All in a pretty random weekend, bit more alcoholic than I’d planned but damn good fun.

Spent the weekend working in Chris’s new studio on a tune… this summers anthem I reckon…

on saturday night we had some drinks and great food with Chris’s cool oz mates and onwards to ministry… tbh, I wasn’t that impressed, all the rooms were very same-y and none really grabbed… still had a wicked time and as with all good weekends, animals featured too… (charlie the cat)

then sunday night, the wedding of Bournemouth legend Mr Jay Rachet to the lovely Debs…. a highlight being when he DJ’d at the end! It was a mini who’s who of Bournemouth legends Bob baker, Mike Artwell, Tony Angus, Storm… and many more… even myself and Chris Bailey too!

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Normally I’m not a big fan of over legislating the world we live in, its nice to have laws that stop us reverting to anarchy but often it goes too far… that said, I was really pleased to read an article on BBC news about legislation aimed at fraudulent mediums, spiritualists and other “psychics”.

Hooray for common sense!

These people are ALL fraudsters, in varying degrees.

Lock ’em all up I say! yes, there’s anecdotal evidence… but test it and every time it fails, if there was a real psychic why has the james Randi one million dollar prize never been claimed?

For nearly 10 years, James Randi has tested “psychics” and not one has even reached the second phase of proof.

Another reason why Derren Brown is my hero, his show messiah (clip below) shows him proving himself as a medium, whilst at the same time stating its made up. Genius.

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Ahhh this week aint going well…

2 interviews – 1 for a job in a company that I don’t want to work for (they’re selling a TABLE based CMS!???) and 1 where I’m not technical enough – def. starting to feel un-employable. arse.

Then tried to finish off the tune in the PointA studios last night… except we couldn’t get logic to work, so had a play in fruity on a new track then went to the cellar bar for a guiness.

Today, trying to get my head into what my options are… the internets broke. Called the virgin media service status line “Bournemouth and Poole users may be experiencing…” GGGAAAAAHHHHH

Hooray for my N95, at least I can check my email now and again… interestingly though I’m getting faster download speeds than on my so called 20MB Virgin broadband… hmm… when it is working, i’ll be having words!

Think I might give up n go to Monkey world or something, if you need me today – CALL ME

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It was a gorgeous evening

why I don’t love bike club… my knee wasn’t loving it on the return trip. reckon I’ll be limping tomo. Ah well.

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I don’t watch X factor or any of that rubbish, its mildly amusing to see people get blown away by Simon Cowell’s brutal honesty… I do watch a lot of YouTube clips, I think I’m addicted…

Anyway, I kept seeing this one kid on Britains Got Talent in the most viewed, so I thought I’d watch it. Wow. I don’t cry, ever… I almost did at this:

“I carry on singing”

super kid 1 – bullies 0

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I’d like to propose the first outing of 2008 for Bike Club!!!

Monday 645pm Bournemouth Pier (usually to the left as you look at it).

Fixed the bike up yesterday (back wheel needed some love, some rim tape and a new inner tube) and took it out for a short trundle to test the knee today.

Didn’t seem too bad, knees felt a bit shaky for a while when I got back, didn’t really put any effort in either.

Lovely day down here, a bit windy n cold but the beach looked lovely. Went to the Durley and back, lower gears than I’d normally use to make it less effort/stress onto the joint.

Verdict:~ Gentle rides to build up the strength, I reckon will be fine.

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It felt different swimming last night, post-fluid draining episode, kind of more flexible but not as strong.

I’m noticing that now I’m more flexible I’m using muscle groups that are weak.

i can kneel down again!!! Just about….

Squatting, nope, but I think that’ll come with time.

AND

for the first time, I felt bendy enough to get out of the pool without using the steps…. dum dum duuuuh!

Only managed 48 lengths as my ankles were really hurting, when one joint feels better it seems my body finds new and wonderful places to hurt.

Despite only doing 48, I did swim a set of 16 so that’s progress of sorts.

In other news…

Thanks to Stu – I now have a shiny new pair of 750GB drives in my RAID array, much needed as my PC was grinding to a halt at times.

I’m starting to formulate an updated plan nout of this mess, coming to terms with the job market being dead to non-existent…. onwards, ever onwards.

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