Going on a hiatus.......

Hello everyone. Gonna be a short post this week as I haven't actually got much to write about.


Couldn't find a quote for the title that I liked so this week I thought I'd just tell you what it is your getting. And that is that this blog post will be the last one for a while. I'm going on little hiatus. Main reason why I'm going on a hiatus? Well I'm off on holiday next Tuesday (which would normally be a blog day) to spain. And I will probably have little chance to write a blog for a while as I'll either be on the road or doing something. So this will be the last blog for quite a while.


So how's my week been? Well Tuesday and Wednesday were spent preparing myself for the horror, pain and suffering that would be results day. Spent the night before down at pub doing a pub quiz. Standard. Then came the big day. The day I had been dreading the whole of summer. The one day I both wanted and didn't want to happen. So how were my results? I got BBCC. I was 4 marks of an A in my history which I am gutted about. I was 17 marks of a B in my IT. I was shit at it though so I was coming to accept that was going to happen. And I got 100% in my Drama theory. I did fuck all to prepare for that and I got 100%! Fucking hell! So where am I off to? Well sadly I didn't get into Leicester which is where I really really wanted to go. Feel a bit disappointed with myself that I didn't get in. But, ah well, I got my place at Northumbria, where I also wanted to go. So I am happy. I'm off to uni! Friday was a day spent with 3 great mates. Even though I've known these 3 (they know who they are) for 2 months, they have become 3 of the best mates I could have ever asked for. They are simply amazing.


For my recommendations this week I'm only going to be recommending some music as I haven't really watched any films worth recommending. The music I want to recommend this week are the songs Try Honesty, Nothing to Lose and Saint Veronika by the brilliant band Billy Talent.


Started listening to this band about 4 years ago. Around that time they weren't fully recognised by most people as the awesome band that they are. I think they were virtually unknown. They are very similar to Nirvana. Not musically mind, but the subject for their songs are. They deal with songs about loss, suffering, unrequited love, breakups, bullying, child abuse and revolution. They are truly an extraordinary band. Try Honesty was their first song that I ever listened to and it summed up this band for me. It was so heavy and so different to anything I had listened to before. The singer's screaming was the first time I had heard it in a song. This would then lead me to listening to great bands such as Alexisonfire, Atreyu and Killswitch Engage, all of whom include screaming in their songs. With this song I instantly fell in love with the band. The song, according to the lead singer, is about how someone would blame problems in their lives on anything except themselves and so said person would need to Try Honesty. The second song, Nothing to Lose, is quite simply incredible. The song is about bullying and the effects it has on the victim. When I first heard it I could very much relate to it as I had previously suffered from bullying earlier in my life. The song is, as I said before, incredible. And it all comes to close with the lead singer screaming his lungs out. It makes you believe the pain and suffering of the character portrayed throughout the song. The final song, Saint Veronika, is just brilliant. Don't really know what it's about but I would seriously recommend listening to it. And if you like Billy Talent then I would seriously recommend listening to more of their stuff. They are an incredible and they have definitely been a band that has shaped my life.


Well that's it for this week. I'll leave you with  the music videos for Try Honesty, Nothing to Lose and Saint Veronika. Enjoy.


Try Honesty:



Nothing to Lose:





Saint Veronika:



So till whenever I post the next blog post. Stay safe. Have a great week or two. And I'll see you when I'm back from the holiday.
This is me, Edward Thompson, signing off........for a bit longer than usual.
Much love
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