Day 194

So happeninininininings of late:

Well the big news is…

I am now very chuffed to have ditched G4S in favour of a proper permanent job with another security company. I’ll be working nights at a new site, but on this particular rota I can see what dates I’ll be working, months in advance! I can plan my life around my job!

This is very nice.

Along with this, the new job actually gives me some responsibility and a sensible number of things to do, so that I feel I am actually of some use there!

(the pay is a little more too)

Other good things…

Been hanging out with some people recently, having nice, chilled, casual coffee sessions and good old fashioned banter. This has been great for my general wellbeing: It’s just very nice to have real friends and hang out.

I got to see two very lovely people tie the knot and enjoyed having yummy cake and getting to say hello to the Hippos In The Shower crew. Congrats Geoff and Camel!

Song writing with Sean is going very well, we’ve got 7 songs under our belt now. There are some frickin’ corkers too. I can’t wait for this project to flourish into a full band, but writing the songs is a real enjoyable experience too.

Later today I play a gig with QUBe at the Black Box. This should be fun / interesting / a bit bonkers. Come on down!

Tonight I was at my dad’s 60th Birthday party and it was a big family get together. Good fun. I was most chuffed to get to hang out with my aunt and uncle from the US, who apparently have been reading this here blog, all the way from Nashville! Hey guys! Thanks for keeping up with it! Gee, this internet thing is very clever isn’t it?

I am ging to be on the final episode of a BBC 1 TV show called Art Space
soon, doing my solo vocal thing with my Kaoss Pad. Except I’m not going to be solo… Well you’ll see it soon. It should air around early June. Keep ‘em peeled.

And finally…

Hexxed played a forkin’ blinder on Saturday at the Spring & Airbrake, as part of the Decade of Aggression / Distortion Project all-day Metal Fest. We were one of the three headlining acts, so a pretty decent spot at a very well attended, reasonably high profile gig. Not bad for the band’s first in 5 years (and my first with Hexxed, ever!)

Hexxed practiced our asses off for this gig; we put a lot of hours in and got ourselves on the ball for it, so I’m pleased to say we all performed very well. The BBC also recorded the gig for the radio, so that should be surfacing soon too. I noticed there were a few photographers down the front also, so I’m interested in seeing some of those ROCK shots!

Great vibes among team Hexxed at the moment and in general, besides being totally skint these last couple of weeks (bank charges, argh!!) life is bloody good.