the rain coming down !! I don't get too wet - but, it's not a lot of fun !!
Oh - we had a surprise Christmas card this morning...... from my Brother. He lives in Leeds (I think - that's where he used to live anyways) and, to be honest.... we are not close at all. I've got a little too fed up of being told to f**K off sooooo many times !!
But - we had a card from him...... and it was signed from him & a female, who's name I don't honestly know !! His Wife died a few years back... so, if he has a new partner - well, I'm a little surprised, to say the least !! It might not be that... and I'm probably wrong, but - it was a surprise !! Not just getting a card - but, who is this female ?! I must admit - I am a little curious !! I will no doubt let you know more - if ever I find out !!
For now tho' - I really must be on my ways...... I'm getting too many aches & pains, to sit here at the computer much longer, poor old bugger !! As always - I thank you for logging in & reading my words... until next time..
Bye Bye
Tuesday, 10 December 2013
666 - The Number Of The Beast !!
Greetings World's...
I logged this ol' computer thingy & made a nasty realization... up until yesterday, I had posted 666 times !! All hail the number of the beast... no, really - 6 6 6 !! Oh well.... How many of you out there, have heard Iron Maiden's 'Number Of The Beast'... with that really great spoken intro ?! Go check it out - it's really a nerve tremble !!
Ok - it's another Tuesday, here in the wilds of England... tho' - having said that, it's been a pretty good day !! Better than the rain they had at the memorial service for Mr Mandela (is that the correct spelling ?) - it was really pouring down.... yet everybody was singing & dancing away, in the stands, while the speakers took their turn to say a few (too many) pleasantries !!
One of the BBC commentators made a point, that the stadium wasn't full..... heck, the people were up in the high stands, right under the roof sections.... they were not going to stand out in the open & get wet thru' !! Maybe the place wasn't full - but, there were enough people there, to tell their Grand Children.... "I was there..." !!
Ok - My Family....
Well - our Daughter, ME, is sat a few feet away from me... putting up with listening to my music, while she "plays" on her iPad thingy..... I think she is going out, to her boyfriends, in a while...... As for our Son, J, well - he is still over in wales, at Uni. Long time readers will know all of that... so, I'll just keep repeating myself.... just for any "newby's" who happen to log in !!
That just leaves My Wife & Dearest Friend... B... who, as it's a Tuesday, has gone to her weight watchers meeting - followed by a bit of shopping, at the nearby supermarket. I'm not really sure what time she will be back - but, it'll be a few hours yet....
That means, if ME does go out, I will be home alone !! Time to turn the music down to deafening & wake up the rest of the village !!
I had a quiet smile to myself, earlier.... a place where I'm getting a Cd from, asked if I could let them know when it arrived - as they posted it yesterday, it should reach me today !! Why the "quiet smile" - well, simply put - we can go days, with-out seeing a postman, so to expect something to reach me, the following day... it's a bit of a leap of faith, let's put it that way !!
As it turned out - nothing did reach me today... so, I wasn't too wrong, on my guess !! It really is a bit of an out of the way village. Ok - we're on this main road thing - but... we are nowhere, really..... completely off the map, as far as places go !! Never mind - our friends know where we are... and that's always a bonus !!
One of the places, where we used to live... well, we always thought the postman would wait until he had a few letters for us, before he delivered them to us.... we really did live off of the beaten track !!
Right - moving on... to the music of the moment... I'm actually playing the Allman's 'Winterland' concert, from 1973.... it was part of the 4 Cd package, that came out while I was stuck in the hospital. I really should play it more often than I do, but.... there is always a "but"...... the bootleg of the show had been out, in various forms, for most of the last 40 years, so I kind of know it toooooo well, really !!
Never mind - I won't do a track listing for it.... I'm sure I've done one before.... but, I will do a listing for a show, that I was playing earlier. It's Dream Theater's 3 Cd set, from their 'Chaos In Motion' tour - just looking at the date, on the box, it actually came out in 2008 - I didn't realise it was quite that old !!
Anyways - the tracks are:
CD 1
1) Intro/Also Sprach Zarathustra
2) Constant Motion
3) Panic Attack
4) Blind faith
5) Surrounded
CD 2
1) The Dark Eternal Night
2) Keyboard Solo
3) Lines In The Sand
4) Scarred
5) Forsaken
6) The Ministry Of Lost Souls
CD 3
1) Take The Time
2) In The Presence Of Enemies
3) Schmedley Wilcox
a) Trial Of Tears
b) Finally Free
c) Learning To Live
d) In The Name Of God
e) Octavarium
The last track - as you might have already guessed - is just a 21 minute medley of stuff. It's really just a bit of "fun" to close the concert with - I would say, it's a bit of a free for all, "jam session" .... but, to be honest, Dream Theater never seem to stray too far away from their set list & the exact notes, in each song, are played note for note perfect, each & every concert I've heard them do..... so, it's very far from a "jam session" - it's too well rehearsed !!
That's not a big deal... I enjoy their live sets, but - there's that "but" word again - I do like a bit of a change, just now & again !! I really played the show, to compare it to the recent, 'Live At Luna Park'... I don't know why - I guess I just wanted something to play.... nevermind !! I should play the studio albums more often - they're on the shelf, behind me, but.... I just seem to pass them by !! Oh well.....
Getting away from music...
Tomorrow is the 7 day's mark, since my last surgery.... and, tomorrow afternoon, B is driving me down to Exeter, back to the hospital, to have my dressings removed. If all has gone well, the skin graft will have "taken" & (hopefully) I can lose Curiosity - my latest vac pump - and just have regular dressing put on the wound !! That would be sooooo great.... after 6 & a bit months, to actually be on the road to recovery - well, I can't tell you how much that means to me !!
I think - and I might be wrong - the area, where the skin graft was taken from, will stay as it is, for another week - to give it more time to heal. I'm kind of hoping they might do both dressings, but.... that's up to the Consultants, I guess !!
Worse case scenario - again, I'm guessing - is that the skin graft didn't take & we have to think again about it all.... time will tell, I guess !! Oh yes - they also took the bit of bone, out of my spine, that was in the way and were going to do some tests on it - I think, to see if the infection had got into the bones, or was just a tissue problem !! It's all too complicated for me.... I'll just do, what I've done all summer, and let the people (who seem to know better) get on with it !!
As long as I don't have to spend much more time, in the hospital, that's fine by me...... I just want it all over & done with now, so I can plan the next part of my life !! No matter what happens, tomorrow - I doubt that much will happen before Christmas - but, I could be very wrong on that.... I'll have to wait & see how things go !!
Right - my plans for the rest of the night..... Well, ME has just gone out -m so, the music has got a little bit louder & that's fine by me !! As for any other plans - well, I don't know really.... I have to send an e-mail and that's about it, really !!
Oh - I better make sure the Mini Egg is fully charged, ready for tomorrows trip !! It ain't going to be very nice, just making the trip down to Exeter - but, if the iPod fails mid-journey, that would be just too much !!
Right - I'm away... as always, I thank you all for logging in & taking the time to read my words..... 667 seems to have gone well - well enough at least !! Thanks again... until next time...
Bye Bye
I logged this ol' computer thingy & made a nasty realization... up until yesterday, I had posted 666 times !! All hail the number of the beast... no, really - 6 6 6 !! Oh well.... How many of you out there, have heard Iron Maiden's 'Number Of The Beast'... with that really great spoken intro ?! Go check it out - it's really a nerve tremble !!
Ok - it's another Tuesday, here in the wilds of England... tho' - having said that, it's been a pretty good day !! Better than the rain they had at the memorial service for Mr Mandela (is that the correct spelling ?) - it was really pouring down.... yet everybody was singing & dancing away, in the stands, while the speakers took their turn to say a few (too many) pleasantries !!
One of the BBC commentators made a point, that the stadium wasn't full..... heck, the people were up in the high stands, right under the roof sections.... they were not going to stand out in the open & get wet thru' !! Maybe the place wasn't full - but, there were enough people there, to tell their Grand Children.... "I was there..." !!
Ok - My Family....
Well - our Daughter, ME, is sat a few feet away from me... putting up with listening to my music, while she "plays" on her iPad thingy..... I think she is going out, to her boyfriends, in a while...... As for our Son, J, well - he is still over in wales, at Uni. Long time readers will know all of that... so, I'll just keep repeating myself.... just for any "newby's" who happen to log in !!
That just leaves My Wife & Dearest Friend... B... who, as it's a Tuesday, has gone to her weight watchers meeting - followed by a bit of shopping, at the nearby supermarket. I'm not really sure what time she will be back - but, it'll be a few hours yet....
That means, if ME does go out, I will be home alone !! Time to turn the music down to deafening & wake up the rest of the village !!
I had a quiet smile to myself, earlier.... a place where I'm getting a Cd from, asked if I could let them know when it arrived - as they posted it yesterday, it should reach me today !! Why the "quiet smile" - well, simply put - we can go days, with-out seeing a postman, so to expect something to reach me, the following day... it's a bit of a leap of faith, let's put it that way !!
As it turned out - nothing did reach me today... so, I wasn't too wrong, on my guess !! It really is a bit of an out of the way village. Ok - we're on this main road thing - but... we are nowhere, really..... completely off the map, as far as places go !! Never mind - our friends know where we are... and that's always a bonus !!
One of the places, where we used to live... well, we always thought the postman would wait until he had a few letters for us, before he delivered them to us.... we really did live off of the beaten track !!
Right - moving on... to the music of the moment... I'm actually playing the Allman's 'Winterland' concert, from 1973.... it was part of the 4 Cd package, that came out while I was stuck in the hospital. I really should play it more often than I do, but.... there is always a "but"...... the bootleg of the show had been out, in various forms, for most of the last 40 years, so I kind of know it toooooo well, really !!
Never mind - I won't do a track listing for it.... I'm sure I've done one before.... but, I will do a listing for a show, that I was playing earlier. It's Dream Theater's 3 Cd set, from their 'Chaos In Motion' tour - just looking at the date, on the box, it actually came out in 2008 - I didn't realise it was quite that old !!
Anyways - the tracks are:
CD 1
1) Intro/Also Sprach Zarathustra
2) Constant Motion
3) Panic Attack
4) Blind faith
5) Surrounded
CD 2
1) The Dark Eternal Night
2) Keyboard Solo
3) Lines In The Sand
4) Scarred
5) Forsaken
6) The Ministry Of Lost Souls
CD 3
1) Take The Time
2) In The Presence Of Enemies
3) Schmedley Wilcox
a) Trial Of Tears
b) Finally Free
c) Learning To Live
d) In The Name Of God
e) Octavarium
The last track - as you might have already guessed - is just a 21 minute medley of stuff. It's really just a bit of "fun" to close the concert with - I would say, it's a bit of a free for all, "jam session" .... but, to be honest, Dream Theater never seem to stray too far away from their set list & the exact notes, in each song, are played note for note perfect, each & every concert I've heard them do..... so, it's very far from a "jam session" - it's too well rehearsed !!
That's not a big deal... I enjoy their live sets, but - there's that "but" word again - I do like a bit of a change, just now & again !! I really played the show, to compare it to the recent, 'Live At Luna Park'... I don't know why - I guess I just wanted something to play.... nevermind !! I should play the studio albums more often - they're on the shelf, behind me, but.... I just seem to pass them by !! Oh well.....
Getting away from music...
Tomorrow is the 7 day's mark, since my last surgery.... and, tomorrow afternoon, B is driving me down to Exeter, back to the hospital, to have my dressings removed. If all has gone well, the skin graft will have "taken" & (hopefully) I can lose Curiosity - my latest vac pump - and just have regular dressing put on the wound !! That would be sooooo great.... after 6 & a bit months, to actually be on the road to recovery - well, I can't tell you how much that means to me !!
I think - and I might be wrong - the area, where the skin graft was taken from, will stay as it is, for another week - to give it more time to heal. I'm kind of hoping they might do both dressings, but.... that's up to the Consultants, I guess !!
Worse case scenario - again, I'm guessing - is that the skin graft didn't take & we have to think again about it all.... time will tell, I guess !! Oh yes - they also took the bit of bone, out of my spine, that was in the way and were going to do some tests on it - I think, to see if the infection had got into the bones, or was just a tissue problem !! It's all too complicated for me.... I'll just do, what I've done all summer, and let the people (who seem to know better) get on with it !!
As long as I don't have to spend much more time, in the hospital, that's fine by me...... I just want it all over & done with now, so I can plan the next part of my life !! No matter what happens, tomorrow - I doubt that much will happen before Christmas - but, I could be very wrong on that.... I'll have to wait & see how things go !!
Right - my plans for the rest of the night..... Well, ME has just gone out -m so, the music has got a little bit louder & that's fine by me !! As for any other plans - well, I don't know really.... I have to send an e-mail and that's about it, really !!
Oh - I better make sure the Mini Egg is fully charged, ready for tomorrows trip !! It ain't going to be very nice, just making the trip down to Exeter - but, if the iPod fails mid-journey, that would be just too much !!
Right - I'm away... as always, I thank you all for logging in & taking the time to read my words..... 667 seems to have gone well - well enough at least !! Thanks again... until next time...
Bye Bye
Monday, 9 December 2013
..it's been a quiet week really....
Greetings Worlds !!
How have you all been in my time away from the computer screen ? I hope all of you are doing well - I'm not so bad... more of that later... first The Family !!
As it's a Monday - B has gone to the 2nd part of her carer's training thingy... she went last week & seemed to enjoy herself... tho' she did say she would stay at home with me, today, if I wanted her to - but.... in the end, she went !!
ME has just gone out, to visit a friend.... she has had a 3 day break from work... so, she is making the best of it. Yesterday, she was here with her boyfriend (M) and had a "fry up" for their supper.... such fun, tho' I found it kind of hard doing the washing up !! Ho-hum...
That just leaves J - who is still enjoying himself at Uni.... I've had a couple of e-mails from him....so, that was good - I enjoyed hearing from him !! I'm not sure what Christmas holds, if he is going to come home or not, time will tell on that one !!
As for me - well....... I've had some fun !!
If you've read my words before - you will know that, last week, I had to go back into hospital - on Wednesday - for my 7th surgery of the year !! It meant getting up really early - for me at least - and heading down to Exeter for 7.30am.... that was a waste of time........
.... I got there on time, but just sat there, for hour after hour !!
It was gone 2pm, before I actually went down to the operating
room !! The bad part of all of that was - well I think it was - I didn't have any of my regular pain med's, for the whole of the morning !! Because I didn't want to travel on an empty stomach, I didn't take my morning pills... which meant, I missed my lunch time "ration" as well.... by 2pm, i was hurting sooooo much, it was stupid !!
Anyhoo - the surgery..... well, it took about 90 minutes & so, that wasn't so bad. I spent quite a bit of time in the recovery room - while they brought the pain under control.... and eventually landed up on one of the wards.... where, if you ever land up in hospital, in Exeter, I cannot fault them !! They were really brilliant... looking after me !!
I had to spend the night, just staying on my side.... mainly so (I think) I didn't do any damage to the spinal part of the surgery.... and - I guess - to give the skin graft chance to hold fast, for a while.
I'm thinking it would of been a bit awkward, if I was moving around all the time.... the new skin would of been moving around with me !! Anyways... the night went pretty well.....
.....I slept like a log - I really did !!
The next day, at about 9.30 I was told that I could go home, if I promised to behave myself - no running around or what have you.... so, B came down to get me. She got there quite early - but, then we had to sit around again !!
This time - because we were in Devon, the Somerset health authority had to agree to take on the cost of my treatment - mainly the cost of looking after my new toy !! Yep folks.... I have another vac pump attached to me .... Such fun !!
This new toy - who I'm calling "Curiosity" - in keeping with the whole Mars thing - (the last one was called "Rover")...... well, this one is, I hope, only staying with me, until Wednesday..... when I have to go back to Exeter, to have the dressings changed. If all goes well - I'll lose my new friend then.... and just a regular dressing will go on, in it's place !! Time will tell on that...
I was told to expect a lot of problems, pain wise, with my leg.... where the skin graft was taken from. Luckily, as my legs are pretty numb, I've felt very little from that area !! There are times when having a pair of "useless" legs comes in handy !! Oh well... enough of all of that....
On to the music of the moment !!
As I type, I've been playing the new Nightwish 'Showtime, Storytime' live set... well, the DVD of the show. It came with 2 Cd's & 2 DVD's... so, I'm just listening to the DVD at the moment - it's well fun !!
It was recorded at the 'Wacken Open Air Live Show'... I don't know the exact date - I'll have to look into that - but... it has the "new" vocalist Floor Jansen doing the honours on the mic - so, it has to be from this past Summer, I guess !! The tracks are:
1) Dark Chest Of Wonders
2) Wish I Had An Angel
3) She Is My Sin
4) Ghost River
5) Ever Dream
6) Story Time
7) I want My Tears Back
8) Nemo
9) Last Of The Wilds
10) Bless The Child
11) Romanticide
12) Amaranth
13) Ghost Love Score
14) Song Of Myself
15) Last Ride Of The Day
Now then, I'm only up to track 11 - but, so far... I've really enjoyed listening to this !! The old & new tracks work well, with the new vocals - in the past, some of the older tracks fell a little "flat" with Anette Olzon's vocals...... I did enjoy her live sets - but, Floor's voice seems better suited to the old & new stuff !!
'Ghost Love Score' is playing as I type... and Floor's vocals are the middle ground, between Tarja Turunen's & Anette's .... this is a good concert - lets hope she stays with the band & their next album will be even better than the last two !! I'm going to enjoy listening to this - over & over again !!
I was let down - again - by Play.com.... or whatever they call themselves these days !! I ordered this live set, to reach me over night... but, once again, it arrived a couple of days late !! The people who sent it - wanted to charge me 50% of the cost - as it was late... "No way"... in the end, they have agreed to return the whole cost of mailing it !! Honestly - they mess up & then expect me to cover the cost...... !!
I also have had a mix up with a lady who I ordered the soundtrack to 'Apocalypse Now' from. I ordered the 2 Cd set & she only sent me the old single Cd.... I have had an e-mail from her, saying a "sorry" and she will sort out the mix up..... I'll see what happens on that one !! I didn't really want the 1979 version - I needed the newer set !!
Oh well - what else has been happening this week...... apart from spinal surgery, a skin graft, some new Cd's to listen to... well - it's been a quiet week really !! So... I think I will be on my ways..
I thank you all for taking the time to log in & read my words - I thank you all for your time.... as always, it's good to know you are "out there" in the Universe, someplace...... until next time
Bye Bye
How have you all been in my time away from the computer screen ? I hope all of you are doing well - I'm not so bad... more of that later... first The Family !!
As it's a Monday - B has gone to the 2nd part of her carer's training thingy... she went last week & seemed to enjoy herself... tho' she did say she would stay at home with me, today, if I wanted her to - but.... in the end, she went !!
ME has just gone out, to visit a friend.... she has had a 3 day break from work... so, she is making the best of it. Yesterday, she was here with her boyfriend (M) and had a "fry up" for their supper.... such fun, tho' I found it kind of hard doing the washing up !! Ho-hum...
That just leaves J - who is still enjoying himself at Uni.... I've had a couple of e-mails from him....so, that was good - I enjoyed hearing from him !! I'm not sure what Christmas holds, if he is going to come home or not, time will tell on that one !!
As for me - well....... I've had some fun !!
If you've read my words before - you will know that, last week, I had to go back into hospital - on Wednesday - for my 7th surgery of the year !! It meant getting up really early - for me at least - and heading down to Exeter for 7.30am.... that was a waste of time........
.... I got there on time, but just sat there, for hour after hour !!
It was gone 2pm, before I actually went down to the operating
room !! The bad part of all of that was - well I think it was - I didn't have any of my regular pain med's, for the whole of the morning !! Because I didn't want to travel on an empty stomach, I didn't take my morning pills... which meant, I missed my lunch time "ration" as well.... by 2pm, i was hurting sooooo much, it was stupid !!
Anyhoo - the surgery..... well, it took about 90 minutes & so, that wasn't so bad. I spent quite a bit of time in the recovery room - while they brought the pain under control.... and eventually landed up on one of the wards.... where, if you ever land up in hospital, in Exeter, I cannot fault them !! They were really brilliant... looking after me !!
I had to spend the night, just staying on my side.... mainly so (I think) I didn't do any damage to the spinal part of the surgery.... and - I guess - to give the skin graft chance to hold fast, for a while.
I'm thinking it would of been a bit awkward, if I was moving around all the time.... the new skin would of been moving around with me !! Anyways... the night went pretty well.....
.....I slept like a log - I really did !!
The next day, at about 9.30 I was told that I could go home, if I promised to behave myself - no running around or what have you.... so, B came down to get me. She got there quite early - but, then we had to sit around again !!
This time - because we were in Devon, the Somerset health authority had to agree to take on the cost of my treatment - mainly the cost of looking after my new toy !! Yep folks.... I have another vac pump attached to me .... Such fun !!
This new toy - who I'm calling "Curiosity" - in keeping with the whole Mars thing - (the last one was called "Rover")...... well, this one is, I hope, only staying with me, until Wednesday..... when I have to go back to Exeter, to have the dressings changed. If all goes well - I'll lose my new friend then.... and just a regular dressing will go on, in it's place !! Time will tell on that...
I was told to expect a lot of problems, pain wise, with my leg.... where the skin graft was taken from. Luckily, as my legs are pretty numb, I've felt very little from that area !! There are times when having a pair of "useless" legs comes in handy !! Oh well... enough of all of that....
On to the music of the moment !!
As I type, I've been playing the new Nightwish 'Showtime, Storytime' live set... well, the DVD of the show. It came with 2 Cd's & 2 DVD's... so, I'm just listening to the DVD at the moment - it's well fun !!
It was recorded at the 'Wacken Open Air Live Show'... I don't know the exact date - I'll have to look into that - but... it has the "new" vocalist Floor Jansen doing the honours on the mic - so, it has to be from this past Summer, I guess !! The tracks are:
1) Dark Chest Of Wonders
2) Wish I Had An Angel
3) She Is My Sin
4) Ghost River
5) Ever Dream
6) Story Time
7) I want My Tears Back
8) Nemo
9) Last Of The Wilds
10) Bless The Child
11) Romanticide
12) Amaranth
13) Ghost Love Score
14) Song Of Myself
15) Last Ride Of The Day
Now then, I'm only up to track 11 - but, so far... I've really enjoyed listening to this !! The old & new tracks work well, with the new vocals - in the past, some of the older tracks fell a little "flat" with Anette Olzon's vocals...... I did enjoy her live sets - but, Floor's voice seems better suited to the old & new stuff !!
'Ghost Love Score' is playing as I type... and Floor's vocals are the middle ground, between Tarja Turunen's & Anette's .... this is a good concert - lets hope she stays with the band & their next album will be even better than the last two !! I'm going to enjoy listening to this - over & over again !!
I was let down - again - by Play.com.... or whatever they call themselves these days !! I ordered this live set, to reach me over night... but, once again, it arrived a couple of days late !! The people who sent it - wanted to charge me 50% of the cost - as it was late... "No way"... in the end, they have agreed to return the whole cost of mailing it !! Honestly - they mess up & then expect me to cover the cost...... !!
I also have had a mix up with a lady who I ordered the soundtrack to 'Apocalypse Now' from. I ordered the 2 Cd set & she only sent me the old single Cd.... I have had an e-mail from her, saying a "sorry" and she will sort out the mix up..... I'll see what happens on that one !! I didn't really want the 1979 version - I needed the newer set !!
Oh well - what else has been happening this week...... apart from spinal surgery, a skin graft, some new Cd's to listen to... well - it's been a quiet week really !! So... I think I will be on my ways..
I thank you all for taking the time to log in & read my words - I thank you all for your time.... as always, it's good to know you are "out there" in the Universe, someplace...... until next time
Bye Bye
Tuesday, 3 December 2013
Don't buy from "All Your Music" !!
Hi everybody...
Just a quick post tonight...
As I write - ME is sat a few feet to my left, enjoying the DVD of 'The Lone Ranger'. It's the Johnny Depp film that came out earlier this year & - from what I've seen of it - it's really good... very funny, well... at the start at least !!
As for the rest of the family... well, J is still in Wales, at Uni.... and B has just gone out to a "weight watchers" meeting... she'll be home in a couple of hours or so !!
So - that just leaves me & I'm getting myself all ready for tomorrow's trip to the hospital !! That's going to be "fun" !!
It's going to be my 7th surgery of the year & as such... well, I was born on the 7th day of the 7th month - so, I think 7 is kind of my lucky number !! So - all going well, I might be home for Christmas !!
For now tho' - I will away..... thanks for logging in & reading my words...I will be back.... so... until next time..
Bye Bye
Just a quick post tonight...
As I write - ME is sat a few feet to my left, enjoying the DVD of 'The Lone Ranger'. It's the Johnny Depp film that came out earlier this year & - from what I've seen of it - it's really good... very funny, well... at the start at least !!
As for the rest of the family... well, J is still in Wales, at Uni.... and B has just gone out to a "weight watchers" meeting... she'll be home in a couple of hours or so !!
So - that just leaves me & I'm getting myself all ready for tomorrow's trip to the hospital !! That's going to be "fun" !!
It's going to be my 7th surgery of the year & as such... well, I was born on the 7th day of the 7th month - so, I think 7 is kind of my lucky number !! So - all going well, I might be home for Christmas !!
For now tho' - I will away..... thanks for logging in & reading my words...I will be back.... so... until next time..
Bye Bye
Monday, 2 December 2013
Stay away from 'All Your Music' !!
Greetings World's !!
Ok - I know... I've not written anything for over a week & you're wondering where & what I've been up to.... well, very, very little !! Honestly - my life has revolved around sleeping, watching TV & getting more sleep !! In a nut shell, I have felt like crap... certainly nothing like posting any messages !!
I don't know exactly why - but, last Thursday (for example)... I must of slept nearly all day !! Really strange.... but, not to worry - I made up my mind I was going to post today & that's about it !!
First...... "The Family"
As I type - I'm "home alone"...... ME has started her new job, full time, this morning. She was a little nervous about it, but I know it's something she wanted to do - change jobs - so, I'm really happy for her !! I hope & prey everything will go well for her - not just for today, but for ever !!
So, that's my Daughter... as for B... My Wife & Dearest Friend - well, she has gone on some kind of training thingy, in town (I think).... I'm not 100% sure what it's all about, but she agreed to do it & so, this morning, off she went !!
As for our Son, J... he is still over in Wales, doing his Uni course. B said she hadn't heard too much from him, lately - but, I'll assume he is doing Ok. So - that's the family....
As for the music.....
Well, at the moment, I'm playing the soundtrack Cd's - that I made - from the 'Apocalypse Now' movie DVD. It's not really music - but... it's just a bit of "fun" and I'm enjoying it !! I knew it would make a good transfer - and it certainly did !!
Not only is the "plot" great - but, the music is really brilliant !! At the moment, it's the Stones '(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction'...... well, good !!
As for "proper" music..... well, I've had a few things reach me... I'm not sure if I've written about some of them, before... but....
One of my favourites has to be Peter Gabriel's 'And I'll Scratch
Yours' !! To explain.... as best as I can. In 2010 (I think) Peter Gabriel released a Cd of cover versions, called 'Scratch My Back' - on which, he did various tracks, by some really great people. Anyhoo - this is a follow up, with some of those same people, doing versions of PG's songs !! It is really good... the tracks are:
1) I Don't Remember - David Byrne
2) Come Talk To Me - Bon Iver
3) Come Talk To Me - Regina Spektor
4) Not One Of Us - Stephin Merritt
5) Shock The Monkey - Joseph Arthur
6) Big Time - Randy Newman
7) Games Without Frontiers - Arcade Fire
8) Mercy Street - Elbow
9) Mother Of Violence - Brian Eno
10) Don't Give Up - Feist feat. Timber Timbre
11) Solsbury Hill - Lou Reed
12) Biko - Paul Simon
I guess, the album should be listed under 'Various Artist' but - it's a Peter Gabriel album... and that's a fact !! To hear Lou Reed do his version of 'Solsbury Hill' - so soon after his death.... well, it certainly put the needle into my back... it's well good !! Get yourself a copy - you won't be disappointed !!
Another Cd that came - after too long a wait - was the soundtrack to the TV show 'Vikings'. It's really brilliant !! Even if you didn't know, or hadn't seen the show - well, the music stands alone, in it's own right.... if you follow my meaning !!
I'm still waiting for the 3 Cd set of the soundtrack of 'Blade Runner'.... It was supposed to have been posted to me, over 2 weeks ago... and yet it has still failed to reach me !! That's really crap - and I would recommend that all of you - if you can - avoid ordering anything by a company called 'All Your Music'..... they take your cash & then piss around, as far as sending your order out !! It's really bad !!
So - avoid ordering from 'All Your Music' - they are not worth it....
Who knows - the Cd's might get here today - that would be good !! But - it's still way too slow.... I will avoid them in the future, they are really crap !!
I just took a break - our little girl cat has just come in & needed some food. Of course, by "little" - I mean... blooming huge !! No really... she is a big girl.... but, I'm just sooooo happy she is coming in now. For quite a while, after our kitten (Archie) got here, she avoided us like the plague - she really did !! B was really worried about her - but, over the last few weeks - she has started coming in & acting a little more "normal" for her, at least !!
So - we now have all 4 of our cats, coming & going... treating us like a hotel, which is kind of normal - I guess !! As the old saying goes.... "cats allow you to live with them".... which is very true !! Ho-hum !!
I'm just on Cd 3 of the 'Apocalypse Now' set - just when 'Mr Clean' gets killed... it's all kind of sad.... but, it leads nicely on to the section about the French plantation owners. It's a shame that it was cut from the original film, on it's first release.
At some point, I want to get the 4 DVD release of the film.... probably after Christmas. Also - if I can, I want to get the official 2 Cd set, that is available. I'm not sure when all of that will happen - not for a long while yet.... because.... I've had some news....... !!
On Wednesday, this week - in 2 days - I'm going back into hospital, to have my (hopefully) last spinal surgery and the skin graft !! I'm over the Moon about it........ it means, I hope, I will be in & out of hospital, by Christmas... that would be good !! But - I've been here before....... just because they say I will be in & out by Christmas - I am not going to hold my breath over it !!
I have to be in the hospital, by 7.30am on Wednesday - so, that will mean leaving home, about 6am... so, that won't be a lot of fun !! Nevermind - I will let you know how things go.... I doubt if I'll post very much, during my stay there - but, I will let you know, what I can, as & when I can.... it's going to be fun !! My 7th surgery (or 8th) of the year - now, that's a bit of an achievement, even for me & my track record !! But - hopefully, I will be home for Christmas !! Time will tell & besides... life is good !!
I just a look, out of the front window.... the sky is really blue - with white airplane streaks, going across it...... in the distance, the sea is blue & the beach looks really good....... not that I will be going anywhere near it, not for a while... a long while !! Oh well.....
Also - I couldn't help noticing - one of our neighbours has moved out. She was a lovely girl, with a fantastic Son - but... as is the way of the World, her Husband up and left her... with the result, that she has had to move out of the house. It's a shame.... but...... !!
Ok - my plans for today... well, I'm going to get a bit of sleep. I think. My lovely back is starting to really hurt now, nothing new - just a really bit painful. Even if I don't get any sleep - I can at least rest my back a bit, by taking the weight off of it, for a short while !!
I had an e-mail, earlier, from a guy at Church - he wanted to come over & visit tomorrow night.... about 8pm. But - as I pointed out to him, I want to be having an early night (tomorrow) - ready for Wednesday morning. I know his 8pm - that could be anytime - he never has been a great one for time keeping !!
Anyways - after I e-mailed him back... I've just had a 'phone call, from another guy.... and I had to be firm & stand my ground. I don't mind, if they want to visit - but, tomorrow night will not be one of the best, I need my beauty sleep, after all - I'm getting too old & ugly to miss out on that !!
Oh - I've just remembered... it's a Monday, which means I have to go down to the local surgery & have my dressings changed again - that's going to be fun... not !! I'm not sure what is going to happen, once I get out of the hospital - who will do the dressings then....... I guess I'll sort that out afterwards. It's about 50 miles to the hospital, in Exeter - so, I don't want to have to travel back there, just to have a few bandages removed, or replaced !!
A 100 mile round trip, just to be put thru' the whole dressings thing... well, that's going to be just a little too far for comfort !! I'll see how things go......
But - for now, I will away. I thank you all for logging in & reading my words.... until next time..
Bye Bye
Ok - I know... I've not written anything for over a week & you're wondering where & what I've been up to.... well, very, very little !! Honestly - my life has revolved around sleeping, watching TV & getting more sleep !! In a nut shell, I have felt like crap... certainly nothing like posting any messages !!
I don't know exactly why - but, last Thursday (for example)... I must of slept nearly all day !! Really strange.... but, not to worry - I made up my mind I was going to post today & that's about it !!
First...... "The Family"
As I type - I'm "home alone"...... ME has started her new job, full time, this morning. She was a little nervous about it, but I know it's something she wanted to do - change jobs - so, I'm really happy for her !! I hope & prey everything will go well for her - not just for today, but for ever !!
So, that's my Daughter... as for B... My Wife & Dearest Friend - well, she has gone on some kind of training thingy, in town (I think).... I'm not 100% sure what it's all about, but she agreed to do it & so, this morning, off she went !!
As for our Son, J... he is still over in Wales, doing his Uni course. B said she hadn't heard too much from him, lately - but, I'll assume he is doing Ok. So - that's the family....
As for the music.....
Well, at the moment, I'm playing the soundtrack Cd's - that I made - from the 'Apocalypse Now' movie DVD. It's not really music - but... it's just a bit of "fun" and I'm enjoying it !! I knew it would make a good transfer - and it certainly did !!
Not only is the "plot" great - but, the music is really brilliant !! At the moment, it's the Stones '(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction'...... well, good !!
As for "proper" music..... well, I've had a few things reach me... I'm not sure if I've written about some of them, before... but....
One of my favourites has to be Peter Gabriel's 'And I'll Scratch
Yours' !! To explain.... as best as I can. In 2010 (I think) Peter Gabriel released a Cd of cover versions, called 'Scratch My Back' - on which, he did various tracks, by some really great people. Anyhoo - this is a follow up, with some of those same people, doing versions of PG's songs !! It is really good... the tracks are:
1) I Don't Remember - David Byrne
2) Come Talk To Me - Bon Iver
3) Come Talk To Me - Regina Spektor
4) Not One Of Us - Stephin Merritt
5) Shock The Monkey - Joseph Arthur
6) Big Time - Randy Newman
7) Games Without Frontiers - Arcade Fire
8) Mercy Street - Elbow
9) Mother Of Violence - Brian Eno
10) Don't Give Up - Feist feat. Timber Timbre
11) Solsbury Hill - Lou Reed
12) Biko - Paul Simon
I guess, the album should be listed under 'Various Artist' but - it's a Peter Gabriel album... and that's a fact !! To hear Lou Reed do his version of 'Solsbury Hill' - so soon after his death.... well, it certainly put the needle into my back... it's well good !! Get yourself a copy - you won't be disappointed !!
Another Cd that came - after too long a wait - was the soundtrack to the TV show 'Vikings'. It's really brilliant !! Even if you didn't know, or hadn't seen the show - well, the music stands alone, in it's own right.... if you follow my meaning !!
I'm still waiting for the 3 Cd set of the soundtrack of 'Blade Runner'.... It was supposed to have been posted to me, over 2 weeks ago... and yet it has still failed to reach me !! That's really crap - and I would recommend that all of you - if you can - avoid ordering anything by a company called 'All Your Music'..... they take your cash & then piss around, as far as sending your order out !! It's really bad !!
So - avoid ordering from 'All Your Music' - they are not worth it....
Who knows - the Cd's might get here today - that would be good !! But - it's still way too slow.... I will avoid them in the future, they are really crap !!
I just took a break - our little girl cat has just come in & needed some food. Of course, by "little" - I mean... blooming huge !! No really... she is a big girl.... but, I'm just sooooo happy she is coming in now. For quite a while, after our kitten (Archie) got here, she avoided us like the plague - she really did !! B was really worried about her - but, over the last few weeks - she has started coming in & acting a little more "normal" for her, at least !!
So - we now have all 4 of our cats, coming & going... treating us like a hotel, which is kind of normal - I guess !! As the old saying goes.... "cats allow you to live with them".... which is very true !! Ho-hum !!
I'm just on Cd 3 of the 'Apocalypse Now' set - just when 'Mr Clean' gets killed... it's all kind of sad.... but, it leads nicely on to the section about the French plantation owners. It's a shame that it was cut from the original film, on it's first release.
At some point, I want to get the 4 DVD release of the film.... probably after Christmas. Also - if I can, I want to get the official 2 Cd set, that is available. I'm not sure when all of that will happen - not for a long while yet.... because.... I've had some news....... !!
On Wednesday, this week - in 2 days - I'm going back into hospital, to have my (hopefully) last spinal surgery and the skin graft !! I'm over the Moon about it........ it means, I hope, I will be in & out of hospital, by Christmas... that would be good !! But - I've been here before....... just because they say I will be in & out by Christmas - I am not going to hold my breath over it !!
I have to be in the hospital, by 7.30am on Wednesday - so, that will mean leaving home, about 6am... so, that won't be a lot of fun !! Nevermind - I will let you know how things go.... I doubt if I'll post very much, during my stay there - but, I will let you know, what I can, as & when I can.... it's going to be fun !! My 7th surgery (or 8th) of the year - now, that's a bit of an achievement, even for me & my track record !! But - hopefully, I will be home for Christmas !! Time will tell & besides... life is good !!
I just a look, out of the front window.... the sky is really blue - with white airplane streaks, going across it...... in the distance, the sea is blue & the beach looks really good....... not that I will be going anywhere near it, not for a while... a long while !! Oh well.....
Also - I couldn't help noticing - one of our neighbours has moved out. She was a lovely girl, with a fantastic Son - but... as is the way of the World, her Husband up and left her... with the result, that she has had to move out of the house. It's a shame.... but...... !!
Ok - my plans for today... well, I'm going to get a bit of sleep. I think. My lovely back is starting to really hurt now, nothing new - just a really bit painful. Even if I don't get any sleep - I can at least rest my back a bit, by taking the weight off of it, for a short while !!
I had an e-mail, earlier, from a guy at Church - he wanted to come over & visit tomorrow night.... about 8pm. But - as I pointed out to him, I want to be having an early night (tomorrow) - ready for Wednesday morning. I know his 8pm - that could be anytime - he never has been a great one for time keeping !!
Anyways - after I e-mailed him back... I've just had a 'phone call, from another guy.... and I had to be firm & stand my ground. I don't mind, if they want to visit - but, tomorrow night will not be one of the best, I need my beauty sleep, after all - I'm getting too old & ugly to miss out on that !!
Oh - I've just remembered... it's a Monday, which means I have to go down to the local surgery & have my dressings changed again - that's going to be fun... not !! I'm not sure what is going to happen, once I get out of the hospital - who will do the dressings then....... I guess I'll sort that out afterwards. It's about 50 miles to the hospital, in Exeter - so, I don't want to have to travel back there, just to have a few bandages removed, or replaced !!
A 100 mile round trip, just to be put thru' the whole dressings thing... well, that's going to be just a little too far for comfort !! I'll see how things go......
But - for now, I will away. I thank you all for logging in & reading my words.... until next time..
Bye Bye
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