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“Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, the providence moves too. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one’s favor all manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamt would have come his way.” – William Hutchinson Murray

Or to put it another way, sometimes you just have to take your head out of your arse, and smell the fresh air. A crude way of putting it perhaps, but effective in getting the point the across nonetheless.

I mention this in passing, if only because I find myself in need of being reminded of it from time to time. Now as much as ever.

Update Wednesday 14th July.

As is usual for me, I heard about the upcoming second Severed Fifth album somewhat late. I should really pay more attention, but no matter. I loved the first album (you can read my review on this very site), and I’m genuinely stoked about the prospect of a second album.

You can get the low-down at the official Severed Fifth website.

(Denied By Reign is available to download, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike license.)

“…somewhere in the heights of apl towers, the sound of a door creaking as it opens disturbs the gentle whispering of the wind through the lofty and labyrinthine passageways.

A momentary peace is restored, before being once again rudely broken by an echoing machine-gun rattle of a thousand beer cans spilling out onto the stone floors. Clattering their merry way down the stairs.

A loud crack, and a dull thud moments later bring with them a short burst of profuse swearing, of a kind that would make a sailor blush. Punctuated only by a dull groan as the former occupant of the cupboard is borne along with the  sea of aluminium flotsam, landing somewhat awkwardly on the wrong side of some steps further down the hallway.

As reality and conciousness collide in a messy heap of dust, stale beer and jam; the cupboards former occupant manages a laboured thumbs up, uttering ‘Now that’s what I call an entrance’, before passing out stone cold on the cold stone floor.”

It’s been a quiet few months on the old blogging front for apathethiclife recently. Something of a mini hiatus, you might say.. It hasn’t been quite so quiet few months in the big old, mad, bad, topsy-turvy roller-coaster world at large.

Not for this, somewhat grizzled, veteran of the trenches down here at apl towers. But hey, that’s life… perhaps I should just shave more frequently.

The happenings…..

• The old job gave up the ghost when the company took a terminal nose dive in a  ‘proverbial hitting the fan’ kinda way. (Bah!)
• A frenzied mop-up ensued, leading to a new job  in a new town with fresh opportunities and challenges abound, and a daily commute to contend with. (Yay!)
• Forgot to remove the grimace, and pry my white knuckles of the bar. (Oh well! Errr….. tsk-tsk surely!?)
• The PC got poorly when the hard-drives failed, cue three weeks playing with different Linux distros once a replacement drive was sourced.
• Had a big re-think about this blog. Drunken bullshit just don’t quite cut it, especially when it ain’t funny. Going to keep it simple. Music, Web Development, FLOSS (Free, Libre, Open Source Software), and anything that falls under the big random banner of apatheticlife. The only rule, if there is one, is whatever I write about has to incite my passion.

So here we are.

Who would have thought it, no room for indifference or apathy at apatheticlife. Ironic? But then the name ‘apatheticlife’ was never meant to be taken seriously.

Normally at this point, I’d usually sign off with some ridiculously labyrinthine metaphorical statement of intent. And well let’s face it, they haven’t done much for me yet

Tim ‘The Toolman’ Taylor would be proud. (Link opens in a new window)