Archive | February, 2012

These Knees Were Made For Crawling!

21 Feb

Hello hello hello. Hello.

Yes, me again. I have actually found the time to do a blog post! How could that be I hear you ask? Well….

I’m currently lying in bed, doing my best not to put any pressure on some angry nerves in my back which are currently making my leg cramp and my foot numb. To sum up the last week, I’ve been drugged up to my eyeballs while people have done their best to keep the house going and getting it ready for the next kitchen to arrive.

So other than kitchen stuff and back injuries, what’s been going on?

Weeellllllll……

Olivia is crawling! And I don’t just mean wobbling along. No, she’s flying along, exploring all the places she’s been desperate to get to but hasn’t been able to. Note that in the video below, she did not start in the kitchen.

All this in a week. She went from not being able to stay on her knees for more than about 5 seconds to being able to crawl to something and then pull herself up to a standing position in exactly a week.

So my wife is currently out at Mothercare buying stair gates because we’ve discovered that you simply cannot let her out of your sight for even a second – she manages to find stuff on the floor, or under a sofa that you didn’t even know was there.

So along with needing to get the kitchen ready for the new delivery, we also need to make sure the house cleaner and tidier than it’s ever been! No easy task!

What’s On My MP3 Player?

21 Feb

I’ve been tagged (sort of) by Ben from Mutterings of a Fool for the meme What’s On Your MP3 Player. The idea being you write down the first 5 tracks that come up on shuffle on your chosen music player of choice.

I haven’t had much time to post lately, but I couldn’t miss this one. I love music and am listening to it right now.

So without further ado, let’s begin.

Track 1: Halo, by Machine Head from their album The Blackening

 

this is a modern metal classic, if you ask me. It is anthemic in its spectacular quality, energy and guitar work. It has one of the best face melting twin solos of all the music I own. It never fails to give me goose bumps. Seeing them perform this live is even more spectacular. I’d say this album in general finally broke me into the world of proper metal music. Thank you Machine Head.

Track 2: Sea of Everything by Prince, from the album 20TEN

Image of Prince

You Sexy Mutha Humper.

sadly this track is a pile of shite. As is most of that album in fact. That album is the reason I bought the Daily Record for one day only. Prince was releasing his new album through the newspaper. That should have been enough of a warning, but no, I bought it anyway. In fact I have no idea why it’s on my iPhone at all!

Track 3: Metrolpolis by Adam F from the album Colours

 

this is an odd one for me to have, I’m not even sure what genre you’d put this in. Drum and bass? No sure. But it’s quite funky. Bought it on a whim and it still surprises me every now and then.

Track 4: How Do You Want It by 2 Pac from the album All Eyez On Me

 

gotta love a bit of old skool hip hop. There’s something about decent hip hop that I really like. Laid back, good lyrics (if a little sweary for some people). My wife introduced to me this album many years ago when I first moved in with her. She picked this album up, purely out of interest after getting caught up in the funeral march of TuPac in New York. I’ve listened to it ever since. Mind you, I should stop referring to everyone as beeatches.

Track 5: Mannish Boy by Son of Dave from the album 02

 

I confess that the above video is not the one from my playlist, I couldn’t find one of Mannish Boy, so I substituted it with his version of Dizzee Rascal’s Bonkers. I thought it was fun.

I’ve talked about this guy before and he is awesome. So unique. It’s just him, a box of harmonicas, a shaker and a sampler. He created his own beats, vocals and everything required to make some down and dirty blues. If you ever get the chance to see him live (plays in London a LOT) then do – you won’t regret it.