My biggest goal for the new year is to be much better at time management. I’ve a lot of projects on the go, and a lot planned to start this year, including one or two major ones which will be announced hopefully in the coming weeks. Managing time is difficult when distractions are all around [...]

Sometimes it’s possible to look at someone from across a bed and say out loud ‘Wow’, following possibly by pinching yourself once or twice. This may or may not have happened in the course of the past year. It’s difficult to describe a year in a small number of eloquently-put words. Though without taking time [...]

Today has been a bit hazy. Having woke up late with a banging headache, I realised right then that the day was to be a write-off. For the most part it was. I need these days every once in a while. For some reason I try to do too much, often resulting in doing very [...]

For the most part, we do the things our parents taught us, eat the food they fed us, and a generally carry on the habits and traditions they instilled on us. Which is the very reason I keep my bread in the fridge. Though to give it my own slant, I believe it keeps it [...]

This morning I left on a big jet plane for Brittany, France. Currently I should be somewhere on the road to Saint-Malo, destination:La Route Du Rock music festival. It’s an understatement to say that I’m excited about seeing The National live, as well as Yann Tiersen and Owen Pallet. Very excited indeed. Checklist: 4 pairs [...]

Thanks to my friends for a great night out in Dublin for my birthday on Thursday. On Wednesday, I saw Angus & Julia Stone in the Button Factory. It was a fantastic gig; I truly love their music. Here’s a shit photograph taken from quite far back: Oh and thanks everyone for the 43 “Happy [...]

I’m beginning to not feel the need for a cigarette after having a pint. I had my last cigarette close to 10 weeks ago. 3 weeks after that I had my next last cigarette. Yes I enjoy smoking, and yes I would love one right now, yet I feel it is time to end that [...]

I spoke to Debbie Metrustry, known as @debbiemet on Twitter on many occasions, although I hadn’t met her, she was a wonderful person and it was a pleasure to know her. I’ve never felt this way about someone I’ve not met before. One of the saddest pages on the internet right now is http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%40debbiemet, as [...]

I’ve never been one to “reblog” something verbatim, though this post from Grannymar sums up how I feel right now, somehow. Just because… You are not in full time employment, doesn’t mean you don’t need to eat. You are on a diet, doesn’t mean you cannot peruse the menu. You are alone, doesn’t mean you [...]

It’s true, I cannot cook. For a lot of my time living alone I’ve survived on microwaveable ready-meals, pizzas and take-away food. When home I enjoy Chris’ occasionally experimental (“A wee bit of chilli powder… ach it’ll be grand”) cooking. However, a few months ago I drastically cut down on all the crap, with the [...]