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THIS IS NOT A PLUG
THIS IS NOT A PLUG
THIS IS NOT A PLUG
THIS IS NOT A PLUG
THIS IS NOT A PLUG

]]> ~Art0 http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/8855699/ http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/8855699/ Tue, 23 May 2006 15:54:02 PDT
first of all rofl at lordi for winning the eurovision song contest.

i am currently playing through metal gear solid 2, and i have to say, it's spacking awesome. one thing i really appreciate is the graphics. at one point, you have to use a sniper rifle, and the view of half of the vast, systematic structure that you play most of the game on is breathtaking, i found myself actually vocalising my approval. the gameplay is also spot on, apart from a few fiddly controls. soon, i shall get ALL of the dog tags.

my days are filled with computer games and angry, righteous hip-hop.

had a driving lesson today. did a test route. watch out for arto, hitting the roads this summer.

writing is swimming and flowing along, like a well oiled machine of excellency. i have many wonderful ideas, and i would like to use them all. innit.

i drank a gallon of guinness while eating ribs on sunday. it was the most decadent experience i have ever had.

rock 'n roll is getting nowhere.

big brother is proper gay this year.

]]> ~Art0 http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/8769570/ http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/8769570/ Sun, 14 May 2006 14:34:44 PDT
slightly posh burgers
cut 'n stick fashioned good bye sentiments
many different types of alcohol, each more colourful than the last!
9 glorious minutes of greenday
manic and disjointed photograph opportunities
sweat
lots of swearing
tears, final goodbyes, and the end of an era

the thing is, chris's leaving is a new experience for me. i've seen him at least once and usually twice a week for a good year and a bit, and we've gotten very close. i've never had a close friend leave so suddenly, but it's happening right now, and i have to admit, it hurts more than i thought it would. i've had a lot of positive emotions this year, and this one is the first real significant lasting sadness i've had in months. it's mixed, though. i feel happy for him, because he's gonna go do and see some awesome things. he's almost certainly gonna have the time of his life. and i want that to happen. but, it's hard to let go. i am an emotional guy at the best of times, and this has effected me somewhat. the next few weeks may be a little weird/tough.

in other news, i would like to live my life in much the same way as Koop from human traffic. that would be awesome, thanks.

like i said before, deviations will come once i can actually transfer them from the computer in my room to the computer i am currently on, cos i have two computers in this house, innit.

as i said before, end of an era. it might be wise for me to start doing new stuff. i'll keep you posted on that.

ciao

]]> ~Art0 http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/8673885/ http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/8673885/ Thu, 04 May 2006 16:21:11 PDT
communism, anarchism, nihilism. i will say now, explicitly, that i believe in all of these ideals to different extents. most of you will wretch at the very thought of these ideals. i challenge you to read up on these ideals, and then tell me i'm wrong. for the record: the soviet union was about as left wing as a texas nigger-hunt.

i recently read brave new world by aldous huxley, and it's great. recommended, especially if you're from the class of burgess, orwell and kafka.

need money. please.

i'm happy i survived yesterday without some cunt saying "MAY THE FOURTYTH BE WITH YOULOL ROFL OMG" because if they did, i'd have killed them, probably exclusively using my teeth.

oh yeah, and i haven't written anything properly for about two weeks, yadda, yadda, yadda. fucking. annoying. it'll come. it's called writer's block, dickens had it, or something.

]]> ~Art0 http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/8471821/ http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/8471821/ Fri, 14 Apr 2006 17:54:41 PDT
nah.

live fast, live too bloody fast sometimes!

but die young?

die old.

you see, that's what i'm, unorthodox.

and if there's one man that's influenced me in that way, one man who IS a maverick, who does do that.

to the system, then it's ian botham.

cos beefy... will... happily say,

that's what i think of your selection policy.

YES,

i've hit the odd copper.

YES, i've smoked the old... doobie.

but will you piss off, and leave me alone?

i'm walking to john o groats for some spastics.

]]> ~Art0 http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/8425787/ http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/8425787/ Mon, 10 Apr 2006 08:53:27 PDT
ciao

]]> ~Art0 http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/8353169/ http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/8353169/ Mon, 03 Apr 2006 12:12:44 PDT


18.30: one hour to go 'till leeds tickets go on sale. i am already... ready. i cannot WAIT for the lineup to be announced! kinda dissapointed by franz ferdinand headlining though.
muse headlining makes me happy, and pearl jam are cool, i'd like to watch them.

18.37: tickets are 135 quid??? robbery. ah well, i actually have enough this year.

18.40: just remembered to get my wallet. this is why you get on the net an hour early.

18.45: just set the time to the speaking clock. you won't catch arto out on that one.

18.53: getting a bit edgy. where's the link on the site? this is a bit crap... they have two different phone numbers... glad i'm not calling up... gotta find that link.

18.54: site updated! tickets go on sale now at 19.15... 20 minutes!!!

19.03: just heard some of the bands on radio one! the streets! joy! dirty pretty things, muse... shaping up well...

19.05: FEEDER! JESUS SHITTING CHRIST! and some emo bollocks.

19.07: maximo park... !!!PLACEBO!!!... rakes... my chemical romance... um, well you can't win 'em all can you?

19.10: 5 minutes to go. fucking psyched.

19.15: let the vying for entry to this, the most prestigious of music festivals begin.

19.19: are they on sale yet? not sure...

19.20: yes!

19.21: refresh. refresh. refresh.

19.27: fucking order form won't load up!

19.33: still trying........... boring...............

19.50: breakthrough! significant other has gotten to the order form!

20.01: VICTORY! ARTO IS GOING TO LEEDS!

20.02: merriment and gloating ensues.

today: 10.0

]]> ~Art0 http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/8286427/ http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/8286427/ Mon, 27 Mar 2006 15:57:52 PST winning at paintball: 10.0
paintball injuries: 0.7
white album disc one: 9.6
white album disc two: 6.3
nearly having a job: 9.2
almost ready to deviate: 8.5
computer working again: 10.0
beer and manliness: 9.1
green wing: 10.0
finally getting somewhere with literary projects and possibly entering competitions: 9.7
crisps: 9.8
gran turismo 4: 9.9
panic! at the disco: 0.1

thankyou. thankyou, thankyou.

]]> ~Art0 http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/8150020/ http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/8150020/ Mon, 13 Mar 2006 14:02:01 PST i was on my own, playing acoustic for half an hour, and it was a lot of fun. i am very happy about gigging for the first time in 1 and a half years. i really wish i had written enough songs to make acoustic to go in there, cos i ended up playing a lot of covers. setlist, if anyone's interested:

Hello (Oasis cover)
I wanna be the boy to warm your mother's heart (White stripes cover)
1992 (Blur cover)
Morning glory (Oasis cover)
Enola
High (Feeder cover)
Lucky (Radiohead cover)
Nicotine rush (reworked version of "The ikea nesting instinct")
Creep (Radiohead cover)
About a girl (Nirvana cover)

As you can see, I need to write more songs that I can play acoustic. I got a lot of compliments, which was nice, and i have decided i need to find a band ASAP. Write in, to the usual address.

my computer got hurt very badly in some way or fashion last night. (i mean the computer in my room, the one i do all my "work" on) i was sitting there, happily typing away at a forthcoming deviation called A bad trip, (yeah, it's about drugs!) when i heard an electrical crack, and my computer turned off. it still refuses to even do anything when i try and turn it on, so i reckon a power surge has fucked with it. having talked to a few people who know more about this sort of thing than me, it may only be a small problem, which is hopefully the case. if it is not the case, then i'm gonna write all my shit out long hand, then type it up on here. what a fucking PAIN.

me and miller started and completed metal gear solid today. it was a lot of fun.

big things are coming, but you must satiate your desires, and satiate them well, my friends. the masterpiece of my youth is beginning to take shape. i feel very good about it. that is all. goodnight.

]]> ~Art0 http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/8054130/ http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/8054130/ Fri, 03 Mar 2006 08:02:32 PST
]]> ~Art0 http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/7918681/ http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/7918681/ Thu, 16 Feb 2006 17:44:27 PST
everything is going to plan. though the main wheels are not turning, (they have not even been conceived yet!) my life is forming. out with the bad, in with the good. the insatiable salivating dogs have been put to bed with a stern beating, and the gold-winged agnostic angels have come to free me from the endless drudgery of life under the wage. my perception is heightened, and a trilogy comes forth. let the opus begin. i am ready. the mirror reflects a man in his prime, young, creative and full of spunk. the taste of strong ale leaves my lips only momentarily, then to reconvene at a length of a few days. my thoughts are that of an unsurpassed anachronism, incomprehensible to the public, who react at large with distrust, confusion and rage. today i am a heathen, next century i am a hero. my only vent is to use the medium to which i am already assigned. no one will understand, yet they will feel almost inside me, like they can grab at and play with the very source of my being, but not so they may mould and change it, but so they might learn from it and become happier in their existence. my thoughts will become intravenous, compulsory. all in good time. a lifetime. a bed to lay on, a plan to fall back on. a comfort dystopia. my dystopia.

you will understand the relevance of that paragraph in the future.

i need a job. i'm actually trying this time.

my cat died, i got upset, i wrote a requiem monologue for her, i felt better. i may put it up here, i think it's quite good.

i'm having fun. this winter has been tough, tougher than previous winters. i want spring and summer to be a lot better. i deserve a good time.

human traffic: 10.0

]]> ~Art0 http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/7811339/ http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/7811339/ Sun, 05 Feb 2006 16:43:59 PST
why did i have to wait for a desk, you ask? a writer need a good space to write in. its no good scribbling your scenes on the back of a fag packet on the bus is it? i like to have a big chunky desk, a cuppa tea, and maybe some incense to help me get stuff down. no music. maybe some birds singing outside my window. the rain battering the roof. i haven't had that for so long.
with this environment now set up, chapter 2 of carob will soon be coming your way, my lovelies. i reckon i'll do 3 and 4 pretty quick n'all, then follow up with the middle section (the part with all the good stuff in... or most of it) so that, by late august, i should be well into it. i'm already planning what i wanna do after that. i love it. rrrtoe is creative.

meeting with possible band members tomorrow. could be interesting.

first acoustic appaerance pencilled in sometime in july. i should be soon getting some gigs nearer to now, though.

I AM FUCKING POOR. i need a job. gonna sign on again soon. fucking depressing as shit.

i am feeling generally better, you know, actually having friends, having computer games to play, and soon my guitars, and a wonderful girlfriend, (i don't like to mention her much on here, but she is the best. keeps me going. much love ) and hopefully, soon, a job. and some gigs. and a publishing deal? why not.

had a very good evening last night. keyword: lipgloss.

oh yeah, started driving lessons recently. my instructor is called gordon, he's a pretty nice guy. very patient. i love driving already. i can't wait to get a car of my own.

anyone fancy leeds festival this year?

]]> ~Art0 http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/7668800/ http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/7668800/ Sat, 21 Jan 2006 16:50:54 PST
i got a P.C as well.

and a slimline PS2, with the second prince of persia game included, which i am currently playing until my eyes effervesce with blood and my thumbs are purple.

chris's birthday celebrations last night. i don't think anyone who reads this knows who he is, but suffice to say, it was MENTAL. 9 glorious minutes of greenday. will never be forgotten.

monday: get guitars
wednesday: get furniture
next week: begin writing (properly)

check it.

]]> ~Art0 http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/7630172/ http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/7630172/ Tue, 17 Jan 2006 13:24:49 PST george galloway: 0.3
monopoly online: 9.5
aldous huxley: 5.2
quizmania: 10.0
AFX: 8.6
last weekend: 9.8
dr dre: 9.6
miller: 9.3
hot chocolate: 7.1
red wine: 9.0
coleslaw: 6.3
danny moshing: 10.1
unemployment: 7.5
employment: 7.2
kelly clarkson: 0.31
rap music: 9.9
gilette MACH 3 MO'FUCKA: 8.8
masquerading as thom yorke: 9.7
rofl: 10.0
the whole ruth kelly thing: 0.5
peter kay: 10.0
chess: 9.9
dostoyevsky: 9.99999999999999999999999999999999999


other news:

danny wants to be a "greb." he is saving up for a korn hoodie and incorrectly muttering the lyrics to twisted transistor as we speak. He went to a local gig last night and moshed. lol. he has been coughing a lot today. means his virginal lungs have finally been soiled by the ess of his nubile contemporaries. OH, TO BE 16 AGAIN. is my brother to be guided into the light of marginally good music? or will his hard earned hoodie money be squandered on a magic beans prospect of computer illiteracy? only time will tell.

insurance money is through. excellent.

my cat has cancer. 0.0.

]]> ~Art0 http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/7516723/ http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/7516723/ Thu, 05 Jan 2006 11:13:57 PST
also i have deviated the best thing ever. check it out.

]]> ~Art0 http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/7459331/ http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/7459331/ Fri, 30 Dec 2005 18:04:28 PST
new years eve tomorrow. i will be a burgaler(sp). and suprisingly sober.

i want a fucking desk so i can set to writing Carob again. it's been too long, and i just wanna get down to it. i'll probably do chapter 2 and 3 at the same time, as they're set in the same evening. then a break, and a short story. then 4 and 5. then a break. repeat.

just sent my driver's license application off! i wanna drive so i can have a CD player in my car and sing loudly along as i travel to far flung places like bakewell.

my journals have become weekly. this is interesting. christmas was quiet. i thought about writing an article/essay about why i don't do it, but i'd get stuck and not be able to write what i want, plus some cunt would probably get annoyed at me for it. it took my brother a long time to grasp why i don't do it. but i just don't. why? the same reason i don't do diwali, ramadan or hanukah. i'm not a fucking christian! i try to think about the logic behind everything i do, and if i did do christmas, it wouldn't be logical. it's actually quite simple. and so far, i have offended exactly 0 people, so i'm happy with it.

will write stuff soon. it just sucks without a nice big desk, i can't go for more than half an hour. i could type it all out, but i have better things to do on this computer. plus there's so much distraction on here, people talking to me, downloads dying, and fun games only a few keystrokes away

i might write a big rant soon about something. i wanna deviate so badly, it's nearly been a month.

ciao

]]> ~Art0 http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/7417074/ http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/7417074/ Sun, 25 Dec 2005 19:43:07 PST Another number that isn't equal
to any of you -

I control but I comply,
pick me apart then -
pick up the pieces.

(slipknot - the blister exists)


Environment - environment exceeding
at the level of our unconciousness - for example:
What does the billboard say?

"Come and play, come and play, forget about the movement..."

Anger is a gift.

(rage against the machine - freedom)


Shell smashed, juices flowing,
wings twitch, legs are going,
don't get sentimental, it always ends in drivel...
One day, i am gonna grow wings,
a chemical reaction, hysterical and useless,
hysterical and let down, and hanging around.

(radiohead - let down)


Use just once, then destroy,
invasion of our piracy.
Afterbirth of a nation,
starve without your skeleton key.
I love you for what i am not,
You did not want what i have got.
A blanket acne'd with cigarette burns -
speak at once while taking turns.

(nirvana - radio friendly unit shifter)


Mary had a little lamb.
His fleece was white as snow.
And everywhere that Mary went,
Her lamb was sure to go.
Now Mary's got a problem,
and Mary's not a stupid girl,
Mary's got some deep shit,
and Mary does not forget...

and this is how Mary's garden grows.

(smashing pumpkins - XYU)


All your dreams are made,
when you're chained to the mirror and the razorblade:
Today's the day that all the world will see...

Another sunny afternoon,
walking to the sound of my favourite tune,
tomorrow never knows what it doesn't know too soon...

(oasis - morning glory)


Aerials, in the sky,
when you lose your mind,
you free your life.
Aerials, so up high,
when you free your eyes:
eternal prize.

(system of a down - aerials)


i may add more. berate away.

]]> ~Art0 http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/7356690/ http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/7356690/ Mon, 19 Dec 2005 17:08:48 PST
work.
pub.
drink.
drink.
drink.
drink.
drink.
drink.
drink.
drink.
drink.
vomit.
home.
smash flower pot.
sleep.
10.0.

also had a lovely unplanned sunday involving flowers and happy deilz.

today was okay. i'm now 19. I CARE SO LITTLE.

tomorrow brings 6 hour shift. fuck.

BLAYSA BLAYSA, NUMANUMA YAY,
NUMANUMA YAY,
NUMANUMANUMA YAY,
DISCO-TESCO,
APPLE SLIMY DAY,
EL GUITARO DONKEY DAY-AY

i am better in every way possible than all of you combined. FACT.

]]> ~Art0 http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/7312722/ http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/7312722/ Wed, 14 Dec 2005 18:57:01 PST
birthday is also coming up. THE BIG 1-9. such a pointless age. i've been legally able to drink for a year, but i can't say i'm not a teenager yet. to be honest, i really do care so little about it. it's just a year, yanno? i'm not even having a party, though i will accept all presents, cards and goodwill that people may send to me. i think i'll just get very drunk on saturday, then get my workmates to pity me on monday for having to work on my birthday, and milk free beer from the customers.

i am happy about my situation, as soon i will have my room back. this means privacy for the first time since fucking. september. this also means new desk. this means RRRTOE can get to work on the long-awaited second chapter of my magnificent debut offering, carob. i love being big headed about it, because it really is that good.

crime and punishment is a very slow book at first. for the first one and a half parts i wondered why people thought it a classic, and why it is often seen as dostoyevsky's finest work. however, the third part is rather good, and the first two chapters of the fourth are wicked. it's still a bit slow, and i think that notes from underground shits all over it. but you don't care about all that, do you? you philistines.

work is getting better. it's busier, due to christmas, but i have learnt recently several quick ways of doing stuff. my coffees look proper good and professional. i keep getting a lot of tips also i can pour beer with an air of friendliness, while maintaining a swish and fluid style of movement. in other words i look cool as shit while i'm pouring stuff, and i still get tips.

soon my insurance will come through. this means phat-ass stereo, a lot of CDs, and a playstation. and a fender telecaster. oh yes. motherfuckers cost £800+ but money ain't no object for this dude.

long journal, to say it's about fuck all, eh?

]]> ~Art0 http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/7281216/ http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/7281216/ Sun, 11 Dec 2005 09:22:07 PST universal metal measure, and you wait for me to fill it to the top and pour it into the glass and hand it over to you, and half walk away before you tell me that "it's a bit small in't it mate?" i am fully aware of this. i do not agree with the small measures. but if you want more, you're gonna have to pay for more. i can't "just top it up a little bit more for you"

no, we do not stock crisps, and no matter how many times you angrily stand there and huff and make comments under your breath about it, we won't for the foreseeable future.

yes, i am busy.

when people have the brainwave that putting their spent teabag into the ashtray next to them is a good idea, or it helps me in some way. usually by the time i get to cleaning it up, it's stuck to the fucking thing. also the smell of stale tea and fag-ash is unholy.

when people ask for extra stuff like an extra packet of sugar or an extra amaretti biscuit, then don't use it, or even worse, use a little bit so no-one else can have it. it's not like we pay for this stuff for fun you know.

i am fully aware of the fact that you have been waiting, and no, it hasn't been 30 minutes.

when people put their empty sugar packets into their undrained tea/coffee mug. do you realise how hard it is to get that stuff out? do you really think it helps me at all?

yes, it is shit that we only have one type of bitter, mate.

no ID, no sale, darling. you're old enough to be my... little sister. you are quite obviously underage, and no amount of comments such as "but i've never been ID'd before" "i don't have any ID" "ohmygodyoufuckinwot" will change my mind. i'm not gonna suddenly just think "well shit! of course you're 18! i bet that schoolbag is just for comic effect, you are in a pub after all!"

if you're barred, you're barred. simple as. i can't help it if you're a cunt.

when people talk to me while i'm on the phone. do you think that i can take down your order when i'm talking to the brewery or someone making a booking? i can't fucking hear you, so don't get angry when i say, "just give me two seconds" because you will have to wait for about a minute. this isn't macdonalds, mate.

when people come in and try and be "funny" by saying "give me all yer money!" or something else unoriginal and pathetically shit like that. there is a queue, after all.

when old blokes or just general knob heads leer at the female members of staff. they do mind, and they deserve to be able to work without some twat talking about their tits. it's harrassment, and you really shouldn't treat people who are serving you food and drink like that, because we can do some interesting things to your order.

it's "espresso," not "expresso." it's not any faster than any other coffee.

when people order food and eat like. one bite. when it's really busy.

when people disagree with me over the legality of giving them a measure they don't like or not giving them their order before they buy. you simply cannot win. it's my job to be correct about this.

when people order and change their mind, when i'm past the point of no return. it makes our totals not add up, and drives my manager insane, bless her. so make sure you're sure before you're sure. fucksake.

yeah, i think the music in here is shit too.

when someone comes in at a really busy time, orders like one coffee and takes about 5 minutes to get their money out so that there is a queue of millions waiting behind.

when a bloke comes in and starts the old "ahhhh yes. i used to work in a pub once..." speech. stop comparing stuff to what you used to have and trapping me in conversation and fucking buy something!

people who come in to just use the toilet. it's against the rules, and my boss tells me off for it. and don't complain when i don't let you. it's not my fault you can't control your bowels.

gypsies.


thank you once again for your time.

]]> ~Art0 http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/7223770/ http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/7223770/ Sun, 04 Dec 2005 19:51:33 PST
a band is not automatically a sell out if they release a lot of albums quickly, or with extra bits tacked on, or a live DVD or silly things like socks with their logo on.

a band is not automatically a sell out if they "mellow out" or change their style from the style of their first album.

a band is not automatically a sell out if they write lyrics about politics without doing so earlier in their career.

a band is not automatically a sell out if their music appears on adverts, t.v programs or films.

a band is, however, automatically a sell out if:

a) they abandon previous extreme views in order to appear more mainstream

b) they change style to sell more records

system of a down are not, and never have been nu-metal, metal or any other type of metal.

greenday are not pop-punk... anymore.

the beatles are not the greatest band ever, and revolver is great in some places, but very mediocre in most others. see dr robert for proof.

morrisey is one of the worst lyricists i have ever heard, and his actions and music disgust and embarrass me to the point of nervous laughter and subject-changery.

when a metal band changes direction, it is a good thing.

the ramones are samey and boring, and pale in comparison to other punk rock groups such as the clash, the buzzcocks and the dead kennedys.

smack my bitch up is nothing to do with domestic violence, and the fact that people got it banned in several less liberal countries makes me giggle like a little school girl.

the pixies do not have a "the" at the start of their name.

rape me is a very mediocre nirvana song, and i wouldn't even put it in a top 100 of nirvana songs.

bono is not good. he is an annoying prick. see "morrisey"

coldplay are a mediocre coffee table band, that are nowhere near as good as their indie/rock counterparts, such as radiohead, the manic street preachers and oasis

the new wave of indie rock that includes bands like the kaiser cheifs, bloc party, the subways, franz ferdinand and the killers is not new, is not creative, and includes some of the most disposable, samey, boring shit that i have ever heard.

harcore dancing is one of the funniest spectacles i have ever witnessed.

death metal is not big, funny, or clever.

one by one is about oral sex.

cochise is about how beer is better than smoking.

roots, bloody roots is about how annoying hair styling can be.

rap is not crap without a c, and i officially disregard all music tastes that believe this. i also will not respect someone's musical opinion if they think this.

releasing a double album is not pretentious. releasing a concept album is not pretentious. prog rock is not pretentious.

emotional hardcore is a pure unadulterated musical definition of the word "pretentious."

the fact that the "X" factor uses the kill bill theme is very annoying and makes me have heart palpatations.

charlotte church's crazy chick is a song that has been written hundreds of times before, and is quite literally a mass of cliched lines - i have never heard an original line in that song. stick to opera, love, and lose some weight while you're at it, i can hear your thighs scraping from here.

obscure music is usually obscure because it is either:

a) pretentious
b) wank
c) the same as everything else

pop-punk is a contradiction in terms.

you should never go to a gig and be disappointed because they don't sound like they do on record.

just because you think you can sing doesn't mean you can.

just because you can sing along to a song and follow the voice perfectly doesn't mean you can sing.

just because you do a wanky self indulgent soul/R n B vocal scat between verses doesn't mean you can sing.

natasha beddingfield is only famous because of her brother, and is not original, even though she is so obviously trying to be, and her lyrics may be the only lyrics known to man that are worse than morrisey's. see, these words

no contestant from any pop idol or fame academy show will last more than a year. apart from will young. but he's only lasted so long because he's a bummer. and that fat woman only won because she was fat.

simon cowell is the only good judge on these sort of shows. the rest make the mistake of taking the contestants feelings into account.

50 cent is a dickhead.

the wall is very mediocre, though <... ]]> ~Art0 http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/7156447/ http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/7156447/ Sun, 27 Nov 2005 09:05:03 PST
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i got that job, by the way.

i also got hypnotize by system of a down today, on the day of release! i listened to it 4 times in a row, and it rocks, but i bet a lot of you think it's crap because it's not like old system (but to be fair, this is the most s/t-like album they have released since s/t) or whatever. but those people are gay.

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i am so uncreative at the moment, it sucks. i want to write a short story, but i can't get it out in words that justify what i want to do. it's sort of frustrating. i want to work on carob but i thought to myself that i'd have a little thing in between each section, just to break it up, and to stop focusing on one thing all the time.

i think the bar job is as good as mine, i haven't been told off or made any big mistakes yet, and they are talking to me about having extra hours at christmas and the date for the christmas party. also i am actually getting good at it.

i had a rather wonderful night out last night. it was great watching tom not walk. i have never seen him so drunk. he downed 4 entire pints, almost in a row. it was impressive to see him so coherent afterwards. it would have knocked any normal human out, but tom isn't... normal. also, i had enough money to actually buy drinks for myself for the first time in a while, which was pretty wicked as that meant i had more than one drink

i think i'm gonna go feed my cats, put my washing on and have another crack at the short story i wanna write. it's about drugs!

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28 days later is the most awesome zombie film ever.

the cleaning people came round from monday till today to clear out my room. it's totally stripped to the boards, no carpet, no nothing. it smells fruity up there, and the stuff they put in there to get rid of the smoke gives you a headache after spending about 2 minutes in there.

i met up with two dudes to form a band with last night. one of them looks like ed from radiohead. big plus point. things are looking good on that front.

i recently got reminded of one of those "facts that aren't really facts" - that is the one about bill gates. apparently, he gains money so quickly, that if he dropped 100 dollars in the street, he might as well not pick it up, because by the time he does, he will have earnt it back. when i heard this i thought BOLLOCKS. lets see:

we'll take it that it takes bill 5 seconds to drop the money, realise he's dropped it and pick it up.

so he earns $100 every 5 seconds.

therefore, he earns $1,200 every minute.

that goes to $72,000 every hour,

and $1,728,000 a day.

every working month (28 days) he gains $48,384,000.

meaning his average annual salary is a humble $580,608,000.

five hundred and eighty million, six hundred and eight thousand dollars per annum.

this means, that in the last 10 years, since windows '95 was released, bill gates has earned $5,806,080,000.

5 billion dollars. is that possible? does anyone have any reliable estimates as to what this man is worth? 5.8 billion is quite realistic from what i've heard. can anyone give me any info on this?

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as the precious few who view my page may have realised, i have been writing a lot of songs recently. i am happy with this surge of songwriting, cos its all pretty good

life is getting gradually better. they did the asbestos test yesterday so things should speed up on the room getting re-done.

sometimes, like right now, i feel very, very, empty.

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when you look at a deviation, it shows some information at the side. just under where it says how many views you've had, it says "downloads." what does this mean? i have a few :/

also, does it count as a pageview when you look at your own page?

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when you look at a deviation, it shows some information at the side. just under where it says how many views you've had, it says "downloads." what does this mean? i have a few :/

also, does it count as a pageview when you look at your own page?

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song writing is good. i have been listening to some cryptic songwriters, most noteably kurt cobain of nirvana, particularly songs like curmudgeon, papercuts, and aneurysm, making my writing style a lot different, and i like it.

i really really really want to play some old ps1 titles again. like metal gear solid, or the original GTA, or wipeout 2097, or crash bandicoot 2, or final fantasy vii. if i could, i'd game for like a week non stop. i haven't played my playstation for months, due to my t.v dying on me and me having no money to replace it.

mezzanine by massive attack gets a firm 9.6 from me.

]]> ~Art0 http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/6723732/ http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/6723732/ Sun, 09 Oct 2005 18:33:16 PDT
2) i have a list of cds i want. i want people to tell me what to buy, i have literally 3 albums to call mine right now.

3)
a) i have moved into my study at my mum's
b) this has made me a lot happier

4) i just wrote a song which, for the most part i am happy with

5)i heard my chemical romance's latest effort "three cheers for sweet revenge" is a concept album. anger.

that is all.

]]> ~Art0 http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/6693884/ http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/6693884/ Thu, 06 Oct 2005 09:41:58 PDT my fucking room. i don't even care about my stuff, i really don't. i just want my own bed and a place to chill out without it being fucking dirty as fuck or a house i know i won't be in in 24 hours.

while i was walking here, a car turned into a street i was crossing without indicating. after he grins at me and nearly runs me over, fucking dickhead beeps at me as if it's my fault. i flipped him off, and if he'd have stopped i would have fucking ripped him apart for being a fucking shitty little boy racer with a wank fucking car, who for some reason believes he has some authority over me because he's a self obsessed, small minded arrogant cunt. i'd have choked him with his own pathetic fucking burberry scarf, and beat him with his air polluting loud stupid fucking exhaust pipe. it doesn't make your car look better, it makes people think you've got no nob, mate. sometimes i think people are stupid on purpose just to piss me off.

the next person to make a joke out of my situation is going to have a long fucking lecture, or if i'm feeling nicer a sharp command to shut the fuck up. for the first time in his life, adam is NOT wanting to be polite. ]]> ~Art0 http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/6658999/ http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/6658999/ Sun, 02 Oct 2005 11:25:46 PDT
no one was hurt, which is a plus, but i have to live with my dad who has a VERY UNCLEAN house. i might write while i'm there, but the progress of carob will be stunted until i get a nice new desk to write on. i will never let anyone smoke in my house again.

in other news, i have over 1,000 pageviews. i am so not bothered. ]]> ~Art0 http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/6627806/ http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/6627806/ Wed, 28 Sep 2005 17:52:54 PDT carob soon.

people are moving away, to uni. a lot of them. it sucks. some of my best friends and all that

the next album i will buy is massive attack's mezzanine simply because i heard teardrop (the album's signature single) about 3 weeks ago, sitting up against a radiator in the green room feeling the vibrations from the bass and percussion flow through me, while the floaty, almost ethereal vocals broke my heart in a new way with every new note. i was on my own at the time, even though basically all the important people in my life were within spitting distance of me. there was so much going on around me, but i just let the music soak me and saturate my soul until i didn't care what anyone else was doing. it was so poetic, and pure, and emcompassing. this happened while i was totally sober as well. that's why i want the album; teardrop is one of the most wonderful songs i have heard in my life.

i need a job to buy it though. barwork? yeah! why not, eh? it'll be fun i need to find a pub that will employ me now. there's about 6 million in my town, so it shouldn't be hard.

peace. ]]> ~Art0 http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/6514137/ http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/6514137/ Thu, 15 Sep 2005 17:48:53 PDT
tonight, and for the rest of the week (it takes me ages) chapter 1 of carob will be typed up. it is called the ice breaks and may appear very soon.

i am also engaged as i type with an old friend who may turn out to be the source of my missing musician dilemma (that is, me on vocals, tom on bass, but no guitarist and no drummer) which would be mental, i would like to perform live again. for the first time in well over a year. sigh.

now i need a cuppa tea. ]]> ~Art0 http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/6478322/ http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/6478322/ Sun, 11 Sep 2005 15:45:14 PDT de-loused in the comatorium.

as i have a large and expansive record collection, it is impossible for me to listen (within reason) to it all regularly. so some albums go unlistened to indefinitely.

de-loused was my first album of this year, bought with my christmas money, while i was on binge from a stressful period of my life. i listened to it a bit, about 6 or 7 times and then never again. my memory is that of a good-ish album with a few cool songs, but on the whole rather standard fare.
i listened to it on a whim about 4 days ago, after hearing the first single and introductory suite, son et luminere/inertiatic esp while half drunk, and enjoying myself far too much.

i now understand the critical acclaim.

i read the story behind the album. i feel that i am now enlightened. this is a very very ambitious project, even when you consider that the main creative entities in this group were once part of at the drive in.

i also just finished reading 1984. did anyone else think guantanamo bay on the interrogation part? i find it really frightening that this orwellian society is becoming slowly more and more truthful. the book is also a lot better than the film.

what? oh. carob is going just fine, thankyou very much. i'm on the third draft of chapter one. i love the story, but when you have to write it out several times it gets annoying.

i may be getting a job soon. even me. ]]> ~Art0 http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/6443085/ http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/6443085/ Wed, 07 Sep 2005 16:38:28 PDT caorb is in it's 3rd draft stage. i like how it's turning out. soon, possibly, the first chapter will be posted up. nothing else to say.

OMGLOLWTSFROFL-------> [link] ]]> ~Art0 http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/6357471/ http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/6357471/ Mon, 29 Aug 2005 06:54:05 PDT carob the gloater is now a dark dark dark story. i thought i'd hit comedy on the head, doesn't work. plus i like dark things more. things are changing, morphing, becoming. chapter 1 in it's current form is now redundant. i shall re-write it later. i am feeling very good about this. ]]> ~Art0 http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/6351679/ http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/6351679/ Sun, 28 Aug 2005 14:33:23 PDT carob the gloater was started today. i'm gonna go back to it in a bit, i should have the first chapter done by tonight. oh yes. i feel less stuck with this than with the untitled film script. it's a much freer form writing in classic prose style, there's no limits, i don't catch myself going back and forth and fucking around with words, if i don't like it, i cross it out. just me, my desk, pen, paper, and aphex twin's come to daddy e.p which i am liking a lot after getting it on saturday.

i am currently reading H.G Wells' a modern utopia, and i am enthralled. it's such a good idea, and it's so easy to read, even though it was written in the former half of this century.

about a hour ago i went through an entire summers worth of pictures on my camera, and as each picture flashed up, i was filled with happy recent memories. certain pictures warranted an audiable sigh - i have had so much fun this year

i am pretty happy with life at the moment, even if delia is away getting chatted up by hunky italian waiters. oh, and i discovered why you should light sambucka before you take a shot last night. sweet jesus. ]]> ~Art0 http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/6288354/ http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/6288354/ Sun, 21 Aug 2005 13:36:16 PDT
recently though, i've got back my artistic "flame" as it were. i've actually added to my film script, (as yet untitled. i got bored of the COMS) and written songs and taken photos. i just haven't been bothered/had the time to post anything new up. i also have been away on two seperate holidays almost in a row, which really depressed me, i missed all my friends and cats and c.ds when i was away so much. i'm not going anywhere anytime soon. the effect of this is that it drained me so much, i just felt creatively sluggish, like i was writing shit. i wrote so many songs that will never see the light of day because they were either shit or ripped off another song to a very blatant extent.

so anyway, my darlings. off i go to write, and add to my masterpiece(s) and get all those pictures up here and what-have-you. keep it real, folks. ]]> ~Art0 http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/5996809/ http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/5996809/ Thu, 21 Jul 2005 15:32:02 PDT wish you were here album that i purchased with the last of my christmas vouchers yesterday.

things are going well.

my current mission in life is to look for bandmates, and then gig a lot. my searches before have proved all but fruitless, so i hope this'll be a bit better at least, i'm actually gonna do a lot, not just search aol profiles or whatever.

i am currently in a stupid bad mood, so i'm writing fucking shit. oh well. peace. ]]> ~Art0 http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/5959721/ http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/5959721/ Sun, 17 Jul 2005 14:25:14 PDT ~Art0 http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/5844989/ http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/5844989/ Tue, 05 Jul 2005 07:55:46 PDT ~Art0 http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/5759335/ http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/5759335/ Sun, 26 Jun 2005 04:32:20 PDT ~Art0 http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/5696725/ http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/5696725/ Sun, 19 Jun 2005 17:18:26 PDT
so good old bob geldof has arisen from the grave to announce that he is to put on a big show with loads of big names from the world of music to coincide with the G8 summit in order to raise awareness about global warming and debt dropping and what-have-you.

as he himself said, this is purely a political concert, so the tickets will be free. he said that a text lottery will be held where you can text in to a number and get a pair of tickets to see some real world class bands at hyde park. sounds simple and un rantworthy, right?

wrong

i awoke on the morning of the text lottery, bright and happy thinking i had a fair chance of getting tickets. there were only a few bands going that i like, but i'd like to have gone just to say that i was at live 8. i then realised that, in order to text in, you must pay £1.50. i think this is really awful. i'm not a cheapskate though. i'd glady pay far more than £1.50 if it was a charitable event. thing is, kids, it's not. these tickets are meant to be free, yet we have to pay money for them?

what. the. fuck?

okay. okay. okay. let's see. maybe, just maybe, there is a charge because they need to run the thing, i mean, it can't be that cheap putting on a show that big can it?
consider this. the caliber of artists going is in the A+++ list category. U2, pink floyd, coldplay, madonna, possibly even micheal jackson. let's take pink floyd. their album, "dark side of the moon" has sold over 35 million copies. i know that my copy cost about 15 quid. that is a shitload of possible debt relief.

i think, i can safely say, that the royalties gained by the band from this album alone, would be enough money to run live 8, several times over, and this is from one album, by one band that is going to perform.

when you consider that there are musicians that are worth more than pink floyd playing, you start to wonder what they are spending your £1.50 on.

you got it. bob's retirement nest-egg. ]]> ~Art0 http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/5669700/ http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/5669700/ Thu, 16 Jun 2005 18:41:43 PDT ~Art0 http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/5637663/ http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/5637663/ Mon, 13 Jun 2005 14:41:17 PDT
emo kid getting tied to a trolley and then getting knocked and having to go to hospital, only to return the next day, with a stolen oxygen mask.

feeder playing "my perfect day" for the first time in years

trying to find becky a young stallion, and seeing the expressions on guys faces when i asked them if they were single

guy mcknight telling the napster tent that he is the son of god

the "chug" guys

pitting to "the art of american football" like a crazy fucking mentalist

slipknot getting everyone to sit down, then to "jump the fuck up" on his command, and having thousands of people all going crazy to "spit it out" for one glorious moment

seeing an old friend for the first time in nearly a year

hearing 80,000 people scream "my cock is bigger than yours!"

trying to give a policeman a free hug

the bottle wars

i am tired, but very very happy. ]]> ~Art0 http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/5561266/ http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/5561266/ Sun, 05 Jun 2005 14:17:52 PDT
sexism.

it's wrong, yeah? i hope we're all agreed on that. about 50 years ago, society was rife with sexism, all against women. now we see a turn in the trend towards sexism for women and against men. it has actually become socially acceptable for women to say certain things about men that men would be lynched for saying about women.

now i do realise there are still things happening generally that are sexist against women. the one difference is, that these practices are socially unacceptable, and more often than not, illegal.

the first thing that comes to mind is that of the car insurance company "diamond" who only accept women drivers on the basis that they are better drivers. i mean seriously. what the fuck. people are gonna look back at this company in the future and laugh at how backwards it was.
if i was a male driver who had had no claims, no accidents, no points on my license, nothing, if i was a model driver, and i tried to get insurance from this company, i would be denied membership, purely on the basis of the fact that i am male.
how is this justified? by the sweeping generalisation that women are better drivers. this is such a null point, as making a generalisation based upon sex means you are saying that around 3 billion people are exactly the same in one aspect. this is simply not true. i have never seen (nor have i seeked out) a concise study of male and female drivers that was conducted in order to see which sex was the better driver. why? because no one is stupid enough to make such a study, because it is so flawed, you simply cannot say all of one sex is better or worse at something than the other, it's just such a ludicrous statement, because it's obviously untrue. i digress.
to summarise:

a car insurance company, operating right now, will only accept female customers.

if i were to start an all-male insurance company, there would be outrage. i would probably be insulted and threatened by women who, quite rightly, would be very angry at the blatant sexism being operated here. so why are women allowed to do this to men? i have no explanation, really, maybe apart from the fact that humans are all fucking stupid and full of double standardised beliefs.

another thing that is perpetuating sexist and derogatory conjugal roles, mainly at the expense of men, is the advertising media.
there are a series of adverts airing right now, in this, the year 2005, promoting a new brand of crisps. (i forget the brand name)
the main selling point is that they are "the gentleman's crisp"
the running theme in these adverts is a woman witnessing a man doing something positive and against the perpetuated male stereotype of them being lazy or selfish, and reacting in an over the top way.
the first such example is that of a man putting his washing into the washing machine, and the woman watching, aghast with shock and joy, as if this never happens.
i don't know about you lads, but i've been washing my own clothes since i was 14.

the other advert i have seen, is that of a man watching football, with a woman sitting next to him. he then suddenly gives her the t.v remote. she is again shown to be aghast and surprised. this is fine on it's own, but you can wage dollars to donuts that if the roles were reversed in this advert and a woman was watching something and gave the man the remote, this would evoke no humourous reaction at all, because of this elevated stereotype women have in society.

like i said earlier, women still have a negative representation in the media, such as the adverts for a men's lifestyle magazine (again i forget the name) which show women trying and failing to execute traditionally male jobs. this is obviously just as bad, and makes me just as annoyed, and that's the truth.
the difference here is that, there are far fewer instances that i have noticed of this happening.

i remember an advert for a cooking sauce about a year ago. this was focused around a man cooking a meal for his girlfriend, and her berating his efforts to a friend on the phone, seemingly based on the fact that he is male. and what else can it be based on? he has one line in the entire clip. this means it must have been made in order to appeal to people's preconceived ideas about society, in this case, that men cannot cook, and that women can very well. both totally incorrect as a generalisation, and who is worse off in this exchange? yeah, the guys.
i am positive that if there was an advert with a woman trying to perform a traditionally male oriented task such as operating a powertool with a man insulting her within her earshot, the advert would be pulled from circulation within days due to a stream of complaints.

this is just one example of how our society is so obviously... ]]> ~Art0 http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/5554566/ http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/5554566/ Sat, 04 Jun 2005 19:37:23 PDT let's see:

met delia at 1pm.

(delia = fckin' amazing girl that i have somehow managed to trick into actually going out with me)

we hung out till like, 9, then we went to the legendary green room, home from home for all the rejects, drop outs and social misfits associated with rock/alt/metal/dance music.

a load of my friends were there.

i danced (oh, how i danced) to several songs, and drank a fair few pints of lager

i also played "shag"

rules of "shag"

2 or more guys sit in a group and wait for girls to walk past. when they do, they get the girls attention, and shout "SHAG!!"

this can be hilarious, painful, or both. me, chris and smit did this for ages, punctuated by lacey coming and saying he was stoned, me telling delia how pretty she is (due to drunkeness, but still from the heart ) and the occasional dance.

closing time came far too soon. we merrily walked over to the food emporium, whereupon we ordered several extremely unhealthy meals. after we had got them, after asking for a "twatting kebab" from "you wank turkish bastards", we headed for home.
chris and smit needed a taxi. it took us about half an hour to get one, for some reason. as we waited, we played shag again, but discreetly, and the other 2 laughed at the fact that my pizza was killing me. jalapeno peppers. yeah.

after we finally got the taxi, we piled in and set off home. we decided that everyone who had not got a taxi sucked. i got angry at a man for blocking or taxi's path, because he had a wank beard. it was pretty wank.

i then got dropped off at home, after tearful goodbyes. amazing night.

next week is going to be simply amazing. as i have said before - expect a full download report.

peace out. ]]> ~Art0 http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/5506684/ http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/5506684/ Mon, 30 May 2005 21:43:34 PDT
Mood: assertive
Listening to: funeral for a friend - escape artists never die
Reading: hitchiker's guide to the galaxy
Watching: fight club



]]> ~Art0 http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/5482954/ http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/5482954/ Sat, 28 May 2005 06:33:34 PDT
Mood: bored
Listening to: a perfect circle - the package
Reading: hitchiker's guide to the galaxy
Watching: reservoir dogs

lie to get what i came for,
lie to get what i need now.
lie to get what i'm cravin',
lie and smile,
and get what's mine,

GIVE THIS TO ME

C#|----------
F#|----------
B|-----------
E|----3-3-3-2----
G#|--3-3-3-2----
C#|--1-1-1-0----

mine, mine, mine

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Mood: HAPPEH
Listening to: cooper temple clause - the murder song
Reading: hitchiker's guide to the galaxy
Watching: reservoir dogs

guess who got free subscription for this week? oh yeah. i was "randomly chosen" but i bet it's to do with activity, innit.

download festival is but 2 short weeks away, and i am waiting patiently. expect a full report, not like the half report of leeds.

i am suffering writer's block in the way of "the COMS" (which is the new and final name for "tranquility") but i am writing songs so you'll see them soon enough. all i need now is an actual audience, that'd be a novelty.

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still writin', still frontin', still doin' mah thang. keep it real. ]]> ~Art0 http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/5415515/ http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/5415515/ Fri, 20 May 2005 20:36:18 PDT ~Art0 http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/5395583/ http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/5395583/ Wed, 18 May 2005 19:40:37 PDT
01 - [linkin park]-[cure for the itch]
02 - [cooper temple clause]-[555-4823]
03 - [nine inch nails//aphex twin]-[at the heart of it all]
04 - [nine inch nails]-[a warm place]
05 - [blur]-[1992]
06 - [placebo]-[ask for answers]
07 - [blur]-[mellow song]
08 - [smashing pumpkins]-[1979]
09 - [nine inch nails]-[la mer]
10 - [linkin park]-[session]
11 - [smashing pumpkins]-[cupid de locke]
12 - [radiohead]-[bullet proof.. i wish i was]
13 - [feeder]-[elegy]
14 - [pink floyd]-[the great gig in the sky]
15 - [oasis]-[wonderwall]
16 - [radiohead]-[fog (again) (live)]
17 - [cold storage]-[body in motion]
18 - [aphex twin]-[avril 9th]

that would be just wonderful, if i'm being honest. i had to cut it down so much. if i had to choose 5 i'd go for

01 - [linkin park]-[cure for the itch]
05 - [blur]-[1992]
08 - [smashing pumpkins]-[1979]
09 - [nine inch nails]-[la mer]
17 - [cold storage]-[body in motion]

(with massive emphasis on 01 and 17)

but all of these are night songs.

now i need a car. ]]> ~Art0 http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/5392906/ http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/5392906/ Wed, 18 May 2005 14:30:48 PDT i reached for my rough, ready, definitely not for girls manly lynx shower gel. i squeezed. nothing.
"DAMMIT!" i thought,
"danny must have used it up in his quarterly cleansing ritual" i chuckled to myself. this did leave a problem. nothing to wash my hair with.
i looked around. i saw my mother's womanly natural shampoo/conditioner combo.
dare i cross the boundary of campness, into (almost) homosexuality?
i dare.
i'll tell you what, it's great being a woman. that stuff is heavenly. ]]> ~Art0 http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/5376093/ http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/5376093/ Mon, 16 May 2005 17:44:12 PDT
SHIT YOU'LL NEED:

mayonnaise
tomato sauce
cheese
salt
vinegar
loads of chips
tea bag
milk
sugar
cheese grater

first, start cooking the chips. while this is happening take one generous blob of mayonnaise (about 4 teaspoons usually suffice) and about the same or possibly a little bit more ketchup. stir, until both substances are mixed into a delightful pink concoction. then, grate the cheese. i usually have a nice mild cheddar, but anything'll do really.
once you've done this, chuck a teabag into a mug, add boiling water, milk, and sugar. stir.
once the chips are cooked, pour them onto your plate, sprinkle on the cheese, add salt and vinegar. then, take your nice pink goo and splat it evenly about the plate.
stick fork in chips, eat. sip mug of tea. repeat until finished. heroin. ]]> ~Art0 http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/5341910/ http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/5341910/ Thu, 12 May 2005 19:08:12 PDT
life, at the moment is actually pretty cool. i am amassing a group of friends that think i am a legend, i actually have a relationship that works, i have money with nothing to spend it on, i can write songs that actually sound good, i can write prose that is actually good, i may be getting a download festival ticket off my mum, i'm seeing nine inch nails and oasis this summer within two weeks of each other, and it's 3am.

the only bad shit is that i have no job, and a large scab on my arm. also my blog is still down, so i have to write on this thing. which is pretty much the same, apart from the masses of emoticons.

there are certain people who will read this that i wish would stop being silly and fucking call me so i can actually see them without forcing myself on them.

well anyway. off i am, as i must be in town for 1pm. soon i shall prize my camera from my mothers greasey mitts and i shall take some pretty pictures and put them up here. until then, expect songs and films. ]]> ~Art0 http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/5313178/ http://Art0.deviantart.com/journal/5313178/ Mon, 09 May 2005 16:43:14 PDT
so i haven't really been arsed with this whole deviantart thing recently. but what the heck. i might post something cool. i have had a few projects in between then and now, some are cool, some aren't.

i can actually write [i]good songs[/i] now that use music theory.

i don't have a leeds 2005 ticket. DEPRESSION ]]> ~Art0