After a Short Pause or how BOGOFS bring smiles.

"How do you make your pet duck into a soul singer? Put him in the microwave until his Bill withers!!!"  


The joke above probably works better when you say it out loud as the his sounds like he's and thus the joke works better. But i think you get the gist. 


So the idea was to Blog at least a month and im not sure how long it has been since my last Blog but it definitely is longer than a month, but after a frantic start and short pause my Blog has returned. I'am currently sitting in my lounge and have given myself the task of writing this in about half hour otherwise I will ramble and ramble.  Suffice to say I have many things to say after my time away, Easter, Royal Weddings, and an unseasonal heat wave I think have all added to my change in mood (for the better that is) but smaller pleasures in life have helped no end and I hope that I am waving good by to the darker chapter of my life.  


Now let me just halt the Blogging proceedings and say that this may come across as a huge ego boosting procedure but I am not very good at putting into vocals what I am moving through but this is to act as a bridge, to any of my friends who read this, and explain things i cant say i suppose and maybe eventually lead to me talking about the fears that paralyse me from day to day. And I hope that my Blog will eventually become more my thoughts on the world rather than my thoughts on myself but until I reach that point I'm sorry but this will be more of a biography.  But anyway this is meant to be a happy entry.  Also I wander how many times I repeat the same words in these things.    


Now where was I? Oh yes the, I have discovered the simpler things in life.  It has begun , as most good things do with a selfish move to better my own life.  In this case, saving money.  With the recession in full swing I have become increasingly budget minded, don't by this, cut down on that, cancel gym membership ( although that was a slightly different story) etc. As I thought more about what I need and not  (superficial stuff that is I haven't worked out the other yet) I began to realise that alot of the stuff 


<Talk about hanging on the grass, not spending money and how bargins bring happiness, Greenwich, say you took a break. have to write things down before forget them, over active mind, dont always understand notes>


Ever get the feeling you have more things to do in your life than time to do it, not in the sense of "Oh my god I cant do that boring job...." but that if you dont do something to better you as a person or advance your knowledge in something you will forget it and never do it? and ofcourse you cant do it right now, time and distance (as in miles) is a bitch.






Random note: The font you are currently reading is Verdana i chose it because it reminds me of V for Vendetta which is a good film.

Well it started off well didn't it? or woo hoo Spring is here but don't wear flip-flops just yet..

Date: 21st March 2011
Mood: Chilled
Clothes: White with Blue stripped hoody
TV show: Glee
Drink: (venti) Caramel Macchiato
Food: All butter croissant
Word: Awesome-a-saurus

So I start this Blog with no title as I'm hoping to decide on one as I type it.  I hope that this entry into my  Blog diary is more feel good than my previous one, and how can I not,  March is truly upon us now and spring has started to explode in front of us!!!  The sun is finding its hat, daffodilikins are sprouting faster than Joan Collins has face lifts and hazzah I have begun the sowing of the seeds.

Now before I get into the frankly fascinating anecdote of loosing my seed sowing virginity I must make a public statement.  Just because the winter is over and spring has begun to poke out from inbetween the cracks it is not ok to wear flip-flops not shorts.  Hollister guys and girls I am talking to specifically its just not cool  and I say "not cool" in a warning way not a,  "that's not cool" as a fact because no one can argue that the flip-flop/ shorts combo are awesome.  It is a warning due to the fact that if people who where shorts and flip-flops during the months from September to April they run the risk of being rugby tackled by me and that includes whether I am on foot or in my car.  Rant over, stay safe folks. When you think flip-flops just say no.

Now to the matter in hand veggie planting.  I began my gardening life with Carrots, Lettuce, Cabbage and Tomatoes as they were the most urgent of my seedlings to sow before the deadline for the sowing, at the end of March/ June, has past me by.  Something that did catch me by surprise ( proving my continuing naivety of  gardening) how friggin' small are seeds?  And there is a Hell of a lot of them which I need to keep planting over the next three to four weeks.  But I gotta say like a person who has bought a puppy and not realised how much exercise it requires or more accurately the thoughts of  a man chomping into a Big Mac and loosing the battle to the lump of fast food lodged in his throat blocking his wind pip  "shit!! Have I bitten of more than I can chew? Cough, Cough"

As relaxing as gardening can be I never realised how much work it is.  But this is just like me I get excited about something, start with a flourish but I am starting to realise that my attention span can be quite short and I can feel like giving up quite quickly but I vow to keep going I will finish this.  But luckily on the day of sowage I had my mate dangerous Dan help me out and hopefully by following the frankly vague instructions the seeds will sprout and be awesome but that will not happen for a while yet.

To make things even more interesting (please keep your sarcasm) we have started betting on which veggie will sprout first and how long it will take to do so.  I have said three weeks and tomatoes.  Dangerous Dan said two weeks and I believe carrots was his veggie of choice.  Well I feel this particular Blog is dipping into a boring down hill spiral, so I think I will bid you adieu and leave you with this thought I want to kill Rachel Berry in Glee, or at least give her a good dry slap, and marry Sue Sylvester LIKE NOW!! Also vintage The Simpsons  is a truly beautiful thing.

Have a good week everybody!!

Touch my Aubergines

Date: 7th March

Clothing: Gremlins T shirt

Song : Blake's Got a New Face by Vampire Weekend

TV show: Avatar: The Last Airbender 

Book: Nerd do well, Simon Pegg (Autobiography)

Drink: Chocolate Milk (sainsburys)

Food: Jacket Potato, beans and cheese

Mood: Quiet 

Hello,

I would like to begin this entry into my Blog with an apology to a dear friend of mine Daniel Fincham, who gave me the idea for my first Blog theme (veggies) and the inspiration for its title, which is the name of this entry as a tribute to joint genius that is Maniel or Datt (Matt and Daniel).  The apology is that i didn't use the Touch My Aubergines for my Blog address, the reason for this is that, although an awesome title i thought that it would be too linked to a vegetable theme and in the process of signing up to this site I thought a more universal title would be more appropriate and that is why I changed it so to Dan I say sorry and please forgive me.  Double Rainbow.

Blogging was invented, as far as I can see, to catalogue our thoughts and life lessons, which is awesome!!  But I cant help but think of a Frank Turner lyric every time I right an entry "you're not as messed up as you think you are - your self-absorption makes you messier . just settle down and you would feel a whole lot better. deep down you're just like everybody else."

It's march now which means that I can get on with my veggies, this month I will be getting my nursery trays ready and planting the seeds so they can grow and mature enough in a safer environment before we place them in the garden later on in the year.  apologies if I have said this before but my last Blog seems quite a while ago lol.

I love my dog she is sitting next to me as I write this looking slightly annoyed that I am not stroking her.  Love is a funny thing does anyone understand it?  If you do please email me.   My sister is possibly the kindest person I've met she has a lot of love but finds it hard to show it.  Why is this? I'd like to be able to help her with that but don't know how to broach it.  Myself think I try and show people I care to quickly and too openly which gets me in trouble.  But I also think I let my ego get the best of me.  For example when a girl shows interest I cant help it I start flirting and feel myself becoming someone I know they would like but I don't really like or at least someone that is not me.  The people I do have true feelings for I tend to not want to feel that way and fight it.  These feelings and a tendency to not trust them brings with it confusion and a internal battle which occupies a great deal of my thought.  I get scared but I am not sure why?  Why be scared of something I want?  The fear of change?  Feeling lost in a maze of thought is not fun.  I can't normally explain this by talking but writing it down really helps.  Can you truly make yourself a good person or if you have a bad heart will it win out?  Can you have a bad heart in the first place?  Sorry this too deep but its helping , sort of, so if its boring you please stop reading.  There is that ego again. Im really painting a good picture of myself aren't I. I know people say you should be thankful for what you have (which I am) and when im sad the thought always comes to me "you shouldn't spend time being sad" but isn't it ok to be a little bit sad and down once in a while?  Isn't it good for the soul?

( God my dogs breath stinks) Im rambling now but it does bring me back to my Frank Turner quote i'm sure not messed up in anyway and just being slightly delusional but knowing that am not ok to be of a bit a drama queen when it comes to my thoughts and insecurities? This thought process makes me think of another quote, which again explains my feelings, this time courtesy of SKINS:  "Ever Think you were born  backwards? I hate the people I should love and love the people I should hate".  I am in no way saying I am unique in thinking this but it does explain it.

I play a game when im driving.  Its called dodge the man hole covers it's a good game that consists of not allowing your wheels of your car to drive over man hole covers or holes in the road. Its a fun game but not to be played on busy roads.

Anyway guys thanks for reading/ listening or not.

Matt

Please bear with me im new at this...

Hello there,


I've been thinking of creating a Blog for some time now, but I never thought of a what I could write about.  However with a new year comes resolutions and mine is to become a bit more self sufficient.  Long story short i'm going vegetables.


This Blog will document my progress in the garden and any other life lessons I wish to share with you guys out there.  I have not got far with my veggie patch, as yet I have turned the soil but is badly root infested so I need to continue to cut up and sieve the soil so it is easy to dig and plant, weirdly enough there is a hell of glass tiles in the bed which is proving a big problem... maybe not big but annoying.   The whole thing is a bit monotonous and hard on the arms but quite rewarding.  I am looking forward to March as I will be planting the seeds in their nursery trays, which I think will feel like im making more progress.


I think Gardening appealed to me for a different reason, a more personal reason. My mind, for the last few years, has been in a rather busy/dark place and I am one of those people who allows their brain to work far too much.  By doing something that is not with friends or involves me watching something, essentially being away for human interaction, I am able to shut of for a while and escape in to a little world of my own.  Being a hairdresser I am constantly talking to and surrounded by people it feels good to be outside getting my fingers dirty.  Maybe I should get a t shirt with "soil is good for the soul"?  I think every one should be able to escape somewhere from the momentum of work and life to discover new things,  it helps you become a much richer and more rounded person.


Well  think that maybe my first Blog finished. Excuse me if it was a bit self indulgent but what the hell.


Till next time.