How was your day?

[FatherAlabaster]

That all sounds great except for the weeding. Never liked weeding, myself. 

[RelentlessOblivion]

Found out I have an inflamed Bursa like I had in my knee, but this time in my hip, which is causing a lot of pain in my butt.  Gluteus Medius, Minimus, and Pirformis especially.

Probably going to get a shot this week, if that doesn't work doc will have to cut it out, and release the tendon that sits on top of it.

That will mean I have two more surgeries on my legs to look forward to this year.

Fan-fucking tastic.

 

How's the eyesight situation coming?

Dude that sucks, going under the knife is no fun at all, I speak from experience here. In my case it was two surgeries in the space of a week to insert a metal plate in my face.

 

The vision is more or less the same as it has been for the last couple of years - so bad it's no longer possible to tell if it is deteriorating or not. Fortunately I'm used to it by now so there's little impact on my daily life aside from occassionally walking into shit that I don't see. I keep tabs on advances in medical science which has me pretty optimistic there will be a way to restore my sight in the near future.

 

Gorbo I assume "weeding the garden" is a trendy euphimism for something else...

[GorboGorboze]

Pulling up weeds in the garden, especially the union bed which was way over due. It's a simple pleasure, no euphemism.

[MacabreEternal]

That all sounds great except for the weeding. Never liked weeding, myself. 

I am making the disappointed face right now! Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Tapatalk

[RelentlessOblivion]

My day is going to be pure fucking misery. I've had next to no sleep because ehenever I do nod off I'm plagued by horrific nightmares. I'm in a horrible mood, it's cold, it's raining, yep pure misery.

[RelentlessOblivion]

Today's been pretty great. Weather wasn't great but who cares. Caught up with the girlfriend and our guide dogs decided they don't want to kill each other so yay :D. Lost track of time and suddenly realised we'd taken three hours to have lunch...yep things are defs back to normal.

[MacabreEternal]

Fixed the dishwasher this morning purely by taking bits out and putting them back in again.  Out shopping for new suits for work and got sorted pretty quickly for a 6 foot plus guy with a waist size that fluctuates wildly between "retired physical education teacher" and "twelve year old gymnast"!

Got to do some gardening today also and even gave the cat her flea treatment without losing any flesh!

[Frostaudn]

Quite boring day here. I wrote reviews for the new Amorphis and Skepticism and watched The Simpsons movie. Right now, a huge thunderstorm is coming over, so I think I'm gonna enjoy that

[MacabreEternal]

Had a massive downpour with some lightning earlier - probably had thunder too but was impossible to hear above the hammering rain on the conservatory roof.  Now sat with candles lit (black ones - tis metal innit) listening to Aelter before bed.

Edited September 1, 2015 by MacabreEternal

[RelentlessOblivion]

Building an ark, that's how much rain we've had in the last 8 hours, and it's still raining, I shit you not it's biblical proportions down here right now.

[FatherAlabaster]

Unfortunately our drummer sprained his ankle last week, so no band practice, but I'm keeping busy writing some music for a potentially cool project with a vocalist from a grind band, whose voice I've always been a fan of. 

[RelentlessOblivion]

Sounds pretty cool mate. Keep us posted.

 

My usual guitar teacher wasn't there today so instead I had a lesson with the owner of the place. He asked what I'd been doing, and then if there was any one song right now I really wanted to learn. I may have confused talent with ambition 'cause the song I chose was 'Cast Down The Heretic' by Nile...yeah not my best idea ever.

[MacabreEternal]

My boss phoned me earlier and informed me I have been awarded a pay rise.  A year of hard work has paid off (literally).

[RelentlessOblivion]

Good work mate

[GorboGorboze]

I've been pruning trees from a lift this week that goes up 35 feet, which maybe does not sound high, but feels it. It is fun. The drummer and I have gotten together twice this week, yesterday and today. I'm very tired and will hopefully sleep great tonight, been staying up late a bunch. My day was good, but is over so goodnight.

[RelentlessOblivion]

Just spent like an hour mucking around on the drop D tuned Les Paul. What I realised is firstly I like the drop D tuning more then I used to and secondly tremolo picking is really fun...just don't over do it or cramps, cramps, cramps.

[MacabreEternal]

Hooray just doubled the amount already spent on the car this past week in repairs and it still makes the same horrible noise! Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Tapatalk

[FatherAlabaster]

O, for joy. Good luck with that. Now that you're rolling in dough, the repairs shouldn't be a problem, right?  

[Iceni]

Participating in the Acephalous Poultry Sprint this week as I try to sort out my African Studies Certificate and thesis. Gunna be doing something on DRC, which is good. I've also got Wednesdays and Fridays off so should have plenty of time for work and fun.

[FatherAlabaster]

Participating in the Acephalous Poultry Sprint this week as I try to sort out my African Studies Certificate and thesis. Gunna be doing something on DRC, which is good. I've also got Wednesdays and Fridays off so should have plenty of time for work and fun.

Careful you don't splatter blood all over the walls at your new job. Those stains are hard to get off. 

[MacabreEternal]

You know what I retract my whinging statement about the car earlier as two things occurred today that had far more meaning and impact.  Firstly, tonight at the local takeaway a deaf and mute lady had just seemingly purchased some food but the counter assistant was trying to explain that she hadn't enough money.  The counter assistant actually took the food off the woman and threw it in the bin.  Clearly embarrassed the woman left, had I arrived earlier I would have paid the difference (which was minimal as far as I could make out).  There is something fundamentally wrong with the mentality that not enough money devalues the product to the point where it can be wasted entirely, especially in a country where food banks are increasingly common as some people's only source of food.

Secondly whilst waiting for my girlfriend earlier on I witnessed a man so crippled he had to use crutches to walk and such was the extent of his pain/disability that it literally took him 2 mins to cover a few feet.  Yet he still took the time to pause and nod greetings to and smile at those who he passed. 

All i had to worry about was the cost of a car repair. Ridiculous.

[RelentlessOblivion]

Yeah the world has a funny way of doing that to you mate. It's been my attitude for a very long time now that there's no point in feeling sorry for myself because of my vision impairment. If I don't let it stop me from doing the things I want to am I really disabled? Seems that would be the case of that second person.

[GorboGorboze]

Nice post Macabre. I'd just like to add that cars, as problematic as they are, are also kind of fabulous in how they allow us to get around. We misuse that often and burn way too much gas for instance, but all in all they are worth the money we spend on them.

[RelentlessOblivion]

This drop D tuning is fun to play around with but I wonder..what might happen if I go down even further to drop C?

[H34VYM3T4LD4V3]

Had to clear my room out today and it wasn't as bad as I was expecting, while I did it I had a mix of Judas Priest and Motörhead on, I come down later and my sister was there (she came round for a ay) and says I'd rather not listen to that devil music thank you! I couldn't help but laugh she sounded just like an old woman xD