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14 hours ago, RelentlessOblivion said:

Guys and gals I'll be taking an indefinite hiatus from here to sort some shit out in my life. I can't say when but I will be back. There's something very special about this community so keep it going. Stay awesome guys.

Adelaide in the grand final probably isn't helping. Well, that leaves about 2 regular posters now - if that. 

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There's always Facebook if you're feeling really lonely... :D Although I'm sure we haven't seen the last of Relentless.

On my mind, we're nearly twelve hours into what's shaping up to be a fourteen-hour drive from North Carolina back to Massachusetts, and as much as the drive sucks, I have to say it's been better than I had hoped so far. It was fantastic to see my family - parents, brother, even my 96-year-old Grandma, still kicking. I can't believe it's been two years since I saw them all last. Also a real pleasure to catch up with a handful of good friends from high school, who all seem to be doing well. I skipped the actual reunion (which was also, coincidentally, this past weekend), but I saw nearly everyone I cared about. The only unfortunate aspect of the trip was that my son didn't get over his stomach bug and fever until Sunday, so he didn't have as much fun as he could have.

Now it's two and a half days of tightening up last minute details, and then a day of hanging out playing video games with my little buckaroo, and then I have to get all my paintings over to the gallery and hang my first solo show - the first and maybe the last time this body of work will be together in one place, as it should be. Eek!

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8 hours ago, FatherAlabaster said:

There's always Facebook if you're feeling really lonely... :D Although I'm sure we haven't seen the last of Relentless.

On my mind, we're nearly twelve hours into what's shaping up to be a fourteen-hour drive from North Carolina back to Massachusetts, and as much as the drive sucks, I have to say it's been better than I had hoped so far. It was fantastic to see my family - parents, brother, even my 96-year-old Grandma, still kicking. I can't believe it's been two years since I saw them all last. Also a real pleasure to catch up with a handful of good friends from high school, who all seem to be doing well. I skipped the actual reunion (which was also, coincidentally, this past weekend), but I saw nearly everyone I cared about. The only unfortunate aspect of the trip was that my son didn't get over his stomach bug and fever until Sunday, so he didn't have as much fun as he could have.

Now it's two and a half days of tightening up last minute details, and then a day of hanging out playing video games with my little buckaroo, and then I have to get all my paintings over to the gallery and hang my first solo show - the first and maybe the last time this body of work will be together in one place, as it should be. Eek!

Glad you had a good time, it's always great to see family you ain't seen for ages. Hope laal fellas a lot better now. Good luck with the show!

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17 hours ago, FatherAlabaster said:

There's always Facebook if you're feeling really lonely... :D Although I'm sure we haven't seen the last of Relentless.

On my mind, we're nearly twelve hours into what's shaping up to be a fourteen-hour drive from North Carolina back to Massachusetts, and as much as the drive sucks, I have to say it's been better than I had hoped so far. It was fantastic to see my family - parents, brother, even my 96-year-old Grandma, still kicking. I can't believe it's been two years since I saw them all last. Also a real pleasure to catch up with a handful of good friends from high school, who all seem to be doing well. I skipped the actual reunion (which was also, coincidentally, this past weekend), but I saw nearly everyone I cared about. The only unfortunate aspect of the trip was that my son didn't get over his stomach bug and fever until Sunday, so he didn't have as much fun as he could have.

Now it's two and a half days of tightening up last minute details, and then a day of hanging out playing video games with my little buckaroo, and then I have to get all my paintings over to the gallery and hang my first solo show - the first and maybe the last time this body of work will be together in one place, as it should be. Eek!

Glad he got better  good luck at the gallery 

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Hey, that sounds awesome Alabaster! Best of luck with the gallery!


There'll be a concert in January in my capital called "Belgrade Metal Meeting" with Kreator, Dagoba and many others, and today they announced that Vader will come as well! I can't fucking wait!
This year has really been a great one for metal in Serbia: Accept playing for the first time here in March, Anthrax also playing for the first time which was in May and now even Gorgoroth is coming in November (although I'm not their fan, but they're a big name, so that's great). Not to mention a (mainly) folk metal concert this sunday which I can barely heckin' wait!
I just hope it continues like this in 2018 :)
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Been on a real metal kick this past couple of weeks.  Found some new bands and got excited about rediscovering some old shit too.  Not been this excited at Metal for a while and I know when work kicks in again next week and I am away from home for most of the week other distractions will take over but still, a fucking good two weeks.

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Great long weekend down the beach. Too cold for swimming of course, so open fire and "the reading of strange books", to quote Arthur Miller.

On the downside my phone is playing up massively and half the time the touchscreen freezes. On the upside I'm going out for beers tonight. On the downside my phone may not play music on the way there. On the upside it's the metal pub so metal songs will proliferate. On the downside I won't be going to the pub tomorrow. On the upside on Tuesday I'm dining with a friend in a pub so can have more beer. 

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We went out last night with another couple for the first time even though I have known my friend for over 10 years on and off.  He recently remarried and me and my better half have committed to being more "social" so seemed like a good opportunity to get to know them both better.  I am not very good in couple situations and tended to just rattle on with my mate like it was some regular lads night out.  Anyway, I got the gist eventually and soon found myself in a Tequila Bar slamming shots and then following them up with tomato juice shots to calm the pallet (apparently).  A few more bars of the Northern Quarter of Manchester got a visit before we ended up in a Champagne & Cocktail Bar and I died a little inside after looking at the drinks menu.  Luckily, found a kicking Irish Bar downstairs and drank Hop House 13 until the early hours.

Good times.

In other news I am on a much needed detox until our holiday to Edinburgh in November now, need a rest from the beers and spirits for a while as they are (once again) a nightly occurrence.  Nice to finish off on a high note last night before becoming focused on cleaner living for awhile.

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