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Day 3: The End of an Era
My tenure at TK Maxx has come to a more than welcome end, yay. Unfortunately, I was unable to go ahead with my plans to screw them over, as I ended up being in the middle of it all, and they'd gone and ordered some change anyway. Nevermind, it's the thought that counts.
OK, so I still haven't taken an MGS4 picture, and I don't think I'll bother now. To be honest, if you look on eBay you can find a picture easy enough anyway. It's already doubled in value, so the £80 is most definately money well spent now. I think it might settle around the £100-150 mark once the initial rush has died down. Not a bad investment at all.
I'm going to tell you about Overdose. A few weeks ago, I was sat in the cash office at TK Maxx, thinking about how I wanted to try my hand at some heavy metal tracks. However, the more I thought about it, the more I realised that heavy metal was never going to be a genre that suited Living Sedative, so my thoughts started to drift towards starting a new project to cater for it. And that's how Overdose was born. Unlike Living Sedative, there's no set release date for any music as yet, though I'm looking at having an EP out early in 2009. I'll tell you more as and when I'm able. There's only the one track produced as yet, which is the one I told you about yesterday (A Sombre Introduction).
Today's been a pretty slow one. I actually finished eating around 20 minutes ago. Dad said this morning that he'd ring me when he was finished at work/boozing, and then he'd go to get tea. I found out at around 6 that he'd gone to the pub, and was about fed up of waiting and was starting to get ready to make food around 10, which is when he called me. I spent the next hour or so listening to him babble on about shit I didn't care about, and trying to explain to him that there wasn't any football highlights on because they show the highlights of the first match after the second one. This didn't sink in at all, and he must've spent around 5 minutes scrolling through every channel he could think of trying to find highlights. Idiot.
Work was surprisingly good natured. It was confirmed that nobody had bothered to get me a card other than Sam, which I will be going to pick up tomorrow. Quite looking forward to seeing what they are, actually. But yeah, Tash couldn't even find in herself to say bye. I even had to walk past her twice to get my coat and MP3 player and stuff. Still doesn't bother me, because I was never expecting her to say anything, but it would've been nice had she just said "Bye", or "Good Luck". Everybody else was kind enough to say one or the other. Dad, in his drunken state, reckoned I should write a letter to TK Maxx's upper management. Not quite sure why I'd want to do that, but ah well, I can't be bothered to argue with him. It wouldn't get me anywhere.
Right, I'm gonna be shooting off now. Not really got an awful lot to say today. I bought myself some new clothes, figured I best put my staff discount to use one last time before I lost it, but that's about it really. I'm sure tomorrow will be more eventful. Pressies and driving lessons, and stuff. I'm gonna try and get some more music done as well, though how likely this is depends on what ideas I can come up with.
Ten days tomorrow until my baby comes back :D Yes, I am counting down the days until I get to speak to her on the phone again. Call me sad, I don't care.
G'night people.
-=Gavvie=-
OK, so I still haven't taken an MGS4 picture, and I don't think I'll bother now. To be honest, if you look on eBay you can find a picture easy enough anyway. It's already doubled in value, so the £80 is most definately money well spent now. I think it might settle around the £100-150 mark once the initial rush has died down. Not a bad investment at all.
I'm going to tell you about Overdose. A few weeks ago, I was sat in the cash office at TK Maxx, thinking about how I wanted to try my hand at some heavy metal tracks. However, the more I thought about it, the more I realised that heavy metal was never going to be a genre that suited Living Sedative, so my thoughts started to drift towards starting a new project to cater for it. And that's how Overdose was born. Unlike Living Sedative, there's no set release date for any music as yet, though I'm looking at having an EP out early in 2009. I'll tell you more as and when I'm able. There's only the one track produced as yet, which is the one I told you about yesterday (A Sombre Introduction).
Today's been a pretty slow one. I actually finished eating around 20 minutes ago. Dad said this morning that he'd ring me when he was finished at work/boozing, and then he'd go to get tea. I found out at around 6 that he'd gone to the pub, and was about fed up of waiting and was starting to get ready to make food around 10, which is when he called me. I spent the next hour or so listening to him babble on about shit I didn't care about, and trying to explain to him that there wasn't any football highlights on because they show the highlights of the first match after the second one. This didn't sink in at all, and he must've spent around 5 minutes scrolling through every channel he could think of trying to find highlights. Idiot.
Work was surprisingly good natured. It was confirmed that nobody had bothered to get me a card other than Sam, which I will be going to pick up tomorrow. Quite looking forward to seeing what they are, actually. But yeah, Tash couldn't even find in herself to say bye. I even had to walk past her twice to get my coat and MP3 player and stuff. Still doesn't bother me, because I was never expecting her to say anything, but it would've been nice had she just said "Bye", or "Good Luck". Everybody else was kind enough to say one or the other. Dad, in his drunken state, reckoned I should write a letter to TK Maxx's upper management. Not quite sure why I'd want to do that, but ah well, I can't be bothered to argue with him. It wouldn't get me anywhere.
Right, I'm gonna be shooting off now. Not really got an awful lot to say today. I bought myself some new clothes, figured I best put my staff discount to use one last time before I lost it, but that's about it really. I'm sure tomorrow will be more eventful. Pressies and driving lessons, and stuff. I'm gonna try and get some more music done as well, though how likely this is depends on what ideas I can come up with.
Ten days tomorrow until my baby comes back :D Yes, I am counting down the days until I get to speak to her on the phone again. Call me sad, I don't care.
G'night people.
-=Gavvie=-
Day 2: And Now It's Hit Me
You know, it's funny. In yesterday's entry, I was going on about how I felt fine, despite sounding mopey whilst I was writing my blog, and as soon as I press "Publish", I start to feel lonely. It's a feeling that hasn't left me alone today, so I'm assuming that Mena's absense has struck me now. I've not been in a particularly merry mood today, because I can't help thinking about how much fun Mena's having right now, and how little fun I'm having. As I might've said yesterday, she's out having fun, and I'm working which, whether it be at Specsavers or TK Maxx, isn't really going to be all that fun. Still, I'm not gonna dwell on that for the third day in a row, so let's move on.
It turns out I will be getting a card from work...well, from Sam, actually. He told me this morning that he's gone and got me a card and a present. Dunno what yet, mind, because he forgot to bring them with him to work, so I'll find out Saturday, when I take my uniform in. Naturally, I'll tell you then.
Speaking of Saturday, one thing I'm not looking forward to is my driving lesson. I've given it much thought, and I've decided that I'm probably just one of those Crap Drivers that people always moan about. Who knows, after some of the mistakes I've made, maybe I'm already moaned about. Still, I've had 13-14 lessons, and I'm still making basic mistakes, so something's up. We'll see what happens this weekend.
There still hasn't been anything monumentally important for me to talk about, I'm afraid. Work was pretty slow and boring, partly because of my state of mind, and partly because the jobs I was given to do were rather boring and uneventful in themselves. It will be interesting to see what happens tomorrow, though. In theory, I shouldn't be in the cash office anymore, but I don't know whether Tash will follow the rules or not. I'm not fussed either way, and I'm not quite sure which one I'd prefer doing.
One thing I am looking forward to is extra sleep :D You see, I don't start work at Specsavers until 9, so I can afford to wake up at 8, which is 75 minutes extra sleep than what I'm getting now, so I should start feeling more relaxed and stuff fairly shortly. Some days my mood is purely down to how tired I feel. It can make my happiness rather muted, or it can make my sad and lonely days worse, so having extra sleep is definately a plus, even if all it does is help me decide whether I'm happy or not.
I said I'd take pictures of my MGS4 Limited Edition boxset, and I didn't. I'm sorry. I'll take some tomorrow, I've got longer to do it. Not really been in the mood to do much today, as evidenced by the fact that all I have done today, since coming home from work, is watch three or four episodes of Transformers. I did have a bit of a headache though, so that's why I decided to take a day off from gaming. Normal service should resume tomorrow.
Oh, tomorrow's Friday the 13th, which I'm not looking forward to. I've never been superstitious, but apart from one or two occurances, there's always something that goes wrong for me. The mix of my last day at work and Tash seems less like a coincidence now. I have a feeling she's gonna bollock me for something, anything, just to try and stick the knife in one last time before I go. The joke's on her though, I've employed a couple of failsafes just to show them why they shouldn't rely on one person to do everything. I'll tell you more about it in the next couple of days.
In music related news, I've started on a few new tracks, one of which is a version of I Hope You Listen to This Song Everyday, the track which will eventually be about Mena. It's a bit heavier than I would've liked it to be, but at the moment I'm just toying with ideas, so I might tone it down. I've also completed work on the very first Overdose track (announcement tomorrow), which is called A Sombre Introduction, and I've got a couple more Living Sedative demos in the works, one of which is called Voyage into the Uncharted. I quite like that one, it's definately on my "To Finish Soon" list. Also on that list is Cold Spot on the Sun. It's 1:44 long at the moment, but I want the finished track to be around the 7-8 minute mark. I've got a track called Demo 2, which has a bit of a Final Resolution sound to it (you know, it sounds like it wraps things up), so I think that might be the track I end up calling Going Out With a Bang.
Speaking of going out with bangs, it's about time I wrapped this blog up. Tomorrow I shall tell you what Overdose is exactly, I'll get around to showing you MGS4 pics, and I might mention how my last day at TK Maxx went. God, how I've looked forward to this day. Since around December 2006, in fact :p LONG time overdue.
Until tomorrow
-=Gavvie=-
P.S. I promise not to feel lonely when I press "Publish" tonight.
It turns out I will be getting a card from work...well, from Sam, actually. He told me this morning that he's gone and got me a card and a present. Dunno what yet, mind, because he forgot to bring them with him to work, so I'll find out Saturday, when I take my uniform in. Naturally, I'll tell you then.
Speaking of Saturday, one thing I'm not looking forward to is my driving lesson. I've given it much thought, and I've decided that I'm probably just one of those Crap Drivers that people always moan about. Who knows, after some of the mistakes I've made, maybe I'm already moaned about. Still, I've had 13-14 lessons, and I'm still making basic mistakes, so something's up. We'll see what happens this weekend.
There still hasn't been anything monumentally important for me to talk about, I'm afraid. Work was pretty slow and boring, partly because of my state of mind, and partly because the jobs I was given to do were rather boring and uneventful in themselves. It will be interesting to see what happens tomorrow, though. In theory, I shouldn't be in the cash office anymore, but I don't know whether Tash will follow the rules or not. I'm not fussed either way, and I'm not quite sure which one I'd prefer doing.
One thing I am looking forward to is extra sleep :D You see, I don't start work at Specsavers until 9, so I can afford to wake up at 8, which is 75 minutes extra sleep than what I'm getting now, so I should start feeling more relaxed and stuff fairly shortly. Some days my mood is purely down to how tired I feel. It can make my happiness rather muted, or it can make my sad and lonely days worse, so having extra sleep is definately a plus, even if all it does is help me decide whether I'm happy or not.
I said I'd take pictures of my MGS4 Limited Edition boxset, and I didn't. I'm sorry. I'll take some tomorrow, I've got longer to do it. Not really been in the mood to do much today, as evidenced by the fact that all I have done today, since coming home from work, is watch three or four episodes of Transformers. I did have a bit of a headache though, so that's why I decided to take a day off from gaming. Normal service should resume tomorrow.
Oh, tomorrow's Friday the 13th, which I'm not looking forward to. I've never been superstitious, but apart from one or two occurances, there's always something that goes wrong for me. The mix of my last day at work and Tash seems less like a coincidence now. I have a feeling she's gonna bollock me for something, anything, just to try and stick the knife in one last time before I go. The joke's on her though, I've employed a couple of failsafes just to show them why they shouldn't rely on one person to do everything. I'll tell you more about it in the next couple of days.
In music related news, I've started on a few new tracks, one of which is a version of I Hope You Listen to This Song Everyday, the track which will eventually be about Mena. It's a bit heavier than I would've liked it to be, but at the moment I'm just toying with ideas, so I might tone it down. I've also completed work on the very first Overdose track (announcement tomorrow), which is called A Sombre Introduction, and I've got a couple more Living Sedative demos in the works, one of which is called Voyage into the Uncharted. I quite like that one, it's definately on my "To Finish Soon" list. Also on that list is Cold Spot on the Sun. It's 1:44 long at the moment, but I want the finished track to be around the 7-8 minute mark. I've got a track called Demo 2, which has a bit of a Final Resolution sound to it (you know, it sounds like it wraps things up), so I think that might be the track I end up calling Going Out With a Bang.
Speaking of going out with bangs, it's about time I wrapped this blog up. Tomorrow I shall tell you what Overdose is exactly, I'll get around to showing you MGS4 pics, and I might mention how my last day at TK Maxx went. God, how I've looked forward to this day. Since around December 2006, in fact :p LONG time overdue.
Until tomorrow
-=Gavvie=-
P.S. I promise not to feel lonely when I press "Publish" tonight.
Day 0 Pt. II: And Now You're Gone
So here we go, the first proper blog entry without Mena around, and I'm gonna reveal everything. Mainly because I told her the basic jist of it earlier, so it was something to look forward to. Anywho, here goes: I'm going to write her an album.
When I told her, she said that I already had, as all of my Living Sedative albums are dedicated to her, but this one's different. Every track on there is going to be about her, or some quirk in our relationship. I might even write one about arguments, so that I can have a heavier track in there to break all the mush up :P I'm not really sure right now.
What makes this different to my conventional Living Sedative releases, and the soon-to-be-properly-announced Project Overdose album, is that I'm actually going to release this under my name. The reason I'm doing that is because I don't want it to be seen as a side project, even though it is. I want it to be sentimental to her, and hopefully it'll come across as such, even if it turns out crap. Which it will, we all know I can't sing XD
As far as song titles go, I've got a couple in mind. One I'm definately doing, though, is called I Hope You Listen to This Song Everyday, and this might double up as the album name. Others I have in mind include In My Blood, and Where We Met.
As I leave this topic alone, here's some lyrics, as a taster for what's coming up:
I Hope You Listen to This Song Everyday
I hope you know,
That you're the best thing in my life.
And I hope you know,
That I want you to be my wife.
I'm sure you know,
I love you more than I can ever say.
And so I hope,
You listen to this song everyday.
And I love you,
I love you more than words can say.
And I hope you,
Listen to this song everyday.
In My Blood
You make me laugh,
You make my cry.
You make me wonder,
Why I should try.
To make things better,
To make things good,
And I remember,
It's in my blood.
You make me happy,
You make me sad.
I sit in silence,
When I get mad.
Then things get better,
Just like they should,
And I'm so happy,
You're in my blood.
If they don't work out as songs, the lyrics will be posted in PostPoems, so they're not being put to waste. Unused lyrics are also going in there as well, so I should be able to give you a few goodies at the end of the week. I'm going to have at least one song done, so here's hoping.
Moving on, and as I said at the beginning, Mena has gone now. Right now she's on her plane to Egypt. I still wish I was going. Today's been so hard for me. I've been trying to keep my emotions in check because I didn't want her to get upset. That, and she told me not to start crying else it'd set her off :P God, I sound so depressing recently. I'll cheer up soon, promise. Anyway, I'm currently coping with it better than I thought I would be, but that's probably because I'm keeping myself occupied. It'll hit me when I go to bed, I'm sure, and if it doesn't, it'll hit me tomorrow. But yeah, I still wish I was on that plane right now, watching whatever film they're showing, and being next to my love. Wouldn't get much better than that.
Well, that's all for today. Tomorrow, I'll talk a bit more about..erm..well, progress on the song, I guess. And what I've done, if it's interesting, or what's on my mind. It's been a while since I've tried to do daily blogs, and I'm clearly a little rusty :p Nevermind, eh?
Right, well, good night. I shall speak to you all tomorrow.
-=Gavvie=-
When I told her, she said that I already had, as all of my Living Sedative albums are dedicated to her, but this one's different. Every track on there is going to be about her, or some quirk in our relationship. I might even write one about arguments, so that I can have a heavier track in there to break all the mush up :P I'm not really sure right now.
What makes this different to my conventional Living Sedative releases, and the soon-to-be-properly-announced Project Overdose album, is that I'm actually going to release this under my name. The reason I'm doing that is because I don't want it to be seen as a side project, even though it is. I want it to be sentimental to her, and hopefully it'll come across as such, even if it turns out crap. Which it will, we all know I can't sing XD
As far as song titles go, I've got a couple in mind. One I'm definately doing, though, is called I Hope You Listen to This Song Everyday, and this might double up as the album name. Others I have in mind include In My Blood, and Where We Met.
As I leave this topic alone, here's some lyrics, as a taster for what's coming up:
I Hope You Listen to This Song Everyday
I hope you know,
That you're the best thing in my life.
And I hope you know,
That I want you to be my wife.
I'm sure you know,
I love you more than I can ever say.
And so I hope,
You listen to this song everyday.
And I love you,
I love you more than words can say.
And I hope you,
Listen to this song everyday.
In My Blood
You make me laugh,
You make my cry.
You make me wonder,
Why I should try.
To make things better,
To make things good,
And I remember,
It's in my blood.
You make me happy,
You make me sad.
I sit in silence,
When I get mad.
Then things get better,
Just like they should,
And I'm so happy,
You're in my blood.
If they don't work out as songs, the lyrics will be posted in PostPoems, so they're not being put to waste. Unused lyrics are also going in there as well, so I should be able to give you a few goodies at the end of the week. I'm going to have at least one song done, so here's hoping.
Moving on, and as I said at the beginning, Mena has gone now. Right now she's on her plane to Egypt. I still wish I was going. Today's been so hard for me. I've been trying to keep my emotions in check because I didn't want her to get upset. That, and she told me not to start crying else it'd set her off :P God, I sound so depressing recently. I'll cheer up soon, promise. Anyway, I'm currently coping with it better than I thought I would be, but that's probably because I'm keeping myself occupied. It'll hit me when I go to bed, I'm sure, and if it doesn't, it'll hit me tomorrow. But yeah, I still wish I was on that plane right now, watching whatever film they're showing, and being next to my love. Wouldn't get much better than that.
Well, that's all for today. Tomorrow, I'll talk a bit more about..erm..well, progress on the song, I guess. And what I've done, if it's interesting, or what's on my mind. It's been a while since I've tried to do daily blogs, and I'm clearly a little rusty :p Nevermind, eh?
Right, well, good night. I shall speak to you all tomorrow.
-=Gavvie=-
Living Sedative: EVERY Download Link
So, I finally got around uploading all of Living Sedative's albums to SendSpace, so I can actually give you the links now :p
Links will stay active for as long as the download is active. The files get removed after 10 days if they're not active, so download away! :D
Here's the links:
A Taste of Things to Come: http://www.sendspace.com/file/bvlxje
A Second Taste - The B-Sides: http://www.sendspace.com/file/r78u19
The First Shot Always Hurts the Most: http://www.sendspace.com/file/g36frg
Outcasts: http://www.sendspace.com/file/5otmur
Outcasts is the brand new B-Sides collection that I released on Monday. It collects all the unreleased songs and unused B-Sides from the First Shot period, and pops them all into one album.
Hope you enjoy listening to them :D
Cheers,
-=Gavvie=-
Links will stay active for as long as the download is active. The files get removed after 10 days if they're not active, so download away! :D
Here's the links:
A Taste of Things to Come: http://www.sendspace.com/file/bvlxje
A Second Taste - The B-Sides: http://www.sendspace.com/file/r78u19
The First Shot Always Hurts the Most: http://www.sendspace.com/file/g36frg
Outcasts: http://www.sendspace.com/file/5otmur
Outcasts is the brand new B-Sides collection that I released on Monday. It collects all the unreleased songs and unused B-Sides from the First Shot period, and pops them all into one album.
Hope you enjoy listening to them :D
Cheers,
-=Gavvie=-
Living Sedative: Working Titles for New Albums
Hi there. Happy blog entry today, mainly because I don't wanna bitch about work again :P
Work on the two new LS albums is progressing a little slowly at the moment, mainly because I've had more ideas for Conversations That Changed the World than I have Only One Word Springs to Mind, so it's a tad skewed. Still, at least I'm managing to get ideas saved quicker than I usually do. At the moment, Conversations has around 4 tracks ready to go, whilst One Word has 2. Still, pros and cons.
Anyway, whilst I was at work the other day I started jotting down names that I'd like to use, either for songs or future albums. I wasn't really fussed, I just wrote down anything that popped into my head. I ended up with a grand total of 27.
Now, before I list them, some of them are already being used, and some of them I will probably never use. I'm just writing them here because, well, it's a happy blog entry!
Here we go:
1. I'm Alive
2. Unimaginable
3. Echoes
4. A Brass Band Interlude
5. Laughing in a Foreign Language
6. Retail Therapy
7. Simple Song
8. Out of Tune
9. Lost in My Thoughts
10. Driven to Insanity
11. Everybody Can Tell You're Lying
12. Car Crash Music Making
13. Take Back What's Yours
14. High Gain
15. Pissing Up the Wrong Tree
16. So Confused
17. (You've Got) A Stranglehold on My Heart
18. Shit!
19. I'm Second Guessing Your Second Guesses
20. Making Contact
21. Cuts & Bruises
22. Finding Inspiration in Strange Places
23. The Warmth of Your Embrace
24. Voices
25. I've Got the Answers, If You've Got the Questions
26. Goin' Solo
27. Year of the Bullshitter
There we go. Of that list, Making Contact is currently in WIP status as a Conversations track. I'll keep you informed as more progress is made.
The First Shot Always Hurts the Most is still making some slow progress. I've now got 8 downloads, an increase of one since the last time I mentioned it :p SendSpace links for the first two albums will be provided ASAP, I just need to find the time to upload them, and we're sorted.
Whilst I'm plugging, this is the official Living Sedative band profile on Facebook. It's got a better music player than MySpace, as I can upload as many songs as I want, yay! There's a couple of new demos on there, as well as some old tracks, so a nice little mixture. If you've got a Facebook profile, please add yourself as a fan and keep up to date with all the latest happenings.
That's all for now, I'll talk to you later
-=Gavvie=-
Work on the two new LS albums is progressing a little slowly at the moment, mainly because I've had more ideas for Conversations That Changed the World than I have Only One Word Springs to Mind, so it's a tad skewed. Still, at least I'm managing to get ideas saved quicker than I usually do. At the moment, Conversations has around 4 tracks ready to go, whilst One Word has 2. Still, pros and cons.
Anyway, whilst I was at work the other day I started jotting down names that I'd like to use, either for songs or future albums. I wasn't really fussed, I just wrote down anything that popped into my head. I ended up with a grand total of 27.
Now, before I list them, some of them are already being used, and some of them I will probably never use. I'm just writing them here because, well, it's a happy blog entry!
Here we go:
1. I'm Alive
2. Unimaginable
3. Echoes
4. A Brass Band Interlude
5. Laughing in a Foreign Language
6. Retail Therapy
7. Simple Song
8. Out of Tune
9. Lost in My Thoughts
10. Driven to Insanity
11. Everybody Can Tell You're Lying
12. Car Crash Music Making
13. Take Back What's Yours
14. High Gain
15. Pissing Up the Wrong Tree
16. So Confused
17. (You've Got) A Stranglehold on My Heart
18. Shit!
19. I'm Second Guessing Your Second Guesses
20. Making Contact
21. Cuts & Bruises
22. Finding Inspiration in Strange Places
23. The Warmth of Your Embrace
24. Voices
25. I've Got the Answers, If You've Got the Questions
26. Goin' Solo
27. Year of the Bullshitter
There we go. Of that list, Making Contact is currently in WIP status as a Conversations track. I'll keep you informed as more progress is made.
The First Shot Always Hurts the Most is still making some slow progress. I've now got 8 downloads, an increase of one since the last time I mentioned it :p SendSpace links for the first two albums will be provided ASAP, I just need to find the time to upload them, and we're sorted.
Whilst I'm plugging, this is the official Living Sedative band profile on Facebook. It's got a better music player than MySpace, as I can upload as many songs as I want, yay! There's a couple of new demos on there, as well as some old tracks, so a nice little mixture. If you've got a Facebook profile, please add yourself as a fan and keep up to date with all the latest happenings.
That's all for now, I'll talk to you later
-=Gavvie=-
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