He's No Friend of Mine

I've completely had it with Steven, i no longer care for him or what becomes of him.

Last night was it.

It started by a simple post on a social networking site by El, a friend, who you may or may not remember.

Anyway, his post was something along the lines of that he was making some curry whilst listening to Bloc Party and from there, it just went.
Steven joined the conversation and started having a go at El because of his like of bands such as Slipknot and then loads of people ended up joining in too.
It soon became personal with just me, El and Steven left in a heated conversation.

I can't see exactly what it said coz El removed the post but me and him both agreed and said to Steven that he was one of the most judgemental and narrow-minded people we have ever met.
He claimed he wasn't coz he "hangs" about with a guy from Pakistan.
We said it doesn't excuse his regular racist, sexist, homophobic, judgemental comments and behaviour.
He tried to say i couldn't say he was judgemental coz i called a certain tv program crap and refused to watch it and i replied that that is not at all like the way he is judgemental about actually important issues, not stupid tv programs and then he came out with the paragraph that ended our friendship, or my side of it anyway :

"Im only racist in a non serious way i dnt actually hate other races, but gays are unatural and should all be shot , if you think being gay is wrong then your being narrow minded to correct? Unless u r gay and think its ok to fuck guys"


:-|


Fuck that. That's just not acceptable.
How can he claim he isn't narrow-minded after saying that?
It infuriated me when i read that.

I just replied "Racist in a non serious way what bullshit. Also, i am simply not homophobic, as you clearly are."


But, really, that was the final straw, i no longer regard Steven as a friend.

That puts me in a dilemna, however.

I'm supposed to be going to see Muse with him in September.

Now, if that wasn't arranged, i would completely disregard him in school but i really don't wanna give up seeing Muse.

He leaves school in about 7/8 months. After that, i have no interest staying in contact with him whatsoever.

But till then....


My plan of action now is to put up with him until September 12th (the day after the Muse concert) and then, for all i care he can fuck right off.

It's gonna be difficult tho, there are still 2 months of school that i will see him for (minus study leave) so maybe a month altogether, then summer when i wont see him an awful lot probably. Then there is a few months after summer and he is gone.
In total, probably 5 more months and he is gone.

Also, he hangs around with the same other friends that i do, so i can't just completely blank him and ignore him, even if i wanted to.

Maybe you might be saying that it is wrong and i should completely forget about Steven, regardless of going to see Muse.
Well tbh, i dont think so.

Steven is a tool.

In both the literal sense and the metaphorical sense.

And what are tools for?

To be used.

And i will use him to see Muse, i don't care for him whatsoever but i am going to use him. After all, i think it's something that he pretty much deserves.

It wasn't my intention at first to use him to see Muse as we made these plans and i paid for it when we were still friends, so maybe im not entirely using him but at the end of the day, i am only going to put up with him for the next few months to go and see my favourite band play what will probably be one of their best shows ever.

....

I still can't believe how unlucky i am to have made friends with him tho.
I know how it happened but i wish i knew why, what i had i done to deserve him as a friend?
It's like a punishment.

But it hasn't always been like that.

We became friends at the end of 1st year in high school, his parents were split up and i was confused with myself and didn't know what to think.
But anyway, i felt sorry for him so i suggested he could come and hang out with me and a few people, and he did.

We got on great, hanging around with us bulit his confidence and made him other friends. It's outside of school tho, that had the main influence on him.
He went to live with his dad, who, if you didn't know by now, is exactly like Steven.
Steven gets all his bullshit from his dad and i firmly believe that if he went to live with his mum, he would be an entirely different person.

I'm glad Steven's brother lives with his mum.

But yeh, his dad has been a major influence on him and has changed him, for the worst, over the past few years.
Steven used to be scared, timid, quiet and a pussy.
Steven is now confident, load-mouthed, hot-headed but still a pussy.

That's quite contradictory but it's true, he is still a wuss.
As ive said countless time, he is all talk.

It sometimes happens in friendships tho unfortunately, people change and cant remain friends and this is what has happened here.
I like who Steven used to be but i detest who he is now.


Looking back on it, Steven has used me like a tool.
He joined into my group of friends, went from scared to confident and now comes out saying all this kind of stuff.

I don't like being used, im not gonna take it, so im gonna give him a taste of his own medicine and see how likes that.
Maybe it's not nice or like me to do it, but that's all Steven is to me now, a tool.

A tool that is of no use to me after September.

Plain and simple.


Sorry that this post has been quite unpleasant, but im quite angry, and sorry that i have swore more than usual too.


Cheers,
Rowan

Epic Week 3

Ok, so finally we're here and this one will be about the Kasabian concert. :D

Okay, i finished at 4pm at the Recording Studio as usual and ran back home, dunno why really, suppose i was quite excited.

Same setup as going to Muse just about - change, grab ticket, head on out.
Same setup picking people up as well - Head in, get Alex and El and go to MacDonalds.

Tbh, twice is the probably the most i've had MacDonalds in a week lol, im not the biggest fan but it happened to be near the venue. So we dropped off there again but didn't meet Steven coz we had tickets in different areas. This was coz of a mix-up buying them back in June - Steven bought 4, Alex bought 3, so me and El went with Alex and Steven sold his other two.

So, we ate our "meals" and headed off again for the cue. Wasn't as much waiting round as Muse coz of course, you have reserved your seats. To pass the time before the support act we just browsed some merch which we weren't buying anyway coz it far too pricey. I didn't find out who the support act was beforehand but got a nice surprise when Reverend and the Makers came on stage. They aren't a favourite of mine but i know a couple of songs and they probably are the best support i have seen.

Again, an hour or so wait for Kasabian. Just sat around watching people trying to jump the barrier and getting caught, which had an effect on us all. We questioned trying it but since there was 3 of us we thought better of it, maybe if it was just the 2 of us.....so we didn't try that way, we tried the "honest" way. Went up to the standing guards and asked the kindest looking one if she would let us in, to which she politely refused.

At least we gave it a go :P

We returned to our seats where wondered if the two people next to us were going to show up...they did, right before it started, pissed out their tree lol.
Just kinda ignored them at first but then they started to make noise and i was a little weary coz i was right next to them. However it turned out to be completely fine, they were "happy drunks" and we had a good laugh with them. As i mentioned way back they "started" "mini mosh-pits" but they were absolutely out of it.

So Kasabian, i have to say, are better live than on the CD. The set was good, the crowd were up for it and so were the band themselves. They played all the big hits like "Empire" and "Club Foot" but also done some of the more strange tracks lke "West Ryder/Silver Bullet".
A good mix tho, including some songs i didn't know the words to.

I won't link the songs this time coz i haven't previously found any of the live songs and i don't have enough time right now. But i'll give the setlist so you can feel free to check out what u want. ;)

Julie & The Mothman
Underdog
Where Did All The Love Go?
Swarfiga
Shoot The Runner
Cutt Off
Pinch Roller
West Ryder/Silver Bullet
Thick As Thieves
Take Aim
Empire
I.D.
Ladies And Gentlemen (Roll The Dice)
Processed Beats
Fire
The Doberman
Fast Fuse
Club Foot

Encore :

Vlad The Impaler
Stuntman
L.S.F. (Lost Souls Forever)

I would recommend Where Did All The Love Go?, West Ryder/Silver Bullet, Club Foot, Vlad the Impaler and L.S.F
But they're all pretty awesome songs so fire away.

After the concert finished we said cheerio to the drunk guys and the hall emptied to the sounds of the crowd still singing L.S.F. 10,000 or so people singing along to that was just such an experience, nothing like it at Muse i have to say :O
But yeh, we walked the few streets to get to the car again, discussing and comparing the two concerts. Almost fell asleep in the car again =P and eventually did when i got back home.

Anyhoo, there's my Epic Week. Not to sound cheesy or anything but it was everything i expected plus more. The relaxation of work experience, the madness of the two concerts and the experience (in general) of the whole week was absolutely superb. I enjoyed it immensely.

Well, from now on, i will return to blogging about my "Daily Doings" but things are heating up in terms of schoolwork now. It's the hokidays and for the past couple of days i have been working and i will probably continue to do so. I apologise in advance for my inconsistant blogging, lack of appearances on MSN and the likes but i'll try to post as often as possible.

Oh i forgot to mention that i'll be going back to Steven's house along with Alex on Sunday for a little birthday celebration including Crazy Golf, Cinema and maybe more MacDonalds. But no fireworks lol. :(

Also, thanks to my most recent follower, who i think is Billy...? Sorry if it isn't (let me know)
I haven't received a follower in ages so i can take to the time to mention each person as they come lol.
Nah, i'm not too bothered about the amount of followers really just so long as i'm not typing away to nobody haha.

Cheers followers,
Rowan

"Epic Week" 2

Sorry this has taken a while, i sorta forgot but here we are.

I could just make this into one big post but i'd much rather concentrate on each separate concert.

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So i came out of work experience at 4pm, freezing, teeth chattering and making my way back home as quick as possible. Steven picked up on how cold i was just through a phone call =P.

Got home, got changed, grabbed ticket and then my dad drove me into town to pick up Alex and El (we were meeting Steven at Maccie D's lol)
Traffic was a nightmare, rush hour traffic is not fun.
The whole way there i was just a mess. "What if we don't make it in time aaaaaaah!" etc.
But that's just me, i'm a natural born worrier.
Everything was fine tho, got Alex from his guitar shop and El from his Hopsital and Dad dropped us at MacDonalds with Steven.
I didn't eat anything - was too worried and nervous....still.

I wanted a good place in line and we got it!
We were in the "2nd" queue (The 1st queue was people who has been there all day....crazy bunch)
But what i was most worried about was meeting up with Alex's cousin and her boyfriend coz we didn't know if we would all get into standing without them....we did and everything was good.

Then security hearded us up telling us the rules etc. No mosh pits, crowd-surfing you know.....don't enjoy yourself =P
I wasn't planning to anyway, pits aren't really my thing.
So we got in and the hall was empty apart from the stage and the stuctures at one end.
The 1st queue-people were sorta occupying the front left so we immediately ran for the front right and we were literally at the barrier (not leaning against it, but not far from it - 2/3 people from it)
Stood around and waited for support act The Big Pink to come on. They were ok i suppose but there show pretty much consisted of Dry icce, strobe lighting and similar sounding songs. But i kindly applauded them anyway. The only major talking point was their final song - Dominoes which was decent.

Knees are already starting to get sore at this point.

Was at least another hour and a half until Muse came on. So we just talked with people round about us and listened to the music on the PA.
After an hour the crowd was growing and getting restless, chants of "MUSE" started and then after one song it went quiet, everyone cheered.....then the next song came on lol. Everyone booed.

Eventually they did come on, the lights dimmed and they started their weird electronic intro - We Are the Universe. I like it, it's quite eerie and goes well with set opener - Uprising aka the "Doctor Who song" The place went mental, it was great! The clapping, the "singing" and the stage structure was WOW!
Then we had Resistance. Then the awesome New Born. (with lasers) by which time the three sturcture's had descended and now the band were properly alive.
Then we had Map of the Problematique - awesome!
Then Supermassive Black Hole
Guiding Light
Interlude + Hysteria (some bass line!)
Then there was some sort of jam while the piano was brought out and the Queenesque United States of Eurasia was played
Feeling Good
Piano then went away :( I thought we might have got Cave but we didn't get one song off the first album - double :(
But this was made up for by a special rendition of another jam.
Then we had the strange but lovely Undisclosed Desires (with more lasers)
Starlight (with more clapping)

By this time everyone at the front was getting thristy and the stewards gave up cups of water. One of the advantages about being down the front :D

Plug in Baby was next. Was simply amazing! Balloons were released and i touched one, twice!
Time is Running Out followed and matt, the lead singer, did the whole song on the podium right in front of us. A highlight of the night for me! (Tried to find one from a position we were in but couldn't get one)

And the set ended with Unnatural Selection

5-10 minute wait then the encore started with Exogenesis part 1 The visulas for this were stunning, just watch the vid! I might have a photo as well somewhere.

The heavy Stockholm Syndrome followed. It was mad! So much jumping and getting thrown around.
The set ended with Knights of Cydnonia which was equally mad jumping around at the end.

So when it finished we all staggered out, sweating like pigs and sat down coz my knees were killing me!
Wasn't finished yet tho, had to walk 10 mins to get to Alex's dad who was picking us up.
Almost fell asleep in the back of that car!
But we said our goodbyes and was to be pretty much the same plan for Kasabian.


Whoa, that took a while. If you didn't read it all, i don't blame ya.
If you have the time then check out some of the vids i linked!
And let me know if i should do that again when i talk about Kasabian.

Cheers,
Rowan

Exogenesis

Matt Bellamy (lead singer, guitar)

Chris Wolstenholme (backing vocals, bass)

Dom Howard (Drums) I quite like him ;)

Muse

Lolz, see ya!