Back to Normal!

hey - so, this has been an interesting week. heck of a lot has happened including all my paperwork for the visa being sorted out with three different companies within a matter of days. this means i eventually have my qualifications assessed, i'll soon have professional registration, i'm also gonna get my visa through (although i'll still be illegal for a miniscule period of time, hence i'm not telling anyone who i am), and to top it all i'll be able to get paid something more than minimum rate as soon as i get that final application form in. can't wait!!!

yup - i'm a bit side tracked at the moment. that visa's been a bit of a bum, to say the least!
and its been a fun couple days: went to a concert this evening after a heck of a long time. i think the last time i went to a 'proper' concert was way back in 2000. that was when i helped out in the concert as a music student - meant i got a free ticket. So i'm sat at the back listening to the music, noticing the bits i like. impressed at the playing but not really too excited by the music. Thinking of nothing and falling asleep at the back i again wonder to myself why i ever decided to do music? Interval comes and i figure there's no point staying for the rest of the concert.

That was the end! No more classical music concerts for me. Figure there was no point seeing i wasn't interested in having a life revolving round music like most of these musicians. I did go to one concert since then - Gladys Knight. didn't even know who she was, but really enjoyed it and am now converted to Gospel Music.

It's now halfway through 2006 and just began a new era in my life. An era where i can go to a concert and not be put into the box which looks like, is shaped like, and even has a sign over the top of it saying, "MUSICIAN RESIDES HERE!!"
It was well fun...and i got it for next to nothing 'cos i happen to know one of the people who were performing :) AH, Life is Good.

To continue the theme, i've also just joined up with a pretty decent brass band. it's a good few years since i've played properly and i sound pants!! But, I'm all for getting myself back up to a decent level and this'll give me the motivation that i don't have in me.