Early mornings, long days and sleepless nights.

July has almost flown by this year but things are looking fairly well here in England. I have been in between jobs but finally found a well paid, stable, open ended job. I'm working at a small local butcher's in Hawkenbury, and although my plan in life isn't to cut pig's heads off, i am now acumulating some decent coins which will hopefully be put to very good use. I should be driving in a couple of months and shortly after that take my first trip out of town since i got back in May. I'd like to take a drive to the alps or southern france and spend some time on the hills, just chilling, you know how it is. I should be getting another guitar very soon so hopefully i'll learn a few songs by then too.

My brother is starting sixth form in september and has made the very wise choice of taking photography as one of his subjects. My parents stretched out and got a D5000, a mental DSLR, i've been taking a few photos with it and although i am extremely happy with them, i'm saving them for my website i'm working on which will be out in the next few months. This should feature all my videography and photography as well as this blog. It will be a portfolio type website with professional standard content regularly updated. It's really nice being back in England and getting these plans on the go after much thinking over the last few months. That's all for now, i shall finish this glass of scotch and leave you all with some Pink Floyd lyrics.

Santiago.

Above the planet on a wing and a prayer,

My grubby halo, a vapour trail in the empty air

Across the clouds I see my shadow fly

Out of the corner of my watering eye

A dream unthreatened by the morning light

Could blow this soul right through the roof of the night

You’re the reason I’m trav’lin’ on

I got hold of a three disc Bob Dylan collection just after going to his gig, as i wanted to explore some more of his music, there are a lot of songs i haven't heard and i particularly really like his acoustic sets. This below is a song he wrote called "Don't think twice, It's Alright". I have listened to it a few times and i love the feeling of freedom i get from it. I couldn't get the original version on youtube but i managed to find an extremely well performed cover of the song, scroll down to the bottom of the page and hear for yourself!

It ain’t no use to sit and wonder why, babe
It don’t matter, anyhow
An’ it ain’t no use to sit and wonder why, babe
If you don’t know by now
When your rooster crows at the break of dawn
Look out your window and I’ll be gone
You’re the reason I’m trav’lin’ on
Don’t think twice, it’s all right

It ain’t no use in turnin’ on your light, babe
That light I never knowed
An’ it ain’t no use in turnin’ on your light, babe
I’m on the dark side of the road
Still I wish there was somethin’ you would do or say
To try and make me change my mind and stay
We never did too much talkin’ anyway
So don’t think twice, it’s all right

It ain’t no use in callin’ out my name, gal
Like you never did before
It ain’t no use in callin’ out my name, gal
I can’t hear you anymore
I’m a-thinkin’ and a-wond’rin’ all the way down the road
I once loved a woman, a child I’m told
I give her my heart but she wanted my soul
But don’t think twice, it’s all right

I’m walkin’ down that long, lonesome road, babe
Where I’m bound, I can’t tell
But goodbye’s too good a word, gal
So I’ll just say fare thee well
I ain’t sayin’ you treated me unkind
You could have done better but I don’t mind
You just kinda wasted my precious time
But don’t think twice, it’s all right.

Don't Think Twice, It's All Right / Bob Dylan

Like a complete unkown

Just got back from the music festival going down at the Hop Farm this weekend, some pretty epic music coming out of the main arena earlier when Bob Dylan spat out some of the world's greatest lyrics- that's right he still can't sing for shit- but i agree when people say that he's playing some of the best music that we will ever have the priviledge of hearing.

I hope we live to tell the tale

live mighty, live righteously, taking it easy...live high.