Drop-Out Phonebook

My vegetarianism came to its end in most spectacular style a couple of nights ago. I never thought that it would just be a tantalising menu that would break me, but that's what it was. Faced with the choice between a large variety of very underpriced, grilled delicacies, and fish again, I ended up with a half rack of ribs and two pieces of barbecue chicken. I chose to stop eating meat on the 14th of November, and it wasn't until last Tuesday that I fully gave that up (I made exceptions for Christmas and New Year).

For my dinner with Rachel, despite two main courses, a side and two cocktails, the meal cost less than £12, which was almost embarrassing, so we left a large tip, and then walked around London with new eyes for a while. Rachel hadn't seen Piccadilly Circus before, and she also wanted some more pictures of the Trafalgar fountains. I say new eyes because when walking around London with a tourist, you find yourself looking at everything differently, in relation to how it is represented and reproduced around the world, as opposed to the place where you were born and grew up. Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner.

I entered the RPM challenge again this year. Last year I wrote and recorded Seven Pages, and I was really happy with it. And it turns out people like it, and like my style of writing. This year, not an ounce of inspiration. Or even a place to write music. I mean, other music is going great. My third album (codenamed STW by NEW) is pretty much written and just needs recording and some vocalists. But that is ineligible for the RPM challenge because I wrote it outside of February.

But apart from this minor issue, 2008 is still going very well for me. I'm the happiest I've been in a long time, and that's saying a lot because I'm happy a lot of the time. I'm never bored in the evenings (sometimes during the day but I don't mind daytime relaxing). I'm playing guitar a lot more now, and playing guitar with other people too. We might even have a comedic band going. Money also helps. I have money now, I'm finally not poor and I can afford to do things that are fun and not feel terrible for borrowing from other people.

I managed to buy Space Channel 5 (for PS2 instead of Dreamcast, but what can you do?), and I found ChuChu Rocket! for £2, which rules. I was hoping that Space Channel 5 would inspire me musically, but it's getting late in the day for that. I need to fix my computer too. I think there's a dinner at Alyssa's tonight, but I'm not totally sure, and I think there's chicken, which I am eating for the mean time, but I'm not happy about it. Meat is murder and all. And less healthy than vegetables, but so tasty. I need more fish again.