stellify

its always a tough week back when you return from holiday and this has been as expected. even when my plane landed last sunday afternoon and i switched it on, i got a text from my boss telling me i was on the early shift this week. i always feel tired when i am on earlies but when you have missed a whole nights sleep at the beginning of the week, i just knew that this week would be tough. it also meant i didn't get the chance to get over my jet lag by having 1 night of sleep where you can just reset everything and wake up naturally as opposed to by an alarm and some un-godly hour.

anyways the next day i had to be up at 6.30am and have been struggling ever since. i will be fine tonight as it is a saturday tomorrow and i can lie in and recover. i also have got a chesty cough and a sore throat. i think my body got used to the warm southern californian climate and although it hasn't been particularly cold, it is cold compared to LA.

i went to the gym on wednesday evening for the first time in almost 3 weeks. i have completely lost any conditioning, so i was careful not to go too hard and injure myself. if you pull a muscle that could mean weeks of no training. anyways, i took it easy and although i felt weak and tired i got through the session unscathed, but then last night i went to football and i fell over and landed and on my shoulder and have injured it and it absolutely kills. so much for me being worried about hurting myself at the gym. anyways i doubt i will be able to train hard for at least a week...i hope. actually with this cold i have picked up i wouldn't have been able to give it 100% anyways.

to top it all off, i got caught it in traffic after football at 11pm last night and got home just before midnight. by the time i had gotten showered and into bed it was 12.30am. imagine my joy when when my alarm went off 6 hours later.

and thats it so far. have dreamt about california the last 3 nights in a row. london looks even more greyer and dirty and crowded than it usually does.

today i have mostly been listening to ian brown - stellify. he was the lead singer of seminal manchester band the stone roses. if you don't who they are, all i can say is that in england, and in terms of influence they were like niravana ..... multiplied by 100 in terms of how inflential they were. anyways, carrying on with the nirvana comparison, the band split up and whilst you wonder what the quality of the material will be from members of the band when they go solo or form other bands, ian browns solo stuff is really very good. i thought it was a bit hit and miss earlier on but he just seems to be getting better and better with each release and is adding to his legacy and reputation...........which unfortunately can not be said for dave grohl. he seems like a really nice guy but my god!, some of the foo fighters stuff is just so boring and dull. i heard his new single on the radio yesterday and it was more generic radio rock. come on dave, is this the best you can do?.

anyways this is how its done. enjoy.