...And Life Goes On Redux

Song that describes how I feel - El Manana - Gorillaz
Earworm of the Day - Fire Coming Out of the Monkey's Head - Gorillaz


Greetings from Planet Earth!

Well, another period of time passes, and again I find myself bored enough to want to publish another chapter in my life. Not too much has changed this time around. But then again, perhaps it has. I feel as though I've entered into a somewhat more contented phase of my life, now that the emotional turmoil of the previous months has died away.

Some things haven't changed. I'm still this more serious analogue of myself, introverted, contemplative and contented, but not quite glowingly happy. I'm still working at Macca's, still volunteer for the Jets. Still telling people to let me know if they want a free pass to a game, I'll set it up for them. Still have all my friends. Unless they're not telling me something.

Some things have changed. I'm in a band now. Sardonica. The four of us are cranking out tunes like nobody's business, and our EP is in the works. So that's good. Creative expression is a fairly good thing to have, and this might even open up avenues for side-projects down the line. Watch this space.

I entered and exited yet another relationship with alarming speed. I feel terrible over the way I treated her, but I realised in the process that I'm not as ready for a relationship as I thought. I think I did the right thing in ending things early, so as to cause the least possible pain for everyone involved.

As most of my readership will know, I've entered into year 12. Hell, most of my readership has entered into year 12. I'm not sure whether anything much has changed yet, but I've no doubt it will by this time next year. Good grief, I dread those exams. But I feel sure that when the time comes, I'll feel as if I've prepared as much as I reasonably could have.

And so it is that another chapter in the story of the Sledgehammer is brought to a close. I hope you've enjoyed reading about what it is to be me, perhaps even enough so to want to learn more. For there is much to be learnt.

Come, gather round children. I'll tell you a tale, about a boy that lived in the early years of this millennium, now lost to the sands of time...


Goodbye for now, from your pal
Chia L'étranger.
(Ch-EYE Lay-tron-ZHAY)