Christ, it's been so long since I updated properly that I can feel the events of the past fe months hanging over me like a cloud. I'll have to take the coward's way out and bullet-point them.
* I'm currently on holiday. This is awesome and much needed. In a minute Secretary and I are going to pop out to see an exhibit about the history of mind-altering drugs. Should be interesting. Once she's done getting ready, anyway.
* If it can possibly be avoided, Do your very best to avoid working in a public-facing job in a high-poverty area, particularly public sector. It finds a new way to break your heart every day. The job was starting to grind me down a bit, hence the holiday. I feel refreshed now, however, and less gloomy than I have the past couple of weeks. This is good.
* My library won an award! Granted, it's just one of the Council's annual Excellence awards, but I'm still chuffed as my team worked their nuts off over the past year and a bit with the opening of the new library and I honestly believe we provide one of the best services in the borough. I get to go to an awards ceremony at the Croydon Hilton. I keep feeling like I should look up 'Croydon Hilton' at Urban Dictionary.
*However, I am kind of facing redundancy, have to reapply for my job etc etc blah blah blah. I'm sure I'll end up with a job, but the library service will be a pretty crap place to work next financial year. Currently looking at getting out with an eye towards IT training.
* I've avoided morbidity about my oncoming 30th by turning it into the mother of all parties. This is incredibly self-indulgent and perhaps a little egotistical of me but still, I'm kind of looking forwards to it now.
Other than that, I've spent the past couple of days falling in love with music all over again. Anyone who knows me knows I've always had a slightly idealised romance with music. I'm always chasing after that next big aural revelation, the emotional highs and lows, something to make me move like a crazy person in my chair at 2am. Lately I've let it stagnate. I haven't discovered anything new in an age and I'd just been listening to the same things over and over. This would not do. So the past couple of nights I've been scouring the Interwebs and spending far too much at the Amazon mp3 store and been much the happier for it.
I love Against Me! I've always been grateful to ex-member munch for introducing me to them. Some people say their last two albums have been a sell-out, I say they're big stupid poopyheads. I love the songs where they put down the politics for a moment and sing about a moment in their lives that clearly cuts deep. The lyrics are a little clumsy on this one but there's so much emotion it carries the song over you like a wave. This and Thrash Unreal from the last album are probably my two favourite tracks.
A new band I discovered. No real great revelations with their sound, I always associate bands like this with Chicago, probably due to The Lawrence Arms and Alkaline Trio to a degree.
TV On the Radio are a bit hit and miss for me. Some of their songs leave me completly cold, but when they hit, my God. This song has such an underlying air of menace and tension but still feeling incredibly sexy at the same time
* I'm currently on holiday. This is awesome and much needed. In a minute Secretary and I are going to pop out to see an exhibit about the history of mind-altering drugs. Should be interesting. Once she's done getting ready, anyway.
* If it can possibly be avoided, Do your very best to avoid working in a public-facing job in a high-poverty area, particularly public sector. It finds a new way to break your heart every day. The job was starting to grind me down a bit, hence the holiday. I feel refreshed now, however, and less gloomy than I have the past couple of weeks. This is good.
* My library won an award! Granted, it's just one of the Council's annual Excellence awards, but I'm still chuffed as my team worked their nuts off over the past year and a bit with the opening of the new library and I honestly believe we provide one of the best services in the borough. I get to go to an awards ceremony at the Croydon Hilton. I keep feeling like I should look up 'Croydon Hilton' at Urban Dictionary.
*However, I am kind of facing redundancy, have to reapply for my job etc etc blah blah blah. I'm sure I'll end up with a job, but the library service will be a pretty crap place to work next financial year. Currently looking at getting out with an eye towards IT training.
* I've avoided morbidity about my oncoming 30th by turning it into the mother of all parties. This is incredibly self-indulgent and perhaps a little egotistical of me but still, I'm kind of looking forwards to it now.
Other than that, I've spent the past couple of days falling in love with music all over again. Anyone who knows me knows I've always had a slightly idealised romance with music. I'm always chasing after that next big aural revelation, the emotional highs and lows, something to make me move like a crazy person in my chair at 2am. Lately I've let it stagnate. I haven't discovered anything new in an age and I'd just been listening to the same things over and over. This would not do. So the past couple of nights I've been scouring the Interwebs and spending far too much at the Amazon mp3 store and been much the happier for it.
I love Against Me! I've always been grateful to ex-member munch for introducing me to them. Some people say their last two albums have been a sell-out, I say they're big stupid poopyheads. I love the songs where they put down the politics for a moment and sing about a moment in their lives that clearly cuts deep. The lyrics are a little clumsy on this one but there's so much emotion it carries the song over you like a wave. This and Thrash Unreal from the last album are probably my two favourite tracks.
A new band I discovered. No real great revelations with their sound, I always associate bands like this with Chicago, probably due to The Lawrence Arms and Alkaline Trio to a degree.
TV On the Radio are a bit hit and miss for me. Some of their songs leave me completly cold, but when they hit, my God. This song has such an underlying air of menace and tension but still feeling incredibly sexy at the same time
WHAT?! NEW LAWRENCE ARMS EP HOLY FUCK HOLY FUCK HOLY FUCK GIMMEGIMMEGIMME
This one's for you Fuzzywizzle, alt-country buddy. Another new discovery. Raw, lyrical flair with a voice reeking of smoke and whiskey. Yes please.
I heart OK Go so much, I can't believe it took so long to actually buy their music. Each and every one of their music videos is like instant happy. this one is stunning and gorgeous and never fails to make me smile.
There's more, but I'll leave it there for now. Got to hold SOME things back, after all. Be happy.
VIEW 25 of 30 COMMENTS
kellymonster:
Yes please to the hug and the squidge <3
spamtwo:
Happy Birthday. Have a good day and party like it's 1989 tonight 