Ocram’s Blog

I don’t know where or when yet, but it’s the fact that I have one that counts. ^_^

After 4 months of looking for work, somebody has finally given me an interview. I’m not sure whether that’s a good thing, but at least I’ve finally been given one, and it’s for something that I might actually enjoy doing.

Yay! ^_^

You could be happy and I won’t know
But you weren’t happy the day I watched you go

And all the things that I wished I had not said
Are played on lips ’till it’s madness in my head

Is it too late to remind you how we were
But not our last days of silence, screaming, blur

Most of what I remember makes me sure
I should have stopped you from walking out the door

You could be happy, I hope you are
You made me happier than I’d been by far

Somehow everything I own smells of you
And for the tiniest moment it’s all not true

Do the things that you always wanted to
Without me there to hold you back, don’t think, just do

More than anything I want to see you go
Take a glorious bite out of the whole world

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Yet another album I need to get. :ermm: Unless somebody wants to get it for me. :P

I’ll be forever grateful… :innocent: And it is almost Christmas… I promise to get you something next year if you do.

You still have a day if you go for First Class delivery. ^_^

^_^

Image stolen from Amazon because I apparently can’t take a decent digital photograph of it.

(I believe) for the first time today, the temperature fell below 0°C during the day. On the same day I decided to go shopping. :mellow:

In completely unrelated news, I am Time Magazine’s Person of the Year. So there. :P

I was rejected for yet another job…. and that’s pretty much it. :rolleyes:

With the exception of this, I’ve lost every photograph I’ve taken of my sister since she was born. :rolleyes:

Recently, I’ve started listening to Sonata Arctica and while I haven’t really listened to them much, I like what I’ve heard.

According to their last.fm page, they are ‘considered by many as the heir of Stratovarius.’ Now, not wanting to argue with many, (it can get very messy, especially when they are armed with torches and pitchforks) I decided, based on that single line, I decided I wanted to hear more. Usually in this situation I would turn to BitTorrent, but not today. Today I wanted more. I wanted to be able to have that 12 cm disc… to be able to touch it… hold it… caress it… and I guess play it. :P

So instead I turn to Wikipedia to find out more. And what better way to discover a band than with a compilation album? The latest release was ‘Black Diamond: The Anthology’ and with a title like that, who could refuse?

However, I can’t actually find anywhere that sells it. It isn’t on Amazon, CD Wow, eBay, Play.com or even their offical store.

So at this point I’m thinking that a digital download will suffice. But I’m determined to pay for it, so I go to eMusic. I type ‘Stratovarius’ and click search, and a moment passes. They’re on there! Failing not to get my hopes up, I hovered over the link wanting to savour the moment. The tension is mounting, and I can no longer take it. I click the link… and they don’t have it.

At this point, I think that turning to BitTorrent is entirely justified.

However, after consulting isoHunt, Demonoid, Torrentspy and Mininova I have concluded that this album does not exist.

I love xkcd. ^_^

Pretty much sums up me and my life in general…

Ugh… my driving test is tomorrow. :hmm: I have my (hopefully) final driving lesson in just over 9 hours and up until now, I hadn’t really thought about it. Anybody who tells me not to worry or not to be nervous in the next 24 hours runs the risk of being beaten to death with a blunt object.

For ~£600 in lessons and test fees, and as a result quite probably not being able to pay for my net connection this month, I’d bloody better pass. :P