Wishes

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Wish the ongoing theme about me wasn't "he's just crazy"

Wish I knew safety, 

Wish nothing phased me,

Wish I felt more than just feelings of unrest,

Wish the darkness didn't cloud me,

Wish I wasn't an emotional wreck...

I listened to the latest Blacklisted record at home before work this morning, and then twice more on the drive in. I think the last song on this record is the best thing they've ever written.

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Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori

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A couple months ago I watched a film called Johnny Got His Gun. It was an adaptation of an anti war novel by Dalton Trumbo, which I've not read. I'd been meaning to watch it for a long time. 

It's about a young man who fought in World War One and was hit by an exploding artillery shell. He woke up in hospital, horribly mutilated, with no arms, no legs, no face, no jaw and no senses except the sense of touch but with his mind fully intact.

The full film is on YouTube in ten parts. The first one can be found here. 

This film had a pretty profound effect on me.

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Quiet reflection

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I'm feeling it.

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I <3 2 FASH

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Whatever about helping out and providing gear for gigs, I'm going to be running the first show I've actually helped organise at the end of this month.

My Australian homie, Fingers, is coming over here from the UK for a couple of shows with his band, Fashion.  The show in Dublin is on in The Lower Deck in Portobello on Saturday the 28th of February 2009, and will also feature Crowd Control, Sheep Dip and Dead Wrong.  Door time is 8pm and it's €8 in.

Here's the flier.  Thanks to renowned cat murderer, Martin, for the hook up.

I have a couple copies of the new Fashion 7" available at the bargain price of €4.

Tonight will feature BOLT in 3D followed by Metal Karaoke in Fibber Magees.

Peace.

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Early mornings

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I brought my sister, her fiancé and their adorable kid to the airport this morning for an early flight, and headed straight to work afterwards. I arrived at 0605.

This is definitely the earliest I've been here in a long, long time.

I managed to secure myself an extra 20 minutes asleep this morning by deciding that I would have a shower when I got to work. I picked up some new varieties of Original Source, which I've raved about in an earlier entry, and I brought the Vanilla Milk and Cocoa one with me. I now smell absolutely delicious, like a really clean cake.

Time to do some work.

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