Into The Blue & Other thoughts..I kid you not.....

Greetings World's !!

It's a cool Tuesday, here in the wilds of England..... and I'm relieved to be back !! To explain..

Last night, there was this almighty bright light - followed by a massive thunderclap....... all the power went out (briefly) and, for a second or two, I thought the house had suffered another lightning strike. Luckily - I got to the computer & electrical stuff & pulled the plug. So - when the power did come back on, nothing was broken !!

I'm relieved, mainly as - a goodly few years ago - we had a similar strike & it took out part of the TV system & my old computer !! That was a bummer - sooooo I'm glad to say, it hasn't happened again !! Apart from a bit of a fright, that is..... the flash was bright & the thunder extremely loud !! Oh well....

I repeat - it's a Tuesday.... and I'm home alone !! The music is loud & - for some reason - 'Star Wars - Episode IV' is on the TV ?! I'm not quite sure why.... but..... !!

I was thinking... really & truly, "the family" only consists of B & myself now. ME has moved out - to live.......

Scupper all of that !! I was about to write "ME has moved out" and thru' the door, my Daughter came back - to collect some more of her stuff !! There is a lot of stuff still here - which can go over, to their new house - so, she has come back - to do another car load !!

But - back to what I was going to say....

Now that B & myself are the only ones living here - it seems pointless writing too much about the M & M's and J....... the guys live 10 miles away & J is over in Wales - when we'll see him again, well - that's anybody's guess !! So... I'm going to stick to the 2 of us !!

My Wife & Dearest Friend, B is out for most of the day..... she has a meeting, here in the village..... and then, she is off, into town !! I think she will be back in the middle of the afternoon - not exactly
 sure when !! But - back to yesterday....

I had a visit to the dentist.... that was in the morning & from there, we headed down to Exeter..... for a visit to the hospital dressings clinic - that wasn't a lot of fun !! I can now, honestly say - the back wound is worse is worse than it was, before the surgery !! It looks bloody horrible - it really does !!

My understanding was - the hole in my back would be closed over & then a skin graft was to be put over the top...... looking at the couple of 'photo's I've got - I now have a carter, where once I had a small hole !! I repeat - it looks really bad - even compared to how it was, before the last surgery !! I don't know.... whatever the Consultant was hoping to achieve, in my eyes, he has failed completely !!

I have to go back, to the Exeter hospital, a week tomorrow, to actually see the plastic surgeon.... so, maybe, by then, it will look a bit better.... I'm really disappointed by what I've seen so far !! I'm pretty certain that I won't be having anymore surgeries, now.... I can't see what has been done.... so, I'm not sure if I want to go thru' it all
again !! 8 operations, in less than 12 months - that's about my limit, I can't.... or - at this moment - want to go thru' it all again !!

We'll see what happens next week, I guess......

"The music of the moment" !!

Since I started this post - I've been listening to 'Kaleidoscope' by Transatlantic. I think it's their latest release - tho' I'm not really sure about that ?! Anyways, the tracks are:

CD 1

1) Into The Blue
2) Shine
3) Black As Sky
4) Kaleidoscope

CD 2

1) And You & I
2) Can't Get It Out Of My Head
3) Conquistador
4) Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
5) Tin Soldier
6) Sylvia
7) Indiscipline
8) Nights In White Satin

I've got to be honest - I really only wanted the 2nd disc !! All of those cover versions.... brilliant !! Hopefully - one day, the guys will play some of them & release them, officially, on a live album - the last one, from their 'Whirld Tour 2010' 3 Cd set... well, it has some fantastic tracks - but, as far as I'm aware - not one of their covers !! Oh well.....

I've just changed the music... I'm now playing Asian Dub Foundation's 'Enemy Of My Enemy' !! The tracks are:

  1) Fortress Europe
  2) Rise To The Challenge
  3) La Haine
  4) 1000 Mirrors
  5) 19 Rebellions
  6) Blowback
  7) Face
  8) Power To The Small Massive
  9) Dhol Rinse
10) Rasta
11) Cyberabad
12) Enemy Of The Enemy

The whole Asian Dub Foundation thing - for me... well, it started completely by accident !! I bought a copy of 'The Paris Concert for Amnesty International' from 1998.... and ADF did 3 tracks on that.... from there - well, I was kind of hooked by them !! I tell you - only here, could you go thru' the stuff I play.... from day to day !! Nevermind...

I've taken a break - to help ME move some stuff.... it's amazing how much is left behind, even after taking so much already !! Totally mad..... It will look a bit better when I've dismantled the bed - at the moment, it's taking up quite a bit of the space..... Nevermind !!

I now have the house, back to myself - so, the music has gone back up to "11" & the walls are vibrating away nicely.... that should wake the neighbours up a bit !!

One of the neighbours, bless her, 'phoned last night.... just as we were falling asleep - to make sure everything went alright, for me, at the hospital. I don't mind - but.... we were pretty tired out, from the trip - so..... I could of done with-out the 'phone call, even tho' it was all done for the right reasons !!

Right, my plans for today.....

I'm not really sure ?! I do have some models, to put away..... over the last week, I've had a whole batch of new "star ships" & "planes" arrive.... add in the odd miniature guitar & things have been getting a little out of hand !! I will have to fight my ways in J's room & try to make sense of my odds & ends.....

Apart from that - I intend to kick back - listen to some more music & read one of the various 'Game of Thrones' books - I'm not sure which one I'm on, at the moment..... it's a good yarn tho' !!

I see I've had a bunch of "new" countries logging in, to read my words.... I thank you all, for doing that & taking the time to have a look at what is happening with My family & The Music In My Life.... until next time...

Bye Bye