I need to start keeping up to day, Things keep happening and i keep forgetting to make a note of what's going on so i can read for future reference ..
Ive had a very expensive week, i went for my immigration medical which cost £350 or Treefiddy as i like to say, which went fine apart from my eyesight tests which i failed teribly, i knew this was going to happen but i wasnt expecting them to ask for a letter from a registered optician saying that my eyes were not going to deteriate in the future. UUGGHHHHH i then had to take a trip to the opticians to book an eyetest to get this letter ... eyetest over with they made me buy glasses in order to get this letter (another £165) FOR GLASSES!!!! GLASSES!!!!! I didnt even want them but i needed this letter.
blahhhh
so heres a picture of my new glasses...
But things are still going okay,
and here's another 2 songs for you to listen to, enjoy.
The first is a song called Futile Devices by Sufjan Stevens.
Thanks lord, but I don't need any more poor advice, poor advice.
Caught in the canon with a one way ticket. Four riders in a town with one horse. I've wagered a sure thing, Against what was behind the first door. Stack the chips, ready to ride. Out of sight, out of mind. It's fool-proof and it won't do, To make safe bets while I'm towing the line.
Thanks lord, but I don't need any more poor advice, poor advice.
I had a lock on a dirty little secret, A raging bull who was fixed to fall down. I've been waiting at ringside my whole life, But he's still swinging on.
I've got debts piling high. I've got addictions and ex wives. But I've stayed true, so I thank you, For bearing witness while I waste my fucking life.
I'm Ready to pay the judge, to pay the judge, to pay the judge. Now I need to tip the scale, some sort of bribery, I'm not waiting this Out. I need to pay the judge, to pay the judge, to pay the judge. I need to grease a palm, some sort of certainty, I'm sick of waiting this Out.
I should have learned a more noble craft, Out of the library, into the lab. "And will the machine gunners please step forth?" "Will the sheet cutters please step forth?" There's only room on this rescue boat, For butchers and bakers and men with hope. And will machine gunners please step forth? Will machine gunners please step forth?
Thanks lord, but I don't need any more poor advice, poor advice. Thanks lord, but I don't need any more poor advice, poor advice.
Everything seems to be going so fast these days,
I feel like i have only days left to live out everything i ever wanted to do in this shitty town, I want to go out and destroy the place, i want to be remembered here. I want to leave with a name made for myself.
I also don't want any of this, I just want to be gone and to be a different person, because this one didn't work, because it wasn't what i signed up for. I should be different, i should be great, i have potential ...
I feel like im spiralling .. and i don't know why.
I need to make a name ..
Alexander Supertramp and the Failure of Individualist Escape
As soon as i saw this, it woke me up. Nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit within a man, than a secure future. Joy comes from new experiences and so why limit this to so few? This is why I intend to do the thing that i always and never wanted to do.... run away, Every single day soon will be a new, different challenging experience. Im going to have to deal with it, there's no escape, i have to love it.
Hectic hectic hectic week. I have so much to talk about.
Firstly ill start with my trip to London.
As you may or may not know i`m currently going through the tedious process of emigrating to New Zealand. A big big big move. indeed. yes. So i was having trouble understanding which visa i need and how to acquire it blah blah, so i took a trip with a friend to London to visit the new Zealand embassy. Bearing in mind that i was expecting them to say that it takes up to 6 months to process the application and costs £3500 +++ .... how wrong was I she told me that it takes up to 25 days and costs around £170. I couldn't believe it. I was set on the idea that i wouldn't be able to go but apparently there isn't anything in my way .. yet. but ill keep you updated on that.
London was good, it was Charlie s first time there since being at the young age of 5 so i showed her most of my favourite places, she loved it and here's a couple of pictures of her ..... ill warn you, she is ginger .. I know I know, hide your kids. HA!!
Secondly i`ve been away for the last few days into the deep deep valleys of wales.
I was asked to be in a music video by a friend of mine, his band is called We Were Ghosts just click the link to check them out.
basically 8 of us all lived in a big cottage in north Wales .. this place was out of this world. it was 40 minutes away from anything/anyone. we didn't see a single person the whole time we were there, there was no Internet or phone reception or TV! it was amazing, I loved it, we went out to chop wood for the fires, cooked all our food on an aga and at night all of us just sat around the fire with our ale and had some good laughs. It was most definitely one of the best weekends of my life.
Amongst all this, we did some filming of their new music video and documentary which will be out early next year. I was a lost backpacker that was kidnapped at gunpoint .. but i don't want to give it all away ha!
Here's some photos.
Making toast ...like men!!
Chopping wood
Oh, and a sheep got into the house !!
All in all, an amazing week for me, and now its time to get this week into gear.
so I'm going to leave you with 2 songs to have a listen too this entry just because i couldn't choose which one i wanted to share,
This is Glory, by radical face ... an amazing song that i cant get out of my head, they lyrics towards the end really speak of my own experiences.
Looking for gold by Solander - Just listen and enjoy :)
I went to see my favourite band (every time i die) last night, they came all the way over from Buffalo NY to play a small gig in a shitty little place called the slade rooms in wolverhampton (which just happens to be where i played my last gig).
Anyway, it was anything i could have ever dreamed and more, i was at the front all night, the singer gave me the mic, i met the band ... just good times. Infact my friend that couldn't make it decided that we're going to their show this sunday in sheffield .. so yet again i'm sooo excited all over again.
Heres a picture of me with all the band members and the view from where i was standing ..
Anyways .. The original song i was going to show you is called,
Saturday night is never fair to anyone - by Samuraj Cities but the band is that small that i can't actually find a link or a video or anything that will play on here, so if you have spotify, search for it. You wont be dissapointed.
promise :)
so i shall introduce you to a different song,
this is by a band called, I can make a mess like nobodys business .. enjoy :)
I'm sick to death of looking at visas for new zealand, I'm so sure that they are just trying to confuse whoever is trying to get there, I'm not going to bore you with the details but today i applied for a working holiday visa which lets me stay in the country for 23 months and work for 12 months.
I applied online and straight away i was approved pending a phone call for them to have a chat and find out what i was like, anyway after going through all the questions again on the phone everything was looking promising until .... she asked,
"have you had a job offer"
"yes" i replied
"fantastic, how long for"
"well permanent, pending a 3 month trial"
"oh, you cant have this visa if you have a permanent position offer"
REALLY!!! REALLYYYY!!!!
so now, i have to pay over £3000 for a skilled worker visa which takes up to 6 months to be accepted for, which i didn't really want to do, since I'm on a 3 month trial at the job i have landed, i would much rather get the trial over and then apply for the skilled visa which grants me residency ... that makes so so sooo much sense, it even said on the website that i could do this, but after i explained this on the phone she said, no, we cant do this, you will have to call the embassy again and ask them.
ugh .. .nightmare. i feel like its never going to happen, and its just one setback after another ...
but .. here's a song for anyone that actually read all this to listen to.
Its been a while .. a long while ... so much has happened, so much has changed. The biggest thing is that I will soon be living in new zealand. crazy.
This will soon be my home, I never ever thought that i would leave cannock no matter how much i wanted to. Ive always loved exploring new places and i guess this is just gonna be another adventure,
anyway, small entry today, but i plan to keep going with new things. and ill leave on a new song that's worth a listen .. or a thousand listens.
yes yes yes yes more vanity. ha dani thinks im vein for doing this but ill get her doing it too so it doesnt make me look that bad ... or we both look as bad as each other, yeah that one.
when all this is finished ill make one of those videos where all the pictures scroll through really fast so it actually looks good and not just a load of self portrait photos.
yes, long time and such, but anyway, i have had a new computer (check me out)
and so along with watching the OC box set every night on it while in bed that Dani got me for Christmas, ill be doing a 365 day photo project, i know ... awesome right, nah but i want to. should be fun, so I'm gonna try and take all the photos in the same place but since i go to Ipswich every other weekend they might differ... I'm not sure if that affects things, i wouldn't think so but we`ll see ay?
