Blogtastic

I'd forgotten where this was. I just found it linked to my ancestry.co.uk page. I've started writing music again and have recorded some rough takes on webcam to consider taking further. The later ones were better, after I'd found out how to record the sound to PC. See my youtube channel (Name: Cryospyke)

The Heart of Everything

Well, it finally arrived, and I have had chance to listen to it several times to get the feel of it.

The band have made some small musical changes that are refreshing, but it does not vary much from the Gothic metal that served so well on "The Silent Force" album.

I managed to get the last ticket for the Bristol concert for next Tuesday, and that means that WT have sold out across the UK - not a bad achievement for their first full tour here.

Trailer for the movie, "The Crow"

Below is the trailer for "The Crow", one of my favourite films.

The Longest Week

I have finally had some days off from work, my first for 3 weeks, and have spent them editing MySpace and this blog. In the background, I have had Last FM playing, and there have been some really good songs.

However, now I must drag myself out to town to post a parcel and do other errands. I'm waiting for Within Temptation's new album The Heart of Everything to come through the post that I had on pre order as well.

Keep fit?

For the first time in years, I played 5-a-side football with some of the guys from work. Though it only lasted an hour, we were all exhausted at the end, with a satisfying score of 7 goals each.

Afterwards, in a fit of extreme madness, I decided that since my muscles were all warmed up, and I could do with regaining my fitness, I would go cross-country running over White Coppice afterwards.

Using the valley to control my breathing, I then made my way up though the woods (walking on the slippiest, steepest parts), I reached the metalled track from the road at the top and ran across the moorland at the top. The wind up there was bitter, particularly since I was in shorts. It was even colder as I began my descent to the right of the gorge, running slowly because the ground was wet (it's wet up there in summer, let alone mid-November).

I was grateful for the shelter further down and picked up the pace back to car park and spent ten minutes to pull on some warm clothes and do some warm-downs.

Even so, for the remainder of the day, I continued to feel sore and stiff, and if I sat still in one position too long, the cramp in my legs would be particularly painful.

Still, I've been planning to return to training for some time, and I just hope I can keep it up. I'll have to brush up my football skills too, since everyone else seemed to be much better than me.