OK so 6 houses after the badger set I’ve just moved to a new country, new job and the start of a new life. A friend posted a picture on their fb today and it brought me right back, suddenly I was reminded of why I lived in Wales for all those years. The Snowdonian scenery was just mindblowing and quite possibly the most beautiful thing I’ve ever encountered, something I will most certainly miss a great deal. Whilst that was going through my mind I started to reminisce on all the crazy things we got up to at number 2, the mistaken turnings that ended up in  trips around the foot of Snowdon at half one in the morning! The drives to some Chinese takaway by going the wrong way around the island and of course the storms off the pier late at night through the winter.

However its time to move on, but do I need to leave all that good stuff behind? I don’t think so, I’ll certainly miss everyone in North Wales, however, I need to remember that its only a 2/3 hour train journey away. I’ve somehow picked up a great job in the school of my dreams. So all I need to do now is make it the area of my dreams too!!!

I’m in the process of watching as many of the proms as I possibly can, I’ve been so impressed with this years offering, potentially the best ever? however so far my favourite has to be Jamie Cullum’s late night prom! I think if Henry Wood were around today this would be exactly the kind of innovation that he would be putting to Proms goers. As you watch the BBC4 coverage, the image (probably not accidentally) of his bust watching over this fabulous, full house concert is frequently in shot. Whilst I’m not overly keen on the introduction of electronic equipment into the Prom, personally I prefer singers to project properly and learn to sing correctly, I do understand that this is part of the performance. Cullum uses the mic so brilliantly that it is to him what a strad is to a soloist. There are times were the compressor settings are not perfect but when its a space the size of the Albert hall that’s hardly surprising! On a side note, has anyone ever seen Jamie and the lead singer of greenday at the same time?

I would strongly suggest watching http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00tjs92/BBC_Proms_2010_Jamie_Cullum_Night/

In other news, I’ve found a chair which fits me! can anything become more exciting!?

One night when working late, like 11pm I spotted this lil fella chilling on the door. So being the wierdo I am I took a picture, and on the pic I could see his face!
I never knew that bugs had face’s.
So, new things that should be learnt from this post….
1)Bugs have faces
2)I work late
3)When I work late, I’m probably just taking random pictures

More to follow

Caught this during How to Lose Friends & Alienate People, and was suddenly reminded of what a great track it is.  For Reasons Unknown by the Killers.

I like some of the stuff that The XX have done. Granted some of it is a bit samey and repetitive, but there’s also some really cool stuff.

However, this remix is super cool. Elements of the everything, nice and steady 4/4 house remix, dark, dingy, moody. Bliss.

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And no, I don’t know how to make it work…

Wow! This is well cool. I am with the entire hooded badger crew ( minus pete ) as we celebrate a certain persons bear-thday. The discussions so far have involved recent sexual harrasments I have may have been involved with to linkin park. And alex giving what may be the quote of the evening. Time to pick up my glass to finish the job started.

Oh yeah, to the russians, we can’t speak russian but we assume its all good stuff so…..thanks and we’ll take two :p

Got a bit of a two for one deal for you today: Not only do we have the upcoming single from Linkin Park called ‘Catalyst’, but we also have a trailer featuring some in-game footage from the new Medal of Honor game due to hit the gaming community later this year.

So, that’s geekery and music all rolled in to one.  Now all I need is a steak and a hug.

I’m back in Bangor following a night in Bristol.  I find myself sat in the cave feeling a little under the weather, working on web design to beef up my portfolio while drinking from an acquired keg of ale.  Right now, I wish I was somewhere else, and funnily enough, that is my main driving force behind my web design surge.  Best get back to it.

My music pick for today: Spanish Sahara by Foals.