Month: October 2005

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IAMOWIM Parenting

Morning sickness. Well, more like just “sickness”

Though Karen finds the morning sickness (which lasts for most of the day) to be incredibly uncomfortable, provoking her to tears and cries of “why am I putting myself through this?”, the bright side is “hey, at least the little guy is still in there.”

I’ve told her that if she can hold onto this one, then she will never have to endure this again.

I wish that there were more that I could do, but this isn’t a problem that can be fixed by throwing money or flowers at it – I just have to keep doing what I am doing, which is to just be a damn nice guy, and give her something to smile about.

Oh, and in case you were wondering how I’m getting on with the Bell’s Palsy, I seem to be recovering well. I’m coming off the steroids as we speak.

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Food Photos

Ripening Chillis

Ripening Chillis

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Top Photos

Lampshade

Lampshade

I have an interesting lampshade in my recording studio that’s made out of cellophane. It’s damn pretty. In my old flat, I had it on a dimmer switch, so I could produce highly subtle effects. Not at this place, sadly.

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Music Original Music

Woodshedding

You may have noticed a phenomenal number of Shiny Tight Stuff songs slipping into my audioscrobbler playlist lately. This is because we have our next recording session coming up soon, and this time I am determined to do it right.

As our sessions have become more and more spread out, I have spent less time playing the bass. Until the session is a week away, I will generally forget to play, and so by the time we get round to the actual session, my hands are weak, relatively unco-ordinated, and my endurance is severely wanting.

This time, I’m making at least an hour available every evening for playing through the songs that we are in the process of recording or re-recording. This way, when it comes to the session, I hope to be tight and able to play through the songs without my hands getting tired. I’ve noticed a marked improvement in the quality of my bass playing over the course of the last few days – it’s much more relaxed, more groovy, there’s definite potential for it to slip really smoothly amongst the other instruments and provide a foundation that I can be proud of.

Karen, in the meantime, is neglected.

*Originally posted here*

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IAMOWIM Parenting

Back On Course

Following a period of suspicious lateness of period, Karen pissed on a piece of paper yesterday and it all worked out beautifully. I, meanwhile, am unable to really enjoy the event to its fullest as half of my face is dying. I went to the doctor today and he has diagnosed me with Bell’s Palsy which is no fun, but it’s what I was expecting. I’m going to be on steroids for the next two weeks, which is a terrifying concept, as the list of possible side-effects is as long as my arm. I guess this kind of stuff just happens sometimes. As long as Karen and I stick together and remember that we’re on the same team, I think we should kick the ass of anything that comes at us.

We’ve already decided that should we suffer another miscarriage, we’d be able to handle it a lot better. But then, I’m not sure if that’s true. Though we’re confident that we can get a pretty quick turnaround on these pregnancies (three months after her periods began again), she’s not, and I apologise for speaking frankly, getting any younger. Really, we want this one to work out, and we want it very much.

Meanwhile, I suppose I keep taking the drugs. Meh.