Greetings World's !!
How has your day gone ? It's a bright & - thankfully - dry day, here in the wilds of England !! I stuck my head, out thru' the back door, a while ago..... our lawns are just mud !! Honestly.... it's going to take a few weeks of dry weather, to even get these things back together !!
Yesterday - or maybe the day before - B said we would get one of those lawn loungers, so I could go outside, in the Summer & just sit back & "relax". Now, I agree, the idea is great - but.... we need some Sunshine, to dry things up a bit first !! Oh well.....
My idea, for a "New Year Resolution" was to get out, into the garage & really get into the junk out there & start back on the whole model railway kick. It's something I used to enjoy doing a lot..... laying out the track & stuff.... and getting the trains to go around. But - I've not built one (a layout) for some years now, so it seemed like a great thing to do, this year. After the crap of the last 9 months - going out & getting my head into the whole thing !!
But - just sitting here, with a hole in my back & the pain that goes along with that.... well, the model making thing can wait a while, I guess !! Maybe later in the year !! I'll see how I get on...
Just staying with models tho' - and because I'm really a sad git, at heart !! The postman has just dropped off the latest 2 Star Trek models for me !! To explain.....
Every now & again, I like to collect stuff...... not for me, but for future generations of "The Clan" !! I've picked up 100 model trains - that sort of went along with my whole train thing, that I mentioned above + 20 or 30 small model planes & - so far - 3 larger models...... some War ships.... and, most recently, some miniature guitars. On top of all of the above.... I've picked up 15+ Star Trek models !! I really am sad !!
None of the above have been deliberately opened, so.... at some point, in the future - if my kids have kids - these models will be for them to sort out between them !!
Today, I've received a model Cardassian 'Galor Class' thingy & a thing called the 'U.S.S. Equinox'. I'm not really sure if such ships were actually used, in any of the Star Trek shows or films.... but, what the heck... it's all good fun !!
Right - I mentioned The Clan......
At the moment, I'm home alone !! B has gone up to see her Dad & from there, over to see her Aunt. She left quite early this morning, so she might be back anytime really. I must admit, I went back to sleep.... and only really surfaced, from my slumbers, at about
midday !! Oh well.....
ME is working this morning & J... well, he is still over in Wales, doing his Uni course, so - apart from the cats, that just leaves me here, typing these words !! Oh, nevermind - I have the music to keep me company !!
Today, I'm playing 'Bust A Gut 3 - The Wheelchair Shuffle' on the iPod - thru' the docking station, that B gave me for Christmas. It's pretty good, to hear it, the way I meant it to be played !! To explain.....
When I recorded these 18 Cd's... I meant them to be played on "shuffle", so that the tracks would mingle into each other..... having the docking station allows that to happen !! It was Ok, putting 5 Cd's at a time, into my stereo system.... - but, that limited the "shuffle" factor, down to those 5 discs..... By using the iPod, I can shuffle all 18 discs and play them the way I imagined, when I recorded them !!
At them moment, I'm listening to Nightwish's 'Dead Boy's Poem' - which is a pretty good track, in it's own right, but following some Dream Theater & various other things, it really makes for some great listening !!
I must do another set of discs, at some point & put them, onto the Mini Egg, the same way as these tracks..... but, not yet - I need to get my brain together first !!
Ok - if you haven't done so, already - check out the video of Pussy Riot, getting beaten up in Puck-tin's Russian Olympics !! It's really bad..... and just goes to show, how we take freedom of speech for granted !! Check it out......
Right - I must away..... I have no plans for today, but... whatever I do, it's going to be taken slowly & that's a fact !! I thank you all for taking the time to log in & read my words.... until next time...
Bye Bye
Thursday, 20 February 2014
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