Tie-Dyes and a Hangman's Noose

First of all , thanks to all that have stopped by questioning my absense. (yes, that was a typo .... but it works)....Or IS it a typo? Okokok...enough thinking on my part, apparently it is in vain. I've been an anti-socialite for months now. I'm back. At least today I'm back. We'll see about tommorow.......... UPDATE: Christmas in England was fantastic. InVay got me the guitar you see in my pictures. I was gobsmakked. He wole me up and told me t open a damn box that had been sitting in the floor for a few weeks...(I would have thought more of it, but as it was, his roomate had ordered another bed, which came in BOXES, and I was oblivious to this guitar as I thought it was part of the bed.) Well...it wasn't. It was a superb guitar as I have ever had. Been drivn the nieghbors crazy playin it through an amp ( a Crate 212) that I my parents got me when i was 15. Wow....now i feel old.....Anyhow, amp works, guitar sounds sweet......and I need PRACTICE. I've been playing acoustic for 9-10 years, I forgot what it was like having a guitar that performs this well and letting my METAL roots be sated. You know what I got him? Nothing. I hadn't planned on staying as long as I did. I was only supposed to visit for 2 weeks I think. That turned into 3 months. So, I got him nothing for Christmas. And I feel horrible. He said it was worth it just to see my face when I opened it. Thats a nice way of saying..."OMG, you REALLY looked terrible", But let me tell you.....If he EVER puts a pic up of ME that morning, I will kill him. He sent a pic to my dad.......of when I opened it. (so ok, it's X-mas morn, no make-up, no.....nothing) My dad sends ME a message" Looks like Vin got an ugly stick for X-mas, ....and beat the HELL outta you with it"............Thank you dad. But more impotrtantly, (shut up dad), it was a very memorable X-mas for me. I won't be disappearing again anytime soon....or will I? *any pics associated with this entry, in particular X-mas photos, will be traced to thier source and retalliation will be in order*

Been in bed for 3 days now. I've got the worst load of goop in my head it makes me dizzy to walk around. Chest is full of it as well. I got Vince to pound on my lungs last night to see if some of that shit would break up. Helped a little. Steaming hot bath helped me feel human again. Now if I can get rid of the junk in my head and my sore throught, I will be an oh-so-happy camper again. Maybe...

Once upon a time, there was a girl who wanted a guitar SOOOO badly..... she got one.   ....and a CRATE 212 amp.....(heh)

16 years later, I still have the amp. The guitar, well, it sort of got pawned somewhere along the way for money for weed no doubt, as did the rest of her guitars eventually...one after the other. Sad, but true.

My first guitar was a washburn electric. (the make really good acoustic guitars as well) I statred out playing Ozzy, Black Sabbath, Led Zep, Pink floyd...and got quite good. I practiced ALOT and most of my friends played so we'd cut school and jam 2-3 days a week.

My second guitar was a Charvell electric. SWEET guitar that was. Can't remember what happened to it....(?)

At any rate I've been playing on and off for the past 16years. The last 8 or so I have REEELY been slacking off. But NOW, I find myself in the U.K. with alot of time on my hands and 2 acoustic gitars and a mandolin to mess around with. Been learing some new songs, written a few, and am getting back to my old form a little bit each day.

I've got blisters on my fingers. FYI: If your forming new callouses, don't take long baths...they fucking peel off. Dammitt...

Still here....obviously....(heh) Dinner turned out great. (Thank you Lizzie for your suggestions...too little too late though luv....lol) Had Turkey joint....was good. DaBigLeap suggested smoking it...hahaha. Turkey....Joint...get it?

Ok....moving on....

Went shopping in Woking this weekend. They have a fabulous mall...huge.(Oh, for the record, for you Stephen King fans: Pick up his latest ' Lisy's Story'.....well worth it, best he's done in awhile.)

I added some pics to the Windsor alblum of Vince and I making asses of ourselves in one of the shops.....There was an Elvis spotting....nuff said. lol

Tried to get cigs sent to me, (thanks for the offer RedKitten) but alas, unless I knew someone on a military base it's a no-go, dammittt. Grandparents were going to send a couple of cartons to me but were informed they would be confiscated at customs, which makes no sense to me cuz I brought over two cartons (???) Oh well...perhaps it's a sign I should quit. Either that or go broke.
Which brings me to another point......remember the money issue I had? Th one where I , well, didn't have any? I got my Granpa to acsess my account and transfer $1,500 to Vinces account. You wanna know how much I actually GOT of that??? £700!!!!! Fuck me, thats less than half that got sent! NOT including the penalty, (which was very small ) to transfer the money. Arghh!!!! Fucking expensive over here! Vince says it's all relative.....but I tend to disagree.......

More later....I need to wash my hair as this fucking bird I'm taking back to the states just shit on my head...again. Speaking of that: Does anyone know how long the quaruntine on birds is coming into the U.S.? I've Googled till I'm blue in the face and can't find any difinitive answers. If anyone out there has had personal experience with this, please let me know. Thanks...

OUT..................

Ello again!

Yep, still here. Unfortunately no Thanksgiving dinner....dammitt. I went to the local shop this morning in search of ...well....anything that resembled turkey. All I got for my effort was a "turkey joint breast", whatever THAT is. It's small....very small, but we shall see how it tastes tonight. I have a rather large butternut squash to go with it (never cooked one before....methinks I'll halve it, stick it in the oven with butter and brown sugar).......no gravy or stuffing to be found. So, butternut squash, some fresh baked bread, sauteed zuccini(sp), and.....thats  probobly it. Oh, and a few ears of corn.

Ta-Da!

Hope everyone else has a great day, dinner, and spends it with your loved ones.