solo

i checked on the interweb on saturday to see if i could get tickets for nine inch nails in los angeles, but they were sold out. there are a couple of shows left but i think they will sell out in no time as they are not very big venues. if 15,000 people turned up to see them in london i doubt they will have much trouble selling a few thousand tickets when they play the hollywood palladium, which is less than half the size of the o2 arena. i got to see them recently anyways and i saw them last year in knoxville so i have been very fortunate.

on the subject of bands, i was in the gym yesterday and they constantly played u2. some of the new stuff which is shit, but occasionally some of the older stuff which is very good. anyways, they hardly ever play u2 in the gym and its mosly dance music or pop. i went over to the video screens and noticed that it was all part of being sponsored by blackberry and everytime a video came on it would have the blackberry logo on it. i nearly threw up. what a bunch of corporate sell outs allowing their back catologue to be used to sell mobile email cell phones.

.....and then to top it off, i saw that u2 were playing in chicago and thought i would see if there were any tickets. i used to be a big fan (before they became corporate sell outs). there were tickets available but they cost $250. i couldn't believe it. who charges $250 for a concert in a staduim?. corporate money grabbing sell outs, thats who!!. you would have though it was in a box or something but it wasn't. it was a regular seat in the stands.

anyways on the subject of corporate sellouts, its me on my own at work today. actually thats not fair. i would be a corporate sell out if i still worked in investment banks, but i chose to leave. ( i will go back in a few months though), my boss is on holiday and the girl that works in my department has taken a long weekend. thanks for leaving me on my todd to get swamped.

they still haven't told me if my contract is going to be extended and it officially ends in 11 days time. one doesn't want to count ones chickens and all that, but they have planned some work for me to do in august so i assume they want to keep me.

weekend was quiet. nothing special at all. saved my money which i will then use in the states in september. went to the gym and pushed it pretty hard on sunday. did a stint on the exercise bikes as i need to keep some resistance in my legs since i don't cycle these days. will pop down to evans cycles one day after work and see if they have the bike i want, in stock. i just need to try it for size before i buy it. need to get a good fit. i don't want to get it and then find out that its a tiny bit too long or short and it gives me shoulder or neck ache.

weather is absolutely shit, as it has been for a couple of weeks now. rain and dark skies. it looks like february outside. 10 days of sunshine. thats all we got so far this year. what a rip off. i want my money back.

am on earlies this week. i will get more and more tired with each passing day. there's something to look forward to. :-)

today i have mostly been listening to maximo park - books from boxes. take care flower.