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I bought new shoes for myself today. I decided it was time when I was driving to work this morning and realised I couldn’t take my foot off the clutch, the sole of my shoe had worn as thin as paper and split, so the end of the pedal actually slid inside my shoe! I kinda resent buying shoes, I’m not sure why, I think I just see them as an expense, but I’m glad I did today. Nice leather ones with leather inside and about a thousand times more comfortable than my last ones.

I’m actually clocking up quite a bit of time walking now, it’s what I use my lunch breaks for. Since my knee’s been bad I take myself off for walks around the town at lunch and give my birthday present (an ipod) a good using. I’m glad in a way, I lost touch with music really badly over the last few years, hardly listening to anything new and very rarely buying anything. But now I’m right back into it, and I’m really enjoying it too. Most recently I’ve tended to be listening to a few albums in particular;

  • Muse -  Black Holes and Revelations
  • Velvet Acid Christ – Lust For Blood
  • Rammstein – Rosenrot
  • Cradle Of Filth – Nymphetamine
  • Placebo – Once More With Feeling
  • Static-X – Wisconsin Death Trip

I’m forcing myself to actually listen to whole albums now too, rather than just hitting a favourite track about four or five in and skipping back to the start again. Once I finally get my debts cleared I’m going to treat myself to some decent separates and start listening more at home again too – although that could take a while, more research time for me I guess! I have a tendency to research anything I buy that costs more than about £50, and I secretly really enjoy it too.

I’m still not training (three weeks and counting), but so far the last two days have been almost pain-free, so I’m taking things really carefully now and stopping when it starts to hurt or feel swollen. I think the pain’s there for a reason, it’s nature’s way of saying ‘Stop it you massive retard!’, not like a masochistic bit of DOMS satisfaction. Hopefully if I keep this up I can be doing something light on it within a week or so and then back to a very cut-down Tang Soo Do before tooooo long.

For now, wrap your lugholes around this lot for some edumacation ;)

Can loud shouty Germans sing a really beautiful song? Yes is the answer! (I love the instrumental fill @ 2:30)

Rammstein – Wo Bist Du?
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I cannot get enough of Static-X, it’s awesome to dance to, and Wayne Static has the greatest hair in music.

Static-X – Push It
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This next song is just amazing, I love driving along in the sun with the windows down for it.

Muse – Map Of The Problematique
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Lovely guest vocals on this and an absolutely haunting tune. Say what you like about CoF, they’re great showmen

Cradle Of Filth – Nymphetamine
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…and finally a bit of of something different, this band have some great albums.

Velvet Acid Christ – Parasite
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Legless

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Friday was great, really great. A hot day in work got followed up by a very hard hour in training, as one of our fold who left to join the forces came back for the weekend, so he was given a good one to remind just how hard we like to work. My legs were in agony after the running the night before, and then that workout, so I was looking forward to cutting loose a little in Plymouth.

The club was pretty busy by about midnight, and everyone had a great time. 2am rolled around and I was starting to feel the need for bed, all that dancing on top of the hard training had finally caught up with me. We got some food then started heading back. After about 20 miles I noticed we had been followed by a Police Land Rover for about 5 miles, and then they decided to pull me over…. Apparently I was swerving(!), when in fact if anything I was just trying to see, as their stupidly big car was blinding me in all mirrors as they were driving right up my backside! He asked me if I’d been drinking (not a drop), and just couldn’t seem to grasp the fact that we’d travelled up for a night out, asking me why my car was registered in Cornwall if I live in Plymouth…. Anyway, we rolled back into Cornwall and I got back at about 3.45am, but as I got out of the car I was in for a bit of a surprise. Somehow, in the last 60 miles of driving, my knee had decided that it wasn’t fine, and that I wasn’t going to be allowed to walk properly. I got out of the car and nearly fell over, and walking down my (steep) lane took ages and was so painful it brought tears to my eyes. I put it down to tiredness until the next morning when I got up and found I still couldn’t walk properly. Not exactly the best start to my nice relaxing Saturday.

As the weekend’s gone on, it’s gotten no better at all. The pain is on the outside of my left knee, and it really hurts if I’m doing anything other than walking on the flat. Stairs and hills are my worst enemy right now. It means I’ve missed the seminar we had booked for today, and that I’m going to miss training tonight too. I’m still going to go along, maybe I can hold some pads or something useful. I’m pretty worried about it though, it doesn’t feel like a simple muscle pull, and I really doubt right now that I’ll be training again this coming week. It’s one of those few things which is actually going to stop me, the idea of twisting into a good side kick and permanently mangling my leg is one I’m not really going to entertain. If it’s no better by midweek I’ll be popping up the road to the hospital where the self-referall physio is. I’m feeling quite miserable now.

So all in all, excluding the first two hours, this weekend has been pretty terrible. I’ve spent the afternoon on the sofa with a bag of frozen cauliflower tied to my leg, and before I know it it’s back to work again. Surely next week can get better, please? I don’t know whether to feel sad or really f’ing angry, I’m starting to lean towards the latter.

Here’s a song which caused me to put my drink down, halt all conversation and leap to the dancefloor on Friday night.

Static-X – Push It.
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